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Selena Frye
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Selena Frye
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Changes in Exchange 2007 transport architecture
In Mail delivery changes in Exchange 2007, I outlined how Exchange 2007 has been re-engineered in a big way due to 2007's role-based nature, which necessitated a reworking of how different...
Posted by Scott Lowe | November 25, 2007, 11:27 AM PST | Latest comment by p.j.hutchison@...
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British government in data loss fiasco
Anyone who doesn't follow the British media may have missed the most recent failure of the government to protect its citizen's personal data. On Tuesday Alistair Darling - Chancellor of the...
Posted by Justin Fielding | November 25, 2007, 9:30 AM PST
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Deploy Cisco Unity sustainably in your large or small enterprise
Explore Cisco Unity and Cisco unified communications systems in these TechRepublic downloads. Deploy Cisco Unity sustainably in your large or small enterprise Design and deploy a sustainable Cisco...
Posted by Cara Reynolds | November 21, 2007, 11:27 AM PST
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When e-mail attacks!
Spam, viruses, and malware: the bane of any network administrator's life. This is not only due to the inherent risk they pose to overall network security, but also because of the additional load...
Posted by Justin Fielding | November 19, 2007, 2:52 PM PST | Latest comment by ceo@...
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Back to My Mac
Apple has added a great new feature to Mac OS X Leopard but it's only available to .Mac members. Back to My Mac is a remote access tool that uses .Mac to locate your other Macs over the Internet...
Posted by Justin Fielding | November 18, 2007, 2:00 PM PST
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VMware Fusion and Server updated
This week VMware released two major updates...A beta version of the free VMware server v2.0 is available for download. Version 2.0 of this groundbreaking ‘free' virtualisation platform offers...
Posted by Justin Fielding | November 18, 2007, 11:43 AM PST
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Mail delivery and SMTP changes in Exchange 2007
As a result of the extensive overhaul that resulted in a redesigned Exchange 2007, many people have questions when it comes to what has changed and why. An area that is sometimes questioned is...
Posted by Scott Lowe | November 16, 2007, 12:59 PM PST
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Five Cisco IOS tips to make you more efficient
Finding ways to do your job more efficiently is always important. These five quick tips will help you accomplish the same Cisco IOS tasks you're already doing -- but more quickly and easily by...
Posted by David Davis | November 15, 2007, 10:52 AM PST | Latest comment by brybry4u
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Testing your software RAID: Be prepared
After successfully setting up a Software RAID mirror, it's important to recognise a drive failure and know how to recover from it. Most often a failing drive will fill your /var/log/messages file...
Posted by Justin Fielding | November 14, 2007, 5:51 AM PST | Latest comment by Justin Fielding
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Inside the Exchange Server Profile Analyzer
The Exchange Server Profile Analyzer is a tool that allows Exchange administrators to get a real-time look at a plethora of statistics surrounding your Exchange servers. The statistics generated...
Posted by Scott Lowe | November 11, 2007, 6:52 PM PST | Latest comment by wizard57m-cnet
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iPhone hype hits UK
The long awaited iPhone hit the UK market on Friday; over 300 people queued outside Apple's central London store for the launch. The first unit was bought by 20-year-old student Tom Jasinski who...
Posted by Justin Fielding | November 11, 2007, 6:06 PM PST | Latest comment by andy.nelson@...
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Demonoid gone for good?
A while ago I talked about the pressures torrent tracker Web sites are coming under. In recent times Web sites hosting torrent trackers that enable users to initiate peer to peer (p2p) downloads...
Posted by Justin Fielding | November 10, 2007, 5:35 AM PST
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Why VoIP is looking more like your old phone company
It's getting more difficult every day to tell the difference between Voice over IP and traditional phone service. That can be a good thing or it can be a bad thing, depending on how you look at it...
Posted by Deb Shinder | November 9, 2007, 7:52 AM PST | Latest comment by IT geezer
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How to determine what device is on what port on your Cisco switch
When your network is in crisis, it's important to know which device is connected to which switch port without having to run to the network room. David Davis discusses network analysis applications...
Posted by David Davis | November 8, 2007, 2:58 PM PST | Latest comment by paulroberts
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Software RAID for Ubuntu LTS: Better to be safe than sorry
I recently experienced a disk failure on a HP DL320 G3 server. The cheap, high capacity SATA disks were not in a RAID-1 mirror because the server's FakeRAID did not support the flavour of Linux in...
Posted by Justin Fielding | November 6, 2007, 12:47 PM PST | Latest comment by formol76@...
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Gmail gets IMAP: Not quite worldwide?
After years of using Gmail my one wish has come true; IMAP mailbox access.I never quite understood why Google decided to give POP3 access to their mailboxes but held back on IMAP. Maybe it was...
Posted by Justin Fielding | November 6, 2007, 12:30 PM PST | Latest comment by Justin Fielding
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Another spammer convicted
Todd Moeller, a 28 year old man from New Jersey was jailed for over 2 years on Friday for the part he played in a spamming operation that delivered millions of unsolicited bulk e-mails.The New...
Posted by Justin Fielding | November 4, 2007, 5:56 AM PST
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Creating a dynamic distribution list in Exchange
If you’ve managed an Exchange server for any length of time, you’ve probably created distribution lists. There are times, however, when a static distribution list just won’t cut it. In a...
Posted by Scott Lowe | November 2, 2007, 11:20 AM PDT | Latest comment by marka@...
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Sorting out the VoIP protocol maze
You may have heard references to different VoIP protocols. Learn what they do, how they differ, how they interact with one another, and why they're so important to VoIP communications.
Posted by Deb Shinder | November 2, 2007, 6:25 AM PDT | Latest comment by jjensen@...
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What you need to know about the Cisco Unified Communications 500 Series
Cisco's Unified Communications 500 Series is an excellent remote branch office VoIP call manager/phone system. Learn about the solution's various features.
Posted by David Davis | November 1, 2007, 12:12 PM PDT | Latest comment by perezjonestsisah@...
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10 commands you should master when working with the Cisco IOS
Becoming proficient with the Cisco IOS means learning some essential commands. This quick reference describes 10 commands you'll need to rely on when handling various configuration and...
Posted by David Davis | June 13, 2008, 6:33 AM PDT | Latest comment by career@...
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Ten first steps with Windows Server 2012
Scott Lowe walks you through some of the first tasks administrators perform when deploying a new Windows server on the network. Here's how it looks on Windows Server 2012.
Posted by Scott Lowe | September 18, 2012, 9:00 AM PDT | Latest comment by Still_Rockin
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Modifying the Windows 7 boot loader with the Boot Configuration Data Editor tool
In Windows Vista and later versions of Windows, the bootloader was moved from boot.ini to a utility called BCDEdit. Derek Schauland shows you how to modify the boot config data with the new tool.
Posted by Derek Schauland | July 21, 2009, 6:00 AM PDT | Latest comment by PurpleSkys
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How to navigate Start in Windows Server 2012
Scott Lowe offers some tips for IT Pros new to navigating Start in the Windows Server 2012 environment. Here are some of the basics to finding your way around.
Posted by Scott Lowe | August 9, 2012, 11:43 AM PDT | Latest comment by technomom_z
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How SAS, Near Line (NL) SAS, and SATA disks compare
Scott Lowe breaks down the differences in reliability and performance between SAS, Near-Line SAS, and SATA drives.
Posted by Scott Lowe | February 7, 2012, 10:20 AM PST | Latest comment by DexterF
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Set up your first Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Host
John Joyner walks you through the steps of setting up a single virtualization host using Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V and points out some of the new features.
Posted by John Joyner | October 16, 2012, 6:00 AM PDT | Latest comment by sourabhmishra
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How to perform four common tasks in Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 is different enough that are new ways to perform some of the most basic tasks. Scott Lowe goes over four of them in this tip.
Posted by Scott Lowe | August 22, 2012, 6:29 AM PDT | Latest comment by ivo@...
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The modular server approach for small organizations
There are no shortage of ways to design infrastructure to solve a specific problem. One popular new trend is the modular server, as Rick Vanover explains.
Posted by Rick Vanover | May 8, 2013, 5:30 AM PDT | Latest comment by jwhitetr
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Practice Cisco router configuration using a free emulator
With a simulator, there are always missing commands and programming errors, and it can never really be as complete as the real IOS. However, because an emulator runs the IOS, you get every feature...
Posted by David Davis | January 10, 2008, 11:47 AM PST | Latest comment by wizard57m-cnet
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How to join your first Windows Server 2012 to your domain
It's release day for Windows Server 2012 and not too soon to learn how to add the new version to your domain. John Joyner takes you through the steps.
Posted by John Joyner | September 4, 2012, 6:00 AM PDT | Latest comment by stan@...
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Infographic: Awesome data centers
This infographic from Whoishostingthis.com offers some statistics on the world's largest data centers.
Posted by Selena Frye | May 7, 2013, 9:53 AM PDT | Latest comment by VytautasB@...
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Microsoft announces four Windows Server 2012 editions: What you need to know
Scott Lowe explains Microsoft's new licensing for the four editions of Windows Server 2012. Here is what you need to know about upgrading and choosing the right edition.
Posted by Scott Lowe | July 6, 2012, 8:03 AM PDT | Latest comment by skypilott2
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DIY SAN: Windows Server 2012 Storage Spaces and iSCSI target
John Joyner shows you how to use Windows Server 2012 to create an iSCSI target and virtual disk that can be used for storage.
Posted by John Joyner | January 16, 2013, 6:00 AM PST | Latest comment by ascar.omarov@...
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Diagram your network with these tools
Document your network by checking out our list of network diagramming tools (half the list are free). Submit a network diagram to us and get some TR swag.
Posted by Selena Frye | September 10, 2010, 11:14 AM PDT | Latest comment by Anna1024
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How to share a folder in Windows Server 2012
Scott Lowe reports that there are some slight changes with the file-sharing in Windows Server 2012. Here are the steps for sharing a file in the new version.
Posted by Scott Lowe | October 11, 2012, 9:00 AM PDT | Latest comment by rick@...
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How to install Windows Server 2012 on HP ProLiant Servers
John Joyner shows you the steps you need to take to successfully install Windows Server 2012 on HP ProLiant servers. Here are tips on HP drivers and utilities, firmware and software updates, and...
Posted by John Joyner | October 23, 2012, 6:00 AM PDT
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Configure static NAT for inbound connections
Someone recently asked me how to configure Network Address Translation (NAT) so that computers on the Internet could access his internal Web and mail server through his Cisco router. This requires...
Posted by David Davis | June 6, 2007, 8:50 AM PDT | Latest comment by osaid.suliebi@...
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Two PowerShell scripts for retrieving user info from Active Directory
Obtaining user object information via Active Directory Users And Computers is fine for the one-time use, but it falls short for batch tasks. These two scripts make it easy to pull user information...
Posted by Rick Vanover | May 19, 2010, 12:00 AM PDT | Latest comment by volentib666
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How to manage employee photographs with Active Directory
John Joyner explains how to use the built-in features of Exchange 2010 with Outlook and Lync to add and manage employee photos in your organization.
Posted by John Joyner | June 18, 2012, 6:57 AM PDT | Latest comment by Rendman
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How to solve WSUS errors on your SCCM 2012 servers
Scott Lowe shares the solution to some WSUS errors you may be seeing. The culprit: changes introduced after the System Center 2012 SP1 update. Here's what you need to check.
Posted by Scott Lowe | March 25, 2013, 5:30 AM PDT
