Applies to the "Configuring Active Directory Roles and Services" objective of Exam 70-640 TS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration.
Plus: Google facing fines for Apple Safari privacy issues, young hacker goes on attack spree.
Don't just stick with the commands that Microsoft provides -- extend the commands in PowerShell.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 04/17/2012
Microsoft's code-named Windows Server 8 solution now has the official product name of "Windows Server 2012," which was announced today at the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS).
Microsoft reporter Mary Jo Foley looks more closely at a product roadmap that Microsoft released to partners last year. In it, Office and SharePoint look to be released early next year.
Applies to the "Creating and Maintaining Active Directory objects" objective of Exam 70-640 TS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration.
SQL Server developers lead charmed lives: their skills are in high demand, they work with one of the more popular programming languages, their work is prone to attack. Okay, two out of three ain't bad.
Microsoft Learning revives older designations in a reinvention of the certification program that addresses cloud skills.
- By Michael Domingo
- 04/11/2012
Plus: End of support for Vista, China has the best hackers.
The trick is easy with the aptly named Restart-Computer
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 04/10/2012
Six bulletins patching 11 flaws is the order for this month's Microsoft update.
This month marks the passing of a few Windows and Office product lifecycle milestones.
Applies to the "Configuring Domain Name System for Active Directory" objective of Exam 70-640 TS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration.
Microsoft will release six bulletin items in its April security update, according to the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification.
Plus: Your credit card information may be ripe for the plucking if you've ever sold a used Xbox 360.
Creating an application for Web, devices, and the cloud is easy and fast with LightSwitch. In fact, the only difficulty was installing the darn thing.
According to a news report, Microsoft's System Center 2012 was released to volume licensing customers yesterday.
Variables already come with descriptions, but you can also provide more clarity to those descriptions as needed.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 04/02/2012
An industry-sponsored report released this month questions whether Microsoft's hosted offerings always represent the lowest cost option vs. other Microsoft-stack approaches.
Plus, the return of LulzSec.