SharePoint 2010 is surprisingly complicated, but this primer will help simplify one of Microsoft's more powerful offerings.
SQL Server 2012 will offer a variety of new features centered on big data, business intelligence and cloud computing.
The software giant is in the thick of a virtualization battle but is still chasing VMware.
- By Paul Korzeniowski
- 03/04/2012
The cloud is all the rage, and for productivity tools, Google and Microsoft are the biggest players. You tell us who's best.
A lot of contradictory information exists about Hyper-V, but there are some critical management practices that every Hyper-V shop should follow. Follow these tips for storage, ideal VM placement, how best to apply antivirus and more!
While security is still a concern for some companies, more and more businesses are outsourcing e-mail archiving to cloud vendors. And the vendors themselves are proliferating.
- By Paul Korzeniowski
- 02/06/2012
Knowing the basics of this pervasive protocol can be critical in troubleshooting and solving Windows security problems.
Software companies rely on regular customer upgrades and decommissioning old titles. But what is good for vendors isn't so great for IT, which often has to support unsupported software.
Data Privacy Day starts on January 28, but the parties behind it might not be its best advocates, nor even take the concept seriously.
Here's six decisions we think Microsoft would most love to take a mulligan on.
- By Redmondmag.com Editors
- 01/27/2012
From Google to Microsoft to HP (and Microsoft a few more times), here's 12 tech flip-flops that continue to resonate.
- By Redmondmag.com Editors
- 01/26/2012
With CES in the books for 2012, we present you with some of the winners, losers and head scratchers of the show.
If Microsoft did replace Steve Ballmer, here's who we predict would be on the company's short list.
- By Redmondmag.com Editors
- 01/14/2012
Microsoft has its hands in many areas -- here's the 13 most important products to keep an eye on in 2012.
- By Redmondmag.com Editors
- 01/03/2012
Here's our picks for some of the most important computing releases ever. Be sure to share your take in the comments!
- By Redmondmag.com Editors
- 01/02/2012
You already know Oracle's Ellison is going to be on this list -- find out who else just couldn't seem to hold back last year.
- By Redmondmag.com Editors
- 01/01/2012
Spotting Active Directory problems isn't necessarily simple, but it can help avoid a catastrophe. These tales of AD disasters come from real-life situations and should serve as instruction -- and perhaps a warning -- to IT pros.
We run down the top security concerns of the year and speculate what their meanings will be for the future.
Cloud computing vendors promise the world, but if your network isn't up to the task, the resulting speed, bandwidth and latency issues may doom your project from the start.
From the SLA to WAN optimization, here's 11 steps you don't want to skip.