The 17th annual Redmond Salary Survey shows compensation among Windows IT pros is up sharply in 2012 following years of meager growth.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/01/2012
When it comes to storing data, there are numerous choices IT can make, all with varying levels of complexity.
Acrowire President Ted Theodoropoulos gives expert advice for businesses choosing between on-premises and cloud SharePoint.
During a presentation at this week's Black Hat security conference, security pros presented an argument on why Windows 8 may be the most secure OS Microsoft has ever released.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 07/26/2012
How to evaluate the health of an Active Directory implementation with instrumentation built right into the platform.
There's plenty to drive IT mad. Constantly changing UIs, shoddy tech support and annoying sales practices -- and that just scratches the surface of what bugs Redmond readers.
IT pros need to be getting their networks ready for Internet Protocol version 6, and MVP Ed Horley describes how to get there.
As Microsoft prepares to release the most radical redesign of Windows in its history -- and bolsters its cloud computing platform -- TechEd 2012 will prep IT pros and developers.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 06/04/2012
Microsoft partners reveal plans to showcase their wares at the annual gathering of IT pros and developers.
A decade after launching its Trustworthy Computing initiative, Microsoft has come a long way but faces new challenges.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/10/2012
Gartner recently offered some tips on deploying Microsoft SharePoint, which requires lots of team effort and coordination.
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.