With Zinstall, you don't have to leave your old desktop behind when moving from Windows XP to Windows 7.
- By John Breeden II
- 05/01/2010
Active Directory is obviously a critical part of your infrastructure -- so what are you doing to protect it?
Most IT pros have multiple machines, but keeping files in sync can be a challenge.
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
Irrelevant SharePoint search results and lost documents can turn into a waste of time and money, but a few simple steps will help IT pros avoid these problems.
Keep your files safe with BitLocker and AppLocker.
In a field of applications that offers a wide range of functionality, two products shine.
So recently, it was just a short hop from here to the Waltham, Mass., offices of Microsoft, where I enjoyed the Customer Immersion Experience and saw many 2010 products up close and personal. They even made me use them!
Customers are eager to get the forthcoming 2010 release of the collaboration server deployed. Social-networking enhancements are a key draw.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/01/2010
New Office Communications Server planned for year-end release promises to address deficiencies in existing offering.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/01/2010
A study found that 44 percent of surveyed orgs plan to migrate to Microsoft Exchange 2010 in the next 18 months.
Microsoft on Monday released to manufacturing two new products in its System Center suite -- System Center Essentials 2010 and Data Protection Manager 2010.
- By Scott Bekker
- 04/19/2010
Microsoft is sending a team of independent auditors to a factory in southern China to investigate allegations that the factory employs underage workers under appalling working and living conditions.
- By Natasha Watkins
- 04/16/2010
Sales of PCs worldwide grew 24.2 percent during the first quarter of this year, compared with the same period in 2009, according to preliminary figures released today by IDC.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 04/14/2010
Microsoft is outsourcing its IT help desk, PC, infrastructure and application support to Bangalore, India-based Infosys in a three-year deal that involves 450 Microsoft locations in 104 countries.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 04/13/2010
A comeback has begun for the global IT tech sector, according to a quarterly economic report released on Friday.
Even though the product will actually hit the market sometime in May, Microsoft will kick off a "launch tour" of SQL Server 2008 R2 on April 21, 2010.
It's been almost three years since Microsoft threw down the gauntlet by claiming that open source and Linux software infringed on 235 of the company's patents.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 04/01/2010
As the cost of energy rises and budgets collapse, thinking green isn't just an option for IT -- it's a necessity. Fortunately, there are more options than ever to reduce your energy footprint, even as you add capacity.
Welcome to Redmond magazine's newest column, directed at IT decision makers and influencers.