Technet Magazine March 2007

MARCH 2007 SQL Server SQL SERVER TUNE-UP It’s SQL Server month here at TechNet Magazine. In this issue you’ll gain a better understanding of how to make SQL Server sing. You’ll learn how to achieve clean healthy indexes so SQL Server can perform speedy queries and put all the information you need right at your fingertips. You’ll see how clustering SQL Server provides redundancy and supports better uptime. You‘ll also find out what high availability means in your environment and how to get it. Finally, you’ll see how to put an end to your table partitioning dilemmas once and for all. Windows Administration And don’t forget, Mark Russinovich is back again this month with more wisdom on the Windows Vista kernel.

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TechNet Magazine February 2007

Windows Administration This month Mark Russinovich goes inside the Windows Vista kernel to explain the new thread and process performance measurement algorithms that give you a more accurate picture of how your CPU time is spent. He also discusses the Multimedia Class Scheduler Service that provides users with a more seamless playback experience by better managing background tasks such as anti-virus and content indexing. Also this month we look at the delegation capabilities in Active Directory and group policy templates in Windows Vista so you can do more with group policy than ever before. And of course all our regulars are here this month, including The Cable Guy, The Scripting Guys, and Windows Confidential.

Windows Administration
Inside the Windows Vista Kernel: Part 1

With Windows Vista, changes to the OS kernel bring about advances in many areas, ranging from memory management to reliability to security. We kick off this series with a look at how the kernel delivers improvements in the areas of processes, threads, and I/O.

Mark Russinovich

Delegating Authority in Active Directory

Implementing delegation in Active Directory can enhance security and simplify management tasks, and getting started is easier than you think. Here are some simple delegation models that will work in most IT infrastructures with little modification.

Joel Yoker and Rob Campbell

Dig into New Group Policy Templates in Windows Vista

Windows Vista introduces significant changes to Group Policy templates. Find out everything you need to know about the new format, called ADMX, and how these changes will improve the administration of system configurations.

Darren Mar-Elia

Your Guide to Group Policy Troubleshooting

Getting to the bottom of Group Policy issues can be a difficult process, but understanding how Group Policy works, and where problems can arise, makes things easier. This overview will help you troubleshoot Group Policy issues like a guru.

Derek Melber

Monitoring Active Directory with MOM

Management packs for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 allow you to more effectively monitor your IT infrastructure. See how these five management packs can help you keep an eye on the health, security, and reliability of your Active Directory environment.

John Hann

Gaming in a Secure Environment

Whether you’re busy at work or doing some serious gaming at home, running as a limited user has many security benefits. Unfortunately, some games don’t want to work when they’re not run as administrator. Here’s a look at some common problems and their solutions.

Matt Clapham

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Technet January 2007

SharePoint

This monthTechNetMagazine devotes an issue to SharePoint and everything that’s new in the latest release. Here we introduce SharePoint Server 2007 and guide you through new features that make building a collaborative site better and easier than ever. An overview article covers enterprise-wide search and document management, and much more. We also bring youarticles on security in SharePoint, fast command-line administration tasks, and building a wiki for your organization using SharePoint. And as usual, we have our roundup of popular columns, including Raymond Chen on Getting out of DLL Hell and The Scripting Guys on sorting in VBScript using the .NET Framework’s DataList.Sort method.

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