DNS is the foundation the house of Active Directory is built upon. If DNS doesn’t work, neither will your Windows network. Here are the 10 most common DNS errors—and how you can avoid them.
- By Bill Boswell
- 05/01/2004
Completed: Kentucky Education migrates, streamlines NT 4.0 systems to Windows Server 2003.
Knowing what’s in your Event Logs is a key to knowing what your servers are doing. Here’s how to make sense of them.
- By Derek Melber
- 04/01/2004
This script allows logoff and shut down of remote users.
Sure, you can do Knowledge Base searches online. But there’s plenty more that TechNet offers.
- By MCP Magazine Readers
- 04/01/2004
Using the Active Directory Connector is an effective way to move your legacy Exchange environment to a new Exchange 2003 setup.
- By Bill Boswell
- 04/01/2004
You can use a script to compile log info into a file for closer examination.
- By Chris Brooke
- 04/01/2004
A routine audit of Active Directory permissions can expose this example back-ended breach.
- By Bill Boswell
- 03/09/2004
Buying new servers and more direct-attached disks solves short-term storage issues but creates a bigger problem—the storage management nightmare. Network attached storage, which separates disks from servers, is one answer. We evaluate three top NAS solutions running Windows Storage Server.
Conference news speaks of competing forces.
- By Jeremy Moskowitz
- 03/01/2004
Are you role-playing with your network? If not, you’re missing a powerful way to make it more secure.
- By Roberta Bragg
- 03/01/2004
The File Replication Service (FRS) has a justifiably bad reputation for bugginess and indecipherable logs. But recent changes from Redmond make it worth another look.
Group policy is constantly evolving and has new functionality within Windows Server 2003. Here’s some basic training on what it can do.
- By Jeremy Moskowitz
- 03/01/2004
Why it's important for remote users to change passwords regularly.
- By Chris Brooke
- 03/01/2004