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The UK's Register website recently posted an article on the security risks of 3rd party analytic code on your website. Specifically, they say Google Analytics — Yes, it is a security risk . You have a policy in place about placing external client...
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The Hyper-V Planning and Deployment Guide has just been updated with information about security best practices (including AzMan) and backup: Planning for Hyper-V Security Planning for Backup Using Authorization Manager for Hyper-V Security Configure Hyper...
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I'm reading Super Crunchers , and one of the cases quoted therein is that when you install a lojack in your car, you are benefiting me , even though I haven't installed one. Because the car thieves don't know which cars are 'jacked and...
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The latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) - Version 5 - is live. Good video ( The Bret and Vinny Show - SIR Volume 5 ) on that page that walks you through the findings. Or, you could just read the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report volume...
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Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 is out . Read about Hyper-V Server here: http://www.microsoft.com/servers/hyper-v-server/default.mspx . One of the differences between Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 core, and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 is that Hyper-V...
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You should follow the best practice recommendations in the Windows Server 2008 Security Guide ,for hardening your W2K8 VMs. The GPO Accelerator can make this easier. The GPOAccelerator creates all the Group Policy objects (GPOs) that you need to deploy...
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My article on Hyper-V Security best practices has been selected as September tip of the month. Check out Planning for Hyper-V Security . Kai Axford has a good article in the same newsletter issue: " Security in a Virtual World ." For videos...
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In Virtual Server (and VPC) it was fairly easy to create a share and place resources on it that you want to share between Host and VM. Easy, not secure for enterprise use. You can;t do this anymore in Hyper-V. To move/copy.share files/resources between...
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Video presos on Hyper-V From TechEd 2008 are now posted on TechNet, check these out: Hyper-V Architecture, Scenarios and Networking , Jeff Woolsey, Mike Sterling Deploying Windows Server 2008 Hyper V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Best...
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It gets a bit confusing if you want to improve the security of your Windows Server 2008 virtualization server and the VMs on it by running BitLocker Drive Encryption. Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption is a feature that encrypts one or more volumes (drives...
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It is a security best practice recommendation to ensure that all your VMs are fully patched before they are turned on in production. One way you can do this is to create a designated " maintenance host " that is off the production network, but...
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Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and BitLocker Drive Encryption was recently published to the download center, but some folks are having trouble accessing it (it seems there is a lot of interest in all things Hyper-V). So, here are the procedures in the doc...
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IT Showcase (my old group) documents how Microsoft IT runs Microsoft using Microsoft products. They’ve just released a technical white detailing the IT deployment of Forefront Client Security solution to on 40,000 corpet PCs. Check out Deploying Microsoft...
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I recently had the opportunity to chat with Brandon Baker, Senior Dev Lead on the Hyper-V team to get some security best practices. You can hear them in this 8 minute podcast on Virtualization Security Best Practices , including: Use Windows Server 2008...
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The IT Showcase group inside Microsoft IT writes up how we do things at Microsoft. Their latest white paper is just released: How Microsoft IT Manages Physical Security through Strategic IT Convergence . This paper details the strategy for physical security...
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The updated Windows Vista Service Pack 1 management tools for the Hyper-V Release Candidate 1 are now available from the Microsoft Download Center, including: The Hyper-V Manager Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in. The Hyper-V Manager MMC...
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The new Windows User Account Control Step-by-Step Guide provides guidance on handling UAC behavior when you need to test applications, such as LOB apps, in both Vista and Windows Server 2008. It covers three scenarios: Scenario 1: Request an application...
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I was a victim of ID theft this last week. Luckily, my credit card company (and their AI) were vigilant and phoned me on the weekend, and I was able to cancel the account before too much <financial> damage was done. I am now still faced with the...
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TechNet Edge has a new screencast on configuring Group Policy Preferences , including a really cool demonstration on how to configure filtering of Group Policy Preferences Windows Server 2008 gives you 20 new Group Policy client-side extensions (CSEs...
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Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Five Language Standalone Released Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) is an update to Windows Vista that addresses feedback from our customers. In addition to previously released updates, SP1 contains changes focused on addressing...
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If you need to control/prevent WS2K8 server communication to the internet, you need the Using Windows Server 2008: Controlling Communication with the Internet white paper . splogscreen: if you are reading this on a site other than http://blogs.technet...
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The TechNet Webcast: Hardening Windows Server 2008 Deployments with the Windows Server 2008 Security Guide (Level 200) is one of the top-rated webcasts last month. Also available as podcasts (audio only): WMA | MP3 splogscreen: if you are reading this...
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Somtimes you just need the comprehensive list of things to reverse-lookup something. Some folks just like to read every page of the manual. For both groups, and IT Pros with a strong CYA sensibility, there is the Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows...
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A few friends over in the group that does security documentation for Microsoft prepared this survival guide. Enjoy. If you do, please leave comments . Windows Server 2008 Security Survival Guide: Everything you need to evaluate, plan, deploy, maintain...
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If you have an issue after your initial setup of Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services, you can make use of the troubleshooting section on TechNet . Here are some additional things to check, and steps to consider: Check that the TS server role is installed...
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