A hands-on look at using App Controller and Virtual Machine Manager for private cloud deployments.
Microsoft released a report updating the progress of the Microsoft Security Response Center in ensuring software security.
Page files can greatly affect the performance and recovery of Windows and Windows servers. Here's how to size page files to suit your computing needs.
- By Clint Huffman
- 07/05/2011
Your MCP has value, but how much? A look the salary picture for Microsoft Certified Professionals now, and what to expect in the next 12 months.
- By Michael Domingo
- 06/01/2011
Insights from a Microsoft Premier Field Engineer on how to identify poor disk performance conditions and how to communicate the problem to SAN administrators and vendors.
- By Clint Huffman
- 05/12/2011
Your skills working with Microsoft Hyper-V won't translate over to just any hypervisor. So, here's what you'll need to know to get up to speed with VMware's ESXi 4.
So you've spent the money, time and effort to become an expert on anything IT. Now where do you go?
There are a handful of specialized tools that make large-scale Windows 7 deployment much easier than with previous versions. Here's how to use them.
- By Joshua Hoffman
- 12/01/2010
When setting up directory services on a Windows network, it's truly all about the infrastructure.
Why mess with the default AD structure? Better security and organization are two reasons. Let's take a closer look.
In the 15th year of Redmond magazine's annual salary survey, IT salaries generally remained flat, but some respondents got raises -- giving rise to general optimism about salaries next year.
- By Michael Domingo
- 08/01/2010
Take a good look at your organizations’ priorities and policies, and you may discover you’re going green just by trying to save some green.
The green trap is real. Going green with your IT environment requires a clear set of goals, target metrics and execution.
- By Ric Merrifield
- 07/22/2010
Irrelevant SharePoint search results and lost documents can turn into a waste of time and money, but a few simple steps will help IT pros avoid these problems.
From a scaled-down Office client to the much larger role of Silverlight, here are seven things about Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 preview that stood out at last week's conference.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/22/2010
Researcher says read the fine print before connecting to the cloud.
- By John K. Waters
- 03/09/2010
In the second part of this Q&A, Microsoft Learning Group's Liberty Munson explains some of the challenges in developing the developer-related exams, and what strides Microsoft has done to combat exam piracy.
- By Michael Domingo
- 01/19/2010
The Microsoft Learning Group's exam maven, Liberty Munson, offers some insights into exam development, piracy, and the innovations that come from asking the right questions.
- By Michael Domingo
- 01/13/2010
Microsoft's new OS made its debut today, but MCPmag.com readers have had it installed and tested. Here's what they think.
- By Michael Domingo
- 10/22/2009
Here's a way to delegate varying levels of server permissions with Microsoft's Virtual Server.