Today's News: Navigating Active Directory's deep waters

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A newsletter published by TechTarget   January 27, 2004 >> Receive this e-mail as text   >> About this e-mail  ISSUE SPONSORED BY: >>  SiteScope: Free Trial - Take the hassle out of systems monitoring  Today's Highlights   >>  LEAD STORY:  Avoiding Active Directory's trouble spots >>  NEWS:  Microsoft sets June date for Office Service Pack >>  FEATURED TOPIC:  Top 10 chapter downloads >>  THE MISSING LINK:  New shirt fits outsourced workers to a 'T'  News and Top Stories   LEAD STORY Avoiding Active Directory's trouble spots  (SearchWin2000.com) Kenton Gardinier, a consultant, author and Windows expert, points out some of the common misperceptions of Active Directory and ways to navigate around problems. More on this topic: >  Learning guide: Planning and designing your Active Directory >  Learning guide: Managing your Active Directory SPONSORED BY: SiteScope Start monitoring your IT systems in 20 minutes. 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CA is hoping for a tighter relationship with Microsoft, similar to it's rival in the back-up market -Veritas. DAILY HEADLINES All headlines, including those below, are available from our news page.   >  Microsoft to change protocol licensing   >  Gates on spam: The end is near   VIEW ALL NEWS AND TOP STORIES  Announcements & Links   FEATURED TOPIC Top 10 chapter downloads Feel like some light Windows reading? Browse the most popular chapter downloads from our rich selection of technical book excerpts. Click here to begin now. IT SURVIVAL KIT Active Directory security best practices When designing and deploying an environment, you need to take the time to perform a risk analysis or a threat evaluation. This focused activity will help in guiding your security efforts towards those areas in greatest need of immediate attention. Your security planning process should result in a detailed outline of procedures for dealing with risk mitigation as well as problem resolution. Click here to begin learning these best practices. EXPERT WEBCAST What's new with group policy Did you know there are 200 new group policy settings in WinServer 2003 and Windows XP? Learn from Jeremy Moskowitz how to use these settings to gain more granular control of your network. Click here to watch and listen. READER POLL Microsoft's attention to user groups Do you think that Microsoft pays enough attention to its user groups? Cast your vote in our current poll. TIP CONTEST Win a new 256 MB digital audio player! Get your Windows related IT tips submitted now! In addition to being included in our Hall of Fame, the user who submits this month's winning tip will receive an iRiver iFP-190T 256 MB digital audio player! Click here to submit and read more about this month's prize. THE MISSING LINK New shirt fits outsourced workers to a 'T' It's a political statement. It's a social statement. It's a fashion statement. 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