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Industry Excellence Awards: Recognizing Outstanding Products and Services for IT Pros

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You've got a problem that only the right tool can fix. But choosing that tool is a problem in itself. Our editors have searched the industry to identify the best products and services for you. This issue highlights editors' and readers' top picks.


Windows Server Virtualization Features

By Michael Otey, 07/25/2007

Windows Server Virtualization, an add-on for Windows Server 2008, offers features that lead to easier backup and better scalability, making virtualization in Windows easier than ...

Windows Server 2008 App Compat

By Karen Forster, 07/25/2007

Microsoft is working to make the Windows 2008 logo program a meaningful gauge of quality for ISVs and IT pros.

Upgrading to Exchange Server 2007

By Brien Posey, 07/25/2007

Before you can upgrade to Exchange 2007, you need to prepare your AD and make sure your existing organization is set for the change.

Changes to Windows Server Virtualization

By Paul Thurrott, 07/25/2007

Microsoft trimmed the scope of Windows Server Virtualization in early 2007, stripping promising features such as live migration and hot-add hardware support from the upcoming ...

High Availability for MOSS 2007 Server Farms

By Ryan Femling, 07/25/2007

Using a tiered architecture and load-balancing technologies helps ensure that your SharePoint environment remains up and running.

Letters@windowsitpro.com

By Editors, 07/25/2007

Readers ask about System integrity levels, point out the difference between moving and copy files on the same server, sound off about the spread of malicious software, and more.

Leverage LVR to Simplify AD Object Recovery

By Guido Grillenmeier, 07/25/2007

Recovering AD data is difficult because it typically replicates across multiple DCs. LVR improves replication of AD linked values and eases object recovery during an authoritative ...

Burn Backups Automatically

By Oguzhan Oguz, 07/25/2007

Learn how you can use two freeware utilities and a two-line batch file to automatically burn crucial files to a DVD or CD-ROM for safekeeping.

Best of TechEd

By Editors, 07/25/2007

Windows IT Pro editors were the judging panel for Best of TechEd this year. Here are their thoughts about the winners.

Editor's Best

By Editors, 07/25/2007

The editors of Windows IT Pro designate top products in 13 categories.

Thwarting Integrity Attacks with Chml

By Mark Minasi, 07/25/2007

We dive more deeply into integrity levels by showing you how to use last month's Chml utility to assume the System integrity level.

Password Synchronization

By Jan De Clercq, 07/25/2007

Microsoft has numerous password synchronization solutions—learn whether one of them is right for your environment, or whether you’d be better off with a third-party product.

The TechEd Attendee's Pick Awards

By Editors, 07/25/2007

IT pros who attended TechEd in June designated these products as their favorites.

Step by Step to Exchange 2007

By Brien Posey, 07/25/2007

Follow these basic steps to prepare AD and your existing Exchange organization for the upgrade to Exchange 2007.

Readers Review Hot Products

By Blake Eno, 07/25/2007

Readers highlight favorite products: Zenprise for Exchange and Zenprise for BlackBerry, Atempo LiveBackup, and InfoStreet's StreetSmart.

Deploy a Single Application Through Terminal Services

By Nate McAlmond, 07/25/2007

Although Windows 2008 improves on the ability to present single applications from a terminal server, that functionality has been around since Win2K. Here's how to do it.

The Best of MMS

By Editors, 07/25/2007

We highlight products from Microsoft Partners that took honors at the Microsoft Management Summit in March.

Liberate Your Inner Salesperson

By Ben Smith, 07/25/2007

You might not think of yourself as a salesperson, but whether you're trying to get another rack of servers or consensus among stakeholders, you're selling. These tips will help ...

Windows IT Pro's Industry Excellence Awards

By Editors, 07/25/2007

We honor the products and services in five categories that our readers and editors consider the best of the best.

Community Choice Awards

By Editors, 07/25/2007

Windows IT Pro readers voted for their favorite products from 12 different Buyer's Guides. Here are the winners and runners-up.


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White Papers

Get your Windows 7 deployment off to the right start by implementing PC lockdown. A locked-down environment is easier and cheaper to support since users are less likely to make unnecessary changes to the core system configuration - read more here!

Essential Guides

Is your iSCSI "lossy"? The reality is that most off-the-shelf Ethernet hardware deployed for iSCSI can lose packets, resulting in slow performance or application downtime. Learn how to assess your current iSCSI infrastructure and engineer an advanced iSCSI SAN infrastructure.

Web Seminars

What's the best way to keep your network safe from malware? In this web seminar, security expert Greg Shields suggests an alternative method to the traditional blacklisting approach that is common with anti-virus and anti-malware solutions.

eLearning Series

We bring the experts direct to you to share their real-world perspective and expertise. During each event, three sessions stream in real time, so you can learn, ask questions, and get solutions.
Upcoming event: Getting the Most with Exchange 2010 with Paul Robichaux

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