SQL Server Magazine August 2007

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Industry Excellence Awards: Recognizing Outstanding Products and Services for IT Pros
You've got a problem that only the right tool can fix. But choosing that tool is a problem in itself. Our editors have searched the industry to identify the best products and services for you. This issue highlights editors' and readers' top picks.
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[Feature]

High Availability for MOSS 2007 Server Farms

Using a tiered architecture and load-balancing technologies helps ensure that your SharePoint environment remains up and running.

Password Synchronization

Microsoft has numerous password synchronization solutions—learn whether one of them is right for your environment, or whether you’d be better off with a third-party product.

Upgrading to Exchange Server 2007

Before you can upgrade to Exchange 2007, you need to prepare your AD and make sure your existing organization is set for the change.




[Reader to Reader]

An Unlikely Culprit Can Cause Computers to Hang

If your computer is slow or even stops when you're opening or searching for files, you might want to monitor the catalogs that the Indexing Service creates. Learn what to look for to see whether the problem lies with master merges.

Burn Backups Automatically

Learn how you can use two freeware utilities and a two-line batch file to automatically burn crucial files to a DVD or CD-ROM for safekeeping.




[TOP 10]

Windows Server Virtualization Features

Windows Server Virtualization, an add-on for Windows Server 2008, offers features that lead to easier backup and better scalability, making virtualization in Windows easier than ever.




[Letters to the Editor]

Letters@windowsitpro.com

Readers ask about System integrity levels, point out the difference between moving and copy files on the same server, sound off about the spread of malicious software, and more.




[Need to Know]

Changes to Windows Server Virtualization

Microsoft trimmed the scope of Windows Server Virtualization in early 2007, stripping promising features such as live migration and hot-add hardware support from the upcoming release of Windows Server 2008.




[What's Hot]

Readers Review Hot Products

Readers highlight favorite products: Zenprise for Exchange and Zenprise for BlackBerry, Atempo LiveBackup, and InfoStreet's StreetSmart.




[Windows Power Tools]

Thwarting Integrity Attacks with Chml

We dive more deeply into integrity levels by showing you how to use last month's Chml utility to assume the System integrity level.




[IT Pro Perspective]

Windows Server 2008 App Compat

Microsoft is working to make the Windows 2008 logo program a meaningful gauge of quality for ISVs and IT pros.




[The Business End]

Liberate Your Inner Salesperson

You might not think of yourself as a salesperson, but whether you're trying to get another rack of servers or consensus among stakeholders, you're selling. These tips will help you do it better.




[Solutions +]

Deploy a Single Application Through Terminal Services

Although Windows 2008 improves on the ability to present single applications from a terminal server, that functionality has been around since Win2K. Here's how to do it.

Leverage LVR to Simplify AD Object Recovery

Recovering AD data is difficult because it typically replicates across multiple DCs. LVR improves replication of AD linked values and eases object recovery during an authoritative restore; however, this feature isn’t enabled by default.




[Cover Story]

Best of TechEd

Windows IT Pro editors were the judging panel for Best of TechEd this year. Here are their thoughts about the winners.

Community Choice Awards

Windows IT Pro readers voted for their favorite products from 12 different Buyer's Guides. Here are the winners and runners-up.

Editor's Best

The editors of Windows IT Pro designate top products in 13 categories.

The Best of MMS

We highlight products from Microsoft Partners that took honors at the Microsoft Management Summit in March.

The TechEd Attendee's Pick Awards

IT pros who attended TechEd in June designated these products as their favorites.

Windows IT Pro's Industry Excellence Awards

We honor the products and services in five categories that our readers and editors consider the best of the best.