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Uninstall Your Junk

Prepare for Longhorn's arrival by cleaning out unnecessary software and services.

Poor Man’s SRM

Here’s a script that can locate unauthorized files in a user’s home folder.

ForestPrep Failure

DCDIAG comes to the rescue, as usual, when diagnosing some strange ForestPrep problems occurring during an upward migration.

High-Profile Developer Jumps the Windows Live Ship

A recent high-profile Microsoft hire, brought onboard to work on Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie's Windows Live vision, has suddenly announced his pending departure, citing a pullback on plans he had signed on to implement.

The Defensive Network

A new feature in the upcoming Longhorn Server will allow admins to quarantine computers with inadequate security.

Speech Added to Office Communications Server

Microsoft announced this week at the SpeechTEK 2006 conference in New York that it will integrate the full capabilities of its Speech Server 2007 into Office Communications Server 2007.

Microsoft Starts Beta of Virtual Machine Manager

Microsoft has begun beta testing its upcoming Systems Center Virtual Machine Manager on schedule, the company disclosed this week.

Microsoft's Piracy Check Draws Complaints, Lawsuits

When Microsoft Corp. said it planned to begin checking for pirated copies of its Windows operating system using the method it set up to send people security fixes, even some of the company's traditional critics could sympathize.

Microsoft Reveals Additions to Windows Server 2003 SP2

Microsoft has started revealing more details about new features that will arrive with its upcoming Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2003.

File Storage Reporting

Generate reports on what your users are storing on your file servers via Windows 2003 R2.

Microsoft Reorg Continues

Microsoft continued its management reorganization this week as it moved to realign responsibilities within its operating systems group to reflect newly minted Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie's growing influence.

Get Yer Red-Hot Compute Cluster Servers Right Here

As expected, Microsoft announced this week customer availability of its first entry into high-performance computing circles.

Cacls Catastrophe

Enabling permissions inheritance after cacls takes it away.

Is There a PowerShell In Your Future?

If your goal as an admin is to become more efficient by automating more of your environment, the answer is yes.

New-Generation BizTalk Exam Now Live

Microsoft releases exam for business process management experts after a successful beta test last month.

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