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How to calculate network bandwidth requirements
Bandwidth requirements vary from one network to another. Determining how many bits per second travel across the network and the amount of bandwidth each application uses is vital to building and maintaining a fast, functional network. Learn how to ca... Tip
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Deploying Microsoft Live Communications Server in a production environment: Prepare your network for
Microsoft Live Communications Server is just one approach to unified communications (UC), but as with any UC deployment, you must be prepared for the demands it will place on your network. In this tip, learn how to prepare your production network for... Tip
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Server virtualization basics for network pros
Server virtualization isn't just a data center technology. It can also benefit your network by helping to reduce costs and simplify configuration and management issues -- but you need to know where it makes sense before you deploy. Tip
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Troubleshooting the mystery error -- Managing Windows networks using scripts, part 7
Learn how to troubleshoot a mysterious "remote procedure call failed" error received when the ChangeIPAddress.vbs script developed earlier was used to change the IP address on a remote computer. This tip is part of a series on managing Windows networ... Tip
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Automated network management alleviates staff shortages
Automated network management offers an alternative to outsourcing and can alleviate shortages in qualified network staff. Networks keep getting more complicated, while the network management staff shortage is becoming more acute. Experienced baby boo... Tip
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Remote scripting first steps -- Managing Windows networks using scripts, Part 6
Learn how to run your Windows script remotely against a remote Windows XP computer, in the interest of managing your Windows network using scripts. Tip
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Getting over the hump -- Managing Windows networks using scripts, Part 5
When learning to script for managing Windows networks, you need to be aware of a bump in the road Mitch Tulloch calls "the hump." Learn how to get over the hump in this tip. Tip
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ITIL -- What network managers need to know
IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is an IT service management framework surrounded by industry best practices. This tip answers questions that network managers may have about implementing ITIL and explains how it can be beneficial to networking. Tip
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Using Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -- Managing Windows networks using scripts, part 4
Learn about uses of the Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration class in this tip from the WindowsNetworking.com series on managing Windows networks using scripts. Tip
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WLAN troubleshooting with spectrum analyzers
When users complain that the WLAN is slow, it's time to break out the Wi-Fi toolbox. Wireless protocol analyzers can diagnose some issues but spectrum analyzers go deeper. Tip