Over the last several years, Microsoft has greatly expanded its list of technologies that fit under the umbrella term "clustering." Here's an overview of some of the most prominent Microsoft clustering technologies.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/01/2002
Maybe they already broke up the company and we didn’t notice.
"Windowsville" residents chime in on the "which OS is more secure" argument; readers debate Microsoft's longevity.
- By MCP Magazine Readers
- 08/01/2002
ENT contributing editor Stephen Swoyer drills into the specifics of the 1.2 release of Microsoft's Windows 2000 Advanced Server Limited Edition 1.2. ASLE 1.2 is the version of Microsoft's 64-bit operating system tuned for Intel's new Itanium 2 processor.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 08/01/2002
A moderate vulnerability in the Microsoft Data Access Components could compromise security on SQL Server systems. The security bulletin issued by Microsoft about the issue late Wednesday is the third involving SQL Server in the last two weeks.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/01/2002
Moving beyond static IP addresses makes our intrepid script router-friendly and takes you to the great outdoors.
- By Chris Brooke
- 08/01/2002
Moving from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000 is a complex task. This migration took many unexpected twists, turns and hours.
A reader who "followed the rules" is still having a tough time finding a job.
- By Greg Neilson
- 08/01/2002
Microsoft and a host of hardware and services vendors want to help you get your Internet Data Center, based on Microsoft software, up and running quickly. To that end, more than a dozen vendors are working on prescriptive architecture guides (PAG) under a full-featured program called the Microsoft Systems Architecture (MSA) program.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/31/2002
Microsoft is set to release Service Pack 3 for Windows 2000 on Thursday, company officials said.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/31/2002
Company to offer consultants up to $500 back for purchasing, implementing SBS for clients; rebate good until Jan. 31, 2002.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/31/2002
An ISV who relies on Microsoft's proprietary API for Exchange got nervous about its future when Microsoft started talking about its forthcoming "Titanium" and "Kodiak" releases. Microsoft says MAPI is alive and well.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 07/30/2002
Leveraging Windows .NET Datacenter Server beta code and Intel's new Xeon MP chips, IBM used the Transaction Processing Performance Council's OLTP benchmark to demonstrate impressive performance on its funky new eight-processor servers.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/30/2002
Microsoft on Tuesday made available an interim release of its Windows CE .NET operating system for mobile and small-footprint devices that adds IPv6 support, new file viewers and a Speech API.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/30/2002
Showing appreciation to systems administrators worldwide on July 26 for their relentless, hard work year-round.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/26/2002
Covalent Technologies this week released extensions to their Apache Web server product to allow integration with Microsoft's ASP.NET.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/25/2002
Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates spent his day Thursday trying to help the financial community understand the themes behind Microsoft's dozens of planned product releases over the next few years. The "wave" model he came up with may be equally helpful for IT decision makers trying to make sense of how Microsoft's roadmaps fit with their own organizations' plans.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/25/2002
Microsoft issued five security bulletins on Wednesday night, including one bulletin and patch addressing three critical vulnerabilities in SQL Server 2000.
Two of the bulletins dealt with SQL Server 2000, one dealt with Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5, another involved Microsoft Metadirectory Services 2.2 and a fifth bulletin was a reissue of an earlier patch for Windows Media Player.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/25/2002
Do you have a problem with your network design? If so, let Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine's experts come to your aid.
Microsoft on Wednesday posted the third Service Pack for Exchange 2000 that includes fixes from an eight-week Trustworthy Computing-related code review.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/24/2002