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 system to a unified messaging platform with little disruption to end users.

Continuing with communications and collaboration, Rajesh Ramanathan examines telephony in Microsoft Office Communication Server 2007.

And Alan Maddison explores Groove and SharePoint Server, detailing how you can integrate them to provide an easy and flexible collaboration solution.

Finally, we discuss Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering, exploring some of the most significant changes and looking at how this new version finally makes it easier to set up and maintain clusters.

COLUMNS
As always, the new issue includes a spate of columns: 

In Toolbox, Greg Steen looks at automating admin tasks with Automise 2, monitoring logs in real-time with BareTailPro, inventorying your systems with Total Network Inventory, and the book Mastering Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.

In this month's Exchange Queue & A, Henrik Walther answers reader questions about Exchange, tackling such issues as using Exchange with SharePoint, working with standby continuous replication, installing Exchange 2007 Mailbox servers on Windows Server 2008, and more.

In Utility Spotlight, Greg Steen shows off Microsoft SharedView, which is a handy free utility that lets you easily share documents and collaborate with remote colleagues.

The Inside SharePoint column explains how Microsoft Office applications integrate and communicate with SharePoint, and explore ways you can integrate non-Microsoft applications with SharePoint using the same principles.

In the Windows PowerShell column, Don Jones examines filtering functions, the pipeline, custom objects, and uses ping-pong balls to explain how Windows PowerShell works.

The Scripting Guys discuss adrenaline-filled scripting and demonstrate how the new boot configuration data store in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 can be accessed using scripts.

For the latest installment of The Desktop Files, Wes Miller talks about Network-Booting  Windows, with a look at the history of Remote Installation Services (RIS) and other PXE-related technologies used at Microsoft.

Jesper Johansson kicks off a three-part series of Security Watch, looking at how common security-related advice and prevalent security practices are outdated and actually hinder security efforts.

The July Field Notes examines vulnerabilities in today's U.S. election system and explains how cryptography can be used to create fully verifiable election results.

And in Windows Confidential, Raymond Chen explains how Microsoft Bob is a lot more prevalent than you might think.

 

ON THE WEB
We also have a new online-only installment of the Sustainable Computing column. Dave Ohara looks at how powering down idle servers can result in significant reductions in power consumption in the latest installment.

Streaming Video: Don Jones demonstrates the examples in his column and explains how filtering functions, the pipeline, and custom objects work.

Streaming Video: Greg Steen demonstrates how you can use the free Microsoft SharedView utility to share documents and collaborate with remote colleagues.

 

Cheers,
matt graven