Get Started with Microsoft’s Online Services
Get a taste of cloud computing by trying out Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Suite. Follow easy steps to set up Exchange Online and SharePoint Online and get some useful pointers for deployment and management of the online services. Brett Hill
FEATURES
Track Active Directory Changes
Auditing changes to Active Directory groups can be a nightmare unless you have third-party software—or this useful script. Jim Turner
Free Utility Makes Creating Custom Error Pages Easy in MOSS 2007
Microsoft's instructions for creating a custom 404 error web page in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 involve writing a .NET console application. With the SharePoint Manager 2007 utility, that application is no longer needed. Jian Bo
Use Plink to Reboot VMware VMs
With Plink, you can programmatically turn off and turn back on VMware virtual machines (VMs) from a remote Windows host. This utility is not only useful but also free. Readers
Ask the Experts
Learn about using the Windows NT Backup – Restore Utility to restore Windows 2003 or XP backups on a Vista or Server 2008 machine, find out how to use per-user auditing to define exceptions to the Windows audit policy, and more. John Savill, et al.
Protect SharePoint with ISA Server 2006
ISA Server 2006 as a front end to your SharePoint farm gives you an easy method of load balancing and lets you manage wildcard certificates and forms-based authentication. Jim Boyce
COLUMNS
A Mobile Future
As IT pros support a wider array of mobile devices, they must also implement standard policies for integrating those devices into their existing IT infrastructure. Jeff James
Hyper-V Implementation Details
If you're familiar with Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, you'll want these quick tips about how implementation has changed for Hyper-V. Find out about installation, file locations, and management on the new platform. Michael Otey
Letters
Readers respond to articles about Windows Deployment Services (WDS), Software Restriction Policies (SRPs), DebugDiag, and Hyper-V. Editors
VMware ESXi
VMware’s free hypervisor-based virtualization product ESXi offers much to like, especially if you're a fan of VMware’s ESX Server. Michael Otey
Network Access Control
Learn what type of network access control (NAC) solution can help you efficiently secure and manage remote users' access to your network. Jason Bovberg
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Deep Dive into VMware vSphere, eLearning Series Join John Savill to explore the major functionality capabilities of the vSphere virtualization platform, including identification of the changes from ESX 3.5.
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