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New Windows 7 Learning Material

The Microsoft Learning team has come out with a great series of bite-sized “Learning Snacks” to help introduce you to new features coming in Windows 7. They’ve just released a new series of Snacks this week, and we thought you might enjoy them! Desktop Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 21, 2009 10:22 AM by joshhoff | 1 Comments
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Utility Spotlight: Screenrecorder

Free and Fun—Make your own screencast! Whether you are having probl ems yourself getting something to work correctly on your computer and are working with tech support, or you're trying to help someone else solve such problems, you have probably spent Read More...
Posted Friday, March 06, 2009 6:02 PM by sharont | 0 Comments

SQL Server: Understanding Logging and Recovery in SQL Server

Logging and recovery are critical parts of SQL Server, but they are often poorly understood. Why is it possible for the transaction log to grow unbounded? Why does it sometimes take so long for the database to come online after a system crash? Why can't Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 28, 2009 11:02 AM by matt_graven | 0 Comments
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TechNet Magazine February 2009 Is Now Available Online

The February 2009 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online. Discover how you can use Excel and SharePoint to provide Business Intelligence in your organization, learn about logging and recovery in SQL Server and learn how to maintain a better Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:30 PM by matt_graven | 1 Comments

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

Windows PowerShell: Build a Better Inventory Tool

In the previous installment of the Windows PowerShell column ( Windows PowerShell: Building Your Own Software Inventory Tool ), Don Jones demonstrated a Windows PowerShell-based inventory tool. Continuing on with that discussion in the December 2008 installment Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 26, 2008 8:30 AM by matt_graven | 0 Comments

Windows PowerShell: Building Your Own Software Inventory Tool

In the November 2008 installment of our Windows PowerShell column (which is available online ), Don Jones demonstrates how to create a tool that will inventory the operating system build number (this is one of the best ways to determine the OS version) Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 21, 2008 10:08 PM by matt_graven | 2 Comments

SQL Server 2008: Track Changes in Your Database

"For developers, one difficult problem in SQL Server is tracking what data has changed in a database. An even greater challenge is architecting a simple solution that doesn’t heavily impact workload performance and isn't difficult to create, Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 16, 2008 2:50 PM by matt_graven | 1 Comments
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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 | 4 Comments

Mark Russinovich On Security, The Future of Windows, and Joining Microsoft

David Tesar recently posted an interview with Mark Russinovich . In the interview, Mark discusses joining Microsoft, the future of Sysinternals , what's in store for Security, and where Windows is headed. Mark Russinovich , of course, has also written Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 04, 2008 4:08 PM by matt_graven | 1 Comments

Windows PowerShell: String Theory

Don Jones has been known to proclaim that "If you're parsing a string in Windows PowerShell, you're doing something wrong." Unfortunately, you sometimes have no choice but to work with strings. The good news is that w hile Windows PowerShell Read More...
Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 7:00 AM by matt_graven | 1 Comments

A Sneak Peek at Windows PowerShell 2.0

Windows PowerShell 2.0 is in the works and the Community Technology Preview 2 (CTP2) is now available for download . The new version will offer some handy new features, including Remote Management capabilities.  In the August 2008 installment of Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 31, 2008 1:30 PM by matt_graven | 1 Comments

Windows PowerShell in System Center Operations Manager

Windows PowerShell is a powerful scripting language that was released to the public in November 2006 and has been downloaded more than two million times since then. In this article, Marco Shaw gives an overview of how you can use Windows PowerShell in Read More...
Posted Friday, July 18, 2008 3:44 PM by sharont | 0 Comments

Top Tips for Effective Database Maintenance

In the August 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine, Paul Randal offers invaluable guidance to involuntary DBAs (those people who are not trained database administrators but somehow end up responsible for a database). In the article, Paul gives a crash course Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 17, 2008 2:30 PM by matt_graven | 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
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