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August 2008

COVER STORY

Windows IT Pro Editors' Best Awards
We identify the best products for Windows in 15 categories, including Product of the Year, Breakthrough Product, and Special Achievement. Start here to find products that will maximize the ROI of your IT infrastructure.
Editors


 
Windows IT Pro Community Choice Awards
Our readers have opinions about the best products, too, based on their experience with using products day in and day out. Here are their picks in eight categories, including Exchange Server monitoring, laptop synchronization, and disk imaging.
Editors


 
Awards Recognize the Best of TechEd 2008 IT Professionals Conference
For our seventh annual awards issue, our judges traveled to Orlando to take a close look at the finalists in our Best of TechEd awards process and bring you the top third-party products. The envelope, please!
Editors


FEATURES

 
Use Netsh to Reset the Windows Socket Layer
Suddenly and for no apparent reason, the 32-bit programs on a reader's Windows Vista machine couldn't connect to the Internet or network, while the 64-bit programs worked fine. Using the ISO OSI model and Netsh, he tracked down and fixed the problem.
Apostolos Fotakelis

 
Ask the Experts
Find out how to check AD database integrity, discover where SPNs are stored, determine when a user last logged on, and learn how to restrict a user to logging on from only a specific computer.
Various Authors

Checking AD Database Integrity
John Savill

Learning About the servicePrincipalName Attribute
John Savill

Determining When a User Last Logged On
Jan De Clercq


 
Making SoftGrid Apps Work On the Road
Your users will be able to access all their SoftGrid applications even while on the road, when you combine SoftGrid client’s new Offline mode with a technique to wrap your SoftGrid sequences as MSI files for deployment.
Jeremy Moskowitz

Using the SoftGrid SMS Connector to Deliver a SoftGrid Application
Jeremy Moskowitz


 
3 Steps to Troubleshooting Device Drivers
If your applications load slowly or don't load at all, the culprit might be a device driver. Knowing how to recognize, diagnose, and solve driver performance problems can save you time and frustration.
Steven Daugherty


 
Use Cmd.exe's Start Command to Simplify Setup Automation
Use the Start command and a batch file to simplify small-scale software deployment, prevent accidental omissions, and significantly reduce contact time.
Alex K. Angelopoulos

Use Batch Files to Automate Application Installation
Alex K. Angelopoulos


 
Deploy Exchange 2007 on a Single Server
Exchange Server 2007 is designed to work on at least two physical servers, but you can set it up on just one—by making some configuration changes that enable the Hub Transport server role to handle Internet email and adding security to the Mailbox role.
Damir Dizdarevic

How Messages Move in a Multiserver Exchange 2007 Environment
Damir Dizdarevic


 
Gold Medal SharePoint Applications in Beijing
As the NBC television Microsoft Technologies Consultant for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Dan Holme used Microsoft SharePoint Technologies to solve many of the operations management tasks.
Dan Holme


COLUMNS

 
Recognizing Microsoft’s Fading Generation of Products
Karen acknowledges Server 2008, DPM 2007, and SCVMM 2008 for receiving Editors’ Best awards and examines Microsoft’s perspective on virtualization as it relates to a new generation of Web-integrated IT.
Karen Forster

 
What You Need to Know About Apple iPhone Enterprise Features
Apple is offering in its iPhone Software Update 2.0 Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) technologies. iPhone customers will be able to access push email, push calendaring, push contacts, and global address lists (GALs) via Exchange.
Paul Thurrott

 
What You Need to Know About Apple iPhone 3G
The iPhone Software Update 2.0 offers Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) technologies, which is good news for enterprise users; plus, is iPhone 3G’s mobile wireless network compatibility worth the cost?
Paul Thurrott

 
Hyper-V FAQs
Michael helps you evaluate Hyper-V's requirements, such as how you upgrade or migrate from other VMs, and shows you some differences between Hyper-V, Virtual Server 2005, and VMware's ESX Server.
Michael Otey

 
Letters
Readers chime in about Mark Minasi’s Server Core columns, a NetBIOS concern, and the latest edition of Robert Sheldon’s “PowerShell 101” series.
Editors


PRODUCTS AND REVIEWS

What's Hot
Readers highlight their favorite products from Idera, Kerio Technologies, and Denis Bauer.
Jeff James

 
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