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Supercharge Your Scripts

Adding third-party components to your scripting efforts will get the job done faster and easier.

Practice Makes Perfect— Or Does It?

These six products offer practice questions for the NT Server in the Enterprise exam. But as our expert reviewer shows, if you don't already know your stuff, you could be led astray.

Also Available in Vanilla

There'll be a dozen flavors of Windows 2000 to suit just about every IT professional. Plus, fan mail!

Keeping Your Secrets Secret

Understanding how information stays secure can help you make informed choices about your encryption strategies.

Server Support Staffing

Do you consider yourself overworked? Consider these factors when you’re trying to determine how large the network staff should be.

Online Gold Mine

You'll find more than online articles--chats, forums, training resources--in the online version of <i>MCP Magazine</i>.

Emergency Service

With prudent preparation and upkeep, Emergency Repair Disks can fix damaged files that would otherwise kill your NT system.

VBA Licensing Expanded; New SDK Available

Microsoft released a new Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) 6.0 Software Developers Kit (SDK) and a new licensing program today.

Nortel Inching Up in Close Race

Nortel Networks Corp. today unveiled the OPTera Packet Solution, technology that increases capacity and reliability on the Internet, unifying optical and packet networks.

IBM Releases "Smart" Server to Reset Windows

IBM Corp. has announced a new "smart" server for Windows.

Datacenter Server Enters Beta

The large scale version of Microsoft Windows 2000, Datacenter Server, is now in beta 1 and is shipping to 300 beta testers on Monday, according to Microsoft.

InstallShield Announces 2000 Package

InstallShield Software Corp. will announce next week the availability of InstallShield Professional 2000.

Free TechNet Sessions to Address W2K

Microsoft Corp. announced a free series of TechNet briefings in up to 250 cities worldwide today.

Microsoft Buys Softway

Adding more support and interoperability for Unix, Microsoft purchased the assets of Softway Systems, a privately-held San Francisco-based company.

New Virus Waits Before Attacking

A new virus is said to wait a week or so before replicating itself.

Windows 2000 MCSE Program Launched

Microsoft today announced the Microsoft Windows 2000 certification track for Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers (MCSEs).

Microsoft Site Posts Digital Dashboard Toolkits

Microsoft today announced the availability of three toolkits to enable solutions for its Digital Dashboard strategy.

Microsoft Buys Visio

Building on its knowledge worker strategy, Microsoft Corp. agreed to acquire Visio Corp.

Intel, Others Embrace IPSec

ATLANTA -- Intel and other vendors announced at Networld+Interop plans to deliver highly secure, yet extremely fast, IP network communication.

Microsoft Announces Next Phase of Application Hosting Programs

Microsoft has announced that its Complete Commerce program for Application Service Providers (ASPs) has moved out of the pilot phase.