This Week: Learning Guide -- Managing Active Directory

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A weekly newsletter published by TechTarget  November 03, 2003 >> Receive this e-mail as text  >> About this e-mail   In this Issue >> From the editor: Check out part two of our AD Learning Guide >> Featured Topic: Readers' favorite IT Web sites >> Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert: Scott Schnoll IT Overview: Professional Developers Conference 2003 >> Gates puts a face on far-away Longhorn >> Next Visual Studio will put code on a diet >> .NET tools to be bundled in next SQL Server Tip of the Week: A space saving idea >> Site Highlights: Webcast: Choosing a PC computing architecture White Paper: Infrastructure management Webcast: Successful CRM and your sales force  From the Editor: by Catherine Ketcher, Site Editor So, with the help of our first Learning Guide, Planning and designing your Active Directory you've designed, tested and rolled out Active Directory. Now what? To get the most out of AD's features and services you'll need to properly manage it. We've gathered together our best AD administration and management resources to help you do just that. This comprehensive Learning Guide: Managing Active Directory contains expert advice on administration and replication, securing AD, tools and techniques, DNS tips and tricks, group policy and additional resources such as webcasts and Featured Topics. We hope that you'll find these guides to be a useful tool. If you have ideas for other guides you'd like to see, please email us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and we'll do our best to create them for you. Catherine Ketcher  Featured Topic: Readers' Choice: Your favorite IT Web sites by Christine Polewarczyk, Associate Site Editor Some of you thought we had left out some key sites in our recent 'Top 10 sites for Windows admins' Featured Topic. So here's round two: fifteen additional sites you consider must-haves. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert Scott Schnoll, Product Support Manager, TNT Software Category: Exchange A SearchWin2000.com member asks, "I would like to known if there is a way to delete a list of mailboxes from Exchange 2000 in one step? I'm an ISP and I want to save disk space." View Scott's answer to this question. IT Overview: Professional Developers Conference 2003 >> Gates puts a face on far-away Longhorn On Monday, Bill Gates showed off the interface for Microsoft's next version of Windows, which goes by the code-name Longhorn. >> Next Visual Studio will put code on a diet Code-saving features in Whidbey, the next version of Microsoft's Visual Studio developer tool set, will have trickle-down benefits for IT administrators, Microsoft says. >> .NET tools to be bundled in next SQL Server After two decades with the same underlying technology, SQL Server is in need of a facelift, Microsoft says. At the Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft vice president Gordon Mangione revealed some early features of Yukon, the next version of the database management system. Tip of the Week: When a service pack or a hotfix is installed in Windows 2000 and XP, the user has the option of backing up the replaced files in the event something goes awry. However, once you've tested a given fix and found it to be working perfectly, you can either move or delete the backup files. Over time, the accumulation of backup files can put a dent in the free space the system directory uses. If you want to free up this space, here are some options. >> A space saving idea  Site Highlights New webcast sponsored by Wyse Technology Cut costs and boost employee output and security with server-centric computing. Choosing the right PC computing architecture -- live Nov. 4, 2003. White paper: Infrastructure management Look at industry trends and vendors for effective infrastructure management. Read this white paper discussing key practices for successful infrastructure management. Webcast: Successful CRM and your sales force Get insight into making your CRM goals a success starting with your sales force. Learn how Saleslogix CRM drives sales performance and empowers your sales professionals to be better sellers. Sign up for SearchWin2000.com's free Daily News. Enter your e-mail and start receiving Daily News. E-mail    Not a member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription. Career resources Find training, certification and resume resources in the SearchWin2000.com Career Center powered by Dice. You'll also find over 27,000 IT job openings to search through. Search now. Weekly book chapters SearchWin2000.com has featured books on a variety of topics such as Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Active Directory, security and more. Read the chapter of the week now. Download here. Featured white paper Find mail system solutions for your business. 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