This chapter describes how to create and use custom tags utilizing the new SimpleTag API....   Read Article.

Steven Holzner examine two central topics in Visio: connectors and text....   Read Article.

This chapter provides the context for the use of Microsoft Project within the domain of project management....   Read Article.

Learn the basics of Expression Design, including installation and document page structure....   Read Article.

Internet consultant A. Lizard say yes, you need a good Linux antivirus program, and he shows you how to install ClamAV in a Debian environment....   Read Article.

This sample chapter introduces the activity automaton, which describes the lifecycle of any activity in a WF program instance. It describes the service-chaining capabilities of the WF runtime, as well as the use of bookmarks (and associated WF program queues) as a mechanism by which activities can receive stimulus from external entities....   Read Article.

SQL Server Management Studio is a rich and comprehensive tool that enables many management and administration scenarios. This sample chapter provides some tips and tricks for using the tool, straight from the Microsoft team that created it....   Read Article.

As with previous releases of the software, SQL Server 2005 enables you to replicate code modules. Baya Pavliashvili gives you an overview of replicating code modules and explains when it is beneficial to do so....   Read Article.

Replication Monitor is a fine monitoring and troubleshooting tool included with SQL Server 2005. In this hands-on article, Baya Pavliashvili discusses ways in which the replication monitoring tools have improved significantly with SQL Server 2005, as compared with previous releases....   Read Article.

Baya Pavliashvili walks us through the use of the SQL Server 2005 wizards and scripts for setting up transactional replication and points out some of the cool new features of the latest version....   Read Article.

Computer systems that don't provide enough working time are worthless at best and disastrous at worst. But the fine distinction between "available enough" and "99.999% available" can end up hitting the bottom line pretty severely. Rick Cook explains the major options for designing a system with an appropriate amount of uptime....   Read Article.

In this chapter, you will examine a targeted approach for data distribution. Using Notification Services, you can trigger specific datagrams to users based on conditions in your database, from notifying someone that a stock price has changed to alerting that a machine has just gone offline....   Read Article.

Hypervisor virtualization has broken out of the software development community and is rapidly becoming part of the mainstream for Windows installations. Rick Cook talks about who's hot and who's not quite there yet....   Read Article.

Install. Reinstall. Uninstall. Administrators spend a lot of time on repetitive tasks to keep users' desktops running. If you have more than a few desktop (or smaller) machines, Rick Cook explains how your business can benefit from a desktop management system that automates these tasks....   Read Article.

Your Windows administrator may spend (waste?) a lot of time setting up users with passwords and access permissions (and redoing it when a user forgets his password). Provisioning systems can help by automating the process, but you're still stuck herding cats: figuring out who should grant permissions for what and making it all work. Rick Cook discusses...   Read Article.

As if your computer didn't give you enough cause for concern, now there's rootkits, nasty programs designed to hide away on your system and conceal software that takes control invisibly. Rick Cook explains what you need to know about these electronic cockroaches, how to find them, and what to do when you discover that you've been infested....   Read Article.

In this article, Kulvir Bhogal will introduce you to RealVNC, an implementation of VNC available for free under the GNU General Public License. After reading this article, you'll be set up to use VNC to control your computer from afar....   Read Article.

You don't need an expensive machine running Windows 2003 Server to print documents away from home. Let Kulvir Bhogal show you how to set up Windows XP as a VPN server and you'll be printing remotely in no time!...   Read Article.

Let's face it: wires create clutter and nobody wants to stay tethered to the wall. Cordless phones were just the beginning. Find out how to set up a wireless internet connection for your Windows XP laptop in this chapter....   Read Article.

This fifth article in a six-part series on security issues by Robert Williams examines network services-related security issues....   Read Article.