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Eight New Features for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012
The last full version of System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) that we saw was five years ago. Despite the introduction of two interim releases (R2 and R3), a complete revamp was certainly due....
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What You Should Know About the New Microsoft Certifications
The Microsoft certification program has been overhauled to include cloud-related skills and a focus on real-world solutions. With this reformulation come new certification names. A few have familiar...
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Seven Steps to Leverage Microsoft System Center in the Cloud
As organizations migrate from purely physical servers to virtual environments, the next logical step is to reorganize the datacenter into a private cloud. The private cloud is best described as a...
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How Will the Microsoft Certification Changes Affect You?
A higher bar and higher expectations — with Microsoft’s recent announcements to changes in their IT certification program, it made me wonder what the response would be from Microsoft professionals?...
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Revisiting Microsoft TechEd 2012
Well, the conference has come and gone. As usual, there was a lot of marketing hype during the keynote speeches and much more meat at the individual breakout sessions. Wading through the fluff and...
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Microsoft Certifications for Existing MS Professionals
To certify or not to certify, that is the question! Shakespeare didn’t know a thing about Microsoft technology, but I have to believe that many of you out there are in a bit of a quandary when it...
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Powershell Security Model: Script Security Officer
One interesting element of PowerShell’s security model is its reliance upon digital signatures. You can make decisions on which scripts to trust based on whether the author has digitally “signed” it....
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The Windows 8 Reality
Windows 8 is now available in Beta. Remember, that is Beta. This means that Microsoft is not done putting the final touches on the user interface and features under the hood. So, before you start...
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Updates and Improvements to Server Manager in Windows Server 2012
Windows updates often bring major changes to the user interface. While Windows Server 2012’s look-and-feel matches Windows 8’s emphasis on rectangular “tiles,” for my money the more interesting changes...
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Updates and Improvements to Active Directory in Windows Server 2012
The Active Directory Administrative Center, or ADAC, evolves from a Windows Server 2008 R2 version that was a moderately underwhelming console. It introduces distinctions between “tree view”...
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10 SQL Terms You Should Know
Some of you might just be starting out as a database administrator and need to know what a basic Transact-SQL query is for Microsoft SQL Server 2012, others might already be creating database objects....
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An Introduction to the Latest Microsoft Certifications
Martin DelRe is a portfolio manager with Microsoft Learning. DelRe pulls together the full certification and training program for Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, and Windows Client. He also develops...
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The Importance of SharePoint Training
An American oil and gas (AOG) company changed its information management system from a shared network drive to Microsoft SharePoint 2007 enabling its employees to store, protect, and track...
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5 More Tips for Better Performing T-SQL
Work with small result sets. In other words, limit the number of columns you select and limit the number of rows you return. Make your queries narrow (fewer columns) and shallow (fewer rows). Here’s a...
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7 Steps Toward “Good Enough” Database Design on Any Relational Database Platform
Proper relational database design requires that you follow the formal process called “Normalization”. Following normalization completely is the perfect way to design a “proper” database that will be...
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The Fast-Track to Updating your Skills to SQL Server 2012
As an instructor, I get to preview new courses to verify the materials for accuracy, which also allows me to start preparing to teach the course. I always participate in the CTP/Beta programs and get...
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The Evolution of Microsoft Certification Practice Exams
We recently sat down with Transcender’s Microsoft product team consisting of Aima Rotella, Joshua Hester, and George Monsalvatge and discussed how their practice exams are developed and how they have...
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Windows Server 2012 and the Resilient File System (ReFS)
Save File. You’ve seen that command a thousand times as you work on your documents and images, but have you ever thought about what lies underneath? And how critical a file system is to everything you...
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Maintaining the High Availability of Server-based Data
Obviously, maintaining the availability of Server-based data is one of the primary objectives of any Server Administrator. With the “Data Verification and Auto Correction” process provided by ReFS...
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10 SharePoint Terms to Get You Started
SharePoint is full of buzz words and catch phrases that might skim over your head if you are new to the software. As software, SharePoint brings us together for easy collaboration, but if you don’t...
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