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Security Watch: Passwords and Credit Cards, Part 3

Over the past few months, Jesper Johansson has looked at how the IT security industry has been...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 08/25/2008

Windows PowerShell: String Theory

Don Jones has been known to proclaim that "If you're parsing a string in Windows PowerShell,...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 08/22/2008

IIS 7.0: Top 10 Performance Improvements in IIS 7.0

The latest release of IIS introduces a modular and extensible platform with improved support for...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 08/21/2008

A Guide to Securing ISA Server 2006

"While many IT pros rely on ISA Server 2006 (Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006) to...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 08/20/2008

Enhance TS Gateway Security with ISA Server 2006

In today's world, you need to be able to connect from anywhere, without sacrificing either security...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 08/18/2008

Join me at IT Connections

Hi all, I wanted to make sure I gave you all plenty of time to plan ahead so that you and your team...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 08/15/2008

New ENERGY STAR Compliant Power Management Tool

Just a quick update for all you energy conscious IT professionals.  Microsoft has launched a...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 08/08/2008

The Desktop Files: Windows Deployment Services 101

Wes Miller continues digging into Windows Deployment Services. In this column, he explores the...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 08/08/2008

Hey, Scripting Guy!: Taking the Express Route

With Windows Vista, the UserAccounts.CommonDialog ActiveX control for opening a file open dialog box...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 08/05/2008

Security Watch: Passwords and Credit Cards, Part 2

In the July 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine, Jesper Johansson discussed common security-related...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 08/01/2008

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...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 07/31/2008

Inside SharePoint: Troubleshoot Messaging Integration

In a well-designed SharePoint environment, information workers do not need to change their...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 07/31/2008

Utility Spotlight: Windows Installer CleanUp Utility

Software installed using the Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) technology writes certain files and...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 07/30/2008

Internet Information Services: Scaling ASP.NET Applications: Lessons Learned

The key to successfully scaling an ASP.NET application involves a true collaborative effort between...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 07/29/2008

Taking Your Server's Pulse

Do you know where to look to diagnose network-related problems? PerfMon has numerous diagnostic...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 07/25/2008

Windows PowerShell in System Center Operations Manager

Windows PowerShell is a powerful scripting language that was released to the public in November 2006...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 07/18/2008

Top Tips for Effective Database Maintenance

In the August 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine, Paul Randal offers invaluable guidance to involuntary...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 07/17/2008

The Scripting Guy Visits NYC

Dr. Scripto is visiting the Microsoft New York office this week and took some time to go watch the...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 07/15/2008

August 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine available online

The August 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online. FEATURE ARTICLES Far too often,...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 07/14/2008

Award Winner

Just in case you didn’t know, TechNet Magazine has won a number of awards in its relatively short...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 07/11/2008

Field Notes: Ensure Election Accuracy

As the United States presidential election approaches, various voting technologies have come under...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 07/07/2008

The Desktop Files: Network-Booting Windows

In the first of a series on Windows Deployment Services, Wes Miller lays a foundation for the...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 07/03/2008

Hey, Scripting Guy! The Adrenaline Rush

It's not often you see the terms pure adrenaline rush and system administration scripting in the...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 07/02/2008

Inside SharePoint: Integrating Office Applications

WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 integrate seamlessly with desktop applications in the 2007 Microsoft Office...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 07/01/2008

Windows Confidential: History Taking Up Space

It's not often that we get to talk about Microsoft Bob in TechNet Magazine. Yet in the July 2008...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 06/30/2008

Create Powerful Connections with Groove and SharePoint

Today's IT world demands ever-increasing collaboration between organizations and their partners and...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/26/2008

Utility Spotlight: Microsoft SharedView

What if you’re on the other side of the world and you need to get together with others on your team...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/24/2008

How Voice Powers OCS 2007

Rajesh Ramanathan’s February article, How Presence Powers OCS 2007, showed how Microsoft Office...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/24/2008

Turn Off Your Servers

In the latest installment of our online-only Sustainable Computing column, Dave Ohara looks at...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 06/23/2008

Have you seen the new Microsoft Environment site?

You already know that TechNet Magazine publishes articles about environmental topics, such as using...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 06/23/2008

Planning Your Migration to Unified Messaging

You've likely heard a lot about Unified Messaging, which integrates voicemail, e-mail, and faxes...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 06/23/2008

Favorites

As an editor at TechNet Magazine, I don’t know if I’m supposed to have favorites, but I do. Some of...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/19/2008

Exchange Queue & A

Henrik Walther answers your questions about Microsoft Exchange. In this issue: Eliminating a single...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/19/2008

Going Live with IIS 7.0

Version 7.0 represents a huge step in the evolution of IIS, delivering a redesigned core...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 06/18/2008

My First TechEd

Last week I spent three days in Orlando at my first Microsoft TechEd. I have to admit I was nervous...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/17/2008

A New Game for IT Pros: Server Quest

"You could make a sitcom about my office!"  People say that about their jobs all the...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 06/10/2008

Windows Confidential: The Two Worst PCs Ever

So what were the two worst PCs ever made?  PC World recently named the 10 worst PCs of all time...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 06/04/2008

Handy, Dandy, FREE!

Like most IT professionals, you’ve got more to do than is humanly possible. We can help. Well, our...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/30/2008

Toolbox: New Products for IT Pros

IT Professionals rely on all sorts of tools to get the job done.  There's system monitoring,...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 05/30/2008

Field Notes: Sharing a Split Screen

Microsoft Research India created a program called Split Screen that allows two users to share a...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/30/2008

The Desktop Files: Security vs. Compliance

IT professionals often find themselves with objectives that should complement each other but often...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/30/2008

The Business of IT: 10 Keys to Becoming an Environmental Leader

If you've picked up a newspaper or turned on a television in the past year, you know that pretty...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 05/29/2008

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

Writing a script that outputs data in tabular format is using VBScript is just plain hard, not to...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/29/2008

Managing the Windows Vista Firewall

The firewall in the original release of Windows XP was adequate, but really left a lot to be...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 05/28/2008

Secure E-Mail Using Digital Certificates

For millennia, humans have used various methods to hide information in transit, validate the sender,...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/28/2008

Sustainable Computing: Learning from the Quincy Datacenter

The Microsoft datacenter located in Quincy, WA is an environmentally sustainable facility that runs...

Author: Matt Graven Date: 05/23/2008

Windows Vista: Top Security Features in Windows Vista

One of the most common questions customers ask is, "Why should we upgrade to Windows...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/22/2008

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