Microsoft has two free "feature packs" in the release candidate stage for Systems Management Server 2.0. The packs are called the SMS 2.0 Software Update Services Feature Pack and the SMS 2.0 Administration Feature Pack. Both should be available later this month.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 03, 2002
Microsoft released a cumulative patch for SQL Server and the Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) to fix three newly discovered critical vulnerabilities. While Microsoft has rolled together fixes for multiple vulnerabilities in a product into one patch regularly this year, rarely has one patch fixed more than one critical hole. The patch posted on the day that the SANS Institue and the FBI listed SQL Server generally as one of the top security vulnerabilities on Windows systems.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 03, 2002
Critics frequently allege that new security fixes come out of Microsoft on a daily basis. Most days that's an exaggeration. Wednesday night, however, Microsoft made the hyperbole seem tame by posting four new security bulletins to its Web site. They involved critical vulnerabilities in SQL Server and the Windows Help Active X control and moderate vulnerabilities in three client versions of Windows and the Services for Unix 3.0 Interix SDK.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 03, 2002
Microsoft is prioritizing its bug fixing efforts based on the pop-up error report windows that appear during setup and application crashes in newer versions of Windows and Office, according to a letter Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent to customers.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 03, 2002
IBM Corp.’s Lotus Software Group on Tuesday officially took the wraps off of the long-awaited Release 6 (R6) of its Notes and Domino messaging and collaboration products. The major enhancements to Notes/Domino since Lotus last refreshed the products almost three years ago involve efforts directed at reducing total cost of ownership (TCO).
- By Stephen Swoyer
- October 02, 2002
Microsoft this week released the beta code for Systems Management Server 2003, a follow-up product to the aging Systems Management Server 2.0. Little has changed in terms of features since this spring when Microsoft formally unveiled the SMS 2003 name for the product formerly known by the code-name "Topaz".
- By Scott Bekker
- October 02, 2002
Securing your servers by using templates isn't child's play. In her second installment on this topic, Roberta finds a parallel to a game.
- By Roberta Bragg
- October 01, 2002
An independent security vendor based in London, mi2g, says September was the third consecutive record-setting month for what it calls "overt digital attacks." Windows systems made up the lion's share of targeted systems.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 01, 2002
Much of the knowledge IT professionals gain won't be found in a book or taught in a class...
- By Keith Ward
- October 01, 2002
For programmers, developers of component, application using Microsoft technology.
Beyond the alphabet soup of technological acronyms that make up Web services is a powerful remote computing idea.
- By Mike Gunderloy
- October 01, 2002
The root of your problems may lie in your event logs.
- By James D. Pollock
- October 01, 2002
It’s important to remember that the answer’s not always in a book or taught in a class, as we found out when investigating a disrupted wireless link.
- By Justin L. Melot
- October 01, 2002
It took three separate attempts to finally upgrade my company to Exchange 2000—this after doing the upgrade in a lab environment and upgrading a pilot box with the IT department on it...
- By Cynthia Balusek
- October 01, 2002
When software clogs up your system tray, it's time to pull out this Roto-Rooter of a script.
- By Chris Brooke
- October 01, 2002
There’s a method to the madness of Active Directory replication, but many of the concepts can be tough to decipher...
- By Andrew Lindley
- October 01, 2002
How do you like our new look?
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- October 01, 2002
You can do a lot with printers in Windows 2000. All it takes is a little sleight of hand.
- By Jeremy Moskowitz
- October 01, 2002
Good communication with fellow employees is key to getting work done; in this situation, it's the key to remaining employed.
- By Steve Crandall
- October 01, 2002
Have you read your EULAs lately?
- By Em C. Pea
- October 01, 2002