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Monday, March 31, 2008 10:38 PM

I'm a developer, how can I integrate my application with NAP?

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
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Monday, March 31, 2008 10:24 PM

How do CISCO's Network Admission Control (NAC) and Microsoft's Network Access Protection work together?

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
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Monday, March 31, 2008 10:18 PM

How many partners are the for Microsoft's Network Access Protection? Who are they?

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.
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Monday, March 31, 2008 10:13 PM

Try Network Access Protection for yourself via TechNet's virtual lab - it's a great form of free training

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
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Monday, March 31, 2008 10:02 PM

How to set up Network Access Protection to measure compliance of IPSec clients

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
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Monday, March 31, 2008 9:58 PM

How to set up Network Access Protection to measure compliance of CISCO's Network Admission Control clients

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
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Monday, March 31, 2008 9:53 PM

How to set up Network Access Protection to measure compliance of VPN clients

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
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Monday, March 31, 2008 9:46 PM

How to set up Network Access Protection to measure compliance of DHCP clients

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
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Monday, March 31, 2008 9:39 PM

Where can I find out more about Network Access Protection?

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
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Monday, March 31, 2008 6:34 PM

How to edit photographs with a tool you (may) have already paid for?

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
Posted by Steve Lamb | 4 Comments
Saturday, March 29, 2008 7:39 PM

Earth Hour - Turn everything off for an hour between 8 and 9pm today

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
Posted by Steve Lamb | 5 Comments
Saturday, March 29, 2008 9:21 AM

Which are the most popular blogs on Microsoft's TechNet and MSDN?

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 started
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Friday, March 28, 2008 9:35 PM

What are the dates and locations for the UK Windows & SQL Server 2008 launch tour?

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
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Friday, March 28, 2008 11:28 AM

How to build more secure software: all platforms have vulerabilities including the Apple Mac Air and LINUX systems

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
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008 9:48 PM

What is the best security feature of Windows Server 2008?

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 Architectural improvements
Posted by Steve Lamb | 10 Comments
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 5:47 PM

Authentic looking light sabers on sale near my local station!

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 I had
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 5:38 PM

Why is Outlook performing terribly on my laptop today?

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
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Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30 PM

I successfully installed Windows Vista on a 4 year old machine

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 has
Posted by Steve Lamb | 2 Comments
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:46 AM

Monday morning Mirth

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
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Thursday, March 06, 2008 9:07 AM

More power, more power!

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
Posted by Steve Lamb | 4 Comments
Monday, March 03, 2008 8:59 PM

Join Mark Russinovich online for free to hear about Vista Adoption and deployment with customers

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 have
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