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Windows Storage: Today and Beyond

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Windows Server 2003 includes storage administration tools, such as Virtual Disk Service and Volume Shadow Copy Service, that make IT professionals' jobs easier. Also in this issue, we explore the fusion of NAS and SAN technologies.


Move User Profiles

By Mark Minasi, 06/24/2003

Need to restore a profile from backup or transfer a profile from an old computer to a new one? You have three options, but here's the best method.

In Search of .NET

By Mark Smith, 06/24/2003

Microsoft .NET evangelist Adam Sohn reveals ways in which Microsoft is implementing the .NET Framework in its internal applications.

Approving Pending Requests

By Paul Robichaux, 06/24/2003

Learn how to use the MMC Certification Authority snap-in to check on and approve pending certificate requests.

Understanding DC Roles

By Kathy Ivens, 06/24/2003

Learn how to assign roles for maximal network performance.

Other VM Products

By Michael Otey, 06/24/2003

Read about other virtual machine products from VMware and other vendors.

New & Improved

By Carolyn Mader, 06/24/2003

Find out about new products in the marketplace.

Blade Servers

By William Sheldon, 06/24/2003

Discover how Web blades are ideal for Web hosting and how fault-tolerant blades provide instantaneous failover for better reliability.

Tips for Wireless Security

By Michael Otey, 06/24/2003

The 802.11b protocol's biggest shortcoming is its lack of security. Follow these tips to prevent holes in your WLAN.

Relaxing Outlook 2002 Attachment Security

By Sean Daily, 06/24/2003

Learn how to give users access to restricted email attachments.

What You Need to Know About Outlook 2003 Security Enhancements

By Paul Thurrott, 06/24/2003

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 will include exciting new security enhancements that will make this release a compelling upgrade.

Resolving an IP-Forwarding Problem

By Sean Daily, 06/24/2003

Solve a problem involving a Win2K Pro machine serving as a router.

Exchange Server 2003 and VSS

By Jerry Cochran, 06/24/2003

Discover how VSS running on Windows 2003 can improve Exchange 2003 system availability.

Using IntelliMirror to Manage User Data and Settings

By Ed Roth, 06/24/2003

This technology's set of tools lets you create a comprehensive user data and settings management solution.

Failed Processor in Multiprocessor System

By Readers, 06/24/2003

A failed processor takes down a multiprocessor Win2K server.

Windows Server 2003's Group Policy Management Console

By Sean Deuby, 06/24/2003

The Windows Server 2003 GPMC utility provides sorely needed functionality for GPO development and management.

What You Need to Know About the Microsoft Enterprise Engineering Center

By Paul Thurrott, 06/24/2003

Microsoft uses its Enterprise Engineering Center (EEC) to fine tune its products and better meet customer needs.

Virtual Disk Service and Its Client Tools

By Keith Hageman, 06/24/2003

Windows 2003's VDS and its client tools ease administration by providing one interface for storage devices from most vendors.

SAN and NAS: Better Together

By Mark Smith, 06/24/2003

What can you do if some of your storage needs call for a SAN and others for NAS? Fuse them!

Recovering Lost Partitions

By Sean Daily, 06/24/2003

Recover partitions lost during a Win2K installation.

Increasing the Registry Size Limit

By Sean Daily, 06/24/2003

Discover how to increase the registry size limit to put a stop to error messages.

What's Hot

By Carolyn Mader, 06/24/2003

Readers tell us about their favorite products.

Letters to the Editor

By Editors, 06/24/2003

Readers share their thoughts about problems with SMS, multiple-forest trusts, and PDAs that offer cellular phone and RIM services.

Learning About Default Class Permissions

By Randy Franklin Smith, 06/24/2003

Learn everything you wanted to know about the defaultSecurityDescriptor attribute and the default access control entries that Win2K adds to every AD class.

Securing SMTP Email Traffic

By Paul Robichaux, 06/24/2003

Using SSL alone to secure SMTP has drawbacks. Add Transport Layer Security, and you'll go a long way toward securing your email.

Monitoring IIS Performance

By Wayne Berry, 06/24/2003

Windows 2000's Performance tool lets you see how your Web services are doing.

Flatter Is Better

By Elliot King, 06/24/2003

We want our flat screens, and we want them now.

Moving an NT System to a New Resource Domain

By Sean Daily, 06/24/2003

Find instructions for moving an NT server from one domain to another.

Discovering the Source of Strange Error Messages

By Sean Daily, 06/24/2003

Find the cause of some mysterious error messages.

Remote Control Software

By John Howie, 06/24/2003

Control remote machines from home or the office.

Virtual Upgrades

By Michael Otey, 06/24/2003

Virtual machine software is beneficial in flexible test environments, server consolidation scenarios, and extending the life of legacy software platforms.

VMware GSX Server 2.5

By Michael Otey, 06/24/2003

VMware GSX Server 2.5 is representative of VM solutions that can effectively address production-level server consolidation.

Publishing Word Template on Terminal Server

By Readers, 06/24/2003

A reader publishes a modified Word template to 300 Terminal Server users.

Merging Networks the Hard Way

By David Chernicoff, 06/24/2003

Evaluating the IT standards of potential corporate acquisitions is a simple practice that can pay enormous dividends.

Disable Win2K DNS Negative Caching

By Readers, 06/24/2003

Edit the registry to disable negative caching.

Check for and Create User Accounts Programmatically

By Christa Anderson, 06/24/2003

Writing a script that checks for and creates user accounts might seem daunting. Here's an approach to make the task straightforward.

How to Move DC Roles

By Kathy Ivens, 06/24/2003

Follow these step-by-step instructions to move operations master roles from one domain controller to another.


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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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