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John Howie

John Howie is a senior director in the Online Services Security & Compliance team at Microsoft, where he manages cloud security.
Email: jhowie@microsoft.com

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Review: Symantec NetBackup 5220 Appliance

By John Howie, 03/21/2012

Symantec NetBackup 5220 provides all the power and flexibility of NetBackup software in an appliance.

Product Review: Virsto for VDI, Hyper-V Edition

By John Howie, 01/18/2012

With Virsto for VDI, you can rapidly deploy many Hyper-V desktops or improve the performance of an existing Hyper-V desktop environment.

Outlook 2010 Protection Rules and Exchange 2010

By HOWIE, JOHN, 11/18/2011

New features in Microsoft Outlook 2010 let you expand data protection. Learn how to configure your servers and end-user systems to take advantage of these features.

Review: Social Sites for SharePoint 2010

By John Howie, 10/17/2011

This in-house social media toolset is highly complex but incredibly useful and powerful.

Microsoft Multipath I/O for iSCSI

By John Howie, 09/16/2011

Microsoft Multipath I/O (MPIO) is designed to help businesses build highly available, fault-tolerant SAN configurations, as well as improve performance.

Protection from Advanced Persistent Threats

By Howie, John, 09/13/2011

To guard against APTs, organizations should keep their systems and networks up-to-date, use antivirus software, practice the principle of least privilege, adopt meaningful ...

Review: Cisco ASA 5505

By John Howie, 04/23/2011

This firewall solution provides enterprise-level features for small-to-midsized businesses (SMBs).

Review: Iomega StorCenter ix4-200d

By John Howie, 03/22/2011

This NAS device has an impressive array of features that will meet most administrators’ needs.

Taking Advantage of iSCSI in Storage Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition

By John Howie, 02/16/2011

Find out how to install and test Storage Server, an enterprise-ready iSCSI solution that integrates seamlessly into your Windows networks to help you save disk space and provide ...

Configuring Cross-Platform Support for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2

By John Howie, 10/25/2010

The steps to achieve this configuration aren't easy, but the time you invest in the process will lead to the ability to monitor your Windows, UNIX, and Linux systems from one ...

Mobile Security with MDM 2008 SP1

By John Howie, 07/22/2010

Mobile device management continues to be an IT headache, but MDM 2008 SP1 can help tame your Windows Mobile smartphone environment. Follow these steps to install and implement ...

Information Rights Management in Exchange 2010

By John Howie, 06/24/2010

New tools in Exchange 2010 give enterprises the ability to send, read, and reply to rights-protected email messages through OWA, as well as apply rights policy templates to ...

Supporting IPv6 in Your Windows Server 2008 Environment

By John Howie, 11/06/2009

Changes in Windows Server 2008 bring new support for IPv6. Here are the steps you need to take to deploy IPv6 in your environment.

How to Implement SDI Using IPSec in a Mixed Environment

By John Howie, 01/20/2009

This step-by-step guide shows you how to configure UNIX and Linux OSs to use IPSec with preshared keys so that Server and Domain Isolation (SDI) is supported for both outgoing and ...

Managing Your Migration and Transition from IPv4 to IPv6

By John Howie, 12/02/2008

We wrap up the series by providing solutions for supporting and using both IPv4 and IPv6, and showing you a means with which to connect remote sites running IPv6 over an IPv4 link.

Safeguard Sensitive Content with Information Rights Management

By John Howie, 09/26/2008

Learn how rights-management tools let Office-content creators bind access and usage limitations to sensitive documents to prevent unauthorized use and distribution.

Install and Configure System Center Essentials 2007

By John Howie, 09/26/2008

Get Microsoft System Center Essentials 2007 up and running, then start using it to manage systems and deploy updates in your midsized environment.

Move Apps from UNIX to Windows with SUA

By John Howie, 08/27/2008

Take advantage of Microsoft's new Subsystem for UNIX-Based Applications (SUA) with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 for an intriguing alternative to UNIX Systems.

Simplify Security Reporting Using Audit Collection Services

By John Howie, 08/26/2008

Follow the steps to set up Audit Collection Services, a Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 reporting feature, then start using it to streamline security event-log ...