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Exchange 2013: First-time installation and basic administration

May 20, 2013 12:13pm PDT

Exchange 2013: First-time installation and basic administration article root Connecting Outlook is NOT intuitive (or wasn't for me) Most aspects of Ex2013 I'm pretty happy with, but the "worst"...

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Shhh! Don't say Anything

May 19, 2013 5:10pm PDT

Shhh! Don't say Anything Is this America that I'm living in or am Iiving a lie? Can I be targeted for my beliefs now by the IRS? Sounds like a Communist country or even worse. Is most of the...

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connect outlokk 2013 to exchange 2010

February 22, 2013 2:12pm PST

connect outlokk 2013 to exchange 2010 Hi, trying connect to server causes an error, message: Your Exchange Server administrator has blocked the version of Outlook that you are using. Contact...

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Five free network analyzers worth any IT admin's time

January 29, 2013 11:01am PST

Five free network analyzers worth any IT admin's time article root Five free network analyzers worth any IT admin's time; Response I have used several of these tool. Primarily I use wireshark to...

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Five reasons to consider a career in Network Administration

January 9, 2013 4:12pm PST

Network Administration is a career in the trenches It is by far the most interesting career you can have in IT because you are exposed to every aspect of IT - tech support, security, programming,...

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The first five steps new Google Apps administrators should take

January 7, 2013 8:53am PST

The first five steps new Google Apps administrators should take article root Google Apps deploy It has been over two years since CBS Interactive implemented Google Apps and things are going...

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The top five in-demand IT certifications for 2013

December 17, 2012 9:53am PST

The top five in-demand IT certifications for 2013 article root Certifications I remember - way back - when I obtained my MCSE. Studied very hard thinking that title would open opportunites for...

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I see, Microsoft having stupid default settings and changing the

December 11, 2012 7:40pm PST

I see, Microsoft having stupid default settings and changing the article root Waht do you know about Linux? You are a noob I see you're talking about yourself again as you make it clear you...

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Cracking Open the Apple iPad Mini

November 22, 2012 11:24am PST

Cracking Open the Apple iPad Mini article root Trial contribution - may be removed by administrator This is just a try, if this works - my last contributon did not work

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The changing role of the sysadmin

November 12, 2012 7:09pm PST

The changing role of the sysadmin article root System Administrators/System Programmers So in essence, System Administrators are now becoming responsible for the tasks the Mainframe Systems...

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Set DNS name of ESXi hosts for easy IQN naming

October 29, 2012 7:38am PDT

Set DNS name of ESXi hosts for easy IQN naming article root who cares Only to satisfy the OCD tendancies of an admin is this useful. Good naming conventions a hallmark of experienced admin Thx,...

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Change the DHCP range on a Cisco 831 router

October 9, 2012 7:45am PDT

IOS hell. Fresh out of college and ready to tackle the real world of IT. Yay. That was 30 years ago for this olde farte. One piece of free advice: First, do no harm. That means don't go...

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How to navigate Start in Windows Server 2012

August 10, 2012 3:13am PDT

How to navigate Start in Windows Server 2012 article root What a dog's dinner It's like Microsoft are deliberately making the GUI painful to use to force everyone to switch to Powershell. Thing...

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Slideshow: Turn on the Administrative Tools tiles in Windows 8

August 7, 2012 6:05am PDT

Slideshow: Turn on the Administrative Tools tiles in Windows 8 article root Am I the only one that dislikes charms??? I'm not saying they are look awful. They are very appealing to the eye, but...

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Quick Tip: Add Administrative Tools to the Windows 8 Start Screen

July 31, 2012 11:06am PDT

Quick Tip: Add Administrative Tools to the Windows 8 Start Screen article root Administrative Tools What is you most often used administrative tool in Windows? Are you using the commercial...

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Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day

July 27, 2012 3:27am PDT

Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day article root Spelling mis-take.... Quote: "so a coffee or slab of coke is going to be appreciated" - a slab of coke would keep a sysadmin buzzing........

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TR Questions of the Week July 9 2012

July 8, 2012 4:15pm PDT

TR Questions of the Week July 9 2012 Here are the questions from last week that tweaked my interest. Maybe it's even possible to answer some of them. :D Col Web Development or Network...

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Revealed: The jobs that will be wiped out by cloud computing

May 29, 2012 6:38am PDT

Revealed: The jobs that will be wiped out by cloud computing article root This is a joke, right? Sorry I don't buy it, not at all. In fact I actually work for a pretty large Cloud provider and I...

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10 handy PowerShell scripts for Exchange 2010 administrators

May 21, 2012 6:35am PDT

10 handy PowerShell scripts for Exchange 2010 administrators article root SMS from MS Exchange 2010 Hi, You may also check how to send SMS from MS Exchange 2010 with Ozeki NG SMS Gateway:...

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Five apps that simplify cross-platform administration

May 15, 2012 9:16am PDT

Five apps that simplify cross-platform administration article root MySQL Workbench I know these things are subjective, but I would contest the statement that "MySQL Workbench is the best...