Jason Bovberg

Jason Bovberg (jbovberg@windowsitpro.com) is a senior editor for Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Pro, covering products as well as the systems management, hardware, and storage/backup topic areas. He has more than 20 years of experience as a writer and editor in magazine, book, and special-interest publishing.

Articles by Jason Bovberg
Dropbox Partners with Spiceworks
Dropbox features have been integrated into Spiceworks’ free IT management application to help streamline how companies discover, manage, and grow Dropbox environments.
Announcing the 2013 Best of TechEd Awards!
The 2013 Best of TechEd awards program has begun! The Microsoft TechEd show will take place in New Orleans, Louisiana, from June 3 to June 6. Our annual awards program, in partnership with Microsoft, recognizes the best and most promising products at the show.
Review: WaterField Designs' Ultimate Tablet SleeveCase for Microsoft Surface Pro
Custom-fitted and sturdy, this case will give you peace of mind about an already hefty investment.
Review: Microsoft Surface Windows 8 Pro 2
I’ve been playing with Surface Pro for a couple days, and I’ve come away with some strong initial impressions. Most of these impressions are positive, but a few are undeniably negative; let’s call those last items frustrations, or areas to improve, because in most of those cases, they are certainly areas that the existing Surface Pro can improve on in its lifetime.
Surface Pro Sniping
For a couple months, I’ve had a TweetDeck column focused on Surface Pro tweets, and that column has seen a steady stream of curious consumers and anxious productivity workers, clamoring for more information about the new hybrid tablet/PC.
NEC Delivers Software-Defined Networking for Windows Server Hyper-V Environments
NEC was the first company to bring an OpenFlow-based product to market, and now it has brought its ProgrammableFlow solution to Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V customers.
Surface Pro: Weighing the Pros and Cons 1
Due February 9 (and just now debuting in floor models at Microsoft stores), the Surface Pro—officially, the Surface Windows 8 Pro—is in many ways the culmination of what the “Surface” promised when it launched.
20 Windows 8 Devices that Wowed the Crowds at CES
Microsoft might have been only a “sort of” participant at this year’s CES in Las Vegas, but Windows 8 has been very much on the minds of exhibitors and attendees.
Microsoft Surface Pro Reviews Trickle In from CES 1
Microsoft has made us wait for months for Surface Pro, but it looks like it may be worth the wait. Here's first impressions of the more powerful tablet.
3 Enterprise IT Predictions for 2013
Today, businesses are confronted with increasingly shrinking budgets and limited resources to allocate toward changing technology environments. With this evolving IT landscape in mind, Adaptiva recently shared its 2013 predictions for the enterprise IT and systems management industry.
Top 25 Funniest End-User Questions 2
In our 2012 Windows IT Pro Community Choice survey, we took the opportunity to ask you some lighthearted questions about your job.
The Windows 8 Ecosystem Makes Productivity Exciting Again
The Microsoft tech landscape is pretty exciting these days, with the company's introduction of a few new operating systems (Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, and Windows RT) as well as the company’s all-new tablet computer, the Surface.
Thoughts About Windows Phone 8 in the Workplace
In San Francisco yesterday, Microsoft launched Windows Phone 8 in an exciting event that highlighted a bevy of new features and functionality, underscoring the fact that in this smartphone, the world has an Apple iPhone/Google Android alternative that is an almost completely under-the-radar work of tech art.
The Microsoft Surface or the Apple iPad at Work? 2
At a time when enterprises are struggling to find ways to accommodate all those shiny iPads coming into the workplace, I wonder if the Surface, with its more business-friendly capabilities, makes a lot more sense at work.
Vote Now in the Community Choice 2012 Awards!
The three products with the most votes in each category will be honored with Gold, Silver, and Bronze distinctions in our December issue.
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Mastering SharePoint 2013: Succeeding, Not Just Surviving

Building on the success of the “Mastering SharePoint 2010” seminars, the presenters have updated the content to cover the latest and greatest SharePoint product: SharePoint 2013. While SharePoint 2013 is relatively new on the marketplace, the presenters have been working with SharePoint 2013 for well over a year, and have implemented it with a number of clients in production environments.

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May 2013 - The NameTranslate object is useful when you need to translate Active Directory object names between different formats, but it's awkward to use from PowerShell. Here's a PowerShell script that eliminates the awkwardness.

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