December 2000 - Magazine Archive

[Focus]

Intel and AMD Power Up 64-bit Processors
Intel's Itanium and AMD's Sledgehammer processors use radically different architectures, and both will require new 64-bit OSs and application software to fully realize their potential.
— Michael Otey

Microsoft Application Center 2000
Explore how Application Center 2000 eases Web site and application management.
— Tao Zhou

Win2K Datacenter Server
Microsoft's new enterprise-level server goes head-to-head with its UNIX rivals.
— Greg Todd

[Feature]

A Dedicated Forest Root
A dedicated forest root gives your AD design flexibility and gives you tight control over the schema and administrative access.
— Peter Salmeri , et al.

Detecting a Rogue DHCP Server
Learn about DHCP transactions between clients and servers and the Win2K DHCP service's ability to detect whether an imposter is taking part in those transactions.
— L. J. Locher

Managing COM Objects on NT 4.0
Windows DNA might be morphing into Microsoft .NET, but that doesn't change the fact that you build distributed applications one component at a time. Here's how to use NT 4.0's Microsoft Transaction Server to work with COM components.
— Ken Spencer

Top 10 Security Tools in the Win2K Server Resource Kit
Microsoft's most recent resource kit is especially valuable to security administrators. Examine 10 security-related reasons why the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit is worth the money.
— Randy Franklin Smith

Ups and Downs of AD Delegation
The ACL editor and the Delegation of Control Wizard can help you delegate administration of AD objects, but the tools' complexity can limit their usefulness.
— Darren Mar-Elia

[Reader Challenge]

Reader Challenge
Want to test your know-how? Solve this month's Windows 2000 and Windows NT problem and gather the accolades of your peers.
— Kathy Ivens

[Reader to Reader]

Reader to Reader - December 2000
Share your NT discoveries, comments, problems, solutions, and experiences with products and reach out to other Windows 2000 Magazine readers (including Microsoft).
— Readers

[Editorial]

Delivering on the .NET Vision
Mark Smith explains what you can expect in the short term from Microsoft's "Next Generation Internet" .NET vision.
— Mark Smith

[Outlook VBA on Demand]

Purge Folders on Demand
Build an adaptable system for purging a group of Outlook folders.
— Sue Mosher

[ForefroNT]

Datacenter Server Technology
Windows 2000 Datacenter Server just might be the first large-scale enterprise service.
— David Chernicoff

[Product Reviews]

ERD Commander 2000 2.0
An impressive utility for administrators who crave the ability to use boot disks to recover corrupted Windows installations.
— Tom Iwanski

ExMS 2.5
Take Exchange Server management to a whole new level.
— Tom Iwanski

Hyena 2.5 Beta
Adkins Resource's Hyena 2.5 can help you centralize your systems administration.
— Ed Roth

LiveVault 2.4
This solution for Win2K and NT servers offers around-the-clock backup functionality.
— Tom Iwanski

Total Control 2.5
Lightspeed Systems' Total Control 2.5 provides almost every conceivable means of monitoring and controlling IP traffic.
— Rodney Landrum

[Lab Notes]

Virtual Interface Architecture
Microsoft is finally including native support for VI Architecture, a specification that can improve the performance of distributed applications.
— John Green

[Inside Out]

Beyond Internet Connection Sharing
NAT provides more flexibiity than does ICS in sharing routable IP addresses.
— Mark Minasi

[This Old Resource Kit]

The Win2K Server Resource Kit
A new license agreement eliminates some resource kit benefits.
— Mark Minasi

[Tricks & Traps]

Ask Dr. Bob
Investigate disabling the Recycle Bin, swapping files between NT and Linux, troubleshooting Dfs, disabling Num Lock, troubleshooting Backup Exec, and more.
— Bob Chronister

Daily Answers
Learn about integrating OS and service pack installations, working around registration pet peeves, and running SPE on Win2K Pro.
— Sean Daily

[News Analysis]

.NET Enterprise Servers Launch
Microsoft's new products, which rely on Win2K, will support the software company's new .NET strategy.
— Paul Thurrott

ClearType in the Spotlight
Microsoft plans to implement its ClearType technology in future versions of Office and Windows.
— Paul Thurrott

Intel's Bumpy Road
Is Intel sacrificing quality to beat AMD to the punch?
— Paul Thurrott

Interactive TV Delays Dog Microsoft
UPC refused to wait for Microsoft, which continued to delay delivery of its OS for use with interactive TV. The European cable access provider instead chose Liberate Technologies to provide the OS software for UPC's interactive TV debut.
— Paul Thurrott

[Getting Started With Win2K]

Win2K's Application Compatibility Tool to the Rescue
Learn how the Application Compatibility tool can solve your compatibility woes.
— Kathy Ivens

[TOP 10]

Win2K Graphical Utilities
Win2K's command-line and graphical utilities give you unprecedented out-of-the-box functionality.
— Michael Otey

[Buyer's Guide]

Voice over IP
Although voice over IP is still a new technology, it shows promise as a future industry standard. Find out more about the back-end switches behind this technology.
— David Chernicoff

[Lab Feature]

ClearTrust SecureControl 4.0
Securant Technologies' ClearTrust SecureControl 4.0 can help you achieve an enterprise-level authentication system for your mixed-platform Web server farms.
— Mark Joseph Edwards

[Windows 2000 Pro]

Service Packs Made Easy
Microsoft has improved the process of updating your OS.
— John D. Ruley

[Exchange & Outlook Troubleshooter]

Clustering Exchange 2000, Part 1
Here's a practical guide to deploying Exchange 2000 in a Win2K clustered environment.
— Jerry Cochran

Exchange 2000's Message Tracking Center
Whether you want to locate an errant message or evaluate email flow in your organization, Message Tracking Center helps you hunt down the data you need.
— Tony Redmond

[Best Practices for Exchange]

The Perfect Client
After you set up Exchange Server's IMS, you need to provide client access that meets the needs of all users.
— Paul Robichaux

[Remote Possibilities]

Win2K Server Terminal Services and TSAC
Discover how Terminal Services and a little-known gem from the Win2K SP1 CD-ROM can change the way you think about remote access.
— Sean Daily