Microsoft's new System Center Essentials fits the bill for managing small to midsize businesses.
- By Joanne Cummings
- 06/01/2008
New and established tools help admins get control of Windows Vista on the enterprise network.
E-mail archiving and storage that ensure compliance with regulatory standards continue to be an ongoing challenge.
- By David W. Tschanz
- 06/01/2008
The hugely anticipated Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista hits the mark in some instances. In others -- not so much.
- By J. Peter Bruzzese
- 06/01/2008
Even with the Web and IM, professional-level IT user groups are just as vibrant and important as ever.
Hardware and software products use different approaches to high availability.
- By Peter Varhol
- 04/01/2008
Readers reflect mixed emotions on Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, virtualization and the corporate juggernaut that is Microsoft.
Follow these best practices to help ensure high availability for your mission-critical applications.
- By J. Peter Bruzzese
- 04/01/2008
Any of these solutions can help ensure that you're following organizational policies or regulatory requirements.
- By Peter Varhol
- 02/01/2008
Virtualization and configurability in Microsoft's new server OS present enterprise IT shops with both challenges and opportunities.
- By Peter Varhol
- 02/01/2008
Redmond's new database server is a complex product often running mission-critical apps. You can't afford to not get it right.
As the clamor from IT shops for better internal search grows louder, competition among vendors both large and small gets hotter.
- By Paul Korzeniowski
- 02/01/2008
Enhanced administration, security, IIS updates and virtualization promise to make moving to Microsoft's new server OS worthwhile.
- By Joanne Cummings
- 02/01/2008
With Service Pack 1 out, admins should know that there are a few tricks to updating clustered Exchange 2007 servers the right way. Here's a guide.
Disaster recovery tends to become a focus during any period of economic uncertainty -- and 2008 will deliver uncertainty in spades if market pundits are correct.
- By Jon William Toigo
- 01/18/2008
Windows Server 2008 is just a month away and one can't-miss feature is Terminal Services. In this second of three parts, we look at the Server Manager makes managing TS a breeze.
- By Greg Shields
- 01/11/2008
Here are our selections for the products we believe you just can't live without.
SmartArt and other new features clinch its spot as the must-have presentation tool.
- By Joanne Cummings
- 01/01/2008
While it soft pedals direct competition with Microsoft, the search giant quietly keeps working on open source projects designed to undermine its archrival.
Infrastructure Optimization is Microsoft's shot at an IT maturity model. It may not be a panacea, but it can help streamline IT operations.