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Windows Powershell is new to Windows 2008 Server. It is a replacement for some of the older technologies. In this show we identify some of the new features that PowerShell provides to the manager.

Data is spread all over the place. It can be located in Active Directory Domain Services, Access, SQL Server, Exchange - you name it. Identity Data Access Solutions (IDA) is a way to take the reins on data within your organization, and bring it under control. In this show we will identify the IDA solutions and how they correspond to the data.

Pass the Buck. How many times have you wanted to pass on responsibility to someone else? Are you are overwhelmed with the responsibilities of the day to day tasks of managing an Enterprise network? Well now you can give the work to someone else. Delegation is the task of identifying responsible individuals and providing them the permissions to manage different parts of the Enterprise.

Managing Active Directory can be a tedious job. Microsoft has provided us with some tools that will ease the pain. In this show we are going to discuss the Active Directory Snapins.

In the last of this series, continuous improvement is considered as the means of maintaining effective performance management.

In this show, Sue talks about being busy on the right things and how that is different to just being busy.

Every business has them; this show is about the importance of understanding what they are, the timing aspects and their purpose in the organization.

In this show you will find an overview with some of the benefits to be gained from managing IT performance.

Certifications are a fantastic way to prove your competency and understanding of selected topics. They provide that 3rd party verification of set criteria. A baseline that demonstrates certain expectations and knowledge. Alas, conducting mass certification processes requires use of standardized exams and formulas. Not necessarily verifying your “on-the-job” abilities, but more focused on comparing you across the discipline and job roles. Meaning you have to prepare. Neal L. Rowland discusses the importance of good preparation and study plans. This GoGogh Radio Show may be that little bit of motivation or organization you need to plan a successful certification journey.

In this Radio Show, Cory Mandall interviews Neal L. Rowland, PMP, ITIL Expert, MEd, about his ITIL V3 Foundation courses here at GoGogh and about the certification in general. Neal discusses some of the primary points of the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) version 3 certification schema and in particular the Foundation certificate.

In the last of this series, continuous improvement is considered as the means of maintaining effective performance management

This show talks about bite-sized pieces to start making progress with managing performance.

There are many things that enable an IT Service provider to deliver good IT services and value. The scope of the ITIL V3 Frameworks attempts to cover many of the Best Practices related to managing a good IT service provision. One of the core ITIL v3 publications is Service Design. In this GoGogh Radio Show, Neal L. Rowland covers briefly the 5 major aspects of Service Design according to the OGC ITIL frameworks.

Have you ever gone to a website and found that it was not up? You get this server not found or page not found. With the competition out there to get your website seen having a down web server can be costly. I think it a very prominent retailer that sells goods on the web said that for an hour of downtime they could theoretically lost more than a million dollars in revenue. Now that is a lot of money. Not many people in a life time will make a million dollars. So, you are in charge of device called a web server. You need to find a way to make sure that you have at least 99.9% uptime. You want to do it relatively cheap and also have something that is reliable. Well NLB (Network Load balancing) comes into the picture. In this broadcast we will be covering the best practices for Network Load Balancing.

Over the years IIS has changed from a security hole into a secure server. If you remember back in the NT days. IIS first made it presence with Option Pack 4. Wow, that was a long time ago. But if you look at the history of other web servers you will see that this is not really that long ago. With Windows 2003 we were given a pretty functional web server with some new features and a streamlined engine. This broadcast will be covering the best practices recommendations for getting the best security out of the IIS web server.