Microsoft Direct Access in Windows Server 2008 R2 combined with Microsoft ForeFront United Access Gateway (UAG) 2010 may replace the VPN -- for the better.
- By Greg Shields
- 11/01/2010
By focusing on these fundamental aspects of network security, you can keep the bad guys out and the good data in.
Will Microsoft's virtualization products push VMware out of its own niche?
If you want to implement VDI correctly, you need to be able to separate the myths from the facts.
Find out what readers are weighing in on this month.
- By Readers of Redmond magazine
- 10/31/2010
Fake Microsoft Security Essentials alert snags some users. Plus: social network add-on -- for hackers; new SLA troubleshooting tool.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/26/2010
New report shows some real progress in killing Zbot. Plus: Adobe hides PDFs in the sandbox; U.S. talks with Aussies on security.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/18/2010
Should Microsoft revisit its patching frequency? Plus: Admins even busier, if they're tackling Adobe and Oracle fixes; IT study exposes IT security problems.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/12/2010
An out-of-band patch tries to catch hackers off-guard. Plus: Symantec looks more closely at Stuxnet; Twitter bug gives Microsoft the jitters.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/05/2010
I'm a retired corporate lawyer who got hooked on computers, the Internet and programming back in the '80s.
- By Readers of Redmond magazine
- 10/01/2010
Could there be fewer versions of Windows? More importantly, does it matter?
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 10/01/2010
Effective troubleshooting is a multifaceted exercise in diagnosis and deliberation, analysis and action. Here's a walkthrough you can use to make sure you've covered every angle -- no matter the problem.
- By Stephanie Krieger
- 10/01/2010
Why, when it comes to virtualization, do-it-yourself design is often a bad thing.
- By Greg Shields
- 10/01/2010
25 years ago, when Windows was born, I was a young journalist who had his first encounter with Bill Gates.
A look at what FIM, Microsoft's latest evolution of meta-directory services for active directory, might be able to do for your shop.
Fix for ASP.NET flaw released. Plus: Symantec's reputation-based security rests on Ubiquity. Microsoft's consumer antivirus now being offered to SMBs.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/28/2010
Symantec alerts Microsoft Security Essentials users that "scareware" is out there. Plus: a potential flaw in ASP.NET; HTML5 security.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/21/2010
RemoteFX represents a significant update to the graphics-processing capabilities of the Remote Desktop Services (RDS) core Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
- By Greg Shields
- 09/01/2010
Using workflows in SharePoint 2010 is a good way to automate complex business processes.
Readers write in and share their take on the latest Redmond articles.
- By Readers of Redmond magazine
- 09/01/2010