What have YOU done to land a job?

We need your successful job-hunting advice. 11/04/2003

Security Lockdown Wizard Coming to Windows 2003 in SP1

The security configuration lockdown wizard for Windows Server 2003 that was supposed to be delivered shortly after the operating system shipped has now apparently been pushed into the first service pack. 11/04/2003

Exchange 2003 Exam Goes Live Next Week

New exam for Exchange specialist titles debuts November 10. 11/04/2003

Microsoft Releases Windows Rights Management Services

Microsoft released the final version of its Windows Rights Management Services add-on for Windows Server 2003 on Tuesday. RMS can be installed for free on licensed copies of Windows Server 2003, but organizations that plan to use the technology must pay for a special CAL that is layered on top of normal CALs. 11/04/2003

Bad Mail Black Hole

It'll take some careful investigation to figure out why bad mail on your Exchange server is eating up disk space. 11/03/2003

Bouncing Back From Crashes

Recovery Manager takes repair disks to the next level. 11/01/2003

Protecting Mom and Pop

SonicWALL secures smaller networks. 11/01/2003

Simplifying the Life of an AD Admin

NetPro’s suite can reduce AD administration woes. 11/01/2003

Q&A: Secure Your Active Directory

Use Windows Server 2003 features to prevent denial of service occurrences in Active Directory. Also discover the best way to implement a time management service. 11/01/2003

SUS support; Rewarding Job; Worms; and Data Replication Issues

Controlling Network Connections

Stepping outside of the box is a good thing. 11/01/2003

New Mail Carrier

Exchange Server 2003 is out, with improvements in mobile access and content delivery, and enhanced Outlook Web Access functionality among other upgrades. Here are the top 13 new features you need to know about. 11/01/2003

It’s Still Not Done

What to do about the ongoing to-do list. 11/01/2003

Fine-Tuning Active Directory Access

Controlling who gets access to what in Active Directory means digging into the depths of AD. So grab a shovel and come along. 11/01/2003

Auditing Active Directory

Active Administrator centralizes Active Directory auditing. 11/01/2003

Get Your Arms Around the Storage Beast

Veritas’ StorageCentral excels at Quota Management. 11/01/2003

Power Up Offline Files

A feature for mobile users. 11/01/2003

Take Inventory of SMS 2003

This rev of Microsoft’s desktop management tool has been in the machine shop for three years. Now that it’s nearly here, let’s look under the hood. 11/01/2003

SUS Gets a Service Pack Upgrade

Microsoft’s Software Update Services has added a critical piece of functionality that promises to make it much more useful in the enterprise—the ability to install service packs. 11/01/2003

Major Migration

This team’s mission: to move the entire Kentucky public school system to Windows Server 2003. In the meantime, they got their own kind of education. 11/01/2003

Easy Desktop Migrations

Desktop DNA can handle any size network. 11/01/2003

Cross Certification Trusts

Windows Server 2003 provides a way to implement trusts among Certification Authority hierarchies selectively. Here’s how it works. 11/01/2003

Did You Hear the One…

Sometimes things are not what they appear. 11/01/2003

Longhorn Packed with Changes

A drill-down into the themes and technologies on the drawing board for the next version of Microsoft Windows. 10/30/2003

Microsoft Pushes 'Watson' for ISV Apps

Software developers are in the crosshairs of Microsoft’s “Watson” initiative, now that the company is claiming success with the automated customer feedback program in improving the quality of its own software and third-party hardware drivers. 10/30/2003

Keys to the Kingdom

Is giving a local user admin rights any way to run a network? 10/28/2003

Gates Kicks Off 'Longhorn' Generation

Bill Gates kicked off the "Longhorn" generation of products in his Los Angeles keynote speech at the Professional Developers Conference, one of the most hotly anticipated Microsoft conferences in years. 10/28/2003

The Microsoft PDC Goody Bag

Attendees at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles this week got their hands on enough code to keep them busy until formal public betas hit next year. 10/28/2003

Microsoft Updates Product Roadmap at PDC

Microsoft refined its roadmap for future versions of Windows, SQL Server and Visual Studio this week at its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. 10/28/2003

Beta Testing of Desktop OS Exam 70-271 Nov. 3

New exam for MCDST gets beta tested from Nov. 3 through Nov. 10. 10/27/2003

IBM Aims "Stinger" at PDC Buzz

As Microsoft floated some of its first real details on "Longhorn," "Yukon" and "Whidbey," IBM moved to pop Microsoft's buzz balloon with a code-named project of its own called "Stinger." 10/27/2003

7 Microsoft Security Bulletins Updated

Microsoft updated all of the security bulletins that the company put out in its first monthly security patch release. 10/24/2003

Exchange 2003 Early Adopters Trot Out with ROI Stories

With the launch of Exchange Server 2003 this week, Microsoft is beginning to trot out early adopter customers to show that the new e-mail server allows for huge reductions in messaging server numbers -- and a reduction in costs that makes the server upgrade pay for itself. 10/24/2003

Don't Think of Windows SharePoint Services as Free

It could be an expensive mistake in large organizations, if the experience of early adopter customers and Microsoft itself is a guide. 10/23/2003

Microsoft Reports First Quarter Earnings

Microsoft beat analyst expectations slightly on Thursday with its financial results for the first quarter, but the company reported a bigger-than-expected drop in unearned revenue from multi-year licensing agreements (read Licensing 6.0). 10/23/2003

Even Gates Loses Track of the Code-Names

If code-names for future Microsoft products like "Avalon," "Indigo," "Whidbey" and "Springboard" occasionally draw a blank for you, you're in good company. 10/23/2003

70-297 Active Directory Exam Released

Microsoft makes available core exam for MCSE on Windows 2003 track. 10/23/2003

SMS 2003 Released to Manufacturing

Microsoft on Wednesday released Systems Management Server 2003 to manufacturing, clearing the way for a formal launch of the product at an IT show in Europe next month. Microsoft also released pricing and made a 120-day evaluation edition available. 10/22/2003

Office 2003 About Collaboration, Business Process Integration

NEW YORK -- Microsoft launched its 2003 version of Microsoft Office in a worldwide series of events that emphasized the advantages of deploying the desktop productivity applications with related back-end servers and services for collaboration and business process integration. 10/22/2003

Ballmer: Open Source is Not Trustworthy

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer effectively closed the door on any Microsoft involvement in open-source initiatives, saying that the commercial approach to software development and sales provides the best security and value to enterprise customers. 10/22/2003

OneNote Available for Free for 60 Days

Microsoft is making the complete version of its new notetaking application, OneNote 2003, available as a free, 60-day evaluation edition in an effort to promote one of the newest members of the Office program family. 10/22/2003

Users Excited About Microsoft’s Reporting Services Add-On

Recently, Microsoft announced the first public beta of its long-awaited Reporting Services software. Although Reporting Services won’t be available until later this year, BI professionals anxious to take the new product for a test drive can now do so. What can they expect to find? One report administrator, who’s participated in Microsoft’s private beta, says that he “can’t wait to replace everything [he has] with it.” 10/21/2003

New Microsoft Office Version Launches

Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates kick off series of high-profile events to unveil the latest edition of Microsoft Office. 10/21/2003

Automating User Mailbox Creation

The trick to creating Exchange 2000 user mailboxes via scripting is in the CDOEXM libraries. 10/21/2003

Microsoft Exam Targets Project Managers

New Exam 70-281 exam tests for enterprise deployment using Project Server 2003. 10/20/2003

Analysts: We're Not Quite Ready for Real Time

Many IT systems are underutilized, and do not have the flexibility to keep up with rapid changes in the businesses they support. That's the conclusion of Gartner analysts who kicked off this week's Gartner's Symposium/ITxpo 2003 conference in Orlando, Florida. 10/20/2003

Windows Server 2003 SKU Count at 13

Microsoft keeps delivering or promising new SKUs of Windows Server 2003. After the original six versions the company launched on April 24, Microsoft has delivered or announced an additional seven splits of the server operating system. 10/16/2003

Beta Code Released for SQL Server Reporting Services

The next major business intelligence freebie in Microsoft's SQL Server database took a step closer to reality recently when Microsoft posted the Beta 2 of its Reporting Services for SQL Server 2000. 10/16/2003

Microsoft Code-name Alert: Springboard

Microsoft has a new code-named project for security called "Springboard" that's designed to harden products already on the market. 10/16/2003

Microsoft Puts Out First Monthly Security Bulletin

Microsoft on Wednesday issued the first of its new monthly security bulletins. The first installment is a blockbuster, fixing seven vulnerabilities, five of them critical. Five vulnerabilities involve Windows and two vulnerabilities affect Exchange. 10/15/2003