The new FTP program that comes as a separate download from Longhorn server is sweet and a MUCH needed upgrade to our FTP. The new IIS7 FTP server includes secure publishing with FTP/SSL (FTPS) support, integrated web publishing with support for the IIS7 configuration system and administration tool – making it really easy to setup FTP publishing…
Vista code more Secure than Mac
This link on macworld.com was posted up on one of our internal aliases and I thought it rocked. A snippet from the link: “From your research on both platforms, is there a winner between Mac OS X 10.4 and Vista on security? I have found the code quality, at least in terms of security, to…
Forefront IAG ISA Client Antigen Exchange Edge Security
Confused yet? I know that I was when I first started hearing this term Forefront… Is “Forefront” just a client/server security product or something else? Forefront simply is a name that MS is branding onto our security related products. Forefront is divided into three categories of client, server, and edge security. Within those categories there are currently a total…
Evangelizing "the internet"
Well, not really but what I’m evangelizing is related and I thought that’d be a catchy title. I recently found out that I’m going to be evangelizing IIS7 (which comes default in Longhorn) and also the next release of ISA so expect some “extreme” posts about these technologies as they relate to us IT Pro…
Windows Server 2008 Virtualization released at RC0!
What does this mean? You’ll be able to try out using hypervisor. The biggest advantage of hypervisor is that you can run multiple virtual machines on the base hardware (not on top of the OS). For more information about hypervisor, check out this webcast: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032284286&CountryCode=US for more information on the anouncement, go to: http://blogs.technet.com/canitpro/archive/2007/09/13/wanna-get-your-hands-on-windows-server-virtualization-viridian.aspx Also, check out…
IT Pro Momentum Program (like a TAP or RDP)
Would you like to learn about or use Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, or the next version of Forefront Edge? If you’re based in USA and ‘fit the bill’, I’ll get you an invite to the IT Pro Momentum portal. If you’re in Ireland – contact Dave Northey. You can profile a project which…
Silverlight Installation Switches
Below is a list of all of the Silverlight 1, 2, and 3 installation switches available and their description. This will be included in the Silverlight Enterprise Deployment guide v2 which I’m writing – to be released soon. In the mean time, here they are for your assistance: The Silverlight install executable file has a…
IE 8 ClickJacking and security PM interview
I interviewed Kymberlee Price, IE security PM responsible for future research with ClickJacking. She gives us insight into what research the team is doing in this area as well other great insights into IE security. For a complete breakdown of the contents of the interview, please view this post on TechNet Edge. Also, you can…
Why should an IT Pro care about IE 8?
Below is a list of the top 5 technical reasons why you should care about deploying Internet Explorer 8 now – and also some reasons why IE 8 is better than Firefox/Chrome. Original article published on Edge here. More Productivity – Get things done and browse faster and easier. Microsoft gathered a huge amount of…
Server 2008 / Vista SP2 CPP released
Today Windows Server 2008 and Vista released Service Pack 2 (pre-RTM) through the Customer Preview Program (CPP). MSDN and TechNet subscribers can download the SP2 CPP now, everyone else will have access this Thursday 12/14. What’s pretty interesting is for the first time the same single service pack files can be deployed across the server…