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Learn about SharePoint document libraries in Office 365, which allow you to share collections of files with team members with a high level of customization.

What exactly is virtualization and what are the benefits? This guide is designed specifically for IT professionals who are new to virtualization, and takes a detailed look at the different types of virtualization as well as the benefits of each.

IT veteran Greg Stuart takes you behind the scenes in a VDI environment and examines industry leader VMware’s proprietary profile management tool called View Persona Management, now available in VMware View 5.

Jeff Hicks returns with an excellent and easy to use tip. With a few commands, Compact.exe can compress files and folders on the fly. Although easy to use, Jeff suggests testing Compact.exe out in a non-production environment first to avoid running into any issues.

Greg Ferro provides an introduction to server virtualization by explaining the concepts of Paravirtualization (ParaV) and Hypervisor (also known as, full hardware virtualization). Learn about the main advantages and disadvantages in the two approaches to server virtualization that will help you make the right decision when choosing your next virtualization solution.

AutoDiscover in Exchange is often overlooked but can provide some excellent functionality to your users, making it easier to setup new mail clients and smartphones. Tom Finnis explains how to configure AutoDiscover for Exchange 2007 and 2010 as well as covers some common problems to look out for.

In this video tutorial, Exchange MVP J. Peter Bruzzese demonstrates how to install Exchange Server 2010 SP2 from start to finish.

We back with our series on integrating Microsoft Word with PowerShell! Learn how to add formatting and style to Word documents using PowerShell in part 2 of this series.

Sean Wilkins returns with his series on Cisco Unified Computing System. In this post, Sean discusses UCS Service Profiles. Sean covers the basic principles behind why profiles are used and what settings and configurations they help control.

Have you ever been locked out of an important Word document either because you forgot the password or perhaps it left with an employee that is no longer with the company? Michael Simmons provides 3 solutions for recovering lost passwords associated with Microsoft Office 2010 documents.

Learn about PC-over-IP (PCoIP) and how it differs from the alternative options, including Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and Independent Computing Architecture (ICA). Also included is a video from the company behind PCoIP (Teradici) that helps explain the protocol.

In this two-part series, discover how to integrate PowerShell with Microsoft Word. In part 1, learn to generate a Word file.