TechNet Magazine Community Survey

TechNet Magazine is a leading source of information about Microsoft products, platforms, and services for IT professionals. Now available as an online-only publication, TechNet Magazine will remain focused on helping IT professionals do their jobs more effectively.

In order to make sure that an online TechNet Magazine still meets the needs of our readers, we'd encourage you to take a few minutes to fill out this online survey. It should only take a few minutes, and we appreciate your feedback!

1. Please rate the following TechNet Magazine columns on a scale of 1 (Poor) to 5 (Excellent).

	Poor	Below Average	Average	Above Average	Excellent
Utility Spotlight	*Please rate the following TechNet Magazine columns on a scale of 1 (Poor) to 5 (Excellent). Utility Spotlight Poor	Utility Spotlight Below Average	Utility Spotlight Average	Utility Spotlight Above Average	Utility Spotlight Excellent
Windows Confidential	Windows Confidential Poor	Windows Confidential Below Average	Windows Confidential Average	Windows Confidential Above Average	Windows Confidential Excellent
Geek of All Trades	Geek of All Trades Poor	Geek of All Trades Below Average	Geek of All Trades Average	Geek of All Trades Above Average	Geek of All Trades Excellent
Security Watch	Security Watch Poor	Security Watch Below Average	Security Watch Average	Security Watch Above Average	Security Watch Excellent
Exchange Queue & A	Exchange Queue & A Poor	Exchange Queue & A Below Average	Exchange Queue & A Average	Exchange Queue & A Above Average	Exchange Queue & A Excellent
Inside SharePoint	Inside SharePoint Poor	Inside SharePoint Below Average	Inside SharePoint Average	Inside SharePoint Above Average	Inside SharePoint Excellent
Toolbox	Toolbox Poor	Toolbox Below Average	Toolbox Average	Toolbox Above Average	Toolbox Excellent
Desktop Files	Desktop Files Poor	Desktop Files Below Average	Desktop Files Average	Desktop Files Above Average	Desktop Files Excellent
SQL Q&A	SQL Q&A Poor	SQL Q&A Below Average	SQL Q&A Average	SQL Q&A Above Average	SQL Q&A Excellent
Windows PowerShell	Windows PowerShell Poor	Windows PowerShell Below Average	Windows PowerShell Average	Windows PowerShell Above Average	Windows PowerShell Excellent

2. What topic areas would you like to see covered in the online version of TechNet Magazine? (Please select all that apply.)

What topic areas would you like to see covered in the online version of TechNet Magazine? (Please select all that apply.) Active Directory/Group Policy

Auditing and Compliance

Backup and Recovery

Business Intelligence

Cloud Computing

Deployment

Exchange

Hosted Services

Networking

Office

Scripting/PowerShell

Security

SharePoint

SQL Server

System Center/Operations Manager

Virtualization

Windows Client

Windows Mobile

Windows Server

Other (please specify)

3. What types of content would you like to see surfaced on the TechNet Magazine website homepage? (Please check all that apply.)

What types of content would you like to see surfaced on the TechNet Magazine website homepage? (Please check all that apply.) Video

Articles

Interviews

Screencasts

Podcasts

News

Blogs

Other (please specify)

4. What methods do you use to find content on the TechNet Magazine website? (Please check all that apply.)

What methods do you use to find content on the TechNet Magazine website? (Please check all that apply.) Offsite search engine (Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc.)

Onsite search tool

Browse by author

Browse by topic

Browse by column

Other (please specify)

5. Do you use any of the following online communities or social media platforms to help you find answers to IT issues or problems? (Please check all that apply.)

Do you use any of the following online communities or social media platforms to help you find answers to IT issues or problems? (Please check all that apply.) Stackoverflow.com

YouTube

MSDN.com

Facebook

Technet.com

Experts-exchange.com

Twitter

Serverfault.com

Other (please specify)

6. When you want to share IT information you find online with friends and colleagues, how do you prefer to distribute that information? (Please check all that apply.)

When you want to share IT information you find online with friends and colleagues, how do you prefer to distribute that information? (Please check all that apply.) Send via SMS

Send via FaceBook

Print and distribute manually

Send via LinkedIn

Send via Twitter

Send via email

Other (please specify)

7. Please rate your level interest in receiving TechNet Magazine content in the following formats on a scale of 1 (not interested) to 5 (extremely interested).

	Not Interested	Marginally Interested	Moderately Interested	Very Interested	Extremely Interested
Blogs	*Please rate your level interest in receiving TechNet Magazine content in the following formats on a scale of 1 (not interested) to 5 (extremely interested). Blogs Not Interested	Blogs Marginally Interested	Blogs Moderately Interested	Blogs Very Interested	Blogs Extremely Interested
Podcasts	Podcasts Not Interested	Podcasts Marginally Interested	Podcasts Moderately Interested	Podcasts Very Interested	Podcasts Extremely Interested
Amazon Kindle (or other ebook format)	Amazon Kindle (or other ebook format) Not Interested	Amazon Kindle (or other ebook format) Marginally Interested	Amazon Kindle (or other ebook format) Moderately Interested	Amazon Kindle (or other ebook format) Very Interested	Amazon Kindle (or other ebook format) Extremely Interested
Articles on CD/DVD	Articles on CD/DVD Not Interested	Articles on CD/DVD Marginally Interested	Articles on CD/DVD Moderately Interested	Articles on CD/DVD Very Interested	Articles on CD/DVD Extremely Interested
Screencasts	Screencasts Not Interested	Screencasts Marginally Interested	Screencasts Moderately Interested	Screencasts Very Interested	Screencasts Extremely Interested
Video	Video Not Interested	Video Marginally Interested	Video Moderately Interested	Video Very Interested	Video Extremely Interested
Text messages	Text messages Not Interested	Text messages Marginally Interested	Text messages Moderately Interested	Text messages Very Interested	Text messages Extremely Interested
Article PDFs	Article PDFs Not Interested	Article PDFs Marginally Interested	Article PDFs Moderately Interested	Article PDFs Very Interested	Article PDFs Extremely Interested

8. Would you be interested in an application for your mobile phone that would stream TechNet Magazine content to you in real-time? If so, please indicate which mobile phone platform you would prefer to use for that application.

Would you be interested in an application for your mobile phone that would stream TechNet Magazine content to you in real-time? If so, please indicate which mobile phone platform you would prefer to use for that application. Google Android

Apple iPhone

RIM Blackberry

Windows Phone

Other (please specify)

9. How many years of experience do you have as an IT professional?

How many years of experience do you have as an IT professional? 0-3

4-6

7-10

11-15

16-20

21+

10. Which best describes your job title?

Which best describes your job title? Senior Systems Administrator

Network Administrator

Database Administrator

Programmer/Developer

Network Manager

Consultant

Executive Manager

Systems Administrator

IS/IT Manager

Other (please specify)

11. Which of the following Microsoft software products are in use in your company? (Please check all that apply.)

Which of the following Microsoft software products are in use in your company? (Please check all that apply.) Microsoft .Net Framework

Microsoft BizTalk Server

Microsoft Exchange Server

Microsoft ForeFront

Microsoft Hyper-V Server

Microsoft Office Communications Server

Microsoft SharePoint Server

Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager

Microsoft Visual Studio

Microsoft Windows Storage Server

Other (please specify)

12. What is the total number of employees in your entire organization?

What is the total number of employees in your entire organization? Less than 100

100 to 499

500 to 999

1,000 to 4,999

5,000 to 9,999

10,000 to 19,999

20,000 or more

13. If you have any other feedback or input regarding what you'd like to see in the online-only TechNet Magazine, please enter it here.

If you have any other feedback or input regarding what you'd like to see in the online-only TechNet Magazine, please enter it here.