TechNet Magazine October 2012

TechNet Magazine October 2012

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012:Virtual management

You can manage the fabric of your entire virtual infrastructure with the new System Center Virtual Machine Manager. Paul Schnackenburg

Active Directory:Active Directory your way

The way you set up your Active Directory topography will have a direct impact on how well you’re able to organize your users and resources. Brien Posey

Windows 7:Take control of system security

The Control Panel in Windows 7 provides a number of options for securing your system, configuring backups, adjusting firewall settings and so on. Jorge Orchilles

IT Management:IT’s marketing problem

The way people perceive IT is more about myth than reality. Here are several of the more common misconceptions, and ways to set things straight. Romi Mahajan

SharePoint 2010:Brand your SharePoint sites

SharePoint 2010 comes with sufficient branding features to help you apply your corporate branding standards to any type of SharePoint site. Steve Wright, Corey Erkes

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010:High availability strategies

The strategies Microsoft offers for creating highly available Microsoft Exchange mailboxes have evolved over the years. Japp Wesselius

Cloud Computing:Developing unique cloud solutions

When developing cloud solutions for specialized organizations such as government agencies, there are a number of arreas to consider, including security, mobility and interoperability. Niten Malik

IT Management:Take the innovation initiative

There are a number of potential transaction models for acquiring and developing innovative technology, each with its own benefits and challenges. Laurence Jacobs, Nicholas Smith

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Editor's Note:Work together

Whether integrating technologies, business processes or job functions, working together is essential for any organization.Lafe Low

Windows Confidential:The service pack shuffle

How can you be certain you’re receiving all the right patches and updates with a new service pack? Rest assured—they’re in there.Raymond Chen

Windows PowerShell:My Windows PowerShell profile

The profile scripts are a powerful way to customize Windows PowerShell and have it ready to work the way you want it to work.Don Jones

Geek of All Trades:The new certifications

There’s a whole “new” crop of reconfigured and reclassified Microsoft certification exams, but how much has the focus and the gravitas changed?Greg Shields

Toolbox:New products for IT professionals

Stress test your application stack and expand your toolset with Windows versions of popular Unix/Linux-based command-line utilities with this month’s tools.Greg Steen

Utility Spotlight:Help for your ribbon-phobic users

The light-hearted Ribbon Hero 2 can help your users work more easily with the Ribbon interface in Microsoft Office 2007 or 2010.Lance Whitney