TechNet Magazine January 2013

TechNet Magazine January 2013

Windows Confidential:Rationale is highly overrated

If you encounter something puzzling with a product, make the productive choice in how you respond.

SharePoint 2010:Prepare your team

Selecting and creating the proper development team structure is critical for successful SharePoint solution development

System Center Virtual Machine Manager:Virtual machine management simplified

System Center Virtual Machine Manager streamlines managing and configuring your virtual machines and hosts.

Windows 8:Come alive with tiles

The data-driven architecture of Windows 8 helps you run numerous apps at once while maintaining performance and battery life.

IT Management:Drilling for data

Big data is poised to overwhelm the capabilities of modern business to analyze and manage, but there are both challenges and opportunities.

Windows 7:Deployment tools

There are a handful of tools that can help streamline the process of deploying Windows 7 across the enterprise.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010:Backup with Windows Server Backup

Using Windows Server Backup to create backup files for Exchange is a good approach, but will require some special configuration.

IT Management:The dignity of IT

Reclaiming the dignity of the IT profession is essential to maintaining a culture of innovation and productivity.

Lync Server 2013 and Exchange Server 2013:Powerful communicator

By integrating Lync Server and Exchange Server, Microsoft will have a powerful communications platform greater than the sum of its parts.

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Editor's Note:Constant Expansion

The worlds of technology and business are in a state of constant expansion. You have to expand your own horizons to keep up.

Geek of All Trades:Automate the wizard

You can automate the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Windows deployment wizard and save yourself considerable time and effort.

Windows PowerShell:What is Windows PowerShell Workflow?

Using a Windows PowerShell workflow can be a complex process, but ultimately worthwhile in the functionality it provides.

SQL Q&A:In search of performance

Reducing workload and smoothing mirroring functions is always a good idea—but shrinking databases is not.

Utility Spotlight:Zoom in and out with ease

ZoomIt lets you zoom in and out and make annotations on-screen to better control technical presentations.

Toolbox:New products for IT professionals

This month’s tools help you troubleshoot Web services, centrally manage automated tasks and elevate remote host signal testing.