System Center Puts DSI into Practice
Karen Forster tallks with Microsoft's Kirill Tatarinov and Larry Orecklin about the latest System Center products and how they address the priorities and pain points of systems management. Karen Forster
Exchange 2007 Transforms Message Routing
Exchange Server 2007 eliminates routing groups in favor of a more efficient message-flow process, but you'll need to perform certain tasks to make the new routing coexist with legacy Exchange servers. Paul Robichaux
Secure Connectivity on the Road
Here’s a free and simple-to-set-up alternative to using a Microsoft or third-party VPN for secure connectivity on the road: the OpenSSH VPN tool and the Squid for Windows proxy server. Mark Joseph Edwards
Develop a Storage Strategy with Compliance in Mind
If your company must meet regulatory requirements, your storage management strategy should support that need. Take a look at three different standards—HIPAA, SEC Rule 17a-4, and SOX—and how each can affect a business's choice of storage. David Chernicoff
Hosted Applications
Hosted applications can often reduce costs, but you need to evaluate how your business plans to use them before you decide to take that route. David Chernicoff
SharePoint Server 2007 Revealed
Learn more about Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 features in this guided tour, using practical "experiences" to manage content, tasks, workflow, and Web parts. Dan Holme
Getting to Know Office 2007
Learn how Pivot Tables display hierarchical data, what OneNote 2007's OCR indexing means for your searches, and why you might want to consider using Word 2007's blogging feature. Dan Holme
Ask the Experts
Learn more about the administrative template files in Windows Vista and discover the reason behind the short delays when accessing Windows Vista's File Open dialog box. Various Authors
From ExBPA to ExRAP
Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer and teh Exchange Server Risk Assessment and Health Check Program help you proactively identify and solve problems in your Exchange configuration. Karen Forster
The Lowdown on Takeown
A great new tool in Vista and Windows 2003 offers a quick command-line method for taking ownership of files and folders. Mark Minasi
Most Enticing Vista Features
The new business-oriented features included in Windows Vista provide additional functionality and make the new OS easy to use in the workplace. Michael Otey
DNS Commands and Managing Servers
Although all of the recommendations Mark Burnett makes in his article "Segregate
Your DNS Servers" (September 2006, InstantDoc ID 92660) are good and the
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