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May 2008Too many administrators underestimate the importance of having a well-designed Organizational Unit structure. Find out why having a sound OU strategy is important and determine the best OU structure for your organization.

May 2008Windows Server 2008 and the new Windows Server Backup utility bring many changes and welcome enhancements to backing up. Here is an in-depth guide to backing up and restoring Active Directory in the new server OS.

May 2008Many applications that rely on Active Directory define their own changes to the schema. But it’s important that these changes don’t impact other applications. Get an overview of extending the Active Directory through the classSchema and attribu…

May 2008In this installment, we provide answers to your questions about Exchange Server 2007 SP1.

May 2008The new System Center Mobile Device Manager provides a complete set of tools for managing Windows Mobile devices through an MMC snap-in or via Windows PowerShell. Find out how this vital tool will allow you to manage mobile devices, increase se…

May 2008The scripting guys visit the Louvre, take up art criticism, and show you how to use regular expressions in a script to do a search and replace.

May 2008Service Pack 1 introduces significant enhancements for System Center Essentials 2007. Explore some of the key changes that will improve the user experience and streamline administration.

May 2008Raymond Chen looks at why Windows Vista doesn’t support 16-bit icons, and wonders whether anybody has even noticed.

May 2008From the Editor: A Warm Welcome to “Inside SharePoint”

May 2008Toolbox: New Products for IT Pros

May 2008As the environment becomes a topic of increasing attention, many IT departments are looking for ways to reduce their energy consumption. In the first installment of our new online Sustainable Computing column, Dave Ohara discusses ways you can …

May 2008Explore the SharePoint Capacity Planning Tool and see how you can design a topology for deploying SharePoint and then revise that topology after running load and usage simulations.

May 2008For the 2008 Imagine Cup, students have been challenged to use technology to enable a sustainable environment. Finalists in the U.S. competition recently presented their solutions in Los Angeles, and TechNet Magazine was there to see the innov…

May 2008Version 1 of Windows PowerShell offers less than impressive Active Directory management capabilities. Find out how you can use add-ins to get more powerful ways to work with Active Directory objects from within Windows PowerShell.

May 2008Find out how the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle and other elements of quantum physics can shed light on evolving security strategies. (Note: No cats were harmed in the writing of this article.)

May 2008What do you do when students outnumber the computers available in a classroom setting? Microsoft Research India has developed a solution, termed MultiPoint, that allows multiple mice to be used simultaneously on one computer.

May 2008Why is everyone running as Administrator? Wes Miller looks at the risks of running as Administrator and explores the benefits of transitioning your users (including yourself) to running as Users.