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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.

Where is the CCNA 2012 update? That’s the question a lot of CCNA candidates have on their mind. Many are in a limbo state where they’re not preparing for their CCNA because they’re awaiting the new exam. If this is you, then this article will help you understand Cisco’s certification revision process and how to prepare for the CCNA in 2012.

In a previous article in this series, PowerShell MVP Jeff Hicks walked us through enabling the Active Directory Recycle Bin feature. In this post, Jeff demonstrates how to easily recover deleted objects in Active Directory using PowerShell.

For administrators of Office 365, one of the functions of your role may be to create auditing reports for Exchange Online. In this post, Michael Simmons helps you to understand the different auditing reports that are available in Office 365, and describes why they are useful.

While there are many backup tools out there, they aren’t all created equal. In this post, vExpert David Davis goes through the various types of backup tools available for your enterprise backup, and how to choose the best one.

Are you debating whether or not to learn PowerShell? In this video, speaker and author Mark Minasi gives you his top three reasons for learning PowerShell — before it’s too late.

Windows Server 2008 R2 has introduced an exciting new feature, the Active Directory Recycle Bin. In this post, Jeff Hicks shows how to enable the feature with PowerShell to recover deleted objects in your AD.