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Windows IT Pro Magazine January 2000
[Focus]  Integrating Office 2000 and BackOffice Learn how Office 2000's enhancements, including the Web and SQL Server 7.0's new OLAP Services, integrate with BackOffice. — Michael Otey Use Office 2000 to Grow Your Own Web Site Create Web sites easily with Office 2000's powerful Web-publishing tools. — Paula Sharick What's Hot and What's Not in Office 2000 Discover Office 2000's hits and misses to help you determine whether Office 2000 is right for your organization. — Sean Daily [Feature] A DNS Primer As you prepare for your Win2K rollout, you need to brush up on DNS fundamentals. Here's a look at DNS's past and future. — Mark Minasi Introducing SMS Installer Script Editor Use SMS Installer's Script Editor to more tightly control installation packages. — Brad Elliott Solving IIS Application Problems Learn how to use IIS capabilities, MTS, and the IIS Exception Monitor to track and solve Web servers' complex application problems. — Ken Spencer The Guide to Internet Explorer Security Zones IE's security zones prevent certain Web-based applications from performing unauthorized actions with a Web browser. You can figure these zones to heighten your network's security. — Mark Joseph Edwards The Power of Packet Filtering Follow these guidelines for securing your server. — Gary C. Kessler , et al. Understanding PDCs and BDCs Get the lowdown on domain controller basics. — L. J. Locher [Reader Challenge] Reader Challenge Solve this month's Windows NT problem and get the change to win $100 or a copy of one of the author's books about NT. Prior month's winner is announced at bottom of page. — Kathy Ivens [Reader to Reader] Reader to Reader - January 2000 Share your NT discoveries, comments, problems, solutions, and experiences with products and reach out to other Windows NT Magazine readers (including Microsoft). — Readers [Editorial] Migrating to Windows 2000 Find out why you should deploy Windows 2000 Server first, and Windows 2000 Professional second. — Mark Smith [Outlook VBA on Demand] Automatic Message Processing Even before you roll out Outlook 2000 to your users, it can be an essential tool on your desktop. — Sue Mosher [ForefroNT] Preparing for Active Directory In Win2K, a domain name and DNS servies are essential concerns. A business needs to have domain name to identify the objects in its AD and use Win2K's DNS sevices to take advantage of Win2K's functionality. — David Chernicoff [En Garde] Now That Y2K Is Here Y2K arrived, and the world didn't end. See what Mark predicts will happen this year. — Mark Minasi [Product Reviews] BlackICE Send intruders into a spin. — Mark Joseph Edwards Directory Monitor Professional 4.1 A powerful, flexible way to copy files and synchronize directories. — John Green Orbiter 3.0 Automate laptop administration. — Joshua Feinberg Remote Recover Repair NT systems in your enterprise remotely. — Jonathan Cragle Replica Network Data Manager 2.0 Simplify disaster recovery. — Denis Haskin ServerMagic 3.0 A disk-partitioning and formatting tool that saves you time. — Jonathan Cragle SureSync Real-Time A cost-effective way to replicate and mirror files. — Marty Scher [Lab Notes] Handy Tools from the Office 2000 Resource Kit The Lab Guys find tools for creating stable installations in the Microsoft Office Resource Kit. — David Chernicoff [Inside Out] More About Offline Files Learn how to find out which files are in the cache and how to control synchronization between the local cache and the server. — Mark Minasi [SQL Server Savvy] Questions, Answers, and Tips About SQL Server Simultaneously manage SQL Server 6.5 and SQL Server 7.0, determine whether you can pipe output from Query Analyzer into a text file, and discover how to remove decimal points from entries in a character column. — Brian Moran , et al. [Watch Your RAS] How Service Pack 5 Affects RAS, RRAS, and DUN Learn what SP5 fixes - and which NT RAS components it breaks. — Sean Daily [This Old Resource Kit] Munge Use this tool to automate large search-and-replace jobs. — Mark Minasi [Tricks & Traps] Ask Dr. Bob Your NT Questions Learn about static electricity perils, the Microsoft Browser Service, an unresponsive Access 97 database, and a Disk Administrator error message. — Bob Chronister [News Analysis] Great ASP Aspirations Software companies are looking at how to adapt their software so that ASPs can rent the software to businesses on a pay-for-play basis. — Barrie Sosinsky Sun's StarOffice Play Sun is giving away its office productivity suite, StarOffice, in hopes of boosting the company's server sales. The SIGGRAPH '99 Elixir The mix of technologies at SIGGRAPH '99 included scienific presentations, graphics, art, and advanced technology. Vendors from around the world showed off their wares that push the envelope in computer graphics. — Barrie Sosinsky [Getting Started With Win2K] Configuring Windows 2000 Before you begin your rollout, create a configuration checklist. Here's where to find Win2K's configurable options. — Michael D. Reilly [TOP 10] Office 2000 Tips Discover tips for working with Office 2000's coolest new features and workarounds for its annoyances. — Michael Otey [Buyer's Guide] 4-way Servers Find out which vendors provide 4-way servers with entry-level configurations. — Sue Cooper , et al. [Lab Comparative] NFS Servers for Windows NT Compare NFS servers for NT to choose which product is right for you. — Vijay Sankar [Lab Feature] Microsoft Office 2000 Developer The Lab walks you through Office 2000 Developer and reviews its new features. — Larry J. Seltzer [Windows 2000 Pro] Hardware Blues My experiences prove that you can't assume Win2K will support your NT 4.0 hardware. — John D. Ruley [Exchange & Outlook Troubleshooter] The Active Directory Connector The Active Directory Connector lets you keep communications flowing between different versions of Exchange Server. — Tony Redmond |
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