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by Jason Zandri www.2000trainers.com Welcome to the second installment of Learn Active Directory Design and Administration in 15 Minutes a Week, a weekly series aimed at current IT professionals preparing to write the new Windows Active Directory Design and Administration exams (70-219 and 70-217 respectively), as well as newcomers to the field who are trying […]

by Dana Daugherty While this article is technically related more to networking than SMS, it could save you some headaches. You never know, it may show it’s ugly head in your enterprise. The article describes a problem we experienced with SMS clients automatically uninstalling themselves. We take you step-by-step through the long process of identifying […]

Does anyone get excited about FTP servers these days? Not so much, in an Internet dominated by younger, sexier technologies such as Instant Messaging and P2P file sharing. But that doesn’t mean these old stalwarts are ready to put out to pasture — the File Transfer Protocol has stuck around for over a decade with […]

SuSE OpenExchange Server: A full-featured groupware server for Linux or mixed Windows and Linux clients that contains a full set of collaboration features for a very reasonable price Enterprises heavily invested in Linux now have a new groupware option. SuSE Linux OpenExchange Server offers the standard collaboration features, along with some nonstandard ones like knowledge […]

Merak Mail Server: A high-performance Windows e-mail server offering a great many features for a modest price Merak Mail Server may be your answer. The five-star mail server packs a powerful punch for an enterprise on a sub-$1,000 budget. But if slick and glossy is what you’re looking for, this is one offering to steer […]

The following articles have already run in Andy Goodman’s “Microsoft Small Business Server 2000” series, a multipart tutorial that explores how to get the latest version of SBS up and running via a clean install. This index lists all the articles that have run in Andy Goodman’s ‘Microsoft Small Business Server 2000’ series Andy Goodman […]

Apache’s Tomcat JSP/Servlet implementation contains a vulnerability that allows remote users to retrieve directory listings. Details and a link to the update correcting the vulnerability are included in this vulnerability announcement from Jouko Pynnonen: Apache’s Tomcat JSP/Servlet implementation contains a vulnerability that allows remote users to retrieve directory listings. Details and a link to the […]

That was the easy part. Now that we have our certificate installed, we first want to make certain that our clients using OWA can connect using SSL. Once we verify SSL connectivity is working, we are going to automate the process so that even if a user doesn’t type in HTTPS: they will be redirected […]

Now in its sixth (and a half) revision, Alt-N Technologies’ MDaemon Pro stands out as a workhorse enterprise-level mail server that is packaged with a vast collection of extras. Now in its sixth (and a half) major release and with its second vendor, Alt-N Technologies’ MDaemon Pro still stands out as a workhorse enterprise-level mail […]

ServerWatch is excited to announce eight new discussion folders exclusively devoted to Microsoft servers. If you have a question about a Microsoft server or related issue, this is the place to ask it. Discuss any issues or post any feedback about IIS, Exchange, Windows 2000, and more, here. ServerWatch is excited to announce eight new […]

Whitfield Diffie, who works on advanced security at Sun Microsystems, discusses his approach to security, as well as Sun’s latest line of secure servers and Trusted Solaris. Whitfield Diffie, who works on advanced security at Sun Microsystems, discusses his approach to security, as well as Sun’s latest line of secure servers and Trusted Solaris. Complete […]

A recent study found that Linux-based networks require companies to spend more on staffing to keep networks trouble-free. The only bright spot, according to the article, is that it’s less expensive to maintain Web servers running Linux due to the Apache Web server. A recent study indicates that Linux-based networks require enterprises to spend more […]