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[Focus]

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MSCS Update
MSCS handles storage and storage management for NT clusters.
 — Richard Lee


NT Clustering Solutions Are Here
Eight real-world case studies prove that NT clustering solutions are ready for prime time.
 — Mark Smith


The Future of NT Clustering
Scalability is key to making NT a dream solution for the enterprise, and clustering solutions improve NT's scalability. Here's a look at where NT clustering is today-and where it might be tomorrow.
 — Mark Smith

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[Feature]

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Creating Forums with Newsgroups
Microsoft's NNTP Service lets you use IIS as a news server so that you can set up newsgroups that users can access through a local intranet or the Internet.
 — Ken Spencer


Managing Public Folder Replication
Public folders have many uses, but you must manage them carefully to prevent replication traffic from overloading your network.
 — Tony Redmond


Microsoft Management Console
Use MMC's custom tools capability to share management functions on an NT 5.0 network.
 — Darren Mar-Elia


NT Rollout Options
Misconceptions abound concerning NT rollouts. Here's straight information about what happens during various rollout procedures and what your NT mass installation choices are.
 — Mark Russinovich


Optimizing Dynamic Web Content for IIS
Adjust your Web content to optimize the performance of your IIS server.
 — Mark Eddins


Services for NetWare 4.0
At first, Microsoft and Novell intentionally made their products incompatible. Fortunately, they've changed this practice and are now creating useful integration tools, such as Microsoft's Services for NetWare 4.0.
 — Zubair Alexander


The Next Generation IP in Action
You've heard that IPv6 will solve the IP address-exhaustion problem. Now, learn what this new generation IP address is and how it works.
 — Tao Zhou


Tuning NT Printing
Examine a few configuration options you can manipulate to improve local and network printing peformance.
 — Sean Daily


Using Exchange Server with SMTP and POP3
Go behind the scenes to see how Exchange Server uses SMTP and POP3 to deliver and read email across the Internet.
 — Spyros Sakellariadis


Using Performance Monitor to Monitor SQL Server
Performance Monitor can help you prevent SQL Server's database transaction logs from overflowing.
 — Kalen Delaney

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[Reader Challenge]

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Tweaking Windows NT
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

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[Reader to Reader]

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Reader to Reader - June 1998
Share your NT discoveries, comments, problems, solutions, and experiences with products and reach out to other Windows NT Magazine readers (including Microsoft).
 — Readers

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[Editorial]

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Speculation About Compaq
With the acquisition of Tandem, Compaq secured the company's NonStop SQL technology, giving Compaq a unique opportunity to influence the future of the NT market for database and clustering technology.
 — Mark Smith

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[Internals]

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Windows NT Security, Part 2
Take an in-depth look at the processes and policies in NT's security system, and get a preview of NT 5.0's security enhancements.
 — Mark Russinovich

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[Product Reviews]

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eRoom 1.02
A Web-based solution for collaborative computing.
 — John Enck


Kane Security Monitor 3.03
Kane Security Monitor 3.03 helps you monitor for unwanted activity.
 — Mark Joseph Edwards


NF9008XP
NetFRAME's NF9008XP high-end server promises high availability.
 — Brian Gallagher


NuTCRACKER X/SDK
NuTCRACKER brings UNIX functionality to Windows NT.
 — Michael P. Deignan


OpalisRendezVous 1.5
OpalisRendezVous 1.5 is a powerful, feature-packed tool to let you automate data transfer and replication.
 — Jim Cole


Site Server 2.0
See what's in Microsoft Site Server 2.0, a suite of tools for creating and managing Web sites.
 — Paula Sharick

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[Lab Notes]

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The Manacle of Oracle
Zen and the art of benchmark tests: The Lab Guys tackle Oracle's no-benchmarking policy.
 — John Enck

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[Inside Out]

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NT 4.9
Rather than release an unfinished NT 5.0, Microsoft could create an interim NT.
 — Mark Minasi

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[Getting Started with NT]

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Windows NT User Accounts
Explore user account configuration, and learn how the domain accounts database interacts with the local accounts database.
 — Michael D. Reilly

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[Scripting Solutions]

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Bob's XLNT Adventure
XLNT's command syntax and scripting language look and feel like Digital Command Language.
 — Bob Wells

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[SQL Server Savvy]

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Questions, Answers, and Tips About SQL Server
Pick up some tips about SQL Server security, datetime and dates, RAID controllers, data warehousing resources, replication with RAS, database comparison utilities, FoxPro imports, a bug in setup with very fast drives, and ODBC error messages and Visual Ba
 — Brian Moran , et al.

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[This Old Resource Kit]

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DHCPCMD
Dump your DHCP database into an ASCII file.
 — Mark Minasi

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[Tricks & Traps]

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Ask Dr. Bob Your NT Questions
Find out how to install the right port for TCP/IP printing, limit users to log on to a machine without seeing anything on screen, and make an ERD during unattended installation.
 — Bob Chronister

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[News Analysis]

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NT News Analysis
This department focuses on what's new in operating systems, hardware, software, support, scalability, the enterprise and Windows NT's take on the trends in the marketplace.
 — Michael Otey , et al.

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[Lab Feature]

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Load Balancing Web Servers
Here's a look at how well load-balancing products distribute Web site traffic.
 — Jonathan Cragle


There's Always Tomorrow
The Lab's ongoing review of Alpha NT systems winds down with a look at two workstations-and a consideration of the Alpha's future.
 — Brian Gallagher