SQL Server Magazine November 2005

[Feature]
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack (SP2) doesn't introduce any earth-shattering changes, but it includes many welcome improvements that will make life easier for Exchange administrators and users alike.
By Tony Redmond
[Reader to Reader]
If your users have been experiencing problems with XP, the problem might lie with the PowerCfg registry subkey.
By Readers
[TOP 10]
You need a scorecard to keep track of which features will and won't be included in Windows Vista. Here's the latest tally.
By Michael Otey
[Buyer's Guide]
These Windows Storage Server NAS appliances use a familiar environment to simplify your storage needs.
By Anne Grubb
[Letters to the Editor]
Readers write in about hardening IIS 6.0, Windows Error Reporting, and WinFS in Windows Vista.
By Readers
[Need to Know]
IE 7.0's antiphishing and Protected Mode features and Windows Vista's User Account Protection and malware detection features provide compelling reasons to evaluate these upcoming products.
By Paul Thurrott
User Account Protection and anti-malware technology are two important security features of the upcoming Windows Vista OS. Here's what you need to know about security improvements in the Vista beta.
By Paul Thurrott
[What's Hot]
Readers highlight favorite products: NetSupport’s NetSupport Manager, Ceratec’s XWall, Faronics’s Deep Freeze, and Microsoft’s LoadSim.
By Carolyn Mader
[Ask the Experts]
Learn about the Authenticated users group, find out how to stop users from sending forged SMTP mail, learn how to exclude files from being backed up in NTBackup, and more.
By Editors
[Windows Power Tools]
Let's dig a little deeper into Robocopy, which offers some beneficial functionality in support of networked systems.
By Mark Minasi
[New & Improved]
By Carolyn Mader
[Industry Briefings]
Our editors share insights from their conversations with Symantec, Blue Lane Technologies, Utimaco Safeware, and BlueCat Networks.
By Editors
[IT Pro Perspective]
Can MSN help Microsoft improve its dismal release-cycle record?
By Karen Forster
[Hey Microsoft!]
Manually keeping user information in synch across multiple data repositories isn't for the faint of heart. Microsoft offers products to help and clarifies the benefits of those products in an interview with Karen Forster.
By Karen Forster
[The Business End]
Virtualization technology can deliver immediate gains in cost savings and reliability improvements.
By Ben Smith
[Review]
PolicyMaker is an easy-to-use product for enforcing standards and an excellent alternative to complicated logon scripts.
By Adam Carheden
Get the low-down on the four most popular browsers.
By Mark Joseph Edwards
Simplify offline maintenance for Exchange.
By Adam Carheden
Paul reviews WinFS Beta 1 and Vista Virtual Folders.
By Paul Thurrott
[Solutions +]
A few rudimentary physical components are common to most SMB networks. These are the pieces that help you move the data that keeps your company in business.
By Ed Roth
[Cover Story]
This introduction to our new series of Solutions Plus articles, in which we outfit the perfect SMB network, lays out the basics of what to expect.
By Michael Otey
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