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Complex Countdown

The challenges facing IT professionals in today's market are formidable. Heightened security concerns and looming Y2K issues top the list.

Y2K and the Law

Consulting on Y2K issues can be profitable, but it also exposes you to tremendous risks if you don’t have the proper legal protection behind you.

Inside Service Pack 4

If your job includes security, the Security Configuration Editor in SP4 can truly make things much easier. In this new column, an NT security expert tells what the new release can do for you.

DNS Dichotomy

Microsoft’s implementation of DNS has always varied from the original. With Dynamic DNS around the corner in Windows 2000, you’ll want a clear understanding of what those variances are.

Why2K?

Welcome to Auntie Em’s Y2K kickoff celebration.

Know It All

Closing the chasm between systems and applications, and why the salary survey is moving to July.

Ten Management Mistakes to Avoid

Management can be the hardest part of any job—yet it’s key to career growth. These 10 truths will help you thrive and rise among the ranks unscathed.

High-Tech Head Start

This Microsoft program helps students begin careers in network management, systems administration, and programming.

Donna Senko Talks Back

The Director of Microsoft’s Certification and Skills Assessment Program educates us on benefits, new exams, and the quality question.

Measuring Your Worth

Two studies provide some useful statistics that you can present to management on the value of your certification.

Let's Just All Get Along: DNS Fundamentals

With Active Directory, you’ll need to be able to manage DNS. This primer will get you started.

Three Consulting Fundamentals

So you’ve decided to be a consultant. Are you prepared to go out and find, mind, and grind your own work?

This Beta Be Good

Just what qualifies as a "beta" these days?

Surviving the High-Tech Interview

Interviews don’t have to feel like interrogations. Follow these tips and you’ll be a success in no time—no matter what side of the desk you’re sitting on.

MCSD: Who Needs IT?

Some ways to separate you from other developers in the pack

Get Under the GUI

Windows NT is essentially a collection of interrelated services. Here’s how to explore the higher-level services to demonstrate their relationships to each other.

Get a Piece of the Pie

E-commerce activity is booming. Microsoft Site Server 3.0, Commerce Edition can help you corner your own piece of the market.

Benefiting Us All

A question of benefits.

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