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In the February 2001 issue of Windows 2000 Magazine, we tell you about Exchange 2000 management requirements, the need for a management framework, Win2K MMC consoles, and Exchange Server sites. We talk about Exchange 2000's identity as a .NET server, and we cover Exchange's core architectural features and how they enable workflow processes.


Greyware Membership Monitor 1.3b

By Marty Scher, 01/17/2001

Protect access to your membership lists.

DM/ActiveRoles 2.0

By Ed Roth, 01/17/2001

Simplify AD management.

ERD Updates

By Readers, 01/17/2001

A reader creates an extended script for NT 4.0 ERDs to collect necessary information, determine the cause of the failure, and work with a backup to recover the system.

Cool Tricks with Public Folders

By Paul Robichaux, 01/17/2001

You pay for public folders as part of the cost of Exchange Server. So why aren't you using these folders to their full extent?

Tracking Logon and Logoff Activity in Win2K

By Randy Franklin Smith, 01/17/2001

Learn how to access the Win2K Security log and how to track logon and logoff activity.

The Need for a Management Framework

By Tony Redmond, 01/17/2001

Win2K fulfills NT's need for a set of common management utilities that take applications into consideration.

Microsoft Enterprise Services

By David Chernicoff, 01/17/2001

Learn about a new framework for integrating IT and business best practices.

Sites and Groups

By Tony Redmond, 01/17/2001

Exchange 2000 uses administrative and routing groups, rather than sites, to deliver more flexibility than Exchange 5.5 can offer.

File-Server Migration: Scopy Becomes Xcopy

By Mark Minasi, 01/17/2001

Win2K folds Scopy's owner and ACL information-copying function into Xcopy.

NTFS Licensee Reports Microsoft Threat, Apology

By Paul Thurrott, 01/17/2001

A small software company claims that Microsoft threatened to sue over the use of NTFS source code, but Microsoft denies the existence of a lawsuit.

Back Door to NT

By Readers, 01/17/2001

One reader shares a tip for recovering a lost desktop shell after adding, deleting, or modifying a DLL under NT.

SIS: Disk Space Savings for RIS

By Sean Daily, 01/17/2001

To help counter the disk space-stealing effects of storing multiple RIS images, Microsoft included in Win2K a new technology called SIS.

Managing Groups in Win2K

By Kathy Ivens, 01/17/2001

User groups can be a wonderful way to quickly and efficiently manage permissions and rights for users in your enterprise.

Enterprise Defragmentation Utilities

By Tom Iwanski, 01/17/2001

To centrally manage and automate defragmentation on your servers and workstations, you need a full-featured defragmentation utility. This comparative review examines the fetures ...

Exchange 2000 and Microsoft .NET

By Jonathan Zuck, 01/17/2001

Microsoft's mail server begins to exhibit .NET characteristics such as supporting distributed Web architectures and XML.

Crash Dump Analysis

By Mark Russinovich, 01/17/2001

Spend a little time with this guide, and save hours repairing blue screens.

The Challenge of Defragmenting an NTFS Partition

By Tom Iwanski, 01/17/2001

Find out how you can overcome NTFS's unique hurdles.

Microsoft Rebrands, Updates MCSP

By Paul Thurrott, 01/17/2001

Microsoft overhauls its MSCP program in the hopes of offering higher certification standards and greater interaction between Microsoft partners.

Win2K MMC Consoles

By Tony Redmond, 01/17/2001

The basics of MMC consoles and snap-ins, and how these tools relate to Exchange 2000.

Ask Dr. Bob

By Bob Chronister, 01/17/2001

Learn how to choose a SAN solution, disable the CD-ROM drive's autoplay feature, erase tapes with /nopoll, downgrade from Access 2000 to Access 97, and troubleshoot an Office 2000 ...

Exchange 2000 Workflow Applications

By Kevin Laahs, 01/17/2001

Learn how Exchange 2000 Server's core architectural features let you easily enable workflow processes.

The Perfect Network-Connectivity Scenario

By Sean Daily, 01/17/2001

Is it possible to access your LAN and its applications from a baseball game? Discover a wireless remote access solution that might let you do just that.

Managing Exchange 2000, Part 1

By Tony Redmond, 01/17/2001

This first article in a series of three helps you recognize Exchange 2000's new management requirements, challenges, and benefits.

Microsoft's Internal Network Breached

By Paul Thurrott, 01/17/2001

Security doubts hit close to home as Microsoft acknowledges that intruders cracked the company's internal network.

A Primer About Dates

By Sue Mosher, 01/17/2001

Review important procedures and techniques related to dates in Microsoft Outlook programming.

Command Prompt Tricks

By Readers, 01/17/2001

One reader shares his tip for setting up the command prompt to reflect a remote path.

The Well-Connected Pocket PC

By Tony Redmond, 01/17/2001

Pocket PCs give you better access to email and other files on your host system than earlier handheld devices did.

Reader Challenge

By Readers, 01/17/2001

Want to test your know-how? Solve this month's Windows 2000 and Windows NT problem and gather the accolades of your peers.

Understanding Remote Installation Services

By Sean Daily, 01/17/2001

Find out what you need to know to start using RIS in your Win2K network.

Performance Results

By Tom Iwanski, 01/17/2001

Learn the specifics about three products' defragmentation performance.

DHCP Conflict

By Readers, 01/17/2001

A reader shares her discovery for fixing a DHCP-related error when she receives an IP conflict message.

Take Command of Your Management Tasks

By Paul Niser, 01/17/2001

Several command-line tools can help your efficiency and decrease the time you spend creating and managing user accounts.

The Name Game

By Paul Niser, 01/17/2001

An example of how to use Cusrmgr to easily modify information in an existing user account.

VMware Workstation 2.0

By William F. Katz, 01/17/2001

Create a virtual Windows system on your Linux machine and vice versa.

Paragon

By Ed Roth, 01/17/2001

Although expensive, Raritan Computer's Paragon system provides a quick, easy, and powerful KVM solution.

Biometric Identification

By Tom Iwanski, 01/17/2001

Better...stronger...faster? Biometric identification solutions are gaining popularity, but are you ready to implement them?

Win2K Support Tools

By Michael Otey, 01/17/2001

Here are 10 of the most helpful administrative tools that you'll find in the OS's Support Tools folder.

Ballmer Hints at Moves to Palm OS, Linux

By Paul Thurrott, 01/17/2001

Microsoft's CEO makes some surprising announcements--and takes some unsurprising swipes at Sun Microsystems.

Daily Answers

By Sean Daily, 01/17/2001

Learn how to edit the routing table, work around default SIS behavior, troubleshoot InoculateIT's realtime monitor, and improve WINS performance.

Mirrored Boot Drives

By Readers, 01/17/2001

Learn a new trick for preventing an unbootable system when a mirrored spare boot disk fails.

Tracking Administrator Logons

By Readers, 01/17/2001

Learn about a reader-provided solution that includes a batch file to help automate the process of auditing systems for Administrator access and installing software on a ...

New Audit Categories

By Randy Franklin Smith, 01/17/2001

Win2K provides two new audit categories that apply to domain controllers: Audit directory service access and Audit account logon events.

Book 'Em Danno

By Paul Robichaux, 01/17/2001

AutoAccept Utilities from exchangecode is a cool third-party product that uses public-folder functionality to let you book resources such as conference rooms.

Microsoft: Untangle the Net

By Michael Otey, 01/17/2001

Michael Otey shares his thoughts on .NET and wonders whether Microsoft has thought through all the implications of its .NET strategy.

Unified Messaging for Exchange Server

By Tom Iwanski, 01/17/2001

Sort out the options and new changes in technology before you start shopping for a unified messaging solution.

A Simple Command

By Paul Niser, 01/17/2001

You can use the Net User command to create new user accounts.


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