• Profile and Folder Redirection In Windows Server 2003 1 March 2005 Brien M. Posey

    Assigning roaming profiles to users can greatly reduce your day to day workload. However, implementing roaming profiles can become a nightmare unless you know how to avoid the performance problems associated with them. In this article I will discuss the advantages and the common pitfalls associated with roaming profiles.

  • Overview of Terminal Services 24 Feb. 2005 Mitch Tulloch

    This article presents a high-level overview of Terminal Services technologies on Microsoft Windows platforms. Topics covered include a brief history of Terminal Services, its usefulness in enterprise environments, solutions from Microsoft and Citrix, and some special challenges for deploying and using Terminal Services.

  • Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and Its Functions 22 Feb. 2005 Ricky M. Magalhaes

    This article will cover a quite illusive protocol known as the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), employed by the Real Time Communications (RTC) Server is a Microsoft approach in providing instant messaging (IM) and videoconferencing on both a business and informal level. In order to understand the workings of the RTC Server it is necessary to acquire knowledge of the Server’s functionality. This incorporates understanding basic concepts of the SIP components. This protocol is typically used in applications like MSN and other types of session oriented applications that require interaction.

  • Deploy Windows Server 2003: Considerations for Planning Network Bandwidth 17 Feb. 2005 Robert J. Shimonski

    Site links are a critical part of building Networked Windows Networks – How do Domain Controllers speak to each other without having synchronization problems? Network bandwidth being over utilized can play havoc with your network, at the same time affecting your Windows Server 2003 systems by creating errors in your logs seen in the Directory Services Log in the Event Viewer on our Domain Controller (DC). In this article we discuss things to consider when planning and designing site links.

  • Planning Trust Relationships in a Windows Server 2003 Environment 15 Feb. 2005 Brien M. Posey

    In a Windows 2000 or Windows 2003 based forest, every domain automatically trusts all of the other domains in the entire forest. However, there are situations in which this automatic trust relationship constitutes a major security risk. In this article, I will explain what some of these situations are and how you can create the necessary trust relationships without posing a security risk.

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