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Network Management in NT 5.0

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Windows NT 5.0 offers many new and enhanced network services that support and improve the functionality of your computing infrastructure. In this issue of Windows NT Magazine, you get an in-depth view of what network management in NT 5.0 will look like. You'll learn about NT 5.0's new and improved networking features and how to implement Quality of Service in your NT 5.0 network to effectively prioritize data traffic flow, allocate bandwidth and resources, and enforce security.


Moving Day

By John Enck, 11/01/1998

Setting up the Windows NT Magazine Lab in a new location is a learning experience.

Exchange Directory Replication

By Tony Redmond, 11/01/1998

Understand how directory replication works so that you can prevent replication messages and RPCs from swamping your network.

Network Node Manager

By John Green, 11/01/1998

OpenView Network Node Manager's (NNM) upgrade includes: Event Correlation Services (ECS), a Java-based Web user interface, and additional fault tolerance

IBM IntelliStation M Pro

By Brian Gallagher, 11/01/1998

The IBM IntelliStation M Pro is IBM's latest and greatest 3-D Windows NT workstation.

Windows NT Event Viewer

By Michael D. Reilly, 11/01/1998

Use the NT Event Viewer to diagnose and prevent problems.

Reader to Reader - October 1998

By Readers, 11/01/1998

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

Publish Web Content with Site Server 3.0

By T.J. Harty, 11/01/1998

Microsoft's Site Server 3.0 improves substantially on previous versions. See how the newest release can make publishing intranet content a snap.

In Focus: Linked Servers and Distributed Heterogeneous Queries

By Karen Watterson, 11/01/1998

Linked servers are a new feature in SQL Server 7.0 that lets you do distributed heterogeneous queries.

Everybody's Doin' It

By Mark Smith, 11/01/1998

"Everybody's doin' it."

Thin Client/Server Computing Works

By Mark Smith, 11/01/1998

IS professionals who designed and run real-world thin-client/server implementantions tell you how their deployments work and why they're sucessful.

IBM Enterprise Suite for Windows NT

By Michael P. Deignan, 11/01/1998

If you're tired of BackOffice, IBM Enterprise Suite for Windows NT offers an attractive alternative.

NT News Analysis

By Craig Barth, 11/01/1998

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.

Video Distribution

By Brian Gallagher, 11/01/1998

Video streams differ fundamentally from other network data transmissions.

NT 5.0's Directory Service Migration Tool

By Douglas Toombs, 11/01/1998

Directory Service Migration Tool makes NDS-to-AD migrations easy.

Secure Your SMS in 6 Steps

By Bart Groenewoud, 11/01/1998

Use SQL Server's Enterprise Manager and SMS Security Manager to complete the 6-step process of securing your SMS.

Ask Dr. Bob Your NT Questions

By Bob Chronister, 11/01/1998

Find anaswers to cloning a PDC to create a BDC in an existing domain, correcting a corrupt print driver in NT, and performing an unattended installation on machines with AGP.

Build a Better Network with QoS

By Tao Zhou, 11/01/1998

Quality of Service lets you prioritize data flow, allocate bandwidth, and enforce security in your network. Here's a primer on QoS implementation.

Y2K and Microsoft

By Paula Sharick, 11/01/1998

Many small businesses don't understand the magnitude of the Y2K problem. Learn how to protect your NT enterprise.

Inside the Boot Process, Part 1

By Mark Russinovich, 11/01/1998

Take an in-depth look at the process by which NT wakes up and gets going.

Video for the Intranet

By Brian Gallagher, 11/01/1998

The Lab continues reviews of the videoconferencing software with Cisco Systems' IP/TV software and cameras from COnnectix and Toshiba.

Sniffers: A Common Enemy

By Mark Walla, 11/01/1998

When connected to a Windows NT-UNIX network to the Internet, security weaknesses can result. One weakness is vulnerability to sniffer attacks.

Questions, Answers, and Tips About SQL Server

By Karen Watterson, 11/01/1998

Learn more slick features coming in SQL Server 7.0, and find out about transforming applications into NT services, a security hole in xp_cmdshell, installing BOL manually, SQL ...

DiskMapper

By Michael P. Deignan, 11/01/1998

Micro Logic's DiskMapper creates a color-coded map to track disk space usage.

HP OpenView Network Node Manager 5.02 for Windows NT

By John Green, 11/01/1998

HP OpenView Network Node Manager (NNM) 5.02 for Windows NT brings the full power of HP's flagship network-management tool for UNIX to NT, along with a new user interface.

Load Balancing Your NICs

By Jonathan Cragle, 11/01/1998

Distribute your incoming and outgoing data through a super NIC.

NT Intelligence

By David Chernicoff, 11/01/1998

Walking the walk and talking the talk. Operating systems must learn peaceful coexistence.

NeoStation 220

By John Enck, 11/01/1998

The NeoStation 220 is an instant-on/downloadable Windows-based terminal hybrid and is a fine fit for the thin-client and thin-server environment.

MCSE Self-Study Options

By Michael P. Deignan, 11/01/1998

In the third part of an examination of CBT self-study programs, the Lab reviews four products.

How to Secure Your NT-UNIX Network

By Mark Walla, 11/01/1998

Here are 8 components to consider when you are securing your mixed network.

SQL Server Security Modes and SMS

By Bart Groenewoud, 11/01/1998

Set up SQL Server with one of three security modes: standard, integrated, or mixed.

Service Packs and Hotfixes

By Paula Sharick, 11/01/1998

SP4 promises to be worth the wait, but you'll want to install SP3's hotfixes in the meantime.

Managing Your Network with NT 5.0

By Darren Mar-Elia, 11/01/1998

NT 5.0 provides new and enhanced network services and gives you the tools to manage them in the Microsoft Management Console. Here's a look at NT 5.0's increased network services ...

AUTOEXNT

By Mark Minasi, 11/01/1998

Run programs that aren't services automatically when NT starts.

Relearning Lessons

By Mark Minasi, 11/01/1998

Modern applications use disk space lavishly, and few include provisions for resolving space shortages.

Unattended SCSI Adapter Driver Installations

By Mark Minasi, 11/01/1998

Perform unattended installations of SCSI drivers that NT doesn't recognize.

Perl COM Objects

By Bob Wells, 11/01/1998

Learn how to create COM automation servers in Perl.

Norton Antivirus 4.0 for Windows NT Servers

By Jonathan Cragle, 11/01/1998

Norton AntiVirus (NAV) 4.0 for NT Servers includes a flexible, centralized alert system that keeps administrators up-to-date through alerts from other workstations and servers ...

IRAS-8A

By John Enck, 11/01/1998

The IRAS-8A is the ideal Basic Rate Interface (BRI) connection.

Reader Challenge

By Kathy Ivens, 11/01/1998

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.

ThinSTAR 200 Windows-based Terminal

By Christa Anderson, 11/01/1998

Network Computing Devices's (NCD) ThinSTAR 200 is a promising addition to the Windows-based terminal family. The device is small, but it provides good video support.


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