Karen Forster
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 Karen Forster is the IT Group editorial and strategy director for Windows IT Pro, SQL Server Magazine, and System i NEWS and former director of Windows Server User Assistance at Microsoft.
Email address: karen.forster@penton.com
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What Keeps IT Pros Awake at Night?
Microsoft’s Dynamic IT initiative is intended to increase efficiency. But will the end result be IT pros with more time to be strategic rather than reactive, or simply fewer IT positions?
Windows IT Pro
Microsoft Responds to PolicyMaker Questions
Last may, reader Jeff Vandervoort wrote that Microsoft owes PolicyMaker users a migration plan. Now Microsoft has a response.
Windows IT Pro
Microsoft’s SMB Products and Services
As IT spending in the SMB market increases, Microsoft focuses its efforts on related software and services, such as Windows Essential Business Server, Small Business Server, and Microsoft Online Services.
Windows IT Pro
Recognizing Microsoft’s Fading Generation of Products
Karen acknowledges Server 2008, DPM 2007, and SCVMM 2008 for receiving Editors’ Best awards and examines Microsoft’s perspective on virtualization as it relates to a new generation of Web-integrated IT.
Windows IT Pro
Making a Mesh of IT?
Find out how Live Mesh fits Microsoft’s Software Plus Services (S+S) strategy.
Windows IT Pro
Making a Mesh of IT?
Windows IT Pro
Tech Ed IT Pro Week Kicks Off with Dynamic IT
Tech Ed IT Pro week kicks off with Hyper-V and other announcements. But there are also mixed messages about IT pros and developers and about strategic vision, such as Dynamic IT, versus learning how to use Microsoft technology.
Windows IT Pro
Microsoft Owes PolicyMaker Users a Migration Plan
In response to "RSAT: windows Server 2008 Remote Server Admin Tools," a reader expresses frustration with Microsoft's support for PolicyMaker customers.
Windows IT Pro
RSAT: Windows Server 2008 Remote Server Admin Tools
A Microsoft Senior Product Manager for Windows Vista management discusses Server 2008’s RSAT for Windows Vista SP1, highlighting RSAT’s Group Policy integration.
Windows IT Pro
Exclusive Video: Microsoft Execs Give Details of MMS 2008 System Center Announcements
Windows IT Pro
System Center to Support Linux and VMware
Windows IT Pro
System Center to Support Linux and VMware
In this exclusive interview, Microsoft's Brad Anderson and Larry Orecklin disclose groundbreaking developments from the Microsoft Management Summit regarding System Center support for versions of UNIX and non-native hypervisors.
Windows IT Pro
Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Togetherness
Microsoft’s product managers for Windows Server and Windows Client Deployment explain that customers who use Server 2008 and Vista together will benefit from improved performance, security, and manageability.
Windows IT Pro
Microsoft Virtualization: A Special IT Pro Perspective Report
As April begins, Microsoft has big news about Xbox as a server and amazing virtualizationa nd management options.
Windows IT Pro
The Next Wave of Microsoft Virtualization
Windows IT Pro
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March 27, 2008 |
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The Next Wave of Microsoft Virtualization
As April begins, Microsoft has big news about Xbox as a server and amazing virtualization and management options.
Windows IT Pro
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February 29, 2008 |
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System Center and Anytime, Anywhere, Any-Device Management
Microsoft envisions a future in which users decide where and how they work. Brad Anderson and Larry Orecklin discuss Microsoft's pursuit of "user-centric, user-focused computing."
Windows IT Pro
Is the World Ready for SQL Server 2008?
Windows IT Pro
Is the World Ready for SQL Server 2008?
In this exclusive interview with Ted Kummert, Microsoft corporate vice president of the Data and Storage Platform Division, Karen Forster finds out about some of SQL Server 2008’s key features and what they might mean for you.
SQL Server Magazine
The Soul of Windows Server 2008: Server Core and Hyper-V
In an exclusive interview, Bill Laing, general manager of Microsoft’s Windows Server division, comments candidly about Windows Server 2008 features that surprised him, technology that might be hard for users, and lessons learned from this release.
Windows IT Pro
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