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Configuring permissions with ESRA 2.0.
08/01/2003
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News
Microsoft is cooking up some changes for its Services for Unix product set, but the company is tight-lipped about what those changes might be.
07/31/2003
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Microsoft will drop the price of the Developer Edition of SQL Server 2000 by 90 percent on Friday, from $499 to $49.
07/31/2003
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Hewlett-Packard claimed the top spot in the high-profile TPC-C scalability benchmark this week with a system running its HP-UX 11 operating system and an Oracle database. The feat was accomplished on the same HP Superdome server with 64 Itanium processors that Microsoft used with Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2000 to claim the top spot on the TPC-C in May.
07/31/2003
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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.
07/30/2003
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IBM unveiled a server based on AMD's 64-bit processors that will be offered with Linux or Windows, the company announced Wednesday. The introduction of the IBM eServer 325 delivers on IBM's vow to ship an AMD Opteron-based system.
07/30/2003
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Less than a week after Business Objects acquired enterprise-reporting specialist Crystal Decisions, Hyperion Solutions countered by snapping up Brio Software.
07/30/2003
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Users running systems with RRAS enabled encountered problems after installing the patch. A hotfix is available and Microsoft will re-release the patch after more thorough testing is complete.
07/30/2003
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Taking another step in the major effort to enable 64-bit computing across its product lines, Microsoft will bring support for 64-bit CPUs to the next version of Visual Studio .NET, code-named "Whidbey."
07/30/2003
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Microsoft is reportedly planning to add a new certification title to its stable, this one for desktop support personnel.
07/30/2003
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Microsoft is feverishly trying to get users to apply a patch it released two weeks ago for a critical RPC vulnerability that affects most supported versions of Windows before a widespread worm based on the vulnerability can break out.
07/29/2003
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Windows Server 2003 is selling much more rapidly than Windows 2000 Server did at this stage in the product lifecycle, according to Microsoft officials.
07/29/2003
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Four forests or one? Four domains or one? The best AD design strives for simple and secure administration.
07/29/2003
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Complete server systems running Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition will cost less than $1,000, a Microsoft executive says.
07/28/2003
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It's that time of year when those who maintain the hum of the network should stand up and be recognized.
07/24/2003
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A major security hole in Microsoft's DirectX technology makes it possible for attackers to take over computers running most versions of Windows.
07/24/2003
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Microsoft issued three security bulletins this week fixing a critical flaw in DirectX, some important problems with SQL Server and a moderate security bug in Windows NT 4.0 Server.
07/24/2003
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Get the exact time that Windows processes via the WMIC command.
07/23/2003
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Microsoft adds new security exam to MCSA/MCSE on Windows 2003 tracks, but keeps mum on details.
07/23/2003
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Two major business intelligence vendors whose products are used heavily on Windows platforms announced a major merger this month. Business Objects will acquire privately-held Crystal Decisions for about $820 million in a deal the two parties expect will close near the end of 2003.
07/23/2003
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Microsoft plans to offer a scaled-down version of Content Management Server 2002 later this year for medium-sized businesses.
07/23/2003
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NSI Software moved to push data replication into more cost-conscious sectors of the enterprise by introducing a workgroup NAS-focused version of its Double-Take product.
07/23/2003
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Microsoft's core business software drove the financial gains the company reported in its fourth quarter, according to the company's financial statements.
07/22/2003
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Microsoft alerted users on Wednesday to the first critical flaw found so far in Windows Server 2003. The flaw with the Remote Procedure Call protocol could allow a remote attacker to take full control of a Windows machine. It affects all supported versions of Windows except the consumer-oriented Windows Me.
07/17/2003
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Microsoft has quietly added its first Exchange Server 2003 exam to its roster
of exams.
07/17/2003
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A survey by analyst firm Aberdeen Group found that CIOs have slightly upgraded their IT spending plans over the next six months to a year but that even the increased spending remains in the low single digits.
07/17/2003
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Researchers at Netcraft say Windows Server 2003 is closing in on its 100,000th active Web site in the three months since the launch of Microsoft's latest operating system.
07/17/2003
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Chipmaker AMD set a Sept. 23 launch date for its AMD Athlon 64 processor, a 64-bit processor designed specifically for desktop and notebook PCs.
07/17/2003
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Quick lesson on configuring subnet addresses.
07/16/2003
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Network Attached Storage devices built on Windows are continuing to gain market share, according to research by IDC.
07/15/2003
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Latest skills module aimed at messaging experts goes online as Exchange is readied for shipping.
07/15/2003
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Intel released a new Xeon processor this week for front-end servers and workstations with more on-die cache. The 3.06-GHz Intel Xeon processor with 1 MB of L3 cache complements the Intel Xeon MP processors released last month for four-processor and larger servers.
07/15/2003
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Windows Server 2003, the operating system Microsoft delayed for a complete security code review, got its first formal patch from Microsoft last week.
07/14/2003
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Use Winscl to find out which computers your users are logged onto.
07/08/2003
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News
When it comes to long-term return on investment, many of the arguments that held sway for the Windows 2000 generation of servers apply to the Windows Server 2003 group.
07/07/2003
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Any new Microsoft operating system offers a few flashy improvements
where a quick upgrade of a server here and a server there for a
valuable feature guarantees an immediate benefit. Windows Server 2003 is
no exception.
07/07/2003
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Microsoft's Next Generation Secure Computing Base is misunderstood. The controversial proposal for delivering client security through integrated hardware and software has some privacy advocates and conspiracy theorists crying foul. But several details have emerged that demonstrate that this code won't be running secretively in the background, and in fact that it looks like a promising, user-controlled defense against privacy intrusions and security violations.
07/07/2003
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IBM traded places with HP again for the top spot in the Transaction Processing Performance Council OLTP benchmark, bumping a Windows/Itanium-based system with a Unix/RISC system.
07/03/2003
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After making relatively little noise about metadirectory services for several years, Microsoft on Wednesday said it had released to manufacturing a new metadirectory product called Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003.
07/03/2003
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In partnership with Microsoft, Intel will give a customer preview of its 32-bit execution layer for 64-bit Itanium 2 processors in the beta of Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2003.
07/03/2003
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Several security vendors are issuing alerts that a hacker contest with the goal of defacing 6,000 Web sites will begin on Sunday.
07/03/2003
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Intel this week delivered its third-generation 64-bit processor, the "Madison" release of the Itanium 2 processor. Major server vendors including Dell, HP and IBM are poised with systems built on the higher performance chip.
07/03/2003
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AMD this week updated its two-month-old line of Opteron 64-bit server processors to offer chips designed for four-processor servers and eight-processor servers. The delivery means AMD has several technical building blocks in place to reach higher into enterprise requirements.
07/03/2003
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Delivering on one of the major free, post-release add-ons to Windows Server 2003, Microsoft this week put out the Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) software initiator package.
07/02/2003
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Microsoft has decided to release Windows Small Business Server 2003 in two editions. The decision highlights the increasing segmentation of the Windows server line, which is now up to nine editions – roughly a 50 percent increase from the Windows 2000 generation of servers.
07/02/2003
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Systems Management Server 2003 entered its last major testing milestone when Microsoft put out Release Candidate 1 of the replacement for the four-year-old SMS 2.0.
07/02/2003
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PeerSync Pro delivers flexible, real-time file synchronization.
07/01/2003
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CBT Vision’s Examiner for 70-219 proves a good value.
07/01/2003
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In-Depth
Can older applications and Windows XP share a network without driving each
other crazy?
07/01/2003
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In-Depth
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.
07/01/2003