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April 2005 - Posts

At last the new ISA 2004 Enterprise Edition Exams are here

The exams themselves launch in the next few weeks. For details of the course content please browse to the following URLs Instructor-Led Course 2824B, Implementing ISA Server 2004 (updated for Enterprise Edition) E-Learning Course 2826A, Upgrading to Read More
posted Monday, April 25, 2005 9:58 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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BlogCast showing how to run as a non-privileged user in XP SP2

NOTE: I've amended the URL for the Blogcast... Finally I've recorded my first BlogCast having followed the excellent instructions from www.blogcastrepository.com. It's only a short recording but it shows how to create a non-privileged account in Windows Read More
posted Friday, April 22, 2005 10:41 AM by Steve Lamb | 2 Comments
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Industry Insiders are looking for contributions

Industry Insiders is the term given to an outreach activity that the team(Microsoft's IT Pro Evangelists in the UK) are engaged in to help bring together technical experts in the ITPro Community and provide a high visibility forum for them to share their Read More
posted Friday, April 22, 2005 5:34 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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Looking for no-nonesense free demonstrations online of how to actually apply the technology you already have? Watch some blogcasts!

I've ranted on about a new phenomenon named "Blogcasts" for several months now. Blogcasts are all about accepting that most of us have very little time to find answers to problems, need practical advice, find webcasts can often be long and little relavence(there Read More
posted Friday, April 22, 2005 5:04 AM by Steve Lamb | 5 Comments
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Secure your message environment with ISA's Application Layer Firewalling

The Microsoft ISA website contains lots of new information and guidance detailing how to security messaging environments(such as Exchange). Full details can be found here. I'm sure many of you rely upon traditional firewalls from the prominent security Read More
posted Friday, April 22, 2005 4:21 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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Stop SPAM with Microsoft's free Intelligent Message Filter(IMF)

During last week's Technical Roadshow event in Edinburgh many people asked how best to stop SPAM messages for users of Outlook Web Access(OWA) - in response I explained a little about the Intelligent Message Filter(IMF) which is a free download for Exchange Read More
posted Friday, April 22, 2005 2:55 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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Take the Gatekeeper challenge to find out how good your security knowledge is

There are decent prizes up for grabs including a VIP ticket to TechEd, a brand new tablet PC. Browse to http://www.microsoft.com/emea/gatekeepertest to join the Europe-wide competition. Even if you don't think you know a great deal about security Read More
posted Thursday, April 21, 2005 10:31 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments

Join John Howard to see a great demo of the Security Configuration Wizard at the Technical Roadshow

We've already run the Microsoft Technical Roadshow(featuring experts from MSDN and TechNet) in Edinburgh, next stop is Birmingham on 24th and 25th May followed by 1st and 2nd June in Harrogate and finishing in London on 7th and 8th June. Unfortunately Read More
posted Thursday, April 21, 2005 10:23 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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Rafal Lukawiecki is presenting two one day security seminars for TechNet

Rafal Lukawiecki is one of the best Information Security speakers I've seen as he's highly technical, a great communicator and is entertaining too. He consistently receives excellent feedback at events all over Europe including TechEd and ITForum. He's Read More
posted Thursday, April 21, 2005 10:03 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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Be careful as there are some high profile Phishing Scams out there right now

I've seen email which appears to be from an online banking/trading site. The wording of the email explains that there are some additional security features that have been activated for the site and that the recepient must connect to the Read More
posted Thursday, April 21, 2005 8:58 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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The Windows Security Resource Kit Second Edition is available

Credit where it's due, John Howard's post about the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit inspired me to make this one. The brand new "Microsoft Windows Security Resource Kit Second Edition" has just been released. It's a really good book. I was sad Read More
posted Thursday, April 21, 2005 6:31 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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Become an Industry Insider and have your thoughts posted on TechNet!

I'll be at the InfoSec show in London Olympia(full details are available at http://www.infosec.co.uk) next Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday(26th to 28th April) on the Microsoft Stand and presenting a session on our free seminar programme. I'm really keen Read More
posted Thursday, April 21, 2005 5:13 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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All of the Technical Roadshow(TechNet and MSDN) presentations are now available online

The content has now been posted to www.microsoft.com/uk/techroadshow/postevents for all of the tracks namely MSDN Developer content, ITPro content and the entire security track comprising ten sessions. Please feel free to post your comments/feedback Read More
posted Tuesday, April 19, 2005 3:20 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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Last week's Roadshow presentations are NOT yet on the website

 I mentioned this both at the event last week in Edinburgh and on my Blog that the presentation decks from the Roadshow will be posted on the public website from today. To avoid confusion I just want to let you know that at this point in time(GMT Read More
posted Monday, April 18, 2005 2:41 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments

How to write secure code

Since the Trustworthy Computing initative Microsoft developers have been writing code following the guidance and coding practises documented in "Writing Secure Code". The book is now in it's second edition which includes practical advise following experience Read More
posted Friday, April 15, 2005 1:12 PM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
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Come and meet us at the Largest Information Security Show in the UK

Details of InfoSec 2005 can be found @ http://www.infosec.co.uk - it's one of the largest information security shows in Europe. Many of the security vendors will be there together with thousands of your peers. Microsoft are hosting a free seminar Read More
posted Friday, April 15, 2005 8:34 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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Why should you take security seriously?

Interesting Information has a nasty habit of leaking - particularly when information security is not being managed effectively. If you need ammunition to help convince those around you that security should be taken seriously then a useful aid is referring Read More
posted Friday, April 15, 2005 8:25 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments

How to find out which webserver is being used to host a website

http://www.netcraft.com is an interesting site for a number of reasons. The site includes the facility for you to enter the URL of a site which you'd like to find out which webserver software is being used to host it. In addition to many other useful Read More
posted Friday, April 15, 2005 7:03 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments

Thanks to everyone who joined us at the Technical Roadshow

Hundreds of you joined the TechNet team at our first roadshow of the year in Edinburgh earlier this week. I thoroughly enjoyed our discussions and look forward to meeting more of you at the next session which takes place in Birmingham on 24th and 25th Read More
posted Friday, April 15, 2005 5:56 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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