Windows Security: IT Pro Writer's Weblog
A blog by the Windows Server UA security writing team.
MaxConcurrentAPI configuration information updated
New content has been added to the Wiki article “Configuring MaxConcurrentAPI for NTLM pass-through...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 08/02/2012
New TechNet Wiki post for MaxConcurrentAPI
The authentication team posted a new article that might help you with diagnosing issues with...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 04/19/2012
Private Cloud Security
Last month we released a new document at Microsoft TechNet Wiki, it is called A Solution for Private...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 02/01/2012
PowerShell’s quick Tour of System Services
The Threats and Countermeasures Guide on system services tells us that any service can be a...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 12/13/2011
Driving with one eye on the mirror…
As the writers focus on upcoming releases, we also are cruisng through the readership activity of...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 12/06/2011
November Updates – W8 and TNWIKI
Hello Community, one month has passed since we last updated this blog, sorry for that…we are really...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 11/21/2011
New articles published at TechNet Wiki
Hello Community! Just a quick update to let you know that this week we released two new articles at...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 10/19/2011
WSUS Page Updated
Hello folks, We just want to announce a small change on the WSUS Home Page: We added a link to the...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 10/12/2011
TechNet Wiki Security Portal
As you probably know, TechNet Wiki has different portals and one of those is dedicated to Security:...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 10/12/2011
Updates and Feedback
September is already here and our first wave of TechNet Wiki articles were released with two new...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 09/20/2011
Last wave of updates for August 2011 - more WSUS
Today our last wave of updates for this month just went live, here are those (both related to WSUS):...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 08/31/2011
Cryptography Next Generation and more WSUS this week
As I promised on the previous post here are some updates on TechNet Library and TechNet Wiki:...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 08/25/2011
Credential Roaming and WSUS Updates at TechNet Wiki
I want to start this week by sharing a couple of new articles that we published at TechNet Wiki. The...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 08/22/2011
New WSUS Articles at TechNet Wiki
Hello Community, Just want to drop a quick note to bring awareness about two new WSUS articles that...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 08/11/2011
WSUS 3 SP2 Documentation Updated
Yesterday we published an updated version of WSUS 3 SP2 documentation with some changes that were...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 07/21/2011
Security Tools Community Edition is Live at TechNet Wiki
In the Security space there is room for lots of creativity when the subject is hunting for bugs or...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 07/15/2011
Takeown Command - Article Updated
To better reflect the supportability statement of the takeown command and to address a comment made...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 07/13/2011
Our New Windows Server Security Page is Online
This week we launched our new Windows Server Security page with some major changes in the format,...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 07/01/2011
Solutions to Common Volume Activation Errors
Roland Winkler, one of our Senior Writers wrote this great piece of content about common volume...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 05/27/2011
Windows Security Guide
Recently we released a newer version of the Threats and Countermeasure Guide and after that we...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 05/26/2011
Threats and Countermeasures Guide: Security Settings in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 - Updated
We are really happy to announce that and updated version of the Windows Threats and Countermeasures...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 04/28/2011
WSUS Home Page Updated
The WSUS Home Page was updated to include a section for TechNet Wiki Articles, check it out how it...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 04/25/2011
UAC, Kerberos and WSUS Updates
Hello Community, our team was quiet busy this month updating and creating new content for you. Today...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 04/20/2011
Summary of the Meeting with Security MVPs
Last April 6th during the meeting with Security MVPs one of the subjects covered was the...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 04/14/2011
Windows iX IT PRO Security Meeting with Security MVPs
This Wednesday the Security MVPs are invited to participate in a live meeting session to discuss...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 04/04/2011
Patch Management with WSUS - Indeed a Security Content
Hello Community!! Our team now owns Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) and currently we have...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 03/17/2011
We are building a Windows Security Community for You
We have been working on creating an updating content for new projects and for that reason this blog...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 02/17/2011
Command-line references for security tools
We have been working on creating an updated command-line reference for Windows 7 and Windows Server...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 07/28/2010
Active Directory Certificate Services Migration Guide Published in March
Are you running your PKI infrastructure on Windows Server 2003 and interested in what it would take...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 03/23/2010
BitLocker Drive Encryption Documentation Updates in March
We had some customers encounter an issue with installing language packs on BitLocker protected...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 03/22/2010
Service Accounts Step-by-Step Guide Updated in January
Managed service accounts and virtual accounts are two new types of accounts that were introduced in...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 03/22/2010
Windows Smart Card Technical Reference Published in February
Are you curious about smart card support in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2? The Windows Smart...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 03/22/2010
Advanced Security Auditing FAQ Published in January
This document is a compilation of the most frequently asked security auditing questions and their...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 03/22/2010
Creating Certificate Requests By Using Certificate Enrollment Control Operation Guide Updates
We updated this guide for Windows Server 2008 R2 and made some additional updates to provide more...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 03/22/2010
Threat Modeling Resources for the IT Professional
As we develop content for a software release we writers go through a threat modeling exercise to...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 02/12/2010
Why are we here?
Our team creates content for IT professionals about Windows Server and Windows Client security...
Author: ITProSecurity Date: 01/11/2010