Microsoftis driving its customers toward online services, but do its customers really want to ride along?
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 06/01/2010
From Liam Nissan to Todd Rundgren, here's some celebrities who easily could have found themselves working beside you.
Read-only domain controllers (RODCs), a new feature of Active Directory Domain Services, represent a fundamental change in how you'll use DCs -- for security and otherwise. Here's what you need to know to implement them in your enterprise.
Readers chime in on communication methods, the future of computing in the cloud, PowerShell issues and more.
- By Readers of Redmond magazine
- 06/01/2010
User virtualization offers IT shops more control, makes remote management easier and improves the overall experience for end-users.
- By Greg Shields
- 06/01/2010
There's probably a dozen or more ways this is getting done in your shop. Here's what you need to know to create a supported, secure solution for everyone.
Attackers now patching systems to allow for better attacks. Plus: Microsoft Office and Google Apps go toe-t-toe on security; insider threats growing, says report.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/18/2010
Plus: McAfee explains patching problem; what security concerns make you lose sleep?; Patching in the dark.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/10/2010
Two new off-cycle patches follow the usual Patch Tuesday release. Plus: Looking to third-party app security.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/03/2010
Microsoft is taking a lot of risks with its forthcoming Windows Phone 7 platform.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 05/01/2010
Active Directory is obviously a critical part of your infrastructure -- so what are you doing to protect it?
Even if you're no longer a hands-on, technical IT practitioner, you've surely got some familiarity with it.
- By Greg Shields
- 05/01/2010
In a recent Barney's Rubble column, Doug Barney wrote about the Microsoft Ribbon interface and the opposing user views about its usefulness.
- By Readers of Redmond magazine
- 05/01/2010
Keep your files safe with BitLocker and AppLocker.
So recently, it was just a short hop from here to the Waltham, Mass., offices of Microsoft, where I enjoyed the Customer Immersion Experience and saw many 2010 products up close and personal. They even made me use them!
This month is among the busiest, with patches coming from Microsoft, Adobe and others. Plus: Black Hat Tech Con tackles Web-originated attacks; looking for motives in the cyberspying world.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/12/2010
With April's planned patch releases, Microsoft sets pace to exceed 2009's fixes. Plus: Conficker, a year later; how you set admin rights may be key to overall security, says one vendor.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/05/2010
It's been almost three years since Microsoft threw down the gauntlet by claiming that open source and Linux software infringed on 235 of the company's patents.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 04/01/2010
How to keep your corporate e-mail and info safe when employees use iPhones to access data.
- By Joern Wettern
- 04/01/2010
Windows Insider has returned to Redmond -- and it feels good to be home!
- By Greg Shields
- 04/01/2010