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2008
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Articles & Tutorials for 2008 year

OSI Reference Model: Layer 1 hardware: Date - May 08, 2008; Author - Russell Hitchcock; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Common for all OSes; A description of layer 1 of the OSI reference model and the hardware which relates to that layer.
Deploying Microsoft Windows Server Update Services: Date - May 06, 2008; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Networking; A technical overview of Microsoft Windows Server Updates Services (WSUS) and to discuss its deployment options.
Barracuda SpamFirewall - Voted WindowsNetworking.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Anti Spam Hardware Category: Date - Apr 30, 2008; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; Barracuda Spam Firewall was selected the winner in the Anti Spam Hardware category of the WindowsNetworking.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Symantec Mail Security 8100 Series and SonicWALL Email Security were first runner-up and second runner-up.
Using Windows Server 2008 Powershell to perform common network commands: Date - Apr 29, 2008; Author - David Davis; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; How to perform 10 common networking functions using the Windows Powershell.
Networking Basics: Part 18 - Sharing Resources: Date - Apr 24, 2008; Author - Brien M. Posey; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Networking; This article continues the Networking for Beginners series by explaining how to make resources available on a network.
Deploying Vista - Part 3: Understanding Configuration Passes: Date - Apr 22, 2008; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Vista; This series of articles on automating the deployment of Windows Vista to desktop computers continues with an overview of the different configuration passes of Windows Setup in Vista.
Testing Applications for Vista Compatibility, Part 6: Date - Apr 17, 2008; Author - Brien M. Posey; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Vista; This article concludes the series on testing applications for Vista compatibility by showing you how to analyze applications for which Microsoft hasn’t provided any compatibility information.
Deploying Data Protection Manager 2007 (Part 4): Date - Apr 15, 2008; Author - Anderson Patricio; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; In this final article we are going to restore some protected data and manage the network bandwidth utilized by DPM and the clients.
High Assurance Strategies: Date - Apr 10, 2008; Author - Russell Hitchcock; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Networking; How to set up a high assurance network taking into account security and proper high availability measures.
Readers' Choice Awards Yearly Round Up 2007: Date - Apr 09, 2008; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; The winning solutions for the 2007 Readers' Choice awards.
Pre-Installation Steps for Installing Windows Server 2008: Date - Apr 08, 2008; Author - Robert J. Shimonski; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; The fundamental steps that should be taken to install Windows Server 2008 on an enterprise class server.
Deploying Vista - Part 2: Understanding Windows Setup and the Windows Imaging File Format: Date - Apr 02, 2008; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Vista; This series of articles on automating the deployment of Windows Vista to desktop computers continues with an overview of how Windows Setup works in Vista.
Configuring Windows Server 2008 & Windows Vista Wireless connections from the CLI using netsh wlan: Date - Mar 27, 2008; Author - David Davis; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Wireless Networking; How to configure wireless networking connections from the command line using netsh wlan.
ipMonitor - Voted WindowsNetworking.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Network Monitoring solution Category: Date - Mar 26, 2008; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; ipMonitor was selected the winner in the Network Monitoring solution category of the WindowsNetworking.com Readers’ Choice Awards. ActiveXperts Network Monitor and GFI Network Server Monitor were first runner-up and second runner-up.
Testing Applications for Vista Compatibility, Part 5: Date - Mar 25, 2008; Author - Brien M. Posey; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Vista; How to work through known compatibility issues.
Graphic Cards: Date - Mar 20, 2008; Author - Russell Hitchcock; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Common for all OSes; An overview of graphic cards, why they are important in some businesses, and some common features.
Testing Applications for Vista Compatibility, Part 4: Date - Mar 18, 2008; Author - Brien M. Posey; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Vista; This article continues the series on application compatibility testing for Windows Vista by beginning to analyze the data that was collected previously.
Using the new Windows Server 2008 Core OCList and OCSetup CLI tools to Add & Remove Server Roles: Date - Mar 13, 2008; Author - David Davis; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; What you need to know about the Windows 2008 Core Server CLI tools, OCLIST & OCSETUP. These are not available in the standard install of Windows Server 2008 and are the Core server utilities used to administer server roles.
Testing Applications for Vista Compatibility, Part 3: Date - Mar 11, 2008; Author - Brien M. Posey; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Vista; How to collect an inventory of the applications running on your network workstations.
Windows Server 2008 Domain Services - Part 2: Active Directory Federation Services: Date - Mar 05, 2008; Author - Peter Schmidt; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; This article continues where we left of in Part 1 of the series and will cover Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Federation Services.
Introducing Windows Server 2008: Top 10 Reasons to Upgrade: Date - Feb 28, 2008; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; Dr. Tom Shinder gives a detailed introduction to Windows Server 2008 and shares the top 10 reasons why any Windows admin should upgrade.
DameWare NT Utilities - Voted WindowsNetworking.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Remote Control Category: Date - Feb 27, 2008; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; DameWare NT Utilities was selected the winner in the Remote Control category of the WindowsNetworking.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Radmin 3.0 Remote Control and AdminMagic were first runner-up and second runner-up.
Testing Applications for Vista Compatibility, Part 2: Date - Feb 26, 2008; Author - Brien M. Posey; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Vista; This article explains how to download, install, and configure the Application Compatibility Toolkit.
Managing Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007: Date - Feb 21, 2008; Author - Anderson Patricio; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; How to work with Data Protection Manager 2007.
Networking Basics: Part 17 - The OSI Model: Date - Feb 19, 2008; Author - Brien M. Posey; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Networking; How the OSI model is used to help applications to communicate across a network.
Deploying Vista - Part 1: Understanding the Windows AIK: Date - Feb 14, 2008; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Vista; This series of articles on automating the deployment of Windows Vista to desktop computers begins with an overview of the Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK).
Testing Applications for Vista Compatibility, Part 1: Date - Feb 12, 2008; Author - Brien M. Posey; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Vista; This article will discuss two different methods for testing application compatibility with Windows Vista.
Using the new Windows Server 2008 Servermanager.exe CLI tool to Add & Remove Server Roles: Date - Feb 06, 2008; Author - David Davis; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; How to use the ServerManagercmd.exe Windows 2008 command line utility to add and remove Server Roles.
Networking Basics: Part 16 - The Windows Operating System's Role in Networking: Date - Jan 31, 2008; Author - Brien M. Posey; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Networking; The role that the Windows Operating System plays in networking.
ExDesk - Voted WindowsNetworking.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Help Desk: Date - Jan 30, 2008; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; ExDesk was selected the winner in the Help Desk category of the WindowsNetworking.com Readers’ Choice Awards. LiveTime Help Desk and HelpSpot were first runner-up and second runner-up.
Microsoft Office Communications Server Resource Kit Chapter 5: Conferencing Scenarios (Part 3): Date - Jan 29, 2008; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Articles & Tutorials / VoIP; The following is the final part of a 3 part series of articles that represent an entire chapter of the soon-to-be-released Microsoft Office Communications Server Resource Kit.
Group Policy Extensions in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, Part 7: Date - Jan 23, 2008; Author - Brien M. Posey; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; Group policy settings in Vista focusing on Vista’s diagnostic capabilities.
Understanding the new Windows Server 2008 Network Policy Server: Date - Jan 17, 2008; Author - David Davis; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; What the Windows Server 2008 Network Policy Server (NPS) is, how it has replaced IAS, how to load NPS, and how it can help you.
Networking Basics: Part 15 - Universal Groups & Group Nesting: Date - Jan 15, 2008; Author - Brien M. Posey; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Networking; This article continues the discussion on Universal Groups and the concept of group nesting.
Microsoft Office Communications Server Resource Kit Chapter 5: Conferencing Scenarios (Part 2): Date - Jan 10, 2008; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Articles & Tutorials / VoIP; In this section, we describe the technical details behind Office Communications Server 2007 conferencing scenarios. First, we introduce the conferencing component architecture. We then discuss the life cycle of a conference. Finally, we reveal more technical details on data collaboration conferences.
Group Policy Extensions in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, Part 6: Date - Jan 08, 2008; Author - Brien M. Posey; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; This article continues the discussion of new group policy settings in Vista by talking about settings related to Vista’s diagnostic capabilities.
Windows Server 2008 Domain Services - Part 1: Active Directory Domain Services: Date - Jan 02, 2008; Author - Peter Schmidt; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; An introduction to Windows Server 2008 Domain Services covering the basics of all the new features of Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services.