Column Mr. Roboto

At Your Self-Service

July 1, 2008 • by Jeffery Hicks

Directory Update puts users in charge of their own Active Directory administration.

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Feature

Spring Cleaning for AD

May 1, 2008 • by Ashley McGlone

Spring is here, and it's time to clean up some of the dark corners of your Active Directory forest.

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Feature Redmond Roundup

Always There for You

April 1, 2008 • by Peter Varhol

Hardware and software products use different approaches to high availability.

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Feature

TechMentor 2008 Preview: The New Group Policy Preferences

March 10, 2008 • by Derek Melber

Derek Melber shows how you can eliminate logon scripts, become more secure and even save money with the new Group Policy Preferences in Vista and Windows Server 2008.

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Column Mr. Roboto

Membership Has Its Privileges

December 1, 2007 • by Jeffery Hicks

It's getting harder and harder to track who belongs to what group. Mr. Roboto's Group Auditor can help make membership management easier.

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Feature

Opening Up New Vistas in Group Policy

January 1, 2007 • by Derek Melber

Microsoft's latest OS wipes out a raft of nagging problems.

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Column Windows Insider

8 AD Mistakes You May Have Missed

January 1, 2007 • by Greg Shields

Keep getting error messages? Check this list for something you might have overlooked.

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Column Redmond Negotiator

2007 Licensing Resolutions

December 31, 2006 • by Scott Braden

Our licensing and negotiation guru Scott Braden walks you through what you can do now make sure your Microsoft licensing costs stay in check through the new year.

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Feature Reader Review

Microsoft Virtual PC: Good Enough -- for the Price

November 1, 2006 • by Joanne Cummings

Virtual PC may be free, but its lack of key features makes its more expensive competitor increasingly attractive.

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Product Review Endforce Enterprise

Last Line of Defense

September 1, 2006 • by Erik Westgard

You set the policy, Endforce ensures that it's followed.

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Column Windows Insider

Spend Less Time Looking for Logs

September 1, 2006 • by Greg Shields

Here's Greg's short list of some key extended Active Directory log reports.

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Column Integration Station

Working with Microsoft's Services for Unix, Part 2

August 23, 2006 • by Emmett Dulaney

In the second of a two-part series, Emmett walks through setting up password synchronization in heterogenous environments.

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Feature

Back to Basics Quiz

August 1, 2006 • by Doug Barney and Michael Desmond

Are you the master of your Windows domain?

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Column Mr. Roboto

Get Your Shell On

August 1, 2006 • by Don Jones

Automate admin tasks easier with the new Windows PowerShell.

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Column Windows Insider

Get a Grip on Those Gripes

August 1, 2006 • by Greg Shields

From software packaging to lying users, the world can be an annoying place for IT admins.

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Product Review Specops Password Policy

Pump Up Your Passwords

July 1, 2006 • by Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest

Specops Password Policy creates and enforces multiple password policies within Active Directory.

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Column Windows Insider

Virtually Ending Conflicts

July 1, 2006 • by Greg Shields

Microsoft seeks to end system software conflicts with SoftGrid.

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Column Never Again

Time Machine

July 1, 2006 • by Jeremy Price

An accidental power outage wreaks havoc in a data center.

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Redmond Report Redmond Report Weekly

Virtualization Blowout

May 25, 2006 • by Doug Barney

Plus Microsoft's pay-for-use computers, getting Vista-ready and much more.

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Redmond Report Redmond Report Weekly

Virtualization the Marathon Way

April 20, 2006 • by Doug Barney

Plus a new, free SharePoint tool from Colligo, Oracle looks for Linux, and the EFF takes on AT&T.

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Product Review ActiveBatch 5.0

Your Network at Your Fingertips

April 1, 2006 • by David W. Tschanz

Manage multiple jobs across multiple platforms from a single console.

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Product Review Quest Group Policy Manager 2.5

On Track and On Time

April 1, 2006 • by Erik Westgard

Group Policy Manager keeps a tight grip on policy updates.

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News

• 5/19/08: Orphaned Accounts Are a Growing Security Concern, Study Says

• 4/20/07: Microsoft Preps DNS Mega-Patch

• 11/7/06: Microsoft and VMware Debut New Virtualization Offerings

• 11/3/06: Microsoft’s Novell Deal -- What’s It All About

• 10/17/06: Microsoft Drops License for Virtualization Software

• 10/3/06: Desktop Standard Bought by Microsoft -- Mostly

• 10/3/06: Microsoft Buys Out Group Policy Tool Vendor

• 6/9/06: Microsoft Ships Compute Cluster Server 2003

• 6/8/06: VMware To Ship Infrastructure 3

• 3/7/06: NetIQ to Ship Change Administration Tool

• 6/15/05: Quest Updates Tool for Migrating from NDS to Active Directory

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