By Sean Deuby, 06/01/2011
My colleague Jeff James wrote about the feeling of doom and gloom hanging over IT pros regarding cloud computing, in contrast to the blue skies forecast for developers. I’ve ...
By Michael Otey, 06/01/2011
At TechEd 2011 Microsoft articulated the company's cloud offerings, which have evolved very quickly and are now at the point where many businesses might want to seriously consider ...
By Jeff James, 05/31/2011
One of the promising new IT technologies not getting its due is business intelligence (BI), which has been growing in both market penetration and capability over the past few ...
By Jeff James, 05/01/2011
So what is an IT professional or IT manager to do about cloud computing? Adopt a healthy amount of cloud computing skepticism, but simultaneously see what internal IT resources in ...
By Jeff James, 03/23/2011
Business decision makers should carefully weigh many variables when choosing which IT platforms to deploy for virtualization, cloud computing, and other technologies.
By Michele Crockett, 03/23/2011
IT pros can help their companies make smart choices in cloud computing, virtualization, database, and mobile development platforms by setting aside their fears and embracing new ...
By Michele Crockett, 02/28/2011
Want to drive better business processes for your company? Check out these resources to break through the barriers in your SharePoint implementation.
By Sean Deuby, 02/21/2011
A couple of days ago, Android problems with my Exchange calendar at work triggered a need for a new smartphone. After seriously considering an iPhone 4, I decided to get a ...
By Sean Deuby, 02/15/2011
I'm in gray and rainy San Francisco attending the RSA security conference at the Moscone Convention Center, and the big item on the agenda Monday was the Cloud Security Alliance ...
By Jeff James, 02/07/2011
Jeff James discusses some of the top IT technologies, products, and services that every CIO, CFO, and business decision maker should encourage their IT staff to deploy. ...
By Michele Crockett, 02/07/2011
The economy is recovering, but slowly, and not without lasting repercussions for IT.
By Sean Deuby, 01/31/2011
Part of what's cool about my role as technical director at Windows IT Pro Magazine is the breadth of topics I get to learn and write about. In this job I'm responsible for being ...
By Jeff James, 01/06/2011
Jeff discusses the main drivers behind cloud computing adoption in the enterprise and urges business leaders to train and reward cloud-savvy IT professionals.
By Sheila Molnar, 01/06/2011
SharePoint 2010 is widely accepted as an improvement over previous versions of the product. Eric Swift discusses the features that make SharePoint 2010 a success.
By Michele Crockett, 01/06/2011
Your company’s shift to cloud computing could signal the start of a new career that leverages your current skill set.
By Sean Deuby, 12/08/2010
Cloud computing is about abstracting computing resources from the user. Where the cloud meets the ground, however, is in the data center. A modern, cloud-scale data center is a ...
By Michele Crockett, 12/06/2010
IT pros can be heroes by ensuring that 2011 expenditures drive business goals.
By Jeff James, 12/06/2010
A former CIO gives advice on how to meet IT and business goals.
By Sean Deuby, 11/08/2010
At July's Cloud Identity Summit, I recorded a podcast with Brian Kissel, CEO of Janrain Software and Chairman of the Board for the OpenID Foundation. OpenID authenticates over a ...
By Amy Eisenberg, 10/28/2010
IT professionals will gather in Las Vegas, April 17-21, 2011, to explore deep-dive implementation of virtualized environments with solutions from VMware, Microsoft, Citrix, ...
By Paul Robichaux, 04/26/2010
After heeding some prerequisites, you're ready to create a DAG, add servers to it, and allow seeding and replication to complete. Here's how to tackle those steps.
By Paul Thurrott, 03/02/2010
If you're migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7, here are some application compatibility issues you need to consider.
By William Lefkovics, 02/26/2010
One of my clients runs a call center with many part-time people who work only a few days a week. This client showed me a little trick for presenting only certain days of the week ...
By William Lefkovics, 02/26/2010
Sometimes when you create a new appointment or meeting request, you need to figure out the day the meeting should happen. Outlook offers some assistance: the drop-down calendar in ...
By William Lefkovics, 02/26/2010
TechHit,the company that created TwInbox, has now released a utility to incorporate Facebook into Outlook called FBLook. This little app is released without fee. It requires ...
By Tony Redmond, 02/26/2010
Learn how to use EMC or EMS in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 to perform online mailbox moves, as well as the background on how moves are processed, what you need to do to ...
By Brian Reinholz, 02/26/2010
Looking for work? Upcoming Microsoft products and planned organizational upgrades may provide some exciting opportunities for IT pros.
By Paul Robichaux, 02/25/2010
DAGs in Exchange Server 2010 should let you run full backups less frequently, but they aren't a replacement for backups. Is this a cost-effective solution?
By Mark Minasi, 02/23/2010
With Windows 7 barely out the door, Microsoft has started making us aware that they are already busily working at Windows 8. With that in mind, let me humbly offer a few ...
By Paul Thurrott, 02/23/2010
The people responsible for Microsoft's aging product lines should look to the Windows Phone 7 Series for inspiration.
By Dan Holme, 02/17/2010
When SharePoint 2010 is available as Microsoft's hosted SharePoint version, you can expect near feature parity with on-premises hosted SharePoint farms
By Kathy Ivens, 02/16/2010
There's a known cause for Windows 7 ignoring changes to the UAC. Do you know what it is?
By Paul Thurrott, 02/16/2010
It appears that Microsoft has created a smartphone that will appeal equally to consumers and business users.
By Paul Robichaux, 02/11/2010
Database availability groups (DAGs) in Exchange 2010 offer the possibility of running your organization without routine backups, but the cost of implementing DAGs and the ...
By B. K. Winstead, 02/11/2010
Is a touch screen necessary in a business smartphone? How about a slide-out QWERTY keyboard? What are the features you think are absolutely necessary?
By Bill Stewart, 02/10/2010
Here are the basics you need to know about Windows Installer packages and the .msi files they contain.
By Jan De Clercq, 02/09/2010
Learn how the AD recycle bin can save administrators a significant amount of time compared with the legacy built-in AD object recovery methods.
By Paul Thurrott, 02/09/2010
A former Microsoft executive's editorial in The New York Times brings new life to the debate of whether innovative ideas can still come from the software giant.
By B. K. Winstead, 02/09/2010
Kerio Technologies' latest mail server comes with a new name—Kerio Connect—and the ability to share presence and other information across a distributed domain.
By Russell Smith, 02/02/2010
Newer versions of Windows can take advantage of OCSP and improve performance.
By Paul Thurrott, 02/02/2010
Although Windows 7 is off to a record start and providing a much-needed boost to Microsoft's bottom line, it isn't the holistic home run it could have been.
By Dan Holme, 02/01/2010
SharePoint 2010 is alive and well at the Winter Olympics--check out the link to the site, as well as a demo VM of SharePoint, and a new SharePoint magazine.
By William Lefkovics, 01/31/2010
Learn the pros and cons of deploying the Gist web application, which consolidates communication resources and summarizes content based on importance.
By William Lefkovics, 01/31/2010
Do you know how to create and use Outlook Quick Parts? Learn how you can take advantage of this underused feature of Outlook 2007.
By Paul Robichaux, 01/28/2010
Targeted spear-phishing attacks have been in the news again—being aware of the threat is the best place to start in protecting your organization.
By B. K. Winstead, 01/28/2010
Help me make a smartphone choice by responding to this poll about the best hardware vendors for smartphones.
By Dan Holme, 01/27/2010
SharePoint expert Dan Holme reports from the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where he is the Microsoft Technologies consultant for NBC.
By Brian Reinholz, 01/26/2010
Using BriteTab, a resume creation tool, you can create slick, dynamic resumes with images and video.
By Mark Minasi, 01/26/2010
I have too much data, and no good way to get at it. But if developers could make some slight adjustments, it'd open up a world of possibilities.
By Jan De Clercq, 01/26/2010
Learn how to manage Active Directory in fewer steps by using ADAC, Microsoft’s new task-oriented administration tool, which replaces Active Directory Users and Computers.
By Paul Thurrott, 01/26/2010
While Apple's tablet computing device may garner all the headlines this week, the real news is that not much has changed.
By Eric B. Rux, 01/25/2010
These four products—Ensim Unify Enterprise Edition, ManageEngine ADManager Plus, NetIQ Directory and Resource Administrator, and Quest Software ActiveRoles Server—help you gain ...
By Russell Smith, 01/25/2010
Taking Forefront Threat Management Gateway out for a quick spin, you can’t help but like its new security features including malware blocking at the gateway and the ability to ...
By Paul Thurrott, 01/25/2010
Internet Explorer 9 shows potential; and what is replacing Microsoft Works? (And why should you care?)
By B. K. Winstead, 01/21/2010
I'm looking for a smartphone, and the first trick is picking the best mobile OS. You can help by answering these polls.
By Paul Thurrott, 01/19/2010
Windows XP has lived on in the face of two major upgrades, but XP's problems are starting to outweigh its benefits.
By Kathy Ivens, 01/19/2010
How much do you know about user passwords? See if you can answer these three questions.
By Dan Holme, 01/19/2010
You're invited to 3 SharePoint events--plus follow SharePoint to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver!
By Tony Howlett, 01/14/2010
Make sure your disaster recovery plan will rise to the occasion—test it using one of these routines.
By Paul Robichaux, 01/14/2010
Although many companies try to squeeze more uptime from their Microsoft Exchange Server organizations, a more useful strategy with current server versions is to focus on RTO and ...