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That’s the subtitle of a case study that recently went online (so I’m not plagiarizing). A colleague sent this over to me and I had the privilege of talking with these folks a couple of weeks ago. Interesting details of this deployment (scroll
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John Baker has posted a link to virtual machine images that contain a full lab environment for Forefront FCS, ConfigMan, OpsMan, IAG, and Forefront for Exchange. These are all new solutions that are worth some ramp time. Why scour around trying to find
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In fact it already is. One of the Technology Adoption Program (TAP) customers was in fact a University. See the webcast here: http://blogs.technet.com/nap/archive/2007/06/27/nap-web-cast-real-world-customer-deployment-of-nap-louisiana-state-university.aspx
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Just a quick note to make sure anyone subscribing to my blog gets this info. Service Pack 2 for Server 2003 (yes, it has been out for a while now...) will be put on automatic updates June 12th. See Sean's site linked below for more detail and how to block
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A few times while visiting customers I've been asked the question:
"So, if I apply all the latest patches, I install IE7, and I install Defender, does XP give me the same security as Vista?"
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This may not seem all that interesting at face value but there are a LOT of people in higher education who have workstations that use public IP's. There is a secure way to connect to your machine remotely. Here's how to setup your Windows Vista workstation to accept new incoming VPN connections. This was also available in Windows XP but you have to know where to look in Vista to enable it.
Full how-to follows...
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I just returned a laptop as part of our refresh cycle and decided to 0 out the drive using Linux before shipping it. I tend to store a lot of customer data and I have no idea where the machine will go once it leaves my hands. I know my process was not
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There are two available schema extensions for Vista. One is to enable a central recovery solution for BitLocker and the other is for configuration of network authentication. Details below. Configuring Active Directory to Back up Windows BitLocker Drive
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Josh, you beat me to it. I can officially clear this from my Outlook 2007 todo bar. Great article. When working with schools on BDD I try to find time to show how to enable the wizard page that automatically sets up the image install as prepared for Bitlocker.
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Just a quick post to flag this article. This is really good to have handy. Note that making changes to schema is risky business and should not be taken lightly but when done correctly it can be quite valuable. Another good option is to have an ADAM directory
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The Trusted Platform Module is not a Microsoft technology but Vista leverages TPM as a preferred hardware component when enabling BitLocker drive encryption. The Trusted Computing Group maintains the specifications on TPM and provides a great deal of
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I know a few schools out there are working on custom credential providers for Vista. I have heard of projects such as authenticating to third party kerb realms, etc. The code samples for Vista RTM have been posted and may be of value. Link to Download
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In the last few days there has been a lot of chatter about a vulnerability found in Windows . Ars Technica has a good write-up . The point is you have to have access to the machine to exploit the vulnerability. It should be taken seriously without a doubt
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Today I'm in Columbia, Missouri at the MOREnet Security Symposium . The speaker up before me is really good! Vista has some really interesting security features for schools. Network Access Protection and BitLocker are both topics I view as being incredibly
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In education when we talk about NAP the question always comes up - well, couldn't someone leverage this or that to circumvent NAP and still get on the network? Ultimately that's the wrong approach in my opinion as users should see NAP as a tool employed
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