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  • Microsoft addresses legacy apps with Windows 8 app compatibility tools

    New desktop operating systems often bring IT administrators unwelcome surprises. Sometimes applications work as expected, sometimes they don't work at all and sometimes apps behave strangely. Microsoft is attempting to ease the transition to...

  • professional services automation (PSA)

    Professional services automation (PSA) is a type of software application suite that provides a service business with the functionality it needs to manage core business processes.

  • Windows System Control Center organizes utilities for admin toolboxes

    While reading up on Windows Sysinternals, Microsoft's suite of freeware utilities, I learned about KirySoft's Windows System Control Center. It collects a raft of great tools under a single, button-driven user interface with some very nice...

  • Examining what's new in Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack 2012

    Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack 2012 includes one new tool -- User Experience Virtualization -- and significant updates to two other tools -- Application Virtualization 5.0 and Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset 8.

    The latest...

  • Crafting an automation strategy that gives back

    Time is money. Fortunately, automation and orchestration supply you with more of those precious commodities --if you implement them wisely.

  • Windows 8 Task Manager: Finding and using its updated features

    The Windows 8 Task Manager still launches when you strike the Ctrl-Alt-Esc key combination, and it's still very much available in Desktop view by right-clicking inside the taskbar. But what Task Manager shows you and how it works are very much...

  • Twitter uses open source to automate security

    Twitter is increasingly using open source automation tools to ensure security processes are taken care of in all the code it produces

  • Windows Server Update Services weaknesses you may not know about

    I've always believed that using what you've got is a wise approach to IT security, but just because a technology is built in or "free" doesn't mean it's the best solution for the enterprise. Microsoft's...

  • Offboarding automation reduces risk, manual labor

    In the midst of today's "war for talent,"...

  • FAQ: Automated software testing basics

    This FAQ for QA pros explains what's involved in automated software testing from writing scripts to understanding what tests should remain manual.

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