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March 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine available online

The March 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online at...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 03/11/2008

Field Notes: Donate Your PC

It used to be the case that donating old PCs was not a cost-effective option, but that’s...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 03/07/2008

The Desktop Files: Dual Booting with Windows XP and Windows PE 2.0

You may already have discovered how Windows PE 2.0 can be used as a recovery tool, generally by...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 03/06/2008

Hey, Scripting Guy!: The Games Are Afoot! Oh, and Some XML, Too

Exactly one year ago, the Microsoft Scripting Guys published a column that explained how you could...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 03/05/2008

IEEE 802.1X Wired Authentication

With the rise in popularity of IEEE 802.1X authentication for IEEE 802.11 wireless networks, network...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 03/04/2008

Windows PowerShell: Shell Permissions

According to Don Jones, author of the TechNet Magazine Windows PowerShell column, File Permissions...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 03/03/2008

Will you be joining me at DEC 2008?

If you'll be attending the Directory Experts Conference (DEC 2008) this coming week in Chicago, be...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 03/02/2008

SQL Q&A: Non-Clustered Indexes and Retaining Permissions

The ever-changing and ever-growing databases you have to manage these days can really keep you on...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 02/29/2008

Plan Your OCS 2007 Voice Deployment

Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 is an enterprise product that integrates real-time...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 02/28/2008

Island Hopping: Mitigating Undesirable Dependencies

Island Hopping is a technique malicious users can utilize to gain access to a network. Basically, a...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 02/27/2008

How Presence Powers OCS 2007

Presence has an important role to play  in unified communications. It allows a user to know...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 02/26/2008

Standardize Data Management with Custom Content Types

The vast number of disparate documents and other content items stored throughout a large...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 02/25/2008

Windows Confidential: Scrapping the Scraps

Remember desktop patterns? (You know, those dizzying repeating patterns, with names like houndstooth...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 02/22/2008

Utility Spotlight: ADMX Migrator

If you use Group Policy, you’re probably familiar with the administrative templates used to...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 02/21/2008

An Introduction to Windows Compute Cluster Server

Rather than relying on large, specialized systems, high performance computing uses clusters of...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 02/19/2008

Building a Powerful Survey Infrastructure

Surveys can provide a fast and inexpensive way to gather data (whether you need to collect feedback...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 02/14/2008

A Smart Approach to Gathering Data in the Enterprise

Data, is a good thing.  It is, after all, the key ingredient to business intelligence. But if...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 02/13/2008

February 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine available online

The February 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online at...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 02/12/2008

The Desktop Files: Shared Computing with Windows SteadyState

You've seen the problem before: A shared computer that has been so used that it really isn't usable...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 02/07/2008

Optimizing Group Policy Performance

Which is better: Fewer, bigger GPOs or a lot of smaller ones?  High-level design decisions like...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 02/06/2008

Inside ADM and ADMX Templates for Group Policy

If you work with Group Policy, you're probably familiar with ADM files.  But how much do you...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 02/04/2008

Windows Confidential: Remind Me Never to Do That Again

In the January issue of TechNet Magazine, Raymond Chen discusses the Automatic Skip Driver, or ASD,...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 02/01/2008

Field Notes: Your Most Important Task of the Day

Eric N. Bush, a Software Development Lead in the Engineering Excellence group at Microsoft, has...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 01/31/2008

Windows PowerShell: Heading Off Malicious Code

Windows PowerShell is, by default, quite secure.  However, by changing the Execution Policy,...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 01/30/2008

Hey, Scripting Guy! There's No Mistaking Regular Expressions

Have regular expressions always seemed too arcane to delve into? If so, you’ll want to delve...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 01/29/2008

Online Services Help Simplify Software Inventory

Software asset management has become essential for every business—not only to manage a significant...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 01/24/2008

Island Hopping: The Infectious Allure of Vendor Swag

You know that USB key you picked up at the last trade show you went to? It just might be the...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 01/23/2008

Better Backups with Data Protection Manager 2007

Microsoft Exchange support was the number-one feature request of users of DPM 2006—and...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 01/22/2008

Dive into Advanced Group Policy Management

A company called DesktopStandard created a very useful tool, named GPOVault, for managing Group...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 01/21/2008

January 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine available online

The January 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online at...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 01/17/2008

The Cable Guy: DNS Enhancements in Windows Server 2008

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical, distributed database that contains mappings of DNS...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 01/17/2008

Real Control with Virtual Machine Manager 2007

Virtualization is becoming an ever-hotter topic as companies look to consolidate resources and cut...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 01/15/2008

Utility Spotlight: Windows Easy Transfer Companion

What’s the biggest chore when migrating your users from their old Windows XP computers to new...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 01/10/2008

Field Notes: The Fungible Future

We live in a world in which the only constant is change, and nothing rivals the changes in consumer...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 01/08/2008

Hey, Scripting Guy! The Return of WinRM

Tune in to the next episode of scripting WinRM—the intriguing new technology that promises to...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 01/07/2008

Track Down Elusive Network Problems

What do you do when your machine can't communicate with other machines, everyone else on the network...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 01/03/2008

Deploying Windows in a Virtual World

Virtualization is an important technology that most every infrastructure should be taking advantage...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 01/02/2008

TechNet Radio: Building a Green Datacenter

Happy New Year everyone! For something a little different to ease you back into the daily grind, I...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 01/02/2008

Running Exchange with Windows Server 2008

Getting ready to run Exchange on Windows Server 2008? The Microsoft Exchange Development team has...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 01/01/2008

Windows Confidential: A Joystick Need Not Be a Microwave

Can your joystick play music or cook a burrito? In the December issue of TechNet Magazine, Raymond...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 12/31/2007

Standby Continuous Replication in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

What’s so great about Standby Continuous Replication? SCR, new in Service Pack 1, means that...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 12/27/2007

Security Watch: Windows Domain Password Policies

Administrators know that there are many constraints when it comes to password policies for domain...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 12/26/2007

THE CABLE GUY: Network Policy Server

Nothing’s more critical to the health of your enterprise than a secure network, and Network...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 12/25/2007

Deploying Unified Messaging with Exchange Server 2007

Unified messaging involves the integration of two disparate systems--your Microsoft Exchange...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 12/24/2007

Utility Spotlight: The Microsoft Security Assessment Tool

Tracking down network security problems can be tricky and time-consuming, but we have a tool that...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 12/20/2007

Windows PowerShell: Digging Deeper

You've undoubtedly heard of Windows PowerShell and have probably even started to play around with...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 12/19/2007

The Microsoft Security Intelligence Report

What does Microsoft do with the massive amounts of data it collects from millions of...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 12/18/2007

A Guide to Basic Computer Forensics

You're worried that a system has been hacked into, or perhaps you suspect that an employee has been...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 12/17/2007

SQL Q & A: Memory Configuration, Performance Profiling, Setting Your Fill Factor, and More

You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers–and tips. Here’s what our experts...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 12/13/2007

16 New Features in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

Exchange Server 2007 SP1 is now available and it’s loaded with new features. And these changes...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 12/12/2007

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