Conquer 2 New DNS Exploits
You understand the importance of securing your external name servers, but what about your DNS clients? Two new client-focused vulnerabilities demand your attention. Cricket Liu
PowerShell 101, Lesson 3
PowerShell's comparison, logical, and arithmetic operators combined with its support for wildcards and regular expressions help put the "Pow" in PowerShell. Robert Sheldon
10 Steps for Physical to Virtual OS Migration
Save time and server space by doing a physical to virtual (P2V) OS migration with Virtual Server Migration Toolkit (VSMT) and Mobile Automated Services (ADS). Mobile P2V gives you the flexibility to handle migrations anywhere in the organization. Robert Larson
Ask the Experts
Learn about automatic site coverage and how to disable it, find out how to configure how often Group Policy security settings are updated, follow along as Mark Russinovich troubleshoots a frozen sidebar gadget, and more. Various Authors
Defrag from Windows Vista’s Command Line
Every new Windows version seems to come with a new defrag tool, and Vista is no exception. But its GUI-based defragmenter leaves a lot to be desired. Here’s how you can use the OS’s Defrag command-line tool to do more. Mark Minasi
Free Virtualization Products
Keep up with the fast-growing virtualization market by building your virtual machines (VMs) and managing your environment with these free products. Michael Otey
Letters@windowsitpro.com
Readers benefit from Mark Minasi’s Cipher tip, respond to Robert Sheldon’s PowerShell 101 series, offer a Vista UAC workaround, and complain about too much Server 2008 and Vista coverage. Various Authors
PRODUCTS AND REVIEWS
New & Improved
Check out the latest products to hit the marketplace. PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: Microsoft Robert 2008 Jeff James
SteelEye Technology LifeKeeper Protection Suite for Windows
SteelEye’s clustering and disaster recovery solution, LifeKeeper Protection Suite for Windows, offers admirable support for both replicated and shared storage, easy configuration for both scenarios, and support for more complex failover scenarios. John Green
SAM Minds Your IT Assets
As software-licensing audits become more common, businesses are finding that software asset management (SAM) solutions can help ensure they're in compliance with licensing agreements as well as keep an eye on employees' software and hardware usage. Todd Erickson
WinConnections Conference Fall 2008 Don’t miss the premier event for Microsoft IT Professionals in Las Vegas, November 10-13. Register and book your room by August 25 and receive a FREE room night (based on a three night minimum stay).
Master SharePoint with 3 eLearning Seminars Learn how to build a better SharePoint infrastructure and enable powerful collaboration with MVPs Dan Holme and Michael Noel. Register today!
SharePointConnections Conference Fall 2008 Don’t miss the premier event for Microsoft IT Professionals in Las Vegas, November 10-13. Register and book your room by August 25 and receive a FREE room night (based on a three night minimum stay).
VMworld 2008 - Sign Up Today! Join your peers on September 15-18 at The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas as VMware hosts VMworld 2008, the leading Virtualization event.
Microsoft® Tech•Ed EMEA 2008 IT Professionals Advance your thinking with new ideas and practical real-world solutions at Microsoft’s FIVE day technical infrastructure conference 3-7 Nov., 2008. Register before 26 September 2008 to save €300.
Order Your Fundamentals CD Today! Gain an introduction to Exchange, learn server security requirements, and understand how unified communications can play a role in your messaging strategies with this free Exchange CD.
Are You Really Compliant with Software Regulations? View this web seminar that will help you with compliance best practices and check out a management solution to assure that you won’t be in jeopardy of an audit.