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Five tips for creating custom MMCs for administrative tasks Building your own management consoles lets you consolidate the tools you routinely use so you can streamline your admin chores. Here are a few pointers for creating helpful MMCs. Read more Resource of the day Identifying common reliability/stability problems caused by file fragmentation Get up to speed on the latest in fragmentation technology, and learn about the common reliability issues from disk fragmentation, when and why fragmentation symptoms occur, and how automated defragmentation helps manage IT resources. Why the Zimbra email solution is worth a look Admins looking for an email solution that costs less and is simpler to use and manage than Microsoft Exchange Server should check out Zimbra, according to IT pro Rick Vanover. Read more How to decide which OS to use for Type II hypervisors Type II hypervisors are convenient for test and development use cases on laptops, PCs, or servers. Virtualization Jedi Rick Vanover outlines considerations when selecting a host for Type II... Read more Poll: Are you reevaluating your cloud strategy? The recent cloud computing disasters may lead some organizations to consider retreating from their cloud plans. Has your cloud strategy changed in recent months? Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Can Microsoft tame the mighty VMware beast? Microsoft wants to own the cloud. But since clouds are built on virtual platforms, that means they need to get serious about beating VMware at its own game. Read more DirectAccess with Microsoft UAG: A smart way to start using IPv6 John Joyner suggests one way for organizations to start using IPv6 -- by deploying a solution that allows remote workers to access IPv6-based corporate resources over the public IPv4 Internet. Read more How far is too far to troubleshoot on servers? When it comes to ensuring that critical workloads are kept highly available, keen troubleshooting skills are necessary. But how much troubleshooting effort should be exerted? IT pro Rick Vanover... Read more The cloud is coming for you: Eight ways it may change how you work For network specialists, the shift to cloud computing will have a significant impact on several aspects of their jobs. Mark Underwood suggests eight areas of change to start thinking about now. Read more Featured multimedia   Office 365 moves work to the clouds Office 365, announced today, gives professionals and small businesses a subscription service that lets them work from anywhere using familiar-feeling Web-enabled applications. View on site Cracking Open the ioSafe Rugged Portable hard drive Bill Detwiler cracks open the ioSafe Rugged Portable hard drive, which can survive being crushed, dropped, and submerged in 30' of water. View on site 35+ writing tips from TechRepublic Five simple tips that will improve your writing a thousand percent Another 10+ tips for keeping your writing sharp and professional 10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid 10 wording blunders that make you look stupid Today's recommended downloads How to Manage your Social Presence (Cisco Systems) The Impact of Disk Fragmentation on Servers (Diskeeper) Why Native Windows Defragmentation Isn't Enough (Diskeeper) The Truth about Fragmentation and Your SAN Environment (Diskeeper) Why Preventing Fragmentation Is Good for Your Budget (Diskeeper) Has the Mozilla Foundation lost its collective mind? After a long downward trend in quality for the Firefox browser, the Mozilla Foundation has decided to add insult to injury by eliminating the ability to at least stick with an older version until extensions are updated to the newest -- and to do so after only three months of release status for version 4. TechRepublic newsletters   Get smartphones news, product reviews, and need-to-know lists in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Smartphones 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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