09/01/2003
September 2003 - Tools for simplifying your AD work
plus network monitoring tools; one consultant's story on a building a server-based network on a shoestring; more.
In-Depth
Admininstering Active Directory takes some practice. Here are 12 exercises to keep your AD skills limber.
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.
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.
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.
These three high-end monitoring tools automate the management of networks with thousands of nodes.
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.
News
Microsoft's virtual monopoly on the desktop puts networks and computing at large, at grave risk, according to authors of a paper on security.
Microsoft has released latest exam, this time for Small Business Server implementers, to beta testers.
Voucher giveaway for free attempt at 70-300 Analyzing .NET Requirements exam
ends Sept. 30.
The nation's IT infrastructure remains safe, thanks in part to the efforts of Carnegie Mellon's Computer Emergency Response Team.
Microsoft sends newest exam, 70-284, Implementing and and Managing Exchange Server 2003, to beta testing.
Microsoft's certification group faces its fans and critics, offering insights into the latest program changes.
Hundreds of Windows IT professionals descended upon sunny San Diego Tuesday for the bi-annual TechMentor conference, put on by Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine.
Microsoft will shortly be releasing the first exam for people who want to prove their expertise in Small Business Server 2003.
In conjunction with new Exchange-based specialist titles announced this morning, the company adds Windows 2003 versions of the security titles.
Microsoft adds two new specialist titles to its MCSA/MCSE tracks, follows up with some details on two new Exchange 2003-based exams.
Two more exams for the Core Exams: Networking Systems portion of Windows 2003 credential, as well as an upgrade exam, go live Thursday.