Opinion


Pass the Crow, Please

Did I say Redmond wasn’t serious about security?

Donning the Supervisory Cap

This month, Greg discusses the right (and wrong) way to be an effective supervisor.

A Tale of Two Guys

A common theme: What does my certification get me?

Certified Mail: March 2002

The value of bootcamps; what MCPs wear; Microsoft's certification retirement policy.

Infrastructure Blues

Why's the network running so slow? Where's the bottleneck? Is it hardware, software or a user? You can find answers quickly if you know your network's infrastructure.

Cowboys and Indians

Redmond’s not-so-secret plan to shoo those pesky Apaches away.

Get Ready for Your Audit

Time spent with network security auditors pointed out to Roberta the most common weaknesses in companies. How does yours stack up to her list?

Microsoft Certification Public Newsgroups

Should you chase the rabbit down the newsgroup hole in pursuit of your certification?

EFS: Handle with Care

The Encrypting File System, while serving a need, can also cause big headaches—especially with the XP implementation. Here’s how to do it right.

.NET? .Not!

Remember the wave of dot-bomb failures? You ain’t seen nothing yet.

.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.

Certified Mail, Feb. 2002

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

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?

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.

What’s New with the Directory

Changes are afoot to make Active Directory more flexible.

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.

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.

Heading into the Cloud

Web Services will evolve as it meets the real world.

Scripting Serendipity

Finding out that .WSF scripts—based on XML—allow you to declare just about anything can be a flexible timesaver.