In-Depth Features


Y2K Success Stories from the Field: A Matter of Due Diligence

Time is money. Establish the important dates to check for Y2K compliancy, then be methodical in your testing approach.

Get Your Embedded Systems Ready for Y2K

PCs are really only part of the problem. This expert shows you how to tackle the other component of your enterprise’s computer problems: embedded systems.

The Day the Access Rights Lists Stood Still

What should have been a standard Banyan StreetTalk for Windows NT administrative chore turned into a major source of Sunday afternoon stress.

Y2K Success Stories from the Field: Drilling Down on the Desktop

The details of a particular PC—the real-time clock, the BIOS, and the OS—hold the key to Y2K-compliance. Here’s how to plan your approach.

Y2K Success Stories from the Field: Pitching to Management on Y2K

Selling management on your Y2K efforts requires a winning proposal and excellent implementation. Here's how to ensure buy-in.

Best Practices of Exchange Planning

The decisions you make up front about hardware, site design, and operational policies can make the critical difference in your Exchange installation.

Just Kick Back

IT professionals expecting easy success miss out on the most rewarding feature of their careers—learning new things.

The Cisco Challenge

Cisco’s ultimate certification costs $1,200 at a minimum and requires two days of lab work at Cisco. But did you know that there are several other titles you can earn on the way to the top?

New Virus Changes the Rules

Remote Explorer targets Windows NT computers. Could it strike your network next?

Crossing the Chasm: Leverage Your Networking Skills with Programming

Boost your career and leverage your MCSE skills with some knowledge of basic Windows programming concepts.

Keeping Track of Candidates

A mix of Access 97, Exchange, and Outlook turned a stand-alone program into an enterprise application.

Extend Your Enterprise Reach with the ODK

The Outlook 98 Deployment Kit lets you install customized versions of Outlook and Internet Explorer across your networks without users doing much at all.

Practical Policies

System policies allow you to focus on productivity and streamline downtime on your network. This guide shares the basics.

What Active Directory Brings to NT

Beneath the hype surrounding Active Directory, is the fact that any directory service is based on database technology. Understand this concept, and you’re closer to understanding NT 5.0.

Taking Stock of NT

When this company moved its financial Web server platform from Unix to NT, everything worked faster. Could it really be that easy?

The Few. The Proud. Could You Survive MCSE Boot Camp?

Can’t get away for weeks at an ATEC? Tired of trying to motivate yourself to study? We visited four “MCSE boot camps” to find out if they’re a good use of your training dollars.

A Course on Site Server

Get up and running with Site Server 3.0.

Search the World Over

How one Solution Provider is using Site Server 3.0’s powerful search capabilities to bring Web content directly and continually to employees.

Broaden Your Sites: The Site Server 3.0 Story

Lots of products offer tools to build a powerful Web site. Big deal, right? Site Server moves to another level, letting you analyze and manage your site better and personalize the visitor experience.

Tons of Fun: Pass That Exam! MCSE in a Box

Some vendors suggest you can become an MCSE simply by working through their massive bundles of books, CDs, and practice exams. But can you? We'll tell you which products really pull their weight.