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TABLE OF CONTENTS
November 2004, Vol. 4, No. 11

Achieve 99.999% Uptime
by Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
Use Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition, to obtain the highest levels of availability and performance from your data center.

Stress-Test Your Web Site With WCAT
by Keyur Shah
WCAT generates hard performance numbers that help you visualize exactly where performance bottlenecks reside.

Bonus Article!
How to Explain SOA to Your CIO
by Linda L. Briggs
SOAs will help change how business and IT work together. It will take time, though. Meanwhile, here's what you want your CIO to know so that your company can move in the right direction.

COLUMNS  
Trends & Analysis
Database Management System Market Dynamics

by Peter O'Kelly
Learn why DBMSs have a resurgent and expanding role in the broader application platform landscape.

Windows Tips & Tricks
Simplify User Administration With Template Accounts

by Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
Template accounts ensure that standards are maintained in your directory.

Ask the Exchange Pros
Debugging Distribution Lists

by Ben Schorr and Jim McBee
Creating a global catalog server to enumerate mail-enabled group membership isn't easy after the fact.

DEPARTMENTS  
Editor's Note
by Mark Cappel

Guest Opinion
by Chris Lim

ONLINE EXCLUSIVES  
FTPOnline Blogs
Check out the FTPOnline blog page to get insights from Patrick Meader, Windows Server System Magazine's editor in chief; Mark Cappel, WSSM's executive editor; and other FTP editors sounding off on IT and development issues.

There Oughtta Be a Law
The success of Operation Web Snare is due not only to the federal watchdogs' vigilant eye, but also to the business community, which paid for it, says Java Pro Editor Kay Keppler in a recent blog post.

MORE ONLINE EXCLUSIVES  
Video: Microsoft's Mendlen on Service Orientation
Web services is one of the core technologies impacting development of SOAs. Microsoft's Dave Mendlen explains how Microsoft views service orientation and how you can get started with it.

Video: Panelists Discuss Yukon Pros & Cons
Panelists consider Yukon's features and answer questions about the importance of a fully programmable database, Yukon Service Broker in comparison to Indigo, and more.

Video: Best Practices for SOA
Microsoft's John deVadoss explores SOA design challenges and best practices you can use when building your own service-oriented architectures.

View Back Issues of WSSM
Discover the riches of Windows Server System Magazine archives dating back to 2001, plus the publication's precursors, Exchange & Outlook and .NET Magazine.

98 Articles About Security
This collection of articles covers tools and techniques that help you secure your corporate data, encode authentication information, protect against viruses, and more.

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