Some companies demand that IT track Web use or go even deeper into user behavior. Here are some tips on how to do it right and what tools to use.
- By Derek Schauland
- 05/01/2012
In an interview with Redmond, Coviello recalls where Microsoft was a decade ago when it announced Trustworthy Computing and the progress it has made since.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/01/2012
While IT managers are trained early on to avoid obvious threats, many still fail to watch out for the basics. From password issues to excessive auditing to not using Group Policy, here's a list of 10 things to make sure your shop is taking care of.
According to independent experts, licensing for Windows 8 Enterprise virtual desktops may end up costing you more and/or bring new restrictions.
A new version of the Microsoft collaboration and enterprise content management platform is in the works, and it will offer improved social networking, client and mobile UI enhancements, an app marketplace, and better cloud support. And that just scratches the surface.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 04/04/2012
Stakeholders looking to Microsoft for guidance about this very complex product discuss what they don't like about SharePoint 2010 and what they'd like to see in the next version.
As Microsoft boosts the product's functionality, SharePoint's influence grows.
- By Paul Korzeniowski
- 04/02/2012
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