=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000 | Windows 2000 and Industry News January 16, 2002 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _____________________________________________________________________ ********************** SPONSORED BY: NetIQ **************************
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Know-IT-All Question of the Day: #93 - Best Web Links: ISA Server - Live Expert Q&A Tomorrow: Win2k & Active Directory Migration - Windows Event: Meet with top industry speakers for free - The Missing Link: Surfing only sixth in time-wasting stakes _____________________________________________________________________ LEAD STORY MICROSOFT QUIETLY RELEASES VISUAL STUDIO .NET | News: Wininformant Visual Studio.NET has quietly left the egg. Microsoft Developer Network subscribers at the Professional level and up can download it from Microsoft's Web site right now. The fanfare comes next month when the company throws a "coming out party" for VS.NET at a developer trade show. MS also posted the .NET Framework Software Development Kit on its site. That's a free set of tools and documentation for releasing .NET programs built with Visual Studio tools. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci796469,00.html You can download VS.NET by visiting http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/. You can download the .NET Framework Software Development Kit at http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/default.asp?url=/downloads/sample.asp?url=/msdn-files/027/000/976/msdncompositedoc.xml&frame=true. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Best Web Links on .NET: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax285410,00.html Featured Topic on .NET: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci761379,00.html _____________________________________________________________________ ********************************************************************* OTHER STORIES In addition to the headlines below, others are available on our news page. >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MICROSOFT OFFERS TOOLS FOR KNOWLEDGE WORKERS | News: ENT Magazine Here's another knowledge tool Redmond has cranked out -- Smart Tag Enterprise Resource Toolkit. It will provide sample code for using XML Web services with Smart Tags and white papers on planning, implementing and deploying Smart Tags in the enterprise. You remember smart tags, don't you? They're a type of pop-up technology that alert users to possibilities within their applications. This kit is being released in conjunction with the new Office XP Web Services Toolkit. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci796138,00.html MICROSOFT, AVINON FORGE WEB SERVICES PARTNERSHIP | News: InfoWorld Microsoft is teaming up with Avinon to make products that help businesses make Web services. The products blend Avinon's NetScenario Service Center, Business Server and Studio products with Microsoft's SharePoint Portal Server, SQL Server, Windows 2000, Visual Studio and BizTalk Server. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci796134,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ADDITIONAL SEARCHWIN2000 NEWS HEADLINES All headlines, including those below, are available on our news page >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news - Microsoft to simplify licensing for SMEs - Brief: Microsoft says Windows XP upgrades now accessible - Exploit circulating for Solaris CDE vulnerability _____________________________________________________________________ *********** SPONSORED BY: VeriSign - The Value of Trust ************* Learn how to build a secure e-commerce site with VeriSign's FREE White Paper, "Building an E-Commerce Trust Infrastructure." See how you can authenticate your site to customers, use 128-Bit SSL encryption to secure your Web servers, and accept secure payments online. Click here: http://www.verisign.com/cgi-bin/go.cgi?a=n116974520045000 _____________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= KNOW-IT-ALL QUESTION OF THE DAY | #93 This is the physical arrangement in a computer that contains the computer's basic circuitry and components. a. motherboard b. directory c. CPU d. virtual organization >>CLICK for the correct answer... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci795886,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ISA SERVER | Best Web Links If you're considering Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server as a caching server or firewall product, you'll want to check out these handpicked ISA resources. Expert articles provide descriptions, analyses and recommendations to help you with your ISA decision and implementation. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax53a,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WIN2K & ACTIVE DIRECTORY MIGRATION | Live Expert Q&A Who: Keith Millar, Microsoft Solutions, Quest Software Doug Davis, Microsoft Solutions, Quest Software When: Tomorrow, Jan 17, 2002 at 01:00 PM EST (18:00 GMT) Join searchWin2000 for an in-depth conversation about Active Directory, the role it will play in your move to Windows 2000 and deployment barriers that you'll need to overcome. >>CLICK to pre-register... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/onlineEvents/0,289675,sid1,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FREE WINDOWS EVENT | Hosted by searchWin2000 Qualify to attend the FREE Windows Decisions conference coming to Chicago May 8-10. Your chance to ask your toughest questions to our top industry speakers: ** Preeminent Windows technologist, Mark Minasi ** Gartner Research Director, John Enck ** IDC's System Software Group VP, Daniel Kusnetzky ** Giga Information Group's Research Director, Laura DiDio ** And many more top experts! Visit http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;3776008;5058249;p?http://www.windowsdecisions.com/ today! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SURFING ONLY SIXTH IN TIME-WASTING STAKES | The Missing Link Killing time at work is an art form, and the advent of the Internet added a palette of new colors to the mix. But the Net is hardly the root of all office dilly-dallying, at least not in the U.K. A recent survey found that making tea, gossiping, cleaning the cubicle, reading the paper and even gazing out the window were more popular time killers than Web surfing. In the battle of windows versus Windows, this round goes to the former. 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