Plus: An eighth of malware attacks come from USB devices, scareware instances are growing.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/07/2010
Maintaining a SQL Server environment is a potentially complex endeavor. Here are 10 tips for ways you can minimize complexity and reduce stress.
- By Paul S. Randal
- 12/06/2010
There are a handful of specialized tools that make large-scale Windows 7 deployment much easier than with previous versions. Here's how to use them.
- By Joshua Hoffman
- 12/01/2010
It's December, and that means one thing for us pundits: It's time for our annual look-back and look-ahead columns.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 12/01/2010
It's more than the legitimate concerns about cost, compatibility and execution -- it comes down to the role of the operating system itself.
- By Greg Shields
- 12/01/2010
Old habits can die hard, but is the current way you're doing backup really the way it should be done?
Doug's column this month looks back at the icon Microsoft recently lost.
This month's reader letters focus on the Windows that used to be.
- By Readers of Redmond magazine
- 11/29/2010
Plus: IE 8 still safer than IE 6, 7; Zeus 2.0 escaping MSRT detection.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/09/2010
DLL fix might still leave Windows users vulnerable. Plus: Bing encryption being considered; Google gets serious about mobile security.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/02/2010
Mary Jo Foley looks at Microsoft's back-and-forth decisions on whether its software and other offerings should be locked in to the Windows ecosphere or be available to everyone.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 11/02/2010
Microsoft Direct Access in Windows Server 2008 R2 combined with Microsoft ForeFront United Access Gateway (UAG) 2010 may replace the VPN -- for the better.
- By Greg Shields
- 11/01/2010
By focusing on these fundamental aspects of network security, you can keep the bad guys out and the good data in.
If you want to implement VDI correctly, you need to be able to separate the myths from the facts.
Will Microsoft's virtualization products push VMware out of its own niche?
Find out what readers are weighing in on this month.
- By Readers of Redmond magazine
- 10/31/2010
Fake Microsoft Security Essentials alert snags some users. Plus: social network add-on -- for hackers; new SLA troubleshooting tool.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/26/2010
New report shows some real progress in killing Zbot. Plus: Adobe hides PDFs in the sandbox; U.S. talks with Aussies on security.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/18/2010
Should Microsoft revisit its patching frequency? Plus: Admins even busier, if they're tackling Adobe and Oracle fixes; IT study exposes IT security problems.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/12/2010
An out-of-band patch tries to catch hackers off-guard. Plus: Symantec looks more closely at Stuxnet; Twitter bug gives Microsoft the jitters.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/05/2010