THIS WEEK: Wild rides and sweet dreams

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>>About this email:  >>Receive this email as text�  January 7, 2002  In this Issue >> From the editor: It's gonna be a wild ride in 2002 >> Featured Topic: Sweet dreams for system admins >> Expert Technical Advice: Guest Expert Dr. Tom Shinder >> Site Highlights: Live Expert Q&A: Configuring VPNS Free Windows Decisions conference Active Directory training  From the Editor: by Ed Parry, News Editor The New Year was still in the oven, not quite done, and BOOM, along came word of a serious glitch in Windows XP (complete with FBI admonitions), a hole in SQL Server, and vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. Nothing like putting the champagne back in the fridge and walking away from Dick Clark to go install patches. Microsoft sure knows how to end/begin the year with a bang! It doesn't take Jean Dixon, Jackie Stallone or a fortune cookie to figure out that 2002 may be another year in which Microsoft pumps out the patches at a prolific pace. Between security issues and the forthcoming Web services wars, it could be a wild ride in 2002. Hold on to your hat. And remember to record "New Year's Rockin' Eve" next time around. Microsoft has its own ball to drop. Ed Parry  Featured Topic: Meeting the demand for high availability by Jan Stafford, Site Editor SearchWindowsManageabiltiy We've heard IT managers complain about sleepless nights caused by system downtime too many times! Follow the advice in this week's featured topic and have sweet dreams. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert: Dr. Tom Shinder, Guest Expert Category: VPNs Tunneling, authentication methods, PPTP, L2TP/IPSec and pure IPSec VPNs. Post your VPN questions for Tom in the Security forum This Week: In the forums >> Check into the Security forum this Thursday right after the live expert Q&A on VPNs with Dr. Tom Shinder. Tom will continue the discussion in the forum at the conclusion of the live event. The chat starts at noon EST (17:00 GMT) and moves to the forum at 1 p.m (18:00 GMT). Tip of the Week: >>These days, few people want to get on planes and travel across country just for a one-hour meeting. Fortunately, dozens of vendors have perfected the ability to support real-time meeting services. The best of the bunch is from Webex. Strom-meter: *** = Hey, not bad. One notch below very cool >> David Strom's Productivity Tool Shed: Web-based meeting software  Site Highlights Free event for Windows pros Topics include Active Directory, licensing, manageability, security and more! Limited spots available for this May 8-10 event. Apply today to conquer lingering Win2000 issues and migration hurdles. Sharpen your skills in 2002 Win2000 Active Directory Design: Introduction to Win2000 Active Directory Services This course explains the features of Active Directory, such as domains, trusts, trees, forests and organizational units. Full course details here. Live Expert Q&A this Thursday! Configuring VPNs in the Windows Environment January 10, 2002 at 12:00 PM EST (17:00 GMT) Learn from Dr. Tom Shinder, neurologist and 10-year computing industry veteran about how to configure a secure VPN connection on the client and server side of the enterprise. Dr. Shinder will also guide you through VPN connection management and troubleshooting problems. Sponsored By: Sprint Business ERP, CRM, BI, E-bus? If you are involved in any of them, you need to consider SAP. Update your member profile today for free searchSAP newsletters and tech tips to make the best SAP decisions. Register today Win2k Newsletter Get the latest on what's happening with Windows systems management. Sign up to receive �Win2k in the Enterprise,� the biweekly newsletter from searchWindowsManageability. Sign up here Xbox Giveaway Just a few days remaining in our contest -- Make sure to tell your peers about the FREE benefits provided by searchWin2000 and you could win an Xbox. More info A B O U T  T H I S  E - M A I L : This e-mail is brought to you by TechTarget where you can get relevant search results from over 20 industry-specific Web sites. If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter simply reply to this message with "REMOVE" in the subject line. Please allow 24 hours for your "REMOVE" request to be processed. Copyright 2001 TechTarget, Inc. All rights reserved.