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Email is a mission-critical application, and you can’t afford downtime in the case of disaster. Prepare for a worst-case scenario by learning how to recover your Exchange Server from the ground up.


Recover Your Exchange Server 2007 Environment in 16 Steps

By Alan Sugano, 05/22/2009

Has your Exchange system crashed? Here are the step-by-step instructions you need for recovering that system—from beginning to end.

Save Your PowerShell Code in Profile and Script Files

By Robert Sheldon, 05/20/2009

PowerShell statements that you enter during a session apply only to that session. However, if you put your code into profile files or script files, you can use that code ...

Diskeeper 2009 Professional Review

By Zac Wiggy, 05/14/2009

If you're looking to improve performance of heavily used office PCs and want a more user-friendly application than the built-in Windows defragmenter, Diskeeper Professional 2009 ...

What You Need to Know About SP2 for Windows Server 2008 and Vista

By Paul Thurrott, 05/14/2009

Service pack 2 for Server 2008 and Vista offers improvements IT pros will like, including exFAT file-system support improvements, Bluetooth 2.1 support, and the ability to ...

HTA Automatically Creates Mappings

By Jim Turner, 05/14/2009

After discovering a script that determines and maps the next available drive to a network share, a reader incorporated the script into an HTML Application. With this HTA, you can ...

Tool Time: Repartition Windows Servers with GParted

By Chris Betlach, 05/14/2009

With the free GParted utility, you can create, resize, copy, and delete partitions on Windows servers as well as Windows workstations.

Paul's Picks

By Paul Thurrott, 05/14/2009

Foundation Server has limitations, yes, but what do you expect for $200? Plus, why you should wait to buy Amazon’s Kindle 2.

Use DevCon to Manage Finicky Hardware

By Bret Bennett , 05/14/2009

DevCon is a versatile command-line tool you can use to manage devices on local and remote computers.

2 Bcdedit Troubleshooting Tips

By Mark Minasi, 05/13/2009

Two in-the-field experiences with Bcdedit result in a couple tips that apply to any environment.

Administrators' Intro to Debugging

By Michael Morales, 05/13/2009

Learn how to work with windbg.exe in the Debugging Tools for Windows, for those times when you can't rely on your usual diagnostic tools and need a backup troubleshooting plan.

Outlook 2007 SP2 Improves OST Performance

By Tony Redmond, 05/07/2009

Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 addresses a problem with OSTs so that you get better performance on large mailboxes.

Review: ASUS Eee PC 900A Netbook

By Zac Wiggy, 04/30/2009

If you need a low-priced netbook and don't mind using Linux, ASUS's Eee PC 900A is a good value.

SharePoint Everywhere

By Jeff James, 04/30/2009

Unlike many Microsoft products, which are losing market share to savvy, agile competitors, SharePoint has maintained a growing dominance among enterprise collaboration tools. ...

Windows 7 in the Enterprise

By Michael Otey, 04/28/2009

Windows 7's new features and enhancements are designed to make it attractive to enterprise customers. Find out what the features and enhancements are and whether they're good ...

Letters

By Various Authors, 04/23/2009

Readers discuss Jeff James’s “Cloud Computing" column, Jim Turner's "Track Active Directory Changes," and Michael Otey's “SharePoint FAQs” Top 10 column.

Review: Internet Explorer 8.0

By Brian Reinholz, 04/16/2009

If you've taken a look at recent coverage of IE 8.0, the consensus is clear: IE 8.0 is a big step up over IE 7.0. But can it compare to the latest versions of Firefox, Safari, and ...

Integrating External Data Sources in SharePoint

By Jim Boyce, 04/03/2009

You can use Windows SharePoint Services to pull external data into your SharePoint pages, including linking multiple data sources. With Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, you can ...

New Features in Windows PowerShell 2.0

By Michael Otey, 03/20/2009

New cmdlets, operators, and variables, along with new capabilities such as script debugging and background jobs will kick start your PowerShell scripting.


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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.

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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.

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