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  • In-Depth

    Integrate xmlspy 2004 Into VS.NET

    Integrate Altova's new release of xmlspy 2004 into your existing Visual Studio .NET projects. 01/01/2004

  • Build a Better NTFS Converter

    Help for working through the steps. 01/01/2004

  • In-Depth

    VB.NET Branches Out

    Chris Dias, group program manager for Visual Basic .NET at Microsoft, talks about the present and future of the language, including the target audience of this tool. 01/01/2004

  • In-Depth

    Take Control of Your Network

    First, adopt a method and then take inventory. 01/01/2004

  • Product Listings

    Take a look at these various add-ins to your Visual Studio .NET environment. 01/01/2004

  • Grab the Throttle!

    Taking control of your environment in 2004 01/01/2004

  • Examining Low-level Network Noise

    With Observer 9.0, capturing network traffic was never easier. 01/01/2004

  • In-Depth

    Write .NET Code in SQL Server

    You can use VB.NET or C# to write procedural code and create user-defined types and aggregates in SQL Server. 01/01/2004

  • In-Depth

    Unload Assemblies From an Application Domain

    You don't want to lock needless assemblies into the VS.NET process. Avoid this problem by loading the assembly into a separate application domain that you can unload later. 01/01/2004

  • In-Depth

    Take Control of Your Users

    This requires managing expectations, data and the computing experience. 01/01/2004

  • In-Depth

    Gear Up for Generics

    Generics support in version 2 of the .NET Framework will help you write simpler, more powerful code, whether you consume generic classes built into the Framework or roll your own. 01/01/2004

  • Windows Insider

    The Long and Short of Stub Zones

    Stub zones can beef up your DNS infrastructure. Here’s a practical guide to when and how to use them. 01/01/2004

  • In-Depth

    A Microsoft Roadmap

    2003 saw lots of huge releases from Microsoft. While the coming year will be more subdued, you can be sure there’s still a lot on the way from Redmond. 01/01/2004

  • The OU Went That-A-Way

    Windows Server 2003's account redirection features are nifty, but remembering that you used them can produce some mysterious problems. 12/23/2003

  • News

    Project Management Exam Heads to Beta

    Microsoft's exam for project management experts faces scrutiny of beta testers December 19 to January 9. 12/18/2003

  • News

    Microsoft, Spitzer Strike Out at Spammers

    Eliot Spitzer, the New York State Attorney General whose office spearheaded investigations of Wall Street abuses, is working with Microsoft to punish spammers. 12/18/2003

  • News

    Office Accelerator Coming for Sarbanes-Oxley

    Microsoft plans to release a toolset for compliance with the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act in March, the company announced this week. 12/18/2003

  • News

    WinINSTALL Stretches the Boundaries

    The name WinINSTALL makes one think of packaging up applications, testing for conflicts, and automating the deployment of new software. The newly announced WinINSTALL 8 does all that, but has enough extras that its developer is looking to rebrand the tool next year. 12/18/2003

  • News

    Embracing Windows Server 2003: A Cautious, Long-term Migration

    Part three of this four-part series describes a Canadian firm's on-going, cautious efforts to evaluate the new platform for its truly mission-critical 24x7 environment. 12/18/2003

  • News

    MOM 2004 Beta 2 Released

    Microsoft on Tuesday released an open beta of Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2004, the company's second-generation application management tool which is scheduled for release next summer. 12/17/2003

  • News

    Embracing Windows Server 2003: Moving 30 Remote Sites Running Windows NT

    Part Two of this four-part series profiles an organization with 30 television stations across the country and 2,000-plus employees. 12/17/2003

  • News

    BizTalk Server 2004 Pricing Unveiled

    Microsoft on Wednesday disclosed plans to hold pricing relatively steady for the next release of its integration-focused BizTalk Server 2004, which is scheduled to ship early next year. 12/17/2003

  • News

    Windows 2000 Phase-out to Begin in April

    Microsoft laid out a roadmap on Wednesday for retiring Windows 2000 Server editions over the next few years. The process starts in April for Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Advanced Server. 12/17/2003

  • News

    Embracing Windows Server 2003: Tales from Early Adopters, Part 1

    Moving to a major new operating system is always daunting, but for these four companies, the switch to Microsoft’s latest OS was well worth it. In part 1 of a four-part series, here's why one small ISP moved for the speed improvements as well as server consolidation. 12/16/2003

  • RISky Business

    Remote Installation Services allows for easy creation of computer names containing MAC addresses. 12/16/2003

  • News

    Windows XP SP2 to Come Late in First Half 2004

    The earliest that Windows XP Service Pack 2 will ship is at the end of the first half of 2004, according to Mike Nash, corporate vice president for Microsoft's security business unit. 12/16/2003

  • News

    Exam for SBS 2003 Goes Live

    Exam 70-282, aimed at Small Business Server implementers, now available. 12/16/2003

  • News

    EMC to Acquire VMWare

    Storage giant EMC Corp. will buy virtualization software vendor VMWare Inc. in a $635 million deal expected to close in the first quarter of 2004, the companies said Monday. The deal widens EMC's software portfolio and shields VMWare from a head-to-head battle with Microsoft, which acquired VMWare competitor Connectix earlier this year. 12/15/2003

  • News

    Designing Security Exam Now Available

    MCSE: Security specialization exam 70-298 to be released December 15. 12/12/2003

  • In-Depth

    Embracing Windows Server 2003: Moving a Global Firm from Windows NT

    The final chapter in this four-part series discusses a global manufacturing firm’s experiences in moving from NT 4.0 to Windows Server 2003, an operation with 10,000 computers worldwide. 12/11/2003

  • News

    Goody Bag for Licensing 6.0 Gets Bigger

    The one constant in Microsoft's Licensing 6.0 and Software Assurance programs has been change. Generally, that change has come in the form of added goodies for the program as the company realized it was alienating customers with too many restrictions for too little value and arming critics with a hot button issue. 12/11/2003

  • In-Depth

    Embracing Windows Server 2003: A Cautious, Long-term Migration

    Part three of this four-part series describes a Canadian’s firm’s on-going, cautious efforts to evaluate the new platform for its truly mission-critical 24x7 environment. 12/10/2003

  • News

    Microsoft CRM Gets Refresh

    Microsoft this week released an interim version of the Microsoft Customer Relationship Management product that it initially released in January and also unveiled the globalization of the product. 12/10/2003

  • News

    Intel Introduces Try-and-Buy Program for Itanium 2

    Aim is to encourage the largest corporations to consider Itanium 2-based systems rather than RISC-based platforms. 12/10/2003

  • News

    Microsoft: No Security Patches in December

    Microsoft found no security problems serious enough to fix in December. Microsoft's new patch policy calls for all patches to be released on the second Tuesday of the month. The company announced Tuesday that it was letting the regular patching date pass without any new security bulletins and patches. 12/10/2003

  • News

    Opinion: Troubled Times for E-mail

    A quick glance at MessageLabs' end of year statistics on virus activity and an impression that's been growing since the summer gets sharper. 12/09/2003

  • Lost in a Sea of Attributes

    Forget who has access to which services? Find your way back with the LDAP Browser. 12/09/2003

  • In-Depth

    Embracing Windows Server 2003: Moving 30 Remote Sites Running Windows NT

    Part Two of this four-part series profiles an organization with 30 television stations across the country and 2,000-plus employees. 12/09/2003

  • News

    The Value of the New Desktop Cert

    MCDST: Another valuable way to validate your skills for a job, or more meaningless certification alphabet soup from Microsoft? 12/08/2003

  • In-Depth

    Embracing Windows Server 2003: Tales from Early Adopters

    Moving to a major new operating system is always daunting, but for these four companies, the switch to Microsoft’s latest OS was well worth it. In part 1 of this four-part series, a small ISP moved for the speed improvements as well as server consolidation. 12/08/2003

  • News

    Long Road to Longhorn

    Why is Microsoft talking up a desktop OS that's two years away from delivery? In some ways, it's by design. 12/08/2003

  • News

    Get Ready for Exabytes

    A quarterly report on the state of the worldwide disk storage systems market shows we're about to cross another psychological threshold. 12/05/2003

  • News

    Intel Says Itanium Hitting Stride

    After years of spinning its wheels, 64-bit Intel Architecture technology appears to be finally gaining some traction, according to Intel officials. 12/05/2003

  • News

    Intel Upgrades Financial Outlook

    In a mid-quarter update, Intel Corp. said revenues are stronger than management had originally expected for the fourth quarter. 12/05/2003

  • News

    What Kind of BI Powerhouse Is Microsoft?

    Slowly but surely Microsoft is putting together a robust BI platform that will serve many companies exceedingly well. 12/04/2003

  • News

    Altiris Gets Wise to Software Installation Market

    Broadens line and preps for InstallShield battle with $43 million Wise buy. 12/03/2003

  • News

    IDC: Windows Server Sales Booming, Linux Growing Faster

    The market for Windows-based server systems is growing fast, but Linux-based systems are growing much faster in revenues and units, according to the latest quarterly data from market analysts at IDC. 12/03/2003

  • News

    Beta Testing for Enterprise Project Management Exam Next Week

    Project management-based exam from Microsoft beta testing from Dec. 8 to Jan. 2, 2004. 12/03/2003

  • News

    Customers Running into Problems Installing SharePoint Services

    Microsoft acknowledged an installation problem this week with Windows SharePoint Services, an add-on for Windows Server 2003 and a central component of Windows Small Business Server 2003 that is one of the most highly touted new features in the server OS. 12/03/2003

  • News

    Coreflood Problems Highlight Unaddressed NTFS ADS Threat

    Security experts say that the new virus could presage a raft of similar attacks, and -- as if that’s not bad enough -- an administrator who identified the virus early says that it and other ADS exploits like it aren’t detected by many of today’s most common virus- and Trojan-scanning tools. 12/03/2003

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