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Microsoft will soon be releasing Windows 2000 (Win2K). But is it wise to make the move right away? In the February issue of Windows 2000 Magazine, we help you decide whether Win2K migration is right for your environment. We include a list of 10 reasons to migrate and 10 reasons to wait. We show you how to easily upgrade your domain controllers. We identify Win2K’s DNS requirements and provide you with three UNIX DNS and Win2K integration options. Finally, we give you insight into Win2K Terminal Services vs. Windows NT 4.0, Terminal Server Edition (WTS) licensing.


Ask Dr. Bob Your NT Questions

By Bob Chronister, 01/06/2000

Learn about disk-usage analysis. remote Exchange Server access, DSL and Proxy Server, and file-cache size manipulation.

Srvany

By Mark Minasi, 01/06/2000

This resource kit tool lets you run any program as a service. Mark explains how the tool works.

Troubleshooting and logging RAS Connections

By Sean Daily, 01/06/2000

Employ several tricks to increase the amount of information that RAS provides and inprove its overall manageability.

Questions, Answers, and Tips About SQL Server

By Karen Watterson, 01/06/2000

Karen and Brian explore topics including DTS gotchas, the DTS ScriptPkg utility, FoxPro and SQlL server UDF support, and OLAP Services FoodMart data.

PC Processors

By Michael Otey, 01/06/2000

A comparison of the best chips in today's CPU marketplace.

Active Server Pages Takes the Bite out of Forms

By Mark Minasi, 01/06/2000

Using Microsoft FrontPage to handle forms is a hassle. Mark suggests ASP as an alternative.

Telnet Developments

By John D. Ruley, 01/06/2000

microsoft significantly changed the Win2K Telnet inplementation between RC1 and RC2. Discover whether RC2's Telnet application is really better than the earlier application.

Flagging Incoming Items

By Sue Mosher, 01/06/2000

Learn how to duplicate Rules Wizard conditions and how to add a message flag to an incoming item.

Speed Up Your Mail

By Tom Henderson, 01/06/2000

Learn about WINS-to DNS conversion, the X.400 connector, a workaround to avoid Unicode gibberish, and factors in performance improvement.

Web-Enabling Exchange 2000

By Tony Redmond, 01/06/2000

OWA 2000 responds to the increasing popularity of Web browsers and becomes an essential Exchange Server connectivity option.

Network Attached Storage

By Jonathan Cragle, 01/06/2000

If you think server-based storage is complicated, expensive, and time consuming, think again. Network Attached Storage (NAS) is here and available for most budgets.

Grr! 1.20.b.19990915R

By Marty Scher, 01/06/2000

Protect your network.

NT Service Account Manager 2.04

By John Green, 01/06/2000

Managing NT service accounts just got a lot easier.

Tivoli IT Director 2.1

By Jonathan Cragle, 01/06/2000

Network management for small and midsized businesses.

Aelita Enterprise Suite 2.04

By Tom Henderson, 01/06/2000

Ease the pain of large-network administration.

NetXpress SL2000

By Mark Weitz, 01/06/2000

Enticing the move to server-based computing.

Fax Servers Revisited

By Michael P. Deignan, 01/06/2000

Looking for an enterprise-level fax server solution? We give you the goods on 11 software and 4 turnkey products to help you identify your options.

Testing Fax Server Products

By Michael P. Deignan, 01/06/2000

A summary of the products' features.

Navigating Win2K's Learning Curve

By Lab Guys, 01/06/2000

The Lab Guys see a rough time ahead for power users and systems administrators learning to use Win2K's user interface.

Inside Windows Management Interface

By Mark Russinovich, 01/06/2000

WMI implements Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) technology to offer an extensible data-collection and management facility that lets you manage local and remote systems ...

PC Revolution

By Mark Minasi, 01/06/2000

Think you want a revolution? Mark explains why revolution isn't the most appropriate path for big PC changes.

CISCO Sees the Light

By Barrie Sosinsky, 12/29/1999

Cisco is buying into optical networking partially as a hedge against the increased competition with its line-of-business, but also because Cisco recognizes that high-speed data ...

The Oraclei Appliance

By Barrie Sosinsky, 12/23/1999

When you buy the Oracle8i Appliance, you get Sun Solaris on an Intel server, an Oracle8i database, a Web server, and the tools to conduct browser-based OS management.

Vendors Embrace Appliances

By Barrie Sosinsky, 12/23/1999

Many companies with server-based enterprise solutions are moving to a delivery method of selling solutions, such as Oracle8i, as specialized single-purpose hardware and software ...

Running the Numbers for Windows 2000's TCO

By Barrie Sosinsky, 12/23/1999

TCO is only one part of a two-part business decision to migrate to Windows 2000. A business also needs to look at the benefits.

What's in a Name?

By Mark Smith, 12/23/1999

Even with a magazine name change, Mark Smith reaffirms Windows 2000 Magazine's commitment to covering Windows NT.

Software Installation in Windows 2000

By Darren Mar-Elia, 12/23/1999

Win2K's software installation features provide portable, self-installing, self-upgrading applications.

ZAP It!

By Darren Mar-Elia, 12/23/1999

Zero Administration Packaging lets you quickly publish applications.

Windows 2000 Disk Management

By Christa Anderson, 12/23/1999

Win2K's disk-management tool is easier to use than NT 4.0's, and it has some handy new features.

Windows 2000's Network Address Translation

By Zubair Alexander, 12/23/1999

Microsoft's implemetation of NAT provides the simplicity, flexibility, and low cost of the traditional Network Address Translator Internet standard. Microsoft has added more ...

Microsoft Windows NT Services for UNIX

By Jim Mohr, 12/23/1999

Discover how SFU simplifies resource access, facilitates password synchronization, and eases administration in mixed NT and UNIX environments.

Published ICA Applications

By David Carroll, 12/23/1999

This server-based computing solution opens many doors, particularly on your network. Here's how to configure your firewall to guard against intrusion.

Secure Channels in NT 4.0

By L. J. Locher, 12/23/1999

Secure channels are important to trust relationships. Learn how to monitor and troubleshoot the secure channels in your domains.

Protect Administrator Privileges

By Randy Franklin Smith, 12/23/1999

Understand Windows NT's weaknesses so that you can protect and monitor your administrator accounts.

Reader Challenge

By Kathy Ivens, 12/23/1999

Solve this month's Windows NT problem and get the change to win $100 or a copy of one of the author's books about NT. Prior month's winner is announced at bottom of page.

Extending Active Directory's GUI

By Alistair G. Lowe-Norris, 12/23/1999

The ADUC MMC snap-in updates NT's User Manager tool. Manage OUs, user accounts, computer accounts, groups, and volumes, and create more object classes to meet your business needs.

Windows 2000 vs. NT Terminal Server Licensing

By Christa Anderson, 12/22/1999

Explore how Terminal Services licencing works in Microsoft's first integrated terminal server product, learn how to set up licenses, and discover the logic behind the changes.

Integrating UNIX DNS with Windows 2000

By Tao Zhou, 12/22/1999

Gain a better understanding of Win2K's DNS requirements and explore three UNIX DNS and Win2K integration options.

Migrating Domain Controllers to Windows 2000

By Douglas Toombs, 12/22/1999

Follow Microsoft's step-by-step guide to successfully migrate domain controllers to Win2K.

Logon Script Replication

By Douglas Toombs, 12/22/1999

Use the File Replication Service to replicate logon scripts among Win2K domain controllers.

10 Reasons to Migrate to Windows 2000 and 10 Reasons to Wait

By Sean Deuby, 12/22/1999

Before you jump on the Win2K migration bandwagon, find out whether migration makes sense in your environment.

Reader To Reader - February 2000

By Apostolos Fotakelis, 12/21/1999

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


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