With more than 400,000 MCSEs at last count, does
it still make financial sense to become one? A
long-time MCSE consultant breaks down the costs
- course and exam fees, exam preparation materials
and your own sweat and blood - and shows you how
to calculate certification's return on investment.
- By Harry Brelsford
- June 01, 2001
For MCSEs who specialize in Internet skills. (Retired)
For MCPs who specialize in internetworking using Microsoft technology. (Retired)
Premier title for SQL Server database administrators.
For a thorough understanding of the 70-240 exam objectives, nothing replaces hands-on experience. Build this test lab to get your practice.
- By Jill Gebelt
- June 01, 2001
Premier title for application developers, programmers, and system architects who use Microsoft technology.
A specialization aimed at those who design and deploy Web-based systems. (Retired)
The most sought-after of the premier Microsoft certifications.
Your first step into Microsoft's certification program.
When moving subnets from Unix JOIN to Win2K DHCP,
this admin got a crash course on the intricacies
of IP addressing and the pure beauty of the superscope.
- By Nicholas Zavalishin
- May 01, 2001
Administering two platforms is tough. Microsoft Services for Unix 2.0 provides a practical set of tools for making sure Windows and Unix users get along—and that your job gets easier.
- By Greg Neilson
- May 01, 2001
Here's how one company's consultants used COM+ and MTS to scale its Oracle database to be available via the Web.
- By Mark Scott
- May 01, 2001
Naturally, Microsoft wants to woo your company away from its reliance on NDS. Windows Services for NetWare is crucial to that goal. Here’s how it works.
- By John M. Gunson II
- May 01, 2001
4 Steps to MCSE Certification
In a city of high stakes none were higher than during this tale of database corruption. But with tenacity and resourcefulness (and a little luck), this MCSE came out a big winner.
- By Rodney Landrum
- April 01, 2001
If you want a better way to connect remote users, offices and servers securely,
consider the humble, easy-to-implement virtual private network. Here’s how to
make it work in Windows 2000.
- By Anil Desai
- March 29, 2001
For this script geek, Win2K's AD scripting capabilities go above and
beyond the call of duty.
- By Jeffrey Honeyman
- March 01, 2001
After
a year of working with the software, the experts speak their minds.
The backup
program in Windows 2000 adds some valuable functionality, but sometimes
only a little coding will get you what you really need.
- By Jennifer Zientek
- March 01, 2001
Be smart! Assess the impact of roaming profiles on your user before you
adopt them.
- By Ethan Wilansky
- March 01, 2001