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How much can you handle to get secure?
Sorting out the story from Redmond
- By Gerry O'Brien
- 08/01/2003
Patch management is no longer a luxury to have a secure network—it’s a necessity. We test six solutions to the problem of knowing whether or not your servers and desktops are up to date.
- By David W. Tschanz
- 08/01/2003
Ecora Patch Manager 2.0 enables you to keep critical patches for Microsoft products up to date, now and into the future.
- By Joel Semeniuk
- 08/01/2003
This year and next will see a major boost in the number of companies trying out Windows Server 2003, especially among those enterprises where MCPs are employed.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 07/30/2003
Microsoft is reportedly planning to add a new certification title to its stable, this one for desktop support personnel.
Four forests or one? Four domains or one? The best AD design strives for simple and secure administration.
- By Bill Boswell
- 07/29/2003
Get the exact time that Windows processes via the WMIC command.
- By Bill Boswell
- 07/23/2003
Microsoft adds new security exam to MCSA/MCSE on Windows 2003 tracks, but keeps mum on details.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/23/2003
Quick lesson on configuring subnet addresses.
- By Bill Boswell
- 07/16/2003
Latest skills module aimed at messaging experts goes online as Exchange is readied for shipping.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/15/2003
CBT Vision’s Examiner for 70-219 proves a good value.
Can older applications and Windows XP share a network without driving each
other crazy?
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.
- By James Carrion
- 07/01/2003