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[Focus]

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Components of a High-Availability System
Find out what hardware and software decisions you can make to provide a strong base for reliable servers.
 — David Chernicoff


Microsoft Clustering Solutions
Microsoft Cluster Services, Network Load Balancing, Component Load Balancing, and Application Center add scalability, availability, and reliability to Windows.
 — Greg Todd

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[Feature]

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ADMT—The Road to Migration
ADMT lets you easily restructure your domain and securely migrate your NT 4.0 environment to Win2K. Learn the basic ADMT migration steps, and discover the ADMT features that let you monitor your migration progress.
 — Martin McClean


Controlling Group Policy, Part 1
Get a grip on Group Policy Objects and Group Policy application maneuvers in Win2K.
 — Randy Franklin Smith


Taming DLL Hell
New features in Win2K can help you control DLL hell.
 — Darren Mar-Elia


Win2K Service Pack 1
Install SP1, and benefit from its bug fixes and slipstreaming capability.
 — Paul Thurrott


Win2K's Premier IP Multicast Functionality
Microsoft delivers a rich set of multicast features that help you easily integrate Win2K into your corporate multicast network infrastructure.
 — Tao Zhou

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[Reader Challenge]

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Reader Challenge
Want to test your know-how? Solve this month's Windows 2000 and Windows NT problem and gather the accolades of your peers.
 — Kathy Ivens

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[Reader to Reader]

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Reader to Reader - November 2000
Share your NT discoveries, comments, problems, solutions, and experiences with products and reach out to other Windows 2000 Magazine readers (including Microsoft).
 — Readers

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[Editorial]

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Microsoft .NET and Windows 2000
Mark Smith asks Microsoft some burning questions about how Win2K fits into Microsoft's .NET strategy.
 — Mark Smith

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[Outlook VBA on Demand]

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Opening Folders When Outlook Starts
Outlook's interface doesn't always behave consistently, but you can use an Outlook 2000 VBA routine to work around this annoyance.
 — Sue Mosher

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[ForefroNT]

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Microsoft Application Center 2000
A key component of Microsoft's .NET strategy, Application Center integrates application scaling, management, and availability.
 — David Chernicoff

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[Internals]

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Inside Win2K NTFS, Part 1
In this first article of a two-part series, Mark Russinovich explains the workings of NTFS 5.0's attribute indexing, consolidated security, reparse point, and quota tracking.
 — Mark Russinovich

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[Product Reviews]

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Benchmark Factory 2.5
Put your system to the test.
 — John Green


DirectoryAnalyzer 1.04
Software to ensure a solid AD.
 — Ed Roth

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[Lab Notes]

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Lightning Strikes
Don't let your hardware go up in smoke. Learn the marks of a top-notch surge suppressor.
 — Mark Weitz

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[Inside Out]

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The Eternal Quest: Connect Your Small Network to the Internet
Learn how Win2K's inherent capabilities can do the job.
 — Mark Minasi

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[Scripting Solutions]

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Easy Active Directory Scripting for Systems Administrators, Part 2
Explore the properties and methods that two core ADSI interfaces provide to create, delete, and modify almost every AD object.
 — Bob Wells

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[This Old Resource Kit]

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Browstat
This command-line tool gives you a quick-and-dirty look at browsing on a network.
 — Mark Minasi

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[Tricks & Traps]

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Ask Dr. Bob
Find out about the Net Computer utility, open-port prevention, TrackPoint madness, Oracle memory limitations, video-card resolution tips, source-control tools, hard disk upgrade kits, and a SQL Server workaround.
 — Bob Chronister


Daily Answers
Learn about an IE and Office incompatibiity, a Chkdsk limitation on a dual-boot system, a Win2K upgrade glitch, PPTP vs. IPSec, an intentional blue screen procedure, and a server reboot from a client.
 — Sean Daily

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[News Analysis]

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Dueling Web Servers
Will the real Web server survey winner please stand up?
 — Paul Thurrott

Intel Pentium 4 Raises the Bar
Intel's Pentium 4 offers new performance and scalability.
 — Paul Thurrott

Visual Studio 7.0, Office 10 Betas Point to .NET
Visual Studio.NET and Office 10 betas offer a peek at Microsoft .NET.
 — Paul Thurrott

Windows Dominance to Continue
IDC predicts client and server OS growth rates through 2004.
 — Paul Thurrott

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[Getting Started With Win2K]

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The Win2K Command Prompt Window
Find out how to customize and use the Command Prompt window, and explore Win2K's folder and filename completion feature.
 — Kathy Ivens

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[TOP 10]

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Third-Party Utilities for Win2K
Win2K offers unprecedented functionality, but you'll still need to use third-party utilities to fill in some gaps.
 — Michael Otey

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[Buyer's Guide]

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Deployment, Migration, and Management Tools
Find the solutions you need to deploy, migrate, and manage your network OS and applications.
 — Tom Iwanski

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[Lab Comparative]

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Ahead of the Service Pack
Two service pack management programs help you organize service packs and hotfixes on your systems.
 — Joshua Orrison


ERD Utilities
Win2K's and NT 4.0's emergency repair features go only so far. Check out Aelita's ERDisk and Raxco's RepairDisk Manager.
 — Tom Iwanski

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[Lab Feature]

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Win2K Network Load Balancing
Win2K's Network Load Balancing feature lets you distribute an application's workload among your servers.
 — John Green

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[Windows 2000 Pro]

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Sneak a Peek at Whistler
Whistler, the follow-up OS to Win2K, holds promise for users.
 — John D. Ruley

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[Exchange & Outlook Troubleshooter]

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Exchange 2000 Server's Instant Messaging
Exchange 2000 Server's Instant Messaging offers instant gratification for users who want to communicate in realtime.
 — Tony Redmond

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[Best Practices for Exchange]

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Serving up Internet Mail Connections
Learn the first steps in configuring your Exchange Server systems to communicate across the Internet.
 — Paul Robichaux

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[Remote Possibilities]

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PathPing: Traceroute on Steroids
Pump up your IP diagnostic capabilities using Win2K's PathPing utility.
 — Sean Daily