SQL Server Magazine August 2005
[Feature]
You're a Windows administrator, not a DBA—so how do you manage that SQL Server machine on your company's Windows network? Start making sense of SQL Server administration by learning what tools you'll need and how SQL Server security and backup work.
By Michael Otey
[Reader to Reader]
Each time SUS downloads patches, there are always a few machines not properly patched. Here’s a handy script that checks machines to determine whether the specified patch was installed.
By Readers
If you need to prevent a user from logging on to multiple PCs at the same time, here’s a simple solution that uses logon and logoff scripts in GPOs.
By Readers
[TOP 10]
Tools for diagnosing cluster-setup and DNS problems and for burning CD-ROMs and DVDs join old standbys to make the new resource kit the best yet.
By Michael Otey
[Buyer's Guide]
Here are 19 combination devices that engorge your phone with the processing power of a PDA.
By Jason Bovberg
[Letters to the Editor]
Windows IT Pro welcomes feedback about the magazine. Send comments to letters@windowsitpro.com
By Readers
[Need to Know]
Longhorn's security and data management features will make it a no-brainer for businesses of all sizes, and now's the time to start evaluating it.
By Paul Thurrott
[What's Hot]
Readers highlight favorite products: vizioncore esxRanger, PatchLink PATCHLINK UPDATE, ScaleOut Software ScaleOut StateServer, UltraBac Software UltraBac 8.0, and SpamBayes.
By Carolyn Mader
[Ask the Experts]
Our IT experts tell you how to track system time changes, explain the hierarchy of inherited permissions, discuss changing your AD topology after an Exchange 2003 consolidation and more.
By Editors
[Windows Power Tools]
This free tool puts system information on the desktop for easy access.
By Mark Russinovich
[New & Improved]
Check out the latest products to hit the marketplace. PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: DYS Analytics' Email CONTROL!
By Carolyn Mader
[Industry Briefings]
Editors share insights from their conversations with The Neverfail Group and V-Secure Technologies. Plus, learn about the winners of Best of Show at TechEd in June.
By Editors
[IT Pro Perspective]
Monad and Data Protection Manager are stars in beta and will incorporate customer feedback in their final versions.
By Karen Forster
[Hey Microsoft!]
Do Microsoft's requests for information about crashes seem like a cruel joke? Discover how much of a difference your responses can make.
By Karen Forster
[The Business End]
Streamlining Help desk operations can help reduce IT support costs, but don't stop there. Reducing the total volume of support calls results in impressive ROI.
By Ben Smith
[Review]
See how the top 5 email antivirus contestants from our 2004 Readers' Choice awards stack up.
By Adam Carheden
This Outlook add-on offers a safe way to view messages and all their attachments—even those that Outlook blocks
By John Green
Paul rates the Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions and previews Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 7.0.
By Paul Thurrott
Gravity Storm Software's Service Pack Manager (SPM) 2000 v7.1includes distributed patch management and a useful new Windows Firewall-management feature.
By John D. Ruley
End DLL Hell by using Softricity's SoftGrid to ease client application deployment and management.
By Michael Otey
[Solutions +]
If you're in tune with the Cisco IOS command line, you can use VLANs and ACLs to create a separate lab environment with existing equipment.
By Adam Carheden
Follow Microsoft guidelines to establish a secure Web server on a Windows 2003 and IIS 6.0 platform.
By Roger A. Grimes
[Cover Story]
When you test the VBScript code you just wrote, your script screeches to a premature stop. Use these hints to help you figure out what went wrong.
By Karen Bemowski
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