Configuring the Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (Part 4) 1 March 2011 Brien M. Posey

This article continues the series on AD LDS by demonstrating the procedure for creating a replica of an AD LDS instance.

Windows Admin Tips Update 24 Feb. 2011 Mitch Tulloch

Admin Tips that help you share files within Hyper-V, customize tasks in MDT 2010, find UUID of computers, update Windows Images and secure spooled print files.

Network Diagnostics and Tracing in Windows 7 22 Feb. 2011 Eric Geier

In this article, we’ll review the new troubleshooting features available to the end-users in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. We’ll also see how to perform network tracing for more advanced troubleshooting.

Microsoft System Center Roadmap 17 Feb. 2011 Scott D. Lowe

This article looks at Microsoft's System Center Roadmap. The author shares some useful information that he has retrieved from a number of sources regarding roadmaps for each product.

Infrastructure Considerations for Cloud Computing 15 Feb. 2011 Brien M. Posey

This article explains that although it can be beneficial to outsource various resources to the cloud, you must ensure that you prepare your on-premise infrastructure to meet the unique challenges that come with using hosted services.