November 2007Myths about the pitfalls of defragmentation have prevented many an administrator from performing this important maintenance task. Find out which problems are real, which ones are unlikely, and how you can avoid them.

November 2007When community members start acting, perhaps you just need a big fish. See how social engineering helped to save Live QnA.

November 2007In this month’s installment, the Exchange team discusses Transport Layer Security for SMTP, how to prevent spoofed NDRs from clogging up your queues, and how to tackle various installation challenges.

November 2007Explore network and security design considerations for an anywhere-access solution using Terminal Service components, and learn some practical methods and best practices for creating a solution with Windows Server 2008.

November 2007Toolbox: New Products for IT Pros

November 2007With a well-written regular expression, a Windows PowerShell script can determine whether or not data conforms to a valid format. Get an overview of how you can use Regular Expressions in Windows PowerShell.

November 2007From the Editor: More Power to You

November 2007Single Sign On offers many advantages for both end users and administrators. Here’s a look at how Single Sign On can simplify implementation of wireless authentication for your network.

November 2007When you optimize database performance, tuning individual queries is as important as tuning server hardware and software configurations. Even one runaway query can bring a database to its knees. Here’s a guide to generating, analyzing, and…

November 2007

It’s a common problem—how do you let users work with files stored on the network, when they have unreliable or no connectivity, and still avoid versioning issues? Such continuity is essential to providing a seamless experience. Discover how improvements in Windows Vista provide a better approach to working with offline files.

November 2007

A virtual private network can provide improved connectivity and increased productivity—and it doesn’t need to be difficult to implement and manage. Find out how you can use ISA Server 2006 to address two common VPN scenarios.

November 2007The Scripting Guys demonstrate how to use Windows Remote Management to retrieve the properties and instances of classes on a remote computer. Oh, and there’s a cool puzzle too.

November 2007Exchange Edge Transport servers can help you create a more reliable and secure messaging environment. We showed you how to configure these servers in Part 1, now we’ll take you through some detailed examples of how key features help improv…

November 2007Find out how you can start using Windows PowerShell cmdlets to manage SMS 2003 clients from the command line.