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Certified Mail

Readers chime in on salary surveys; exam-testing skills; licensing; and exerting buying influence.

Exchange 2000 Upgrade, Times Two

It took three separate attempts to finally upgrade my company to Exchange 2000—this after doing the upgrade in a lab environment and upgrading a pilot box with the IT department on it...

Domain Interrogation

DirectoryTroubleshooter can help you become one with AD.

Tales from the Trenches

Much of the knowledge IT professionals gain won't be found in a book or taught in a class...

Javelina Releases Active Directory Toolset

Javelina Software, a four-year-old company with a background in Banyan Vines, launched a toolset for Active Directory administrators on Tuesday at the MCP TechMentor conference in San Diego.

Virtual Training

Sybex's MCSE Virtual Lab, while good, leaves something to be desired.

Well-Rounded Education

Microsoft stays true to its self-paced training kit roots with this MCSA offering

Getting Beyond the Subnet

Moving beyond static IP addresses makes our intrepid script router-friendly and takes you to the great outdoors.

Simplify Resource Navigation With Dfs

The Distributed file system (Dfs), when properly implemented, can help your users get where they want to go. But its usefulness doesn’t stop there.

Certified Mail: August 2002

"Windowsville" residents chime in on the "which OS is more secure" argument; readers debate Microsoft's longevity.

DNS Expertise at Your Fingertips

DNS Expert Active Directory scores big with the complex, falls short with the simple.

The Working Person’s Sniffer

What won’t it monitor?

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.

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.

Automated System Recovery and System Restore in Windows XP

Windows XP has more efficient tools for backup and recovery.

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