Now that we're publishing daily tips again, we wanted to make it easy for you to follow -- and share -- all of our tips. We're publishing a new tip every day, Monday through Friday, in our Tips library . And, of course, we're announcing each tip every day on our blog . We are also tweeting each...

In case you haven't already heard, the Windows 7 beta is now available to MSDN and TechNet Subscribers. And it will be made available to the public (this is a beta and is intended for serious enthusiasts) on January 9th. You'll be able to download the Windows 7 beta from the Windows 7 Web site at www...

As Howard mentioned over on the MSDN Magazine blog, we're currently in the process of taking a critical look at our Web sites to see how they're being used by our readers, and to see what elements might be improved to make that experience better.  We are continuously receiving your feedback on existing...

The June 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online. Security, security, and more security. The June issue is our annual Security Issue, and we delve into a variety of security-related topics. In the June issue, we have some security all-stars -- Jesper Johansson, Roger Grimes, Steve Riley...

I just wanted to point out that the June 2008 installment of the Windows PowerShell column is now available on the TechNet Magazine site. The column includes our first streaming video .  In this video, Don Jones demonstrates how you can easily add formatting to your Windows PowerShell output. Check...

It seems every company is talking about how they are being green, environmental, sustainable. And as the environment and energy consumption become topics of increasing attention, IT is being called out as being, well, not very environmental. And it's true. IT environments consume large amounts of energy...

The May 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc462914.aspx . The May 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online. In the May issue, we delve into Active Directory management, showing you how to protect some of your most important...

The April 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc405670.aspx . The April 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine is available online, offering a host of information about SQL Server 2008. Randy Dyess kicks things off with an overview of what's new...

The March 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc268370.aspx .  Windows Server 2008 is here and we have in-depth coverage of what you need to know about the latest server OS from Microsoft. Mark Russinovich explores key changes in...

Our sister publication, MSDN Magazine , is actively seeking a new Senior Editor to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal roll in the continued growth and success of the world's leading publication for Microsoft developers. As a Senior Editor, your responsibilities would include...

If you're running Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 and haven't already done so, be sure you've installed the Timer Jobs Delayed fix . This makes sure your scheduled jobs aren't delayed due to daylight saving time changes in local time zone. This fix is included in the August 24, 2007, Windows SharePoint...

The October 2007 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online at www.technetmagazine.com/issues/2007/10/ . Green computing is our featured topic this month, and we start with a great article about Building a Green Datacenter by Dave Ohara. In this article, Dave outlines some important energy related...

Over the past few years, many of you have requested an offline, digital version of TechNet Magazine to read in your travels. Quite some time ago, we began providing issues of TechNet Magazine in the HTML Help (.chm) file format. We're happy to announce that beginning today, HTML Help-editions of TechNet...

All of us here at TechNet Magazine headquarters are immensely proud of the content we publish every month. Every article comes from a subject matter expert who really knows what they're talking about, and each one of those authors has a big fan club in the form of the TechNet Magazine staff (as well...

As Steve Toub mentions over on the MSDN Magazine Blog , a number of us from the TechNet Magazine and MSDN Magazine staff will be on-hand at TechEd 2007 this week. We'll have a lot of exciting activity going on at our booth (#1301) including presentations from our authors (see my post about the Scripting...

Tech·Ed 2007 is almost upon us, and we're very busy here at TechNet Magazine Headquarters getting ready for all of the parties! (And the learning and the sessions and the networking and stuff too, but mainly the parties.) And it turns out we're not the only ones. Among the many TechNet Magazine authors...

We have a very exciting Utility Spotlight this month! One of our very talented contributing editors, Michael Murgolo, has created a powerful (and free!) set of Script Elevation PowerToys for Windows Vista. These tools allow for command line and UI-based UAC elevation of VBScript and Windows PowerShell...

Windows Server "Longhorn" Beta 3 is now available as a free download from microsoft.com/getbeta3 . "Longhorn" is easily the most exciting version of Windows Server yet, with a huge list of new features including: *Windows PowerShell - Powerful scripting technology *Dynamic Partitioning - Allocate...

This posting is very bittersweet for the staff here at TechNet Magazine . Our good friend Stephen Toub, the technical & acquisitions editor over at our sister publication, MSDN Magazine , is returning to his natural place among the developer community. Stephen has done an amazing job driving the...

Those of you who subscribe to our primary TechNet Magazine RSS Feed may have noticed a technical glitch on our part in the last 24-hours. A series of incorrect links was inadvertently posted to our feed. This mistake has been corrected, and the broken links removed. Our apologies for any inconvenience...

Keith Combs put it best over on his blog - "Is DST the new Y2K?" I don't really know the answer, but if you're looking to learn more about the impact of the change to Daylight Savings Time (resulting from the U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005) on your infrastructure, see http://support.microsoft.com...

We're very happy to share with you that TechNet Magazine has been honored with four Society of Technical Commnunications awards ! We're particularly proud to have received an excellence award in the category of scholarly/professional journals, as well as an excellence award for our Active Directory Component...

This month, TechNet Magazine is pleased to welcome new author and contributing editor Mark Russinovich ! Mark is a technical fellow in the Platforms and Services Division at Microsoft, as well as a noted author (if you haven't read Windows Internals , you should pick up a copy today!), and very popular...

As you may have noticed, in our last few issues we've added a few new regular columns to the TechNet Magazine lineup (including Windows PowerShell , The Desktop Files , The Cable Guy , and Exchange Queue and A ). Our goal with these columns, recognizing that the IT community is very broad in its interests...

Windows Vista is ready to go! The final bits have been released to manufacturing, and everything is on-schedule for a November 30th business launch (with general retail availability by January 30th). As you begin to plan your deployment of Windows Vista, don't forget to check out the in-depth coverage...