SQL Server Magazine November 2007
[Feature]
Unlike previous Office versions, deploying Office 2007 using GPSI is not practical or pain-free. Here are some cost-effective alternative ways to deploy Office 2007 to client computers.
By Dan Holme
Microsoft’s virtualization architecture paves the way to an almost seamless integration and interoperability between Virtual PC and Virtual Server. Download the free products and begin your virtual experience.
By Desmond Lee
Manage your printers more efficiently by knowing how to properly share a printer, install extra drivers, use snap-ins and command-line utilities, configure pools and permissions, and more.
By Orin Thomas
Stsadm helps IT pros perform SharePoint operations that can't be done or done as efficiently through SharePoint's Central Administration Web interface.
By Kevin Laahs
Looking for a no-muss, no-fuss way to create and deploy a new Vista or XP installation? Microsoft’s Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment’s (BDD’s) Deployment Workbench tool is the solution you’ve been waiting for.
By Rhonda Layfield
[Reader to Reader]
Vista's Copy as Path option and Ninotech's Path Copy utility can save you time and aggravation if you need to copy paths that appear in Windows Explorer.
By Alex K. Angelopoulos
There's a trick to using the Runas command with Windows Explorer: You first need to make a registry edit. Here is what you need to do.
By Readers
If your users have to change IP addresses often, you can create a batch file that contains just three Netsh commands. After you put that batch file on users' desktops, they can change their IP address with a simple double-click.
By Apostolos Fotakelis
[Product Reviews]
Can Google Pack with StarOffice match Microsoft Office, and is Windows Vista SP1 worth the wait? Check out Paul's reviews this mont to find out.
By Paul Thurrott
Microsoft Remote Desktop is fine for occasional use, but for heavy-duty user support, our reviewer much prefers Famatech's Radmin 3.0 remote-control utility is preferable. Replete with useful features, Radmin offers great performance and solid security.
By John Green
[TOP 10]
Windows PowerShell is the wave of the future of Windows scripting. These commands get you started performing basic tasks such as reading or writing to a file, starting a debugger, and retrieving Windows event logs.
By Michael Otey
[Buyer's Guide]
Exchange Server administrators rarely have the time or resources to keep their environments running smoothly all the time. Find an Exchange monitoring solution to help accomplish this task.
By B. K. Winstead
[Letters to the Editor]
By Readers , et al.
[Need to Know]
In this month's Need to Know, Paul takes an in-depth at Google products and services that might be workable alternatives to more expensive Microsoft offerings.
By Paul Thurrott
[What's Hot]
Readers highlight favorite products: SourceForge.net's PDFCreator, the OpenDNS online service, and Thinstall Virtualization Suite.
By Jeff James
[Ask the Experts]
Learn about problems associated with moving a software package to a new server, find out how to convert an ADM file to an ADMX file, and follow along as Mark Russinovich troubleshoots a file compression failure.
By Mark Russinovich , et al.
[Windows Power Tools]
In this last of three For columns, learn how the tool's /f option lets you tell Windows to apply a single command to a specific list of files.
By Mark Minasi
[New & Improved]
Check out the latest products to hit the marketplace. PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: VMware's ESX Server 3i
By Editors , et al.
[IT Pro Perspective]
With SQL Server 2008, Microsoft takes another step toward positioning its key applications as "platforms" that underlie—and are required by—other core technologies. How does that move affect you?
By Karen Forster
[Review]
If change management is as important in your organization as managing Group Policy, here’s our take on three products that help you do both.
By Eric B. Rux
BioPassword Enterprise Edition 3.2 improves network security by monitoring user biometrics: It senses how users type their passwords, then evaluates typing rhythm and cadence to make sure that only authorized users are using those passwords.
By John Green
[Solutions +]
Learn how to apply Windows Server 2008’s Network Access Protection (NAP), which lets administrators enforce compliance policies before client computers can access network resources.
By Damir Dizdarevic
[Cover Story]
This year's Windows IT Pro Innovators award winners find inventive solutions to problems ranging from automating Web-site creation to auditing access to applications to meet compliance mandates.
By Anne Grubb , et al.
[Required Reading]
Before you turn your attention to individual security settings, think through big-picture issues such as limiting yourself to one version of Exchange and using the different Exchange roles wisely.
By Brien Posey
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