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VoIP Solutions

By Edward B. Driscoll, Jr., 04/22/2003

VoIP systems offer many advantages to businesses that have significant telephony needs.

Internet Explorer Tip

By Readers, 04/22/2003

Configure Internet Explorer to open a new window when following a link.

What You Need to Know About Windows Server 2003 Performance and Scalability

By Paul Thurrott, 04/22/2003

Windows Server 2003 offers dramatic improvements over Windows 2000 Server.

Adding Value to SMS

By Marshall Copeland, 04/22/2003

Learn how the new SMS 2.0 Feature Pack tools can enhance your SMS installation.

Crossing Site Boundaries

By Derek Melber, 04/22/2003

Use Replication Monitor to force replication across Win2K AD sites.

Configure Windows XP’s Shutdown Event Tracker

By Readers, 04/22/2003

Record in the System log events related to intentional and unintentional shutdowns and restarts.

Microsoft Needs to Get Serious About Security

By Michael Otey, 04/22/2003

Microsoft's security-by-marketing mindset does enterprise customers no good. If Microsoft wants to succeed in the market, it needs to fix its current products.

Installing Orca

By James Edelen, 04/22/2003

Learn how to obtain and install Microsoft's database editor.

Assemble a Security Template

By Mark Minasi, 04/22/2003

Get the most out of security templates in XP and Win2K.

Virtually Confused About Storage?

By Jerry Cochran, 04/22/2003

Storage virtualization can be complex. Windows 2003's new Virtual Disk Service makes the process much simpler.

Letters to the Editor

By Editors, 04/22/2003

Readers share their thoughts on hiding DCs, looking out for little IT shops, KVM over IP, and controlling user account logons.

Recovery Console

By Readers, 04/22/2003

Get the most out of Windows XP and Windows 2000's Recovery Console.

Renaming Special Folders

By Michael Otey, 04/22/2003

Discover how to change the name of Recycle Bin, My Network Places, and other Windows special folders.

More About How to Assign Network Resources

By Christa Anderson, 04/22/2003

Finding common elements lets you assign network resources to more than one user or computer at a time.

NuView StorageX 3.0

By David Chernicoff, 04/22/2003

This policy-based software makes enterprise storage management a one-person task.

Can’t Uninstall Print Server Utility

By Readers, 04/22/2003

Lexmark print server utility causes problems.

Content Scanning Your Exchange Servers

By Paul Robichaux, 04/22/2003

Learn techniques for monitoring mailboxes, doing keyword searches, and scanning content on the fly.

IIS 6.0 Features

By Brett Hill, 04/22/2003

Analyze the Web server's new features, including security enhancements and a portable metabase.

Renaming IIS 5.0 Servers

By Brett Hill, 04/22/2003

Learn whether renaming your IIS 5.0 servers will affect IIS operations.

Recovering from a Failed DC Promotion

By Derek Melber, 04/22/2003

Glitches happen when you upgrade NT DCs to Win2K AD. With a level head and the right tools, you can overcome these problems.

What's Hot

By Carolyn Mader, 04/22/2003

Readers tell us about their favorite products.

Backing Up DHCP

By Readers, 04/22/2003

Easily create a reliable DHCP backup.

VPN-Enabled Wireless Routers

By John Howie, 04/22/2003

Make sure that data transmitted across your wireless networks remains confidential.

What You Need to Know About the Microsoft .NET Connected Logo Program

By Paul Thurrott, 04/22/2003

Microsoft introduced the.NET Connected Logo Program to identify .NET-enabled products from Microsoft and third parties.

(Almost) Perfect Devices

By Mark Smith, 04/22/2003

Current smart-device technology comes close to delivering every item on Mark Smith’s wish list.

Scripting with WMI

By Ed Roth, 04/22/2003

Discover how to script with WMI to automate the task of gathering desktop inventory information.

Windows and UNIX on the Desktop

By Steve Greenberg, 04/22/2003

Present Windows and UNIX applications from one UI.

Using Group Policy to Deploy XP

By James Edelen, 04/22/2003

Find out how to automate the client OS upgrade process.

What You Need to Know About SQL Server Yukon

By Paul Thurrott, 04/22/2003

Microsoft says Yukon will be a database server upgrade and also a platform on which the company will base future versions of AD, Microsoft Exchange Server, the Windows file ...

Removing ISAPI Filters After Installing IIS

By Brett Hill, 04/22/2003

Learn which ISAPI filters you can remove after you install IIS.

MOM Deployment Tips

By Syed Abbas, 04/22/2003

Microsoft Operations Manager experts provide installation advice gleaned from their work with customers.


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Essential Guides

Is your iSCSI "lossy"? The reality is that most off-the-shelf Ethernet hardware deployed for iSCSI can lose packets, resulting in slow performance or application downtime. Learn how to assess your current iSCSI infrastructure and engineer an advanced iSCSI SAN infrastructure.

Web Seminars

What's the best way to keep your network safe from malware? In this web seminar, security expert Greg Shields suggests an alternative method to the traditional blacklisting approach that is common with anti-virus and anti-malware solutions.

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