By Karen Forster, 02/23/2009
Karen Forster and Eric Zinn of Advaiya discuss the 3 most common mistakes that undermine IT's value to the business.
By Karen Forster, 11/12/2008
By Karen Forster, 10/29/2008
Microsoft's thorough research into what SMBs need in a network infrastructure led to easier installation and management for the latest version of Windows Small Business Server and ...
By Karen Forster, 10/29/2008
The wizard-based deployment and preinstallation tools that come with Small Business Server 2008 and Essential Business Server 2008 are a hit, but the cost and the migration ...
By Karen Forster, 10/29/2008
Can Microsoft balance the push toward hosted services with its traditional software products business plan?
By Karen Forster, 10/08/2008
By Karen Forster, 09/26/2008
Microsoft’s Dynamic IT initiative is intended to increase efficiency. But will the end result be IT pros with more time to be strategic rather than reactive, or simply fewer IT ...
By Karen Forster, 09/11/2008
Responding to concerns that SBS 2008 is priced too high, Microsoft says that customer feedback led to a higher price point for the software but a lower price for CALs, resulting ...
By Karen Forster, 09/05/2008
Last may, reader Jeff Vandervoort wrote that Microsoft owes PolicyMaker users a migration plan. Now Microsoft has a response.
By Karen Forster, 08/27/2008
As IT spending in the SMB market increases, Microsoft focuses its efforts on related software and services, such as Windows Essential Business Server, Small Business Server, and ...
By Karen Forster, 07/28/2008
Karen acknowledges Server 2008, DPM 2007, and SCVMM 2008 for receiving Editors’ Best awards and examines Microsoft’s perspective on virtualization as it relates to a new ...
By Karen Forster, 07/09/2008
By Karen Forster, 06/26/2008
Find out how Live Mesh fits Microsoft’s Software Plus Services (S+S) strategy.
By Karen Forster, 06/10/2008
Tech Ed IT Pro week kicks off with Hyper-V and other announcements. But there are also mixed messages about IT pros and developers and about strategic vision, such as Dynamic IT, ...
By Karen Forster, 05/28/2008
In response to "RSAT: windows Server 2008 Remote Server Admin Tools," a reader expresses frustration with Microsoft's support for PolicyMaker customers.
By Karen Forster, 05/27/2008
A Microsoft Senior Product Manager for Windows Vista management discusses Server 2008’s RSAT for Windows Vista SP1, highlighting RSAT’s Group Policy integration.
By Karen Forster, 05/12/2008
By Karen Forster, 04/28/2008
Microsoft’s product managers for Windows Server and Windows Client Deployment explain that customers who use Server 2008 and Vista together will benefit from improved performance, ...
By Karen Forster, 04/28/2008
In this exclusive interview, Microsoft's Brad Anderson and Larry Orecklin disclose groundbreaking developments from the Microsoft Management Summit regarding System Center support ...
By Karen Forster, 04/09/2008