Microsoft on Thursday revealed that Windows 8 will have a sophisticated "storage spaces" feature that works with the forthcoming operating system's New Technology File System (NTFS).
Coupled with a good monitoring system, RBA tasks can become automated responses to detected conditions -- creating a more self-healing IT environment.
A new community technology preview 2 version of Windows Management Framework 3.0 was released by Microsoft this month.
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.
This extended Windows PowerShell column will jump-start your knowledge of this powerful technology.
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
Microsoft last week released a community technology preview version of Windows Management Framework 3.0.
Microsoft released a beta of System Center Orchestrator 2012 last week.
Core Configurator greatly eases the process of deploying Windows Server 2008 in a Server Core environment.
Microsoft on Monday announced that its Opalis 6.3 software can now run on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, in addition to Windows Server 2003.
According to a recent study, administrators in Windows environments are still doing much of their administrative legwork the old-fashioned way: by hand.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 07/20/2010
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
Microsoft today announced updates to come in Service Pack 1 of Exchange Server 2010.
If you've been using Windows PowerShell for a while, hopefully you've discovered how much it can help in day-to-day administration, as well as how easy it is to use.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 04/01/2010
Quest Software's PowerGUI tool makes it possible to have both Windows PowerShell and a comfortable graphical interface.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 03/01/2010