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• Free book chapter
• Xbox contest
• LinkedIn group
• IT blogger of the week
• Featured questions
• Featured blog posts
• New community blog
• Messages from the TechTarget network

IT Bookworm Free Book Chapter of the Week

Professional Windows PowerShell for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 by Wrox

This book is for Exchange professionals who want to learn how to use PowerShell to effectively manage, automate, and streamline their Exchange 2007 organization. This book walks you through the ins and outs of PowerShell, showing you how to take full advantage of this scripting language for deploying, configuring, managing, and maintaining your Exchange environment.

Xbox Contest

Now through the end of April, you can not only show off your IT skills by asking and answering questions on ITKnowledgeExchange.com, but you can earn the chance to spend some quality time honing your bad-guy-vaporizing skills on your very own Xbox 360.

Through April 30th, you have a chance to win one of three Xbox 360 consoles. The winners will be the top 3 community members who have the most Knowledge Points earned and have asked 5 IT-related questions (you still earn Knowledge points for asking questions) during the contest period. Visit the blog post for full details on the prizes and contest rules.

We’re on LinkedIn!

We’ve recently created an IT Knowledge Exchange LinkedIn group. If you are a member of LinkedIn, come and join the group. You can network with your fellow members and continue the discussion. Visit the group here.

IT Blogger of the Week

This week’s featured blog is the Windows Virtualization Team Blog. In a time when technology is moving so fast, sometimes it pays to head straight to the source. On the Microsoft Virtualization Product Group’s team blog, you can stay abreast of the latest developments related to enterprise desktop virtualization, management tools, Hyper-V, and any other Microsoft virtualization products. The other nice thing about the blog — you are getting viewpoints from not only the managers, but the developers and testers as well.

Visit Microsoft’s Virtualization Team blog here.

Featured Questions

Over the past week, we’ve seen some great questions come through IT Knowledge Exchange, but some questions are still waiting for an answer. Click on one of our selected questions below, and spread the knowledge!

• What are your preferred methods for storing inactive data and why? (Iron Mountain Featured Question)

• Windows Server 2008 Event ID 15016

• Backup performance compar

• Polycom 8002 dual charger & Adtran IAD

• Cannot create roaming profiles on member server in Terminal Services

• Secure FTP Server

• How to migrate a database from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005

• VB active cell problem

• Recommended book for learning C#

• IBM Tivoli Storage Manager or Veritas NetBackup?

Featured Blog Posts

Browse the sampling of selected blog posts below or go here to view all.

• Texas: Another IT employment opportunity? | IT Career JumpStart

• Making it easy for hackers | Sister CISA CISSP

• Natural Language Interfaces | Brien Posey’s Windows Blog

• During economic slowdown, management has the upper hand | IT Project Management

• Open ended question – What are you going to do? | System i Blogger

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New Community Blog

Regulatory Reality by David Schneier

Find out how financial service firms from the smallest credit union to the largest insurers are building out their compliance frameworks. Learn what examiners are looking for, what they are saying and what’s going into their reports. Hear about how your peers are solving problems similar to yours.

Messages from the TechTarget Network

Will PCI be applied to cloud computing by the FTC?

Big questions about security and compliance remain for cloud computing. Share and discuss your thoughts.

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• Microsoft live virtualization chat
• New Xbox contest
• We’re on LinkedIn!
• Member of the week
• Featured questions
• Featured blog posts
• New community blog
• Messages from the TechTarget network

Microsoft Live Virtualization Chat

Join us in a live chat with Edwin Yuen, Microsoft Virtualization expert, TODAY, March 31st from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm EST. The chat is now open.

New Xbox Contest Announcement

Now through the end of April, you can not only show off your IT skills by asking and answering questions on ITKnowledgeExchange.com, but you can earn the chance to spend some quality time honing your bad-guy-vaporizing skills on your very own Xbox 360.

Through April 30th, you have a chance to win one of three Xbox 360 consoles. The winners will be the top 3 community members who have the most Knowledge Points earned and have asked 5 IT-related questions (you still earn Knowledge points for asking questions) during the contest period. Visit the blog post for full details on the prizes and contest rules.

We’re on LinkedIn!

We’ve recently created an IT Knowledge Exchange LinkedIn group. If you are a member of LinkedIn, come and join the group. You can network with your fellow members and continue the discussion. Visit the group here.

Community Member of the Week

This week’s featured member is KevinBeaver. Kevin joined us way back in our baby-step days, but began visiting us regularly last year. He has since earned over 2,300 Knowledge Points answering questions related to security. You can see what Kevin’s up to on his website, SecurityonWheels.com

Visit Kevin’s profile here to see the questions he’s answered.

Congratulations, Kevin, on being our member of the week!

Featured Questions

Over the past week, we’ve seen some great questions come through IT Knowledge Exchange, but some questions are still waiting for an answer. Click on one of our selected questions below, and spread the knowledge!

• How extensively is your organization implementing server virtualization? (Microsoft Featured Question)

• What are your preferred methods for storing inactive data and why? (Iron Mountain Featured Question)

• IBM Tivoli Storage Manager or Veritas NetBackup?

• How to stop a user/security group deleting email from a SPMA

• Managing access to supplier/customer networks

• Hyperion Planning running on Windows Server 2003 64-bit

• How to identify which clustering technology is configured in Exchange 2007?

• Desktop and application virtualization

• Hyper-V Error: 2912 No more threads can be created in the system

• Ghost clients not reporting to Ghost console

Featured Blog Posts

Browse the sampling of selected blog posts below or go here to view all.

• What will Conficker do on April 1st? | Security Corner

• Scripting | The Multifunctioning DBA

• Microsoft Response Point on D-LINK out of the box to a test install | Digital Wanderings

• SQL and XML: Declarative is exciting | Buzz’s Blog

• A good programmer is not always useful | Quality Assurance and Project Management

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New Community Blog

Regulatory Reality | David Schneier

Find out how financial service firms from the smallest credit union to the largest insurers are building out their compliance frameworks. Learn what examiners are looking for, what they are saying and what’s going into their reports. Hear about how your peers are solving problems similar to yours.

Messages from the TechTarget Network

Free Green Data Center Virtual Seminar

As energy costs are skyrocketing, data center efficiency has become a top priority for 2009. Learn how to green your data center, while cutting its expenses, at our free virtual seminar on Thursday, April 9. You’ll get access to data center energy-efficiency experts and a panel discussion on green initiatives—all without breaking the bank.

Recovery Act puts teeth in HIPAA regulations

New, expanded and tougher laws governing compliance with HIPAA regulations are on their way. See what’s in store on SearchCompliance.com.

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• Microsoft live virtualization chat
• Blogger of the week
• Free book chapter
• New Xbox contest
• We’re on LinkedIn!
• Featured questions
• Featured blog posts
• New community blog
• Messages from the TechTarget network

Microsoft Live Virtualization Chat

Join us in a live chat with Edwin Yuen, Microsoft Virtualization expert, on Tuesday, March 31st from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm EST. You can visit the official blog for more information and submit your virtualization questions now to be added to the queue.

IT Blogger of the Week

This week’s IT Knowledge Exchange Blogger of the Week is John Policelli. John is a Microsoft MVP, and his blog covers Microsoft Directory Services. He is a published author on topics such as Active Directory, Windows Enterprise Server Administration and Windows Server. We’re happy to feature him as our Blogger of the Week!

IT Bookworm Free Book Chapter of the Week

Professional Xen Virtualization by Wrox

Provides a complete foundation in virtualization, XEN, and competing approaches with in-depth discussions of installing, configuring, and using XEN, including detailed examples of XEN configuration files, system configuration files, and system-level configuration information.

New Xbox Contest Announcement

Now through the end of April, you can not only show off your IT skills by asking and answering questions on ITKnowledgeExchange.com, but you can earn the chance to spend some quality time honing your bad-guy-vaporizing skills on your very own Xbox 360.

Through April 30th, you have a chance to win one of three Xbox 360 consoles. The winners will be the top 3 community members who have the most Knowledge Points earned and have asked 5 IT-related questions (you still earn Knowledge points for asking questions) during the contest period. Visit the blog post for full details on the prizes and contest rules.

We’re on LinkedIn!

We’ve recently created an IT Knowledge Exchange LinkedIn group. If you are a member of LinkedIn, come and join the group. You can network with your fellow members and continue the discussion. Visit the group here.

Featured Questions

Over the past week, we’ve seen some great questions come through IT Knowledge Exchange, but some questions are still waiting for an answer. Click on one of our selected questions below, and spread the knowledge!

• What are your preferred methods for storing inactive data and why? (Iron Mountain Featured Question)

• How extensively is your organization implementing server virtualization? (Microsoft Featured Question)

• What model of a lifecyle should IT projects follow?

• NTFS editor

• What is the SRC IS?

• Tracking DMX storage allocation

• Get/change error message when logging into Microsoft Great Plains

• Hyper-V VHD file copy

• Emulating bad blocks on a VM

• Backup Exec 12.5 error 1603 when installing remote agent

Featured Blog Posts

Browse the sampling of selected blog posts below or go here to view all.

• Credit card security compliance – Learn about PCI DSS | Regulatory Compliance, Governance and Security

• Handy tool: Halfdone Development’s Unknown Devices | Vista Enterprise Desktop

• Worm targets home networking equipment | Security Corner

• The hiring dilemma | IT Project Management

• XML and its powerful children | Buzz’s Blog: On Web 3.0 and the Semantic Web

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New Community Blog

Business Intelligence Technology | Jay Dugan

This blog will examine an array of technology solutions and present them in a business context. Areas of security, business continuity, networking and databases with an emphasis on business intelligence, will be covered, plus anything else that involves business and IT that comes to mind.

Messages from the TechTarget Network

How to avoid mistakes during ERP upgrades

Discover how to minimize the fuss and maximize the benefits of an ERP upgrade.

Free Green Data Center Virtual Seminar

As energy costs are skyrocketing, data center efficiency has become a top priority for 2009.  Learn how to green your data center, while cutting its expenses, at our free virtual seminar on Thursday, April 9. You’ll get access to data center energy-efficiency experts and a panel discussion on green initiatives—all without breaking the bank.

You can register here.

>> BriForum 2009 – register today and save $500!

Registration is now open for BriForum 2009 taking place at the Hilton Chicago Hotel from July 21 – July 23, 2009. This is your exclusive opportunity to get the most independent, advanced, technical information and expert strategies on the following technologies: VDI, Terminal Services (including Citrix XenApp), and application streaming. Brian Madden along with other top-notch industry analysts, bloggers and best-selling authors will arm you with tips, tricks, and verified techniques that you can apply immediately within your organization. The event is also completely hands-on allowing you to try out the latest product offerings and talk directly to the solution providers – saving you the time and hassle of researching these options on your own. Sign up today to qualify for our early-bird registration fee of $995, which is a $500 savings off the $1495 regular price!

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• Microsoft live virtualization chat
• New Xbox contest
• We’re on LinkedIn!
• Member of the week
• Featured questions
• Featured blog posts
• New community blog
• Messages from the TechTarget network

Microsoft Live Virtualization Chat

Join us in a live chat with Edwin Yuen, Microsoft Virtualization expert, on Tuesday, March 31st from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm EST. You can visit the official blog for more information and submit your virtualization questions now to be added to the queue.

New Xbox Contest Announcement

Now through the end of April, you can not only show off your IT skills by asking and answering questions on ITKnowledgeExchange.com, but you can earn the chance to spend some quality time honing your bad-guy-vaporizing skills on your very own Xbox 360.

Through April 30th, you have a chance to win one of three Xbox 360 consoles. The winners will be the top 3 community members who have the most Knowledge Points earned and have asked 5 IT-related questions (you still earn Knowledge points for asking questions) during the contest period. Visit the blog post for full details on the prizes and contest rules.
We’re on LinkedIn!

We’ve recently created an IT Knowledge Exchange LinkedIn group. If you are a member of LinkedIn, come and join the group. You can network with your fellow members and continue the discussion. Visit the IT Knowledge Exchange LinkedIn group here.

Community Member of the Week

This week’s featured community member is Securityn00b12. A network security pro, Securityn00b12 (or Dusty Walker, as others would call him) has already earned over 700 points in the IT Knowledge Exchange community, answering questions related to networking, Windows machines and hardware, Linux, and a plethora of other topics — and he’s only been with us just over a month! Congratulations Dusty; you’re our member of the week!

You can visit Dusty’s profile here.

Featured Questions

Over the past week, we’ve seen some great questions come through IT Knowledge Exchange, but some questions are still waiting for an answer. Click on one of our selected questions below, and spread the knowledge!

• How extensively is your organization implementing server virtualization? (Microsoft Featured Question)

• Hyper-V Error: 2912 No more thread can be created in the system

• VMware for Windows Vista (virtual tool)

• Data Dictonary update

• Configuring a disaster recovery plan for Exchange Server 2007

• RAID management with IBM System x3400

• Hyper-V guest backup problem

• Netlogon share problem

• SBS 2003 Premium with POP3 connector failing to email internal users

• Can ADMT v3 be used as an export tool?

Featured Blog Posts

Browse the sampling of selected blog posts below or go here to view all IT Knowledge Exchange blogs.

• A new operational definition of “Windows Bloat” | Vista Enterprise Desktop

• Open Virtualization Format (OVF) released | Open Source Software and Linux

• IT budgets and the new economy | Business Intelligence Technology

• Skype looks for enterprise legitimacy with new offering | Unified Communications: Click to Talk

• SBS 2003 Server to new hardware | SBS 2003 and Beyond

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New Community Blog

Unified Communications Nation

In this UC-centric blog, our editors weigh in on unified communications applications, features, trends, news and insights important to enterprise IT networking and telecom pros.

Messages from the TechTarget Network

Lowering the data leakage risk of USB storage

The same features that have made USBs popular have created a complex security problem. Share what you’re doing about it.

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• New Xbox contest announcement
• We’re on LinkedIn!
• IT blogger of the week
• IT Bookworm free chapter of the week
• Featured questions
• Featured blog posts
• Messages from the TechTarget network

New Xbox Contest Announcement

Now through the end of April, you can not only show off your IT skills by asking and answering questions on ITKnowledgeExchange.com, but you can earn the chance to spend some quality time honing your bad-guy-vaporizing skills on your very own Xbox 360.

From March 18th through April 30th, you have a chance to win one of three Xbox 360 consoles. The winners will be the top 3 community members who have the most Knowledge Points earned and have asked 5 IT-related questions (you still earn Knowledge points for asking questions) during the contest period. Visit the blog post for full details on the prizes and contest rules.

We’re on LinkedIn!

We’ve recently created an IT Knowledge Exchange LinkedIn group. If you are a member of LinkedIn, come and join the group. You can network with your fellow members and continue the discussion. Visit the group here.

Featured IT Blogger of the Week

This week’s featured blogger is Andy Dale of AboutSharePoint.com. Andy Dale is a Senior SharePoint Consultant at a Microsoft Partner company. His blog discusses many different aspects of SharePoint software, from the benefits of using it in different sectors, to the important points of upgrades. His writing style is clear, not full of jargon and techspeak, and his expertise is broad. For those of us who could use some brushing up on our SharePoint skills (and that’s likely most of us), Andy’s blog is a great resource. You can visit AboutSharepoint.com here.

IT Bookworm Free Book Chapter of the Week

Murach’s SQL Server 2008 for Developers

This book is designed to teach application developers all of the skills they need to use SQL to work with a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 database. But it’s also a great first book for developers who are on the path to becoming a DBA. Download a free chapter here.

Featured Questions

Over the past week, we’ve seen some great questions come through IT Knowledge Exchange, but some questions are still waiting for an answer. Click on one of our selected questions below, and spread the knowledge!

• How extensively is your organization implementing server virtualization? (Microsoft Featured Question)

• SBS 2003 Premium with POP3 connector failing to send email to internal users

• How to add another internet connection to a firewall

• Configuring a disaster recovery plan for Exchange 2007

• Group policy software installation

• Database management systems

• Cisco VLAN

• Combine multiple ADSL lines to Juniper SSG320

• Installing QTP on a VM Server

• Hyper-V VHD file copy

Featured Blog Posts

Browse the sampling of selected blog posts below or go here to view all.

• Is IBM about to buy SUN for $7 billion? (System i Blogger)

• Seven must-have skills for a server room manager (Open Source Software and Linux)

• Slide decks and sample code from Quest Day with the Experts (SQL Server with Mr. Denny)

• Alternative measures of labor underutilization (IT Career JumpStart)

• SmartSIP provides exciting possibilities for OCS 2007 R2 | Unified Communications: Click to Talk

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Messages from the TechTarget Network

Expert e-book: Compliance 2.0

Gain insights from senior IT and security officers on building a sustainable, cost-effective compliance operation.

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• Welcoming Microsoft
• We’re on LinkedIn!
• Want an IT Knowledge Exchange t-shirt?
• Member of the week
• Featured questions
• Featured blog posts
• New community blogs
• Messages from the TechTarget network

Welcoming Microsoft

We are happy to welcome Edwin Yuen, Senior Technical Product Manager, to the community on behalf of Microsoft. He has a question for the IT Knowledge Exchange community:

How extensively is your organization implementing server virtualization?

Be sure to give him your input, and to mark your calendar for a live chat with Edwin on March 31st, here on IT Knowledge Exchange!

We’re on LinkedIn!

We have recently created an IT Knowledge Exchange LinkedIn group. If you are a member of LinkedIn, come and join the group. You can network with your fellow members and continue the discussion. Visit the group here.

Want an IT Knowledge Exchange T-Shirt?

IT Knowledge Exchange is currently running a promotion to welcome new members — ask and answer one question each, and you will be eligible to receive an IT Knowledge Exchange t-shirt. Visit the blog post for more information.

Featured ITKE Member of the Week

This week’s featured IT Knowledge Exchange member is Philpl1jb. He joined us in late 2007 and since then, he has earned over 8,500 Knowledge Points answering questions related to SQL and AS/400. You can visit his profile here to check out his guru skills.

Congratulations, Philpl1jb, on being our member of the week!

Featured Questions

Over the past week, we’ve seen some great questions come through IT Knowledge Exchange, but some questions are still waiting for an answer. Click on one of our selected questions below, and spread the knowledge!

• Cisco VLAN

• Can ADMT v3 be used as an export tool?

• Sasser virus removal

• How to locally authenticate users using PPTP on a local PIX firewall

• VMware ESXi error message

• HMC HTTP access on V7.3.4

• Internet posting policy

• Backup Exec 12 daylight savings issue

• Issues with BRMS Network Group

• Exchange SCR DR Activation

Featured Blog Posts

Browse the sampling of selected blog posts below or go here to view all.

• The emperor has no clothes | Sister CISA CISSP

• Consolidating large data centers with PlateSpin Recon | The Musings of an IT Consultant

• Want to know how the Federal Government uses virtualization? | Open Source Software and Linux

• Failed 2003 DC and restore problems | SBS 2003 and Beyond

• Want stimulus? Get unified communications | Unified Communications: Click to Talk

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New Community Blogs

IT Bookworm Blog

This blog is dedicated to providing IT Knowledge Exchange members with a wide selection of free sample chapters from relevant enterprise IT and development books. Each entry includes related resources for additional help. Be forewarned, some chapters may have limited availability – so get them while you can. Enjoy!

Messages from the TechTarget Network

Tip: Understanding cloud computing architecture models

The biggest challenge in cloud computing may be the fact that there’s no standard or single architectural method. There are very few definitions of the cloud computing concept that are fully accepted. This tip explains some of the different cloud architecture approaches, discusses their capabilities and offers examples of how they’re used.

Virtual Seminar: Straight Talk on PCI

Get a blueprint on how to streamline operational efficiencies around PCI compliance and create a program that can easily accommodate the changing regulatory environment (and prepare you for those still to come). This FREE virtual seminar takes place next week on March 25th at 9:00am to 4:00pm EST!

Strategic benefits of a global trade management software system

Learn how to reduce costs, risks and other problems associated with manual compliance with a global trade management process.

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• Knowledge Points Amazon giveaway
• We’re on LinkedIn!
• Want an IT Knowledge Exchange t-shirt?
• IT Blogger of the Week
• Featured questions
• Featured blog posts
• Messages from the TechTarget network

Knowledge Points Amazon Giveaway

The Knowledge Points contest ends tomorrow. Will you be one of the top ten members who wins an Amazon gift card? Visit the blog post for more information.

We’re on LinkedIn!

We have recently created an IT Knowledge Exchange LinkedIn group. If you are a member of LinkedIn, come and join the group. You can network with your fellow members and continue the discussion. Visit the group here.

Want an IT Knowledge Exchange T-Shirt?

IT Knowledge Exchange is currently running a promotion to welcome new members — ask and answer one question each, and you will be eligible to receive an IT Knowledge Exchange t-shirt. Visit the blog post for more information.

Featured IT Blogger of the Week

This week’s featured IT Blogger is Andy Willingham of Andy, IT Guy.

Andy is an Information Security Officer who learned the ropes being a security administrator for a financial services holding company. He first started there as a network admin, and has since gained a wealth of knowledge that has propelled him into the blogosphere. On Andy, IT Guy, you can read about security news and events, mainly in the Atlanta area. You can also gain some insight into his recent trip to Madrid for the Security Blogger Summit (yes, Spain… I’m a little jealous), or read his opinion on any number of security-related topics. Andy recently featured IT Knowledge Exchange in a post on his blog, here.

Andy, IT Guy is a great blog to visit if you are involved in the realm of security — we’re happy to feature him as our IT Blogger of the Week!

Featured Questions

Over the past week, we’ve seen some great questions come through IT Knowledge Exchange, but some questions are still waiting for an answer. Click on one of our selected questions below, and spread the knowledge!

• Installing QTP on a VM Server

• Windows Server 2008 shutdown results in Group Policy error

• Archiving messages via Exchange 2003/Outlook 2003

• AD DHCP leased and renamed computers not cleaned up

• Backup Exec 11D expiring images directory

• Exchange Server dual virtual servers and SMTP connectors

• Win2k3 SBS Exchange server with 3GB memory – virtual memory is unstable

• EMC Network Backup Client/Agent backup for SQL 2000/2005 databases on PolyServe Matrix

• Printers supported in Terminal Services?

• ISA 2004 server installation

Featured Blog Posts

Browse the sampling of selected blog posts below or go here to view all.

• Making a case for VoIP | Unified Communications: Click to Talk

• Web services: Part of the Web 2.0 & Semantic Web picture | Buzz’s Blog

• In today’s job market, prospective employers want it all | IT Career JumpStart

• Security baseline for small businesses | Security Corner

• Saving money & stopping spam – change domain names | IT Trenches

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Messages from the TechTarget Network

Virtual Data Center e-zine

Check out this issue of our Virtual Data Center e-zine, the online magazine for anyone researching, planning, deploying or managing a virtualization project. Get expert insight into creating a successful virtual environment. Check it out now!

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• Knowledge Points Amazon giveaway
• We’re on LinkedIn!
• Want an IT Knowledge Exchange t-shirt?
• Member of the week
• Featured questions
• Featured blog posts
• Messages from the TechTarget network

Knowledge Points Amazon Giveaway Correction

The Knowledge Points contest runs until Friday, March 13th. There is still time to win an Amazon gift card! Visit the blog post for more information and keep earning those Knowledge Points!

We’re on LinkedIn!

We have recently created an IT Knowledge Exchange LinkedIn group. If you are a member of LinkedIn, come and join the group. You can network with your fellow members and continue the discussion. Visit the group here.

Want an IT Knowledge Exchange T-Shirt?

IT Knowledge Exchange is currently running a promotion to welcome new members — ask and answer one question each, and you will be eligible to receive an IT Knowledge Exchange t-shirt. Visit the blog post for more information.

Featured Member of the Week

Our featured member of the week is Mshen, a systems administrator hailing from California. Joining us rather recently in September 2008, Mshen has managed to acquire nearly 7,000 Knowledge Points! You can find Mshen answering questions on everything from Outlook to Active Directory, networking to virtualization. In his role as a systems administrator, he has gained a wealth of knowledge in many different areas, which makes him an asset to us on IT Knowledge Exchange! Congratuations, Mshen! Thanks for being part of the community.

Featured Questions

Over the past week, we’ve seen some great questions come through IT Knowledge Exchange, but some questions are still waiting for an answer. Click on one of our selected questions below, and spread the knowledge!

• RAID management with IBM System x3400

• Creating a virtual SAN on an external disk drive

• Outlook 2007 multi-calendar categorizing

• ISA 2004 server installation

• Windows Server 2008 – Error 0×80094801 Denied by Policy Module

• TS Session Broker issues

• Hyper-V quick migration vs. live migration

• Restore VM not enough space…

• Streaming applications and VDI

Featured Blog Posts

Browse the sampling of selected blog posts below or go here to view all.

• Lots of buzz, and another Cisco Press item to ponder | IT Career JumpStart

• Valcom clocks | Digital Wanderings

• Steps to troubleshoot connections to your SQL Server | SQL Server with Mr. Denny

• Network speed & capacity are NOT the same | IT Trenches

• HP c300 and Virtual Servers | SBS 2003 and Beyond

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Messages from the TechTarget Network

What is the impact of HIPAA on IT operations?

Get quick and easy answers to all your HIPAA questions in this FAQ from SearchCompliance.com.

Virtual Data Center e-zine

Check out this issue of our Virtual Data Center e-zine, the online magazine for anyone researching, planning, deploying or managing a virtualization project. Get expert insight into creating a successful virtual environment. Check it out now!

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• Knowledge Points Amazon giveaway correction
• Want an IT Knowledge Exchange t-shirt?
• Featured blog
• Featured questions
• Featured blog posts
• Messages from the TechTarget network

Knowledge Points Amazon Giveaway Correction

The following users have already qualified for an Amazon gift card with their Knowledge Points:

Technochic, Gilly400, Carlosdl, Mshen, Mrdenny, Labnuke99, Philpl1jb

*Please note: Additional usernames (not listed here) were incorrectly posted in Tuesday’s newsletter. We apologize for the error.

The contest runs until Friday, March 13th. There is still time to earn enough Knowledge Points to win an Amazon gift card. Visit the blog post for more information.

Want an IT Knowledge Exchange T-Shirt?

IT Knowledge Exchange is currently running a promotion to welcome new members — ask and answer one question each, and you will be eligible to receive an IT Knowledge Exchange t-shirt. Visit the blog post for more information.

Featured IT Blogger of the Week

This week’s featured blog is DrunkenData.com. Jon Toigo of Toigo Partners International is an author who has published over a dozen books on different aspects of storage management and disaster recovery, and his articles have been published in the likes of SearchStorage, Network Computing and Scientific American. His blog covers reviews of software, predictions on network storage and disaster recovery trends, and the ups and downs of storage management. Jon is a knowledgeable resource when it comes to many storage-related topics, and his blog is a great place to get the latest information on network storage news and debates.

Visit Drunken Data today!

Featured Questions

Over the past week, we’ve seen some great questions come through IT Knowledge Exchange, but some questions are still waiting for an answer. Click on one of our selected questions below, and spread the knowledge!

• Copying our disaster recovery database on a SQL Server

• Solaris virtualization techniques

• Hyper-V guest backup problem

• How to clear the SCVMM “failed job” status?

• Have you moved to online backup? If so, are you still using tape backup? (Iron Mountain Featured Question)

• LTO Ultrium tape labels

• Changing host machine name in Hyper-V

• LSI storage

• VMware virtual center in Backup Exec 12

Featured Blog Posts

Browse the sampling of selected blog posts below or go here to view all.

• Multimedia, what is it? Why do we care? | Buzz’s Blog: On Web 3.0 and the Semantic Web

• Cisco Press supplies the prizes, I decide who gets them! | IT Career JumpStart

• Peer-to-peer networking – Part 2 | IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance

• Why companies always underestimate the value of phone support? | IT Project Management

• Use this little known tool to securely delete files and folders on your hard drive | Security Corner

Start your own IT blog and earn some extra cash.

Messages from the TechTarget Network

PCI Virtual Seminar

Discover the changes between 1.1 and 1.2, how to address compensating controls, application security requirements and the steps you need to take now to keep your organization compliant throughout 2009. Join us on March 25th from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm EST from the convenience of your own desktop!

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