Have you ever scrolled through the Windows Server DHCP logs in the Notepad app while trying to troubleshoot something? Then you know that it's a tedious task. There are many alternatives to Notepad ...

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When I (along with many other people) had a lot of trouble trying to install SQL Server Management Studio in an attempt to switch from the SQL Server 2008 R2 evaluation to the free Express version, I ...

Microsoft PowerShell is a trusted tool for many information technology (IT) professionals managing Internet Information Services (IIS) web server farms with dozens or even hundreds of app pools. With ...

During the high-tech conference, the Redmond, Wash., software giant spotlighted several new and enhanced products designed to improve the management, security and automation of Windows data centers.

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On June 1, 2011, Cisco released the beta version of the Unified Computing System Manager PowerShell Toolkit with dozens of cmdlets to help automate management tasks on Cisco’s UCS bladeserver.

Making inventories of computer storage, particularly on severs, is complex due to the number of factors involved. There might be multiple physical media devices each of which contains multiple logical ...