Network Management


Design Prep

CBT Vision’s Examiner for 70-219 proves a good value.

Palm Reading

It’s a moment every administrator dreads: Your network is crying for help, and you don’t know why. Wouldn’t it be great if, right in your hand, you had a tool that could diagnose the problem? We test four handheld analyzers to see just how they can make your job easier.

Anthony's Tale

Anthony wanted to run Windows DNS on his company’s BIND network. It worked—until the intern came along.

Painless Restore

ERDisk for Active Directory saves time, money and grief.

Give the My Computer Icon a User Name

It is handy to be able to just look up at the My Computer icon and see where you are and what name you are using.

Active Directory Single Object Restore

When you accidentally delete an Active Directory object, can you bring it back without performing an authoritative restore on the entire directory? This tip shares a little known service built right into AD that you'll want to know about.

Searching Active Directory

Forego scripting—try this LDAP query in the ADUC.

Backup (in) a Minute

Rest easy: Your data’s safe with UltraBac.

Get the Message

Straight talk on meshing your enterprise e-mail systems.

Windows 2003 Exams Added to MCDBA Roster

New Windows 2003 exams can be used to fulfill core networking requirements of the MCDBA on SQL 2000 track.

Windows Update

Here are the latest service packs from Microsoft as of June 28, 2003:

At the Fork In the Exchange Migration Path

The road behind has no signposts for what's to come.

Exchange 2000 Forest Preparation Error

Can't prep the forest for the trees.

More MCSE on Windows 2003 Core Betas on the Way

Microsoft plans to test two more exams for the MCSE on Windows 2003 track later this month.

Safe Waters

How do you dive into the sea of networks in an efficient and secure way? We look at four firewall products—both hardware and software—that will help keep the sharks at bay.

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