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TechNet Magazine November 2008 Issue Is available online

The November 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online.   FEATURE ARTICLES                                                                   Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 02, 2008 8:00 AM by matt_graven | 3 Comments

Essential Tools for Planning Your Virtual Infrastructure

Virtualization techn ologies can help contain costs in the datacenter and across your entire IT environment, but is your infrastructure ready? Jay Sauls and Baldwin Ng show you how the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit, a network-wide infrastructure Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 4:10 PM by sharont | 1 Comments

Utility Spotlight: Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool

  One of the advantages of using VMs is that you can store them in an offline state as VM images, then wake them up whenever you need them. But keeping an increasing number of computing environments waiting off­line presents a maintenance challenge. Read More...
Posted Monday, September 15, 2008 7:00 AM by sharont | 0 Comments

Utility Spotlight: Windows Memory Diagnostic

Suppose one of the PCs you support is acting up—freezing, crashing, blue screening. Is some piece of hardware failing? Is some newly installed application causing trouble? Or could it be faulty memory? One way to find out for sure is with the free Microsoft Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 28, 2008 7:00 AM by sharont | 2 Comments

Hey, Scripting Guy!: Taking the Express Route

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!" Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 05, 2008 4:19 PM by sharont | 0 Comments

Utility Spotlight: Windows Installer CleanUp Utility

Software installed using the Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) technology writes certain files and registry settings, but leftover Windows Installer configuration information can cause problems when you try to update or uninstall an application. Lance Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:00 AM by sharont | 0 Comments
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Utility Spotlight: Microsoft SharedView

What if you’re on the other side of the world and you need to get together with oth ers on your team to make a decision that can’t wait? With Microsoft SharedView, you can connect with up to 15 people in different locations and evaluate the relevant information Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008 12:40 AM by sharont | 0 Comments

July 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine available online

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 Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 17, 2008 6:00 AM by matt_graven | 2 Comments

Handy, Dandy, FREE!

Like most IT professionals, you’ve got more to do than is humanly possible. We can help. Well, our utilities can. Every month the Utility Spotlight column presents a handy utility that can help you get your work done. We’ve compiled 10 of our most useful Read More...
Posted Friday, May 30, 2008 6:51 PM by sharont | 0 Comments
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