Category: Microsoft Technet

March 2009Don Jones kicks off a four part series that will look at how you can use Windows PowerShell to create a real-world user provisioning script.

March 2009Greg Steen discusses tweaking your system with TuneUp Utilities, auditing system configurations with SysCompare Pro, and fixing configuration errors with HijackThis. He also looks at the Microsoft Press book “Configuration Manager 2007 Admini…

March 2009It’s not enough to simply wait for security problems to surface and then try to eliminate them. Wes Miller explains how real security involves proactively seeking out the root causes of vulnerabilities and fixing them.

March 2009Should you deploy CCR-based mailbox servers in a multi-subnet environment? Can you determine the maximum latency for Outlook clients running in cached mode? Get answers to these Exchange Server questions and more.

March 2009Find out how establishing a system for listening to both internal and external customers can help your IT department become a more vital part of the larger business structure.

March 2009Discover how you can use the free VMC to Hyper-V Import tool to import and then modify VMC files, easing the process of migrating older virtual machines to Hyper-V.

March 2009Raymond Chen looks at the evolution of the Alt+Tab hotkey and how the Alt+Esc hotkey has remained unscathed.

February 2009While new technologies and media can facilitiate the speed and breadth of content, it does not impact impact the meaning or the message.

February 2009Have you ever noticed that the cursor blinks when you take a screen capture? Raymond Chen explains why.

February 2009This installment clears up some confusion over Active Directory Browser, ADSI Scriptomatic, and browsing Active Directory. And in doing so, the Scripting Guy creates a Windows PowerShell script that will allow you to browse the Active Dir…

February 2009What does change really mean in the world of IT? Romi Mahajan discusses three theories of change, offering a historical perspective on how IT has evolved and what we can expect to experience in the near future.

February 2009Learn how to use the Malware Inspection feature of the Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway to mitigate threats at your perimeter.

February 2009A good business intelligence strategy can both streamline business processes and boost productivity and profit. And rolling out a solution with tools that you already have may be easier than you think. Find out how you can integrate Micros…

February 2009A good business intelligence strategy can both streamline business processes and boost productivity and profit. And rolling out a solution with tools that you already have may be easier than you think. Find out how you can integrate Micros…

February 2009In the world of IT publications, the needs of the jack-of-all-trades IT professionals tend to be neglected. Do you work in a small environment where you are responsible for managing everything from network routing to changing toner cartrid…

February 2009In the world of IT publications, the needs of the jack-of-all-trades IT professionals tend to be neglected. Do you work in a small environment where you are responsible for managing everything from network routing to changing toner cartrid…

February 2009Logging and recovery are critical parts of SQL Server, but they are often poorly understood. Paul Randal gives an overview of how the logging and recovery features work in SQL Server and explains the transaction log and recovery models to …

February 2009In the past few installments of the Windows PowerShell column, Don Jones has been demonstrating how to develop a Windows PowerShell-based inventory tool. In this installment, Don brings it all together into a very powerful, full-featured …

February 2009CRM is not just a sales and marketing management tool. Microsoft Dynamics CRM is a scalable, enterprise-class system that when appropriately configured and deployed can handle small teams, enterprise-wide solutions and everything in betwee…