May 2009Raymond Chen discusses the difficult job of satisfying audiophiles and those who just want the sound to work.
Exchange Queue & A: Recovering a Clustered Mailbox Server, Offline Address Book Issues, and More
May 2009Exchange Online and Exchange 2010
Business of IT: Lowering the Cost of IT
May 2009Of course you want to lower the cost of IT—without hurting either your company or the IT department itself. That may seem impossible at first, but if you step back and look at your entire IT infrastructure and business needs, you can find une…
Toolbox: New Products for IT Pros
May 2009Greg Steen looks at using Admin Script Editor Enterprise Edition and finding SQL Server instances with Quest Discovery Wizard for SQL Server. He also discusses the book “Windows PowerShell Scripting Guide”.
Cable Guy: DirectAccess and the Thin Edge Network
May 2009DirectAccess is a new feature of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 that enables transparent, concurrent intranet and Internet remote access and eases the management of remote computers by combining a number of technologies and components, fa…
Geek of all Trades: Control Network Access Using DHCP Enforcement
May 2009NAP monitors the health of specified computers when they attempt to connect to a network and includes a number of mechanisms to enforce health requirements. This article gives readers an overview of these enforcement mechanisms and, as an examp…
Utility Spotlight: User Profile Deletion Utility
May 2009Delprof is a command-line utility that lets you free up disk space by deleting user profiles that are no longer required on both local or remote computers.
Windows PowerShell: Automating User Provisioning, Part 3
May 2009Don Jones continues his four-part series that explains how you can create an automated provisioning function in Windows PowerShell
Business of IT: Reinventing IT in Difficult Times
May 2009IT organizations have more intrinsic value than is immediately apparent. They need to find ways to demonstrate that value in order to reclaim their rightful standing in their companies. This article discusses five approaches they can take.
Inside SharePoint: Integrate Information Rights Management into SharePoint
May 2009Continuing last month’s discussion about SharePoint integration with AD RMS, this column show you how to establish an AD RMS pre-production development environment, compile the IRM protectors, and integrate the compiled components into WSS 3.0.
Utility Spotlight: Faster CPU Utilization Reports Using Multithreading
May 2009This edition of Utility Spotlight is a little different than the usual, in that it involves scripts instead of executables, and so the column is dual-purpose: not only does it give you a nice way to build a report on CPU utilization in your org…
Field Notes: IT Does Matter
May 2009Romi Mahajan notes the reasons people sometimes doubt the value of IT, then discusses why those reasons have little validity.
Microsoft Office Visio 2007 WBS Modeler
The Microsoft Office Visio 2007 WBS Modeler improves the project planning process by generating Project Plans from a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) using a graphical representation of elements. Microsoft Download Link…
Silverlight Advertising Creation Kit
This document discusses in detail several aspects of creating ads using Silverlight 2. Microsoft Download Link…
SharePoint Designer 2007 Trial Version
Coupled with the other Microsoft Office SharePoint-enabled applications in the 2007 release of the Microsoft Office system, Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 will help make it easier than ever for individuals and teams to collaborate effectively. Microsoft Download Link…
Microsoft Exchange Server User Monitor
Enables system administrators to view and evaluate individual users’ usage and experience with Microsoft Exchange Server. Use the Microsoft Exchange Server User Monitor to gather real-time data to better understand current client usage patterns, and to plan for future work. Administrators can view several items, including IP addresses used by clients, versions and modes of… Continue reading Microsoft Exchange Server User Monitor
IT Manager: Platform Solution Blueprint – Service Oriented Architecture and Business Process Management
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Sign-in Assistant
The Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant 6.5 installs the Windows Live ID online provider for Windows 7. This provider enables linking a Windows Live ID to a Windows 7 user account. Microsoft Download Link…
Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB969058)
This update resolves an issue discussed in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 969058. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer. Microsoft Download Link…
Voice Mail for Outlook
This video shows you all of the new and exciting features that are found within Outlook voice mail. If voice mail is enabled on your account, you will be able to listen to your voice mail from your mobile phone and read it in your Inbox. You’ll receive a text message on your phone to… Continue reading Voice Mail for Outlook