WHITE PAPER - This white paper focuses on best practices for implementing an enterprise Active Directory infrastructure using virtualization technology. We will discuss how to perform a full migration of your physical AD infrastructure to a virtualized environment.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: October 9, 2009


Topics:  Active Directory | Directory Assistance Services | Directory Service Protocols | Directory Services | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine | VM

WHITE PAPER - Windows Server 2008 R2 offers a number of exciting new features, including an expanded Server Core offering, new Active Directory features, and - of special interest to anyone who has ever wished Active Directory had an “undo” button - a sort of recycle bin for Active Directory objects.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: October 2, 2009


Topics:  Active Directory | Email Management | Email Management Software | Group Policy | Network Management | Network Management Software | Security Software | Server Management | Windows Server Software

WHITE PAPER - This tech brief presents eight recommendations to help you proactively address the difficulties of access control in a Microsoft-centric environment, and avoid the common pitfalls, risks and costs.
Posted: October 2, 2009 | Published: October 2, 2009


Topics:  Access Control | Access Control Software | Active Directory | Authentication | Authorization | Database Security | File Server Software | Identity Management | IT Management | Password Authentication Protocol | Password Management

WHITE PAPER - Understanding how much your current email system costs, and how that all adds up, is the key to making changes and to providing a better service for your users. This paper will list and discuss what your email infrastructure is really costing you.
Posted: September 23, 2009 | Published: September 23, 2009


Topics:  Active Directory | CIOs | Email | Email Archiving | Email Filtering | Email Management | Email Security | Email Security Services | Email Server Software | Email Software | Email Threats | Spam

WHITE PAPER - Here five things about Windows Server 2008 that are the less obvious, more esoteric, yet useful features or quirks. The following is a brief list of some things that I tend to assume that many people know, and I am constantly amazed by clients and students who really don't know them. How many do you already know?
Posted: June 30, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2009


Topics:  Active Directory | Network Architectures | Network Management | Operating System Virtualization | Operating Systems | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Systems Management | Systems Operations

WHITE PAPER - An old Chinese proverb advises us to "preserve the old, but know the new." Microsoft's old template concept has been preserved in the Windows Server 2008 operating system, in the form of what Microsoft calls the starter GPO (Group Policy Object).
Posted: December 10, 2008 | Published: December 10, 2008


Topics:  Active Directory | Group Policy | Groupware | Groupware Applications Management | Productivity | Windows Server Software

WHITE PAPER - This white paper explains how users, managers, and network administrators view and utilize SharePoint. It also explains how SharePoint works for both SharePoint users and architects.
Posted: December 10, 2008 | Published: October 11, 2008


Topics:  Active Directory | Document Management | Security Management | Server Management | Server Software | Spreadsheets | SQL Server | SSL