With the economy full of potholes, it’s the resourceful, the tenacious and the sociable who will enjoy the smoother road.
                    
			            - By Em C.  Pea
- June 01, 2001
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A year and a half has passed since Active Directory was unleashed, with the promise of simpler management and significant cost savings. Harry points to other less-than-obvious benefits.
                    
			            - By Harry  Brelsford
- June 01, 2001
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Taking an object-oriented approach to scripting can help your variable structure run like a well-oiled machine.
                    
			            - By Chris  Brooke
- June 01, 2001
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As you negotiate the tricky trail leading to the summit—your Windows 2000 MCSE certification—will New Riders’ ExamGear product provide a lifeline?
                    
			            - By James  Carrion
- June 01, 2001
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Group Policy is all about being 
  efficient. Here's how to get there by setting up users' 
  Windows Setting with Administrative Templates.
                    
			            - By Harry  Brelsford
- May 01, 2001
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Convincing the powers that be to upgrade to Microsoft’s newest OS can 
        prove tougher than getting rid of your XFL season tickets.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    
                    
			            - By Dian  Schaffhauser
- May 01, 2001
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    BizTalk Server 2000 takes on the challenge of integrating your business’s 
        complex enterprise application and B2B processes.
                    
			            - By David  Wascha
- May 01, 2001
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Advice about when to stay at your job and when to jump.
                    
			            - By Greg  Neilson
- May 01, 2001
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Via your scripts, you can add Contacts, Journal and Calendar entries with ease. No bull.
                    
			            - By Chris  Brooke
- May 01, 2001
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Moving to Exchange 2000 offers a valuable opportunity for jumpers and their more methodological counterparts to learn that permissions define possibilities and practicalities.
                    
			            - By Roberta  Bragg
- May 01, 2001
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    LearnKey promises a cash rebate if you pass the Win2K exams using its prep materials. Is the MasterExam product that good?
                    
			            - By James  Carrion
- May 01, 2001
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Windows Time Synchronization service ensures that all your machines stay—tick for tock—on the same clock.
                    
			            - By Michael  Chacon
- May 01, 2001
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Controlling access with IPSec can help keep your vulnerable habitat safe from visitors of all species.
                    
			            - By Roberta  Bragg
- April 01, 2001
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows 2000 makes it easy for small networks to get their share of the Net. Here’s how to implement it on those systems.
                    
			            - By Michael  Chacon
- April 01, 2001
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Osborne states its Test Yourself MCSE practice exam books will help you ace the Windows 2000 exams. Will they?
                    
			            - By James  Carrion
- April 01, 2001
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    So forget about your MCSE already!
                    
			            - By Dian  Schaffhauser
- April 01, 2001
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Need to hit the ground running on technologies like COM+ and SOAP? Start with Microsoft Press' Designing Solutions with COM+ Technologies.
                    
			            - By Paul G. Brown
- April 01, 2001
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Now that you've been formally introduced, here's how to use group policies to install software and set security.
                    
			            - By Harry  Brelsford
- April 01, 2001
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The process of automation allows you to script your way through Office applications—even Outlook. Here’s how. 
                    
			            - By Chris  Brooke
- April 01, 2001