Moving from a legacy voicemail system to a unified messaging platform can be done fairly easily and with little disruption to your end users—as long as you have a solid plan in place. Here’s what you need to know to plan your migration, test your new systems, and implement unified messaging in your organization.

By Jeff Goodwin (July 2008)

Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) allows you to deliver virtualized desktops to client systems throughout your organization. This simplifies system management and liberates employees from their desktops. Take a close look at how App-V works and discover how you can deploy it in your organization.

By Anthony Kinney (October 2008)

Shared and privileged account passwords are commonplace, but far too many organizations fail to adequately manage these shared passwords. This creates a serious security issue. Explore the risks involved with shared and privileged accounts, and discover better approaches to managing more secure passwords.

By Chris Stoneff (September 2008)

System Center Virtual Machine Manager provides a consolidated interface for managing your virtual infrastructure. The latest version adds support for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, as well as for VMware virtual machines. Explore the new features and get an overview of using VMM to centralize your management tasks.

By Edwin Yuen (October 2008)

The much-anticipated release of Windows Server 2008 introduced significant changes to the OS, adding powerful functionality such as server core, server roles,  read-only DCs, Hyper-V, Terminal Services Gateway, and enhancement support for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). While these changes and new features are beneficial, they ...
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Virtualization is hot nowadays, but Terminal Services has been abstracting the presentation layer of remotely run applications and desktops for years. A lot has changed over the years, and with Windows Server 2008, Terminal Services has truly become a mature, robust presentation virtualization ...
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If you’re an OpsMgr 2007 administrator, chances are good that you’ll be creating custom monitoring objects (rules, groups, and so forth), and for each one you build, you have to decide what target to use. That’s a critical decision, but knowing how to go about choosing the correct target is not always clear. Steve ...
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The November 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online.   FEATURE ARTICLES                                                                   ...
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It's been about 8 years since Scott Culp published "The 10 Immutable Laws of Security." It is one of the best and most important essays on computer security ...
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As you might have guessed, October is virtualization month. TechNet Magazine is celebrating with a blockbuster issue,  there are launch events all over the country, and there are a slew of on-demand webcasts that let you explore the world of server virtualization. Here’s just ...
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