Hello Folks,

Last week I was in Redmond for a business trip and I had a chance to record the Episode 22 of From End to Edge and Beyond with Jose Maldonado, Senior Program Manager from Solutions Accelerators Team:

This week we will release this great interview at http://aka.ms/FEEAB

While the interview is not live yet I would like to briefly talk about this new release of the SCM. The SCM 3.0 (Beta) bring new security compliance baselines such as:

• Windows Server 2012
• Windows 8
• Internet Explorer 10

Another important point of this release is that it also updates the Threats and Countermeasure sections for Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8.

Got get a copy of the SCM 3.0 Beta here and stay tuned to our Security Talk channel.

Beware of a fake antivirus on the wild that looks like this:

(image from MMPC)

Microsoft detects this as Win32/Winwebsec and you can find more info about other variants here.

Just want to bring awareness of a new article that me, Tom Shinder and the Windows Server Team put together. This article explains the following points about designing your cloud infrastructure:

• Cloud Infrastructure Technical Overview. This section provides a short overview of cloud computing and the requirements of a cloud infrastructure.
• Cloud Infrastructure Design. This section provides an introduction to the cloud infrastructure design process.
• Designing the Cloud Storage Infrastructure. This section provides information related to design considerations for building the cloud storage infrastructure using Windows Server 2012 platform features and capabilities.
• Designing the Cloud Network Infrastructure. This section provides information related to design considerations for building the cloud network infrastructure by using Windows Server 2012 platform features and capabilities.
• Designing the Cloud Compute (Virtualization) Infrastructure. This section provides information related to design considerations for building the cloud compute (virtualization) infrastructure using Windows Server 2012 platform features and capabilities.
• Overview of Suggested Cloud Infrastructure Deployment Scenarios. This section provides information on three suggested cloud infrastructure deployment scenarios and the design decisions that drive selecting one over the other.

We embedded lots of security considerations in this design based on our security background and we hope you like it:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831630.aspx