November 2012These two suites of tools help you monitor and maintain the TCP ports in use on your system and keep your system clean after deleting applications.
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SQL Q&A: Without a trace
November 2012Processes like backup and restore and consistency checking can cause some unexpected behaviors, but they do make sense.
Windows 8: Task Manager retuned
November 2012Microsoft has redesigned the new Windows 8 Task Manager to accommodate both power users and more casual users.
Microsoft ASP.NET Fall 2012 Update BUILD Prerelease
This contains an update to Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio Express 2012 for Web. It contains additional templates, tooling and features for ASP.NET.
Microsoft ASP.NET Fall 2012 Update BUILD Prerelease
This contains an update to Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio Express 2012 for Web. It contains additional templates, tooling and features for ASP.NET.
Windows Azure Poster
Provides an overview of Windows Azure features, services, and common uses.
Capacity Planning Guide spreadsheet for Windows Azure Caching
The Capacity Planning Guide spreadsheet for Windows Azure Caching helps determine the cache settings for your cache cluster.
Online Fraud: A Consumer’s Guide to Prevention, Detection, and Recovery
Educational booklet for consumers on protection from online fraud
Field Notes: Mark{IT}ing: Synergy in the Shadows
December 2008This column delves into the potentials of aligning IT and marketing.
Interop: Managing the Root Password on Your Mac
December 2008How do you give your Mac users the rights they need on an as-needed basis and improve security at the same time? Surprisingly, by enabling the root account. Find out how.
Interop: Managing the Root Password on Your Mac
December 2008How do you give your Mac users the rights they need on an as-needed basis and improve security at the same time? Surprisingly, by enabling the root account. Find out how.
Microsoft Garage Mouse without Borders
Mouse without Borders is a product that makes you the captain of your computer fleet by allowing you to control up to four computers from a single mouse and keyboard. This means that with Mouse without Borders you can copy text or drag and drop files a…
Utility Spotlight: Change Analysis Diagnostic
December 2008See how the Change Analysis Diagnostic tool can help users discover system changes on their computers (from updates, new software, and changed hardware) and resolve problems they may encounter due to these changes.
SQL Q&A: Row-Overflow, Differential Backups, and More
December 2008Paul Randal answers your questions about SQL Server. In this installment, Paul discusses the row-overflow feature, database mirroring and automatic failovers, backup strategies, and managing workloads and memory for failover scenarios.
Security Watch: Revisiting the 10 Immutable Laws of Security, Part 3
December 2008It’s been about 8 years since “The 10 Immutable Laws of Security” were first published, and a lot has changed since then. In part three of this series, Jesper Johansson wraps up his analysis of the immutable laws to see if they still hold …
Security Watch: Revisiting the 10 Immutable Laws of Security, Part 3
December 2008It’s been about 8 years since “The 10 Immutable Laws of Security” were first published, and a lot has changed since then. In part three of this series, Jesper Johansson wraps up his analysis of the immutable laws to see if they still hold …
Security Watch: Revisiting the 10 Immutable Laws of Security, Part 3
December 2008It’s been about 8 years since “The 10 Immutable Laws of Security” were first published, and a lot has changed since then. In part three of this series, Jesper Johansson wraps up his analysis of the immutable laws to see if they still hold …
Toolbox: New Products for IT Pros
December 2008Greg Steen looks at managing your environment with Desktop Authority, checking site links with Xenu Link Sleuth, and managing partitions with GParted Live. Greg also discusses the book “How to Cheat at Administering Office Communications…
Windows PowerShell: Building a Better Inventory Tool
December 2008Following up on the November installment of his Windows PowerShell column, Don Jones demonstrates an even better inventorying tool and demonstrates a sound process for building your own custom Windows PowerShell functions.
Letters: Readers Speak Out
December 2008Letters: Readers Speak Out