SQL Server Magazine April 2006
[Feature]
If you want to catch that latest virus that's going around (to learn more about it), here are four methods you can use: port listeners, tarpits, honeypots, and virtual machines.
By Roger A. Grimes
[Reader to Reader]
In Windows 2003, the Windows Components Wizard can sometimes take a long time to appear. You can eliminate this delay in six simple steps.
By Readers
If you use Active Directory in your environment, you can take advantage of Group Policy to stop users from running IM.
By Readers
If you want your batch file to launch several programs at the same time, you can use the Start command or the pipe symbol.
By Readers
If you use DCOM to enable the remote execution of COM objects, you might have encountered DCOM error 10021. Here’s how to correct that error.
By Readers
Despite their age, you can get pre-Mac OS X clients to share their data with Windows OSs.
By Readers
[TOP 10]
Almost everyone uses Office, yet many of its components remain hidden. Here are 10 features you probably don't know about.
By Michael Otey
[Buyer's Guide]
iSCSI SAN technology, along with ongoing improvements in the disk capacity, performance, and storage-management capabilities of iSCSI storage arrays, has largely eliminated cost as an obstacle to implementing a SAN.
By Anne Grubb
[Need to Know]
Microsoft's storage partners should pay attention to Microsoft's new storage-related products and services which are intended to impact the competitive landscape of the storage market.
By Paul Thurrott
[What's Hot]
Readers highlight favorite products: Stonesoft's StoneGate SG-200, PacketMotion's PacketSentry, and Sunbelt Software's CounterSpy Enterprise.
By Blake Eno
[Ask the Experts]
Find out why to specify a WSUS server to use as the basis for an MBSA scan, discover why deleting a meeting request from Outlook Sent Items doesn't delete the appointment from the calendar, and learn about using .NET with SQL Server.
By Mark Russinovich , et al.
[Windows Power Tools]
Here's a peek at a unique tool that lets you create a file share, set its permissions, find out who’s using it at the moment, and document it—all from the command line.
By Mark Minasi
[New & Improved]
Check out the latest products to hit the marketplace. PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: Insightix's DID Collector
By Blake Eno
[Industry Briefings]
Our editors share insights from their conversations with XOsoft, EMC, Softricity, and Whale Communications.
By Editors
[IT Pro Perspective]
Notes about Storage Server, Exchange 12 and Monad, ISAServer, and how to vote in Windows IT Pro upcoming Readers' Choice awards.
By Karen Forster
[Hey Microsoft!]
Readers ask why they should purchase Windows Storage Server 2003 R2, how the product eliminates redundancy in file storage, and what improvements were made in DFS.
By Karen Forster
[The Business End]
The 80/20 rule is a well-known management principle. Here's how you can put it to use to reduce and retarget IT resources allocation.
By Ben Smith
[Review]
This product simplifies the installation of printer drivers and the removal of obsolete drivers.
By John Green
Looking for a networking-monitoring solution? Check out Neon Software’s easy-to-use, comprehensive LANsurveyor 9.5.
By John Green
If you want a high availability solution for SQL Server, check out this Neverfail product.
By Michael Otey
Watch out Microsoft—Oracle has become lightweight-database contender.
By Michael Otey
Keep an eye on IE with Paul's review of IE 7.0 Beta 2. Plus, find out why Windows Live may prove promising for business users as well as consumers
By Paul Thurrott
This server-backup utility is user-friendly but lacks a few important capabilities.
By Trisha Pendley
[Solutions +]
The Operating System Deployment (OSD) Feature Pack extends Systems Management Server 2003's software-deployment capability to OSs. Learn the key steps for creating and deploying an OS image with this handy tool.
By John Savill
Use built-in Exchange 2003 features to battle spam in 3 stages.
By Devin L. Ganger
[Cover Story]
Microsoft is finally providing a consistent management UI and experience throughout the Windows stack. Karen Forster explores this strategy in an interview with Microsoft's Kirill Tatarinov.
By Karen Forster
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