I have to hold my hands up and say that I was not entirely happy with one of my answers from the Vancouver TechNet Winter Tour 2005 event Q&A session... The question asked was 'how do you enable forms based authentication in ISA 2004 for Outlook...

I use this site all of the time for helping me with getting operating systems running on Virtual Server / Virtual PC as some of them require specific configurations and installation steps. http://vpc.visualwin.com/ I would suggest having a look at the...

Did you know that there is a repository on the TechNet site with a whole heap of scripts for controlling Virtual Servers... http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/scripts/vs/default.mspx Well, you do now! Many people have been asking me for scripts...

I can safely say that Victoria has once again laid down the gauntlet for the rest of the cities in the tour. I have to say that I had an amazing time with a fun audience. Thanks to everyone for attending and I certainly look forward to coming back......

There are many of you who are running SBS 2003 and I have I got news for you! The SBS Web sites have been updated with a host of new cool stuff. Also... we have released SBS 2003 SP1 beta to a small set of external testers at the moment, but I am told...

Many of you have asked how you can back up your Virtual Machines running on Virtual Server 2005. One of the suggestions is as Virtual Server has an open scriptable interface that you use a script to put all of your Virtual Machines in to a Saved State...

What an awesome event! From the feedback you all gave me and talking to may of you there seems to be one overall message; WE WANT MORE! If this is the case and I misread the 108 or so feedback forms, let me know.... I had an amazing time yesterday at...

Do you have questions unanswered from your TechNet Winter Tour event? Did you think of something else to ask on the way home after the event? Well, the answer is here...... You are all cordially invited to join us at any of the times listed below for...

Just as a quick notice to all of you who have a copy of the Windows Server System Evaluation DVD. A Big ney HUGE apology to all but I understand that the virtual machines for 'Miami' and 'London' have expired.. We are currently working on the problem...

I have been asked by many for the link to the presentation slides, so here they are: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/canada/wintertour2005/postevent/default.asp Please feel free to download them and let me have any feedback! TechNet Virtual Labs - try...

I have had many people asking for the download link to Virtual Server 2005, so here you are! Virtual Server 2005 Evaluation Kit Thank you for your interest in evaluating Virtual Server 2005. The 180-day trial version is now available. Register to order...

Am I ever glad that I came back to Winnipeg.... It was a rather balmy -19 degrees C outside and yet as the sign stated as I arrived at the airport - Winnipeg; The Warmest Place on Earth! Well, I have to say that I really enjoyed the new format for the...

Just a quick and friendly reminder that our first TASK (task.to) event is tomorrow night, and we have great speakers lined up! Please forward this on to all your friends that you think may be interested! EVENT DETAILS: Inaugural Event - CYBERCRIME – February...

I hope you are as excited as we are about the Microsoft Canada TechNet Winter Tour 2005. We have gone to great lengths to make sure that this will be a memorable event. In case you have yet to sign up the link to register for the event is: http://www...

It was certainly great to see a good number of you again after previous sessions and to meet others for the first time. I hope you were all able to get a great deal from the session. As promised, here is the link to the session material from the presentation...

I started a thread a while ago talking about passwords and many of you suggested that there were other solutions such as smart cards, SecureID's and Biometrics. Now, the question is, which is better? We all have our own ideas so here is mine: It Depends...

I think the answer is a resounding - Yes! as I am sure you will agree. However, is it something that is being effectively being dealt with using the tools currently available, or are we struggling to cope? I would like to think that we can use various...

Bill gates made a statement over a year ago saying that within 2 years, security would no longer be on the tips of peoples tongues: http://www.gartner.com/2_events/symposium/2004/asset_64250_1555.jsp As I understand it the reason he made this comment...

I suddenly remembered as a follow up from the ISA 2004 presentation the other night that I had not posted up the example HTTP header filters as requested... I am awaiting the uploading of the session informartion to the TechNet Site, so watch this space...

A number of things have happened recently that are 'bout time too... Firstly, I have been remiss in not posting for over a week. So am remedying that as we speak. Secondly, I finally got around to fully playing with Server 2003 RC1. Thirdly, we are in...

As per my last blog posting... I thought it would be useful to let you know some of what is available as really cool and useful resources on TechNet Canada (okay I will also include some world wide links as well) At the end of presentations, workshops...

In a previous blog post I talked about account lockout tools... and quite rightly it was pointed out by Drew that one potential drawback is that people can us the lockout feature as a denial of service (DoS) attack. When you decide on your password policies...

I told you I would be giving your some more tools for the holiday season. Whilst trawling through the MS site the other day, I came across this tool... http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/downloads/2003/exbpa/default.asp The EXBPA is a really cool tool...

One of the challenges I always came up against, both as a security consultant and as an network administrator was account lockouts... I kept coming up against this in a number of ways: - Accounts being locked out because of attempts to brute force the...

I am really interested to find out your experiences with Windows Server 2003 SP1 Release Candidate. I have now installed it on several machines running under Virtual PC and Virtual Server 2005 with no problems. OK I hear you say - that is a controlled...