TechNet Magazine February 2011

TechNet Magazine February 2011

Cloud Computing:IT at Your Service

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft System Center can accelerate adopting IT as a Service, enabling greater business agility, scalability and flexibility. Joshua Hoffman

Microsoft Office 365:Boost Your Business Productivity

Office 365 is the next step in the evolution of business tools, delivering cloud-based productivity that complements the Office desktop experience. Joshua Hoffman

Virtualization:Prepare to Virtualize

Getting ready to deploy virtual machines in your infrastructure requires a bit of homework and legwork, but the payoffs are worthwhile. Brian Marranzini

Hardware Partitioning:Partition and Conquer

Taking a proactive stance toward server maintenance with dynamic hardware partitioning can help you balance your virtual server workload. William Stanek

Virtualization:Cut Costs and Carbon with Virtualization

Virtualization can help you reduce your carbon output; increase your bottom line; consolidate resources; and add flexibility, scalability and resilience. Joshua Hoffman

Microsoft Forefront:Secure the Cloud

Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 can provide business continuity to your on-premises users while enabling secure access to cloud services. Yuri Diogenes

Windows Azure:Azure Security and Management

Joshua Hoffman

The Business of IT:IT is the Real Breakthrough

The Internet hasn’t really changed business ideas; it has simply changed how business is conducted. Romi Mahajan

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Editors Note:Go Virtual

Lafe Low

Geek of All Trades:No MED-V? P2V XP to W7 with MDT

Running an IT shop has always come with a side order of alphabet soup. That’s not likely to change any time soon.Greg Shields

Windows PowerShell:Package and Distribute Custom Windows PowerShell Tools

You can accomplish some interesting things with dot-sourcing, but that can also lead to certain limitations if you’re not careful.Don Jones

Windows Confidential:Legend of Uninstall

Even doing something as simple as installing or uninstalling a program requires Windows to dig up information such as application size and date.Raymond Chen

Exchange Queue & A:February Exchange Queue & A

Henrik Walther

Utility Spotlight:February Utility Spotlight

Lance Whitney

Toolbox:New Products for IT Professionals

Greg Steen