SQL Server Magazine November 1998

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Network Management in NT 5.0
Windows NT 5.0 offers many new and enhanced network services that support and improve the functionality of your computing infrastructure. In this issue of Windows NT Magazine, you get an in-depth view of what network management in NT 5.0 will look like. You'll learn about NT 5.0's new and improved networking features and how to implement Quality of Service in your NT 5.0 network to effectively prioritize data traffic flow, allocate bandwidth and resources, and enforce security.
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[Focus]

Build a Better Network with QoS

Quality of Service lets you prioritize data flow, allocate bandwidth, and enforce security in your network. Here's a primer on QoS implementation.

Managing Your Network with NT 5.0

NT 5.0 provides new and enhanced network services and gives you the tools to manage them in the Microsoft Management Console. Here's a look at NT 5.0's increased network services funtionality.




[Feature]

Exchange Directory Replication

Understand how directory replication works so that you can prevent replication messages and RPCs from swamping your network.

How to Secure Your NT-UNIX Network

Here are 8 components to consider when you are securing your mixed network.

NT 5.0's Directory Service Migration Tool

Directory Service Migration Tool makes NDS-to-AD migrations easy.

Publish Web Content with Site Server 3.0

Microsoft's Site Server 3.0 improves substantially on previous versions. See how the newest release can make publishing intranet content a snap.

Secure Your SMS in 6 Steps

Use SQL Server's Enterprise Manager and SMS Security Manager to complete the 6-step process of securing your SMS.

Service Packs and Hotfixes

SP4 promises to be worth the wait, but you'll want to install SP3's hotfixes in the meantime.

Thin Client/Server Computing Works

IS professionals who designed and run real-world thin-client/server implementantions tell you how their deployments work and why they're sucessful.

Y2K and Microsoft

Many small businesses don't understand the magnitude of the Y2K problem. Learn how to protect your NT enterprise.




[Reader Challenge]

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.




[Reader to Reader]

Reader to Reader - October 1998

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




[Editorial]

Everybody's Doin' It

"Everybody's doin' it."




[En Garde]

Relearning Lessons

Modern applications use disk space lavishly, and few include provisions for resolving space shortages.




[Internals]

Inside the Boot Process, Part 1

Take an in-depth look at the process by which NT wakes up and gets going.




[Product Reviews]

DiskMapper

Micro Logic's DiskMapper creates a color-coded map to track disk space usage.

HP OpenView Network Node Manager 5.02 for Windows NT

HP OpenView Network Node Manager (NNM) 5.02 for Windows NT brings the full power of HP's flagship network-management tool for UNIX to NT, along with a new user interface.

IBM IntelliStation M Pro

The IBM IntelliStation M Pro is IBM's latest and greatest 3-D Windows NT workstation.

IRAS-8A

The IRAS-8A is the ideal Basic Rate Interface (BRI) connection.

NeoStation 220

The NeoStation 220 is an instant-on/downloadable Windows-based terminal hybrid and is a fine fit for the thin-client and thin-server environment.

Norton Antivirus 4.0 for Windows NT Servers

Norton AntiVirus (NAV) 4.0 for NT Servers includes a flexible, centralized alert system that keeps administrators up-to-date through alerts from other workstations and servers running NAV products.

ThinSTAR 200 Windows-based Terminal

Network Computing Devices's (NCD) ThinSTAR 200 is a promising addition to the Windows-based terminal family. The device is small, but it provides good video support.




[Lab Notes]

Moving Day

Setting up the Windows NT Magazine Lab in a new location is a learning experience.




[Inside Out]

Unattended SCSI Adapter Driver Installations

Perform unattended installations of SCSI drivers that NT doesn't recognize.




[Getting Started with NT]

Windows NT Event Viewer

Use the NT Event Viewer to diagnose and prevent problems.




[Scripting Solutions]

Perl COM Objects

Learn how to create COM automation servers in Perl.




[SQL Server Savvy]

Questions, Answers, and Tips About SQL Server

Learn more slick features coming in SQL Server 7.0, and find out about transforming applications into NT services, a security hole in xp_cmdshell, installing BOL manually, SQL Server and Y2K, and table names and sizes.




[This Old Resource Kit]

AUTOEXNT

Run programs that aren't services automatically when NT starts.




[Tricks & Traps]

Ask Dr. Bob Your NT Questions

Find anaswers to cloning a PDC to create a BDC in an existing domain, correcting a corrupt print driver in NT, and performing an unattended installation on machines with AGP.




[News Analysis]

NT News Analysis

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.




[News]

NT Intelligence

Walking the walk and talking the talk. Operating systems must learn peaceful coexistence.




[Lab Feature]

IBM Enterprise Suite for Windows NT

If you're tired of BackOffice, IBM Enterprise Suite for Windows NT offers an attractive alternative.

Load Balancing Your NICs

Distribute your incoming and outgoing data through a super NIC.

MCSE Self-Study Options

In the third part of an examination of CBT self-study programs, the Lab reviews four products.

Video for the Intranet

The Lab continues reviews of the videoconferencing software with Cisco Systems' IP/TV software and cameras from COnnectix and Toshiba.



 

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