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Microsoft "How Do I?" Videos

videosLearn more about Microsoft products such as SQL Server, Security, Windows Server, Exchange and SharePoint with these "How Do I?" videos. TechNet has assembled these short videos for customers to learn how to accomplish specific tasks with Microsoft products: step-by-step. Subscribe to the TechNet videos RSS feed to learn about new videos.

 

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Improve Performance and Storage Utilization With Data Compression
In this video Scott Golightly shows how to use the data compression feature of SQL Server 2008 Enterprise and Developer Editions. In addition to showing how to enable data compression, Scott discusses the effect it can have on the size of your table, when you may not want to use it, and shows examples of how to see if compression is having the desired result.

Presented by Scott Golightly http://www.grokdev.com/blogs/scott
Friday, Oct 24, 2008

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Deployment How-to Videos

How Do I: Build and prepare a Windows XP virtual machine image for use with Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization 1.0?
How Do I: Build and prepare a Windows XP virtual machine image for use with Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization 1.0?
Is your Windows Vista deployment being blocked by a custom application that won't run on a newer operating system? Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization 1.0 might be what you have been looking for. In this the third in a 5 part series, Gordon Ryan shows how to build and prepare a Windows XP virtual machine that will be deployed to MEDV clients. In this series he will show how to configure MEDV so that when users access an intranet web site it will load in IE6 within a Virtual XP image.
Friday, Jul 31
How Do I: Use VRTA and Netmon to Check my Website’s Performance?
How Do I: Use VRTA and Netmon to Check my Website’s Performance?
This video shows you how to use Virtual Roundtrip Analyzer to check performance of your website or web application, and how to trace frames in Network Monitor so you can see what is going on in the network layer when you send a request, and get the response back from the server.
Wednesday, Jul 1
How Do I: Get Started with xPerf and xPerfview to Analyze Server Performance?
How Do I: Get Started with xPerf and xPerfview to Analyze Server Performance?
This video shows you how to use xPerf to capture User and kernel events on your server while running your application, and how to visually analyze these events using xPerfview. You will be able to see how your application utilizes CPU, and disk, and memory, and network to find out any performance issues with these easy-to-use powerful tools.
Tuesday, May 19

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Internet Explorer How-to Videos

Web Slices
Web Slices
In this video, Matt Hester demonstrates Internet Explorer 8’s Web Slices - a technology that allow users to subscribe to snippets of any page and view them by using the Favorites toolbar. The video will show how to create and use Web Slices.
Tuesday, Apr 14
HTML 5 Networking Events
HTML 5 Networking Events
In this video, Matt Hester demonstrates Internet Explorer 8’s new support for the networking events, from the W3C’s HTML 5 working draft, including the onHashChange, onOnline, and onOffline events.
Monday, Apr 13
InPrivate Browsing
InPrivate Browsing
In this video, Matt Hester demonstrates Internet Explorer 8's support InPrivate Browsing mode and discusses the impact on your users' experience for your website and how to work with InPrivate Browsing mode.
Monday, Apr 13

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Internet Explorer 8 Security Series Videos

Cross Domain Requests
Cross Domain Requests
In this video, Matt Hester discusses Internet Explorer 8 and its support for Cross Domain Requests by providing a safe and reliable anonymous communication mechanism with remote servers to exchange data safely while helping to prevent cross-site scripting attacks.
Friday, Sep 4
Extended Validation Certificates - Technical Considerations
Extended Validation Certificates - Technical Considerations
In this video, Matt Hester discusses Internet Explorer 8 and its support for EV certs, and some of the technical considerations of implemented properly.
Friday, Aug 28
Protected Mode
Protected Mode
In this video, Matt Hester demonstrates Internet Explorer 8 and its protected mode which provides enhanced security for Windows Vista users by helping to defend against elevation of privilege attacks.
Thursday, Aug 20

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Exchange How-to Videos

How Do I: Configure Security Policies on my Windows Mobile Devices Using Exchange 2007?
How Do I: Configure Security Policies on my Windows Mobile Devices Using Exchange 2007?
With more users carrying smart phones, the possibilities of sensitive data being compromised as a result of a device being lost is a growing concern for IT Pros. Exchange 2007 provides a no cost option for securing Windows Mobile devices through the use of Active Sync Policies. In this video Gordon Ryan steps through the process the of creating a policy and assigning it to a user.
Thursday, Mar 5
Remotely Wipe a Windows Mobile Device if an Employee Loses it
Remotely Wipe a Windows Mobile Device if an Employee Loses it
Employees' losing mobile devices is a concern for any IT Pro, but with Exchange 2007 and Windows Mobile 6, you remote wipe a lost device and know that the data has been removed. In this video, Gordon Ryan shows you how to do this using Outlook Web Access and the Exchange graphical and Powershell administration tools.
Wednesday, Feb 18
Incoming E-mail Scan
Incoming E-mail Scan
Join Gordon Ryan as he shows how to configure Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server to scan incoming and outgoing emails. In this video he shows how to configure file and keyword filters as well as configuring notifications.
Wednesday, Jan 14

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Exchange Online How-to Videos

Exchange Online administration
Exchange Online administration
In this video, Marc Hoppers explains how to use the Exchange Administration features provided in Microsoft Online Services. Topics include, adding and editing users, creating distribution lists, setting ups safe senders and blocked senders.
Tuesday, Oct 28

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Forefront Videos

How Do I: Manage the Forefront Security for SharePoint Quarantine and Incidents Databases?
How Do I: Manage the Forefront Security for SharePoint Quarantine and Incidents Databases?
In this video, Gordon Ryan shows how to manage the incident and quarantine databases in Forefront Security for SharePoint. He walks through the process of exporting and moving the database files as well as taking files out of quarantine.
Wednesday, Mar 18
How Do I: Configure Forefront Security for SharePoint to Block Uploading and Downloading of Inappropriate Content?
How Do I: Configure Forefront Security for SharePoint to Block Uploading and Downloading of Inappropriate Content?
In an increasingly litigious world, it is essential that IT Pros have the ability to block inappropriate content from being stored on corporate servers. By implementing Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint, IT Pros have the ability to create key word lists and then block documents from being uploaded that contain the words specified. In this video, Gordon Ryan shows you how to do this as well as how to report on documents that are being uploaded or downloaded, but not actually block their transfer.
Wednesday, Mar 18
How Do I: Configure a Manual Scan Job in Forefront Security for SharePoint?
How Do I: Configure a Manual Scan Job in Forefront Security for SharePoint?
Once you have installed Forefront Security for SharePoint, one of the first things you should be doing is performing a scan of your document libraries. In this video, Gordon Ryan walks you through the process of configuring a manual scan job in Forefront Security for SharePoint.
Wednesday, Mar 18

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Microsoft Online How-to Videos

Add Users to SharePoint Site Collection in MOS and Configure Security
Add Users to SharePoint Site Collection in MOS and Configure Security
This video shows how to add users and configure their security settings within Microsoft Online Services' SharePoint Online. This demo shows how to:
- Access the SharePoint Online Site Settings website
- Add users using the browse function
- Add users using the check names function
- Configure user security settings for a site collection
Tuesday, Jul 14
Provison a SharePoint Site Collection with Microsoft Online Services
Provison a SharePoint Site Collection with Microsoft Online Services
This video shows how to create a new SharePoint site collection using SharePoint Online, part of Microsoft Online Services This demo shows how to:
- Find the SharePoint Online administration page within MOS
- Create a new SharePoint Site collection
- Choose a site template <
- Allocate space to the site collection
Tuesday, Jul 14
Convert Trial Account to Paid Subscription of BPOS
Convert Trial Account to Paid Subscription of BPOS
This video shows how to convert a trial account of the Microsoft Online Business Productivity Suite to a paid subscription.
Tuesday, Jul 7

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Office Communications Server How-to Videos

How Do I: Change or Enable the External Reverse Proxy URL for OCS?
How Do I: Change or Enable the External Reverse Proxy URL for OCS?
Changing the reverse proxy or forgetting to enable it during setup may lead to untold frustration during both external and federated Communicator and LiveMeeting Client access. Join Nicolas Blank as he demonstrates how to solve this issue using a Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 command line utility.
Tuesday, Jan 6
How Do I: Get Started with Meeting and Voice Policies in OCS?
How Do I: Get Started with Meeting and Voice Policies in OCS?
Join Nicolas Blank as he demonstrates how to get started with both Meeting and Voice Policies in Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007.
Tuesday, Jan 6
How Do I: Enable Anonymous and Federated Users in OCS?
How Do I: Enable Anonymous and Federated Users in OCS?
Join Nicolas Blank as he demonstrates how to enables two massively useful features in Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Anonymous and Federated Live Meeting Users as well as Federation for Instant Messaging users.
Tuesday, Jan 6

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Script Center How-to Videos

Power Shell Variables
Power Shell Variables
In this video Nicholas Blank shows us the flexibility of using variables in PowerShell
Wednesday, Dec 17
Powershell Scripts and the Command Line
Powershell Scripts and the Command Line
In this video Nicolas Blank discusses command line arguments in functions and scripts.
Wednesday, Oct 8
Power Shell and WMI
Power Shell and WMI
In this video Nicholas Blank shows us how easy it is to use WMI in PowerShell.
Thursday, Oct 2

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Security Videos

Security Intelligence Report: Volume 7
Security Intelligence Report: Volume 7
Join Vinny Gullotto, GM of the Microsoft Malware Protection Center, and Ken Malcolmson, Senior Product Manager, Trustworthy Computing, as they discuss the trends and findings in the latest Security Intelligence Report.
Friday, Nov 20
How Do I: Configure Forefront Server Security for Sharepoint to Block Uploading and Downloading of Specific File Types?
How Do I: Configure Forefront Server Security for Sharepoint to Block Uploading and Downloading of Specific File Types?
As users embrace Sharepoint, IT Pros need to be able control the type of files that they are uploading. While Sharepoint provides the ability to block files based on their extension, Forefront Security for Sharepoint takes this one step further and inspects the file headers so that renaming a file won't allow a user to bypass the blocks. In this video, Gordon Ryan shows you how to configure file blocking in Forefront Security for Sharepoint.
Tuesday, Mar 10
Jeff Jones and Thomas Dawkins (Part 2)
Jeff Jones and Thomas Dawkins (Part 2)
Microsoft Security Assessment Tool (MSAT) 4.0 demo of the new and improved features that give customers and partners the right tools to improve the security state of their business IT infrastructure.
Monday, Dec 1

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SharePoint Server How-to Videos

How Do I: Use the SPDiag Tool to Analyze my SharePoint Farm?
How Do I: Use the SPDiag Tool to Analyze my SharePoint Farm?
Part of the latest SharePoint Administration Toolkit from Microsoft, the SharePoint Diagnostic (SPDiag) tool provides a wealth of information of all kinds across the entire server farm, offering both static and trend analysis and reporting as well as real-time details to assist in analysis, planning and problem avoidance and resolution. In this video Hilton Giesenow (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) takes us through downloading, installing and setting configuring the tool, and looks at how to use some of its features.
Tuesday, Jul 7
How Do I: Create a KPI List and KPI Dashboard?
How Do I: Create a KPI List and KPI Dashboard?
Join, Hilton Giesenow, host of The Moss Show (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) as he explores how to create a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) list in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. In the video, we explore how to create various types of KPIs (manual, based on SharePoint lists, and based on an Excel workbook in an Excel Services Trusted Location) and how to create a KPI dashboard based on the list of KPIs.
Wednesday, Jun 24
How Do I: Create and Configure a Business Data Catalog?
How Do I: Create and Configure a Business Data Catalog?
This video shows how to integrate data external to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 by building a Business Data Catalog.
Wednesday, Jun 24

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SQL Server How-to Videos

How Do I: Using the HierarchyID Data Type in SQL Server 2008 to manage data hierarchies?
How Do I: Using the HierarchyID Data Type in SQL Server 2008 to manage data hierarchies?
Managing hierarchies in Information Systems has long been a challenge to most information systems professionals. The issues are simple, but the implementation of hierarchies within databases is complex and often onerous. The HierarchyID datatype introduced in SQL Server 2008 provides a new way to deal with these types of issues. In this video, Max Adams will introduce this new HierarchyID Datatype and examine how to:
- Create tables that implement this datatype
- Populate the table with data using CTE
- Query the table using some of the inherent functions available for the HierarchyID Datatype.
Friday, Jun 19
How Do I: Profile Data with the Data Profiling Task and Viewer
How Do I: Profile Data with the Data Profiling Task and Viewer
Data quality is important to every business. Using the SQL Server 2008 Data Profiling task computes statistics about the data in a database to spot incorrect values. The Data Profiling viewer allows you to view the generated statistics. In this video Scott Golightly shows how to create the data profile and how to review the results.
Friday, Jun 19
How Do I: Import Text Files with SQL Server Integration Services?
How Do I: Import Text Files with SQL Server Integration Services?
Many programs produce logs as plain text files. Sometimes these log files need to be imported into SQL Server to allow further analysis of the data. In this video Scott Golightly shows how to use SQL Server Integration Services to import text files into SQL Server
Wednesday, Jun 17

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System Center How-to Videos

How Do I: Use powershell to manage Windows Mobile devices with Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008?
How Do I: Use powershell to manage Windows Mobile devices with Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008?
Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 provides IT Pros with a powerful set of tools for managing the Windows Mobile devices in their enterprise. In this video, Gordon Ryan shows you how to use the Powershell environment to manage your devices.
Wednesday, Jun 17
How Do I: Enroll a Windows Mobile Device using Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager?
How Do I: Enroll a Windows Mobile Device using Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager?
Windows Mobile devices have become a standard component in the information workers arsenal today, but as an network administrator, they can pose a number of challenges when it comes to management and security. Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 lets IT Pros manage Windows Mobile devices in the same way they manage windows PCs. In this video, Gordon Ryan demonstrates how to pre-enroll a device and then from the device, enroll it in the domain.
Tuesday, Jun 16
How Do I: Create a group policy to manage Windows Mobile devices with System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008?
How Do I: Create a group policy to manage Windows Mobile devices with System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008?
Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 provides IT Pros with a powerful set of tools for managing the Windows Mobile devices in their enterprise. In this video, Gordon Ryan shows you how to create a group policy object that can be used to manage the features of Windows Mobile devices and then how to force an update of the policy settings on a mobile device.
Tuesday, Jun 16

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Virtualization How-to Videos

How Do I: Build and prepare a Windows XP virtual machine image for use with Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization 1.0?
How Do I: Build and prepare a Windows XP virtual machine image for use with Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization 1.0?
Is your Windows Vista deployment being blocked by a custom application that won't run on a newer operating system? Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization 1.0 might be what you have been looking for. In this the third in a 5 part series, Gordon Ryan shows how to build and prepare a Windows XP virtual machine that will be deployed to MEDV clients. In this series he will show how to configure MEDV so that when users access an intranet web site it will load in IE6 within a Virtual XP image.
Friday, Jul 31
How Do I: Deploy a Windows XP virtual machine with Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization 1.0?
How Do I: Deploy a Windows XP virtual machine with Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization 1.0?
Is your Windows Vista deployment being blocked by a custom application that won't run on a newer operating system? Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization 1.0 might be what you have been looking for. In this the fourth in a 5 part series, Gordon Ryan shows how to deploy a Windows XP virtual machine using MEDV. In this series he will show how to configure MEDV so that when users access an intranet web site it will load in IE6 within a Virtual XP image.
Friday, Jul 17
How Do I: Create a policy with Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization to deploy IE6 for an intranet site?
How Do I: Create a policy with Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization to deploy IE6 for an intranet site?
Is your Windows Vista deployment being blocked by a custom application that won't run on a newer operating system? Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization 1.0 might be what you have been looking for. In this the last of a 5 part series, Gordon Ryan shows how to create a policy that will invoke a virtualized instance of Internet Explorer 6 when a user visits a specific URL. In this series he will show how to configure MEDV so that when users access an intranet web site it will load in IE6 within a Virtual XP image.
Tuesday, Jul 7

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Windows Client How-to Videos

Configure the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Database to Automate Windows Deployment
Configure the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Database to Automate Windows Deployment
Watch this demonstration to learn how to create and configure the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) database to further automate the deployment of Windows operating systems.
Wednesday, Aug 26
Download and Install Windows PowerShell for Windows Vista
Download and Install Windows PowerShell for Windows Vista
Find out how to obtain, download, and install Windows PowerShell in a Windows Vista environment. This demonstration also provides an overview of some basic PowerShell commands to get you started.
Wednesday, Aug 26
Configure Task Sequences in the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
Configure Task Sequences in the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
In this video, you’ll learn how to create and configure a custom task sequence in the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) and leverage the automated deployment functions.
Wednesday, Aug 26

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Windows Server 2008 How-to Videos

Protecting a Word Document with AD RMS
Protecting a Word Document with AD RMS
This video introduces you to AD RMS by showing you how an end user can protect and assign specific permissions to a Word document using AD RMS. If you’d like to a more thorough introduction to AD RMS and information protection, you can read about it on Microsoft’s website at
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/idm/InformationProtection.mspx.
If you are an IT professional and you’d like to learn more how to implement AD RMS in your organization, visit the AD RMS documentation on Technet at
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771627.aspx.
Friday, Oct 30
Configure a virtual machine running on Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V to support hot add storage
Configure a virtual machine running on Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V to support hot add storage
With the release of Windows Server 2008 R2, Hyper-V supports the addition and removal of storage devices for virtual machines while they are running. In this video, Gordon Ryan walks through the process of creating a new virtual machine then adding in a new virtual hard disk, then removing it while the virtual machine is running.
Monday, Oct 26
Backup Hyper-V with Windows Server Backup
Backup Hyper-V with Windows Server Backup
With virtualised workloads, data backup and recovery becomes even more critical. Whilst large companies can use products such as System Center Data Protection Manager to back up multiple servers, that may not always be appropriate for and, in this video, Mark Wilson takes a look at backing up a Hyper-V deployment using the Windows Server Backup utility provided with Windows Server 2008.
Sunday, Jun 21

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Windows Server Terminal Services How-to Videos

Terminal Services - Overview
Terminal Services - Overview
In this video, Matt Hester gives you a general overview of the new features available with Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008.
Tuesday, Jan 15
Terminal Services - TS Gateway Server
Terminal Services - TS Gateway Server
In this video, Matt Hester talks about TS Gateway, which enables a secure scenario and authorizes remote users to connect to resources on another network.
Tuesday, Jan 15
Terminal Services - RemoteApp
Terminal Services - RemoteApp
In this video, Matt Hester talks about the RemoteApp capabilities in Terminal Services that allow us to share out applications across the different areas in our environment.
Tuesday, Jan 15

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Windows SharePoint Services How-to Videos

How Do I: Use the SPDiag Tool to Analyze my SharePoint Farm?
How Do I: Use the SPDiag Tool to Analyze my SharePoint Farm?
Part of the latest SharePoint Administration Toolkit from Microsoft, the SharePoint Diagnostic (SPDiag) tool provides a wealth of information of all kinds across the entire server farm, offering both static and trend analysis and reporting as well as real-time details to assist in analysis, planning and problem avoidance and resolution. In this video Hilton Giesenow (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) takes us through downloading, installing and setting configuring the tool, and looks at how to use some of its features.
Tuesday, Jul 7
How Do I: Work with Document Templates?
How Do I: Work with Document Templates?
Rather than work with a standard, blank Word, Excel or PowerPoint template off the “New” button in a document library in Windows SharePoint Services,wouldn’t you rather offer your users the ability to create new documents using a more customized company template? Better yet, why not offer multiple predefined templates in the same library, perhaps with a specific set of metadata fields? Join Hilton Giesenow, host of The Moss Show (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) as he explores various ways to customize the templates used in a document library, within a site, or across an entire site collection.
Wednesday, Jun 24
How Do I: Integrate My SharePoint Lists with the Microsoft Office Outlook Client?
How Do I: Integrate My SharePoint Lists with the Microsoft Office Outlook Client?
Windows SharePoint Services provides for very powerful integration between the Microsoft Office Outlook client and Windows SharePoint Services, enabling users to reuse their existing skills within Outlook, providing offline storage and synchronisation, and adding additional business value. In this video, Hilton Giesenow from The Moss Show (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) explores how to configure this integration, use the additional features, and resolve synchronisation conflicts.
Tuesday, Jun 23

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