Karen Forster
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Karen Forster was formerly editorial and strategy director for Windows IT Pro. She is currently director of media and communication at Advaiya and previously was director of Windows Server User Assistance at Microsoft.
Email address: karen.forster@advaiya.com
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3 Costly IT Mistakes That Undermine Business Value
Karen Forster and Eric Zinn of Advaiya discuss the 3 most common mistakes that undermine IT's value to the business.
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SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 Build on Knowledge Every IT Shop Needs
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SBS 2008 and EBS 2008: The View from the Trenches
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SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 Build on Knowledge Every IT Shop Needs
Microsoft's thorough research into what SMBs need in a network infrastructure led to easier installation and management for the latest version of Windows Small Business Server and the new Windows Essential Business Server.
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SBS 2008 and EBS 2008: The View from the Trenches
The wizard-based deployment and preinstallation tools that come with Small Business Server 2008 and Essential Business Server 2008 are a hit, but the cost and the migration process are less than ideal.
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Microsoft’s Evolution Toward Software Plus Services
Can Microsoft balance the push toward hosted services with its traditional software products business plan?
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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?
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September 11, 2008 |
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Microsoft’s Take on SBS 2008 Pricing
Responding to concerns that SBS 2008 is priced too high, Microsoft says that customer feedback led to a higher price point for the software but a lower price for CALs, resulting in lover overall cost for most organizations.
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Microsoft Responds to PolicyMaker Questions
Last may, reader Jeff Vandervoort wrote that Microsoft owes PolicyMaker users a migration plan. Now Microsoft has a response.
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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.
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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.
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Making a Mesh of IT?
Find out how Live Mesh fits Microsoft’s Software Plus Services (S+S) strategy.
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Making a Mesh of IT?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Exclusive Video: Microsoft Execs Give Details of MMS 2008 System Center Announcements
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System Center to Support Linux and VMware
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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.
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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.
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