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The April 2009 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online. In this issue, we introduce you to new features and enhancements in the latest version of Internet Explorer, help you manage multiple Active Directory forests, explore Office Communicator Web Access, explain voice conferencing in OCS 2007...

The March 2009 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online. In this issue, we delve into Office Communications Server. Learn about the new features in OCS 2007 R2, see how you can extend your R2 deployment to legacy devices, get advice on securing your OCS environment, discover how you can manage...

"Where can I get the Active Directory Browser?" This may be the number one quest ion we hear—and we’ve never even see the Active Directory Browser! Does it exist? Did it ever exist? This installment attempts to clear up the confusion and, in doing so, the Scripting Guy creates a Windows PowerShell...

The January 2009 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online. Learn about Identity Lifecycle Manager 2, delve into Group Policy Preferences, get an overview of advanced SQL Server troubleshooting with Extended Events, discover a handy free utility for managing USB flash drives, and more. FEATURE...

Up is up and down is down, right? Maybe so, but sometimes the two are not as separate as you’d think. That’s definitely the case when it comes to server uptime: if you want to report on server uptime, you need to be able to calculate server downtime. The Microsoft Scripting Guys present   a Windows...

The December 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online. And it's filled with information about interop. Find out how to integrate Linux clients with Active Directory, Manage Macs in a Windows environment, and more. FEATURE ARTICLES                                                                  ...

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is the Microsoft impleme ntation of Web-based Enterprise Management (WBEM)—a technology that lets you access information about the objects in your enterprise environment that have to be managed, such as systems, applications, networks, devices, and other managed...

What did famous Greek philosopher Socrates have to say about XML files? Fi nd out as the Scripting Guys revisit the topic of querying an XML file. This time, the XML file is structured so that rather than using child nodes, additional property values are configured as attributes. And don’t miss this...

As the Scripting Guy notes, t he old phrase "you can run but you can't hide" was never more true than it is today— when even your toaster can be Internet-enabled. But disconnection happens, and then what do you do? We—or rather the scripting guys— are here to tell you . Discover how you can...

With Windows Vista, t he UserAccounts.CommonDialog ActiveX control for opening a file open dialog box no longer exists. Here's a look at how you can solve   that problem using Visual Basic. No, wait. Don't run off saying "I don't have that!" or "I can't afford that!" Microsoft...

It's not often you see the terms pure adrenaline rush and system administration scripting in the same sentence, but here’s your chance . The Scripting Guys discuss the rush of scripting and show you how the new boot configuration data store in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 can be accessed using...

The July 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online. FEATURE ARTICLES In the July issue, we provide guidance on Going Live with IIS 7.0 , giving advice on how you can test, stage, and migrate your Web apps. We also have an article that shows you how to plan and migrate your legacy voicemail...

Writing a script that outpu ts data in tabular format is using VBScript is just plain hard, not to mention lots of work. But in this month’s column, the Scripting Guys show you how to do it   with minimal effort using Microsoft.CmdLib object. (This solution is just for those of you running Windows...

The Microsoft Scripting Guys visit the Louvre, take up art criticism, and follow up on a previous column that showed how to use regular exp ressions in a script to do a search. As the Scripting Guys are the first to admit, search alone is not enough. You also need to be able to replace, and the May installment...

There's a good chance that, sooner or later, someone will ask you to write a system administration script that uses the Shell objec t. What exactly can you do with the Shell object ? As it turns out, there are a lot of cool things you can do with the Shell object, some of which (such as managing disk...

Exactly one year ago, the Microsoft Scripting Guys published a column that explained how you could use a script to read an XML file. What that column didn't tell you was how you could use a script to create, write, and modify an XML file. This month, they decided to right that wrong . You'd like to know...

Have regular expressions always seemed too arcane to delve into? If so, you’ll want to delve into the January column from The Microsoft Scripting Guys, which makes understanding regular expressions lots easier. The Guys poke at Microsoft Bob a bit, then go on to show you how you can use regular...

Tune in to the next episode of scripting WinRM—the intriguing new technology that promises to make remote management of your computers much easier. As Part 2 proves, working with the raw XML data returned by WinRM is not nearly as daunting as you might think. The Scripting Guys show you a simple...

While we intuitively recognize character patterns within a string like IP addresses, dates, UNC paths, and zip codes, computers have to work a bit harder in order to "understand" complicated formats like these. That's where regular expressions come into play. In the November issue of TechNet Magazine...

Looks like the November 2007 of TechNet Magazine issue got going online before I finished telling you about the October issue , so let's be sure to give the remaining articles and columns their due... Software Updates Management Tools The next release of SMS will be called System Center Configuration...

Are you waiting to learn Windows PowerShell because you just don't have time to learn scripting right now? You may be surprised to learn that you can do some truly amazing things using Windows PowerShell without writing a lick of code. In the October 2007 issue of TechNet Magazine, Don Jones demonstrates...

Yeah, I know. We just got the October issue of TechNet Magazine online last week, and I've barely started blogging about that issue. But the November installment of Hey, Scripting Guy! has a cool new feature I thought you'd like to see. Starting in November, the Microsoft Scripting Guys will have a new...

Relationships do matter. But how would the Scripting Guys, of all people, know that relationships matter? TV Or so they say. You'll have to read their Hey, Scripting Guy! column in the September issue of TechNet Magazine to find out why. While you're there, you may just learn a thing or two about how...