TechNet Magazine May 2011

TechNet Magazine May 2011

Cloud Computing:Head off to the Cloud

Cloud Computing holds considerable promise and possibilities, but you will get much more out of the experience if you are prepared. Andy Cordial

Cloud Computing:Architecting a Microsoft Private Cloud

In this first of a four part series, you’ll learn the definition of a Private Cloud, and how hosted Infrastructure as a Service can support that environment. David Ziembicki

Virtualization:Hyper-V and High Availability

Using Hyper-V with Windows Server failover clustering gives you a high-availability cluster of physical and virtual machines. Thomas Olzak

Cloud Computing:Take Your Virtual Machines to the Cloud

Running virtual machines on Windows Azure combines the benefits of virtualization and cloud computing. Joshua Hoffman

Microsoft Lync Server 2010:Security at the Edge

DoS and password brute-force attacks can be particularly nasty, but you can protect your network against these types of disruptions. Rui Maximo

Microsoft Lync Server 2010:Provisioning Mechanisms

There are many ways to provision Lync Server, each with varying degrees of capability and flexibility. It’s important to be familiar with all of them. John Policelli

Web Technologies:Can the Government Prevent a DDoS Attacks?

DDoS attacks are a part of life in the world of the Web. You will never be totally immune, but there are steps you can take to mitigate any threats. Will Hogan

Social Media:Four Ways to Make Social Technologies Relevant to Your Business

Social media and social technologies are here to stay, so it’s up to you to determine how to make the most out of them. Scott Klososky

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Geek of All Trades:Configure Remote Management with Server Manager

Remote Management wasn’t quite there with Windows Server 2008. It’s getting better with the R2 release, but you still have homework to do.Greg Shields

Windows PowerShell:HTML Reports in PowerShell

You can actually use Microsoft Windows PowerShell cmdlets to generate HTML reports you can share with your colleagues.Don Jones

Windows Confidential:Just What Is ‘Size on Disk’?

When you get the stats for the size of a folder, where, exactly, do those measurements come from?Raymond Chen

Editors Note:Build for the Cloud

With the continued focus on the cloud, we take a practical approach – looking at how to build a private cloud platform and other cumulus topics.Lafe Low

The Business of IT:The Complexity Challenge

While our professional lives may become inexorably more complex, this affords greater opportunities to learn from each other.Romi Mahajan

Utility Spotlight:Juggle Those Virtual Desktops

Having multiple virtual desktops running multiple applications and multiple files can get a bit confusing. The aptly-named Desktops app can help.Lance Whitney

Toolbox:New Products for IT Professionals

The tools in this month’s toolbox help you protect your public-facing Web site, decipher error codes, and organize and remember your username/password combinations.Greg Steen

SQL Q&A:Dynamic Data and Disaster Recovery

This month’s solutions for SQL success run the gamut from expanding a tempdb and clustering a conundrum to half-baked disaster recovery plans.Paul S. Randal