Category: Microsoft Technet

November 2012Moving to a cloud infrastructure has myriad benefits, but will only proceed smoothly with proper planning and prioritizing.

November 2012Several updates to Windows Azure can help you move your organization’s data and applications to the cloud.

November 2012Assigning the build number of the Windows release version is a chance for management to do something cute.

November 2012The new release of Microsoft Exchange Server has a host of enhancements, mostly focused on architecture, flexibility and integration.

November 2012With the release of Windows 8, major changes come to the world of Windows. What are your plans regarding the new OS?

November 2012These two suites of tools help you monitor and maintain the TCP ports in use on your system and keep your system clean after deleting applications.

November 2012Processes like backup and restore and consistency checking can cause some unexpected behaviors, but they do make sense.

November 2012Microsoft has redesigned the new Windows 8 Task Manager to accommodate both power users and more casual users.

December 2008This column delves into the potentials of aligning IT and marketing.

December 2008How do you give your Mac users the rights they need on an as-needed basis and improve security at the same time? Surprisingly, by enabling the root account. Find out how.

December 2008How do you give your Mac users the rights they need on an as-needed basis and improve security at the same time? Surprisingly, by enabling the root account. Find out how.

December 2008See how the Change Analysis Diagnostic tool can help users discover system changes on their computers (from updates, new software, and changed hardware) and resolve problems they may encounter due to these changes.

December 2008Paul Randal answers your questions about SQL Server. In this installment, Paul discusses the row-overflow feature, database mirroring and automatic failovers, backup strategies, and managing workloads and memory for failover scenarios.

December 2008It’s been about 8 years since “The 10 Immutable Laws of Security” were first published, and a lot has changed since then. In part three of this series, Jesper Johansson wraps up his analysis of the immutable laws to see if they still hold …

December 2008It’s been about 8 years since “The 10 Immutable Laws of Security” were first published, and a lot has changed since then. In part three of this series, Jesper Johansson wraps up his analysis of the immutable laws to see if they still hold …

December 2008It’s been about 8 years since “The 10 Immutable Laws of Security” were first published, and a lot has changed since then. In part three of this series, Jesper Johansson wraps up his analysis of the immutable laws to see if they still hold …

December 2008Greg Steen looks at managing your environment with Desktop Authority, checking site links with Xenu Link Sleuth, and managing partitions with GParted Live. Greg also discusses the book “How to Cheat at Administering Office Communications…

December 2008Following up on the November installment of his Windows PowerShell column, Don Jones demonstrates an even better inventorying tool and demonstrates a sound process for building your own custom Windows PowerShell functions.

December 2008Letters: Readers Speak Out

December 2008This column describes what’s new in version 2 of SyncToy, a utility that helps you keep your files in sync across computers and external drives.