THIS WEEK: Out of the loop with the code name game

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November 18, 2002 >> Receive this email as text  >> About this email   In this Issue >> From the editor: Tips and how-to articles for IT pros >> Featured Topic: Don't fall in the EFS black hole >> Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert: Security guru Roberta Bragg Site Exclusives >> Out of the Loop: The code name game >> Microsoft's corporate IM: Necessary or knee-jerk? >> MS on collision course with Sun, Novell for directory market Tip of the Week: By the numbers on Microsoft's MCP Web site >> Site Highlights: Vendor webcast on enterprise performance monitoring Vendor webcast on group policy SearchWin2000.com Survey  From the Editor: by Matthew A. DeBellis, News Writer, SearchWindowsManageability.com While Windows XP is a favorite topic for Microsoft's marketing division, IT pros still are grappling with Windows 2000 and looking for ideas and shortcuts to lighten their workload. SearchWindowsManageability.com recently published a number of useful tips and how-to articles for IT pros supporting Windows 2000 that will be handy for some time. Regular contributor Douglas Paddock wrote a two-part series on optimizing bindings for Windows 2000 that included desktop images so readers can more easily implement suggestions. In another recent article, Douglas weighed the pros and cons of delegating authority in Active Directory. If you are thinking about Microsoft's SharePoint Portal Server, consider this advice from Rand Morimoto, president of Convergent Computing consultancy. Morimoto told an IT pro audience at a recent seminar in Oakland, Calif., that they should wait a while before replacing their Exchange servers with the SharePoint collaborative computing platform. Speaking of supporting Windows, reader and IT pro Jeffrey Small shared his Windows-Linux integration horror story. In a subsequent article he told us why his customers are wary of switching from Windows to Linux. Some of the most interesting stories we publish are about you and your experiences. Readers continue to send in bloopers and application/network integration stories. We're always interested in our members' stories. Be sure to send us yours. Matt  Featured Topic: Don't fall in the EFS black hole by Marilyn Cohodas, Site Editor, SearchWin2000.com Ensuring that encrypted files do not become black holes into which data enters but cannot be retrieved is no small task with Windows 2000 Encrypting File System. Here are some tricks to keep you from tripping up. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert: Roberta Bragg, author and consultant Category: Security You got security questions? Roberta's got security answers. She's ready to tackle all your toughest Windows security issues. View all Roberta's answers or ask her a question. Site Exclusives >> Out of the Loop: The code name game Oh, those Microsoft code names. From Avalon to Whistler, from Mercury to Jupiter and from Cairo to Memphis -- the code name game is really a mind game if you think about it. Play a round with news editor Ed Parry. >> Microsoft's corporate IM: Necessary or knee-jerk? AOL did it, Yahoo did it, now Microsoft has done it -- the corporate ping thing. Last week Redmond unveiled MSN Messenger Connect for Enterprises, a corporate IM tool. But wait, isn't enterprise IM Greenwich's business? >> MS on collision course with Sun, Novell for directory market AD/AM -- it's not a radio station, but Microsoft hopes you'll tune in. Active Directory in Application Mode (AD/AM) is a version of Active Directory that is de-coupled from the Windows operating system, but which shares the same code base. Tip of the Week: The very bottom of the home page for "Microsoft Certified Professional" magazine has long maintained a table entitled "MCP by the Numbers" that until recently was the only source for the numbers of individuals holding various Microsoft certification credentials. That all changed on Oct. 11, when Microsoft posted a new Web page entitled "Microsoft Certified Professionals Worldwide" and there are some interesting differences when compared to the MCP Magazine tallies. >> By the numbers on Microsoft's MCP Web site  Site Highlights Vendor webcast on enterprise performance monitoring Nov. 18 at 11 a.m. EST (16:00 GMT) Hear about a solution for monitoring your networks, servers and applications and find out how to keep control of your systems. Sponsored By: SEA Vendor webcast on group policy Nov. 21 at 12 p.m. EST (17:00 GMT) Join this webcast for a discussion of group policy-based security management and related tips. 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