TechNet Magazine December 2009
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010:A Closer Look
Microsoft’s latest Exchange features enable new levels of reliability, better performance, simplified administration, improved protection of communications and greater business mobility for users. Get the lowdown on what’s so great in Exchange Server 2010. Henrik Walther
Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7:BranchCache and DirectAccess: Improving the Branch Office Experience
Arguably the crown jewels of the Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 releases, get the inside skinny on the benefits and drawbacks of BranchCache and DirectAccess. Also included: a guide to implementing these new features. Gary Olsen
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010:Ensuring High Availability in Exchange 2010
Acclaimed author William Stanek takes you on a whirlwind tour of the high-availability features of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. You’ll find out how to make the mailboxes you control and the data they contain safer and more flexible because of changes in clustering and replication and new features such as Shadow Redundancy Manager and Active Manager. You’ll also discover why data availability groups (DAGs) built into the core architecture of Exchange 10 are William’s favorite new feature. William Stanek
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Jeff James
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Toolbox:New Products for IT Professionals
Greg Steen discusses how to wipe disks clean with Eraser, streamline backups with SQL Backup Pro and map out projects and ideas with MindManager.Greg Steen
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Utility Spotlight:Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.1
Keeping track of all the security settings and updates on the PCs in your organization can be a full time job, but the free Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer helps you evaluate your security state to make sure your systems are properly secure. By Lance Whitney.Lance Whitney
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Windows PowerShell:The Case for Regular Expressions
Working with regular expressions can provide great value, but be like solving a puzzle. Read this article for an example of a real-life, practical application of regular expressions and discover a trick for using them.Don Jones
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Geek of all Trades:A Case for a Layered Approach to Deploying Windows Desktops
A monolithic approach to deployment just isn’t practical anymore. What’s needed is a layered approach that lets you easily deploy your Windows desktops, one with a single Windows image as its core. By Greg Shields.Greg Shields
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Windows Confidential:Junctions
Microsoft created junctions to provide compatibility with applications that hard-coded paths to various well-known file-system locations, but junctions don’t work as you might expect.Raymond Chen
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