TechNet Magazine January 2011

TechNet Magazine January 2011

Unified Communications:Microsoft Lync With Your PBX: The Best of Both Worlds

With all the benefits Lync can offer businesses, no one should be surprised that you need to plan carefully, especially when legacy PBXs are involved. William Van Winkle

Unified Communications:Complete Communication Anywhere

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 eliminates geographic restrictions and works across multiple computing devices—both of which translate into significant savings. William Van Winkle

Microsoft Forefront:Achieving Defense in Depth with Forefront

With the multiple layers and modes of protection Microsoft Forefront offers, you can configure your protection to precisely suit your needs. William Stanek

Microsoft Forefront:Protecting Workgroups with Forefront

You can use Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway as intended with Active Directory, or use it to secure a workgroup setting. Brien Posey

Windows Phone 7:Enterprises Go with Windows Phone 7

Consolidating personal and professional functions into a single mobile device makes Windows Phone 7 a compelling platform. Joshua Hoffman

Lync Server 2010:Making the Lync with Microsoft Office

The presence and coauthoring capabilities built into Microsoft Lync simplify the process of collaboration. William Van Winkle

Windows 7:Take Back Control: Managing Windows Access Rights

Managing access rights to Windows can be a challenge, but it’s easier if you have a clear view of your infrastructure and protocols. David Rowe

The Business of IT:Hear Us Now: Mobility and Mythology

The emergence of mobile computing as a primary platform may not be as revolutionary a change for IT as the world seems to think. Romi Mahajan

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Geek of All Trades:6 Tips for 100 Percent WSUS Compliance

WSUS practically stands alone as the premier update-management solution, but you can make it work even better.Greg Shields

Windows PowerShell:Make a Command into a Reusable Tool

You can repackage and reuse your efforts when it comes to Windows PowerShell commands and cmdlets.Don Jones

Windows Confidential:History: Gone and Forgotten

The death of the old Windows 95 saved-search file format Tips/Support went largely unnoticed.Raymond Chen

Editors Note:Speak Up

The promise of Unified Communications is indeed compelling – but can pose some new and unique security challenges.Lafe Low

Utility Spotlight:Migrate from Windows XP to Windows 7

The Microsoft User State Migration Tool can ease the process of migrating to Windows 7 by helping you bring along users’ files and settings.Lance Whitney

Toolbox:New Products for IT Professionals

The tools in this month’s Toolbox can help you keep track of your scripts and updates, aid you in securing remote desktop connections, as well as assist you in benchmarking new hardware.Greg Steen

SQL Q&A:Bottlenecks and Transaction Logs

Sometimes it’s easy to determine the nature of a performance bottleneck—other times, not so much. The same goes with configuring transaction logs.Paul S. Randal