Author:
Mark Mizrahi
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77 Features for Windows 7 that Every IT
Professional Should Know About
Read about 77 of the most important features and enhancements of
Microsoft Windows 7.

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Author:
Brian D.Egler
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Microsoft SQL Server 2008: What's
New with R2
Read about some of the major features included in Microsoft SQL
Server 2008 R2, due to be released in 2010.
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Author:
John Hales
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Using VMware vSphere and Windows
7
If you or your organization has adopted Windows 7, discover
several work-arounds for administering vSphere using your desktop
OS.
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Author: James McInvaille
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Integrating Cisco Unified Communications
Manager (CUCM) 6.X and Active Directory (AD)
This white paper covers the basics of integrating CUCM and
Active Directory (AD), with a particular emphasis on end users and
their association with AD.
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Author: Glenn Weadock
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Assessing Your Organization's
Readiness for Windows 7
Discover the ins and outs, and potential pitfalls along the way,
to installing Windows 7.
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Author:
Linda Leung
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Top 10 Skills in Demand in
2010
Find out which IT and business skills are most in demand for
2010.
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Author: Glenn Weadock
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Windows 7 and AppLocker
Introduce yourself to AppLocker and find out how it differs from
earlier software restriction technologies.
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Author: Chris Olsen
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Maximize the New Features in
Microsoft Office Communications Server R2
This white paper illustrates the benefits of the new features
found in Office Communications Server 2007 R2.
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Author: Brad Werner
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Windows Server 2008: Release 2 Review
Guide
This white paper discusses some of the major improvements and
changes with Windows Server 2008.
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Author: Allan Jacob
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Ten Things You Should Know About
Exchange Server 2010
Exchange Server 2010 will bring many enhancements to an
organization's messaging environment. This white paper presents
just ten of the ways that the new version of Exchange will provide
email, scheduling, mobile access, and voice mail more efficiently
and effectively.
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Author: Glenn Weadock
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Ten Things You Should Know about Windows
7 vs. Windows XP
This white paper discusses ten things that you should know as
you get familiar with this new Windows client.
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for IT Professionals,
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Author: Mark Mizrahi
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How to "MAP" Your Infrastructure
for Windows 7 and Server 2008
Learn how the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit--a
powerful inventory, assessment, and reporting tool--can inventory
IT environments securely without requiring the installation of
agent software.
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Author: Jeff Peters
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SQL Server 2008's Dynamic Duo: Management
Views and Functions
Examine the dynamic management views and functions that have
been greatly improved SQL 2008.
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Author:
Glenn Weadock
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Ten Things You Should Know about Windows
7
Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7: This Microsoft white paper
examines ten things you should probably know as you get familiar
with the latest version of the Windows client.
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Author: Allan Jacobs
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Exchange Server 2010: What's New and
What's Changed?
Find out how Microsoft's Exchange Server 2010 makes substantial
strides to provide a robust and reliable approach to the messaging
environment.
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Author: Glenn Weadock
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Windows 7 Review Guide
This white paper introduces the key areas in which Windows 7
differs from Vista - areas you'll need to focus on if you're
thinking of moving to Windows 7, either from Vista or from XP.
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Author: Joseph Parlas
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Tips on Understanding Microsoft Regular
Expressions
This white paper focuses on the regular expression process and
the syntax used by the Microsoft OCS Expert to create a dial plan
and normalization rules that will be properly interpreted and
executed.
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Author:
J.D. Wegner
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MPLS: What is it? What can it do for
me?
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) began as a way for routers
to short-cut the time-consuming process of treating each packet
independently, looking up the target IP address each time and in
every router along the path.
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