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Thursday, December 31st, 2009Microsoft Confirms 0-Day IIS Security Vulnerability
A zero-day security vulnerability affecting Internet Information Services (IIS) was reported just before Christmas, and Microsoft has already provided the first response last week.  The issue in question affects version 6 of IIS on a fully patched Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2; however, additional IIS releases could be affected.  According [...]
Free Resource to learn Microsoft Small Biz Server 2008
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009What do you know about Small Biz Server 2008? If you are a consultant or part of an internal tech group, this resource can help you quickly complete everyday tasks. It also contains key troubleshooting tactics that facilitate just-in-time learning. Newer technologies bundled into the Small Biz Server 2008 include;
·        Windows Server® 2008
·        Windows SharePoint® Services 3 [...]
Microsoft Vista Resource Kit e-Book Free!
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009Â Here it is the granddaddy of them all! Microsoft Press is offering the Windows Vista Resource Kit, including Service Pack 1 in e-book format. You can study all 1693 pages of the Resouce Kit and easily search for key terms. The Table of Contents include:
Overview
Deployment
Desktop Management
Desktop Maintenance
Networking
Troubleshooting
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 Windows Vista Resource Kit, Second Edition
By Mitch Tulloch, Tony [...]
Microsoft offers $250,000 reward
Saturday, February 14th, 2009 Microsoft announced that it has partnered with security companies, domain name providers, and others on a coordinated global response to the worm which has Infected as many as 12 million machines (according to a guesstimate by Arbor Networks). Participants include ICANN, VeriSign, , CNNIC, , Public Internet Registry, Global Domains International, M1D Global, AOL, Symantec, [...]
Learn about Hyper-V Security with this e-book
Thursday, February 12th, 2009Many security professionals are familiar with VMware and have been addressing their security architecture concerns surrounding virtualization. Microsoft’s virtualization software Hyper-V, available as a free stand-alone version, was released on October 1, 2008.  Hyper-V is a variant of Windows Server 2008 “Core”  in which other Windows 2008 Server Roles are disabled, and there are limited [...]
More Free e-Books from Microsoft
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009Microsoft is offering free ebooks in celebration of the 25th anniversary of Microsoft Press. You can sign up for their newsletter for future notification of free books when you click the links below.
Windows Server 2008 Core Administrator’s Pocket Consultant
By Mitch Tulloch with the Windows Server Core Team at Microsoft
ISBN: 9780735626263
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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration Services [...]
Hospital ignores Sysadmins, disables Windows Update, pays the Price
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009Computer malware Conficker otherwise known as DownadUp is creating havoc across the Internet, but especially at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals. The malware exploits the MS08-067 vulnerability patched by Microsoft last October. MS08-067 fixes vulnerability in the Server service that could allow remote code execution via a specially crafted RPC request. This vulnerability is particularly nasty because [...]