By Sean Deuby, 01/19/2012
Microsoft's recent System Center 2012 announcements are designed to make it easier for an IT shop to set up a private cloud.
By Sean Deuby, 12/20/2011
Microsoft is updating all the major System Center components for 2012, with a focus on private cloud management.
By Sean Deuby, 12/15/2011
Windows IT Pro technical directors Sean Deuby and Michael Otey talk with Jeffrey Snover, lead architect for the Windows Server Division at Microsoft, about some of the latest ...
By Sean Deuby, 12/09/2011
You’ve probably never heard of the Simple Cloud Identity Management (SCIM) specification, but within a year it will affect some of the key areas you work on as an identity ...
By Paul Thurrott, 11/08/2011
Paul Thurrott demonstrates Windows 8 on the tablet in this edition of Windows IT Pro Insider. Along with Sean Deuby, Michael Otey, and Jeff James, Paul walks through the ...
By Sean Deuby, 11/04/2011
Upgrading your Active Directory schema for a new version of the Windows Server OS has always been a matter of concern, but these screenshots show Windows Server 8 has made it a ...
By Sean Deuby, 10/24/2011
Windows Server 8 Dynamic Access Control isn’t just a very powerful security and compliance feature. It’s also a basis for more authorization flexibility in future versions of ...
By Sean Deuby, 10/21/2011
The Office 365 Deployment Readiness Tool is a free, easy-to-use utility that gives you a quick assessment of your Active Directory, Exchange Server, and SharePoint environment.
By Sean Deuby, 10/13/2011
The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace has a vision for the future: an Identity Ecosystem in which everyone enjoys greater trust and security as they conduct ...
By Sean Deuby, 09/24/2011
To find out how Microsoft runs its federation service, Sean sat down with Laura Hunter, identity and access management architect for Microsoft IT, at the Cloud Identity Summit.
By Sean Deuby, 09/14/2011
Windows Server 8 Active Directory has made a number of much-appreciated improvements in virtualization, deployment, and management designed to ease the frustration and support ...
By Sean Deuby, 09/14/2011
The new features in this pre-beta of Windows Server 8—from PowerShell to Hyper-V to DirectAccess—have exceeded our expectations.
By Sean Deuby, 09/07/2011
VMware makes a couple of updates to their vCloud suite designed to make managing a hybrid cloud and globalization just a little easier.
By Deuby, Sean, 08/24/2011
The AD security access token controls authorization in an AD domain, and if you don’t pay attention to it, you might be setting yourself up for some big problems.
By Deuby, Sean, 07/27/2011
With Gartner’s Catalyst 2011 conference in full swing this week (and attendees already nursing their hangovers), there are a lot of new product announcements in the identity ...
By Deuby, Sean, 07/26/2011
I spent most of last week beating the Dallas heat in Keystone, Colorado, for the second annual Cloud Identity Summit, hosted by Ping Identity. This is a great conference for the ...
By Sean Deuby, 07/21/2011
IDaaS takes a core piece of the traditional enterprise infrastructure and makes it into a service itself. Here’s why you should give this model a close look.
By Sean Deuby, 06/30/2011
This week I had the opportunity to take advantage of one of cloud computing's much-promoted advantages. And I certainly hadn't planned on needing it.
By Sean Deuby, 06/23/2011
Learn how automated management tools for Active Directory can help save precious time and provide security to your organization.
By Sean Deuby, 06/22/2011
Sean sits down with Gil Kirkpatrick, Quest Software’s chief architect for Active Directory and Identity Management products. He brings valuable perspective to the sometimes ...