SQL Server Magazine September 2006

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Readers' Choice: Your Picks for 2006!
No one knows more about the best values in Windows IT products and services than you, the readers. We highlight your favorites and honor the winners you chose for this year's awards.
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[Feature]

Segregate Your DNS Servers

The key to effective DNS design in the enterprise is to segregate DNS servers into distinct roles. Here's how to set it up.




[Reader to Reader]

Another Way to Provide the Missing Link

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.

Find Out If Forgetful Administrators Are at Fault for Failed Connections

Here are some troubleshooting tips if you can’t establish a Remote Desktop Connection.




[Letters to the Editor]

Letters@windowsitpro.com

A reader wonders about the lack of Lotus Notes coverage in Windows IT Pro, and two IT Pro Perspective columns draw comments.




[Need to Know]

What You Need to Know About Microsoft Antigen This article is only available to registered users.  Sign up now and get instant access!

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.

What You Need to Know About The Virtualization Format War

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.




[What's Hot]

What’s Hot, September 2006

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




[Ask the Experts]

Ask the Experts, September 2006

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.




[Windows Power Tools]

The Potent Union of Netsh and IPsec

Here’s how to use the command-line Netsh utility, along with IPsec, to block a specific TCP or UDP port.




[IT Pro Perspective]

Windows 2003 SP2 and Unified Communications

Who's afraid of Windows Server 2003 SP2? And does unified communications float your boat?




[Hey Microsoft!]

Get Virtual with R2 EE

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.




[The Business End]

Becoming a Complete People Manager

Learn how to master all the different dimensions of people management.




[Solutions +]

Troubleshooting Group Policy

Successful Group Policy troubleshooting results from knowing where to look, enabling Group Policy logging, and taking advantage of available administrative tools.




[Cover Story]

Business Applications

Here are the top products in customer relationship management software, document management/imaging software, and enterprise resource planning.

Disaster Prevention and Recovery

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.

Hardware

Readers identify their favorite 64-bit system, blade server, nonblade server, desktop computer, laptop/notebook, PDA/cell phone/smart phone, and thin client.

Messaging

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.

Network Infrastructure

Learn about our readers' favorite 802.11a/b/g/pre-n wireless access point, fax gateway, KVM switch, switch, and VPN solution.

Network Management

In the network management category, our readers identified their favorite load balancer, network analyzer, and network layout and design tool.

Readers’ Choice: Shaping the IT Industry

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.

Remote Computing

Here are the remote control software and VPN solution products our readers like most.

Security

Readers designate their favorite firewalls, proxy server, intrusion detection solution, vulnerability scanner, antivirus solutions, spyware blocker, and user authentication solution in the Security category.

Storage

Our readers choose the best NAS device, SAN array, storage management software, and quota management software.

Systems Management

Readers vote for the best Systems Management products, awarding top honors to 18 tools.

Training and Certification

Readers choose the best boot camp, computer-based training, instructor-led training, and Web-based training.

Utilities

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.



 

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