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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

September 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine

Even if you’re not headed back to school, it’s academic— our September issue will take you to the head of the class. Features Many organizations rely on ISA Server 2006 to secure their environment, but few take the important step of securing ISA Server Read More...
Posted Friday, August 15, 2008 9:48 AM by sharont | 1 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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August 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine available online

The August 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online. FEATURE ARTICLES Far too often, people who are not trained database administrators end up responsible for managing one or more databases. In the latest issue of TechNet Magazine , Paul Read More...
Posted Monday, July 14, 2008 7:09 PM by matt_graven | 0 Comments

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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Toolbox: New Products for IT Pros

IT Professionals rely on all sorts of tools to get the job done.  There's system monitoring, system tweaks, automation, log parsers, diagnostics, security apps--the list goes on and on.  Did you know that TechNet Magazine has a Toolbox column Read More...
Posted Friday, May 30, 2008 12:12 PM by matt_graven | 0 Comments

Utility Spotlight: Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor

Are you finally ready to start planning your organization's upgrade to Windows Vista—but filled with questions about whether your clients meet the hardware and software requirements, what compatibility issues you might face, and even which edition of Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 15, 2008 7:00 AM by sharont | 1 Comments

June 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine available online

The June 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online. Security, security, and more security. The June issue is our annual Security Issue, and we delve into a variety of security-related topics. In the June issue, we have some security all-stars Read More...
Posted Monday, May 12, 2008 5:45 PM by matt_graven | 0 Comments

Utility Spotlight: SharePoint Capacity Planning

Planning a large installation of Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) can b e a complex undertaking, with a multitude of factors to think about when determining the most cost-effective topology, hardware, Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 24, 2008 7:00 AM by sharont | 1 Comments
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Utility Spotlight: Web Capacity Analysis Tool

Web logs and historical traffic analysis may give you insight into the kind of traffic you can expect over time, but how can you tell what your infrastructure can really handle? To find out, you need a tool like Web Capacity Analysis Tool (WCAT) that Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 15, 2008 7:00 AM by sharont | 0 Comments

Utility Spotlight: Windows Server Logo Certification

  How do you know if your ap plications are compatible with Windows Server 2008? To help ISVs and customers gauge application compatibility, Microsoft created the "Works with Windows Server 2008" program. If you want to make sure that your Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 13, 2008 7:00 AM by sharont | 0 Comments
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