Customers have few kind words for Microsoft's Software Assurance, and even fewer good choices for upgrades.
- By Doug Barney
- April 01, 2005
Readers generally like what they see in the 2005 makeover of Microsoft Operations Manager, citing improved usability, better reporting and expanded monitoring.
- By Steve Ulfelder
- April 01, 2005
Exchange Server 2003 offers advances in scalability, allowing for dramatic server and storage consolidation efforts—if it's properly configured. These best practices will send you in the right direction.
- By Doug Barney
- April 01, 2005
As Longhorn looms, we examine Microsoft's track record in hitting product ship dates and offer advice for coping with the inevitable.
- By Paul Desmond
- March 01, 2005
These 10 anti-spam software solutions can help you stop spam in its tracks, restore lost productivity and save money and time.
- By David W. Tschanz
- March 01, 2005
Bill looks at the pros (lots) and cons (few) of Microsoft's Automated Deployment Services tool.
- By Bill Boswell
- March 01, 2005
This veteran penetration tester has seen some stupid security lapses in his time. Here are six of the worst.
- By Ira Winkler
- March 01, 2005
Recommendations for reducing risk to your stored data, whatever its form.
- By Roberta Bragg
- March 01, 2005
PolyServe's Matrix Server flexes its muscle when it comes to running fast, efficient server clusters.
- By Chris Wolf
- March 01, 2005
The Altiris Management Suites give you complete control over every aspect of your network operations.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- March 01, 2005
FirstDefense-ISR can be your first line of defense against disk failure and data loss.
- By Erik Westgard
- March 01, 2005
True Image Server for Windows can take away your worries about accurate and efficient server recovery.
- By Chad Todd
- February 01, 2005
You might want to take a few precautionary steps prior to initiating ADPREP.
- By Bill Boswell
- February 01, 2005
Rollout pain aside, users laud the long overdue enhancements that
SP2 brings to IE, along with new GPOs, RPC lockdown and more.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- February 01, 2005
The Group Policy Management Console can be a powerful troubleshooting too—if you know how to use it.
- By Gary Olsen
- February 01, 2005