TechNet Magazine – Fevereiro 2012

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• Editor’s Note: Manage the Migration

Artigos em Destaque:

• Windows 7: Group Policy Preferences
  By William R. Stanek
  Group Policy preferences let you control computers in a number of ways. Think of them as unmanaged settings for your computers and users.
• IT Management: Audit Those Windows Servers
  By Tom Kemp
  Often times, it’s difficult to articulate the business justification for auditing efforts and expenses to senior management. Here are three major business reasons why you should audit your Windows Servers.
• Cloud Computing: Virtualization Classes
  By Kai Hwang , Jack Dongarra , and Geoffrey Fox
  There are several different approaches to—or classes of—virtualization, each suited to their own specific situations.
• SQL Server: SQL Server Delays Demystified
  By Glenn Berry , Louis Davidson , and Tim Ford
  You can use the tracking data for SQL Server transaction wait times to find overused resources and eliminate bottlenecks.
• System Center Operations Manager 2012: Expand Monitoring with Ease
  By Paul Schnackenburg
  The new System Center Operations Manager promises to bring better integrated and extended network monitoring capabilities.
• Microsoft Project: Plan Better with Microsoft Project
  By Eric Uyttewaal
  When planning and executing IT project plans, defaulting to using Excel could impede your progress. It could be worth learning Microsoft Project
• Microsoft Lync Server 2010: Access the Address Book with Ease
  By John Policelli
  One of the real benefits of Microsoft Lync Server is the seamless manner in which you can access the updated address book from any device.

Colunas:

• Exchange Queue & A: Migration Management
  By Henrik Walther
  Managing the migration process is always an issue. There are several ways to better streamline and control the process.
• Windows Confidential: Power to the Power User
  By Raymond Chen
  The line between a power user and a full-on administrator is a thin line indeed. A power user is just an administrator who doesn't realize it yet. They're just a couple of simple steps away.
• Utility Spotlight: Create and Manage Virtual Machines
  By Lance Whitney
  Microsoft Virtual PC gives you all the functionality you need to manage virtual machines, including running them in Windows XP mode.
• Windows PowerShell: Revisiting Reports
  By Don Jones
  Text-based reports can be dull and less informative, so why not use Windows PowerShell to generate HTML reports?
• Toolbox: New Products for IT Professionals
  By Greg Steen
  This month's tools will help you verify e-mail messages sent via a messaging service, seamlessly integrate multiple monitors, and copy and paste plain text.
• Geek of All Trades: Cheating Isn't Always Bad
  By Greg Shields
  You can cheat a bit by updating WIMs offline with Windows Updates. Here's how.