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361) Migrating Windows NT Server 4.0 Domains to Windows Server 2003 Active Directory3: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Migration; 309 KB Microsoft Word file
362) Microsoft Windows Clustering: Storage Area Networks: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network; 655 KB Microsoft Word file - This document describes what storage area networks (SAN) are, how server clusters can be deployed in a SAN, and how the Windows platform, and Windows clustering in particular, take advantage of SAN technology.
363) Maximizing Availability on the Windows Server 2003 Platform: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous; 207 KB Microsoft Word file - This article examines the five components of the Microsoft strategy for helping customers maximize solution availability with Windows Server 2003. The strategy encompasses verifying operating system reliability during the Windows engineering process, understanding the causes of downtime, deploying new features and product enhancements that reduce downtime, providing mission-critical capabilities and services, and delivering prescriptive guidance and best practices.
364) MSDN Webcast: Building Reliable Web Applications on Windows Server 2003: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous; 106 minutes - you will learn how to fully leverage the new reliability and management features in IIS 6.0. We’ll also explore IIS 5.0 compatibility mode and configure a poorly behaved unmanaged C++ ISAPI web application to automatically recycle to maintain availability while it is rewritten in managed code. We’ll learn how to programmatically modify the XML Metabase or recover the Metabase, in the event that it becomes corrupted. Finally, you’ll see how you can increase the reliability and uptime of your web server by replacing complex ISAPIs with much more maintainable ASP.NET Web applications. We’ll rewrite an application as a managed ASP.NET application and obsolete the unreliable program.
365) MSDN Webcast: UDDI on Windows Server 2003: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 1; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous; 86 minutes - In this intermediate session, you will learn how UDDI is used as a directory and discovery service for XML Web Services. We’ll dig into how XML web services can be published and located through both the UDDI Web interface, and through the UDDI API in Windows Server 2003. We’ll explore some more advanced features of UDDI by registering multiple physical access points for a single logical web service. This session will teach you how to write a managed WinForms client application and programmatically query UDDI for a list of registered services. When the primary web service fails, our client will automatically recover and select a backup service with UDDI.
366) MSDN Webcast: Using Authorization Manager on Windows Server 2003: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security; 83 mins - In this advanced session, we will learn how to leverage the Authorization Manager API that’s built into Windows Server 2003 to control access to resources and limit the tasks that a user can perform. We’ll write code to perform dynamic access checks on specific tasks. We’ll compare and contrast controlling authorization via a custom-built SQL scheme and using the Active Directory and Authorization Manager in Windows Server 2003. Finally, we’ll explore how roles can be inherited and integrate auditing.
367) MSDN Webcast: What's in Windows Server 2003 for Developers: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous; 92 minutes - This overview session will introduce you to the new developer features of the server and provide you with an overview of what they can do for you and your organization. Topics covered include UDDI, COM+ 1.5, MSMQ 3.0, enhancements in IIS 6.0, and Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM). We will also touch on the Windows Server 2003 architecture, including increased performance and scalability, along with a glimpse of the new security enhancements.
368) MSDN Webcast: Windows Server 2003 Internet Explorer Security Setting Functionality: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security; 36 minutes - look at the changes made to Internet Explorer in Windows Server 2003 and how these changes will affect the ISV or developer when developing applications. This short webcast will cover the background of why the default settings for Internet Explorer will be set at the highest level of security, how the user's experience will be affected and what an ISV or developer can do to ensure their customer has a productive experience on Windows Server 2003.
369) Moving Windows NT Server 4.0 and Windows 2000 Applications to Windows Server 2003: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Applications; 202 KB Microsoft Word file - explains how to plan a migration strategy, and it describes how you can use various utilities and technical resources to deploy Windows Server 2003 as an application server and Web server, while minimizing disruption and additional investment.
370) NetWare to Windows Server 2003 Migration Planning Guide: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Migration; 5236 KB Microsoft Word file - This guide is intended for customers planning to migrate all or part of their Novell NetWare environment to the Windows Server 2003 operating system and Active Directory® directory service. Using the utilities included in the Microsoft Windows® Services for NetWare product, you can facilitate directory management and improve data availability by establishing directory interoperability. Best practices for planning and preparing for a migration are discussed and detailed step-by-step instructions for both staged and direct migrations are provided.
371) Quorums in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Clusters: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.7; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network; 395 KB Microsoft Word file - This document provides a basic explanation of the two types of quorums available in Microsoft Windows server clusters.
372) Introduction to Shadow Copies of Shared Folders: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous; 243 K Word doc - Shadow Copies of Shared Folders helps alleviate data loss by creating shadow copies of files or folders that are stored on network file shares at predetermined time intervals. A shadow copy is essentially a previous version of the file or folder at a specific point in time.
373) Introduction to Windows Server 2003 Active Directory in Application Mode: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Active Directory; 368 KB Microsoft Word file : white paper introduces a new capability in the Microsoft Active Directory service: Active Directory in Application Mode (AD/AM).
374) Inside IIS 6.0 and Windows Server 2003: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous; 78 minutes - you will learn how to fully leverage the new reliability and management features in IIS 6.0. We’ll also explore IIS 5.0 compatibility mode and configure a poorly behaved unmanaged C++ ISAPI web application to automatically recycle to maintain availability while it is rewritten in managed code. We’ll learn how to programmatically modify the XML Metabase or recover the Metabase, in the event that it becomes corrupted. Finally, you’ll see how you can increase the reliability and uptime of your web server by replacing complex ISAPIs with much more maintainable ASP.NET Web applications. We’ll rewrite an application as a managed ASP.NET application and obsolete the unreliable program.
375) Improving Availability and Reliability with Microsoft Reliability Service: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous; 135 KB Microsoft Word file - This white paper introduces the Microsoft® Reliability Service (MRS), a Web–based service that gives customers the ability to track and improve the availability of their operating system and major applications. With MRS, customers can identify causes for unplanned downtime and take preemptive actions to decrease downtime in the future. This paper describes how MRS gathers information about servers to create reliability reports that customers can use to determine whether they are meeting their availability objectives.
376) Geographically Dispersed Clusters in Windows Server 2003: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network; 201 KB Microsoft Word file - This paper discusses multi-site network load balancing and server cluster configurations, along with how to deploy geographically dispersed clusters. Also covered are key server cluster features in Windows Server 2003.
377) Change Management During Deployment: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous; 206 KB Microsoft Word file - This white paper outlines some of the many ways Windows Server 2003 and the .NET Framework make it easy for administrators to deploy updates to managed applications securely and efficiently. It describes the sophisticated change management, versioning, and deployment features that offer increased efficiency, reliability, and time savings.
378) Building in Security for Applications in Windows Server 2003: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 1; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Applications; 388 KB Microsoft Word file - This white paper outlines how the flexible, out-of-the-box security technologies in Windows Server 2003 and the .NET Framework can help prevent malicious code from breaching a corporate firewall. It also offers suggestions for making programs of all kinds more secure and easier to manage.
379) Developing High-performance Applications with Windows Server 2003: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Applications; 746 KB Microsoft Word file - white paper outlines the guidelines and best practices for developing efficient, scalable, and high-performance applications using Windows Server 2003 and the .NET Framework.
380) Domain Rename Tools: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network; link to download tools and 401K word document "Understanding How Domain Rename Works"
381) Windows Server 2003 Application Reliability: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Applications; 278 KB Microsoft Word file - discusses the ways in which Windows Server 2003 is enhanced to promote maximum reliability and around-the-clock availability. It outlines the features that allow administrators to proactively manage processes to prevent server downtime. It describes failover services and clustering technologies that help maximize uptime, along with network load balancing and Server Cluster, which combine to insulate an IT infrastructure from application and service failures.
382) Windows Server 2003 Server Cluster Architecture: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network; 747 KB Microsoft Word file - This white paper focuses on the architecture and features of server clusters and covers terminology, concepts, design goals, key components, and planned future directions.
383) Upgrading from Windows 2000 Server to Windows Server 2003: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Migration; 243 KB Microsoft Word file - This white paper provides an overview of the upgrade process and outlines some of the basic decisions to consider—whether you are upgrading an existing system, performing a new installation, or carrying out a migration.
384) Upgrading from Windows NT Server 4.0 to Windows Server 2003: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Migration; 288 KB Microsoft Word file - white paper describes how any organization currently running Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 can benefit from upgrading to the Windows Server 2003 family of operating systems. Included in this document is an overview of the upgrade process as well as information on some of the basic decisions you will need to make during the process—whether you are upgrading an existing system, or performing a new installation.
385) Simplifying Infrastructure Complexity with Windows Distributed File System: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network; 474 K Word doc - With DFS, administrators can create simplified views of folders and files, that is, a virtual organization called a namespace, regardless of where those files physically reside in a network.
386) TechNet Webcast: Access in Exchange Server 2003 from your Mobile Device, Anywhere, Anytime: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network; 101 minutes : This session will include a brief overview of wireless technologies, which enable mobile device access. Learn about this new functionality including always-up-to-date sync to the upcoming Microsoft Mobile Devices.
387) TechNet Webcast: Best Practices for Planning Your Migration to Microsoft Exchange 2003: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Migration; 101 minutes
388) TechNet Webcast: Best Practices for Planning Your Migration to Microsoft Exchange 2003: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Active Directory; 96:46 minutes - diagnosing and troubleshooting replication, locating Active Directory database files, backing up and recovering system state data, and seizing flexible single master operation (FSMO) roles
389) TechNet Webcast: Designing and creating an Indestructible Windows Server 2003 Networking Environment: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network; 91 mins - This session will address the strategies used by organizations around the world to create truly non-stop network environments that use technologies available today to operate 24x7x365. Covered in this session is everything from basic system maintenance practices that will help you tune and optimize your Windows environment to maintain a more reliable environment to fault tolerance technologies such as Network Load Balance, Component Load Balance (AppCenter), and Active/Active Clustering that provide advanced failover technologies. Also covered in this session will be discussions around new technologies built-in to Windows Server 2003 such as Volume Shadowcopy Services, DFS mirroring, ASR, hotswap PCI / RAM, and others.
390) TechNet Webcast: Enterprise Reporting using Crystal Enterprise 9 and Windows Server 2003: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Admin; 82 minutes - you will see how Crystal Enterprise 9 can provide enterprise reporting, analysis and information delivery your organization is looking for. Optimized for enterprise reliability and scalability running on Windows Server 2003, Crystal Enterprise 9 can provide employees across the enterprise with immediate and secure access to up-to-date information. Crystal Decisions solutions enable you to leverage your investments in strategic information systems such as ERP, CRM or data warehousing and maximize your ROI. This seminar will help you understand the benefits of enterprise reporting