In honor of MCDST's release, winners of help desk heroism/horror submissions announced.
- By Michael Domingo
- 03/18/2004
A slap-dash solution for transferring profiles in toto. Anyone with a more elegant method?
- By Bill Boswell
- 03/16/2004
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.
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.
NetInstall manages an application’s complete life cycle.
Learn how to properly manage admin accounts.
Microsoft promoting MCDST title with exam discount available at worldwide CTECs, testing centers; courses also discounted in U.S.
- By Michael Domingo
- 02/24/2004
New security features promise more secure desktops, says Microsoft chairman at RSA Conference 2004.
Exam for testing help desk support skills now available; MCDST also now officially live.
- By Michael Domingo
- 02/03/2004
Slated for later this year, updates don't affect MCP candidate plans.
- By Michael Domingo
- 02/03/2004
Longhorn includes significant changes that will affect developers, from how it handles graphics to how it stores data. Learn how to create a simple Longhorn app.
- By Brent Rector
- 02/01/2004
It’s a truism in IT that various parts of your network—servers, hard drives, video cards, that mission-critical software program—will grind to a halt eventually. Here we present four disaster-recovery scenarios and how to recover from each.
- By Derek Melber
- 02/01/2004
Cull unused or deleted accounts using the LDIFDE tool and some scripting trickery.
- By Bill Boswell
- 02/01/2004
A reader's encrypted files are safe and recoverable if he turned on the Data Recovery Agent.
- By Bill Boswell
- 02/01/2004
ActiveBatch simplifies and fine-tunes automation of tasks.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- 02/01/2004