SQL Server Magazine February 1998

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Preparing for NT 5.0
Meet Windows NT 5.0 halfway. You can take advantage of some NT 5.0 features that are available now and head off some of the hassles of a full migration. This issue gives you 10 ways to get ready for NT 5.0 and shows how to dive into Dfs and Windows Scripting Host.
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[Focus]

Get a Head Start on NT 5.0 with Dfs

Microsoft's Distributed File System lets you organize shares and directories into one hierarchy, provide fault tolerance, and balance loads.

Windows Scripting Host in Action

If you've ben searching for information about how to implement Microsoft's new Windows Scripting Host, look no further. This pratical guide shows you how to use WSH to automate common setup, configuration, and administrative tasks.




[Feature]

10 Steps to Prepare for NT 5.0 Now

NT 5.0 is coming, and the migration process will not be as easy as you've learned to expect from previous versions of NT. Here's how to get a jump on the NT rollout.

7 Steps to Migrating from Banyan to Windows NT

Banyan VINES has an enterprise-class directory service (StreetTalk), supports a large number of users, peforms well, and simplifies management. Yet VINES users are migrating to NT in masses. Find out why, learn how to choose a migration strategy, and ex

Exchange 5.5/E and Microsoft Cluster Server

Exchange 5.5/E supports clustering and an unlimited information store.

Integrating Windows NT into a UNIX Environment

UNIX administrators can get a crash course in NT basics and learn how Switzerland's Comit Gruppe migrated apps from UNIX to NT.

Introduction to IIS 4.0 with MTS and DCOM

Microsoft's Windows Distributed interNet Application Architecture gives you the tools you need to distribute ActiveX components and transactions from your Web server.

Living with Alpha: Finding Help

Here's your personal road map to the best Alpha-and-NT information in print and online.

SBS's Modem Pooling Service and Built-in Fax Server: Good Things Do Come in Small Packages

Companies with fewer than 26 employees have an edge over regular NT users: They can take advantage of SBS's modem pooling service and built-in fax server.

The Accidental Hacker

By chance, a good guy found serious holes in a company's network. He tells you how you can avoid that company's security mistakes.

Understanding and Using LoadSim 5.0: Part 2

Configure LoadSim to ensure that your server sufficiently handles the number of users you specify with response times of 1 second or less.




[Reader to Reader]

Reader to Reader - February 1998

Share your NT discoveries, comments, problems, solutions, and experiences with products and reach out to other Windows NT Magazine readers (including Microsoft).




[Editorial]

Scalability Daze

Scalability issues of both Windows NT 5.0 and hardware.




[Internals]

Inside Microsoft Cluster Server

The clustering solution you used to know as Wolfpack features extensible architecture and has already garnered widespread industry support. Learn how this cluster server works and why it will probably become the industry standard.




[Product Reviews]

HP SureStore CD-Writer Plus 7100e

HP's SureStore CD-Writer is a CE-RW drive that comes in two versions: internal and external.

Intel Express10/100 Stackable Hub

Intel Express 10/100 Stackable Hub lets you switch between 10Mbps and 100Mbps network speeds by pressing a button.

KeepCool 3.1

KeepCool 3.1 from PalmSun Software can help you manage remote computer systems by taking hardware and software inventories, performing remote hard disk maintenance, distributing software and editing remote machines' system files.

PenPartner

Wacom Technology's PenPartner pointing device supports Windows NT.

QuotaAdvisor NT, Enterprise Edition

QuotaAdvisor NT, Enterprise Edition, from W. Quinn Associates lets you generate reports about user's disk consuption, identify large-consuption users, and implement a series of controls that limit user storage.

RAS Manager for Windows NT 4.0

Ras Manager from NTP Software lets you impose limits on users and monitor remote access to a greater degree that you can with NT's standare RAS support.

ViaVoice

IBM has progressed significantly in the voice recognition software with the release of its new product, ViaVoice.

WorldMark 4300

NCR's WorkdMark 4300 Server is a medium-scale commercial server that maximizes performance and flexibility.




[Lab Notes]

I'm Still Dazed and Numb

Waging war with US West: One Lab Guy experiences the trials and tribulations of ISDN installation.




[Inside Out]

Active Directory: The Sin of Subdivision

NT's Security Accounts Manager has deadly sins that prevent it from serving large clients well. Windows NT 5.0's Active Directory expiates the sins. NT is now enterprise ready.




[Getting Started with NT]

User Rights

You can customize rights in NT and still maintain control of your network.




[Scripting Solutions]

Managing NT Event Logs with Perl for Win32: Part 1

Combine GenEvent.pl with a third-party event log monitoring tool to track the results of your Perl automation scripts.




[SQL Server Savvy]

Questions, Answers, and Tips About SQL Server

Learn how to copy temporary data within a stored procedure, send long messages from xp_sendmail, drop persistent tables, keep tabs on open objects space, adjust login passwords with Perfmon, number sequence gaps in IDENTITY columns, and demoralize databas




[This Old Resource Kit]

NLTEST

This utility lets you quickly test the status of the NetLogon linkages between machines and monitor trust relationships.




[Tricks & Traps]

Ask Dr. Bob Your NT Questions

Explore defining device driver startup option in NT, weighing the benefits of using workstations vs. terminals to connect to NT Server, running NT on a notebook, and changing SIDs in NT.




[News]

NT News Network

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.




[Lab Feature]

A Thin-Client Solution for X Terminals and More

Here's the second installment, highlighting thin-client product NTERPRISE 1.3, in the Lab's ongoing review of corporate desktop systems.

Network Backup Software

Examine two more solutions in the Lab's ongoing review of network backup software.

So Many Faxes, So Little Time

The Lab's investigation into fax server products continues with this month's installment of product reviews.



 

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