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Windows IT Pro Magazine November 1998
[Focus]  Build a Better Network with QoS Quality of Service lets you prioritize data flow, allocate bandwidth, and enforce security in your network. Here's a primer on QoS implementation. — Tao Zhou Managing Your Network with NT 5.0 NT 5.0 provides new and enhanced network services and gives you the tools to manage them in the Microsoft Management Console. Here's a look at NT 5.0's increased network services funtionality. — Darren Mar-Elia [Feature] Exchange Directory Replication Understand how directory replication works so that you can prevent replication messages and RPCs from swamping your network. — Tony Redmond How to Secure Your NT-UNIX Network Here are 8 components to consider when you are securing your mixed network. — G. Robert Williams , et al. NT 5.0's Directory Service Migration Tool Directory Service Migration Tool makes NDS-to-AD migrations easy. — Douglas Toombs Publish Web Content with Site Server 3.0 Microsoft's Site Server 3.0 improves substantially on previous versions. See how the newest release can make publishing intranet content a snap. — T.J. Harty Secure Your SMS in 6 Steps Use SQL Server's Enterprise Manager and SMS Security Manager to complete the 6-step process of securing your SMS. — Bart Groenewoud Service Packs and Hotfixes SP4 promises to be worth the wait, but you'll want to install SP3's hotfixes in the meantime. — Mark Joseph Edwards , et al. Thin Client/Server Computing Works IS professionals who designed and run real-world thin-client/server implementantions tell you how their deployments work and why they're sucessful. — Mark Smith Y2K and Microsoft Many small businesses don't understand the magnitude of the Y2K problem. Learn how to protect your NT enterprise. — Paula Sharick [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 - October 1998 Share your NT discoveries, comments, problems, solutions, and experiences with products and reach out to other Windows NT Magazine readers (including Microsoft). — Readers [Editorial] Everybody's Doin' It "Everybody's doin' it." — Mark Smith [En Garde] Relearning Lessons Modern applications use disk space lavishly, and few include provisions for resolving space shortages. — Mark Minasi [Internals] Inside the Boot Process, Part 1 Take an in-depth look at the process by which NT wakes up and gets going. — Mark Russinovich [Product Reviews] DiskMapper Micro Logic's DiskMapper creates a color-coded map to track disk space usage. — Michael P. Deignan HP OpenView Network Node Manager 5.02 for Windows NT HP OpenView Network Node Manager (NNM) 5.02 for Windows NT brings the full power of HP's flagship network-management tool for UNIX to NT, along with a new user interface. — John Green IBM IntelliStation M Pro The IBM IntelliStation M Pro is IBM's latest and greatest 3-D Windows NT workstation. — Brian Gallagher IRAS-8A The IRAS-8A is the ideal Basic Rate Interface (BRI) connection. — John Enck NeoStation 220 The NeoStation 220 is an instant-on/downloadable Windows-based terminal hybrid and is a fine fit for the thin-client and thin-server environment. — John Enck Norton Antivirus 4.0 for Windows NT Servers Norton AntiVirus (NAV) 4.0 for NT Servers includes a flexible, centralized alert system that keeps administrators up-to-date through alerts from other workstations and servers running NAV products. — Jonathan Cragle ThinSTAR 200 Windows-based Terminal Network Computing Devices's (NCD) ThinSTAR 200 is a promising addition to the Windows-based terminal family. The device is small, but it provides good video support. — Christa Anderson [Lab Notes] Moving Day Setting up the Windows NT Magazine Lab in a new location is a learning experience. — John Enck [Inside Out] Unattended SCSI Adapter Driver Installations Perform unattended installations of SCSI drivers that NT doesn't recognize. — Mark Minasi [Getting Started with NT] Windows NT Event Viewer Use the NT Event Viewer to diagnose and prevent problems. — Michael D. Reilly [Scripting Solutions] Perl COM Objects Learn how to create COM automation servers in Perl. — Bob Wells [SQL Server Savvy] Questions, Answers, and Tips About SQL Server Learn more slick features coming in SQL Server 7.0, and find out about transforming applications into NT services, a security hole in xp_cmdshell, installing BOL manually, SQL Server and Y2K, and table names and sizes. — Brian Moran , et al. [This Old Resource Kit] AUTOEXNT Run programs that aren't services automatically when NT starts. — Mark Minasi [Tricks & Traps] Ask Dr. Bob Your NT Questions Find anaswers to cloning a PDC to create a BDC in an existing domain, correcting a corrupt print driver in NT, and performing an unattended installation on machines with AGP. — Bob Chronister [News Analysis] 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. — Craig Barth [News] NT Intelligence Walking the walk and talking the talk. Operating systems must learn peaceful coexistence. — David Chernicoff [Lab Feature] IBM Enterprise Suite for Windows NT If you're tired of BackOffice, IBM Enterprise Suite for Windows NT offers an attractive alternative. — Michael P. Deignan Load Balancing Your NICs Distribute your incoming and outgoing data through a super NIC. — Jonathan Cragle MCSE Self-Study Options In the third part of an examination of CBT self-study programs, the Lab reviews four products. — Michael P. Deignan Video for the Intranet The Lab continues reviews of the videoconferencing software with Cisco Systems' IP/TV software and cameras from COnnectix and Toshiba. — Brian Gallagher |
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