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In the midst of the current economic situation, it may be more important than ever to keep close tabs on IT spending. Unfortunately though, deploying an Exchange Server organization is rarely cheap. In this article, Brien Posey explains why this is the case, and talks about some of the things that you can do to reduce the cost of your deployment.

In this article, Virtualization Expert (VCP) Gabrie van Zanten covers how to model changes to your VMware virtual infrastructure and test those planned changes before implementation by using VKernel Modeler.

Windows 7 is the next generation of operating system due from Microsoft and it is now set for a planned release in the final quarter of 2009 which would be just a bit shy of the three years since the release of Windows Vista. This segment of the article series is an overview of BitLocker…

Argghhh… another one of these nasty annoyances that can drive you nuts! I expect that most of you have a Gmail-based account. I do too. Having a Gmail account is nice because of the high availability it provides, the fact that I can access it from anywhere in the world (as well as from my…

Windows 7 is the next generation of operating system due from Microsoft and it is still set for a planned release for early 2010 which would be three years after the release of Windows Vista. This article is a walkthrough of the steps for enabling BitLocker on your Windows 7 system. [NOTES FROM THE FIELD]…

In Windows 7 (currently in beta), Problem Steps Recorder is a new feature that will record each and every step a user takes and document the entire operation in both screen captures and step-by-step details. It will save the resulting capture in a ZIP file allowing the user to easily send it by e-mail or file share to a support professional. In this article, MVP Daniel Petri will walk you through using this cool tool.

ObserveIT is a software that is designed from the ground up to be deployed in multi-server enterprise environments and provides visibility into all user activity such as Microsoft Terminal Services, Citrix (ICA) including published applications, Remote Desktop (RDP), PC-Anywhere, VNC and NetOP…

In an effort to atone for Windows Vista’s excessive resource consumption, Microsoft has designed Windows 7 to perform better than Vista on comparable hardware. Even so, Brien Posey explains that there are still things that you can do to improve the way that Windows 7 performs.

Hyper-V is a hypervisor-based technology that is a key feature of Windows Server 2008, and provides a scalable, reliable, and highly available virtualization platform. It provides scalability and high performance by supporting features like guest multi-processing support and 64-bit guest and host support; reliability and security through its hypervisor architecture; flexibility and manageability by supporting…

In today’s shifting IT world  many organizations has servers hosting applications for both internal and customer-facing applications. These servers are managed and accessed by multiple staff members and in some cases, accessible by external vendor contractors as well. While a lot of money was invested in protecting these servers from malicious users and other types…

Just released, Train Signal is offering a brand new Cisco CCNA Security Training (IINS 640-553) course by Chris Bryant, CCIE. This 13 hour video training course will cover everything you need to pass the Cisco CCNA Security certification exam (IINS 640-553). I have watched many Chris Bryant videos and, trust me, he is one of…

How many times have you been working away on a complex spreadsheet only to have Excel crash? Often you’re left with a corrupt spreadsheet you can’t open and critical data you can’t access. This guide outlines how to use Stellar Phoenix’s Excel Recovery application to automatically repair your damaged .XLS or .XLSX files and recover…