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...

A number of factors can affect CPU utilization on a database server, including compilation and recompilation of SQL statements, multithreaded operations, disk and memory bottlenecks, and ETL activity, among others. You'll want to make sure that the CPU...

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...

Today is World Teachers' Day (as designated by UNESCO - the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization). While it may be a bit off-topic for this venue, as the son, nephew, cousin, and friend of many public school teachers, I couldn...

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...

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...

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...

Every other month, members of the Exchange team at Microsoft answer your questions in our Exchange Queue & A column. In the September 2007 issue of TechNet Magazine, KC Lemson and Nino Bilic address the following topics: Prerequisites for setting...

Greetings all- I'm spending a few days this week at DEC Europe 2007 - the Directory Experts Conference. The conference is run by NetPro, which I mention primarily because NetPro's CTO - Gil Kirkpatrick - is a regular writer for TechNet Magazine . Gil...

Keeping in touch with customers, partners, and colleagues is an essential part of being successful. If you can't communicate, business often grinds to a halt. In the September 2007 issue of TechNet Magazine, Alan Maddison explains how Office Communications...

Your average Windows-based defragmenter can optimize most files on your hard drive, but some items are beyond their powers. In the September issue of TechNet Magazine , Lance Whitney shows you how the PageDefrag utility defrags items untouched by other...

Many people don't think about backing up their data until it's too late and the data has already been lost. Even the staff at TechNet Magazine has experienced that hassle; we meant to back up our home machine, but something came up and... well, cleaning...

SharePoint is a great collaboration engine. It includes a long list of great features, including document management, Web sites, wikis, and more, along with deep customization possibilities. Some things are easy for anyone to enable right out of the box...

The upcoming October 2007 issue of TechNet Magazine begins what we hope will be an ongoing dialog on the topic of Green Computing. This is an exciting topic for us, given not only how much there is to cover, but how much potential this topic holds - to...

Most of the current desktop recovery tools return a system to a known good state by mirroring the deployment process. In the September issue of TechNet Magazine , Wes Miller shows you how to build your own recovery solution based on Windows PE . Using...

For the past month or so we've been blogging about each of the articles in the current issue. I was hoping this would give each one a bit more special attention than it gets in the table of contents. Plus, it gives us a chance to highlight related information...

In the September 2007 issue of TechNet Magazine, Don Jones explains why Windows PowerShell is a more secure scripting environment than previous efforts, and how you can work effectively and safely in that environment. Don also highlights, as his cmdlet...

Active Directory is a crucial technology for managing users and groups in an enterprise, but managing user accounts or fixing configuration issues isn't always fun and games. In the September 2007 issue of TechNet Magazine, Laura E. Hunter introduces...

UAC. Does anyone really have mild feelings about this much-discussed feature of Windows Vista? I didn't think so. And proving my point, in the September 2007 installment of our Security Watch column, Jesper Johansson explains what UAC is... and what it...

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...

It's important to remember your users. Most of the changes you make to your systems, policies, and procedures will have at least some user impact. And happy users mean happy system administrators, right? Writing in our Field Notes column for the September...

Data loss is a fact of life and it pays to be prepared for all sorts of recovery scenarios. Tombstone reanimation for Active Directory was introduced in Windows Server 2003. This feature takes advantage of the fact that Active Directory keeps deleted...

The September 2007 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online at www.technetmagazine.com/issues/2007/09/ . We begin this month with a great article about Deploying Windows Vista with BDD 2007 by Michael Niehaus. Michael is also the author of our...

The concept of software virtualization has been around since the 1960s. However, it has taken the IT industry decades to begin to realize the potential of application virtualization. In the August 2007 issue of TechNet Magazine , Ahmer Sabri and Kedar...

You've got hundreds, maybe thousands, of machines that need to be migrated from Windows 2000 or Windows XP to Windows Vista. So where do you start? With the release of Windows Vista, the whole process has been redesigned and there are many new and improved...