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  • News

    BizTalk Server 2004 Pricing Unveiled

    Microsoft on Wednesday disclosed plans to hold pricing relatively steady for the next release of its integration-focused BizTalk Server 2004, which is scheduled to ship early next year. 12/17/2003

  • News

    Windows 2000 Phase-out to Begin in April

    Microsoft laid out a roadmap on Wednesday for retiring Windows 2000 Server editions over the next few years. The process starts in April for Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Advanced Server. 12/17/2003

  • News

    Embracing Windows Server 2003: Tales from Early Adopters, Part 1

    Moving to a major new operating system is always daunting, but for these four companies, the switch to Microsoft’s latest OS was well worth it. In part 1 of a four-part series, here's why one small ISP moved for the speed improvements as well as server consolidation. 12/16/2003

  • RISky Business

    Remote Installation Services allows for easy creation of computer names containing MAC addresses. 12/16/2003

  • News

    Windows XP SP2 to Come Late in First Half 2004

    The earliest that Windows XP Service Pack 2 will ship is at the end of the first half of 2004, according to Mike Nash, corporate vice president for Microsoft's security business unit. 12/16/2003

  • News

    Exam for SBS 2003 Goes Live

    Exam 70-282, aimed at Small Business Server implementers, now available. 12/16/2003

  • News

    EMC to Acquire VMWare

    Storage giant EMC Corp. will buy virtualization software vendor VMWare Inc. in a $635 million deal expected to close in the first quarter of 2004, the companies said Monday. The deal widens EMC's software portfolio and shields VMWare from a head-to-head battle with Microsoft, which acquired VMWare competitor Connectix earlier this year. 12/15/2003

  • News

    Designing Security Exam Now Available

    MCSE: Security specialization exam 70-298 to be released December 15. 12/12/2003

  • In-Depth

    Embracing Windows Server 2003: Moving a Global Firm from Windows NT

    The final chapter in this four-part series discusses a global manufacturing firm’s experiences in moving from NT 4.0 to Windows Server 2003, an operation with 10,000 computers worldwide. 12/11/2003

  • News

    Goody Bag for Licensing 6.0 Gets Bigger

    The one constant in Microsoft's Licensing 6.0 and Software Assurance programs has been change. Generally, that change has come in the form of added goodies for the program as the company realized it was alienating customers with too many restrictions for too little value and arming critics with a hot button issue. 12/11/2003

  • In-Depth

    Embracing Windows Server 2003: A Cautious, Long-term Migration

    Part three of this four-part series describes a Canadian’s firm’s on-going, cautious efforts to evaluate the new platform for its truly mission-critical 24x7 environment. 12/10/2003

  • News

    Microsoft CRM Gets Refresh

    Microsoft this week released an interim version of the Microsoft Customer Relationship Management product that it initially released in January and also unveiled the globalization of the product. 12/10/2003

  • News

    Intel Introduces Try-and-Buy Program for Itanium 2

    Aim is to encourage the largest corporations to consider Itanium 2-based systems rather than RISC-based platforms. 12/10/2003

  • News

    Microsoft: No Security Patches in December

    Microsoft found no security problems serious enough to fix in December. Microsoft's new patch policy calls for all patches to be released on the second Tuesday of the month. The company announced Tuesday that it was letting the regular patching date pass without any new security bulletins and patches. 12/10/2003

  • News

    Opinion: Troubled Times for E-mail

    A quick glance at MessageLabs' end of year statistics on virus activity and an impression that's been growing since the summer gets sharper. 12/09/2003

  • Lost in a Sea of Attributes

    Forget who has access to which services? Find your way back with the LDAP Browser. 12/09/2003

  • In-Depth

    Embracing Windows Server 2003: Moving 30 Remote Sites Running Windows NT

    Part Two of this four-part series profiles an organization with 30 television stations across the country and 2,000-plus employees. 12/09/2003

  • News

    The Value of the New Desktop Cert

    MCDST: Another valuable way to validate your skills for a job, or more meaningless certification alphabet soup from Microsoft? 12/08/2003

  • In-Depth

    Embracing Windows Server 2003: Tales from Early Adopters

    Moving to a major new operating system is always daunting, but for these four companies, the switch to Microsoft’s latest OS was well worth it. In part 1 of this four-part series, a small ISP moved for the speed improvements as well as server consolidation. 12/08/2003

  • News

    Long Road to Longhorn

    Why is Microsoft talking up a desktop OS that's two years away from delivery? In some ways, it's by design. 12/08/2003

  • News

    Get Ready for Exabytes

    A quarterly report on the state of the worldwide disk storage systems market shows we're about to cross another psychological threshold. 12/05/2003

  • News

    Intel Says Itanium Hitting Stride

    After years of spinning its wheels, 64-bit Intel Architecture technology appears to be finally gaining some traction, according to Intel officials. 12/05/2003

  • News

    Intel Upgrades Financial Outlook

    In a mid-quarter update, Intel Corp. said revenues are stronger than management had originally expected for the fourth quarter. 12/05/2003

  • News

    What Kind of BI Powerhouse Is Microsoft?

    Slowly but surely Microsoft is putting together a robust BI platform that will serve many companies exceedingly well. 12/04/2003

  • News

    Altiris Gets Wise to Software Installation Market

    Broadens line and preps for InstallShield battle with $43 million Wise buy. 12/03/2003

  • News

    IDC: Windows Server Sales Booming, Linux Growing Faster

    The market for Windows-based server systems is growing fast, but Linux-based systems are growing much faster in revenues and units, according to the latest quarterly data from market analysts at IDC. 12/03/2003

  • News

    Beta Testing for Enterprise Project Management Exam Next Week

    Project management-based exam from Microsoft beta testing from Dec. 8 to Jan. 2, 2004. 12/03/2003

  • News

    Customers Running into Problems Installing SharePoint Services

    Microsoft acknowledged an installation problem this week with Windows SharePoint Services, an add-on for Windows Server 2003 and a central component of Windows Small Business Server 2003 that is one of the most highly touted new features in the server OS. 12/03/2003

  • News

    Coreflood Problems Highlight Unaddressed NTFS ADS Threat

    Security experts say that the new virus could presage a raft of similar attacks, and -- as if that’s not bad enough -- an administrator who identified the virus early says that it and other ADS exploits like it aren’t detected by many of today’s most common virus- and Trojan-scanning tools. 12/03/2003

  • News

    Microsoft Giving Away SFU 3.0

    When Microsoft Services for Unix 3.0 came out, a highlight was its surprisingly low price tag. In a promotion running through the end of this month, the set of tools and services for interoperating between Windows, Unix and Linux is free. 12/02/2003

  • Minding the E-Mail

    Legal issues aside, here's one way to audit Exchange 5.5 user mailbox usage on the down-low. 12/01/2003

  • In-Depth

    Your MCSA/MCSE Lab

    Your company is not keen on you honing your IT skills on its WAN for good reason. Building a lab is the next best thing. Here's how. 12/01/2003

  • In-Depth

    Security with UrlScan

    UrlScan is an invaluable security tool for Web sites. Although IIS 6.0 incorporates some of its functionality, it’s still useful for IIS 6.0 sites—and critical for older versions of IIS. 12/01/2003

  • Unifying the Storm

    Could WinFS be the salvation? 12/01/2003

  • News

    Microsoft Describes Its Own Security Measures

    Microsoft published a white paper on its Web site last week giving an overview of its internal security measures. 12/01/2003

  • Remote Control Done Right

    Seeing the whole picture with NetSupport 8.1. 12/01/2003

  • 70-296: The Systems Engineer Challenge

    This MCSE upgrade exam will test your Windows 2003 expertise, especially in the areas of DNS, group policies, trusts and Active Directory maintenance. 12/01/2003

  • Reader Feedback: December 2003

    Plenty to say about board certs; small tales enjoyed 12/01/2003

  • No More Prying Eyes

    Encoding scripts to prevent unauthorized access. 12/01/2003

  • New & Improved

    These features require a little work, but are worth it. 12/01/2003

  • Microsoft's Free AD Migration Tool Shines

    While commercial product boast bells and whistles, Microsoft's free tool gets the job done. 12/01/2003

  • In-Depth

    Products You Love!

    You're the ultimate authority for keeping your network up and running. You've carefully chosen tools that help you most and products you can't live without. Here are your choices for 2003's best of the best. 12/01/2003

  • Windows Insider

    Be the Exchange Server

    By trying to think like an Exchange Server, you can learn the ins and outs of the SMTP protocol. 12/01/2003

  • One Sweet Information Suite

    This Ecora suite documents like a dream. 12/01/2003

  • Security Advisor

    Giving Them the (Small) Business

    Microsoft's Small Business Server 2003 is a big leap forward for security. 12/01/2003

  • In-Depth

    Server Migration: Moving from Here to There

    Migrating servers, users and resources from Windows NT to Windows Server 2003 was a big challenge for our fictional hero. We review a number of third-party tools to help ease his pain. 12/01/2003

  • He Shoots, He Scores

    How we're being tested—now and in the future. 12/01/2003

  • News

    Fax Management for the Enterprise

    Brooktrout’s TruFax is Windows Server 2003-certified. 12/01/2003

  • In-Depth

    Q&A: Manage Security Patches

    Learn tips for handling patch management and hiding objects. 12/01/2003

  • 70-292: An Administrator's View of Windows Server 2003

    This exam covers lots of Windows 2003 ground, including new security, backup and recover, and software updating methods. 12/01/2003

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