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8 Tips from the Trenches

 

8 Tips from the Trenches

Use passphrases instead of passwords; automate the WSUS approval process for only some updates; fix the "encrypt the offline files cache" setting in Group Policy; fix time synchronization for virtual domain members; and many more tips from your peers.

Windows IT Pro News

How Google Voice Works, and a Few Reasons to Use It

By Brian Reinholz, 08/31/2010

Google Voice offers both a central hub to route all calls through your phone ecosystem and a competitive VoIP solution....

What the? Microsoft Announces Xbox Live Price Hike

By Paul Thurrott, 08/31/2010

When it comes to multiplayer gaming on a console, there's Xbox Live and then there's everything else. But starting this November, Microsoft is going to really test the loyalty of its best customers, when it raises the price of the Gold version of that service from $50 a year to $60 a year....

Microsoft Calls a Mulligan, Will Rejigger Live Sync as Windows Live Mesh

By Paul Thurrott, 08/30/2010

Microsoft late last week announced that it was dramatically altering its course on PC-to-PC sync and reversing an earlier branding decision. ...

WinInfo Short Takes: Week of August 30, 2010

By Paul Thurrott, 08/27/2010

An often irreverent look at some of this week's other news, including Microsoft's supposedly exorbitant cost of launching Windows Phone, Hotmail EAS support coming on Monday, Microsoft's supposed plans to connect Windows Phone and Xbox 360 with cross-platform gaming capabilities, the real key to the success of the new Xbox 360 console, the evil plan to push H.264, and Apple's upcoming music event....

New workshops added to Netherlands SharePoint Connections conference

By , 08/27/2010

Microsoft and SharePointProConnections have added pre- and post-conference workshops to their Autumn SharePoint Connections event in the Netherlands in September. The agenda has also been expanded to include sessions for less technical, management-level execs....

Two major conferences for Portugal's SharePoint users

By Seamus Quinn, 08/26/2010

SharePoint Portuguese User Group to hold mega-event on September 29 and SharePointPro Connections teams up with Microsoft to hold two-day workshop in Cascais, Lisbon on September 30 and October 1....

Microsoft Releases Exchange 2010 SP1

By Paul Robichaux, 08/26/2010

Microsoft released Exchange Server 2010 SP1 to manufacturing and made it available for immediate download. If you're upgrading, you can look forward to new mailbox repair functionality, changes in the way throttling policies work, and many new features as well....

Windows IT Pro and Oracle present virtual cloud computing conference

By Seamus Quinn, 08/26/2010

Windows IT Pro's European arm has teamed up with Oracle to present a major online event, the Oracle Enterprise Java Cloud Strategies Virtual Conference, that will be held next month....

Yahoo! Search Completes Transition to Bing

By Paul Thurrott, 08/26/2010

Yahoo! this week completed the transition of its search engine to the Bing back-end in both the US and Canada. The move comes almost 14 months after the two companies first announced their sweeping agreement to align in the search space to take on market leader Google....

Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 Arrives

By Paul Thurrott, 08/26/2010

Microsoft on Wednesday announced the immediate availability of the first service pack for Exchange Server 2010, adding a slew of new features in addition to the expected bug and security fixes and previously-released roll-ups....

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