SQL Server Magazine July 2007

[Feature]
After installing Exchange 2007, you'll need to configure your servers. Here are the steps to follow to set up the Mailbox, Client Access, and Hub Transport server roles.
By Brien Posey
Learn how to use PowerShell to retrieve event log entries, disable user accounts in AD, and retrieve a computer's user-defined shares.
By Robert Sheldon
Integration features in Outlook, Exchange, and SharePoint can help you begin to transition away from using public folders to using SharePoint.
By Emer McKenna
The Windows Server 2003 Security Guide gives you powerful templates for hardening security, but plan your deployment carefully and watch out for these gotchas.
By Russell Smith
[Reader to Reader]
Using a .reg file, a batch file, and Group Policy, you can allow cookies but prevent users from downloading unwanted and possibly malicious files and ActiveX objects.
By Apostolos Fotakelis
Besides using the Shutdown command in a batch file, you can use PsShutdown to shut down client computers.
By Readers
Here's a tool that lets you automatically change the IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and DNS server for Ethernet and wireless network adapters. Fortunately, it's much simpler to use than the Netsh Interface IP commands.
By Readers
[Product Reviews]
Do you need an event log management product that can provide you with archiving, reporting, and monitoring functionality? Here are six products that do just that.
By John Green
More than just a VB Script or Powershell script editor, the latest PrimalScript package is chockfull of powerful apps and training resources.
By Michael Otey
[TOP 10]
Make sure you've got Windows Vista organized so you can effectively perform your administrative functions.
By Michael Otey
[Buyer's Guide]
KVM over IP switches can improve IT efficiency, but make sure you choose a KVM solution wisely—our buyer's guide can help you navigate through the many choices and models available.
By Jason Bovberg
[Letters to the Editor]
Readers praise authors Ben Smith and Eric Rux, weigh in on VoIP and Office 2007 Deployment, and more.
By Readers , et al.
[Need to Know]
The buzz around Windows Server 2008 has been loud, but with Microsoft releasing beta 3, all that hype may just turn out to be justified.
By Paul Thurrott
[What's Hot]
Readers highlight favorite products: CorasWorks Workplace Suite, O'Reilly Media's "Active Directory Cookbook," and High Tower Software's High Tower SEM 3210.
By Blake Eno
[Ask the Experts]
Learn about a compatibility problem between Acrobat Reader 8 and Vista's UAC feature, find out how to use a video for your desktop background, and learn how to chain two or more commands together.
By John Savill
[Windows Power Tools]
In response to an Icacls shortcoming, Mark creates a freely downloadable tool called Chml, which lets you further your integrity-level experiments.
By Mark Minasi
[New & Improved]
Check out the latest products to hit the marketplace. PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: Alacritech's Scalable Network Accelerators and iSCSI Scalable Network Accelerators
By Blake Eno
[IT Pro Perspective]
Karen Forster look sat Windows Server 2008's and Vista's Network Access Protection (NAP), technology that can keep your network safe no matter what your users' computers throw at it.
By Karen Forster
[Review]
Windows Calendar provides a good, web-compatibale alternative to Outlook's calendar features. Windows Home Server Beta 2 is a good choice for both home users and small offices.
By Paul Thurrott
[Solutions +]
Windows Deployment Services eases the task of rolling out Vista to enterprise computers.
By John Savill
[Cover Story]
SCCM 2007 is the new incarnation of Microsoft's vaunted SMS. Want to know how it can benefit your environment? Here's a look at the product's architecture, as well as its new and exciting features.
By Ed Roth
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