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Windows 2003 Storage Add-Ons Coming

Broadening its commitment to the use of its platform for increasingly sophisticated storage scenarios, Microsoft this week unveiled several new Windows Server 2003 add-ons.

Office 2004 for Mac to RTM Soon

Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac will be released to manufacturing on April 14, Microsoft said this week. General availability is planned for the third week in May.

Microsoft Kicks Off Massive Security Training Push

NEW YORK -- Microsoft kicked off its 20-city, two-month security tour this week with back-to-back summits here.

Gartner: Expect Windows 2003 Update in Form of Feature Packs

Gartner's lead analyst on Windows server operating systems weighed in at the market research house's major IT conference last week on what form an updated release of Windows Server 2003 might take.

Cost Could Become a Factor with Enterprise Linux

As commercial versions of Linux climb the enterprise ladder, cost will become more of an issue with the open source operating system, according to a Gartner analyst.

Event Log Dissection

You can use a script to compile log info into a file for closer examination.

How PowerPoint Is Like Melvin

Why some things--and people--are just unlikable.

14 Reasons To Reconsider Software Restrictions

Software Restriction Policies is a terrific new security tool—if you know what it can’t do, as well as what it can.

The Fast Road to Exchange Server 2003

You'll never truly see the beauty of Exchange 2003 unless you migrate. Here are five tools to make that move quicker and easier.

Making the Connection

Using the Active Directory Connector is an effective way to move your legacy Exchange environment to a new Exchange 2003 setup.

Reality Bites

How does outsourcing--or how will it--affect you?

Outsourced Worker: How Do You Stack Up?

Chances are, you work for a company that’s involved in outsourcing in some form. The question you need to answer for yourself is whether that’s such a bad thing.

The Mystery of the Event Logs

Knowing what’s in your Event Logs is a key to knowing what your servers are doing. Here’s how to make sense of them.

Remote Shutdown

This script allows logoff and shut down of remote users.

Software Development Year in Review

Security, spam were dominant themes; will they have impact on development issues ahead?

Microsoft Reporting to Ship in a Visual Studio Control

Microsoft will make part of its new enterprise reporting technology available as a Visual Studio control that can be embedded in applications.

Anonymous User Control; Magic of RPC; Storm Stories; more

TechNet In-Depth

Sure, you can do Knowledge Base searches online. But there’s plenty more that TechNet offers.

Gartner Still Expects Interim Windows Before Longhorn

SAN DIEGO -- Although Bill Gates pointedly avoided confirming it here, Microsoft is more likely than not to ship an interim client operating system before the release of Longhorn, a Gartner analyst predicted.

Microsoft Claims Strong Sales for Small Business Server 2003

Windows Small Business Server 2003 is being adopted at a much faster rate than the Windows 2000-based version of the product, Microsoft officials say.