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Essential tips and advice to keep your career on track. More tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - Free Butler Group White Paper: Thin Client Technology Audit http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,18137,00.htm?wysetechnology - New Site Feature: SearchWin2000.com Product and Vendor Guide http://knowledgestorm.techtarget.com/searchwin2000/MainServlet?ksAction=Home&Offer=p&vguisur =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. CERTIFICATION TIPS - Meet the new "Microsoft Learning" organization - Making the most of your (MS) certs - Ask Ed Tittel: Should I still get certified in NT4? 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Member Poll: Automatic patching - True IT Blooper: Technical foul - Chapter Download: "PKI-Enabled Services" - Tip Contest: Steal home in September! Win a 256 MB MP3 player ___________________________________________________________________ Sponsored by: Wyse Technology Free Butler Group White Paper: Thin Client Technology Audit With IT budgets strained, the ability to control large and diverse PC environments while minimizing cost is essential. Wyse Technology's Alcatraz(TM) assists IT departments in migrating legacy PCs into thin clients using a flexible lockdown approach. It is designed to give you a powerful time-saving tool that transforms different machines, operating systems and peripherals into one environment that is easily managed remotely. >> Download this free Butler Group report to find out more: http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,18137,00.htm?wysetechnology ___________________________________________________________________ MEET THE NEW "MICROSOFT LEARNING" ORGANIZATION | by Ed Tittel With little fanfare last month, Microsoft rolled up three independent groups within a single organization in its Content Development and Delivery Group. Henceforth, the groups previously known as Training and Certification, Microsoft Press and Microsoft TechNet Subscriptions are part of a new group called Microsoft Learning. Former Novell and CompTIA executive Lutz Ziob, who's been running the Training and Certification group for the past year or so, has taken the helm. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci925927,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR (MS) CERTS | by Ed Tittel If you get a certification, can you get a raise? If you get a certification, can you get a job? To begin a more detailed discussion of the real meaning and worth of IT certifications in general, and Microsoft certifications in particular, it's necessary to first put them into context. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci854312,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SHOULD I STILL GET CERTIFIED IN NT 4? | Ask Ed Tittel Dear Ed: I have a question in regard to whether I should still get certified in NT4. I have only one elective to take. I noted that you have listed four tests from the original NT4. My understanding is that you could take some of the 2000 tests, too, including the Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server clustering services or the SQL 2000 tests. Am I right? >> CLICK to read Ed's expert response... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid548395_tax285126,00.html Want more tips like this one? Then sign up to receive SearchWin2000.com's "Tips from our Experts" biweekly newsletter. Just one click will automatically activate your free subscription: http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/OptIn/1,290894,sid1,00.html?cid=457574&em=&tid=3107&FE=1 ___________________________________________________________________ Sponsored by: SearchWin2000.com Product and Vendor Guide The Product and Vendor Guide is one of the most comprehensive directories of vendor and product information on the Web. This guide covers a wide range of areas for you to thoroughly research, including infrastructure and systems management, Web application and development, security solutions and much more. http://knowledgestorm.techtarget.com/searchwin2000/MainServlet?ksAction=Home&Offer=p&vguisur ___________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= AUTOMATIC PATCHING | Member Poll Microsoft says it may provide a service that automatically installs Windows patches. Some feel that this proposition could be a terrific time-saver, and others are bracing themselves for disaster. What do you think of this idea? >> CLICK here to cast your vote... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/#poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TECHNICAL FOUL | True IT Blooper Many famous basketball games have ended with a clutch shot from the free-throw line. In our latest blooper, an impromptu game of hoops ends with the shutdown of a main production server. >> CLICK here for the full blooper... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid33_gci922572,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PKI-ENABLED SERVICES | Chapter Download PKI (public-key infrastructure) enables the secure exchange of data over otherwise unsecured media, including the Internet. This chapter looks at the security services that can, in some way, be enabled by a PKI. These are not services inherent in, or fundamental to any PKI, but are services that can build on the core services. >> CLICK for this week's chapter download... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/whitepaperPage/0,293857,sid1_gci922353,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= STEAL HOME IN SEPTEMBER! -- WIN A 256 MB MP3 PLAYER | Tip Contest If you want be a tip contest winner, you have to swing for the fences. 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