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Tuesday, May 31, 2005 5:24 PM

IPSEC - No Joke

So this guy goes into the doctor's office and says " Doctor, IPSec..." <sound of phonograph needle dragging across a record> "we interrupt this off-color, potentially UN-PC so-called comedy offering to bring you information on IPsec that is actually
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Tuesday, May 31, 2005 5:17 PM

Management Know N' Go #4589 - FREE WSUS Webcast

TechNet Webcast: Architecting and Deploying Windows Update Services (Level 300). Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 8:30 AM-9:30 AM Pacific Time.  Preseneted by Corey Hynes, President/Chief Technologist, HynesITe, Inc. Windows Update Services (WSUS) provides
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Wednesday, May 25, 2005 9:29 PM

Cowboy Up Your Users

Thing are getting hairy out there. You asked, we listened. IT Pros have long wanted information they can give to users to raise their security IQ/skills. It is here. It is called the Information Workers Security Handbook, written by The Security
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Wednesday, May 25, 2005 5:46 PM

Zombie Hunt

This article from MSNBC has really, really, big implications for the industry, Microsoft, and initiatives like OneCare Live. <snip> FTC asks ISPs to dump spam 'zombies', Home users should be disconnected until machines fixed The FTC said it would
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Monday, May 23, 2005 7:12 PM

Sasser +1 year - are your desktops secure?

Securing Windows XP Desktops Resource Guide See also Jeff's excellent Infosec blog, and the MSRC team blog And the Desktop Deployment Center security patching guide Don't forget the RSS feed for security bulletins and the new security advisories
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Monday, May 23, 2005 6:41 PM

Test Drive RMS SP1 deployment

Check out the new RMS SP1 virtual lab. (THE SMALL PRINT: In Internet Explorer on Windows XP SP2, you will have to temporarily allow ActiveX in order to install the ActiveX plug-in for the lab. There is also a one-time setup in which you must choose
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Friday, May 20, 2005 7:51 PM

MU - No Seriously, MU Beta

Check out the beta of Microsoft Update (MU). No, wait, maybe is is Windows Update (WU), whatever they call it - it is a one-stop for all your updates: Windows and Office togther! More products to follow. This is a Good Thing IMO. What do you think? Leave
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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 10:25 PM

Web Site Starters for Windows - Community Server Blogs and Forums

The web site starters for windows includes Telligent's Community Server blogs and forums. Check out the explainer here.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 10:24 PM

Don't Get Pin-ed

There is a new bogus Microsoft update e-mail in the wild that infects unwary users with the Pinfi virus and other malware. Be sure to read this article that tells you how to detect a bogus update e-mail, and spread it around to your friends and family
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Monday, May 16, 2005 11:38 PM

TechNet 64bit Newsgroup Goes Live

TechNet 64bit Community Newsgroup Goes Live
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Monday, May 16, 2005 8:29 PM

Migrating Exchange to FE-BE architecture

A customer recently needed help changing thier Exchange Server installation from one server for database and SMTP to front-end back-end installation architecture. These docs can help walk you through this process: Configuring Exchange Server 2003 for
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Monday, May 16, 2005 5:05 PM

Do Small and Medium-size Businesses IT Pros Dream of Affordable SANS?

OK, I am really impressed in advance if you get the obscure geeky sci-fi (PKD) reference in this blog title. Now that I have your attention, Microsoft is betting that with the advent of iSCSI SANs that can be accessed over their IP
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Monday, May 16, 2005 4:54 PM

Reskit - Get Yer Red Hot Reskit

Such a deal - Pre-order the 6586 page Windows Server 2003 Reskit on Amazon and save US$74 plus free shipping. Cha-ching. Update 6/6  Get 30 Percent Off Introductory Price for Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Visit any Borders store between May
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Monday, May 16, 2005 4:11 PM

Microsoft IT featured in Trustworthy Computing Book

I contributed Microsoft IT case studies to the MOF book "Trustworthy Computing - Reliable in Operations: Microsoft Operations Framework Case Studies". It is now available for download here. Comments welcome.
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Friday, May 13, 2005 5:09 PM

Rent an IT support department for your home PC

Check out the new beta service from Microsoft that will essentially do what IT departments do as a core function: backup your PC, and keep it healthy (AV, FW, etc).
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Wednesday, May 04, 2005 10:18 AM

Billg on Blogging

Billg is quoted today in this Business Week article on blogging at Microsoft - interesting bits below: Q: Microsoft employees blog, and sometimes that creates great corporate benefits, but sometimes they air the company's dirty laundry. Speaking as chairman,
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Wednesday, May 04, 2005 10:00 AM

IT Pro Forums?

The developer community has a new way to collaborate, MSDN forums is in beta. Jim Glass blogs about the benefits here. Hm, no reader software needed, I can get notifications when my questions are answered, it's moderated (though I must use Passport),
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Tuesday, May 03, 2005 4:33 PM

WPA2 in SP2 KB893357

Make it easier for your users to use secure wireless "Hotspots". A new KB tells how. The Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2)/Wireless Provisioning Services Information Element (WPS IE) Update for computers that are running Microsoft Windows XP with Service
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Tuesday, May 03, 2005 12:53 PM

IEAK 6 SP1 Joins the TechNet Fold

Download SP1 of the IEAK 6 in one of 22 languages here. Read all about IEAK 6 here. Have feedback? Things you want in the next version of the kit? Leave feedback on this post.    
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Tuesday, May 03, 2005 10:48 AM

DPM Webcast tomorrow

At MMS2005 we saw a demo of how Microsoft IT is using DPM. The economics pencil out as possibly of interest to larger Midmarket IT - seems  likely  if you have 5+ servers you will want DPM. Check out tomorrow's (level
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Monday, May 02, 2005 4:20 PM

Survey Says - Consolidate My Management Tools

In this survey "62% of the respondents said they plan to consolidate e-mail security functions, such as antivirus, antispam and content-filtering capabilities, into a single product. And they'll do it fast: 96% of those consolidating said they'll do so
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Monday, May 02, 2005 2:47 PM

Tools 2 Use - IIS Insider

You know about the IIS Insider column, right? This month Chris tells how to do some remote admin on your IIS 6 boxes, such as recycling the application pool and creating customized snap-ins to remotely connect to IIS 6 servers.
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Monday, May 02, 2005 10:50 AM

Tools 2 Use - SMS Tshooter flows

Alex Marin Gasga's blog post tipped me to a handy resource for IT Pros trying to troubleshoot SMS issues. It is a donwload of flowcharts that walk you through common SMS tshooting scenarios and show you stepwise You can find the tshooter flowcharts here.
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Monday, May 02, 2005 10:44 AM

Berate IT

<ironic mode on> Steffen has a blog in German on TechNet. I don't speak German, and online translators I have found are woefully inadequate for technical writing. Interesting tho that his title is "Technologieberater".Online dictionary defs for
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Monday, May 02, 2005 10:33 AM

Know N Go 32289 - Free Computer Skills Training

You knew about the free computer skills training available through the UP program, right? Help students get on the right path and master the basic skills they will need to become tomorrow's IT Pros. Hook them UP. Free if you are: Nonprofit—in
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Monday, May 02, 2005 2:09 AM

Anti-Spyware (Enterprise Vn) News

TechWeb quotes Gordon in this article "Initially, some 14 million users have downloaded Microsoft's free anti-spyware tool, and about 40 percent of those have opted to send information in to give the company access to detailed information about malware
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