“Your Customers’ Offline Virtual Machines Are At Risk!

Every day, attackers attempt to invade your customers’ networks and access their servers—to infect them with viruses, or steal information about customers or employees. 

Customers may think that their offline, virtualized servers are safe.  But the truth is, offline machines are often not kept up to date with the latest security patches.  And when those machines are brought back online, they become instantly vulnerable to penetration.   That’s where you come in.  Your customers need your expert guidance to keep their offline virtualized servers up to date, and safe from attack. 

Need guidance and tools to keep your customers’ offline virtualized machines in step with the latest security fixes?  The Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool has free, tested guidance and automated tools to help you get the job done, quickly and reliably.  

Join us for a free, invitation-only Webcast, and learn how you can help customers automatically keep their virtualized machines updated and safe from adversaries.   We’ll demonstrate how you can:

Boost the security of your customers’ network infrastructure
Lower IT service costs labor costs by automating the process of offline VM patching
Increase productivity by reducing the time needed to securely bring virtualized servers back online..”

Check out this valuable webcast over at:

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDeta...415217

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)

“Join us for this webcast as we walk you through the best practices and technologies available to secure e-mail in your organization.

After this webcast, you should know how to protect your Microsoft Exchange Server from malware and inappropriate content, how to protect your data from leaking into the wrong hands, and how to easily and securely publish your Exchange Server for access…”

Check out this webcast over at:

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDeta...425493

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)

Ever wanted to test IIS7 software in a sandbox environment? Wouldn’t it be great to be able to test new servers immediately, without formatting hard drives or dedicating one or more computers to the project? Now you can, with the IIS7 Virtual Lab.

It’s simple - no complex setup or installation is required to try out new IIS7 features running in the Virtual Lab. You get a downloadable manual and a 90-minute block of time for each module. You can sign up for additional 90-minute blocks anytime.

Check out these virtual labs over at:

http://virtuallabs.iis.net/

Have fun!

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)

“On the second Tuesday of every month, the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) releases security bulletins to notify customers that security updates are available to help protect against vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. 

In addition to notifying customers that security updates are available, Microsoft security bulletins also serve to provide customers with information about the security updates that customers can use for their risk assessment, testing and deployment of security updates, and verification that security updates were successfully deployed…”

For more information, check out:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd145265.aspx

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)

“Welcome to the Windows 7 Enterprise 90-day Trial. It is designed specifically for IT Professionals, so that you can test your software and hardware on a final version of the product. In addition, it provides the opportunity for you to become more familiar with the key improvements over previous versions of the Windows operating system, and experience firsthand how Windows 7 can make your PC environment more productive, secure, and manageable.

This is trial software designed for IT Professionals interested in experiencing the Windows 7 Enterprise on behalf of their organization so please read the following to get an idea of the risks and key things you need to know before you install.

We do not recommend that you install this if you are a not an IT Professional or not professionally managing corporate networks…”

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/cc44...5.aspx

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 Exchange Server is the cornerstone of Microsoft unified communications. Learn how Exchange Server 2010 can help you achieve better business outcomes while controlling the costs of deployment, administration, and compliance.

Attend this webcast to discover how Exchange Server 2010 delivers the widest range of deployment options, integrated information leakage protection, and advanced compliance capabilities that combine to form one of the best messaging and collaboration solutions available…”

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)

“Organizations are focused on running lower-cost, more secure IT environments so workers can complete their work quickly and with greater flexibility. Workers want a dynamic work environment while IT departments want greater control and manageability. It’s a predicament that many customers face, and it is why Microsoft created the Windows Optimized Desktop, consisting of Windows 7 and the Microsoft Desktop Optimization  Package (MDOP).

In this webcast, we cover the issues faced by organizations with a traditional desktop infrastructure and how virtualization can help you decouple the various layers of an IT infrastructure and let the layers to work independently as needed. Join us to learn how the Windows Optimized Desktop provides access to information from anywhere, enhancing security and PC management…”

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDeta...423943

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 an enterprise environment using Microsoft Forefront Client Security (FCS), it is important to be able to quickly and easily deploy antimalware (antivirus and antispyware) definition updates throughout the organization. FCS accomplishes this by leveraging Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), which is also leveraged by Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007.

While FCS makes use of the WSUS engine in order to deploy definition updates to all of the clients FCS manages, System Center Configuration Manager uses WSUS to provide metadata to the scanning engine on Configuration Manager clients that facilitate software updates…”

Check out the rest of the article at:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd185652.aspx

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 2010 for Exchange Server provides fast and effective detection of viruses, worms, spyware, and spam by integrating multiple scanning engines from industry-leading security partners. Its comprehensive messaging protection also prevents out-of-policy content from entering or leaving your network using content filtering.

Through integration with Exchange Server and core Microsoft infrastructure technologies, Forefront Security 2010 for Exchange Server provides high performance, easily customized antivirus and antispam optimized for Exchange environments. It also integrates with Forefront Online Security for Exchange to provide the defense-in-depth benefits of hosted and on-premise filtering in a single solution.”

Download the release candidate at:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?Fa...ang=en

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)

Learn how customers can protect client and server operating systems from emerging threats and information loss while providing secure access from virtually anywhere. In this webcast, we demonstrate a Microsoft secure endpoint solution and highlight the key features and benefits of the solution.

We also highlight the multilayered protection offered by Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection, Forefront Protection Manager, and Threat Management Gateway.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDeta...425495

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)