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Thursday, August 18, 2005 4:55 PM

Do You Know What Your Users are Reading? And HOW?

Your attack surface just got a little bigger. PDFs are now a poential security risk in your enterprise - have you examined the risk and made contingencies? Do you know how many employees use Adobe Acrobat and Reader in your enterprise? Does your patch
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Monday, August 15, 2005 4:04 PM

Patch Your W2K Pro desktops NOW

The May 11 Security Advisory warns that there is exploit code in the wild for PNP wseucity issues addressed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-039. Bottom line, drop what you are doing and get your W2K desktops patched ASAP. Read more on the MSRC blog
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Friday, August 12, 2005 5:48 PM

MOF TV

Check out the new IT Showcase MOF Case Study Video. Microsoft CIO Ron Markezich discusses how Microsoft IT uses MOF to improve IT operations. The MOF Training video is a condensed MOF Essentials that enables the viewer to understand the concepts and
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Thursday, August 04, 2005 6:14 AM

DR? It's in there

Studies have shown that human error—primarily accidental file deletion or modification—causes over one-third of all data loss. The financial impact of replacing the lost data is at the least an inconvenience and at the worst a critical blow that can jeopardize
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Monday, July 18, 2005 6:29 PM

Straight Talk About Your -1018

Read the new paper that tells you how Microsoft IT handles those troublesome Exhange Server -1018 errors.
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Monday, July 18, 2005 5:52 PM

Use Remote Desktop? 'Course You Do - HEADSUP!

There is a potential security issue with RDP - READ THE ADVISORY. While you are there, it is a good idea to check the main page and review the previous advisories.
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Friday, July 01, 2005 4:37 PM

Skill up for Free This Summer

TechNet online courses and clinics provide hands-on learning to help you build the skills you need to keep systems up and running, prepare for certification, or deploy an infrastructure. These courses and clinics are accessible FREE to TechNet Plus subscribers
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Friday, July 01, 2005 3:56 PM

Fake Microsoft security alert includes Trojan patch

Networkworld today notes another spoofed mail disguised as a Microsoft secbul (MS05-039). 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 to educate them. Also keep an
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Friday, July 01, 2005 4:21 AM

Download Center Gets Chummy

The new download center has launched with cool new (really helpful) features to save IT Pros time - like the "affinity" download suggestions. For example, DL the anti-spyware beta, and at the bottom of the page you can learn that: Others who downloaded
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Friday, June 24, 2005 11:49 PM

New Password Management Guide

The new password management paper is part of the refresh of the Microsoft Identity and Access Management Series is available from the Microsoft Download Center. It is also available on TechNet The Overview and Planning materials (chapters 1 through
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Thursday, June 23, 2005 4:51 PM

More Anti-Phishing Content

Microsoft Security Advisory (902333) "Browser Windows Without Indications of Their Origins may be Used in Phishing Attempts" has just been released. Point your IT staff and more advanced users there to educate them on how to spot attempts to make them
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Wednesday, June 15, 2005 8:26 PM

Windows SharePoint Services Resguide

WSS Admin Guide WSS SDK WSS KB Feed   SPS Admin Guide SPS SDK Sharepoint Team Services KB RSS Feed   Is this helpful? Budling up some top resources into one post as a kind of "resource guide"? Leave feedback and let me know.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2005 7:29 PM

Meet the White Hats 6/30/05

 Ever wanted to mee the 24/7/365 MSRC team (white hats) and ask /em stuff? Register for this June 30 2005 TechNet Webcast: Inside the Microsoft Security Response Center  
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Wednesday, June 15, 2005 2:48 PM

Son of Cowboy Up Your Users

Point your users to this article on the Microsoft.com “At Work” site (The Hazards of Downloading, 6 pages) so they can educate themselves on the security issues around e-mail attachments and web downloads. Self-service is a good thing for your users.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2005 3:17 AM

New RSS Feed for TechNet Briefings Audio

You asked for it, we delivered. Here is the new RSS Feed for TechNet Briefings audiocasts, some folks call these podcasts, some call them blogcasts. This RSS feed provides an WMA and MP3 version audio file of each session, plus links to download the full
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