Windows Servers


Seriously, Least Access

Run legacy apps without hitting the security barrier.

Assessing Your Desktop Support Skills

Microsoft, MeasureUp team up to provide desktop support assessments.

Server Coexistence

Who gave this reader the silly idea that Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 can't live within the same domain?

The Island Effect

Reader has trouble with DCs looking within when doing DNS lookups.

Security, Security, Security

Ports are a good way in, and often remain unchecked.

Field Report: TechMentor 2004 New Orleans

</i>MCP Magazine<i>'s TechMentor lured hundreds of Windows IT professionals to the bayou for five days of in-depth learning, product demos, networking, and plenty of fancy eating.

Microsoft on Its Security Response

</i>MCP Magazine<i> asked Stephen Toulouse, security program manager, Microsoft Security Response Center, about the flaw and resulting controversy about the time delay.

Kentucky Schools Upgrade Finished

Completed: Kentucky Education migrates, streamlines NT 4.0 systems to Windows Server 2003.

Securing IIS

How to move the default directories created by IIS from the system drive. Plus, methods to make FTP more secure.

14 Reasons To Reconsider Software Restrictions

Software Restriction Policies is a terrific new security tool—if you know what it can’t do, as well as what it can.

The Mystery of the Event Logs

Knowing what’s in your Event Logs is a key to knowing what your servers are doing. Here’s how to make sense of them.

Citrix Fine-Tunes a Winning Formula

MetaFrame suite is all you need for terminal services.

TechNet In-Depth

Sure, you can do Knowledge Base searches online. But there’s plenty more that TechNet offers.

The Fast Road to Exchange Server 2003

You'll never truly see the beauty of Exchange 2003 unless you migrate. Here are five tools to make that move quicker and easier.

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