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12 Microsoft Hot Spots to Watch in 2012 Foley: 12 Microsoft Hot Spots to Watch in 2012 JANUARY 2012 VOL. 18 NO. 1 REDMONDMAG.COM Steve Ballmer’s potential replacement, best exec fi ghts, products that changed tech forever: Redmond editors lay out lists that IT pros shouldn’t miss. + A Look at BeyondTrust PowerBroker Desktops DLP Solve Active Directory Disasters BETTER BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AT A BETTER PRICE UP TO 72% LESS Untitled-8 2 6/15/10 3:19 PM S Turn your raw data into a powerful strategic advantage with Business Intelligence solutions from DellTM and Microsoft®—and do it for up to 72% less per terabyte than the competition.* Built on industry standards, Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2 systems from Dell are designed to speed implementations, lower risk, and reduce complexity—all while delivering the best price-for-performance in the industry. SIMPLIFY YOUR IT AT DELL.COM/SQLBI * 72% claim based upon a comparison of list prices of typical Business Intelligence off erings from leading hardware manufacturers versus Dell/Microsoft combined off erings. Benchmarked systems confi gured with 4-5 TB of data storage, database application software, and Business Intelligence analytic software. Dell is a trademark of Dell Inc. ©2010 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Untitled-8 3 6/15/10 3:20 PM Redmond The Independent Voice of the Microsoft IT CommunityContentsJANUARY 2012 COVER STORY REDMOND REPORT 9 IT Awaits Release of SQL Server 2012 Microsoft changed how its upcoming database management system will be packaged, while also rolling out release candidate software. COLUMNS 6 Barney’s Rubble: Doug Barney The Privacy Is Dead List Issue To start 2012, we’re offering numbered thoughts from our cleverest minds on where Microsoft and IT have been and are going. Page 16 FEATURES 24 How To Fix 29 Decision Maker: AD Disasters Don Jones Spotting Active Directory Space to Watch: problems isn’t necessarily Runbook Automation simple, but it can help avoid a 30 Windows Insider: catastrophe. These tales of AD Greg Shields disasters come from real-life situations and should serve as 12 New Year’s Resolutions instruction—and perhaps a for 2012 warning—to IT pros. REVIEWS 32 Foley on Microsoft: Product Review Mary Jo Foley 12 PowerBroker Desktops DLP 12 Microsoft Hot Buttons Safeguards Sensitive Information for 2012 The BeyondTrust application is great for putting fi les on lockdown and preventing data leakage. ALSO IN THIS ISSUE 4 Redmondmag.com | 8 [email protected] COVER IMAGE BY RYAN ETTER Web Content Management Software Put your website at the center of your digital marketing strategy. www.sitecore.net Untitled-2 1 10/28/11 1:07 PM Redmondmag.com JANUARY 2012 VisualStudioMagazine.com Posey’s Book Review: Code First EF Tips & Tricks ohn Papa takes a sneak preview at Julie Lerman and Rowan JMiller’s new book, “Programming Entity Framework Code Be sure to check out seven- First” (O’Reilly), which was released in December. time Microsoft MVP and Brien M. Posey Noting that Lerman’s fi rst book was just too robust (800 pages) regular Redmond contributor for him and how busy he is, this second book is just the ticket: Brien M. Posey’s online-only column. “I work on a number of things at a time and with the depth Twice monthly he share’s his best-kept of Lerman’s fi rst book, it just wasn’t targeted for a guy like me. secrets on how to keep your network However, her new book is a nearly perfect fi t for me. It’s fewer in top-notch shape. You can access all than 200 pages, eight chapters and has zero fl uff . I read this book in an after- of his columns at Redmondmag.com/ noon and found it fast-moving yet very informative.” PoseyTips. But if you’re just getting your feet wet with Entity Framework, Papa points out that this isn’t the book for you; Lerman’s fi rst book (that 800 pound Getting Ready to Test-Drive Windows 8 behemoth) should be your fi rst stop. VisualStudioMagazine.com/EFBook After covering Windows Server 8, Posey installs his Developer Preview MCPmag.com (pre-beta) version of the client OS to take a look at what’s to come in the Alternate Alternate next Microsoft OS release. Credentials in PowerShell Redmondmag.com/PoseyA0112 eff ery Hicks, aka Professor PowerShell, takes a look at how Merging Contacts in Outlook Jyou can use PowerShell to specify a set of alternate Jeff ery Hicks credentials when you don’t want to use the GUI. However, he Finding mulitple entries for the same does provide one last bit of advice to readers: contact? Tired of sifting through all “I hope it goes without saying that you should never hardcode user names the duplicates? Follow Posey’s step- and passwords in your scripts. I might bend a bit on a username, but never a by-step instructions and merge your password. Security issues aside, when you change the account password you Outlook contacts in a snap. Redmondmag.com/PoseyB0112 need to remember to revise your script. 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