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Flying Solo: Ozzie Takes Microsoft to the Cloud As his boss Bill Gates departs, Ozzie takes Microsoft's online strategy into the cloud. by Ed Scannell The Secrets of Sysvol Windows Server 2008 has a new way to migrate Group Policies. by Rhonda Layfield The Unified Communications Puzzle ISVs look to fill in some of the pieces of Microsoft's unified communications vision. by Peter Varhol FEATURES ARCHIVE Prof. PowerShell: All the Time in World That New-TimeSpan cmdlet watches the clock for you, so you can attend to important tasks in a timely manner. by Jeffery Hicks July 23, 2008 Weekly quickTIP: Security That Looks Good on Paper Microsoft's Security Assessment Tool offers a comprehensive lesson in what security processes are working -- and not working -- in your systems. by Greg Shields July 21, 2008 Security Watch: The Dumb Security Ideas Edition Some real stupid events in IT security have come out of hiding and back onto your systems. by Russ Cooper July 21, 2008 Prof. PowerShell: The Old Local Admin Short of learning .NET, here's a way to script something against the ADSI to find out some interesting data about the servers you're working with. by Jeffery Hicks July 16, 2008 Weekly quickTIP: VMware's File Extensions Explained What lurks behind each of those files that VMware creates? Greg tells all. by Greg Shields July 14, 2008 Security Watch: Criminals on Autopilot Also: by Russ Cooper July 14, 2008 Prof. PowerShell: Where Do You Want to Go Today? Too much information! Make it less complicated with the Where-Object cmdlet. by Jeffery Hicks July 9, 2008 Weekly quickTIP: Running With Scissors Vista's snipping tool lets you say in pictures that which often takes a thousand words. by Greg Shields July 7, 2008 COLUMNS ARCHIVE The New Web Services: SOA + WOA = NOA How to head off performance bottlenecks. by Lori MacVittie The Build Master: Making a Build A review of Vincent Maraia's book on the best practices for Microsoft's software configuration. by Mike Gunderloy Secure ASP.NET AJAX Development: Clean Up Your AJAX Security How secure is your AJAX? This book can help you avoid the security pitfalls. by Rita Zurcher BOOK REVIEW ARCHIVE 70-623: A Vista Exam for Consumer Support Techs What's the difference between a retail and business installation of Vista? If you don't know, you're not ready to take this new-generation MCP exam for Vista. by Andy Barkl 70-622: Road to Enteprise Support and Vista Do not study lightly for this Windows Vista exam -- you'll need to have complete understanding of application rollouts to Windows Vista desktops. by Andy Barkl What MCPs Must Know About Configuring Vista What to expect with Microsoft's first Windows Vista exam aimed at MCTS candidates. by Andy Barkl EXAM REVIEW ARCHIVE SecureDoc 4.3: Lock the Door WinMagic SecureDoc's full-disk encryption provides easy-to-use security for laptops and remote users. by Peter Varhol Strangeloop Networks AS1000: I Am a Strange Loop This appliance can help accelerate ASP.NET Web traffic over your network. by Peter Varhol EZManage SQL: Easy Does It If you manage multiple SQL Server installations, this tool lets you seamlessly scale your efforts. by Eric Johnson PRODUCT REVIEW ARCHIVE
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