SQL Server Magazine February 2004

[Focus]
Deploy and control Windows 2003 and Win2K servers with ADS.
By Alain Lissoir
Using Group Policy to deploy applications is one element of a comprehensive plan to ease and automate client system rollout and recovery.
By Jim Boyce
Before you upgrade to a Windows Server 2003 AD infrastructure, you need to use the Adprep utility to prepare your Windows 2000 AD forest schema and structure.
By Sean Deuby
[Feature]
Learn how to set up this built-in mail server alternative.
By Orin Thomas
Microsoft is delivering a gold mine of new features in the next major release of SQL Server.
By Michael Otey
[Reader to Reader]
Use Sysinternals' PageDefrag tool to reduce paging file fragmentation.
By Readers
Press F7 to see a list of previously entered commands.
By Readers
A customer's Windows 98 PC can?t log on to the shares on the customer?s Windows XP Professional PC.
By Readers
Add the MMC Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in to Win2K Pro to manage Active Directory (AD).
By Readers
A reader figures out how to streamline a Directory Service restore.
By Readers
[Editorial]
SBS is a great solution for computer-savvy small businesses, but such businesses are the exception, not the norm.
By Michael Otey
[Inside Out]
In his continuing look at automating AD setup, Mark shows you how to use a simple batch file to create a dynamic DNS infrastructure.
By Mark Minasi
[Tricks & Traps]
Tweak the registry to back up open files.
By Bob Chronister
Discover command-line options for backing up data from a Win2K system to a tape drive.
By Bob Chronister
A reader needs to know how to format a second hard disk as an inactive backup disk in Win2K.
By Bob Chronister
Find out how to show logon scripts line by line to specific users.
By Bob Chronister
Learn how to fix a glitch caused by Win2K's Fast File Restore.
By Bob Chronister
[Buyer's Guide]
Spam and viruses are creating an email security crisis. Find a solution to protect your email servers.
By Roger A. Grimes
[Lab Feature]
Today's Pocket PC is much more than just an email or calendaring tool. Take a look at eight Pocket PC applications that let you remotely administer your Windows network.
By Jeff Fellinge
Use this tool to get a true picture of all the disparate directories across your network.
By Jeremy Moskowitz
[Letters to the Editor]
Readers share their thoughts about memory optimization.
By Readers , et al.
[Windows Client]
Choose and create the appropriate profile—local, roaming, or mandatory—for different situations.
By Ed Roth
[Need to Know]
If you're looking for a CCM tool to help you manage your systems, SMS 2003 just might be the tool you need.
By Paul Thurrott
The security changes that Microsoft will include in XP SP2 make this update one of the most important platform releases the company has produced in a long time.
By Paul Thurrott
[What's Hot]
Readers tell us about their favorite products.
By Carolyn Mader
[Fast Forward]
If higher salaries are no longer the reward, what's the incentive to become an MCSE?
By Mark Smith
[New & Improved]
Learn more about newly released software and hardware products.
By Carolyn Mader
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