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Do you want to avoid maintaining multiple logons and multiple directory entries for each network user? Do you need a directory services solution now, but don't have the time, resources, or inclination to write custom applications? If you answered yes to either question, you can find a solution with metadirectory products currently on the market. This issue explores four metadirectory products: NetVision's Synchronicity for NT, Novell's NDS for NT, Netscape's Directory Server 3.0, and Zoomit's VIA.


A Better AT

By Mark Minasi, 04/01/1998

Command Scheduler, SLEEP, and SOON improve the NT Schedule service.

Understanding and Using LoadSim 5.0: Part 3

By Greg Todd, 04/01/1998

You can follow LoadSim's default user profiles for your test or take advantage of the programs flexibility to customize test properties.

Windows NT Architecture, Part 2

By Mark Russinovich, 04/01/1998

Complete your tour of NT's architecture with an indepth look at NT's Executive subsystems, Kernel, and HAL.

Reader to Reader - April 1998

By Readers, 04/01/1998

Share your NT discoveries, comments, problems, solutions, and experiences with products and reach out to other Windows NT Magazine readers (including Microsoft).

The Evolution of LDAP

By Tao Zhou, 04/01/1998

A brief history of the evolution of LDAP.

SureSync

By Jonathan Cragle, 04/01/1998

SureSync, from Software Pursuits, can mirror or copy files between two or more locations to provide a robust file-transfer solution at a low cost.

NT News Analysis

By Craig Barth, 04/01/1998

This department focuses on what's new in operating systems, hardware, software, support, scalability, the enterprise and Windows NT's take on the trends in the marketplace.

Load Sharing for Your NT Web Server

By Douglas Toombs, 04/01/1998

DNS's round-robin function is an easy and effective way to increase your Web server's functionality by distributing its load.

Northbridge NX801

By Carlos Bernal, 04/01/1998

Northbridge NX801, from Axil Compute, is an easy-to-use, enterprise-level server that uses up to eight 200MHz Pentium Pro processors and 8GB of SDRAM.

Printer Accounting Server 1.1

By William Wong, 04/01/1998

Printer Accounting Server 1.1, from Software Metrics, is a network printer usage tracking system for NT that lets you access reports on user or group usage and control printing on ...

Plan B

By John Enck, 04/01/1998

One Lab Guy tests two high-speed alternatives to ISDN connections and quickly learns that X2 and K56 technologies don't always reach 56Kbps.

Unicasting and Multicasting

By Clayton Johnson, 04/01/1998

One of the greatest challenges associated with Internet video is bandwidth use.

Metadirectories: Directory Services for the Enterprise

By Craig Zacker, 04/01/1998

Examine products that integrate the functionality of multiple directory services into one NT directory.

NetVision's Synchronicity for NT

By Craig Zacker, 04/01/1998

NetVision's Synchronicity for NT typifies the replication-based metadirectory. Here's how the product works and why.

Novell's NDS for NT

By William Wong, 04/01/1998

Novell's NDS for NT integrates NT domain user and group information into the NDS database to give you better directory performance and to simplify managing your heterogeneous ...

Troubleshooting NT Performance Monitoring

By John Savill, 04/01/1998

Find out which performance monitoring tools will give you the system information you need.

Questions, Answers, and Tips About SQL Server

By Karen Watterson, 04/01/1998

Learn some tricks for using the identity property; copying a subset of data; removing replication settings; optimizing DBCC operations; and fine tuning DBCC PERFLOG, logins, and ...

DOCS Open

By Michael P. Deignan, 04/01/1998

DOCS Open, from PC DOCS, is a collection of programs and utilities that gives you an infrastructure to store, locate, retrieve, and manage documents across your network and the ...

OpenNT

By Michael P. Deignan, 04/01/1998

OpentNT, from Softway Systems, creates an enhanced POSIX/UNIX subsystem within your NT system.

FX!32

By Brian Gallagher, 04/01/1998

Digital Semiconductor's interpretive program FX!32 recompiles and optimizes Intel-native NT code for the Alpha platform.

Optimizing NT's WOW Subsystem

By Sean Daily, 04/01/1998

Whether you use 16-bit applications occasionally or daily, you can optimize NT's Win 16 on Win32 subsystems to get the most from your legacy software.

Sidewinder 50

By Michael P. Deignan, 04/01/1998

Sidewinder 50 from Seagate Technology is a highspeed, high-capacity SCSI Advanced Intelligent Tape (AIT) backup unit that achieves impressive rates of data transfer.

Hyena

By Michael P. Deignan, 04/01/1998

Hyena, from Adkins Resource, is a systems administration utility that lets you manage virtually every aspect of your NT environment.

Managing Your Web Site with IIS 4.0

By Ken Spencer, 04/01/1998

IIS 4.0 gives you the tools to manage your Web sites, applications, and entire servers, with an array of settings that you can customize to meet your needs.

ORDBMSs: Universal Databases

By Karen Watterson, 04/01/1998

Each of the five major relational database management systems (RDBMS) vendors uses a different architecture for its universal servers.

Internet Video Terms

By Clayton Johnson, 04/01/1998

A list of terms for internet video.

Inside the Exchange Information Store

By Tony Redmond, 04/01/1998

In this first of a two-part examination of the Exchange Information Store, you'll learn how the Information Store is structured and how it processes transactions.

Windows NT Protocols

By Michael D. Reilly, 04/01/1998

Learn about the network protocols NT supports and decide which protocol will work best on your network.

Zoomit VIA and the Dedicated Metadirectory

By Craig Zacker, 04/01/1998

Hankering for a unified view of all the directories on your heterogeneous network? This solution offer full-featured metadirectory support and a robust directory service to help ...

Exploring Netscape's Directory Server 3.0

By Tao Zhou, 04/01/1998

This general-purpose directory stores, publishes, and centrally manages user, group, and other network information in one directory on your network.

Untangling Email

By Mark Minasi, 04/01/1998

SMTP underlies all email messages. Here are the basics of how SMTP works.

The New Compaq

By Mark Smith, 04/01/1998

Conpaq's buying spree means increased competition foryour business. With Compaq as the largest supplier of NT systems and support, IBM and HP will compete heavily for your ...

The Lab Test's Environment

By Carlos Bernal, 04/01/1998

Hardware and software in the "Windows NT Magazine" Lab's test environment.

PerfectDisk NT

By Michael P. Deignan, 04/01/1998

PerfectDisk NT, from Raxco Software, is NTFS and FAT file system defragmentation software for NT Server and NT Workstation systems.

Hamilton C Shell

By Michael P. Deignan, 04/01/1998

Hamilton C Shell, from Hamilton Laboratories, is a collection of UNIX programs and utilities that helps re-create your original UNIX working environment.

Ask Dr. Bob Your NT Questions

By Bob Chronister, 04/01/1998

Here are tips for protecting NT's Registry from accidental corruption, troubleshooting NT boot problems, and performing an unattended SP3 installation.

Want to Go Live?

By Clayton Johnson, 04/01/1998

Differences between on-demand video content and live video content for the internet.

Putting the Wraps on Backup Software

By Brian Gallagher, 04/01/1998

The Lab completes its coverage of NT backup solutions with guidelines for choosing the right backup software and a review of IBM's ADSM.

DB2 Does Data

By Karen Watterson, 04/01/1998

Compare DB2 with other database management systems to see whether DB2 is right for your NT network.

Argent Global Alert

By Michael P. Deignan, 04/01/1998

Argent Software's Argent Global Alert is a complete system that monitors performance, event logs, and service.

Creating Internet Videos on NT Systems

By Clayton Johnson, 04/01/1998

Roll 'em! Understand and overcome the challenges of transmitting videos over the Internet.

533MHz Monsters Come On Strong

By Brian Gallagher, 04/01/1998

Discover what Alpha-powered NT workstations can do for you.

Application Management in NT 5.0

By Darren Mar-Elia, 04/01/1998

NT 5.0's application management features provide portable, self-installing, self-upgrading applications.

NT Gains Scripting Muscle

By Bob Wells, 04/01/1998

From simple logon scripts and ad hoc tools to data-driven automation, WSH offers NT systems administrators a helping hand.


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