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A newsletter published by TechTarget   November 25, 2003 >> Receive this e-mail as text   >> About this e-mail  ISSUE SPONSORED BY: >>  Microsoft: Microsoft Empower Program for ISVs  Today's Highlights   >>  LEAD STORY:  Admin restrictions help keep Active Directory safe >>  NEWS:  Microsoft, user differ on details of Exchange 2003 flaw >>  WEBCAST:  Use thin clients to reduce client management overhead >>  THE MISSING LINK:  Over the river and through the Web, to whatis.com we go  News and Top Stories   LEAD STORY Admin restrictions help keep Active Directory safe  (SearchWin2000.com) Service administrators may be in charge of keeping Active Directory safe, but they can also be an organization's greatest liability. More on this topic: >  Learning Guide: Managing your Active Directory >  Coping with Active Directory's shortcomings SPONSORED BY: Microsoft The Microsoft Empower Program for ISVs is designed to help you succeed both in developing your product and growing your business. Benefits include five MSDN Universal subscriptions; internal use licenses; on-line newsgroups; Concierge; resource guides; and sales & marketing materials to help you promote your software products. Empower your development, testing & marketing for only $375. Click here to learn more. NEWS MS, user differ on details of Exchange 2003 flaw (SearchSecurity.com) A network administrator who found a flaw in an Exchange Server 2003 component disputes Microsoft's assertion that the flaw occurs only with certain configurations. NEWS Microsoft aims for search on its own terms (CNET) For its Longhorn project, Microsoft is researching ways to give its operating system search capabilities for a user's local system that mimic Internet searches such as Google. A Microsoft executive said that applications running in the foreground would be automatically scanned for relevant files to bring searches to a user rather than making the user have to do a separate query. DAILY HEADLINES All headlines, including those below, are available from our news page.   >  Half of companies surveyed suffered security breach   >  Gates throws weight behind anti-spam bill   >  Microsoft's No. 3 seeks virus 'vaccine'   >  Worm writers motivated by money, not notoriety   VIEW ALL NEWS AND TOP STORIES  Announcements & Links   WEBCAST Use thin clients to reduce client management overhead In this webcast, resident Terminal Services expert Christa Anderson discusses some of the financial, security-related and administrative advantages of using Windows terminals (a.k.a. thin clients) to supplement, if not replace, PCs in the workplace. FEATURED TOPIC Choosing between Exchange 2000 and 2003 With support for Exchange Server 5.5 on the way out in 2004, many organizations are thinking upgrade. But which is right for you -- Exchange 2000 or 2003? Weigh your options here. MEMBER POLL Will Microsoft reward money help catch hackers? Do you think Microsoft's new plan to offer reward money will help catch hackers? Yes? No? Not sure? Cast your vote in our current reader poll. IT SURVIVAL KIT Puzzling permissions A = B, and B = C, then A = C. Sure, great. That makes sense, right? But what if A is a domain admin and B is a power user? What the heck is C supposed to be then? Ah, the joys of managing permissions. Not to worry. We pulled together a team of SearchWin2000.com experts to do the answering. In this article, they tackle your most perplexing permissions issues. TIP CONTEST Earn yourself a holiday prize -- a CD/MP3 player! You're going to be buying holiday presents for everyone else soon. Don't you deserve a little something too? Submit a Windows-related tip and you could win yourself a little holiday gift -- a super-cool iRiver SlimX iMP-350 CD/MP3 player. Submit your tip today for a chance to win. 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