SQL Server Magazine January 2000

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BackOffice to the Future
In the January issue of Windows NT Magazine, we give you the details about Microsoft Office 2000. We help you decide if it’s worth your time and money to upgrade to Office 2000, and we give you a list of handy Office 2000 enterprise-planning resources. We show you how Office 2000’s new features integrate with Microsoft BackOffice. You also discover how to use Office 2000’s Web-publishing tools to create your own Web site.
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[Focus]
Learn how Office 2000's enhancements, including the Web and SQL Server 7.0's new OLAP Services, integrate with BackOffice.
By Michael Otey
Create Web sites easily with Office 2000's powerful Web-publishing tools.
By Paula Sharick
Discover Office 2000's hits and misses to help you determine whether Office 2000 is right for your organization.
By Sean Daily
[Feature]
As you prepare for your Win2K rollout, you need to brush up on DNS fundamentals. Here's a look at DNS's past and future.
By Mark Minasi
Use SMS Installer's Script Editor to more tightly control installation packages.
By Brad Elliott
Learn how to use IIS capabilities, MTS, and the IIS Exception Monitor to track and solve Web servers' complex application problems.
By Ken Spencer
IE's security zones prevent certain Web-based applications from performing unauthorized actions with a Web browser. You can figure these zones to heighten your network's security.
By Mark Joseph Edwards
Follow these guidelines for securing your server.
By Gary C. Kessler , et al.
Get the lowdown on domain controller basics.
By L. J. Locher
[Reader Challenge]
Solve this month's Windows NT problem and get the change to win $100 or a copy of one of the author's books about NT. Prior month's winner is announced at bottom of page.
By Kathy Ivens
[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]
Find out why you should deploy Windows 2000 Server first, and Windows 2000 Professional second.
By Mark Smith
[Outlook VBA on Demand]
Even before you roll out Outlook 2000 to your users, it can be an essential tool on your desktop.
By Sue Mosher
[ForefroNT]
In Win2K, a domain name and DNS servies are essential concerns. A business needs to have domain name to identify the objects in its AD and use Win2K's DNS sevices to take advantage of Win2K's functionality.
By David Chernicoff
[En Garde]
Y2K arrived, and the world didn't end. See what Mark predicts will happen this year.
By Mark Minasi
[Product Reviews]
Send intruders into a spin.
By Mark Joseph Edwards
A powerful, flexible way to copy files and synchronize directories.
By John Green
Automate laptop administration.
By Joshua Feinberg
Repair NT systems in your enterprise remotely.
By Jonathan Cragle
Simplify disaster recovery.
By Denis Haskin
A disk-partitioning and formatting tool that saves you time.
By Jonathan Cragle
A cost-effective way to replicate and mirror files.
By Marty Scher
[Lab Notes]
The Lab Guys find tools for creating stable installations in the Microsoft Office Resource Kit.
By David Chernicoff
[Inside Out]
Learn how to find out which files are in the cache and how to control synchronization between the local cache and the server.
By Mark Minasi
[SQL Server Savvy]
Simultaneously manage SQL Server 6.5 and SQL Server 7.0, determine whether you can pipe output from Query Analyzer into a text file, and discover how to remove decimal points from entries in a character column.
By Brian Moran , et al.
[Watch Your RAS]
Learn what SP5 fixes - and which NT RAS components it breaks.
By Sean Daily
[This Old Resource Kit]
Use this tool to automate large search-and-replace jobs.
By Mark Minasi
[Tricks & Traps]
Learn about static electricity perils, the Microsoft Browser Service, an unresponsive Access 97 database, and a Disk Administrator error message.
By Bob Chronister
[News Analysis]
Software companies are looking at how to adapt their software so that ASPs can rent the software to businesses on a pay-for-play basis.
By Barrie Sosinsky
Sun is giving away its office productivity suite, StarOffice, in hopes of boosting the company's server sales.
By
The mix of technologies at SIGGRAPH '99 included scienific presentations, graphics, art, and advanced technology. Vendors from around the world showed off their wares that push the envelope in computer graphics.
By Barrie Sosinsky
[Getting Started With Win2K]
Before you begin your rollout, create a configuration checklist. Here's where to find Win2K's configurable options.
By Michael D. Reilly
[TOP 10]
Discover tips for working with Office 2000's coolest new features and workarounds for its annoyances.
By Michael Otey
[Buyer's Guide]
Find out which vendors provide 4-way servers with entry-level configurations.
By Sue Cooper , et al.
[Lab Comparative]
Compare NFS servers for NT to choose which product is right for you.
By Vijay Sankar
[Lab Feature]
The Lab walks you through Office 2000 Developer and reviews its new features.
By Larry J. Seltzer
[Windows 2000 Pro]
My experiences prove that you can't assume Win2K will support your NT 4.0 hardware.
By John D. Ruley
[Exchange & Outlook Troubleshooter]
The Active Directory Connector lets you keep communications flowing between different versions of Exchange Server.
By Tony Redmond
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