Tag: Security

Best of Q&A from Webcast: Best Practices for Designing the Active Directory Structure

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Greetings!Below I’ve pasted an edited and cleaned up copy of the Q&A from the webcast I delivered on March 20th: Best Practices for Designing the Active Directory Structure.  BIG thank you to Chris Henley for handling the Q&A on the backend, and who’s work this really represents.-Kevin—Questions and Answers:“Will this webcast be available for download at a … Continue reading Best of Q&A from Webcast: Best Practices for Designing the Active Directory Structure

The April TechNet Webcast Calendar is LIVE!

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April’s Shower of WebcastsThe schedule for April has been posted.  Sign up early and often!Here are a few I’ll be leading…TechNet Webcast: Exchange Best Practice Analyzer (ExBPA) (Level 300)Monday, April 10, 2006 - 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific TimeKevin Remde, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft CorporationThe Microsoft Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool (ExBPA) is an … Continue reading The April TechNet Webcast Calendar is LIVE!

Windows Vista Product Lineup Announcement

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The news is out…Today Microsoft announced the Windows Vista product lineup; the five flavors of Windows Vista that you’ll be able to purchase.For the Home User: Windows Vista Home Basic Windows Vista Home Premium Windows Vista UltimateFor Businesses: Windows Vista Business Windows Vista EnterpriseSo, for the home user, Home Basic is just the basic OS … Continue reading Windows Vista Product Lineup Announcement

Exchange Server “12” Preview Webcast Series

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Exchange Server “12” Preview Webcast SeriesThe TechNet Webcast team is coming to you this month with four new webcasts to preview the next version of Microsoft Exchange Server.  Here are the topics and links to their respective registration pages: An Overview of Exchange “12” (Level 200)Tuesday, March 14, 2006 Giving the Administrator More Control in … Continue reading Exchange Server “12” Preview Webcast Series

Antispyware (now Windows Defender) beta 2 is LIVE!

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Dang.. this day is just full of good news.Here’s another item that just entered my in-box…Yes indeed.. we’re releasing Beta 2 today of our Antispyware.  What was formerly known as Microsoft Antispyware is now called Windows Defender.  This is the antispyware tool that will be included with Windows Vista, and also available for XP.  Beta … Continue reading Antispyware (now Windows Defender) beta 2 is LIVE!

Happy Valentine’s Day / Update Patch Day!

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Now show your companies some love and patch those computers!Yes, today is that odd alignment of the planets of the good and the annoying (notice I didn’t say ‘bad’).  The good: This nice holiday, celebrating love, known as Valentines day.The annoying: The regular Second-Tuesday of necessary evil, celebrating love, known as Microsoft Patch Tuesday.And today there are seven … Continue reading Happy Valentine’s Day / Update Patch Day!

NEWSFLASH:Security Product Announcements from Microsoft (ISA Server 2006 Beta, and more!)

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Microsoft put out a press release today about security products and offerings, in advance of the “biggest week in security” next week, the RSA Conference.Here’s the press release.To summarize the three big points: We’re making a beta available of ISA Server 2006.  Here’s the ISA Server 2006 site.  And if you’re like me, the first … Continue reading NEWSFLASH:Security Product Announcements from Microsoft (ISA Server 2006 Beta, and more!)

Jan-March 2006 – TechNet Event Resources

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Kevin’s Technet “Fuel” Event Resources - January-March, 2006 E-mail Technical Questions: Kevin Remde – Kevin.Remde@microsoft.com Kevin’s Blog “Full of I.T.” – Additional Resources and Discussionhttp://blogs.technet.com/kevinremde Feedback E-mail to my boss: Melanie Brunner – mbrunne@microsoft.com Future Live, In-Person Event InformationTechNet: http://www.technetevents.comMSDN: http://www.MSDNEvents.comMicrosoft Across America: http://www.microsoft.com/acrossamerica TechNet Events Bloggers - http://techneteventsbloggers.net(Add your blog, or subscribe to IT Pro focused blog postings) Microsoft Learning … Continue reading Jan-March 2006 – TechNet Event Resources

SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 041

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SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 041 I always like reading up on how Microsoft “does IT”.  And I recently saw on the main TechNet page that we have a nice write-up on how Microsoft rolled out SQL Server 2005 internally.Check it out.—Got an IT question?  Give me a comment here, or contact me.