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Certified Mail, Feb. 2002

Security risks, the "right" security policy, and certification as a foot in the career door.

Content Management Server: Functionality—for a Price

Content Management Server 2001 provides a structured approach to managing Internet and intranet site content.

.WSF: The Final Frontier

After this last lesson—which looks at the flexibility of Runtime tags—you’ll be ready to bravely face bold, new scripts.

BizTalk Server: Putting B2B to Work

BizTalk Server 2000 gets closer to B2B application integration.

Are Two Better Than One?

Two books from Coriolis help prep you for the same ISA Server exam. Question: Why did they do it that way?

Commerce Server: Worth a Look

Once you get past the onerous installation requirements, Commerce Server 2000 can help make you a player in the e-business game.

Souping Up Your IIS Server

Strengthen your infrastructure for serious IIS use with these monitoring and analysis tools.

Securing Remote Management with WMI

Writing scripts for remote computer management can save man-hours and shoe leather. But like any part of Windows, it has to be properly secured, or you risk opening up your network to the bad guys.

Family Inheritance

Knowing how NTFS passes down file access attributes would have helped one systems administrator avoid exile to the basement. It could do the same for you.

What’s New with the Directory

Changes are afoot to make Active Directory more flexible.

Serving Up the Enterprise

Microsoft’s been releasing new server products at a dizzying rate for the past year. Confused by all the choices? Let us add some clarity to your search.

Make Your Security Access-Friendly

Try this trick to give user the permission they need to update SQL Server records via Microsoft Access.

Is Project Management in Your Future?

This month, Greg and Steve discuss the pros and cons of taking a leadership role on your company’s next project.

Microsoft Issues Warning About Domain Trusts

Microsoft warned of a serious-sounding privilege elevation vulnerability involving trust relationships between domains in both Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000. Hurdles in the way of exploiting the vulnerability make it a long shot for any attacker to exploit, according to Microsoft.

Microsoft Slips Domain Trust Fix Into SRP1

The new fix for the domain trust vulnerability just made it into the Windows 2000 Security Rollup Package Microsoft posted this week.

Netcraft Finds Sites Using ASP.NET

U.K.-based Netcraft finds Microsoft's fledgling ASP.NET was in use at about 1,500 sites on the Web in January.

Microsoft Releases Beta 2 of JDBC Driver for SQL

Microsoft is making progress on its JDBC driver for SQL Server 2000, the piece of code that gives Microsoft's flagship database a sanctioned connection to competing platforms.

Lotus Commits to J2EE

Lotus Software, which sells some of the most popular non-Microsoft enterprise software running on Windows servers, publicly committed to the J2EE platform this week. Lotus also promised to make pre-release versions of Domino 6 and Notes 6 available within 30 days.

Palmisano Takes the Reins at Big Blue

Sam Palmisano is taking over as CEO of IBM Corp. on March 1, succeeding Lou Gerstner. Palmisano is currently president and COO of Big Blue.

Microsoft Releases W2K Security Rollup

Microsoft released a rollup patch of all security fixes issued for Windows 2000 since the release of Service Pack 2.