In this presentation transcript, IT author Jonathan Hassell walks you through some of the key changes made to R2 in three key areas: Active Directory, Group Policy and Terminal Services. 

Building upon the security, reliability, and performance provided by Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 extends connectivity and control to local and remote resources. This means your organizations can benefit from reduced costs and increased efficiencies gained through enhanced management and control over resources across the enterprise. 

This presentation transcript features industry experts, Brian Madden and Gabe Knuth as they discuss the top 10 reasons for thin client project failure. Learn how to avoid common mistakes by choosing the right devices for your environment. 

Some small businesses are hesitant to move toward a server-based network. Not taking advantage of the benefits a server can bring to a small business could impair its productivity and its growth. 

In this video, three small businesses decide to invest in their first server and talk about their experience. 

every company, no matter how small, needs a server. Having a server in place while your business is in its early stages will ensure you are ready for growth. Using a server, instead of other means of sharing, will ensure you are operating your business and communicating as productively as possible. 

Whether they know it or not, many small businesses can benefit greatly from adding a centralized server to their network. In this article, you'll read about many of these benefits. 

Your small business needs a real server. Not a PC that has been tricked out to look and act like a server. PCs disguised as servers are vulnerable to the kinds of catastrophic failures that will cripple your business. Invest now in a real server. It just may be the best thing you can do for your small business. 

This expert mediacast offers advice to help you select the best server virtualization platform to meet your organization's business needs. Discover how to budget for your investment and determine the pros and cons of each option. Learn how to plan your search properly to ensure successful virtualization platform selection. 

The content in the planning and architecture guides IT Pros in the development of conceptual, logical, and physical designs for configuring Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 features, servers, and topologies. 

SharePoint 2010 provides a robust development platform to rapidly build solutions using familiar tools like Visual Studio 2010 and SharePoint Designer 2010. Developers gain access to a rich set of out-of-the-box features such as Business Connectivity Services for read/write integration between application data, the web and Office 2010 client. 

In this Expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchDataCenter.com and Dell, you will discover the most prominent trends in today's data centers, including power usage, virtualization implementation, and much more.