Today's News: Customers cast their vote on MS quality

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May 20, 2004 Published by  SearchWin2000.com Today's News Issue Sponsored By: TNT Software's ELM Enterprise Manager IN THIS ISSUE: Users rate quality of Microsoft products, services Microsoft offers 'cold' server perk to customers Changes in Exchange suit users, survey finds More headlines Take our new poll: How much of a priority is defragmenting drives? The Missing Link: Microsoft intern has his head in the clouds TNT Software's ELM Enterprise Manager Looking for a real-time monitoring toolset that will save you time and improve your productivity? Read Eric Johnson's review in MCP Magazine calling ELM Enterprise Manager "an easy-to-use, flexible tool that would greatly benefit any admin's monitoring strategy". To experience how ELM Enterprise Manager will benefit you, click the link and download your FREE 30 day full featured eval copy of ELM. Users rate quality of Microsoft products, services [SearchWin2000.com] In a new survey, nearly 1,000 IT administrators and managers rate the quality of a number of Microsoft products and services, including Windows Server 2003, Active Directory and Systems Management Server. MORE INFO: Read an overview of the 2004 Microsoft Report Card Your software may be more versatile than you think Microsoft offers 'cold' server perk to customers [SearchWin2000.com] For businesses that have servers standing at the ready in case of disaster, Redmond has some good news. Changes in Exchange suit users, survey finds [SearchExchange.com] Users give high marks to Microsoft's messaging platform in newly released research. Find out how the new kid on the block, Exchange Server 2003, fared in this year's 2004 Microsoft Report Card survey. More headlines [From around the Web] Microsoft to submit antispam standard (CNET) Microsoft starts selling Office for Mac (Reuters) FTC requiring labels on explicit spam (Associated Press) Making sense of performance management products (SearchNetworking.com) TOPICS: Take our new poll: How much of a priority is defragmenting drives? How much of a priority is defragmenting drives? What do you think? Cast your vote now. TOPICS: Windows Word Challenge: E-mail service being tested by Google Google was inspired to create this because of a user's letter complaining about problems with existing Web e-mail services, such as the constant need to delete messages to stay within storage limits, and the lack of any searching ability. Think you know the term? Find out if you are right! WEBCASTS: Administrator's guide to deploying Office 2003 The process of deploying Office 2003 is similar to Office XP. There are subtle differences that affect how you design and distribute your configuration, however. In this webcast Jerry Honeycutt describes those differences and what they mean for you. The Missing Link: Microsoft intern has his head in the clouds [SearchSecurity.com] Adam Stubblefield is living proof that you can have your head in the clouds and still have a head for business. As an intern last year for Microsoft's research unit, Stubblefield stumbled upon a new way to help users remember their passwords. His inspiration came from the cloud shapes he saw on his drive home from work. After proving to Microsoft that shapes can trigger a user's memory of a forgotten password, the software maker filed for a patent. Stubblefield, 23, is now a second-year doctoral candidate at Johns Hopkins University, where he'll probably come up with the idea for his thesis by watching grass grow. Full Story Contact Us Sales For sales inquiries, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Editorial For feedback about any of our articles or to send us your article ideas, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Free E-Newsletters! Select e-newsletters you would like to receive via e-mail! SearchWin2000: White Paper Alerts Not a Member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription. ABOUT THIS E-NEWSLETTER This e-newsletter is published by SearchWin2000.com, a targeted Web site from TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. Copyright 2004 TechTarget. All rights reserved. To unsubscribe from "Today's News": Go to unsubscribe: http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/u?track=NL-118 Please note, unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed. Contact Us: SearchWin2000 MemberServices 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494