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April 2009 Issue of TechNet Magazine Now Available Online

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 Read More...

Posted Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:00 PM by matt_graven | 1 Comments

Filed under: Windows PowerShell, Security, Scripting, Active Directory, High Performance Computing, Office Communication Server, OCS 2007, Screencast, New Release, Internet Explorer

The March 2009 Issue of TechNet Magazine Is Now Available Online

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 Read More...

Posted Wednesday, February 18, 2009 9:00 AM by matt_graven | 0 Comments

Filed under: Windows PowerShell, Security, Scripting, Utilities, SharePoint, Office Communication Server, Deployment, Schema, Tools, Free, Collaboration

Hey, Scripting Guy! Browsing Active Directory

"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 Read More...

Posted Thursday, February 05, 2009 7:00 PM by sharont | 0 Comments

Filed under: Windows PowerShell, Scripting, Active Directory, Schema

TechNet Magazine January 2009 Issue Available Online

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 Read More...

Posted Tuesday, December 09, 2008 1:42 PM by matt_graven | 1 Comments

Filed under: New Issue, Windows PowerShell, Security, Scripting, SQL Server, Group Policy, SharePoint, Identity, Green, Video, Free, Identity Lifecycle Manager, Terminal Services, Project Server

Hey, Scripting Guy! Calculating Server Uptime

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. Read More...

Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008 7:00 AM by sharont | 1 Comments

Filed under: Windows PowerShell, Scripting

TechNet Magazine December 2008 Interop issue now online

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 Read More...

Posted Monday, November 10, 2008 8:30 AM by matt_graven | 1 Comments

Filed under: New Issue, Networking, Security, Scripting, Active Directory, Authentication, Management, Tools, Windows, InterOp

Hey, Scripting Guy! Probing the Depths of WMI

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, Read More...

Posted Monday, November 03, 2008 5:59 PM by sharont | 1 Comments

Filed under: Scripting, WMI

Hey, Scripting Guy! Famous Last Words

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 Read More...

Posted Wednesday, September 17, 2008 11:32 AM by sharont | 0 Comments

Filed under: Fun, Scripting, puzzle, VBScript

Hey, Scripting Guy!: Stay Connected with Your Toaster

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 Read More...

Posted Tuesday, September 02, 2008 4:03 PM by sharont | 1 Comments

Filed under: Scripting, VBScript

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

Filed under: Fun, Editor's Choice, Windows Vista, Scripting, Free, Visual Basic

Hey, Scripting Guy! The Adrenaline Rush

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 Read More...

Posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008 7:00 AM by sharont | 0 Comments

Filed under: Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Scripting

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

Filed under: New Issue, Inside the Magazine, Editor's Choice, Windows Vista, Windows PowerShell, Windows Server 2008, Scripting, Exchange, Utilities, SharePoint, Green, Migration, Unified Messaging, Telephony, IIS 7, Video, Site Administration, Online Only, Tools, Free

Hey, Scripting Guy! Not-So-Hard Work Has Its Rewards, Too

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 Read More...

Posted Thursday, May 29, 2008 7:00 AM by sharont | 0 Comments

Filed under: Scripting

Hey, Scripting Guy! Raising Eyebrows on Regular Expressions

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. Read More...

Posted Friday, May 09, 2008 7:00 AM by sharont | 0 Comments

Filed under: Scripting, Regular Expressions

Hey, Scripting Guy! Our Favorite Shell Games

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 Read More...

Posted Wednesday, April 02, 2008 7:00 AM by sharont | 0 Comments

Filed under: Scripting, puzzle