On Thursday, October 23, 2008, Microsoft released an Out-Of-Band Security Bulletin (MS08-067). To meet the customer demand for information relating to this release, Microsoft conducted three customer webcasts. Two of these webcasts were conducted on Thursday, October 23^rd and the other on Friday, October 24^th. The link below will direct you to a collection of all questions answered during the three webcasts.

Here is the link to the full Q&A so you can see all of the answers that were provided for these great questions:

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2008/10/27/m...a.aspx

HTH,

Tom

Thomas W Shinder, M.D., MCSE
Sr. Consultant / Technical Writer
Prowess Consulting www.prowessconsulting.com
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Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)

Deployment Cookbook: Microsoft Data Protection Manager and Virtual Machine Manager

This step-by-step guide covers installing Microsoft Virtual Server and System Center Virtual Machine Manager; converting a workload to a virtual machine; installing Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager; and backing up a running virtual machine.

HTH,

Tom

Thomas W Shinder, M.D., MCSE
Sr. Consultant / Technical Writer
Prowess Consulting www.prowessconsulting.com
PROWESS CONSULTING documentation | integration | virtualization
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)

After completing this lab, you will be better able to configure the PKI necessary for SSTP, configure RRAS to accept remote VPN connections, and configure and test an SSTP-based VPN connection.

Register for this virtual 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 documentation | integration | virtualization
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)

The stand-alone version of Hyper-V is now available and is called Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008. So now if you want to work with Hyper-V and does not have a copy of Windows Server 2008, then download Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, which is absolutely free, easy to install and easy to configure.

Check out this great article by Tarek Majdalani at http://www.elmajdal.net/Win2k8/Installing_Microsof...8.aspx

HTH,

Tom

Thomas W Shinder, M.D., MCSE
Sr. Consultant / Technical Writer
Prowess Consulting www.prowessconsulting.com
PROWESS CONSULTING documentation | integration | virtualization
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)

Check out J. D. Meier’s overview of the patterns & practices approach to security engineering, which covers—among other topics—the security frame used to perform security code and design inspections.

http://blogs.msdn.com/jmeier/archive/2008/09/09/pa...g.aspx

HTH,

Tom

Thomas W Shinder, M.D., MCSE
Sr. Consultant / Technical Writer
Prowess Consulting www.prowessconsulting.com
PROWESS CONSULTING documentation | integration | virtualization
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)

This document details the recommended settings to use when configuring Microsoft® Forefront™ Security for Exchange Server (FSE). Following these recommendations should result in the best possible configuration for your system, thus preventing harm to your e-mail infrastructure.

These settings are recommendations from Microsoft’s own technical specialists. However, they are only guidelines that should be monitored and adjusted to fit the needs of your enterprise.

Read the Forefront Security for Exchange Server Best Practices Guide online at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb795179.aspx

HTH,

Tom

Thomas W Shinder, M.D., MCSE
Sr. Consultant / Technical Writer
Prowess Consulting www.prowessconsulting.com
PROWESS CONSULTING documentation | integration | virtualization
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)

After completing this lab you will be better able to install and administer Microsoft® Forefront Security on the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Edge Transport server role.

Register online for this TechNet Virtual 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 documentation | integration | virtualization
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)

The Microsoft Forefront comprehensive line of business security products provides greater protection and control through integration with your existing IT infrastructure and through simplified deployment, management, and analysis.  Attend this webcast to learn how Forefront can protect your agency, integrate with your existing IT infrastructure and simplify  the management of your network.

View this Webcast about the suite of Forefront Security Products 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 documentation | integration | virtualization
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)

In this webcast, we explore how Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server and Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint integrate multiple scan engines from industry-leading security firms to provide comprehensive, flexible protection against viruses and other types of malicious software (malware). Attend this session to learn about the advantages of the multiple scan engines in the Microsoft Forefront server security solutions. We also provide best practices for deploying and configuring Forefront server security products to achieve the best balance between performance and security.

Register for and view the Webcast here:

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 documentation | integration | virtualization
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)

Excellent article on desktop security. Makes the point that you need to consider security before deployment, not afterwards.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc512584.aspx

HTH,

Tom

Thomas W Shinder, M.D., MCSE
Sr. Consultant / Technical Writer
Prowess Consulting www.prowessconsulting.com
PROWESS CONSULTING documentation | integration | virtualization
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)