The LA Fox Developer Newsletter

March 1999

Microsoft Tidbits

From the MICROSOFT DIRECT ACCESS

NEWSLETTER - March 10, 1999

1— Keeping Safe, Sound, and Secure with Microsoft

Windows NT 4.0

Discussing security with your clients and helping them plan

secure systems are valuable opportunities to gain credibility—

and grow your service revenues at the same time. Windows NT

Server 4.0 relies on a comprehensive set of security features

that ensures only authorized users and applications can access

system resources. It offers three different avenues to regulate

access to your system and the information in it: guest account,

share level permissions, and file level permissions. And Win-

dows NT Server 4.0 provides everything you need to build a

secure system right in the box. Find out more about keeping

your customers’ information secure at:

http://www.microsoft.com/directaccess/rdr/0310/feature.htm

2—The Details of Y2K: Finding Minor Issues Before They

Become Major Headaches

It’s easy to make assumptions about Y2K compliance or date

usage of an item without carefully verifying them first. Finding

the truth requires creative thinking and the willingness to dig

deeply enough to find out how an application or piece of equip-

ment actually operates. But the payoff is catching those little

issues now that could cause major disruptions later—a service

your clients will remember. Read about the surprising results

some companies got when they tested their supposedly

compliant systems, and the techniques you can use to nip

future problems in the bud.

http://www.microsoft.com/directaccess/rdr/0310/y2karticl.htm

3— New Licensing Options for Your Terminal Server

Customers (US Only)

Now you can offer your clients new licensing and packaging

options to facilitate the variety of scenarios in which they use

Microsoft Windows NT Server, Terminal Server Edition. Check

out this bulletin that describes specific SKU options, offers

timelines for customers to acquire the new products, and points

to charts that help you choose the required licenses.

http://www.microsoft.com/directaccess/rdr/O31O/eomap.htm

4— Piracy Bust Reveals Over 32,000 Stolen Copies of

Microsoft Office 97 Illegally Sold Worldwide

The owner of a Boston, Massachusetts-based computer store

has pleaded guilty to numerous counts for selling over US$20

million of stolen Microsoft software between 1994 and 1997. The

stolen software consisted mainly of Office 97 Professional

Edition and was sold to CD-ROM resellers in California and

England. Two other men, who supplied the stolen goods, have

also pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing, according to

U.S. Attorney Donald Stern. Find out how to prevent piracy and

what to do if you suspect it in your area, at:

http://www.miccrosoft.com/directaccess/rdr/0310/piracy.htm

5— Microsoft Direct Access (MSDA) Local Briefings: Locate

and Register for One Near You Today!

The MSDA Local Briefings are your key resource for making the

most of the latest Microsoft products. Learn how to offer your

customers new services and options that will increase your

income and make your clients’ businesses bigger, faster,

stronger and better then ever before! This quarter’s topics

include (may vary with location):

- Deploying Office 2000

- How to Build Collaboration Solutions with Office 2000

- Building Better Databases with Office 2000

- Remote Management of Windows NT Server 4.0 and Small

Business Server 4.5

-Tuning Windows NT Server4.0 with Service Pack 4(for

Reliability and Performance)

- Installing and Deploying Small Business Server 4.5

- Integrating Wndows NT Server Into a Novell Environment

- How to Sell Against NetWare

Register now and receive the Microsoft Direct Access Quarterly

Update Kit FREE’ The kit is full of how-to, technical, and

product information; Direct Access Quarterly Update Sales CD

including sales, marketing, and technical resources about key

Microsoft business products; Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service

Pack 4 CD; and the Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 IT Essen-

tials CD Kit, including a 120-day evaluation copy of Exchange

Server 5.5. (Offer good in North America Only)

To locate exact agendas and register for an event near you, go

to:

http://www.microsoft.com/directaccess/rdrIO31O/events.htm

Microsoft Direct Access Online Technical Support

Your one-stop shop for Community and Technical Support

Newsgroups staffed around the clock by Microsoft Support

Engineers, and access to over 150,000 articles, troubleshoot-

ers, frequently asked questions and white papers via our

ServiceDesk! All are viewable in NNTP or HTML formats.

Technical Support and Community Newsgroups

http://www.microsoft.com/directaccess/rdr/O310/

newsgroups.htm

The Microsoft Direct Access ServiceDesk

http://www.microsoft.com/directaccess/rdr/0310/support.htm

Out and About (Con’t from page 6)

Premium member benefits. So those of you who became

Premium members need to get in touch with me so that I can

get the past-articles ZIP to you. I need to know the file sizes

you’re allowed to receive and where I should send them. E-Mail

me at brlee@mesllc.com.

“Last night I played a blank tape at full blast. The mime next

door went nuts.”

“Whatever happened to preparations A through G?”

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