10/01/2002
October 2002 - Tales From the Trenches
Active Directory replication; Wireless Access Points Roundup; Printer Magic; 70-305 Exam Reviewed; more.
In-Depth
You can do a lot with printers in Windows 2000. All it takes is a little sleight of hand.
With today’s new features and improved defenses, you no longer have to choose between convenience and security when deploying an enterprise-level wireless network.
IT people move on; so, who's doing backups?
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...
It’s important to remember that the answer’s not always in a book or taught in a class, as we found out when investigating a disrupted wireless link.
Further investigation of a hard drive failure revealed one tiny but important tip that now lets one company's e-mail server run problem-free.
There’s a method to the madness of Active Directory replication, but many of the concepts can be tough to decipher...
The root of your problems may lie in your event logs.
Much of the knowledge IT professionals gain won't be found in a book or taught in a class...
Book Reviews
Quick Look: A comprehensive must-have for Exchange admins.
Offering more than just design basics, this book delves into the management of large-scale LANs.
Exam Reviews
Microsoft's Visual Studio .NET has revolutionized the way we write Web applications. But does that ease of development necessarily mean a lack of complexity? Hardly, as this exam shows.
Product Reviews
Flicks Titan shores up your IIS security
Once installed, bvControl tames servers.
ELM Enterprise Manager is more than just a baby-sitter.
DirectoryTroubleshooter can help you become one with AD.
PestPatrol is handy when normal virus protection isn’t enough.
Call Me Certifiable
Have you read your EULAs lately?
Certified Mail
Readers chime in on salary surveys; exam-testing skills; licensing; and exerting buying influence.
Editor's Desk
How do you like our new look?
Mr. Script
When software clogs up your system tray, it's time to pull out this Roto-Rooter of a script.
Professionally Speaking
Good communication with fellow employees is key to getting work done; in this situation, it's the key to remaining employed.
Security Advisor
Securing your servers by using templates isn't child's play. In her second installment on this topic, Roberta finds a parallel to a game.
Windows Foundation
As SAN and NAS storage drops in price, more companies are implementing them. What's your role in managing these devices?
Windows Insider
What would you need to know about Win2K if you were struck with reverse amnesia? Confused? Read on…
News
One-week testing phase for MCSE elective exam starts today.
Microsoft sends out invitations to candidates for final MCSD.NET core requirement exam.
Registration for this MCSE elective exam already underway.
Purchase the second edition of selected Microsoft Press MCSA/MCSE-related exam prep materials and get a discount voucher for related exams at VUE.
In a precedent-setting move, Microsoft has chosen an outside company, ACT, to develop an MCP exam.
Windows 2000 is now the Microsoft product on which MCPs have the greatest amount of knowledge, perhaps reflecting Win2K’s growing pervasiveness in the market.
Later this week, Microsoft's training and skills assessment group will release two new exams to shore up the developer certification tracks.
Microsoft is due to get Release Candidate 2 of Windows .NET Server out the door this month.
Security exam to face scrutiny of beta testers Oct. 10-17.
Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 and Windows XP SP 1 share a key element—changes to comply with Microsoft’s antitrust settlement with the Department of Justice.