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Income Conundrum

Sometimes you really have to ponder the meaning behind the numbers.

Doing a Server Double-Take

Despite its lackluster support, Double-Take may be the safety net you need.

Threats from the Trenches

You're no security expert, but you should keep an eye on your perimeter network. Implementing intrusion detection and antivirus measures can help.

The Working Person’s Sniffer

What won’t it monitor?

Robust Security

Easy to use-and effective

Need Help Designing Your Network?

Do you have a problem with your network design? If so, let Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine's experts come to your aid.

New Security Exam Under Development (Update)

Beta testing for new MCSA/MCSE elective expected in November; plus, certification program unlikely to include lab element in the near future.

Unhackable: Windows Challenge Network not Penetrated

Windows Security Challenge network 1, hackers 0.

Microsoft Exec: Trustworthy Computing More than a Slogan

Goal of Trustworthy Computing initiative is "To make computing so safe and reliable that people simply take it for granted, just like...the telephone system, water supply and electric power grid," say

Windows Security Challenge Network Holding Strong—So Far

When you invite the world to try to hack into your Microsoft network, what's the major security challenge you face? In the case of MCP TechMentor's Windows Security Challenge, it might be the security

Back to School

Can academia provide the same quality of MCSE instruction as a CTEC? James attends a local community college and reports his findings.

After the Crash

It’s not a matter of “if,” but “when,” your system turns that particular shade of blue that makes administrators see red. That’s when you’ll need to know what your options are to bring the dead box back to life.

Whom Do You Trust?

Active Directory’s trust model makes administration easier than NT, but also introduces the potential to do more damage. Make sure your administrators are trustworthy.

Help for the Help Desk

Keep track of support requests with one of these packages.

Peers Helping Peers

We solicited readers to provide us with their technical problems, and we were inundated with letters. Here are some of the more provocative problems that we put to you—the readers—to solve.

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