Don Jones clarifies his earlier statements regarding the pending doom of the GUI in Windows Server OSes -- and yes, death is still in the picture.
Brien walks you through the process of creating and running Windows 8 from a bootable USB flash drive.
Readers discuss Microsoft certification, the future of Windows PowerShell and more.
- By Readers of Redmond magazine
- 12/01/2011
This extended Windows PowerShell column will jump-start your knowledge of this powerful technology.
Mary Jo Foley on how understanding this concept puts Microsoft's future Windows Phone strategy into perspective.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 12/01/2011
Brien discusses the security issues tangled with remote user access and highlights how Microsoft may be simplifying the process with its upcoming Windows To Go bootable device.
Brien walks you through how to get the developer's version of Windows 8 to run on a traditional desktop, touch-enabled desktop and tablet.
Don Jones shares the challenges that one of his clients faced moving to Server Core and how they worked around them.
Multiple e-mail accounts for the same person makes organizing your contacts a pain. Here's a few tips on how to alleviate this situation.
While Microsoft Windows Phone 7 didn't feel like a complete product at release, the new Windows Phone 7.5 update, which includes new search and navigation features, helps to breathe new life into the mobile OS.
Mary Jo Foley explains why Microsoft's Windows 8 strategy looks like a faulty one to her -- especially when it comes to tablets.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 11/02/2011
E-mail is an essential business communication tool, so ensuring high availability (HA) with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 is important. Here's how.
- By Jaap Wesselius
- 11/01/2011
In a career first, I've entirely rewritten this column three times. That's because although its question greatly interests me, its answer greatly eludes me.
- By Greg Shields
- 11/01/2011
In his column this month, Doug shares more of what you said you want to see in Windows 8.
Readers weigh in on the hot topics from the last issue.
- By Readers of Redmond magazine
- 10/31/2011
Brien shares the renewed faith in Microsoft that Windows 8 Server has given him in the future of Microsoft (and for Windows admins).
Whether or not the future of Windows administration will be the command line, you're doing yourself a disservice by not at least strongly considering this possibility (and preparing accordingly).
- By Greg Shields
- 10/04/2011
The new Windows mobile platform, code-named "Mango," brings back some of the synchronization features important for enterprise use.
According to long-time Microsoft watcher Mary-Jo Foley, now is the time for Microsoft executives to come to grips with the fact that Redmond is not Apple -- and that's OK.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 10/02/2011
While SSDs are currently too expensive for primary SAN storage, that won't be the case in the future.