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Are You Restrictive with Your Groups?

The miracle of Group Policy is that you can maintain tight reins on who has admin rights.

DHCP Roll Call

Scriptable method for obtaining a list of DHCP server names in a domain.

Log Jam

Use caution when setting log file limits; plus, some scripting books to check out.

Create Cool Custom Tables

Learn how to create and customize data-intensive tables in ASP.NET Web applications.

Editor for a Day: Greg Shields, Raytheon Company

Despite a resistant corporate culture, Greg and his colleagues developed a formalized change management process, which can even be adapted to smaller groups.

Migration Wonderland

Before you tread the path to Exchange migration, here's a look at where that well-worn path leads.

Keep Your Methodologies Flexible

Software methodologies have their place and can be useful in the development process, but they need to be flexible to provide their maximum benefit.

Consolidate Servers Now—or Pay Forever!

Microsoft's claims notwithstanding, consolidation may be in your immediate future.

Certified Mail: July 2004

Whether you get what you pay for in dirt-cheap servers. Plus, who's eagerly awaiting the next Windows servers? Not these readers.

Printer Location Tracking

O, printer, where art thou?

Unifying Data, Documents and Processes

Disparate systems make business process automation inefficient. Semantic integration of structured, unstructured and process data simplifies implementation of a robust SOA model.

A World of Unlimited Storage

The creative, inner IT person in me can think of other ways to use that extra petabyte of storage we'll soon have at our disposal.

Welcome to REDMOND (Magazine)!

Coming in October: More of the same, but more and better.

Whitehorse Rides to Modeling's Rescue

Modeling has enormous potential, but software modeling tools are too complicated and little used. Microsoft aims to change that with Whitehorse.

Rainbow Crack--Not a New Street Drug

You can roll your own (pardon the pun) cracks for Windows LM passwords.

Fancy Filework

Applying registration keys en masse via scripting.

Speed Up SQL Server Apps

Learn 10 useful tips and tricks that help boost SQL Server application performance.

Take Control of Print Preview

Learn how to implement a print preview dialog that uses the PrintPreviewControl to add features that aren't in the default PrintPreviewDialog component.

DFS to the Rescue

The power of this simple, useful tool is more evident when used during server consolidations or migrations.

Letters to the Editor

Some developers mourn the day that offshoring will force them out of a job, while others assert you need to make yourself more marketable. Only the strong survive.

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