Handy tools
I’ve came across a couple of handy tools recently that I didn’t know about before.
The first one is a free download utility that lets you view the output of MBSA as a Visio diagram (it colour codes servers based on security compliance, and lets you see the compliance details per server as you hover over its icon):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsavisio.mspx
The second one adds an entry to the right-click menu in the AD users & computers MMC. When you right click on a computer and select remote control, it starts a terminal services session onto the box automatically. You need to copy the .exe to the path on your PC. Whilst it doesn’t sound like anything earth-shattering, it definitely saves time.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0A91D2E7-7594-4ABB-8239-7A7ECA6A6CB1&displaylang=en
I guess the third tool is Word 2007’s blogging feature (which I’m using for this post). No more losing what I’ve typed because of accidentally closing a browser window or doing start | run | <some website address>
