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When Disaster Strikes: Take Control of SharePoint Recovery

Modern SharePoint deployments often involve custom code, large content databases, or Remote BLOB Storage (RBS). Understanding such factors is important when developing a disaster recovery plan for SharePoint.

Office 15: The Mile-High View

With Office 15, Microsoft's venerable productivity platform evolves yet again--for tablet, cloud, and end user ease of use. Here's a quick dive into what to expect....

Q: Is there a poster that shows all the Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V components?

Need visual aids for Hyper-V? Here's a Windows Server 2012 poster showing Hyper-V parts....

Q: How can I easily bulk import virtual machines into Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V?

Import VMs into Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V in a bulk operation and fulfill your IT destiny....

New Bing Is a Bit Socially Awkward

Microsoft rolled out a set of previously announced changes to Bing that represents the biggest overhaul to its search service since its debut 3 years ago. ...

No, Windows RT Isn’t Windows . . . Yet

There’s been an interesting debate lately about whether Microsoft’s ARM-based derivative of Windows 8, called Windows RT, is really Windows....

Intel, AMD Align for Windows 8 Battles of 2012

With this week’s launch of the AMD “Trinity” processor chipsets—now renamed to the more pedestrian 2nd-Generation A-Series APUs, or Accelerated Processing Units—both of the major microprocessor...

Microsoft: 350 Million Windows 7 PCs to Be Sold This Year

Steve Ballmer said that the company expects its hardware partners to ship 350 million copies of Windows 7 this year....

Ballmer: 500 Million Windows 8 Users by the End of 2013

Steve Ballmer says that Windows 8 represents a “rebirth” of his company’s core OS that will trigger sales of 500 million units between its release later this year and the end of 2013....

Google: Hey, We Can Update Our Search Engine Too

Just hours after Microsoft launched the biggest revamp of its Bing search engine since its inception 3 years earlier, the search industry’s 800-pound gorilla announced an update of its own. ...

TechEd 2012: Learn. Share. Connect.

Get four days of more than 1000 learning opportunities covering Microsoft's current and future technologies, share real-world IT solutions with like-minded peers and connect with Microsoft and industry experts. Join us June 11-14 in Orlando, Florida. Visit our website for more details and register today.

More Windows IT Pro News

Q: How do I install .NET Framework 3.5, 3.0, and 2.0 on Windows 8?

Installing .NET Framework on Windows 8 is trivial. Mostly.

Q: Can I create a software RAID volume in a Storage Space with Windows Server 2012 on a USB-connected drive?

Storage Spaces on Windows Server 2012 now includes USB-connected storage.

Q: What firewall ports should we open to make IPSec work through our firewalls?

To use IPSec through your firewalls, here are the ports to open and what they're used for.

Video: Windows Server 2012 Storage Spaces Demo

John Savill demonstrates Windows Server 2012 Storage Spaces.

WinInfo Short Takes, May 25, 2012

An often irreverent look at this week's other news, including a Ballmer misquote about Windows 8, a Google transparency report that highlights Microsoft’s anti-piracy battles, ...

Q: Can I create a software RAID volume using Windows Server 2008 R2 on a USB connected drive?

Creating a software RAID volume on a USB connected drive is a no-go in Windows Server 2008 R2. Here's why.

Q: I set up the file share for a Hyper-V virtual machine but got an Access Denied message--why?

Access Denied message on a Hyper-V virtual machine causes worry.

Smartphones, Mobile Devices Transforming Corporate IT

Growth in smartphone and mobile device use and the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend in corporate IT is now having a backward effect on PCs.

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