July 2010Manage Windows systems with the power of PowerShell, schedule and run backups, and test Linux apps with this month’s collection of tools.
Cable Guy: Connecting to Wireless Networks With Windows 7
July 2010This month, Cable Guy gives you a tutorial on using Windows 7 to onnect to wireless networks.
Active Directory: The Unicode.pwd Mystery of AD LDS
July 2010Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (LDS) is almost like AD, but–as some have said–is a toned down version without the full enterprise abilities.
Windows PowerShell: Getting Transactional
July 2010Now that Windows PowerShell v.2 supports transactional operations, make sure they all complete successfully before saving any changes.
The Business of IT: 7 Steps to Improving the IT Professional Image
July 2010This list of “to-dos” will help IT professionals regain lost ground, become celebrities in their own right and dust off that antiquated image of the modern IT professional.
Editor’s Note: It Can Be Easy Being Green
July 2010While it’s easy to get caught up in “going green,” you can often do so just by doing the things you would ordinarily do to save money at your organization.
SharePoint 2010: Going With the Flow — An Introduction to SharePoint Workflows
July 2010SharePoint 2010: Going With the Flow — An Introduction to SharePoint Workflows
SQL Q&A: Shrinking, Growing and Redesigning Databases
July 2010This month’s SQL questions focus on shrinking or expanding the size of SQL database files, and how best to manage that process.
SharePoint 2010: Improving SharePoint Performance with RBS
July 2010Fine-tuning SharePoint to ensure top performance should be one of your priorities for managing and monitoring SharePoint.
Windows Confidential: Beware the Balloon
July 2010Be careful of what you actually blame for bugs. What was once thought to be an Internet Explorer issue turned out to be a simple bug with Windows.
Green IT: Going Green — Does Your Company Care?
July 2010Many companies profess a concern for the environment, but few are taking active steps. Take a good look at your organizations’ priorities and policies, and you may discover you’re going green just by trying to save some green.
Geek of All Trades: Patching Dormant Virtual Machines
July 2010Using the offline VM servicing tool is a good way to patch those dormant virtual machines populating your enterprise.
Green IT: Is Greener Always Better?
July 2010The concept of “going green” has been around for years, but there’s still very limited data about the specific benefits of doing so. The “trap” is to dive into the green movement without a clear set of goals and target metrics. Here …
Troubleshooting and Optimizing Queries with SQL Azure
This paper provides guidelines on the Dynamic Management Views that are available in SQL Azure, and how they can be used for troubleshooting purposes.
MED-V Trial Guide
This Trial Guide provides instructions for the installation and configuration of a Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) environment
Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB982519)
Install this update to resolve issues with non-compatible applications.
Update for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (KB982519)
Install this update to resolve issues with non-compatible applications.
Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition (KB2030901)
Install this update to resolve the issue when you are running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, you configure the date, time and number format to use “Hebrew (Israel)” but when you select a date in a Windows forms application that uses DateTimePicker control, the date is displayed in the yyyy/MM/dd format.
Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista (KB982480)
Install this update to resolve issues with Media Center for Windows Vista.
Update for Windows 7 (KB982519)
Install this update to resolve issues with non-compatible applications.