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Vol. 13, #43 - Oct 20, 2008 - Issue #697
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Deploy Vista Or Windows 7?
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- Editors Corner
- Deploy Vista Or Windows 7?
- Quote of the Week
- Webinars and Seminars
- "Protecting Against the New Wave of Malware: A New Approach to Endpoint
Security "
- "No Server Left Behind"
- Admin Toolbox
- Admin Tools We Think You Shouldn't Be Without:
- Tech Briefing
- Warning: Microsoft Security Fix Is Really Malware
- How to virtualize Exchange Server 2003 in production
- SQL Server 2008 Integration Services Delivers New Features
- High-Tech Solutions For Monitoring Computer Heat
- Improved Resource Management In Terminal Services
- With Live Migration, Microsoft Hyper-V inches closer to VMware ESX
- Windows Server News
- Microsoft To Release OCS Server 2007 Update In February
- Want Palin's E-Mails? That'll Be $15 Million
- WServer Thrid Party News
- These Vulnerabilities Seem To Never Go Away
- WServerNews Fave Links
- This Week's Links We Like. Tips, Hints And Fun Stuff.
- WServerNews - Product of the Week
- NetPro Customers Receive 50% Transition Discount to The Dot Net Factory Products
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NetPro Customers Receive 50% Transition Discount to The Dot Net Factory Products
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NetPro customers can now transition to the best-of-breed Identity Management
solutions for Microsoft environments at a 50% discount - discover EmpowerID
4.0 and the Active Directory Self Service Suite from The Dot Net Factory.
EmpowerID is the only enterprise IAM platform designed for Microsoft-centered
enterprises. Built on Windows Workflow Foundation with multi-platform support
for AD and ADAM Users and Groups, Exchange, SharePoint, SQL, and LDAP,
EmpowerID securely automates all of your identity management and self-service
tasks. And check out www.ADSelfServiceSuite.com for our fast to deploy AD-only
password self-service, AD user info self-service, and AD White Pages.
http://www.wservernews.com/081020-EmpowerID
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Editors Corner |
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Deploy Vista Or Windows 7?
The next Windows flavor will be called (drumroll... "Windows 7!" This is a
lot like Apple does it, i.e. capitalizing on existing code name recognition
and simply adopt the code name as the final product name. (Sunbelt did the
same with Ninja by the way). The "7" moniker is not so surprising really,
as a trip down memory lane shows it's the next major release in a series
that started with Windows builds of the past.
To reach the magic number 7, they tallied all Win9x versions -- 95, 98,
98 SE and Millennium -- as Windows 4.0. By that reckoning, Windows 2000
is 5.0 and Vista is 6.0. Mike Nash, vice president of Windows product
management, explains here how they got there in more detail:
http://www.wservernews.com/081020-Why-7
During a Q&A session with some Gartner analysts Ballmer said that people
can wait for Windows 7 if they want to. He also said "Windows 7 will be
Vista, but a lot better", and here is one more Ballmer quote: "If people
want to wait they really can, but I'd definitely deploy Vista". Sure you
would Steve. Microsoft will be revealing all about Windows 7 at the
coming Professional Developers Conference in LA, Oct 27-30. At that time
we will go into more detail and we'll be able to answer the question if
waiting for Win7 is going to pay off. The code is supposed to hit final
release by the end of 2009, worst case early 2010.
Quote of the Week
"When there is disaster, two things occur, change and opportunity."
-- Old Chinese Proverb
Warm regards, and thank you for being a WServerNews subscriber. No trees
were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons
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Webinars and Seminars |
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We'd like to invite you to attend the following seminars
"Protecting Against the New Wave of Malware: A New Approach to Endpoint
Security "
Join Sunbelt and Mike Osterman, president and founder of
Osterman Research, Inc., for an informative seminar that will examine why
older, traditional antivirus approaches don't work and why a new approach
to endpoint security is required to better protect your users, your data
and your long-term viability as a company from malicious threats.
Hosted at Microsoft in San Francisco, CA on Thursday, November 13th.
Register here:
http://www.wservernews.com/081020-New-Wave-of-Malware
"No Server Left Behind"
Protect and Recover ALL of Your Applications.
Disaster recovery is crucial to your business. A combination of Double-Take
for Windows and our newest product, Livewire, make it easier than ever to
protect and recover your organizations entire infrastructure. These products
provide a complete recovery solution for both primary and secondary workloads
in a cost effective and simple way without the pain and hassle of dealing
with other methods like tape.
Date: October 30, 2008
Time: 11am - 12pm EST
4pm - 5pm London
5pm - 6pm Paris
Register here:
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Tech Briefing |
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Warning: Microsoft Security Fix Is Really Malware
Scammers are sending trick emails that claim to have critical Windows
security alerts, Microsoft warned this week. These fake warnings describe
themselves as a new "experimental private version of an update for all
Microsoft Windows OS users". The e-mails then instruct you to download
an attachment, which is actually a malicious Trojan Horse program known
as Win32/Haxdoor. This malware records your passwords and credit cards
and sends this data back to the attackers. "As a matter of company policy,
Microsoft will never send you an executable attachment," Microsoft said.
"If you get an e-mail that claims to be a security notification with an
attachment, delete it. It is always a spoof." You might want to warn
your users once more. Social engineering attempts are not going to stop.
How to virtualize Exchange Server 2003 in production
Microsoft's Hyper-V technology has a feature that allows you to create a
virtual hard drive based on the contents of a physical hard drive. In this
tip, SearchExchange.com contributor Brien Posey describes a few lessons he
learned when virtualizing Exchange Server 2003: (Registration Required)
http://www.wservernews.com/081020-Virtualize-Exchange-Server
SQL Server 2008 Integration Services Delivers New Features
Integration Services in SQL Server 2008 provides three new features for
better performance and ease of use for administrators and developers. In
this tip, SearchSQLServer.com contributor Mark Kromer discusses how data
integration has been kicked up a notch with improved scripting capabilities,
data profiling and data flow: (Registration Required)
http://www.wservernews.com/081020-Integration-Services
High-Tech Solutions For Monitoring Computer Heat
Excessive heat can be dangerous to your server. This tip describes creative
ways of figuring out if your server is running too hot:
http://www.wservernews.com/081020-High-Tech-Solutions
Improved Resource Management In Terminal Services
Learn the five ways in which accessing local hardware has improved in
Windows Server 2008's Terminal Services:
http://www.wservernews.com/081020-Terminal-Services
With Live Migration, Microsoft Hyper-V inches closer to VMware ESX
Last month Microsoft gave the first public demonstration of Live Migration,
which will be released in the next version of Windows Server 2008 and
Hyper-V R2. Live migration refers to the ability to move a virtual machine
from one physical host to another without taking it down. VMware's equivalent,
VMotion, is the foundational technology behind many of the company's
high-availability and load-balancing products. Read this article for more
on Hyper-V's latest addition and how it will help Microsoft gain momentum
in the fight to be top dog in virtualization: (Registration Required)
http://www.wservernews.com/081020-Hyper-V
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Windows Server News |
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Microsoft To Release OCS Server 2007 Update In February
InfoWorld reported that Microsoft plans to add VoIP, collaboration, and Web
presence enhancements to the next version of its unified communications
software, which is due out in early February 2009. Microsoft on Tuesday
revealed details of Office Communications Server 2007 Release 2 (R2), which
customers should be able to download on Feb. 3, 2009, at the VoiceCon show
in Amsterdam. The software is currently in private beta testing. Released
just last year, OCS 2007 is the first software from Microsoft for making
VoIP a part of integrated communications services alongside corporate
instant messaging, e-mail, and videoconferencing, all running on one IP
network. It works in conjunction with Office Communicator 2007, its
accompanying desktop software.
In terms of OCS 2007's R2 VoIP capabilities, Microsoft will make it far
easier for mobile users and what it calls "nomadic" workers -- or people
who often work away from their usual office desk -- to use a mobile phone
as an extension of their fixed telephone line, said Moz Hussain, a director
of product management at Microsoft. More at InfoWorld:
http://www.wservernews.com/081020-OCS-2007-Update
Want Palin's E-Mails? That'll Be $15 Million
Check out this article at MSNBC. A horror story about archiving gone wrong.
Even at that $15Mil price, many records won't be available until after
the election. Make sure you read the whole article to see the gruesome
details, simply from an IT perspective and leave the politics out of it:
http://www.wservernews.com/081020-Palin-Email
Sunbelt's Exchange Archiver could have (and can) prevent such messes:
http://www.wservernews.com/081020-SEA
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WServer Thrid Party News |
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These Vulnerabilities Seem To Never Go Away
SNSI uses the latest Mitre Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) list
of computer incidents. It also contains the latest SANS/FBI top 20
vulnerability list. SNSI also uses the latest CERT, CIAC Microsoft and
FedCIRC (Department of Homeland Security) advisories.New Checks
N106 Juniper IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol Vulnerability
W204 CA ARCServe Backup Vulnerabilities
W3463 Microsoft Office XP CDO Information Disclosure - W2K/XP/W2K3
W3464 Microsoft Excel 2000 crafted file handling error - W2K/XP/W2K3
W3465 Microsoft Excel 2002 crafted file handling error - W2K/XP/W2K3
W3466 Microsoft Excel 2003 crafted file handling error - W2K/XP/W2K3
W3467 Microsoft Excel 2007 crafted file handling error - XP/W2K3/Vista
W3468 Microsoft Excel Viewer 2003 crafted file handling error - XP/W2K3/Vista
W3469 Microsoft Excel Viewer crafted file handling error - XP/W2K3/Vista
W3470 Microsoft Office 2007 crafted file handling error - XP/W2K3/Vista
W3471 Microsoft Excel services crafted file handling error - XP/W2K3/Vista
W3474 Active Directory on Windows 2000 - W2K
W3479 Message Queuing Service (MSMQ) RPC flaw - W2K
Updated Checks
S150 Veritas Fibre Channel Disconnection panic - Solaris 8 - 10
W1142 Anti-virus Signature Outdated - McAfee
W1986 Anti-virus Signature Outdated - Symantec
W1999 Anti-virus Signature Outdated - Trend Micro
W2067 Anti-virus Signature Outdated - F-Secure
W2070 Anti-virus Signature Outdated - CA eTrust
W2493 Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Tool Not Updated
Sunbelt Network Security Inspector version 1.6.119.0 was released October
15, 2008. Sunbelt Software recommends you download the new SNSI version
1.6.119.0, scan, and patch your machines today. To get the latest SNSI
version, visit:
http://www.wservernews.com/081020-SNSI
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WServerNews Fave Links |
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This Week's Links We Like. Tips, Hints And Fun Stuff.
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WServerNews - Product of the Week |
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NetPro Customers Receive 50% Transition Discount to The Dot Net Factory Products
NetPro customers can now transition to the best-of-breed Identity Management
solutions for Microsoft environments at a 50% discount - discover EmpowerID
4.0 and the Active Directory Self Service Suite from The Dot Net Factory.
EmpowerID is the only enterprise IAM platform designed for Microsoft-centered
enterprises. Built on Windows Workflow Foundation with multi-platform support
for AD and ADAM Users and Groups, Exchange, SharePoint, SQL, and LDAP,
EmpowerID securely automates all of your identity management and self-service
tasks. And check out www.ADSelfServiceSuite.com for our fast to deploy AD-only
password self-service, AD user info self-service, and AD White Pages.
http://www.wservernews.com/081020-EmpowerID-POTW
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