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How to reduce the Group Policy refresh interval Group Policy refreshes computer accounts on a default schedule of 90 minutes. Rick Vanover shows ways to reduce this schedule when necessary. Read more Resource of the day Transforming your Voice, Video and Collaboration Infrastructure As consumers, we've gotten pretty spoiled by our new mobility. We'd like to apply those same capabilities to our work to communicate and collaborate more effectively anytime, anywhere. It's all possible with the right infrastructure in place. PowerShell script for getting Active Directory information Scott Lowe shares a PowerShell script he wrote to extract a number of fields from Active Directory and write the extracted information into a CSV file. Read more Data Protection Manager 2010 migration successes and challenges Westminster College has made significant progress in migrating its backup operations from Backup Exec to Data Protection Manager 2010. Scott Lowe discusses some of the successes and the challenges of the project. Read more Evolving backup: From tape to disk to cloud or none at all? Scott Lowe shares his thoughts about various data protection options. He also discusses why some organizations, including Microsoft IT, are eliminating backups altogether. Read more Webcast: Learn how to improve your VM consolidation ratios Register for a TechRepublic Webcast that will focus on the best practices for matching and even exceeding the industry's average VM consolidation ratios. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   It's Microsoft Patch Tuesday: January 2011 Justin James gathers the information you need to make the right decision on applying Microsoft's January 2011 patches in your organization. Read more How will cloud computing change the IT pro's job in 2011 and beyond? Colin Smith advances some considered predictions about what the trend toward cloud computing really means to IT pros and organizations in 2011 and beyond. Read more Featured multimedia   Slideshow: Shrink a hard drive volume in Windows 7 Use the Disk Management Tool in Microsoft Windows 7 to shrink a hard disk volume to create room so you can add a new partition. View on site Top cracking open galleries of 2010 Xbox 360 S (2010) Apple MacBook Air (2010 11-inch) Apple iPhone 4 IBM System x3400 M3 small-office server Apple iPad Top 10 cracking open galleries of 2010 Today's recommended downloads Your Guide to Innovations in Enterprise Mobility (TechRepublic) Realizing the Full Benefits of Virtualization (American Power Conversion (APC)) Sales PM Demo (IBM) Under the Hood of Google Apps Security and Privacy (Google) Audio Conferencing: No longer keeping a low profile (Citrix Online) Verizon officially lands iPhone: Answers to five big questions It's official. Verizon is getting the iPhone. There are five big questions that we've been hearing in relation to the iPhone 4 launch on Verizon. Here are the answers. TechRepublic newsletters   Get smartphones news, product reviews, and need-to-know lists in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Smartphones Product Spotlight Five Tips 10 Things Featured training courses   Configuring, Managing, and Maintaining Server 2008 MCITP: Server and Enterprise Administrator Combo Boot Camp Configuring Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services Implementing and Administering Windows 7 in the Enterprise Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Browse all training courses Presented by Global Knowledge

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