42 Tips to Empower Your Office Users
Our Microsoft Office–applications experts offer dozens of tips you can use to make your users more Office-savvy—and cut down on tedious support calls. Amy Eisenberg
Ask the Experts, May 2006
Learn about encrypting an Exchange database while it's in use, find out how to improve the performance of a NAS solution, and see what some consider the most important features of SQL Server 2005. Bob Chronister, et al.
The Art of the Executive Presentation
Sooner or later, you'll need to make a presentation to your company's executives. Follow Ben Smith's guidelines for turning these opportunities into successes. Ben Smith
Rediscover Net User
Check out this built-in tool that lets you create, delete, and manage local and domain user accounts—all from the command line. Mark Minasi
Letters@windowsitpro.com
Readers send thanks for an article about KVM over IP and a Reader to Reader submission that saved the day and weigh in on Karen Forster's "cautionary tale of control." Readers
PRODUCTS AND REVIEWS
New & Improved, May 2006
Check out the latest products to hit the marketplace. PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: Visual Click Software's DSRAZOR Blake Eno
Email Archiving for Compliance
Products from GFi Software, Sherpa Software, C2C, Symantec, Mimosa Systems, and Quest Software aim to help you store and manage messages to meet regulations. Jason Sherry
SharePoint Backup and Recovery
Need a SharePoint backup and recovery solution? We do the legwork for you on Symantec Backup Exec 10d, CommVault's Galaxy Backup & Recovery, AvePoint's DocAve 3.1 with SPDR 1.0, and Webfox's Backup Elite SC V 3.0. Daniel Webster
Real-time Document Recovery
I didn't include in this review what I consider real-time document recovery vehicles. Some are free, such as Mindsharp's Deleted Items Document Library Custom List Template (http://mindsharpblogs.com/todd/archive/2005/10/06/719.aspx). AvePoint offers its Daniel Webster
Essential UPS
Are you worried about unexpected power outages, often resulting in data loss? Check out our buyer's guide for insight into UPSs that will help protect your equipment. Blake Eno
Vendor Briefings, May 2006
Our editors share insights from their conversations with Postini, St. Bernard Software, Symantec, and Mirage Networks. Editors
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