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March 2009Office Communications Server 2007 R2 introduces not only a number of brand-new features, it also delivers some significant enhancements to existing functionality. Here’s an overview of some of the most important new features and functions y…

March 2009Though you can configure Office Communications Server using wizards, there are times it makes sense to work from the command line. Explore the LCSCmd command-line tool and see how you can use it to set up OCS 2007 R2.

March 2009Get an overview of some handy free tools created by Microsoft that cover many of the tasks IT professionals must deal with on a regular basis. These utilities will help ease the administration of file servers, Exchange servers, desktops, and…

March 2009The Planning Tool for OCS 2007 R2 is a wizard that provides prescriptive guidance to help you prepare to deploy R2 in your organization. Discover how you can quickly generate a topology and create a list of recommended hardware to help guide …

March 2009You may notice that your clients will check into WSUS and install updates properly but don’t send any status reports back to the server. Here’s a cool tip and a cool tool that can help.

March 2009From the Editor: The Speed of Innovation

March 2009Screenrecorder is a very easy-to-use screen-to-video capture program that lets users easily capture onscreen events to a small video file that can be shared with others, making it easy to record instructions or reproduce problems for more ef…

March 2009Letters: Readers Speak Out

March 2009Don Jones kicks off a four part series that will look at how you can use Windows PowerShell to create a real-world user provisioning script.

March 2009Greg Steen discusses tweaking your system with TuneUp Utilities, auditing system configurations with SysCompare Pro, and fixing configuration errors with HijackThis. He also looks at the Microsoft Press book “Configuration Manager 2007 Admini…

March 2009It’s not enough to simply wait for security problems to surface and then try to eliminate them. Wes Miller explains how real security involves proactively seeking out the root causes of vulnerabilities and fixing them.

March 2009Should you deploy CCR-based mailbox servers in a multi-subnet environment? Can you determine the maximum latency for Outlook clients running in cached mode? Get answers to these Exchange Server questions and more.

March 2009Find out how establishing a system for listening to both internal and external customers can help your IT department become a more vital part of the larger business structure.

March 2009Discover how you can use the free VMC to Hyper-V Import tool to import and then modify VMC files, easing the process of migrating older virtual machines to Hyper-V.

March 2009Raymond Chen looks at the evolution of the Alt+Tab hotkey and how the Alt+Esc hotkey has remained unscathed.