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
With Microsoft animosity behind him, CEO Scott McNealy explains why Windows shops should consider his alternative desktop approach.
- By Doug Barney and Paul Desmond
- March 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
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
Official Microsoft support is no more, but WCVB-TV's Rick Zach and lots of other users are sticking with their NT servers and piecing together support options.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 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
The more work you put in up front, the easier it will be to get and stay current when the patches hit.
- By Doug Barney
- February 01, 2005
A private IM environment may be just the answer to give your company all the benefits of IM while mitigating the inherent security risks.
- By Don Jones
- February 01, 2005
Jeff Raikes, head of Microsoft's Information Worker unit, expounds on Office, Software Assurance and the changing nature of life at work.
- By Doug Barney
- February 01, 2005
We test three software-based intrusion detection systems that can help alert you when you've got barbarians at the gate.
- By Wes Noonan
- January 01, 2005
2005 Redmond Magazine Readers' Choice Survey: Find out how your favorite tool fared as nearly 2,200 readers pick their favorites in more than 40 product categories.
- By Lafe Low
- January 01, 2005
Fighting spam requires authenticating e-mail addresses on the fly. Despite igniting a battle of its own, the Microsoft-backed Sender ID spec
is shaping up as the best option.
- By Karen Epper Hoffman
- January 01, 2005
SQL Server Reporting Services earns solid if not stellar marks from early adopters—and you can't beat the price.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- January 01, 2005
Ditch your server dead weight: Consolidate to streamline management.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- December 01, 2004
New hacking methods make short passwords unsafe, but Microsoft makes it tough to go long. Her's how to forge an effective policy.
- By Derek Melber
- December 01, 2004
Forget about low-carb diets. Storage consolidation is the new craze hitting the fat-conscious world.
- By Chris Wolf
- December 01, 2004