SQL Server Magazine September 2006

[Feature]
The key to effective DNS design in the enterprise is to segregate DNS servers into distinct roles. Here's how to set it up.
By Mark Burnett
[Reader to Reader]
Windows doesn’t offer a built-in group that can manage client computers but not crucial servers, such as DCs. Here's another way you can create a group to fill this void.
By Readers
Here are some troubleshooting tips if you can’t establish a Remote Desktop Connection.
By Readers
[Letters to the Editor]
A reader wonders about the lack of Lotus Notes coverage in Windows IT Pro, and two IT Pro Perspective columns draw comments.
By Readers , et al.
[Need to Know]
The first round of Microsoft-branded Sybari antivirus products are ready to hit the market. Find out how Microsoft improved on these products, what they have to offer, and Microsoft's future plans for this product line.
By Paul Thurrott
Virtualization offers a significant benefit for many enterprises these days. Find out what VMware and Microsoft are doing to foster virtual machine standards and ensure interoperability between products.
By Paul Thurrott
[What's Hot]
Readers highlight favorite products: 3SP's SSL-Explorer Community Edition, triCerat's ScrewDrivers, Teneros Application Continuity Appliance for Microsoft Exchange, and XOsoft's WANSyncHA Exchange
By Blake Eno
[Ask the Experts]
Experts tell you how to capitalize surnames on Mail Merge printouts, how to restricting users to one concurrent Terminal Services session, how to protect your home computing environment, and how to maintain a clean registry.
By Various Authors
[Windows Power Tools]
Here’s how to use the command-line Netsh utility, along with IPsec, to block a specific TCP or UDP port.
By Mark Minasi
[IT Pro Perspective]
Who's afraid of Windows Server 2003 SP2? And does unified communications float your boat?
By Karen Forster
[Hey Microsoft!]
Upcoming product releases are in the industry spotlight, but companies need present-day solutions for their problems. Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition's free virtualization functionality can serve as a solution right now.
By Karen Forster
[The Business End]
Learn how to master all the different dimensions of people management.
By Ben Smith
[Solutions +]
Successful Group Policy troubleshooting results from knowing where to look, enabling Group Policy logging, and taking advantage of available administrative tools.
By Darren Mar-Elia
[Cover Story]
Here are the top products in customer relationship management software, document management/imaging software, and enterprise resource planning.
By Editors
Readers tell us about the best enterprise backup/recovery/archive software, enterprise backup, recovery, archive hardware, desktop backup/recovery/ archive solution, backup/recovery/archive solution, continuous data protection solution, and UPS.
By Editors
Readers identify their favorite 64-bit system, blade server, nonblade server, desktop computer, laptop/notebook, PDA/cell phone/smart phone, and thin client.
By Editors
Here are the products our readers designate tops for antispam/mailserver, antispam/client, mail server, collaboration, IM solution, mail archiving, Exchange backup/disaster recovery, and Exchange migration.
By Editors
Learn about our readers' favorite 802.11a/b/g/pre-n wireless access point, fax gateway, KVM switch, switch, and VPN solution.
By Editors
In the network management category, our readers identified their favorite load balancer, network analyzer, and network layout and design tool.
By Editors
The 2006 Readers' Choice awards continue our tradition of honoring the products our readers tell us are tops in their categories. And this year, AMD dual-core Opteron processors take the overall Best New Product award.
By Editors
Here are the remote control software and VPN solution products our readers like most.
By Editors
Readers designate their favorite firewalls, proxy server, intrusion detection solution, vulnerability scanner, antivirus solutions, spyware blocker, and user authentication solution in the Security category.
By Editors
Our readers choose the best NAS device, SAN array, storage management software, and quota management software.
By Editors
Readers vote for the best Systems Management products, awarding top honors to 18 tools.
By Editors
Readers choose the best boot camp, computer-based training, instructor-led training, and Web-based training.
By Editors
Readers weigh in on the year's best automation/scheduling tool, defragmentation utility, emergency recovery console utility, file-compression tool, file-system tool, scripting editor, and undelete utility.
By Editors
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