In my experience any serious conversation with a medium or large enterprise regarding NAP often quickly turns to "can I use CISCO's NAC with Microsoft's NAP" shortly followed by "how does CISCO's NAC work with Microsoft's NAP?". Having said that both...

The Step-by-Step Guide: Demonstrate NAP 802.1X Enforcement in a Test Lab explains exactly how to set NAP up in a lab to measure compliance (and optionally restrict network access) of clients accessing the network by network switches capable of port based...

There are plenty to choose from including the following: Read Only Domain Controller BitLocker on the server Active Directory Rights Management Active Directory Certificate Services Integrated firewall with IPSec task based interface...

There's a great article on MSDN titled simply Network Access Protection which explains how you can integrate your application with Microsoft's Network Access Protection(NAP). Why would you want to do this? Well NAP is a core networking feature of Windows...

The best place to start is the Network Access Protection (NAP) "landing page" on the Microsoft website. NAP is a great new feature of Windows Server, Windows Vista and Windows XP Service Pack 3(due soon) which enables you to measure the policy compliance...

Whilst walking back from the station earlier today I couldn't help noticing a stall selling authentic looking light sabers! OK I haven't seen a real one except on TV but these were much sophisticated than the plastic tubes with light bulbs in that...

The Step-by-Step Guide: Demonstrate NAP IPSec Enforcement in a Test Lab explains exactly how to set NAP up in a lab to measure compliance (and optionally restrict network access) of clients accessing the network using IPSec to identify themselves. This...

Many of you have asked me both by posting comments to my NAP post and also at the main launch event last week in Birmingham If you'd like to register and find out the exact details for the locations then browse to the Launch tour area of the HeroesHappenHere...

Follow this link for a list of Microsoft's partners who have integrated Network Access Protection into their products. The list is pages long - many many prominent partners.

The Step-by-Step Guide: Demonstrate NAP VPN Enforcement in a Test Lab explains exactly how to set NAP up in a lab to measure compliance (and optionally restrict network access) of Virtual Private Network (VPN) clients. If you haven't come across Network...

The TechNet Virtual lab demonstrating Network Access Protection using IPSec enforcement is a great way to find out for yourself how this exciting security technology works. Bear in mind that IPSec is the most complex scenario for NAP. The lab shows you...

The EarthHour website is struggling to maintain service as it's hit by a huge amount of traffic - I really like the idea - it won't save a huge amount of energy/emissions in itself but it will make people think about their impact on the environment and...

The Step-by-Step Guide: Demonstrate NAP DHCP Enforcement in a Test Lab explains exactly how to set NAP up in a lab to measure compliance (and optionally restrict network access) of DHCP clients. It's well worth a look. If you haven't come across Network...

If a health and safety person was to visit the room I'm in @ the moment they'd probably have a cornary! I'm preparing for my talks @ the Dutch launch event and am joined by the other speakers. The room is small. We have MUCH kit! Wires everywhere. I brought...

Thanks to Sean for publishing a list of the top twenty five most popular TechNet and MSDN blogs . Thank you for taking the time to read my blog as I'm delighted it's made the top twenty five. There are more than 1600 blogs on TechNet & MSDN. I...

Reading Engaget's article about a hacking competition @ CanSecWest where a Mac Air was compromised in just a few moments reminded me of recent conversations with some Apple Mac enthusiasts many were realistic, a few still believed that their systems were...

Microsoft Picture Manager is part of Microsoft Office 2007 (and the previous version too) in the Ultimate edition. It's not a fully featured photo manipulation tool but it is really handy as it includes features to crop, resize and reduce red eye and...

I chuckled earlier this morning when asking for a Hot Cross bun @ our local coffee emporium as I was told "I'm very sorry but we can't serve them hot" - oh Dear - somehow lost in translation

My expectations were not high. I have installed Windows Vista on all kinds of machines - from my tiny Ultra Mobile PC (with just an 800Mhz CPU) through to quad core 8Gb of RAM beasts.I've also installed on machines of various vintages. Every machine...

Check out Michael J. Murphy's WebLog for details of the virtual roundtable which is taking place on Wednesday 5th March. Michael wrote the following: " On the panel with Mark will be independent industry experts and IT pros from organizations that...

Thanks to a conversation moments ago with Eileen I now know the answer! I rebuilt my production laptop yesterday and as I was in meetings much of the day I didn't get to access the corporate network for very long at all on it - I didn't have wireless...