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Conquer DNS Exploits

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Secure your DNS clients--not just your name servers. Learn about two new client-focused vulnerabilities and how to defeat them.


What You Need to Know About Windows Home Server

By Paul Thurrott, 03/27/2008

Learn why Windows Home Server is impressive and what effect it could have on small businesses.

Running a Mixed Environment of Exchange 2003 SP1 and Exchange 2003 SP2 Servers

By Nathan Winters, 03/27/2008

Learn about problems you might encounter with running a mixed environment of Exchange 2003 SP1 and Exchange 2003 SP2 servers.

Conquer 2 New DNS Exploits

By Cricket Liu, 03/27/2008

You understand the importance of securing your external name servers, but what about your DNS clients? Two new client-focused vulnerabilities demand your attention.

SAM Minds Your IT Assets

By Todd Erickson, 03/27/2008

As software-licensing audits become more common, businesses are finding that software asset management (SAM) solutions can help ensure they're in compliance with licensing ...

Your Non-Vista Option

By Readers, 03/27/2008

Not looking forward to migrating to Vista? It's not your only option.

10 Steps for Physical to Virtual OS Migration

By Robert Larson, 03/27/2008

Save time and server space by doing a physical to virtual (P2V) OS migration with Virtual Server Migration Toolkit (VSMT) and Mobile Automated Services (ADS). Mobile P2V gives you ...

What You Need to Know About In-Place Upgrades

By John Savill, 03/27/2008

In-place upgrades to Windows Server 2008 are more complex than clean installations of the OS. Find out what you need to consider before performing an upgrade.

Another Way to Quickly Copy File Paths

By Readers, 03/27/2008

This file-path copying technique has been around since Windows NT, so you can use it with many Windows OSs.

Ask the Experts

By Various Authors, 03/27/2008

Learn about automatic site coverage and how to disable it, find out how to configure how often Group Policy security settings are updated, follow along as Mark Russinovich ...

6 New Security Features in IIS 7.0

By Derek Hatchard, 03/27/2008

You can sandbox applications, delegate configuration decisions, control access to all content types, and more with IIS 7.0 security features.

Tried-and-True DNS Wisdom

By Caroline Marwitz, 03/27/2008

An experienced Windows administrator offers his DNS insights and practical tips to help you make your DNS environment more secure.

Adding Windows Server 2003 SP2 Support to the VSMT Patch Directory

By Robert Larson, 03/27/2008

The default installation of VSMT 1.1 doesn’t come with Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) patch files, so here's what you do.

Learning About Automatic Site Coverage

By John Savill, 03/27/2008

Find out how automatic site coverage enables clients find the nearest DC.

Windows Server 2008 Installation—It’s a Snap!

By John Savill, 03/27/2008

Windows Server 2008 installation is a very different beast than what you’ve experienced in the past. Follow these few steps to begin using the new OS today.

Microsoft Virtualization: A Special IT Pro Perspective Report

By Karen Forster, 03/27/2008

As April begins, Microsoft has big news about Xbox as a server and amazing virtualizationa nd management options.

Open a Command Prompt Window While Installing Windows

By Apostolos Fotakelis, 03/27/2008

You might think that performing such tasks as checking available disk space or searching for a file while Windows is installing is impossible, but that's not the case.

What You Need to Know About WGA Changes in Windows Vista SP1

By Paul Thurrott, 03/27/2008

Learn why changes to Windows Genuine Advantage in Vista SP1 might send you scurrying to update.

Free Virtualization Products

By Michael Otey, 03/27/2008

Keep up with the fast-growing virtualization market by building your virtual machines (VMs) and managing your environment with these free products.

Readers Review Hot Products

By Jeff James, 03/27/2008

Reader highlight their favorite products from Appassure, 3CX, and Google.

Configuring How Often to Update Group Policy Security Settings

By John Savill, 03/27/2008

Learn how to configure how often Group Policy updates security settings.

SteelEye Technology LifeKeeper Protection Suite for Windows

By John Green, 03/27/2008

SteelEye’s clustering and disaster recovery solution, LifeKeeper Protection Suite for Windows, offers admirable support for both replicated and shared storage, easy configuration ...

Defrag from Windows Vista’s Command Line

By Mark Minasi, 03/27/2008

Every new Windows version seems to come with a new defrag tool, and Vista is no exception. But its GUI-based defragmenter leaves a lot to be desired. Here’s how you can use the ...

Enterprise Patch Management Software

By Todd Erickson, 03/27/2008

Evaluate 11 patch management products to decide which solution is right for your environment.

New & Improved

By Jeff James, 03/27/2008

Check out the latest products to hit the marketplace. PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: Microsoft Robert 2008

Letters@windowsitpro.com

By Various Authors, 03/27/2008

Readers benefit from Mark Minasi’s Cipher tip, respond to Robert Sheldon’s PowerShell 101 series, offer a Vista UAC workaround, and complain about too much Server 2008 and Vista ...

Why VSMT 1.1 Doesn’t Support Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1

By Robert Larson, 03/27/2008

If you’re using the Virtual Server Migration Toolkit version 1.1 (VSMT) with Windows Server 2003, you can run into problems with the patch cache. Here's why.

Guidelines for Evaluating SAM Solutions

By Todd Erickson, 03/27/2008

Keep these questions in mind when looking at software asset management (SAM) products.

Properly Compiling and Storing a Product Key List Is Well Worth the Effort

By Alex K. Angelopoulos, 03/27/2008

Here are some basic, common-sense tricks you can use to help keep your Microsoft product key list usable and safe.

Customize Search Features in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

By Anup Kafle, 03/27/2008

Set targeted search scopes, and provide custom search forms and results pages with MOSS 2007's Advanced Search Web part and the Search Center site template.

PowerShell 101, Lesson 3

By Robert Sheldon, 03/27/2008

PowerShell's comparison, logical, and arithmetic operators combined with its support for wildcards and regular expressions help put the "Pow" in PowerShell.

Updating Your Old Hardware

By Various Authors, 03/27/2008

If it's time for a new model, what do you do with your old standby?


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