Microsoft Windows / Sharpen the Saw / Training

Free Resource to learn Microsoft Small Biz Server 2008

What 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 [...]

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April 22, 2009
Microsoft Windows / Sharpen the Saw / Tools / Training

Microsoft Vista Resource Kit e-Book Free!

 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    Windows Vista Resource Kit, Second Edition By Mitch Tulloch, Tony [...]

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February 22, 2009
Cybercrime / Microsoft Windows

Microsoft offers $250,000 reward

 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, [...]

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February 14, 2009
Microsoft Windows / Sharpen the Saw / Tools / Training

Learn about Hyper-V Security with this e-book

Many 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 [...]

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February 12, 2009
Microsoft Windows / Sharpen the Saw / Tools / Training

More Free e-Books from Microsoft

Microsoft 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 http://csna01.libredigital.com/?urws8un4p7 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration Services [...]

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January 21, 2009
Cybercrime / Microsoft Windows / Policy

Hospital ignores Sysadmins, disables Windows Update, pays the Price

Computer 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 [...]

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January 21, 2009