Microsoft (R) BackOffice (R) News - 1999, Issue 36

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PRODUCT OFFERS & NEWS
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ANNOUNCING VERSION 2.0 OF THE SITE SERVER 3.0 COMMERCE EDITION RESOURCE KIT
http://www.microsoft.com/siteserver/commerce/DeployAdmin/reskit.asp
The Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition Resource Kit contains technical information and tools designed to help you plan, develop, deploy and manage your e-commerce Web site. Version 2.0 provides access to documents online and includes new tools, methodologies and case studies to help you enhance the performance of your e-commerce site.
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UPDATE PROXY SERVER 2.0 TODAY
http://www.microsoft.com/proxy/default.asp
Important updates for Proxy Server 2.0 are now available for download. The updates include Proxy Server 2.0 Service Pack 1, which aggregates all updates and enhancements that have been made to Proxy Server 2.0; Proxy Server 2.0 Windows(r) 2000 Update Wizard, which enables customers to run Proxy Server 2.0 on Windows 2000 servers; and a 90-day trial version of Proxy Server 2.0.
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SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT SERVER 2.0 SERVICE PACK 1 AVAILABLE
http://support.microsoft.com/download/support/mslfiles/smsreadme.htm
This service pack is designed to address specific customer suggestions and to ensure compatibility with Windows 2000 Beta 3. Service Pack 1 can be downloaded from
http://www.microsoft.com/smsmgmt/downloads/sms20sp1.asp
or ordered online or by calling 1-800-370-8758.
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SECURE COMPUTING OFFERS TRIAL VERSION OF SMARTFILTER FOR PROXY SERVER 2.0
http://www.microsoft.com/proxy/showcase/3news.asp
Proxy Server 2.0 users can now download a 250-user version of SmartFilter, the URL filtering and Internet usage management software from Secure Computing. The 90-day trial offer is available to Proxy Server 2.0 users until October 31, 1999.
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WINNERS OF INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS AWARDS ANNOUNCED
http://www.microsoft.com/industry/km/developers/announcements/kmisa-home.stm
Microsoft has announced the Winners of the 1999 Industry Solutions Awards for Knowledge Management and Business Intelligence/Data Warehousing. Winners and finalists were selected by an independent panel of judges, who scored entries based on their use of the Microsoft Windows NT(r) Server operating system and the BackOffice family of products to provide tangible business benefits for knowledge management and business intelligence/data warehousing.
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LEARN WHAT SMALL BUSINESS SERVER TOOLS CAN DO FOR YOU WITH SAMPLE TOOL
http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusinessserver/deployadmin/reskit.htm
The Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server 4.5 Resource Kit is a valuable aid for system administrators. It covers topics like planning and deployment, administration and maintenance and performance tuning. You can sample one of the tools that comes with the Resource Kit for free by downloading the Batch User Add Tool, which streamlines setup by adding multiple users to Small Business Server 4.5 simultaneously, rather than one at a time.
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SITE SERVER SAMPLE SITE NOW LIVE
http://www.microsoft.com/siteserver/commerce/DeployAdmin/VolcanoCoffee.htm
The original Volcano Coffee sample site that ships with Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition contains examples of shopper registration; price, cross-sell, and up-sell promotions; search; buy-now; navigation buttons; and manager pages. Now you can download two new versions of the Volcano Coffee sample site that provide enhanced performance: VC-Turbo and VC-Rocket. 
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EVENTS, SEMINARS & TRAINING
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TRY A FREE MICROSOFT OFFICIAL CURRICULUM SELF-PACED COURSE
http://www.microsoft.com/train_cert/moc
Microsoft announces eight free self-paced Microsoft Official Curriculum courses available through the new Microsoft.com download center at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads.
To download a free MOC HTML-based, self-paced training course from this site, click on keyword search and type in the keyword "training". Select the Windows 2000 platform, and you'll find the list of available training courses.
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NEW MICROSOFT OFFICIAL CURRICULUM FOR WINDOWS 2000 AND EXCHANGE SERVER 5.5
http://www.microsoft.com/train_cert/moc
A new instructor-led, hands-on course, 1618(A), "Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Series--Managing the Exchange Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) Database", is available from Microsoft. Training is available through any of the 1,900 Microsoft Certified Technical Education Centers worldwide. Get the latest Microsoft Official Curriculum information by visiting the link above and to find a training center near you.
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CASE STUDIES & OTHER RESOURCES
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BUILDING KNOWLEDGE-MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS USING BACKOFFICE WITH OFFICE 2000
http://www.microsoft.com/backofficeserver/bizsol/offboguide.htm
This new guide describes how businesses can use the BackOffice family and Office 2000 to build knowledge-management solutions for tracking, publishing, project collaboration and corporate information analysis.
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TIPS & TRICKS
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EXCHANGE SERVER UPDATE TIP OF THE WEEK
This Exchange tip is brought to you by Exchange Server Update, the free e-mail newsletter from Exchange Administrator that delivers timely Exchange tips and new product information once a week--right to your desktop. To subscribe, go to:
http://www.winntmag.com/sub.cfm?code=ue99inxbon

RUNNING TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF EXCHANGE
An Exchange Server Update reader describes how he has two Exchange Server systems joined to the same site in two different locations. One is running Exchange Server 5.5 and the other is running Exchange Server 5.0. The servers are joined by one Internet Mail Connector on the Exchange Server 5.0 system. He received an error message on the Exchange Server 5.0 after he installed the Exchange Server 5.5 saying: There was an error connecting to the SMTP extension While formatting Nt error 87 error 182 was noted Nt id : 0xc00200b6

The problem occurred because two different versions of Exchange Server are functioning together. The solution is to copy the mfc42.dll file from the Exchange Server 5.5 CD-ROM to the winnt\system32 directory of the Exchange Server 5.0 system.
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INSIDE OFFICE 2000 TIP OF THE WEEK
Brought to you by Inside Office 2000, a monthly publication of ZD Journals. For a free issue, go to
https://secure.zdjournals.com/o2k/cbvyeu.htm

ADD LEADING ZEROS TO NUMERIC STRINGS IN ACCESS 2000
Sometimes you need to convert a number to a string with a fixed number of leading zeros. For example, you might need to change the number 55030 to 0055030. Chances are the formula you use to do this is much more complex than it needs to be. This is especially likely if the number of characters in the original number varies. Fortunately, there's a simple technique you can use to accomplish this task. Just add the original number to the number 1, followed by a zero for as many characters needed, and then extract the number of characters needed from the right of the result. For instance, to create our previous example, we need a string that's seven characters. The formula to get the desired answer is Right([original_number] + 10000000; 7)
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