How to move the default directories created by IIS from the system drive. Plus, methods to make FTP more secure.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- 04/01/2004
With the ease of deployment for .NET applications, WinForms are once again a viable solution for large deployment environments. If you're considering WinForm programming, Windows Forms Programming in Visual Basic .NET is a must-have.
Use FTP or HTTP POST to transfer files over the Internet with .NET. Also learn how to secure a database Connection string.
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You'll never truly see the beauty of Exchange 2003 unless you migrate. Here are five tools to make that move quicker and easier.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- 04/01/2004
Two tools that stop popups dead in their tracks
Three continents, incompetent management and an impossible deadline is a case study in how to NOT do a major upgrade.
- By Greg Neilson
- 03/01/2004
The File Replication Service (FRS) has a justifiably bad reputation for bugginess and indecipherable logs. But recent changes from Redmond make it worth another look.
Visual Basic .NET Power Coding offers concise discussion and helpful examples of VB.NET's most complex topics, such as delegates, threading, remoting, Reflection, and security.
Enhance your UIs' flexibility with dynamic coding that uses runtime conditions to determine menu behavior.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 03/01/2004
Group policy is constantly evolving and has new functionality within Windows Server 2003. Here’s some basic training on what it can do.
- By Jeremy Moskowitz
- 03/01/2004
Buying new servers and more direct-attached disks solves short-term storage issues but creates a bigger problem—the storage management nightmare. Network attached storage, which separates disks from servers, is one answer. We evaluate three top NAS solutions running Windows Storage Server.
Systems engineer premier specialist titles for those whose job roles focus on messaging, security.
Sysadmin titles for those whose jobs focus on messaging, security.
One forest is easier to manage than multiple forests, but it might not be secure enough.
- By Stephen Perry
- 02/01/2004
Many security-related tasks can be tedious—and, therefore, overlooked. Using these 10 scripts can make your life easier, while simultaneously locking down your network.
Indigo is the core for communication in the next generation of Windows, code-named Longhorn. This model of its architecture gives you a good sense of what to expect from it.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 02/01/2004
The upcoming Windows version's refactored API and new graphics-presentation model, storage subsystem, and messaging services will bring development opportunities -- and challenges.
- By Roger Jennings
- 02/01/2004
Take advantage of the GDI+ graphics library to change the orientation of the label controls in an application; also, use Word's spell check from within your .NET application.
- By Fabio Ferracchiati
- 02/01/2004
Admin tasks don’t end the moment IT pros step out of the office. These devices and software solutions can keep servers shining, no matter where you are.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- 02/01/2004