Whether you’re a dyed in the wool Vista user or an XP user moving up to Windows 7, here’s an article that will help you understand how run with a limited user account in Windows 7.

Check it out at:

http://unixwiz.net/techtips/win7-limited-user.html

HTH,

Tom

Thomas W Shinder, M.D., MCSE
Sr. Consultant / Technical Writer

Prowess Consulting www.prowessconsulting.com
PROWESS CONSULTING | Microsoft Forefront Security Specialist
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)

In this webcast, learn the fundamentals for building a vendor security management program that provides reasonable assurance that third parties who are hosting and managing your data, applications, or business processes have appropriate levels of security controls in place to protect your information assets.

Register for this Webcast over at:

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDeta...416151

HTH,

Tom

Thomas W Shinder, M.D., MCSE
Sr. Consultant / Technical Writer

Prowess Consulting www.prowessconsulting.com
PROWESS CONSULTING | Microsoft Forefront Security Specialist
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)

“Technitium MAC Address Changer allows you to change Media Access Control (MAC) Address of your Network Interface Card (NIC) irrespective to your NIC manufacturer or its driver. It has a very simple user interface and provides ample information regarding each NIC in the machine. Every NIC has a MAC address hard coded in its circuit by the manufacturer. This hard coded MAC address is used by windows drivers to access Ethernet Network (LAN). This tool can set a new MAC address to your NIC, bypassing the original hard coded MAC address. Technitium MAC Address Changer is a must tool in every security professionals tool box. Technitium MAC Address Changer is coded in Visual Basic 6.0…”

“…There are some famous, commercial tools available in the market for USD 19.99 to as much as USD 2499!, but Technitium MAC Address Changer is available for FREE. We don’t charge for just changing a registry value! Also knowing how this works doesn’t require extensive research as some commercial tool providers claim! Read how it works (below) for more details…”

Download this free tool at:

http://www.technitium.com/tmac/index.html

HTH,

Tom

Thomas W Shinder, M.D., MCSE
Sr. Consultant / Technical Writer

Prowess Consulting www.prowessconsulting.com
PROWESS CONSULTING | Microsoft Forefront Security Specialist
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)

As of April 1, 2009 Microsoft Exchange Hosted Filtering is now Forefront Online Security for Exchange.  Forefront Online Security for Exchange consists of layered technologies to actively help protect businesses’ inbound and outbound e-mail from spam, viruses, phishing scams, and e-mail policy violations. 

This session will touch on the integration of Forefront Online Security for Exchange with Forefront Security for Exchange Server for a hybrid hosted and on-premise spam protection and highlight our new partnership with Cloudmark™. 

Learn about Forefront Online Security for Exchange and how it will integrate with the Microsoft Forefront integrated security suite codenamed “Stirling”.

Presenter: Mike Chan, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation

Register for this Web cast over at:

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDeta...413805

HTH,

Tom

Thomas W Shinder, M.D., MCSE
Sr. Consultant / Technical Writer

Prowess Consulting www.prowessconsulting.com
PROWESS CONSULTING | Microsoft Forefront Security Specialist
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)

Forefront Security for Exchange Server (FSE) includes new industry-leading protection technologies that give customers additional tools for keeping spam out of their network.

This session will provide attendees an in-depth review of new connection filtering, and content filtering technologies recently released Beta 2 version of the next generation of Forefront Security for Exchange Server.

Learn about the next generation Beta 2 release of Forefront Security for Exchange Server and how it will integrate with the Microsoft Forefront integrated security suite codenamed “Stirling.”

Presenter: Mike Chan, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation

Register for this Web cast at:

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDeta...413790

HTH,

Tom

Thomas W Shinder, M.D., MCSE
Sr. Consultant / Technical Writer

Prowess Consulting www.prowessconsulting.com
PROWESS CONSULTING | Microsoft Forefront Security Specialist
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)

Forefront Security for SharePoint’s comprehensive protection includes  file filtering, keyword filtering, and multiple anti-malware scanning engines from industry-leading security partners to provide comprehensive protection against the latest threats. 

Through integration with SharePoint and core Microsoft infrastructure technologies, Forefront Security for SharePoint provides high performance, easily customized protection optimized for SharePoint collaboration environments. 

Learn about the next generation Beta 2 release of Forefront Security for SharePoint and how it will integrate with the Microsoft Forefront integrated security suite codenamed “Stirling.”

Check out this Web cast over at:

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDeta...414001

HTH,

Tom

Thomas W Shinder, M.D., MCSE
Sr. Consultant / Technical Writer

Prowess Consulting www.prowessconsulting.com
PROWESS CONSULTING | Microsoft Forefront Security Specialist
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)

Microsoft Forefront Client Security protects laptops, desktops, and file servers with integrated protection against malware.

It simplifies control of endpoint security and provides better visibility into the overall protection of the environment. Learn about the 2.0 release of Forefront Client Security, and how it will integrate with the Microsoft Forefront integrated security suite codenamed “Stirling.”

Check out this Web cast over at:

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDeta...413595

HTH,

Tom

Thomas W Shinder, M.D., MCSE
Sr. Consultant / Technical Writer

Prowess Consulting www.prowessconsulting.com
PROWESS CONSULTING | Microsoft Forefront Security Specialist
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)

This virtual lab demonstrates how to operate the desired configuration management (DCM) feature in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) for security baseline compliance monitoring. You use the DCM feature to monitor the settings on computers in a site collection.

However, before getting into the procedures for this feature, this chapter offers planning considerations about how to choose Configuration Packs for your environment, and how to create site collections.

After completing these planning activities, you can configure the DCM feature to use the Configuration Packs and assign them to site collections that fit the needs of your organization.

Check out this lab over at:

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDeta...ode=US

HTH,

Tom

Thomas W Shinder, M.D., MCSE
Sr. Consultant / Technical Writer

Prowess Consulting www.prowessconsulting.com
PROWESS CONSULTING | Microsoft Forefront Security Specialist
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)

Policy-Based Management is a system for managing one or more instances of SQL Server 2008. When SQL Server policy administrators use Policy-Based Management, they use SQL Server Management Studio to create policies to manage entities on the server, such as the instance of SQL Server, databases, or other SQL Server objects.

Policy-Based Management has three components:

• Policy management
  Policy administrators create policies.
• Explicit administration
  Administrators select one or more managed targets and explicitly check that the targets comply with a specific policy, or explicitly make the targets comply with a policy.
• Evaluation modes
  There are four evaluation modes, three of which can be automated:
  • On demand. This mode evaluates the policy when directly specified by the user.
  • On change: prevent. This automated mode uses DDL triggers to prevent policy violations.

    If the nested triggers server configuration option is disabled, On change: prevent will not work correctly. Policy-Based Management relies on DDL triggers to detect and roll back DDL operations that do not comply with policies that use this evaluation mode. Removing the Policy-Based Management DDL triggers or disabling nest triggers, will cause this evaluation mode to fail or perform unexpectedly.

  • On change: log only. This automated mode uses event notification to evaluate a policy when a relevant change is made.
  • On schedule. This automated mode uses a SQL Server Agent job to periodically evaluate a policy.

  When automated policies are not enabled, Policy-Based Management will not affect system performance.

Head on over to

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb510667.aspx

to learn the details.

HTH,

Tom

Thomas W Shinder, M.D., MCSE
Sr. Consultant / Technical Writer

Prowess Consulting www.prowessconsulting.com
PROWESS CONSULTING | Microsoft Forefront Security Specialist
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)

The desired configuration management (DCM) feature in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) includes a reporting feature that allows IT specialists either to use built-in reports or customize reports to meet their needs.

This lab examines the reporting capabilities of Configuration Manager.

Check out this lab at:

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDeta...ode=US

HTH,

Tom

Thomas W Shinder, M.D., MCSE
Sr. Consultant / Technical Writer

Prowess Consulting www.prowessconsulting.com
PROWESS CONSULTING | Microsoft Forefront Security Specialist
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)