What's New

  • My Dad the Spam King

    The elder Mr. Barney gets caught in a mailing list pickle.

  • Perfect Properties

    PowerShell custom properties provide information as you need it.

  • A Secure Leap into the Cloud

    Companies looking to reduce costs through cloud computing will have to make some tough decisions about security.

  • Free VM Discovery

    Embotics' V-Scout ends the days of tracking your virtual machines via spreadsheet.

  • Tech-Ed: Let's (Third) Party!

    Independent software vendors have long been the life of Microsoft's party by producing products that fill in the gaps Redmond leaves open. For Tech•Ed North America 2009, we celebrate third-party vendors and preview what they'll be announcing and demonstrating at the show.

  • Windows Advisor: Dots Before My Eyes

    Cursors turning to dots, weird keyboard behavior ... what's going on with Hyper-V?

  • Secret Service

    Here's a PowerShell tool that keeps close tabs on changes to important services.

  • Windows Mobile's New Moves

    Facing strong competition from Apple and Google, Microsoft looks to re-tool Windows Mobile for the enterprise market.

  • AppLocker Reins in Applications

    White-listing certain applications is one way to make sure your network stays safe.

  • A Gates-less Microsoft

    The house that Gates built is morphing into a house divided.

  • DR in a Box

    PlateSpin Forge offers peace of mind at a reasonable price.

  • Free VM Discovery

    Embotics' V-Scout ends the days of tracking your virtual machines via spreadsheet.

  • You Can Take It with You

    Windows 7's BitLocker to Go feature extends data protection to removable drives.

  • When IT Meets Legal

    A manager embarks on a journey of document discovery.

  • The YouTube Mess

    It's all fun and games until Barney (the dinosaur, not the journo) loses an eye...or worse.

  • Prof. Powershell: Provider Peek

    PSDrives work like real drives, only differently. Here's how to work with these PSProviders in PowerShell.

  • DR in a Box

    PlateSpin Forge offers peace of mind at a reasonable price.

  • SQL Speed Secrets

    Wait-time analysis can help improve performance by focusing on how long applications take to respond to queries.

  • XP: The OS that Won't Die

    That's good news for users, but not necessarily for Microsoft.

  • For Microsoft, 'Open' Is the Hardest Word

    When it comes to being open source-friendly, it's usually one step forward, two steps back.