10/01/2002

October 2002 - Tales From the Trenches

Active Directory replication; Wireless Access Points Roundup; Printer Magic; 70-305 Exam Reviewed; more.


In-Depth

Troubleshooting Under Pressure

The root of your problems may lie in your event logs.


Exchange 2000 Upgrade, Times Two

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...


Wireless Meets Mother Nature

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.


Printer Magic

You can do a lot with printers in Windows 2000. All it takes is a little sleight of hand.


Hard Drive Fall Down, Go Boom!

Further investigation of a hard drive failure revealed one tiny but important tip that now lets one company's e-mail server run problem-free.


Get Active Directory Replication Right!

There’s a method to the madness of Active Directory replication, but many of the concepts can be tough to decipher...


Tales from the Trenches

Much of the knowledge IT professionals gain won't be found in a book or taught in a class...


Wireless for the Workgroup

With today’s new features and improved defenses, you no longer have to choose between convenience and security when deploying an enterprise-level wireless network.


The Expiration Date That Did Us In

IT people move on; so, who's doing backups?


News

70-214, Implementing Security in Beta

One-week testing phase for MCSE elective exam starts today.


Beta Exam Update: 70-300, Analyzing Requirements in November

Microsoft sends out invitations to candidates for final MCSD.NET core requirement exam.


70-214, Implementing Security Gets Beta Tested Next Week

Registration for this MCSE elective exam already underway.


Power in the Details

How do you like our new look?


Microsoft Press Offers Exam Discount with New Training Kits

Purchase the second edition of selected Microsoft Press MCSA/MCSE-related exam prep materials and get a discount voucher for related exams at VUE.


Microsoft Outsources Development of MCP Exam

In a precedent-setting move, Microsoft has chosen an outside company, ACT, to develop an MCP exam.


Survey: Win2K is Most Well-Known Microsoft Product

Windows 2000 is now the Microsoft product on which MCPs have the greatest amount of knowledge, perhaps reflecting Win2K’s growing pervasiveness in the market.


Web Developer Exams Go Live

Later this week, Microsoft's training and skills assessment group will release two new exams to shore up the developer certification tracks.


October Beta Planned for Implementing Security Exam

Security exam to face scrutiny of beta testers Oct. 10-17.


Windows .NET Server RC2 Getting Close

Microsoft is due to get Release Candidate 2 of Windows .NET Server out the door this month.


Win2K SP3, XP SP1 Share Settlement Changes

Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 and Windows XP SP 1 share a key element—changes to comply with Microsoft’s antitrust settlement with the Department of Justice.


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