This Week: A primer on permissions

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March 31, 2003 >> Receive this email as text  >> About this email   In this Issue >> From the editor: Check out our new homepage design! >> Featured Topic: A primer on permissions >> Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert: Tony Northrup, Web Administration Site Exclusives >>Q&A: Windows Server 2003 offers more, demands more >>Microsoft management plans ambitious, ambiguous >>True IT rebuttals: DOS, we hardly knew ye Tip of the Week: Give users the power to update personal information in Active Directory >> Site Highlights: Webcast: Increasing productivity with XP and Office XP White paper: Building a managed IM infrastructure Free chapter download: Mark Minasi's Mastering Windows Server 2003  From the Editor: by April Livermore, Site Manager Check out our new look! In response to member feedback, we've redesigned our homepage in order to save you time by providing an easy-to-use guide to the large quantity of information that we offer. We now have an expanded navigation bar at the top and a new site map in the left column. We've also added our popular opinion poll back to the homepage, expanded the list of newsletters -- and more. Take a look! And, to ensure you're getting the best information to meet your needs from SearchWin2000.com, please take a moment to update your profile. If you do we'll send you a link to chapter one of Mark Minasi's new book, Mastering Windows Server 2003. You'll get the download before the book even hits the shelves! In his book, Mark updates his best-selling Mastering Windows 2000 Server, Fourth Edition to cover Microsoft's upcoming server release in his trademark clear, step-by-step fashion. But this book doesn't just cover Windows Server 2003 -- in many ways this is the "Fifth Edition" of the Windows 2000 Server book, and contains more in-depth coverage of essential topics, like DNS troubleshooting, AD maintenance, monitoring and repair. Whereas many books focus solely on one version of an OS, this one is written both for the 2000 and 2003 administrator. Click here for details. ~April Livermore  Featured Topic: A primer on permissions by Christine Polewarczyk, Associate Editor Permissions can save your systems or sabotage them -- it all depends on how well you manage them. Make sure your rights and permissions are up to par with this little blackbook. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert: Tony Northrup, author & principal engineer Category: Web Administration Whether you're battling with IIS configurations, want advice on upgrading a Web server or need help with setting up your corporate VPN, Tony is standing by to help. Click here to view all Tony's answers or ask him a question. Site Exclusives: >> Q&A: Windows Server 2003 offers more, demands more The long-awaited Windows Server 2003 will be here in less than a month. Was it worth the wait? Or, more important, when's the right time for your company to deploy it? In this interview, we talk with security expert Roberta Bragg about what to expect from Windows Server 2003, the first Microsoft operating system to come with built-in security features. >> Microsoft management plans ambitious, ambiguous Microsoft has offered a few details on its management strategy, but other details, helpful ones that might help you plan for the new System Center, are still up in the air. >> True IT rebuttals: DOS, we hardly knew ye Last week when we published the seemingly silly, yet ultimately controversial, Oops! True IT blooper #97: DOS, we hardly knew ye, we could have never anticipated the onslaught of reader responses it would generate. Some of you offered constructive criticism and your thoughts on the viability of modern defrag utilities. Some of you enjoyed the article but were confused as to why we were being so hard on older IT professionals. A few of you absolutely hated it and accused us of everything from ageism to "being wet behind the ears." Tip of the Week: Give users the power to update personal information in Active Directory Although the user information found in the Active Directory is definitely a handy reference, it's a big job to keep it up to date. Any time a user moves to another address, changes departments, changes phone numbers, etc., there's a good chance that the Active Directory won't get updated to reflect the change. One way to keep the Active Directory current is to give the users power to update their own information. This is where the Global Address Modify Tool comes into play. >> Click here for the full tip.  Site Highlights Webcast: Increasing productivity with XP and Office XP Get tips on ways to increase productivity by combining and leveraging new features in Office XP and Windows XP. Listen now! Sponsored By: Microsoft Sponsored white paper Building a managed IM infrastructure In this white paper, find out how to bring control, reporting, security and compliance to enterprise instant messaging. Chapter download Mark Minasi's "Mastering Windows Server 2003" We'd like to offer you the free download of chapter one before Mark's new book even hits the shelves! In his new book Mark updates his best-selling "Mastering Windows 2000 Server, Fourth Edition" to cover Microsoft's upcoming server release in his trademark clear, step-by-step fashion. Use our one-click subscription service to start receiving our biweekly SQL Server Tip! Enter your email and start receiving SQL Server Administration Tips. Email:     Not a member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription. Top experts unite Mark Minasi, Laura DiDio and more deliver proven strategies and real-world case studies tailored for Windows pros -- only at the 2003 Enterprise Windows Decisions Conference. Learn more. 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