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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
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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
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News
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
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Remote Installation Services allows for easy creation of computer names containing MAC addresses.
12/16/2003
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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
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Exam 70-282, aimed at Small Business Server implementers, now available.
12/16/2003
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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
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News
MCSE: Security specialization exam 70-298 to be released December 15.
12/12/2003
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In-Depth
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
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News
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
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In-Depth
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
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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
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Aim is to encourage the largest corporations to consider Itanium 2-based systems rather than RISC-based platforms.
12/10/2003
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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
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News
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
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Forget who has access to which services? Find your way back with the LDAP Browser.
12/09/2003
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In-Depth
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
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News
MCDST: Another valuable way to validate your skills for a job, or more meaningless certification alphabet soup from Microsoft?
12/08/2003
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In-Depth
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
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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
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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
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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
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In a mid-quarter update, Intel Corp. said revenues are stronger than management had originally expected for the fourth quarter.
12/05/2003
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Slowly but surely Microsoft is putting together a robust BI platform that will serve many companies exceedingly well.
12/04/2003
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Broadens line and preps for InstallShield battle with $43 million Wise buy.
12/03/2003
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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
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Project management-based exam from Microsoft beta testing from Dec. 8 to Jan. 2, 2004.
12/03/2003
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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
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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
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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
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Legal issues aside, here's one way to audit Exchange 5.5 user mailbox usage on the down-low.
12/01/2003
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In-Depth
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
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In-Depth
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
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Could WinFS be the salvation?
12/01/2003
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News
Microsoft published a white paper on its Web site last week giving an overview of its internal security measures.
12/01/2003
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Seeing the whole picture with NetSupport 8.1.
12/01/2003
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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
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Plenty to say about board certs; small tales enjoyed
12/01/2003
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Encoding scripts to prevent unauthorized access.
12/01/2003
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These features require a little work, but are worth it.
12/01/2003
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While commercial product boast bells and whistles, Microsoft's free tool gets the job done.
12/01/2003
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In-Depth
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
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Windows Insider
By trying to think like an Exchange Server, you can learn the ins and outs of the SMTP protocol.
12/01/2003
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This Ecora suite documents like a dream.
12/01/2003
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Security Advisor
Microsoft's Small Business Server 2003 is a big leap forward for security.
12/01/2003
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In-Depth
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
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How we're being tested—now and in the future.
12/01/2003
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News
Brooktrout’s TruFax is Windows Server 2003-certified.
12/01/2003
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In-Depth
Learn tips for handling patch management and hiding objects.
12/01/2003
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This exam covers lots of Windows 2003 ground, including new security, backup and recover, and software updating methods.
12/01/2003