IT Knowledgebase Articles

Twitter is a great resource for finding Lync experts and information, so we’ve put together a handy list of some of the best Lync resources in the Twitterverse.

If you’ve ever needed to quickly create diagrams of your Active Directory structure and wanted to automate the process, this article will help. In this post, IT veteran Michael Simmons shows you a utility that is going to do it.

Learn how to grant DNSAdmins the right to view DNS event log entries remotely on Windows Server 2008 R2. Using a lab environment, we show you the steps to take when granting these rights, and what to do when an error occurs.

If you’ve ever run commands from a command prompt and run into problems, Microsoft MVP Jeff Hicks has a solution for you. In this tutorial Jeff shows how to use a command line utility called where.exe. In part 2 of this series, Jeff will show you another command line alternative to help you find the files you’re looking for.

The US government has many concerns about using public cloud computing service providers. In this article, IT veteran and award-winning author Mike Danseglio critically examines the Availability Technologies recommendations, and shows how to define the value of service availability to your business.

Are you looking to learn SharePoint but don’t know where to start? In this post, IT veteran Michael Simmons lists some great resources — both free and paid — to help get you started, from instructor-led and online courses, to books and blogs.

What do you do with a brand new Windows Server 2012 install? Let PowerShell MVP, Jeff Hicks, show you his “first five fixes” for a new Windows Server 2012 build that although you might not think of immediately, will prove to pay off down the road.

vChat is a regular virtualization video chat covering VMware vSphere, cloud computing, virtualization news, and some geeky humor. Regular contributors are vExperts Simon Seagrave, Eric Siebert and David Davis. See the latest vChat episodes with special guests including Duncan Epping, Frank Denneman, John Arrasjid, John Troyer, Rich Brambley and more.

In this article, Petri’s Cisco pro Sean Wilkins takes a look at the Spanning Tree Protocol port states — what happens during each port state and why they are needed for STP operation.

The Drobo B800i iSCSI storage array is the perfect solution for SMB-level and “pro-sumer” storage as well as virtualization environments utilizing VMware. The new generation of Drobo is pushing the limits with BeyondRAID, Thunderbolt, Data-Aware SSD Tiering and so much more. Read vExpert David Davis’ review of Drobo B800i to learn more.