Category: Microsoft Technet

January 2010Microsoft Deployment Toolkit: Using MDT and Single Instance Storage

January 2010In this installment of SQL Q&A we take a look at some database recovery tips, database shrinkage advice, and discuss DBCC CHECKDB usage.

January 2010From the Editor: Choose Your Upgrade

January 2010PowerShell is favorite admin option for many IT pros, and PowerShell v2 makes it even more useful by bring PowerShell scripting to Active Directory.

January 2010Kerberos is one of the more popular authentication options in the enterprise. Read this article to see how to get the most out of Kerberos in a SharePoint environment.

January 2010Kerberos is one of the more popular authentication options in the enterprise. Read this article to see how to get the most out of Kerberos in a SharePoint environment.

January 2010Data Protection Manager offers powerful new ways to manage your legacy tape storage and backup systems. Read on to find out how.

January 2010Microsoft’s newest security product provides a simple, straightforward security solution that could be ideal for small businesses and home office PCs.

January 2010Combining SQL Server Reporting Services with System Center Configuration Manager creates a flexible and powerful reporting solution.

January 2010Get the most out of those branch offices with BranchCache, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2.

December 2009Editor’s Note: Editor’s Note

December 2009Microsoft’s latest Exchange features enable new levels of reliability, better performance, simplified administration, improved protection of communications and greater business mobility for users. Get the lowdown on what’s so great in …

December 2009Microsoft created junctions to provide compatibility with applications that hard-coded paths to various well-known file-system locations, but junctions don’t work as you might expect.

December 2009Working with regular expressions can provide great value, but be like solving a puzzle. Read this article for an example of a real-life, practical application of regular expressions and discover a trick for using them.

December 2009Greg Steen discusses how to wipe disks clean with Eraser, streamline backups with SQL Backup Pro and map out projects and ideas with MindManager.

December 2009Arguably the crown jewels of the Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 releases, get the inside skinny on the benefits and drawbacks of BranchCache and DirectAccess. Also included: a guide to implementing these new features.

December 2009Acclaimed author William Stanek takes you on a whirlwind tour of the high-availability features of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. You’ll find out how to make the mailboxes you control and the data they contain safer and more flexible be…

December 2009A monolithic approach to deployment just isn’t practical anymore. What’s needed is a layered approach that lets you easily deploy your Windows desktops, one with a single Windows image as its core. By Greg Shields.

December 2009Keeping track of all the security settings and updates on the PCs in your organization can be a full time job, but the free Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer helps you evaluate your security state to make sure your systems are properly …

November 2009Learn about free and low-cost tools that can help you more easily compare and manage files, obtain information on IP addresses and restore accidentally deleted Active Directory objects.