TechNet Magazine January 2007

Far too often, people who are not trained database administrators somehow end up responsible for a database. They lack the proper training and knowledge to maintain their database, and problems begin to develop. Here’s a primer for all those involuntary DBAs who need a crash course in database maintenance best practices.

Paul S. Randal

TechNet Magazine August 2008

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Windows Server 2008 and the new Windows Server Backup utility bring many changes and welcome enhancements to backing up. Here is an in-depth guide to backing up and restoring Active Directory in the new server OS.

Gil Kirkpatrick

TechNet Magazine May 2008

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Michael Murgolo is back with an update to his Elevation PowerToys. You'll find enhanced Run as Administrator functionality that works with third-party scripting tools, a way to replace a handy Windows XP feature removed from Windows Vista, and many more useful tools.

Michael Murgolo

TechNet Magazine June 2008

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Utility Spotlight: Robocopy GUI

Traditional copy and paste works well enough for simple tasks, but for advanced functionality, you need Robocopy. But what if you're not a fan of the command line? Enter Robocopy GUI.

Joshua Hoffman

TechNet Magazine November 2006

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Your users are complaining that a server is running poorly—do you know where to look to diagnose the problem? PerfMon can be an indispensible tool for this as it has numerous diagnostic capabilities. Get an overview of the key indicators you should use to diagnose a variety of common bottlenecks that can slow down your servers.

Steven Choy

TechNet Magazine August 2008

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Field Notes: Community in the workplace

In this month’s TechNet Magazine, you’ll find the second of a series of Field Notes columns written by Romi Mahajan, Chief Marketing Officer of Ascentium Corporation. As an early innovator in the field of electronic ...

Want to be proactive about preventing data loss? Enterprise rights management is the way to go. Discover how the Microsoft Enterprise Rights Management solution can protect your organization's information from unauthorized access and use.

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is the Microsoft implementation of Web-based Enterprise Management (WBEM)—a technology that lets you access information about the objects in your enterprise environment that have to be managed, such as systems, applications, networks, devices, and other managed components. Not surprisingly, the information is accessible via script ...

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January 2007

SharePoint: An Overview of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

The new version of SharePoint is poised to meet all your collaboration and information management needs in a single, integrated platform. Here’s a tour of the new features and tools in MOSS that will change the way your enterprise works. Thomas Rizzo

SharePoint: 7 New Features That Enhance Security in SharePoint

With SharePoint tapping into more enterprise data and becoming more integral to business workflow, security becomes far more critical. Find out how these seven new features in MOSS can quickly improve security in your organization. Adam Robert Buenz

SharePoint: Find It All with SharePoint Enterprise Search

Your company loses time and money while employees try to track down information. Enterprise search can help. MOSS offers an enterprise search tool that can find information quickly, whether it’s tucked away on an intranet site, living in a line of a business application, or even residing with a single employee. Matt Hester

SharePoint: Powerful Command Line Administration for SharePoint

Don’t get bogged down with a GUI. There’s a far more powerful and much faster way to manage SharePoint, which lets you perform administrative tasks from a command prompt and even script common procedures. Todd Klindt

SharePoint: Wiki While You Work

Wikis offer a new, more flexible way to collaborate, promoting an unstructured approach to thinking and exchanging ideas. And MOSS 2007 makes it incredibly easy to implement wikis in your organization. Here’s what you need to know to start building and using wikis in the workplace. Mauro Cardarelli

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From the Editor: Sometimes industries Joshua Trupin	Toolbox: New Products for IT Pros Greg Steen	Utility Spotlight: Internet Explorer Administration Kit Lance Whitney
SQL Q&A: Data Archiving, Linked Servers, Measuring Bandwidth, and More Edited by Nancy Michell	The Cable Guy: TCP Receive Window Auto-Tuning Joseph Davies	Windows PowerShell: Windows PowerShell Constructs Don Jones
Hey, Scripting Guy!: Be Careful What You Say The Microsoft Scripting Guys	Exchange Queue & A: We Have All the Answers (Because We Made Up the Questions) KC Lemson and Paul Bowden	Security Watch: Services Hardening in Windows Vista Wole Moses
The Desktop Files: Windows Automated Installation Kit Wes Miller	Field Notes: Tech Support for In-Laws James Snell	Windows Confidential: Getting Out of DLL Hell Raymond Chen

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