Network Load Balancing in Windows 2000 makes your servers more efficient and your network faster. Here’s a quick-study on how to set it up.
                    
			            - By J. Peter  Bruzzese
 - January 01, 2002
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Web Services will evolve as it meets the real world. 
                    
			            - By Dian  Schaffhauser
 - January 01, 2002
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    If XP’s in your future—and the minute you buy new desktop systems, it probably will be—use these strategies to get the most out of Microsoft’s newest OS.
                    
			            - By Todd  Logan
 - January 01, 2002
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A somewhat philosophical, somewhat technical introduction to Microsoft 
        .NET.
                    
			            - By Barry  Kaufman
 - January 01, 2002
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Dismissing patterns as a programming buzzword is missing the point. Recognizing them during the design phase can help you in the long run.
                    
			            - By Mike  Gunderloy
 - January 01, 2002
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    <i>Little Black Book</i> provides a powerful reference.
                    
			            - By Greg  Saoutine
 - January 01, 2002
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Finding out that .WSF scripts—based on XML—allow you to declare just about anything can be a flexible timesaver. 
                    
			            - By Chris  Brooke
 - January 01, 2002
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Certifications are an important part of most IT professionals’ careers. Now, with more offerings than ever, which ones can help you most?
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
 - January 01, 2002
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    This month, Greg and Steve address the value and importance of certification vs. good, old-fashioned experience.
                    
			            - By Greg  Neilson
 - January 01, 2002
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Knowing how and when to use null sessions, those invisible connections, can get you out of—or into—trouble.
                    
			            - By Bill  Boswell
 - January 01, 2002
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Will Cert21’s Web-based practice exams lead you to certification success? 
                    
			            - By James  Carrion
 - January 01, 2002
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    When setting up a network, forgetting the concepts of scalability and centralized management can have costly consequences down the road.
                    
			            - By Mark  England
 - January 01, 2002
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Five ways to fight the inevitable disk slowdown.
                    
			            - By Joseph L. Jorden
 - January 01, 2002
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A TechNet article that blames the messengers, not the source, for Microsoft’s security lapses gets Auntie seeing red. 
                    
			            - By Em C.  Pea
 - January 01, 2002
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Poorly organized but essential anyhow.
                    
			            - By Joseph L. Jorden
 - January 01, 2002