Opinion


Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3...

Disaster recovery plans should be part of any testing plan.

Managing User Profiles

A slap-dash solution for transferring profiles in toto. Anyone with a more elegant method?

Educational Opportunities

Security training, free for the asking.

Double-Secret Forest Functional Level

New! Windows admin tips, tricks, and secrets. First up: migration via the "interim" forest functional level.

In Through the Back Door

A routine audit of Active Directory permissions can expose this example back-ended breach.

RSA Musings

Something old, something new, something quite innovative at this year's security show.

Password Currency

Why it's important for remote users to change passwords regularly.

The Microsoft Security Debate: The Final Chapter

Roberta responds to a readers' essay on what he views as Microsoft's poorly implemented security strategy.

Freeze Frame

Windows Server 2003’s Volume Shadow Copy Service can help you stop time. Here’s how to take full advantage of it.

A Server By Any Other Name

....hums along smoothly, if the PDC is migrated correctly in this reader's NT-to-Windows 2003 upgrade. The Exchange 5.5-to-Exchange 2003 migration may be a tad more problematic.

Divide and Conquer

Are you role-playing with your network? If not, you’re missing a powerful way to make it more secure.

Window of Opportunity

Now is the time for those projects we've all been putting off.

Giving Up Privilege

Learn how to properly manage admin accounts.

First National Bank of Bill

What business is Microsoft in, anyhow?

The Microsoft Security Debate, Part Two

Roberta responds to the critics of Microsoft's methods.

The Microsoft Security Debate, Part One

Two users critique Microsoft's understanding of security.

The Perils of Patching

The process of keeping systems updated shouldn't be treated as the mindless that we mistake it for; no strategy is an invitation to disaster.

A Call to Arms, Continued

Letters from the security front.

A Call to Arms

Enlist everyone, even your relatives, in the fight against the spread of malware.