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From the editor:
MCP label holds its value |
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Featured Topic:
Crash Course: Certification |
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Expert Technical Advice:
Bernie Klinder: OS Troubleshooting
Site Exclusives:
>>News from Microsoft Management Summit 2004
>>Does Microsoft make the grade? You decide!
>>Ask the Expert: Exchange migration
Tip of the Week: BROWCON, the NetBIOS browsing console |
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Site Highlights:
Vendor Webcast: Simplify your IT environment with iSeries Windows integration
White Paper: Calculation management solutions
White Paper: Addressing Exchange problems with e-mail spam filtering |
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From the Editor: |
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by John Hogan, News Editor
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On its Web site, Microsoft sums up the benefits of becoming a Microsoft Certified Professional this way: "The information technology (IT) industry, your employer, clients, and peers will recognize your MCP credential as a symbol of the skills and knowledge you've gained through experience."
While a pat on the back is always nice, most IT professionals would probably prefer that recognition come in the form of a higher wage. Recent research seems to indicate that employers understand that. Last summer, Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine reported in its annual salary survey that the average yearly wage for all Microsoft certifications was $61,700 -- the first increase in three years.
Another sign that the program has some value is the continued rise in the number of people with some type of MCP certification. Recently, SearchWin2000.com certification guru Ed Tittel wrote a column about the MCP numbers. Ed noted that while MCP growth has slowed a bit since the boom days of 1999, the overall MCP ranks are still increasing. (As of December 2003, there were nearly 968,000. Compare that to
the nearly 833,000 MCPs in October 2002.)
With the economy making a comeback, I'm guessing that MCPs will be in even greater demand this year, especially those getting certified on Windows Server 2003. But far more important than my opinion is what you, the IT pro, think. Is there value in a Microsoft certification? Are you planning to upgrade your skills? Share your opinions on this and other issues in our new Microsoft report card
survey. It takes just 10 minutes to complete and we'll be sure to let you know the results when our report card comes out.
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Crash Course: Certification
by Vandana Sharma, Assistant Editor
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Security and messaging credentials are the newest additions to Microsoft's ever-changing world of certifications. Here's a wrap-up of the latest in certification and career advancement.
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Expert Technical Advice: |
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Featured Expert: Bernie Klinder
Category: OS Troubleshooting
Dear Bernie,
We deploy Windows 2000 on 400 desktops in a secondary school. We would like to be able to quickly redeploy all applications if a student corrupts a workstation. We have lots of hardware configurations and are constantly adding new software apps. What product would you suggest? We've looked at Ghost, but every time we'd want to add an app we'd have to change all the images.
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Read Bernie's expert response.
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This Week: Site Exclusives
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News from Microsoft Management Summit 2004
When it comes to managing Windows-based clients and servers from a single
console, Microsoft is going to let sysadmins have it their way for a while longer. That's the big news from last week's Microsoft Management Summit 2004. For customer reaction to Microsoft's concept for unified client and server management and other stories on SUS, WUS, SMS and MOM, check out our MMS conference page. |
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Does Microsoft make the grade? You decide!
Take part in SearchWin2000.com's third annual survey of IT professionals' attitudes about flagship Windows products and customer support issues. Did Redmond finally get trustworthy computing right with the release of Window Server 2003? Are you going to renew your Software Assurance agreement? What's up with the MCSE? Take this 10-minute survey. The editors will tally the results, compare your answers with last year, then publish the findings. If you missed it the first time, you can still read the 2003 Microsoft Report Card! |
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Ask the Expert: Exchange migration
If you are planning to move off Exchange 5.5 this year, be sure to check out SearchExchange.com's answers to common migration questions from Lee Benjamin, head of the Boston Exchange Server User Group. Benjamin, who has more than 20 years in the messaging industry (including a six-year stint at Microsoft), fields queries ranging from moving mailboxes in Active Directory to renaming your Exchange server. |
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| Tip of the Week: |
| A little-known tool called BROWCON is an extension of the BROWSTAT utility that allows an administrator to troubleshoot computers on a network that uses NetBIOS. Find out more about BROWCON and how it can help single out pesky problems. |
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BROWCON, the NetBIOS browsing console |
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Simplify your IT environment with iSeries Windows integration
Windows integration provides users with centralized server management, consolidated backups and more. Enable users to form server networks in a single platform with iSeries.
Join in this webcast March 23!
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White Paper: Calculation management solutions
Read "Calculation Management Reducing Risk and Increasing Productivity for Engineering-based Enterprises" to capture, manage and share engineering knowledge and data easily.
Download this white paper for more information.
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White Paper: Addressing Exchange problems with e-mail spam filtering
Find solutions to spam in this white paper.
This paper discusses the issues in designing anti-spam products that meet the needs of users and administrators. Also, explore features of Sunbelt Software's iHateSpam Server and Gateway Editions, designed for spam filtering efficiency in Exchange environments.
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