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Experience is the best way to judge the value of a product. That’s why this 2008 annual awards issue presents the products judged as the cream of the crop by our editors as well as your peers.


Gold Medal SharePoint Applications in Beijing

By Dan Holme, 07/28/2008

As the NBC television Microsoft Technologies Consultant for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Dan Holme used Microsoft SharePoint Technologies to solve many of the operations management ...

What You Need to Know About Apple iPhone Enterprise Features

By Paul Thurrott, 07/28/2008

Apple is offering in its iPhone Software Update 2.0 Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) technologies. iPhone customers will be able to access push email, push calendaring, push ...

Feature for Feature: VMware ESX Server versus Microsoft Hyper-V

By Michael Otey, 07/28/2008

Here's an early look at how Microsoft Hyper-V stacks up against market leader VMware ESX Server.

Letters

By Editors, 07/28/2008

Readers chime in about Mark Minasi’s Server Core columns, a NetBIOS concern, and the latest edition of Robert Sheldon’s “PowerShell 101” series.

Use Netsh to Reset the Windows Socket Layer

By Apostolos Fotakelis, 07/28/2008

Suddenly and for no apparent reason, the 32-bit programs on a reader's Windows Vista machine couldn't connect to the Internet or network, while the 64-bit programs worked fine. ...

Checking AD Database Integrity

By John Savill, 07/28/2008

Use Ntdsutil and this advice to check AD databases.

How Messages Move in a Multiserver Exchange 2007 Environment

By Damir Dizdarevic, 07/28/2008

Trace the flow of outgoing and incoming messages as they move between several Exchange Server 2007 server roles.

Windows IT Pro Editors' Best Awards

By Editors, 07/28/2008

We identify the best products for Windows in 15 categories, including Product of the Year, Breakthrough Product, and Special Achievement. Start here to find products that will ...

Recognizing Microsoft’s Fading Generation of Products

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 ...

Deploy Exchange 2007 on a Single Server

By Damir Dizdarevic, 07/28/2008

Exchange Server 2007 is designed to work on at least two physical servers, but you can set it up on just one—by making some configuration changes that enable the Hub Transport ...

3 Steps to Troubleshooting Device Drivers

By Steven Daugherty, 07/28/2008

If your applications load slowly or don't load at all, the culprit might be a device driver. Knowing how to recognize, diagnose, and solve driver performance problems can save you ...

Determining When a User Last Logged On

By Jan De Clercq, 07/28/2008

Find out which Windows Server 2003 AD user object attribute contains the value of the last logon time of a user.

What's Hot

By Jeff James, 07/28/2008

Readers highlight their favorite products from Idera, Kerio Technologies, and Denis Bauer.

Making SoftGrid Apps Work On the Road

By Jeremy Moskowitz, 07/28/2008

Your users will be able to access all their SoftGrid applications even while on the road, when you combine SoftGrid client’s new Offline mode with a technique to wrap your ...

Hyper-V FAQs

By Michael Otey, 07/28/2008

Michael helps you evaluate Hyper-V's requirements, such as how you upgrade or migrate from other VMs, and shows you some differences between Hyper-V, Virtual Server 2005, and ...

Learning About the servicePrincipalName Attribute

By John Savill, 07/28/2008

Find out more about SPNs and where they're stored in AD.

Server Core from Afar

By Mark Minasi, 07/28/2008

Let's continue our ongoing Server Core configuration effort by setting up remote administration. The potent combination of WinRM and Winrs makes it possible.

Ask the Experts

By Various Authors, 07/28/2008

Find out how to check AD database integrity, discover where SPNs are stored, determine when a user last logged on, and learn how to restrict a user to logging on from only a ...

Use Cmd.exe's Start Command to Simplify Setup Automation

By Alex K. Angelopoulos, 07/28/2008

Use the Start command and a batch file to simplify small-scale software deployment, prevent accidental omissions, and significantly reduce contact time.

Awards Recognize the Best of TechEd 2008 IT Professionals Conference

By Editors, 07/28/2008

For our seventh annual awards issue, our judges traveled to Orlando to take a close look at the finalists in our Best of TechEd awards process and bring you the top third-party ...

Windows IT Pro Community Choice Awards

By Editors, 07/28/2008

Our readers have opinions about the best products, too, based on their experience with using products day in and day out. Here are their picks in eight categories, including ...

What You Need to Know About Apple iPhone 3G

By Paul Thurrott, 07/28/2008

The iPhone Software Update 2.0 offers Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) technologies, which is good news for enterprise users; plus, is iPhone 3G’s mobile wireless network ...


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White Papers

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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.
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