http://www.netcraft.com is an interesting site for a number of reasons. The site includes the facility for you to enter the URL of a site which you'd like to find out which webserver software is being used to host it. In addition to many other useful...

I've ranted on about a new phenomenon named "Blogcasts" for several months now. Blogcasts are all about accepting that most of us have very little time to find answers to problems, need practical advice, find webcasts can often be long and little relavence...

Credit where it's due, John Howard's post about the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit inspired me to make this one. The brand new "Microsoft Windows Security Resource Kit Second Edition" has just been released. It's a really good book. I was sad enough...

Since the Trustworthy Computing initative Microsoft developers have been writing code following the guidance and coding practises documented in "Writing Secure Code". The book is now in it's second edition which includes practical advise following experience...

NOTE: I've amended the URL for the Blogcast... Finally I've recorded my first BlogCast having followed the excellent instructions from www.blogcastrepository.com . It's only a short recording but it shows how to create a non-privileged account in...

I'll be at the InfoSec show in London Olympia(full details are available at http://www.infosec.co.uk ) next Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday(26th to 28th April) on the Microsoft Stand and presenting a session on our free seminar programme. I'm really keen...

I've seen email which appears to be from an online banking/trading site. The wording of the email explains that there are some additional security features that have been activated for the site and that the recepient must connect to the site by following...

Rafal Lukawiecki i s one of the best Information Security speakers I've seen as he's highly technical, a great communicator and is entertaining too. He consistently receives excellent feedback at events all over Europe including TechEd and ITForum. He...

Industry Insiders is the term given to an outreach activity that the team(Microsoft's IT Pro Evangelists in the UK) are engaged in to help bring together technical experts in the ITPro Community and provide a high visibility forum for them to share their...

The Microsoft ISA website contains lots of new information and guidance detailing how to security messaging environments(such as Exchange). Full details can be found here . I'm sure many of you rely upon traditional firewalls from the prominent security...

Hundreds of you joined the TechNet team at our first roadshow of the year in Edinburgh earlier this week. I thoroughly enjoyed our discussions and look forward to meeting more of you at the next session which takes place in Birmingham on 24th and 25th...

There are decent prizes up for grabs including a VIP ticket to TechEd, a brand new tablet PC. Browse to http://www.microsoft.com/emea/gatekeepertest to join the Europe-wide competition. Even if you don't think you know a great deal about security it...

I mentioned this both at the event last week in Edinburgh and on my Blog that the presentation decks from the Roadshow will be posted on the public website from today. To avoid confusion I just want to let you know that at this point in time(GMT 08:40...

During last week's Technical Roadshow event in Edinburgh many people asked how best to stop SPAM messages for users of Outlook Web Access(OWA) - in response I explained a little about the Intelligent Message Filter(IMF) which is a free download for Exchange...

The exams themselves launch in the next few weeks. For details of the course content please browse to the following URLs Instructor-Led Course 2824B, Implementing ISA Server 2004 (updated for Enterprise Edition) E-Learning Course 2826A, Upgrading...

We've already run the Microsoft Technical Roadshow(featuring experts from MSDN and TechNet) in Edinburgh, next stop is Birmingham on 24th and 25th May followed by 1st and 2nd June in Harrogate and finishing in London on 7th and 8th June. Unfortunately...

Interesting Information has a nasty habit of leaking - particularly when information security is not being managed effectively. If you need ammunition to help convince those around you that security should be taken seriously then a useful aid is referring...

The content has now been posted to www.microsoft.com/uk/techroadshow/postevents for all of the tracks namely MSDN Developer content, ITPro content and the entire security track comprising ten sessions. Please feel free to post your comments/feedback...

Details of InfoSec 2005 can be found @ http://www.infosec.co.uk - it's one of the largest information security shows in Europe. Many of the security vendors will be there together with thousands of your peers. Microsoft are hosting a free seminar programme...