Microsoft plans to deliver the first service pack for Office 2003 in late June.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 03, 2004
Volume servers, the industry-standard servers powered by Intel and to a lesser extent AMD processors and generally running Windows or Linux, are having a profound impact on the worldwide server marketplace, according to IDC analysts who just published their estimates for server shipments in 2003.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 03, 2004
In another example of Microsoft's new willingness to push feature changes into service packs, the company plans to include additional functionality into its fledgling Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 in the product's first service pack.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 03, 2004
A new line of Intel Xeon MP processors for four-processor and larger systems hit the market on Tuesday.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 02, 2004
In a new report on Windows Server 2003 security, an analyst firm argues that while Microsoft made clear progress on the security of its flagship server operating system, Unix and Linux remain better choices for mission critical applications.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 01, 2004
Why it's important for remote users to change passwords regularly.
- By Chris Brooke
- March 01, 2004
Roberta responds to a readers' essay on what he views as Microsoft's poorly implemented security strategy.
- By Roberta Bragg
- March 01, 2004
The File Replication Service (FRS) has a justifiably bad reputation for bugginess and indecipherable logs. But recent changes from Redmond make it worth another look.
- By Gary Olsen
- March 01, 2004
Two tools that stop popups dead in their tracks
- By Doug Barney
- March 01, 2004
Group policy is constantly evolving and has new functionality within Windows Server 2003. Here’s some basic training on what it can do.
- By Jeremy Moskowitz
- March 01, 2004
Windows Server 2003’s Volume Shadow Copy Service can help you stop time. Here’s how to take full advantage of it.
- By Bill Boswell
- March 01, 2004
Ed Yourdon has advice for surviving "death march" projects.
- By Mike Gunderloy
- March 01, 2004
Are you role-playing with your network? If not, you’re missing a powerful way to make it more secure.
- By Roberta Bragg
- March 01, 2004
....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.
- By Bill Boswell
- March 01, 2004
Three continents, incompetent management and an impossible deadline is a case study in how to NOT do a major upgrade.
- By Greg Neilson
- March 01, 2004
Buying new servers and more direct-attached disks solves short-term storage issues but creates a bigger problem—the storage management nightmare. Network attached storage, which separates disks from servers, is one answer. We evaluate three top NAS solutions running Windows Storage Server.
- By Chris Wolf
- March 01, 2004
A new organization calling itself the Anti-Phishing Working Group documented a large jump in the number of phishing attacks in January.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 01, 2004
- By MCP Magazine Readers
- March 01, 2004
Now is the time for those projects we've all been putting off.
- By Keith Ward
- March 01, 2004
What business is Microsoft in, anyhow?
- By Em C. Pea
- March 01, 2004