April 2008 - Posts

NAP FAQ: Logging baby, logging
26 April 08 02:17 PM | JeffSigman | 0 Comments   

A colleague of mine pointed out an AMAZING blog post on the Windows Server Customer Advisory Team (WinCAT) team blog - The Definitive Guide to NAP Logging . This is a kick butt troubleshooting post! Very useful when trying to track down what is wrong Read More...

Filed under: FAQ, Troubleshooting

NAP Partner Brief from Foundry Networks
24 April 08 04:06 PM | JeffSigman | 0 Comments   

Recently, I was able to get my hands on a product from Foundry Networks while building out my NAP 802.1X Interoperability Showcase for RSA . Specifically, I was able to get the “ Foundry FastIron Edge 4802-POE ” 802.1X switch working flawlessly with NAP Read More...

Filed under: 802.1X, Partners

NAP FAQ: Enforcing Security Updates (out-of-the-box)
24 April 08 03:54 PM | MS NAP Team | 3 Comments   

Hey! My name is Mike Burk. I am a Program Manager on the Windows Security team. My team is responsible for the out-of-the-box NAP experience in Windows XP SP3, Vista and Server 2008. It is called the Windows Security Health Agent (client-side) and Validator Read More...

Filed under: FAQ, NPS

Video: Server 2008 {NAP} Launch
24 April 08 11:41 AM | JeffSigman | 3 Comments   

I suddenly realized this morning I never posted anything about my trip in February down to Los Angeles CA to launch the biggest product of my 11 year career at Microsoft – Windows Server 2008 . Whoops. :-> I made a 3 part video of my experience. It Read More...

Filed under: Video

TechNet Radio Interview: Extend Network Access Protection Using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
22 April 08 10:54 AM | JeffSigman | 0 Comments   

While I was down in San Francisco for RSA a couple weeks ago a buddy of mine, Jeff Wettlaufer , interviewed me on the show floor to find out what was going on at the show and discuss NAP + SCCM . We adlibbed over 90% of it (I don’t believe in scripts). Read More...

Filed under: SCCM, Podcast

XP NAP Client RTMs!!!
21 April 08 01:52 PM | JeffSigman | 8 Comments   

It’s official! The NAP Client for XP, which is included in Windows XP Service Pack 3, has officially released to manufacturing today . I am over the moon. Man, it is good to have this released! In case you haven’t read my MANY posts on this topic , the Read More...

Filed under: Downlevel OS Support

Gotchas, FAQs, Best Practices, and Tips for Implementing NAP in Configuration Manager (SCCM + NAP)
21 April 08 01:41 PM | MS NAP Team | 0 Comments   

My previous guest post walked you through what was happening in the background with Configuration Manager NAP when a noncompliant computer connected to the network, and was restricted and remediated for a software update. This post follows up with some Read More...

Filed under: FAQ, SCCM

The Low Down on Configuration Manager NAP Remediation (SCCM + NAP)
21 April 08 01:40 PM | MS NAP Team | 1 Comments   

I’m Carol Bailey, Senior Technical Writer for System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (formally SMS 2003), and I’m involved with many of the security-related features in Configuration Manager – including Internet-based client management, desired configuration Read More...

Filed under: SCCM

NAP Partners @ RSA
15 April 08 02:21 PM | JeffSigman | 0 Comments   

A couple of people emailed me today and asked that I highlight the NAP Partners who were in the video and participated in the NAP Partner Pavilion @ RSA . Check it out below! Avenda Systems Avenda Systems delivers comprehensive, end-to-end Trust and Identity Read More...

Filed under: 802.1X, Video

Video: NAP World Tour @ RSA 2008 San Francisco
15 April 08 08:56 AM | JeffSigman | 5 Comments   

I just got back from San Francisco where I was speaking to anyone who would listen about how NAP is changing the world. :-> I wanted to share the video I put together of the trip to give you a flavor of what it was like to be there. My effort leading Read More...

Filed under: 802.1X, Linux, Video