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September 2010 | By Russell Smith
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 provides an alternative to Outlook PST files by offering users a secondary storage area for archiving.
June 2010 | By Mitch Tulloch
Microsoft's additions to its deployment toolkit make it easy to capture, customize and proliferate existing system images.
April 2010 | By Russell Smith
Windows 7 DirectAccess provides remote users with secure and transparent access to the corporate network.
March 2010 | By Russell Smith
Guarantee optimal performance for streaming media and applications with simple Windows 7 Quality of Service configuration.
March 2010 | By Justin Dover
A do-it-yourself storage project can cost a fraction of the price of a SAN.
December 2009 | By Russell Smith
Here's how to connect users to remote virtual machines with Hyper-V and Remote Desktop Services.
December 2009 | By Russell Smith
In its Exchange 2007 Service Pack 2, Microsoft adds support for Windows Server Backup in Server 2008 and other features that improve auditing and coexistence with Exchange 2010.
November 2009 | By Russell Smith
Want an extra layer of security for Windows? Then enabling Vista's outbound firewall just might do the trick.
June 2009 | By Russell Smith
Reduce costs and improve service with Microsoft's System Center Configuration Manager 2007.
March 2009 | By Wylie Wong
Follow these four steps to properly calibrate your notebook battery and get more juice from a single charge.
March 2009 | By Russell Smith
With the growth of online collaboration suites such as Google Apps, protecting data and sign-on credentials across public networks needs to be a priority.
January 2009 | By Russell Smith
Fundamental changes to the migration strategy in Small Business Server 2008 have made the migration process more flexible and less disruptive to end users than in previous versions.
December 2008 | By Russell Smith
Microsoft Remote Web Workplace is a browser-based portal that offers SBS users an elegant web-based remote access solution, without the usual complexities.
July 2008 | Russell Smith
Windows Systems Resource Manager is perfect for managing multiple processes or applications on one server. Two examples of when this makes sense are with Internet Information Services and Terminal Services, which WSRM supports natively.
July 2008 | By Russell Smith
The restore features of Windows Server Backup in Windows Server 2008 are appealing, but let down by inflexible backup options and lack of support for Exchange Server and tape drives.
June 2008 | By Russell Smith
Now that Windows Server 2008 is on the scene, IT managers can deploy domain controllers in unsecured locations safely, by encrypting drives, limiting the attack surface and separating server and Active Director administrative privileges.
May 2008 | By Russell Smith
By separating out the data users really need from machine-specific data, Windows Vista reduces the quantity of data that needs to be stored on the server, a feature that makes folder redirection and profile roaming easier for IT managers.
April 2008 | By Russell Smith
Configure users' desktops and settings quickly and easily using Group Policy Preferences.
April 2008 | By Tony Northrup
With just a few lines of code, you can extract data from text files, including log files, using regular-expression capture groups.
April 2008 | By Russell Smith
Windows Server 2008 has a new feature that lets IT managers assign password policies to different groups of users without creating a separate domain for each group.
March 2008 | By Mitch Tulloch
The new search service in Windows Vista offers improved search performance, a more granular query language, and a search-as-you-type feature.
February 2008 | By Russell Smith
NAP protects networks by restricting client connections.
January 2008 | By Russell Smith
Installing and managing a print server with server core
December 2007 | By Tony Bradley
Regularly defragging your hard drive can save memory and improve your machine's performance.
October 2007 | By Russell Smith
Learn the new ways to connect your handheld to your Windows Vista computer.
October 2007 | By Tony Northrup
How to migrate your Active Directory Domain to Windows Server 2008
October 2007 | By Tony Northrup
Here's how to configure Remote Desktop and the Terminal Services Gateway.
October 2007 | By Russell Smith
Using Vista's SharedView to help remote users.
September 2007 | By Tony Northrup
Learn how to manage the quality of service on your network by prioritizing services.
September 2007 | By Tony Bradley
Define the acceptable use of USB flash drives and other portable storage devices.
September 2007 | By Tony Northrup
Working with multiple local Group Policy objects.
July 2007 | By Jeremy Dotson
Here's a quick primer to clear up any confusion about Group Policy.
June 2007 | By Russell Smith
Discover a better way to secure, manage and share
documents with a free Web-based application.
May 2007
Ten sure-fire tips to ensure that your machine's functionality is worthless.
May 2007 | By Tony Northrup
Data collection sets can help you streamline the troubleshooting process.
April 2007 | By Russell Smith
Previous Versions restores local and Windows Server files.
April 2007 | By Russel Smith
Backup and restore has been radically redesigned in Microsoft Windows Vista.
March 2007 | By Douglas Schweitzer
With Apple's Mac OS X, security is built in by default. But unless users intentionally enable specified network services individually, they remain disabled.
March 2007 | By Russell Smith
Let users connect plug-and-play printers without the need to manually install third-party drivers.
March 2007 | By Dr. Jeff Sheen
Here's how to shift from a peer-to-peer to a centralized network.
November 2006 | By Mitch Tulloch and Jason Miller
Become an expert at remotely troubleshooting your users' computers in a Windows Server environment.
September 2006 | By Nathan McBride
If you face poorly timed installation requests and surprise
new employees, try these tips on PC imaging using Atiris.
June 2006 | By Kenneth Hess
Explore the benefits of virtualization with these simple steps for building virtual file servers.
March 2006 | By Mitch Tulloch
Check out our primer of Active Directory shortcuts that will help you manage a migration to Windows Server 2003.
November 2005 | By Alan Joch
If that drumming sound is fingers tapping as employees and customers wait for answers from your systems, then consider upgrading to real-time storage to speed data access.
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