SQL Server Magazine December 1997
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Forging NT's Future
NT's future lies both in the enterprise and in the small business. Just as Microsoft was unveiling the large-scale capabilities of NT 5.0 and introducing the Zero Administration Windows (ZAW) initiative (to decrease the cost of enterprise network administration), Microsoft also announced Small Business Server (SBS). This month's focus is on NT 5.0's features, ZAW's potential, and SBS's expansion of NT's boundaries.
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[Focus]
The first ot two installments examining the Beta 2 version of SBS reports on setup, configuration, management, and online Help.
By Carlos Bernal
NT 5.0 has many new features--such as multimaster replication, Hierarchical Storage Management, and power management--but some don't work in a mixed NT environment.
By Mark Minasi
Administrators have waited a long time for an initiative such as ZAW. Features including networking caching and self-healing applications make ZAW worth the wait.
By Mark Minasi
[Feature]
LDAP fills a huge hole in NT and provides authenticated access to all network resources.
By Mark Minasi
The US Navy is using Windows NT to run the enterprise out at sea aboard the USS Carl Vinson.
By Ryan Maley
Hardware profiles can performance-tune your PC, enable cards that would otherwise not work, and provide greater flexibility in laptop configurations.
By Mark Ott
Windows NT 4.0's Remote Access Service offers much more than encrypted authentication. RAS's security features include data encryption, security hosts, and PPTP.
By Zubair Alexander
NT's flexibility is making it a contender in what was once a Mac-only market. Learn about three digital video editing software products that let you bring this function inhouse.
By Clayton Johnson
MMC lets you create and manage Web sites with ease, using plug-in technology and the latest version of Internet Information Server.
By Ken Spencer
Because Microsoft released Exchange 5.0 earlier this year, Exchange 5.5's debut might seem uneventful. But you'll be pleasantly surprised by notable improvements, such as unlimited storage, clustering support, and expanded interconnectivity.
By Tony Redmond
Proxy Server 2.0 offers fast, secure Internet access for your corporate network. New security and performance features make Proxy Server 2.0 more compelling than its predecessor.
By John Henry Moore
Editing the Registry using nontraditional tools such as batch files, the command prompt, and your Web browser can help prevent a system crash.
By Eric Pearce
With profiles, policies, and logon scripts, you can achieve nearly any degree of control over the client environment and eliminate many systems administration problems.
By Gregg Branham , et al.
This first of a two-article series explains how to set up a searchable database, make it accessible to the Web, and use a Web form to set up an integer search.
By Simon J. Hook
[Reader to Reader]
Share your NT discoveries, comments, problems, solutions, and experiences with products and reach out to other Windows NT Magazine readers (including Microsoft).
By Readers
[Editorial]
1997 predictions reviewed.
By Mark Smith
[Internals]
Find out how and why NT generates blue screens, how to interpret the cryptic data NT lists on them, and how to troubleshoot them.
By Mark Russinovich
[Product Reviews]
PCI-to Fibre Channel host adapters provide storage interfaces for Windows NT.
By Dean Porter
Mercury Interactive created Astre SiteTest to let Web masters stress test their Web site easily, with minimal testing resources.
By John Bredehoeft
CR8e RAID subsystem from nStor is a fault-tolerant storage system that meets industry standards.
By Dean Porter
CYBERsitter 97 from Solid Oak Software is a filtering program that provides extra online protection from undesirable sites.
By Jonathan Cragle
The HP NetServer E45 is a multipurpose server in a minitower chassis.
By Carlos Bernal
The HP Network Node Manager for Windows NT is a powerful network managment tool.
By John Enck
Can you double your speed and double your pleasure with MPPP?
By Paula Sharick
Tally Systems' Veranda is an enterprise-level electronic messaging reporter that keeps track of email, fax and Internet resources.
By Michael P. Deignan
Wyse's Winterm Wireless 2930 windows terminal is a wireless and keyboardless wonder.
By John Enck
[Lab Notes]
The Lab Guys tackled some uncooperative software, and came up with a list of demands for software vendors that port products to NT.
By John Enck
[Getting Started with NT]
Delve into the protocols RAS supports, and identify some options to configure your setup.
By Michael D. Reilly
[SQL Server Savvy]
Learn the latest information about creating multiple indexes, using database devices, working with ImportData, dealing with shrinking databases, dumping a database to a network drive, resetting an identiy column, understanding the implications of OLAP, an
By Brian Moran , et al.
[Tricks & Traps]
Remedy an access denied during installation error, move NT to a new system, change the global spool directory, and clone an NT installation.
By Bob Chronister
[News]
This department focuses on what's new in operating systems, hardware, software, support, scalability, the enterprise and Windows NT's take on the trends in the marketplace.
By Mark Joseph Edwards , et al.
[VB Solutions]
Here's a simple HOSTS file editing utility that you can build with VB to correctly format HOSTS file entries and verify host names and IP addresses.
By Michael Otey
[WebDev]
Testing your Web environment with Microsoft Web Capacity Tool can help you fine-tune your system and learn whether your're getting the most bang for your buck.
By T.J. Harty
[Lab Feature]
Two solutions offer an unorthodox approach to backup and archival operations.
By Brian Gallagher
Explore the ins and outs of Hierarchical Storage Management, and learn how OPEN/stor 2.0's SHM application lets you manage your aging data in NT.
By Bob Chronister
Fax servers can improve productivity, help control fax costs, and let you respond to your customers better.
By Michael P. Deignan
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