THIS WEEK: Microsoft's report card

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May 06, 2002 >> Receive this email as text  >> About this e-mail   In this Issue >> From the editor: What you love and hate about Microsoft >> Featured Topic: Microsoft's report card >> Scott Blake Scott can give you tips on all aspects of Windows security. >> Site Highlights: Live Audio Archive: .NET & Certification 85% Training Discount Submit an IT Blooper to WIN!  What you love and hate about Microsoft by Marilyn Cohodas, Site Editor Almost 1,000 of you took the time to respond to our user satisfaction survey and, at least to me, the results are both astonishing and predictable. Predictable in the findings that Windows IT pros don't like Microsoft's haughty ways, are troubled about the security of its products and incensed about being on an upgrade treadmill. I'm astonished to learn that more than half of you are so frustrated with Microsoft prices and policies that you admit you are looking at software alternatives much more vigorously than you were a year ago. There are also some noteworthy revelations. Kudos are definitely in order for Windows 2000 Professional and Server, two impressive products that earned high marks for overall quality, reliability and usability. I also found it interesting that, despite its complexity, Active Directory has found a home in over half the Windows shops in our survey base. Thanks for your help. We hope to make this mid-year report card an annual feature on SearchWin2000. We'll be looking for your input again next year. In the meantime, let us know if you agree or disagree with our conclusions. Drop me an email with your opinion or start a discussion with your peers in our Soundoff Marilyn Cohodas  Microsoft's report card Microsoft's report card by Marilyn Cohodas, Site Editor The results are in. You love Win2000 but .NET is just plain confusing. More than half of you will be running AD by year-end. And product security, customer support and upgrades are among your biggest gripes. Read on for more. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert Scott Blake Categories:Windows security Scott can give you tips on all aspects of Windows security. View all Scott's answers This Week: In the forums >> Are licensing issues keeping your company from moving to Windows 2000? Tip of the Week: For some reason, the Windows XP Professional ships with a new networking service called Quality of Service (QoS) enabled by default, even though this service is of use only in large corporate networks. At home and in smaller offices QoS is best left disabled, and doing so will speed up networking operations up to 20%. Confusingly, turning off QoS in Networking Properties will not actually free up the lost bandwidth. Instead, you must load up the Local Group Policy Editor and tweak some settings to get QoS out of your system for good. Read more: >> Dramatically speed up Windows XP networking  Site Highlights Live Audio Archive: .NET & Certification Ed Tittel of LANWrights discusses certification changes in the .NET era Learn about new mid-level credentials such as MCSA and MCAD, and add?l MCSE requirements expected for the .NET server. Sponsored By: Global Knowledge 85% Training Discount CD-ROM Duration 25 Hours, Price: $75 (a $500.00 value) Get 5 Win2000 Directory implement. and admin. courses for the price of 1! Limited time offer supporting MCSE Exam 70-217. Submit an IT Blooper to WIN! Ever made an IT Blooper? Spill the beans and you could win a 2-Way Radio set! In SearchWindowsManageability's popular TRUE IT BLOOPERS, IT pros describe big mistakes that they've made or repaired. Send in your biggest, best Bloopers today through our Tips form (you can omit names and companies) for the chance to win one of three sets of Motorola T6220 2-Way Radios (a $150 value per set). Win2000Talk Radio Learn what you need to know about Win 2000 Security. Hear from expert "white hat" hacker Jack the Hack and Jenny Blank of the Business Software Alliance. Listen Now! Got .NET questions? Visit the .NET Info Center. Submit your questions and receive answers from our expert Dave Ranck, a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer. Get the latest .NET news and tips too! Check it out! Web Services Advisor Visit sister site SearchWebServices and get the bi-weekly e-mail by Preston Gralla that explains topics such as SOAP, XML, WSDL and Web services security without all the hype. Click Here! 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 19 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 2002 TechTarget, Inc. All rights reserved.