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AMD Ships Opteron for 4- and 8-ways

AMD this week updated its two-month-old line of Opteron 64-bit server processors to offer chips designed for four-processor servers and eight-processor servers. The delivery means AMD has several technical building blocks in place to reach higher into enterprise requirements.

Small Business Server 2003 Test Version Available

Microsoft has decided to release Windows Small Business Server 2003 in two editions. The decision highlights the increasing segmentation of the Windows server line, which is now up to nine editions – roughly a 50 percent increase from the Windows 2000 generation of servers.

Systems Management Server 2003 Hits RC1

Systems Management Server 2003 entered its last major testing milestone when Microsoft put out Release Candidate 1 of the replacement for the four-year-old SMS 2.0.

Microsoft Ships iSCSI Support

Delivering on one of the major free, post-release add-ons to Windows Server 2003, Microsoft this week put out the Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) software initiator package.

The Last Waltz

Final thoughts on maintaining the IT career tempo.

Active Directory Single Object Restore

When you accidentally delete an Active Directory object, can you bring it back without performing an authoritative restore on the entire directory? This tip shares a little known service built right into AD that you'll want to know about.

Anthony's Tale

Anthony wanted to run Windows DNS on his company’s BIND network. It worked—until the intern came along.

Lifecycle of an E-mail Worm

Dealing with e-mail worms and viruses is becoming a bigger part of every administrator’s job. Learn from one of the industry’s foremost experts how worms enter your network in the first place and compromise your systems.

Windows NT Workstation Support Retired

Windows NT 4.0 Workstation died with little fanfare on Monday.

Get the Message

Straight talk on meshing your enterprise e-mail systems.

Windows Management from Afar

Windows Server 2003 offers significant upgrades over Windows 2000 in the area of remote connectivity.

Palm Reading

It’s a moment every administrator dreads: Your network is crying for help, and you don’t know why. Wouldn’t it be great if, right in your hand, you had a tool that could diagnose the problem? We test four handheld analyzers to see just how they can make your job easier.

A 12-Step Plan for File Server Security

Securely bringing a Windows file server on the network may not sound difficult. But when it's running Windows Server 2003, there's a lot you need to know to do it right.

Certified Mail: July 2003

Spamming the Globe

Searching Active Directory

Forego scripting—try this LDAP query in the ADUC.

Microsoft Virus Alliance Grows

Three weeks after sending shockwaves through the antivirus industry with the announcement that it had bought an anti-virus vendor, Microsoft and three security partners made nice in public with an extension of Microsoft's Virus Information Alliance (VIA).

That Pesky Convergence Stuff

“One thing we’ll be talking a fair bit about today is the relationship between the PC and the phone. That’s something that will be changing. When you get value added on your PC without having to switch the phone that you use simply by having the PC be aware of what’s going on, that integration, we think, is a very critical one and one that’s influencing the PC hardware.” —Bill Gates at WinHEC 2003

A Simple Plan

Microsoft sets new securityspecializations for MCSE and MCSA titles.

Give the My Computer Icon a User Name

It is handy to be able to just look up at the My Computer icon and see where you are and what name you are using.

The Odd Couple

Can older applications and Windows XP share a network without driving each other crazy?