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From the Editor:
Welcome to our October Hall of Famers |
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Featured Topic:
What's your IT admin IQ? |
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Site Exclusives:
Featured Expert: James Michael Stewart
IT admins: Microsoft ruling will have little impact
IT pros skeptical of Microsoft's security claims
Consultant: SharePoint Portal Server falls short
Tip of the Week: Customize AD implementation |
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Site Highlights:
Expert webcast on AD implementations
Vendor webcast on Group Policy
Exchange administration tips
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by Marilyn Cohodas, Site Editor
Congratulations to our October Tip Contest winners! The following SearchWin2000 members have won coveted positions in our Hall of Fame,
as well as a subscription to our monthly "Insider E-mail," an exclusive e-newsletter offered only to our site experts and Hall of Fame members:
1st place: Subhas Chandra Bose Parvathaneni: Add auto-complete to your command prompt
Grand Prize: Panasonic RR-US320 IC Digital Voice Recorder
2nd place: Opher Banarie:
Simply solve SQL Server memory management problems
3rd place: Carol Miller
Tip: Create a special account to secure services
For those of you who missed out last month and want to get in on the action, the November tip contest is in full swing. Send in your tip, trick or workaround and you'll be in the running for this month's prize -- a Xircom wireless ethernet access point. Any Windows-related tip is eligible: Active Directory, Exchange, client administration, server management, security -- you name it. Submit your tip here. You're free to enter as many times as you'd like, so don't be shy.
Marilyn
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Featured Topic: |
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What's your IT admin IQ?
by David Pye, Assistant Site Editor
Got an itchy trigger finger, cowpoke? Well then maybe it's time you moseyed on over to the admin Know-IT-All Quiz round-up! See if you're worth yer weight in tumbleweeds and test your gumption against one of the most despicable IT desperados of them all -- Mr. Know-IT-All!
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Featured Expert James Michael Stewart
Author and consultant
Categories: Server Administration
James Michael Stewart has been working with computers and technology for over eighteen years. His work focuses on Windows NT/2000/XP/.NET, certification and security. Michael has co-authored numerous books on Microsoft, security certification and administration. He has written articles for numerous print and online publications. He has developed certification courseware and training materials, as well as presented these materials in the classroom.
View all Michael's answers
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Site Exclusives
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IT admins: Microsoft ruling will have little impact
The antitrust settlement has been approved. Now what? How will the decision in Washington affect you at work? Admins, analysts and consultants agree that the judge's ruling won't have much, if any impact on your job.
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IT pros skeptical of Microsoft's security claims
A good many of some 200 IT administrators attending a whistle-stop tour featuring Microsoft's top security executives last week said they think the software giant is making good strides on security but it will be a long time before "Microsoft software" is synonymous with "secure software." |
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Consultant: SharePoint Portal Server falls short
That's the view of Rand Morimoto, president of integrator Convergent Computing and a special adviser to the White House on cybersecurity and cyberterrorism. Morimoto was speaking at a seminar in Oakland, Calif. |
| Tip of the Week: |
| In today's economy, companies that have adopted Active Directory over the past two years are now looking for ways to get the biggest bang from their AD bucks. So how can you move from a strategic view of leveraging assets to a tactical one of implementation? The answer will involve IT asset organization. |
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Customize your Active Directory implementation |
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