MCP Magazine readers get a crack at the Microsoft CEO.
- By Doug Barney
- August 01, 2004
If you’re using Windows 2000 Server or above, chances are you’re
also using Kerberos authentication. It’s time to get to know this
three-pronged protocol and learn how to troubleshoot it.
- By David W. Tschanz
- July 01, 2004
How new policies and procedures can help you gain control over processes, ranging from patch management to topology changes.
- By Greg Shields
- July 01, 2004
Migrating applications is far from easy—that’s why choosing the right tool is imperative.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- July 01, 2004
You can buy a lot for $1,000 these days. We test four bargain-basement boxes and tell you what to expect.
- By Mike Gunderloy
- June 01, 2004
Group policy can make your life as an administrator blissful or stressful.
Learn from one expert’s experiences what works with group policies, and what doesn’t.
- By Jeremy Moskowitz
- June 01, 2004
As part of the June cover feature, "4 Dirt-Cheap Workgroup Servers," Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 might interest those small and medium businesses.
- By Mike Gunderloy
- June 01, 2004
As part of the June cover feature, "4 Dirt-Cheap Workgroup Servers," Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 also comes with a Backup Configuration Wizard. Here are two add-on products that offer help.
- By Mike Gunderloy
- June 01, 2004
This business owner’s thin-client Windows network was impregnable. Or so he thought, until he met Bob…
- By Kevin Kohut
- May 01, 2004
The Windows Server 2003 rollout is rapid, according to a new survey. Key drivers are security, Active Directory and Exchange 2003.
- By Joe McKendrick
- May 01, 2004
Five tools that promise to speed and ease Windows 2003 file and print migrations. Which one is the very best?
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- May 01, 2004
DNS is the foundation the house of Active Directory is built upon. If DNS doesn’t work, neither will your Windows network. Here are the 10 most common DNS errors—and how you can avoid them.
- By Bill Boswell
- May 01, 2004
In an entirely new approach to product reviews, 13 loyal MCP Magazine readers detail their experiences running Exchange 2003 in production environments.
- By Doug Barney
- May 01, 2004
You'll never truly see the beauty of Exchange 2003 unless you migrate. Here are five tools to make that move quicker and easier.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- April 01, 2004
Chances are, you work for a company that’s involved in outsourcing in some form. The question you need to answer for yourself is whether that’s such a bad thing.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- April 01, 2004
Knowing what’s in your Event Logs is a key to knowing what your servers are doing. Here’s how to make sense of them.
- By Derek Melber
- April 01, 2004
Sure, you can do Knowledge Base searches online. But there’s plenty more that TechNet offers.
- By Al Valvano
- April 01, 2004
The File Replication Service (FRS) has a justifiably bad reputation for bugginess and indecipherable logs. But recent changes from Redmond make it worth another look.
- By Gary Olsen
- March 01, 2004
Two tools that stop popups dead in their tracks
- By Doug Barney
- March 01, 2004
Group policy is constantly evolving and has new functionality within Windows Server 2003. Here’s some basic training on what it can do.
- By Jeremy Moskowitz
- March 01, 2004