TechNet Magazine: May 2013

Use what you’ve gotEditor’s Note: Use what you’ve got

By Lafe Low

For years, we’ve all heard the mantra, “Do more with less.” No one has the budget for a massive rip-and-replace type of upgrade anymore. You’ve got to make the most of what you already have available. When making a move to virtualization—and, more specifically, to Microsoft Hyper-V 3.0—you can do so with commodity or existing hardware.

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Featured Articles

Virtualization: Run Hyper-V on commodity hardware

Virtualization: Run Hyper-V on commodity hardware
By Brien M. Posey
You don’t need high-end hardware to run Hyper-V. When properly configured, you can run Hyper-V on mere mortal machines.

 

Virtualization: The benefits of VDI

Virtualization: The benefits of VDI
By Jorge Orchilles
Using virtual desktop infrastructure can give you a degree of flexibility and ease of management using limited resources.

 

IIS: Enable IIS remote management

IIS: Enable IIS remote management
By Jason Helmick
You can use Windows PowerShell remoting to expedite enabling remote management from a remote server.

 

IT Management: Capacity planning

IT Management: Capacity planning
By Ryan Haveson
You need a data-driven system to perform effective and accurate capacity planning for project workloads.

 

IT Management: IT events: community, content, commerce

IT Management: IT events: community, content, commerce
By Romi Mahajan
Trade shows and other gatherings of IT professionals provide a forum for sharing ideas and developing a sense of community.

 

Columns

Windows Confidential:
Once bitten, twice shy
By Raymond Chen

You have to be careful what you include in your default links history, because it may inadvertently cause problems.

Windows PowerShell:
Workflow activities in depth
By Don Jones

Each month this year, Don Jones will present an installment in a 12-part tutorial on Windows PowerShell Workflow. We encourage you to read through the series in order, beginning with the January 2013 column.

Geek of All Trades:
Certificates made easy: part 2
By Greg Shields

You can create and provision custom certificates relatively easily following this process.


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