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  • News

    Microsoft-EMC Launch Solution for Backing up Branch Office Data

    Microsoft and EMC launched a 10-city tour this week to promote a joint solution for consolidating and protecting data in branch offices and other remote sites. 03/05/2004

  • News

    Microsoft Plans Update Release of Windows 2003

    Microsoft will release an update to Windows Server 2003 to bundle in some of the add-on components the company has put out since shipping Windows Server 2003 last April, a company official said Friday. 03/05/2004

  • News

    BizTalk 2004 Coming, But the Rest of 'Jupiter' is Dead

    The availability of Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 at the beginning of next month will mark the end of Microsoft's once-grand "Jupiter" project. 03/04/2004

  • News

    A Battle Royale of Bagle, MyDoom and NetSky?

    The incessant flood of variants of three major new worms -- Bagle, NetSky and MyDoom -- may be more than a coincidence. 03/04/2004

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    Office 2003 SP1 Slated for June

    Microsoft plans to deliver the first service pack for Office 2003 in late June. 03/03/2004

  • News

    InfoPath Service Pack to Add Features

    In another example of Microsoft's new willingness to push feature changes into service packs, the company plans to include additional functionality into its fledgling Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 in the product's first service pack. 03/03/2004

  • News

    Project Management Experts Exam Now Live

    Exam 70-281, released to general public March 2, tests project management skills. 03/03/2004

  • News

    IDC: Volume Servers Shaking Up Server Market

    Volume servers, the industry-standard servers powered by Intel and to a lesser extent AMD processors and generally running Windows or Linux, are having a profound impact on the worldwide server marketplace, according to IDC analysts who just published their estimates for server shipments in 2003. 03/03/2004

  • News

    RTM for BizTalk Server 2004

    Microsoft on Tuesday said BizTalk Server 2004 is released to manufacturing and will be generally available by April 1. 03/03/2004

  • News

    Intel Rolls Out New SMP Xeons

    A new line of Intel Xeon MP processors for four-processor and larger systems hit the market on Tuesday. 03/02/2004

  • How Google Bursts the Pop-Up Bubble

    Google's toolbar comes with a fairly effective pop-up killer—and it's free. 03/01/2004

  • Use DataSets as Business Objects

    Enhance the DataSet class with inheritance and extend its associated XML schema to hook validation checks and custom validation routines into DataSets declaratively. 03/01/2004

  • Password Currency

    Why it's important for remote users to change passwords regularly. 03/01/2004

  • Grabbing the Throttle; Tool Time; Attachment Security; and more

    03/01/2004
  • STOPZilla Bursts the Pop-Up Bubble

    Stop popups dead in their tracks with this inexpensive but sanity-saving blocker. 03/01/2004

  • There’s a New (Web) Marshal in Town

    NetIQ’s content tool keeps an eye on your Web surfers. 03/01/2004

  • Doing Windows 2003 Right

    Windows Server 2003: Best Practices for Deployment helps IT plan for the new operating system, lay the network groundwork and keep it all secure. 03/01/2004

  • In-Depth

    Bursting the Pop-Up Bubble

    Two tools that stop popups dead in their tracks 03/01/2004

  • In-Depth

    The Project from Hell

    Three continents, incompetent management and an impossible deadline is a case study in how to NOT do a major upgrade. 03/01/2004

  • A Server By Any Other Name

    ....hums along smoothly, if the PDC is migrated correctly in this reader's NT-to-Windows 2003 upgrade. The Exchange 5.5-to-Exchange 2003 migration may be a tad more problematic. 03/01/2004

  • In-Depth

    File Replication Service: User-Friendly at Last

    The File Replication Service (FRS) has a justifiably bad reputation for bugginess and indecipherable logs. But recent changes from Redmond make it worth another look. 03/01/2004

  • Security Advisor

    Divide and Conquer

    Are you role-playing with your network? If not, you’re missing a powerful way to make it more secure. 03/01/2004

  • First National Bank of Bill

    What business is Microsoft in, anyhow? 03/01/2004

  • In-Depth

    Books: Elevate VB.NET With Power Coding

    Visual Basic .NET Power Coding offers concise discussion and helpful examples of VB.NET's most complex topics, such as delegates, threading, remoting, Reflection, and security. 03/01/2004

  • From Cradle to Grave

    NetInstall manages an application’s complete life cycle. 03/01/2004

  • News

    Analyst Firm Questions Security of Windows 2003 for Critical Applications

    In a new report on Windows Server 2003 security, an analyst firm argues that while Microsoft made clear progress on the security of its flagship server operating system, Unix and Linux remain better choices for mission critical applications. 03/01/2004

  • No Holes Here

    Firewall Analyzer knows what your firewalls are doing. 03/01/2004

  • News

    Anti-Spam Law Ineffective

    Can Spam...Can't. 03/01/2004

  • Windows Insider

    Freeze Frame

    Windows Server 2003’s Volume Shadow Copy Service can help you stop time. Here’s how to take full advantage of it. 03/01/2004

  • Transform XML Visually

    Visual XSLT 2.0 integrates seamlessly into the VS.NET IDE to provide a powerful environment for developing XML transformations and XPath queries. 03/01/2004

  • Simplify Site Updates With Templates

    Use a template to create a consistent look and feel for a Web site that doesn't require the end user who updates the site to be a programmer himself. 03/01/2004

  • News

    Study: Training Leads to Promotion, Employee Retention

    There's a bright future ahead for those taking training courses. 03/01/2004

  • In-Depth

    Tame Your Storage with NAS

    Buying new servers and more direct-attached disks solves short-term storage issues but creates a bigger problem—the storage management nightmare. Network attached storage, which separates disks from servers, is one answer. We evaluate three top NAS solutions running Windows Storage Server. 03/01/2004

  • The Microsoft Security Debate: The Final Chapter

    Roberta responds to a readers' essay on what he views as Microsoft's poorly implemented security strategy. 03/01/2004

  • Secure Your Directory-Enabled Apps

    Find out how Active Directory Application Mode and Windows Authorization Manager can simplify security, personalization, and configuration for your directory-enabled applications. 03/01/2004

  • News

    Organization Finds Huge Jump in Phishing Scams

    A new organization calling itself the Anti-Phishing Working Group documented a large jump in the number of phishing attacks in January. 03/01/2004

  • Giving Up Privilege

    Learn how to properly manage admin accounts. 03/01/2004

  • Augment Default Controls With Inheritance

    Visual Studio .NET ships with a nice set of controls and classes to build Windows applications, but with only a little effort, you can augment these controls so they serve you better. 03/01/2004

  • News

    Linux Hits Microsoft Desktop

    Conference news speaks of competing forces. 03/01/2004

  • Accelerate the Delivery of .NET Apps

    Check out a number of .NET add-ins, including one that helps accelerate the deliver of .NET Framework solutions. 03/01/2004

  • Window of Opportunity

    Now is the time for those projects we've all been putting off. 03/01/2004

  • Developers Turn to Blogs

    Blogging gives developers (and others) a new way to share information on the Web. Learn more about blogging, as well as FTP's own blogging site. 03/01/2004

  • It's Time for VB6+

    VB.NET is the way of the future, but Microsoft should provide developers with a VB6+ to ease the transition. 03/01/2004

  • In-Depth

    Build Menus Dynamically

    Enhance your UIs' flexibility with dynamic coding that uses runtime conditions to determine menu behavior. 03/01/2004

  • In-Depth

    Group Policy Strategy and Tactics

    Group policy is constantly evolving and has new functionality within Windows Server 2003. Here’s some basic training on what it can do. 03/01/2004

  • News

    Panel Discusses Role of Government in IT Security

    SAN FRANCISCO -- How large a role should government play in computer security? That delicate question was discussed before an audience of IT security folks -- the types who are famously skeptical of, or even downright hostile to, any suggestion of government interference in their industry. 02/27/2004

  • News

    NetSky.C Variant Pushes NetSky Family Up Malware Damage List

    The emergence of a fast-spreading C variant is pushing the NetSky virus family up a widely watched list of the most damaging viruses and worms. 02/26/2004

  • News

    Microsoft Outlines Anti-Spam Technical Roadmap

    Microsoft this week unveiled its long-awaited technical roadmap for combating spam, which the company identifies as the top complaint of its e-mail customers. 02/26/2004

  • News

    MyDoom.F Peaks

    Security experts believe the MyDoom.F virus hit its peak earlier in the week and infections are slowing. 02/26/2004

  • News

    The Role of Government in IT Security

    Special report, RSA Conference 2004: In a nutshell, panelists in IT governance discussion agree that government should play limited role, but they diverge on approaches. 02/26/2004

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