3.2.2009 von Bernstein_TK.

Have you ever come across a Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article or been presented with a Windows Error Reporting (WER) solution and asked yourself, why can’t Microsoft just fix this for me? Today KB articles and WER solutions provide you with a list of steps that can be followed to resolve your issue. However, tomorrow looks much different and we hope it helps you resolve any issues you have with our products faster and easier.

This new Microsoft team’s purpose is to automate the steps in Microsoft KB articles and Windows Error Reporting (WER) solutions so you can click a button and have the issue resolved.

This Fix it registers the Windows Script Engine as described in the following KB articles.

• 963547
• 955105
• 949140
• 925704
• 905288

More Information

http://blogs.technet.com/fixit4me/

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28.7.2008 von Bernstein_TK.

okay, selten stelle ich mir die Frage, aber wer’s tut, findet hier dazu eine Antwort.

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12.7.2008 von Bernstein_TK.

mit der neuen Variante von Truecrypt werden u.a. diverse Performanceverbesserungen und Möglichkeiten im Einsatz von erweiterten Partitionen bei Vista/W2K8  in der öffentlichen Verschlüsselungssoftware veröffentlicht. Infos finden sich unter

Heise Newsticker

Truecrypt Versionshinweise

Heise Security Grundlagenartikel zu Truecrypt V5

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9.7.2008 von Bernstein_TK.

ein permanent geupdateter Blockeintrag zu diesem Thema findet sich hier

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1.7.2008 von Bernstein_TK.

Das Planungstool ist aktualisiert worden. Folgende Teile sind u.a. Inhalt

• Server Migrations Berichte und Vorschläge (Windows Server 2008)
• Server Konsolidations Berichte und Vorschläge (Virtual Server 2005 R2 and Hyper-V) (neu)
• SQL Server Discovery und Assessment Berichte (neu)
• Desktop Security Center Assessment Berichte (neu)
• Applikations Virtualisierungs Assessment Berichte (Microsoft Application Virtualization — formals SoftGrid)
• Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007 Hardware Assessment Berichte und Vorschläge

Infos dazu auch hier

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1.7.2008 von Bernstein_TK.

tja…hab ich nicht mitbekommen, aber die neue Version ist letzten Monat rausgekommen….

weitere Infos auch hier

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9.6.2008 von Bernstein_TK.

Kurzbeschreibung;

Monitor the Security Compliance State of Your IT Environment for Computers Running Windows
The toolkit provides best practices from Microsoft about how to plan, deploy, monitor, and remediate a security baseline. The toolkit includes 12 Configuration Packs that you can use with the desired configuration management (DCM) feature in Microsoft® System Center Configuration Manager 2007 to monitor Windows Vista®, Windows® XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), and Windows Server® 2003 SP2.

Download findet sich hier.

Eine deutsche Beschreibung habe ich hier gefunden.

Auf TechNet findet sich hier eine Seite zum Thema Security Compliance Management.

Um Gruppenrichtlinien mit MS Mitteln zu deployen, kann man den GPO Accelerator nutzen

Kurzbeschreibung:

The GPOAccelerator creates all the Group Policy objects (GPOs) that you need to deploy recommended security settings for your environment to save you hours of work that you would otherwise need to configure these settings. This Solution Accelerator includes guidance to assist you with this tool.

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13.5.2008 von Bernstein_TK.

In Blog Eintrag von Yusuf Dikmenoglu werden die Themen

• SID (Security Identifier)
• Access Token,
• ACL (Access Control List)
• ACE (Access Control Entries)
• SD (Security Descriptor)
• DACL (Discretionary Access Control List)
• SACL (Security Access Control List) und
• SDDL (Security Descriptor Definition Language)

sehr gut aufgearbeitet. Dieser Artikel dient als Hintergrund für alle Administratoren, die sich mit dem Thema der verteilten Administration näher beschäftigen wollen und sollen.

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9.5.2008 von Bernstein_TK.

Are you having a growing number of virtual machines that may not be patched on a regular basis because they are offline? Wouldn’t it be nice to have a way to maintain them with the most up-to-date security patches? Now, you have a free solution! Yes - FREE!

Introducing Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool (Beta)

The Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool manages the workflow of updating large numbers of offline virtual machines according to their individual needs. To do this, the tool works with Microsoft® System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 (VMM) and with software update management systems (at present, either Microsoft Windows Server® Update Services 3.0 (WSUS) or Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007).

The tool uses “servicing jobs” to manage the update operations based on lists of existing virtual machines stored in VMM. Using Windows Workflow Foundation technology, a servicing job runs snippets of PowerShell scripts to work with virtual machines. For each virtual machine, the servicing job:

• “Wakes” the virtual machine (deploys it to a host and starts it).
• Triggers the appropriate software update cycle (Configuration Manager or WSUS).
• Shuts down the updated virtual machine and returns it to the library.

The tool works with Windows Task Scheduler to determine when to run the servicing job.

This new tool is a member of the Virtualization Solution Accelerators including Microsoft Assessment and Planning Tool, Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides for Virtualization, Windows Server 2008 Security Guide and more….

What’s Next?

• Download the Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool Beta or view the demo today!
• Or see other free Solution Accelerators for Virtualization here!

Quelle: http://blogs.technet.com/mapblog/archive/2008/05/09/offline-virtual-machine-servicing-tool-beta-program-now-available.aspx

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8.5.2008 von Bernstein_TK.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6be38633-7248-4532-929b-76e9c677e802&displaylang=en&tm

(in verschiedenen Sprachen released)

The Exchange management tools include the Exchange Management Console, the Exchange Management Shell, the Exchange Help file, the Microsoft Exchange Best Practices Analyzer Tool, and the Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant Tool.

The new Exchange Management Console (formerly named Exchange System Manager) provides Exchange administrators with a graphical user interface (GUI) to manage the configuration of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 organizations. For more information about the improvements to the Exchange Management Console, see New Administration Functionality in the Exchange Management Console.

The Exchange Management Shell is a new Exchange-specific command-line interface based on Microsoft Windows PowerShell, formerly codenamed “Monad”. You can use the Exchange Management Shell to run a single command or a series of multiple commands for managing your Exchange Server 2007 servers and objects. For more information about the Exchange Management Shell, see Using the Exchange Management Shell.

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