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Orchestrate Software Distribution with Windows Intune 2

A mere seven months after introducing its cloud-based PC-management service, Microsoft delivers a worthy update.


Networking & Hardware


Networking & Hardware Articles

Q: Does System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 manage ESX templates differently than System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2?

By John Savill, 02/23/2012

Yes, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 and SCVMM 2008 R2 manage ESX templates differently. Here's how.

Q: What is SR-IOV?

By John Savill, 02/23/2012

Single Root I/O Virtualization is a PCI-SIG standard that does at least one very cool thing.

Q: What are logical networks in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012?

By John Savill, 02/23/2012

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 includes management of computer, storage, and network fabrics, and it lets you define logical networks.

Q: How do I control which virtual machines use Virtual Machine Device Queues with Hyper-V?

By John Savill, 02/23/2012

Native Hyper-V lets you control which virtual machines use Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq).


Windows Phone in 2012

With Windows Phone "Tango," has Microsoft finally found a recipe for success in the smartphone market? And will Windows Phone "Apollo" address business phone needs?...

Windows 8 + SkyDrive

Microsoft this week provided new information about how it will integrate its SkyDrive cloud-storage service with Windows 8 (and previous Windows versions), dramatically improving the interoperability...


Apple Escalates Legal Battle Against Samsung

Apple took an aggressive step against its biggest competitor over the past week, asking a California court to block sales of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus smart phone in the US....

Motorola Targets Apple, Microsoft Revenues in Patent Suits

This week, details of two Motorola Mobility patent-oriented legal attacks against Apple and Microsoft, respectively, and both in Germany, were revealed. The goal? To obtain a small but lucrative...


Use TLS with SMTP to Secure Your Email

Email transmission over SMTP is inherently insecure, but with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, you can enable TLS with SMTP to encrypt messages during transport....

Apple and Microsoft: Forging the Future Through Partnership?

In August 1997, Microsoft invested $150 million in Apple to develop versions of Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer for the Mac. Tim Huckaby thinks that the two companies could benefit from...



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First Impressions: T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II 4G

By Jeff James, 02/15/2012

We recently received a Samsung Galaxy S II Android phone (running on T-Mobile's 4G network) in for review at the Windows IT Pro editorial offices, so I decided to post some early ...

Google's Purchase of Motorola Mobility Approved by US and EU Regulators

By Paul Thurrott, 02/13/2012

Regulators from the US Department of Justice and European Commission on Monday separately approved Google's proposed $12.5 billion purchase of Android handset maker Motorola ...

Q: Do I need a separate Key Management Service key for every KMS server?

By John Savill, 02/13/2012

Activation information about KMS, Key Management Service.

Apple Escalates Legal Battle Against Samsung

By Paul Thurrott, 02/12/2012

Apple took an aggressive step against its biggest competitor over the past week, asking a California court to block sales of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus smart phone in the US.

Windows Phone in 2012

By Paul Thurrott, 02/10/2012

With Windows Phone "Tango," has Microsoft finally found a recipe for success in the smartphone market? And will Windows Phone "Apollo" address business phone needs?

Use TLS with SMTP to Secure Your Email

By Paul Robichaux, 02/09/2012

Email transmission over SMTP is inherently insecure, but with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, you can enable TLS with SMTP to encrypt messages during transport.

Q: How can I access Microsoft SkyDrive files from Windows Explorer?

By John Savill, 02/09/2012

Connect to SkyDrive from Explorer by using this tool.


Featured Blogs

Security Blog

What to Expect at RSA Conference 2012

In order to help you get the most out of RSA Conference 2012, I've put together some tips and...

Business Technology Perspectives Blog

Is the Kindle Fire Gaining Traction in the Enterprise?

While the iPad makes up the lion's share of tablet devices, Amazon's Kindle Fire is starting to...

Tony Redmond's Exchange Unwashed

OCAT: Microsoft's Outlook Configuration Analysis tool

Following up on my recent articles covering the MFCMAPI and EWSEditor tools, both of which help...

Business Technology Perspectives Blog

Is the Kindle Fire Gaining Traction in the Enterprise?

While the iPad makes up the lion's share of tablet devices, Amazon's Kindle Fire is starting to...

Exchange and Outlook Blog

Lync 2010, Load Balancing, & Bandwidth

How is your Microsoft Lync 2010 deployment going? Are you even looking at Lync? I recently ran a...

Hyperbole, Embellishment, and Systems Administration Blog

Traveling overseas? You'll need a visa and might need to disable your computer's encryption

: @orinthomas A New York Times article recently told me something I didn't know about crossing...

Exchange and Outlook Blog

Microsoft Office 365: Security and On-Premises Requirements

At the Cloud Fest 1-day conference in Denver last week, one of the first things Microsoft's David...

Security Blog

Quest Software Touts New Features of Secure Copy 6.0

Scriptlogic was acquired by Quest Software in August 2007, and Secure Copy 6.0 -- released in late...

Business Technology Perspectives Blog

Is the Kindle Fire Gaining Traction in the Enterprise?

While the iPad makes up the lion's share of tablet devices, Amazon's Kindle Fire is starting to...

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