=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000 | Windows 2000 and Industry News January 25, 2002 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _____________________________________________________________________ ****************** SPONSORED BY: SurfControl ************************
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Best Web Links: Exchange Migration - Know-IT-All Quiz of the Day: #100 - Windows Decisions Conference: Find out how you can attend free - The Missing Link: Fired at the touch of a button _____________________________________________________________________ LEAD STORY TOP 10 ACTIVE DIRECTORY BLOOPERS | News: searchWindowsManageability The only consolation for IT managers who make mistakes in Microsoft Active Directory (AD) migration and management is that they're not alone. After helping folks migrate and manage AD over the last couple of years, Doug Davis has seen more than his share of bloopers. In fact, he's compiled a list of Active Directory blunders that can help you avoid being company to those in AD misery. http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci798401,00.html FOR MORE INFORMATION: Best Web Links on Active Directory: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax550,00.html Featured Topics: Diving into AD: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci775286,00.html AD Basics: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci749707,00.html _____________________________________________________________________ ********************************************************************* OTHER STORIES In addition to the headlines below, others are available on our news page. >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TOO MANY UPDATES ALREADY, USERS TELL THE BEAST | News: The Register Inquiring Microsoft minds wanted to know -- what drives corporate users batty? The most "popular" answer to the Microsoft-sponsored survey? All the blasted updates. Survey respondents said there are too many of them and that the update mechanism itself is out of control. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci798820,00.html SYSTEM INTEGRATORS SUPPORTING BIZTALK SERVER | News: ENT Magazine Is BizTalk the talk of the biz? Microsoft claims that six system integrators are building apps with BizTalk Server 2000. An upgraded version is due by June of this year. MS also says 800 customers took a bite out of BizTalk in its first year on the market -- the first version came out in September 2000. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci798838,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ADDITIONAL SEARCHWIN2000 NEWS HEADLINES All headlines, including those below, are available on our news page >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news - F5 supports ISA Server - LinuxWorld: Borland to kick off C++ for Linux strategy - Antitrust group to sue Microsoft, DOJ _____________________________________________________________________ *************** SPONSORED BY: Storage Magazine ********************** No longer "just capacity," storage is a critical IT asset that must be managed effectively. Increasingly complex, it's become a huge percentage of your overall IT budget. 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Visit http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;3802436;5058249;k?http://www.storagemagazine.com _____________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= EXCHANGE MIGRATION | Best Web Links Use the great advice, articles and tips in this collection of Best Web Links to plan and implement your Exchange 2000 migration -- from costs to architecture and design, find out what you need to know to do it right. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax289181,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= KNOW-IT-ALL QUIZ OF THE DAY | #100 This slang term is used to quantify user time at a computer: a. milliampere hour b. time-to-live (TTL) c. nanoseconds d. mouse miles >>CLICK to see the correct answer... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci798606,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WINDOWS DECISIONS CONFERENCE 2002 | 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 for more information. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FIRED AT THE TOUCH OF A BUTTON | The Missing Link Getting the boot is tough. Giving the boot has never been easier thanks to some new sacking software. Business Layers, the U.S. company that's "fired up" about its virtual guillotine, says one click locks up the e-mail, kills the phone extension and computer password, closes payroll, cancels the corporate credit cards and voids the passkeys of the sacked subordinate. It even tells the IT guy to come get the unlucky person's computer. Business Layers could be poised to do some big business -- given the fact that pink slips are so en vogue these days. 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