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Microsoft adds two new specialist titles to its MCSA/MCSE tracks, follows up with some details on two new Exchange 2003-based exams.
09/03/2003
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Learning how to work with directory services is a long journey that involves trusts, policies and organizational understanding, along with the tools that make the operating system hum.
09/03/2003
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News
Advocates say Oracle's bid is an attempt to acquire the customer base or destroy the company, but were excerpts taken out of context?
09/02/2003
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The tools you need to resurrect a dead computer.
09/01/2003
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Windows Insider
Active Directory in Application Mode provides a way to have directory service functionality without needing a domain.
09/01/2003
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Mission-Critical Microsoft Exchange 2000 is a must-have for new installs and offers invaluable insight for those who've already done the deed.
09/01/2003
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In-Depth
Admininstering Active Directory takes some practice. Here are 12 exercises to keep your AD skills limber.
09/01/2003
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And just what do we go through on a daily basis, anyway?
09/01/2003
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In-Depth
Administering and managing AD encompasses a multitude of activities. Although you can do the job with built-in services and tools, four powerful third-party solutions also want to help.
09/01/2003
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Get up close and personal with your network's activity with Lightspeed Systems' Total Traffic Control 4.0.
09/01/2003
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In-Depth
Microsoft’s recently released Active Directory Migration Tool v2 offers important enhancements over the first version. One of Hewlett-Packard’s top AD experts briefs us on the improvements.
09/01/2003
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It's really easier than you think.
09/01/2003
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In-Depth
Besides amending the EULA to maintain antitrust compliance and adding USB and wireless support, Microsoft rolls up fixes for a slew of performance bugs into its latest service pack.
09/01/2003
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In-Depth
These three high-end monitoring tools automate the management of networks with thousands of nodes.
09/01/2003
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There is another side of the coin for IT employment.
09/01/2003
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Profile Maker 8 allows for incredibly simple control over your enterprise desktops.
09/01/2003
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See how three scripts allow for dealing with restore points remotely.
09/01/2003
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Security Roles, Uniting Technology and Controlling Windows Remotely
09/01/2003
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Learn how to protect yourself with this product.
09/01/2003
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This tool leverages group power to ease administration.
09/01/2003
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In-Depth
Build a server-based network—including a Web site and e-mail—from scratch for $2,000? For this consultant, that required resourcefulness and some “outside” help.
09/01/2003
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Security Advisor
Trusts have changed significantly on Windows Server 2003, including the concept of forest trusts. Here's a primer.
09/01/2003
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News
Microsoft group vice president of platforms Jim Allchin says Microsoft will "do right by our customers" in the event that the Longhorn release slips into late 2005 or beyond.
08/28/2003
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News
SQL Server 2000 64-bit and Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition 64-bit had a great run, but it looks like Microsoft's challenge to Unix and Oracle on scalability is over for now.
08/28/2003
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News
Two days after issuing an initial estimate of the Sobig worm damages, a U.K-based digital security firm has revised the damage estimate upward by nearly $1.5 billion and broken out the amount of damage resulting from the Sobig.F variant.
08/28/2003
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News
Intel Corp. this week dropped prices by between 6 percent and 14 percent on most of its desktop Celeron processors, the economy chips for desktop systems.
08/27/2003
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News
Two more exams for the Core Exams: Networking Systems portion of Windows 2003 credential, as well as an upgrade exam, go live Thursday.
08/27/2003
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This new Windows Server 2003 exam requires expertise with TCP/IP, DNS, NLB, clustering and security—emphasis on security.
08/27/2003
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News
Microsoft formally extended a major deadline for Exchange 5.5 Server support, removing what had been seen as a subtle threat to get users to upgrade more quickly to Exchange Server 2003.
08/26/2003
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News
The Sobig worm caused an estimated $5.6 billion in damages worldwide so far, according to mi2g, a U.K.-based security firm that estimates damages from malware.
08/26/2003
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The Rules cache wasn't made to be broken. A better way to create e-mail filters will come with Outlook 2003.
08/26/2003
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News
In the wake of one of the most active weeks for computer worms yet, Microsoft is calling attention to a little-touted new feature of Windows Server 2003 that helps administrators ensure that remote users adhere to company security policies.
08/26/2003
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This exam requires you to show expertise with TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, RRAS and ISA Server-as well as a few services not mentioned on the objectives list.
08/22/2003
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News
Microsoft consolidates training, Microsoft Press and Technet development under umbrella of new group headed by Lutz Ziob.
08/21/2003
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News
One of the most confusing aspects of Windows Server 2003 for users is sorting out the differences between free add-on services and the expensive back-end servers that build on, but also partially duplicate, the services' functionality. Analysts at Giga Information Group recently put out a clear set of guidelines laying out some differences between the free, add-on SharePoint services for Windows Server 2003 versus the $4,000 Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server.
08/21/2003
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News
A market analyst is warning customers not to expect Windows "Longhorn," the code-name for the successor to Windows XP, until 2006. That date is a year later than Microsoft's most recent statements on when customers could expect the operating system to ship.
08/21/2003
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News
Sonic Mobility upgraded its utility for remote management of Windows servers and networks from handheld wireless devices this week to add support for managing Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Organizational Units.
08/21/2003
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News
Microsoft posted its plans for the first bundle of security fixes and bug patches for Windows Server 2003 on a new Web page in the last week.
08/20/2003
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Microsoft updated and reissued two security bulletins on Wednesday -- one from last year and one from last month.
08/20/2003
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News
Seeking a higher salary? The company you keep can make a bit of difference.
08/20/2003
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News
Microsoft released a cumulative security patch for Internet Explorer on Wednesday that addresses four flaws, including two that Microsoft considers critical risks. The flaws affect all currently supported versions of Internet Explorer, although all the problems are reduced to a "moderate" severity rating on Windows Server 2003, which locks down Internet Explorer 6.0 by default.
08/20/2003
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News
Several security companies declared that the Sobig.F mass-mailing worm is the fastest spreading virus yet, surpassing the initial infection rates of Klez, the LoveBug, Kournikova and other infamous malware.
08/20/2003
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News
General retail availability of the upgrade to the worker productivity suite is formally set for Oct. 21.
08/19/2003
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News
Sobig enjoyed a resurgence as messages generated by a new variant of the mass-mailing worm flooded e-mail servers and user Inboxes on Tuesday.
08/19/2003
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Been through exam 70-218? This exam covers a familiar mix of security, permissions, and backup topics, with a heaping scoop of Windows 2003-specific features thrown in.
08/19/2003
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Another look at offline folders that comes with a workaround.
08/19/2003
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News
In what appears to be a misguided attempt to do good, someone released a worm that exploits the same DCOM RPC vulnerability that enabled the Blaster worm but that attempts to automatically download the Microsoft patch and remove the Blaster worm if it's present.
08/19/2003
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News
Market research house IDC reports that Intel piled on a few more points of share in the second quarter to its dominant position in the worldwide x86 PC processor market.
08/19/2003
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News
Stepping up to its role at the center of the Blaster worm epidemic, Microsoft on Thursday updated its main Blaster information page and peppered links to Blaster warnings and information throughout its Web site.
08/14/2003
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Microsoft will change the default firewall settings for new shipments of Windows XP in response to the wide spread of the Blaster worm, according to published reports.
08/14/2003