11/01/2001
November 2001 - Tough Training—Boot Camp-Style
Inside an MCSE boot camp. Plus: Win2K backup software reviewed; administering Active Directory; Windows XP from the ground up.
In-Depth
Readers speak up to tell us about their training experiences—the good and the bad.
One of Active Directory’s coolest features is the ability to delegate administration in an extremely granular way. This guide shows you how.
Schools, training centers, and other organizations are working with the VA to help U.S. veterans get the necessary tools you need to become active in the IT workforce.
The latest in backup software handles the complexity of Windows 2000.
If you're going to put out the time and money to take a technical course, make sure you do the learning job right.
Going to a boot camp is one way to get Windows 2000-certified. But is that the best way? An MCP Magazine editor does the computer equivalent of Parris Island and reports from the front lines.
With the drop in hard drive prices, many system administrators are faced with more data to back up than before.
Book Reviews
A "must have" book for any one interested in learning about PKI or the Information Security professional serious about securing transactions on the Internet.
An excellent starting point for managers and
developers who want the basics on distributed services
If you program with OLE DB this is a great reference.
A magnificent guide to a challenging subject.
Product Reviews
The latest in backup software handles the complexity of Windows 2000.
New version will include Oracle 8 support and Package Policy Manager.
Prepare for hard disk disasters before they happen.
The latest in backup software handles the complexity of Windows 2000.
The latest in backup software handles the complexity of Windows 2000.
Decrease your worries by implementing the iPrism Internet filtering device to control where your Internet users can and cannot go.
Network Analysis with Network Instruments’ Observer 7.1
The latest in backup software handles the complexity of Windows 2000.
Call Me Certifiable
Not much in the mood to be grateful this year, Auntie sounds off about things for which she’s not so thankful.
Certified Mail
Disputing death, deputies of morality, and what's up with the MCSD.
Drill Down
Can a Web-only exam-prep product get you ready for the Windows 2000 tests? The answer here is "yes."
Editor's Desk
Fate always has its finger in our lives, doesn’t it?
Mr. Script
Object-oriented programming with Windows Script Components can keep you from having to reinvent the wheel—and there are some cool bells and whistles, to boot!
Professionally Speaking
When it comes to the next step in your certification, look at what you like to do and how you can go about learning it, rather than what may be the next hot certification.
Security Advisor
Nobody likes uninvited guests—and when they invade your online conferences, the consequences can be deadly. Exchange Conferencing Server can help you keep the riff-raff at bay.
Windows Foundation
Your Win2K Pro-savvy will give you a head-start on implementing Windows XP. Let's start with the installation.
Windows Insider
With its central interface, Microsoft Management Console makes managing administrative tools a “snap.”
News
IT experts who maintain Web applications using Application Center 2000 will be able to test their AppCenter savvy beginning Nov. 27, 2001.
Microsoft has extended the Dec. 31, 2001 deadline for MCTs to achieve a premium certification to May 1, 2002, based on requests from MCTs and
Microsoft CTECs.
Microsoft acknowledges tidbits of information on three new developer exams at Professional Developer Conference in Los Angeles.
Live from New York, it's Bill Gates and Windows XP.
Microsoft's certification and skills assessment group rewrites exam policy, allowing MCSE on Windows 2000 candidates to count formerly retired exams as valid electives.
The Code Red virus, which did a Tony Soprano on Microsoft Internet Server boxes around the world, may actually end up doing more good than harm.
ENTmag.com: Gartner predicts follow-up to Windows .NET Server may arrive on shelves after 2003.
First exam for newest operating system now available.
Enter MCP Magazine’s “Guess-The-Number-Of-MCSEs” contest, and you could win seven exam vouchers to achieve your next certification!
Microsoft rethinks Windows Activation Procedure feature in Windows XP.