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TechNet Magazine – March 2013

The March 2013 edition of the TechNet Magazine is now available for online reading.

• Editor’s Note: Keep talking

Featured Articles:

• Cloud Computing: Cloud operations and security
  By Vic (J.R.) Winkler
  Recognizing and aggregating patterns is key to efficient and secure cloud operations.
• Windows Server 2012: Master Windows Deployment Services
  By Johan Arwidmark
  Using WDS, especially in concert with other deployment tools, gives you a powerful and flexible solution.
• SharePoint 2010: Establish the proper environment
  By Steve Wright, and Corey Erkes
  The manner in which you set up your development and testing environments and processes can greatly impact your applications.
• IT Architecture: The new face of IT
  By Paul Yu
  A cloud-based framework running on a network of virtual servers is the new look of the modern IT infrastructure.
• IT Management: Leadership, deconstructed
  By Ryan Haveson
  Being an effective leader is learned skill, but you can apply some simple techniques to build and drive a powerful team.
• Virtualization: VDI made easy
  By Kristin Griffin, and Freek Berson
  There are new options for deploying and managing your VDI environment with Windows Server 2012 RDS.
• Lync Server 2013: Link in with Microsoft Lync
  By Brien M. Posey
  Lync Server is a powerful communications platform, but there are several things you can do to improve its performance.
• IT Management: IT - The core, the core, the core
  By Romi Mahajan
  It has been said before, but it’s truer than ever: IT is the core of business activity as a driver, a facilitator and a solution.

Columns:

• Utility Spotlight: Keep Internet Explorer 10 at bay
  By Lance Whitney
  With the Internet Explorer 10 Blocker Toolkit, you can keep Internet Explorer 10 from appearing in the list of important updates for Windows 7.
• Windows Confidential: Feature-colored glasses
  By Raymond Chen
  If you can’t explain your feature without using buzzwords, then don’t expect anybody to understand you.
• Toolbox: New products for IT professionals
  By Greg Steen
  This month’s tools are all about monitoring, whether monitoring the uptime of your Web site or monitoring enterprise-wide systems and applications.
• Windows PowerShell: Looks a lot like a workflow
  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.
• SQL Q&A: Undo the damage
  By Paul S. Randal
  Take a look inside query plan selection, excessively slow backups and the process of repairing a replication database.
• Geek of All Trades: Fault-tolerant Hyper-V storage
  By Greg Shields
  You can actually use the Windows Server 2012 Scale-Out File Server and Server Message Block to create a level of fault-tolerant storage.