Its a slow news day today, but its also the day Redmond Magazine releases their December issue. This month, they're calling it "The List Issue". Editor Lafe Low (who's a dang fine person and an excellent skiier) puts together a humorous list of the best, worst, and most unusual in IT. For a chuckle and a grin, go check it out:

http://redmondmag.com/features/article.asp?editorialsid=2385

Also in this month's issue is my Windows Insider column on fine-grained password policies. If you've hated Server 2003's restrictions on one-policy-per-domain, you'll dig this new feature in Server 2008. The only problem is that its a pain to set up. I'll show you how at:

http://redmondmag.com/columns/article.asp?editorialsid=2390

Lastly, if you haven't surfed over to MCPMag.com in a while, you might check out a recent piece I wrote for editor Mike Domingo (who's another dang fine person and an excellent biker) on the missing GPMC scripts with Windows Vista. They're baaaaack!

http://mcpmag.com/columns/article.asp?EditorialsID=2375