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[Focus]

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Exchange 2000 and Microsoft .NET
Microsoft's mail server begins to exhibit .NET characteristics such as supporting distributed Web architectures and XML.
 — Spyros Sakellariadis , et al.


Exchange 2000 Workflow Applications
Learn how Exchange 2000 Server's core architectural features let you easily enable workflow processes.
 — Kevin Laahs


Managing Exchange 2000, Part 1
This first article in a series of three helps you recognize Exchange 2000's new management requirements, challenges, and benefits.
 — Tony Redmond

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[Feature]

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Crash Dump Analysis
Spend a little time with this guide, and save hours repairing blue screens.
 — Mark Russinovich


Take Command of Your Management Tasks
Several command-line tools can help your efficiency and decrease the time you spend creating and managing user accounts.
 — Paul Niser


Tracking Logon and Logoff Activity in Win2K
Learn how to access the Win2K Security log and how to track logon and logoff activity.
 — Randy Franklin Smith


Understanding Remote Installation Services
Find out what you need to know to start using RIS in your Win2K network.
 — Sean Daily

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[Reader Challenge]

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Reader Challenge
Want to test your know-how? Solve this month's Windows 2000 and Windows NT problem and gather the accolades of your peers.
 — Readers

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[Reader to Reader]

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Back Door to NT
One reader shares a tip for recovering a lost desktop shell after adding, deleting, or modifying a DLL under NT.
 — Readers

Command Prompt Tricks
One reader shares his tip for setting up the command prompt to reflect a remote path.
 — Readers

DHCP Conflict
A reader shares her discovery for fixing a DHCP-related error when she receives an IP conflict message.
 — Readers

ERD Updates
A reader creates an extended script for NT 4.0 ERDs to collect necessary information, determine the cause of the failure, and work with a backup to recover the system.
 — Readers

Mirrored Boot Drives
Learn a new trick for preventing an unbootable system when a mirrored spare boot disk fails.
 — Readers

Tracking Administrator Logons
Learn about a reader-provided solution that includes a batch file to help automate the process of auditing systems for Administrator access and installing software on a 1500-client network.
 — Readers

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[Editorial]

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Microsoft: Untangle the Net
Michael Otey shares his thoughts on .NET and wonders whether Microsoft has thought through all the implications of its .NET strategy.
 — Michael Otey

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[Outlook VBA on Demand]

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A Primer About Dates
Review important procedures and techniques related to dates in Microsoft Outlook programming.
 — Sue Mosher

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[ForefroNT]

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Microsoft Enterprise Services
Learn about a new framework for integrating IT and business best practices.
 — David Chernicoff

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[Product Reviews]

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DM/ActiveRoles 2.0
Simplify AD management.
 — Ed Roth


Greyware Membership Monitor 1.3b
Protect access to your membership lists.
 — Marty Scher


Paragon
Although expensive, Raritan Computer's Paragon system provides a quick, easy, and powerful KVM solution.
 — Michael Schlei


VMware Workstation 2.0
Create a virtual Windows system on your Linux machine and vice versa.
 — William F. Katz

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[Lab Notes]

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Biometric Identification
Better...stronger...faster? Biometric identification solutions are gaining popularity, but are you ready to implement them?
 — Tom Iwanski

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[This Old Resource Kit]

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File-Server Migration: Scopy Becomes Xcopy
Win2K folds Scopy's owner and ACL information-copying function into Xcopy.
 — Mark Minasi

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[Tricks & Traps]

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Ask Dr. Bob
Learn how to choose a SAN solution, disable the CD-ROM drive's autoplay feature, erase tapes with /nopoll, downgrade from Access 2000 to Access 97, and troubleshoot an Office 2000 installation glitch.
 — Bob Chronister


Daily Answers
Learn how to edit the routing table, work around default SIS behavior, troubleshoot InoculateIT's realtime monitor, and improve WINS performance.
 — Sean Daily

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[News Analysis]

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Ballmer Hints at Moves to Palm OS, Linux
Microsoft's CEO makes some surprising announcements--and takes some unsurprising swipes at Sun Microsystems.
 — Paul Thurrott

Microsoft Rebrands, Updates MCSP
Microsoft overhauls its MSCP program in the hopes of offering higher certification standards and greater interaction between Microsoft partners.
 — Paul Thurrott

Microsoft's Internal Network Breached
Security doubts hit close to home as Microsoft acknowledges that intruders cracked the company's internal network.
 — Paul Thurrott

NTFS Licensee Reports Microsoft Threat, Apology
A small software company claims that Microsoft threatened to sue over the use of NTFS source code, but Microsoft denies the existence of a lawsuit.
 — Paul Thurrott

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[Getting Started With Win2K]

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Managing Groups in Win2K
User groups can be a wonderful way to quickly and efficiently manage permissions and rights for users in your enterprise.
 — Kathy Ivens

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[TOP 10]

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Win2K Support Tools
Here are 10 of the most helpful administrative tools that you'll find in the OS's Support Tools folder.
 — Michael Otey

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[Buyer's Guide]

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Unified Messaging for Exchange Server
Sort out the options and new changes in technology before you start shopping for a unified messaging solution.
 — Tom Iwanski

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[Lab Comparative]

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Enterprise Defragmentation Utilities
To centrally manage and automate defragmentation on your servers and workstations, you need a full-featured defragmentation utility. This comparative review examines the fetures and performance of three prominent defragmentation products.
 — Tom Iwanski

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[Exchange & Outlook Troubleshooter]

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The Well-Connected Pocket PC
Pocket PCs give you better access to email and other files on your host system than earlier handheld devices did.
 — Tony Redmond

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[Best Practices for Exchange]

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Cool Tricks with Public Folders
You pay for public folders as part of the cost of Exchange Server. So why aren't you using these folders to their full extent?
 — Paul Robichaux

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[Remote Possibilities]

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The Perfect Network-Connectivity Scenario
Is it possible to access your LAN and its applications from a baseball game? Discover a wireless remote access solution that might let you do just that.
 — Sean Daily