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Vol. 14, #12 - Mar 9, 2009 - Issue #717
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Microsoft Windows On A Mainframe?
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- Editors Corner
- New Sunbelt Research Site
- Small Business Server 2008 Blueprint Book Review
- Quotes Of The Week:
- Webinars and Seminars
- In the U.K.? Don't Miss David Solomon's Win OS Internals
- Kiss Your AntiVirus Bloatware Goodbye: A Look at VIPRE Enterprise
- Affordable, Enterprise Email Archiving
- Advanced Virtualization Seminar - Limited Seating Remains
- Admin Toolbox
- Admin Tools We Think You Shouldn't Be Without
- Tech Briefing
- Microsoft Spells Out Windows 7 Activation
- VMware Outshines Hyper-V, et al. In Hypervisor Comparison
- Screencast: Running Hyper-V On Server Core In Windows 2008
- Securing Your Exchange Server 2007 Journaling Archives
- Cloud Computing Brings New Options To Virtual Desktops
- Windows Server News
- What You Need to Know About Windows Server 2008 R2
- Microsoft Plans Three Security Bulletins for Patch Tuesday
- Microsoft Windows On A Mainframe?
- WServer Third Party News
- VIPRE Technology Upgrade: MX-Virtualization
- WServerNews Fave Links
- This Week's Links We Like. Tips, Hints And Fun Stuff.
- WServerNews - Product of the Week
- Make It Easy To Track User Access To Your Windows File Servers
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Make it easy to track user access to your Windows file servers!
Monitor your users' every action and get powerful reporting and
up-to-the-minute alerts on activity! With File System Auditor from
ScriptLogic, you'll be able to audit file access on Windows file
servers, generate easy-to-understand compliance reports, and create
alerts tied to file system events - all from a centralized management
console. Create an audit trail on your file server and know that your
access controls are working. File System Auditor protects sensitive
information by reporting attempts to access and modify files and folders,
with who did it and when. Download a Free Trial of File System Auditor Today!
http://www.wservernews.com/090309-File-System-Auditor
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Editors Corner |
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New Sunbelt Research Site
We have been hard at work developing a useful portal for researchers of
virus/malware related items over at a new domain: sunbeltsecurity.com.
Research information on current threats, submit a wild threat, submit a
false-positive report (for Sunbelt products), upload a suspicious file
to our automated sandbox server to see what the malware might do on a
live system, and much more. This is a site worth bookmarking:
http://www.wservernews.com/090309-Malware-Research
Small Business Server 2008 Blueprint Book Review
Many thousands of you are running SBS, and this new book is going to save
you a lot of time and headache. I asked Laura DiDio to do a review and here
it is:
If your organization is a small or mid-sized business (SMB) with one-to-200
employees in your organization - and 55% of you reading this newsletter fall
into that category - and you're running Windows, then the "Small Business
Server 2008 Blueprint" book is written for you.
It's no secret that IT departments have been hit hard by the ongoing
economic downturn. Many of you are not just running a lean, mean
organization; it's downright skeletal. There's little or no money for new
hires or budget to train and re-certify your existing staff. And yet,
many of you have received mandates from upper management telling you to
migrate to new platforms.
The Small Business Server 2008 Blueprint, co-authored by Philip Elder
and Harry Brelsford, offers real-world practical, tactical tips for
upgrading and managing Windows SBS 2008, its applications including
Windows Server 2008, Exchange Server 2007, SQL Server 2008, Windows
SharePoint Services, Office Live as well as a wide variety of third
party security solutions. It also delivers pro-active advice on how
to centrally control and manage Windows Vista and Windows XP desktops.
The book is designed for introductory and intermediate network admins.
It provides simple, easy-to-follow structured deployment methodologies
and step-by-step procedures. Both Elder and Brelsford are experienced,
veteran SMB consultants. And they pull no punches in this book. The
Small Business Server 2008 Blueprint is just that: it's written with
a strong third party viewpoint and offers a detailed overview of the
strengths, weaknesses and foibles of all of the various SBS 2008
applications, how to avoid specific configuration and upgrade mistakes
and maximize your network uptime, reliability and security.
The authors provide a broad perspective on the SBS 2008 ecosystem
conversation, which in turn assists you, the network administrator
in making the technical decisions which best suit your network
environment, particularly with respect to third party security, managed
services and monitoring solutions. If your budget has been cut and
there's no money to re-certify your staff, this book is the next
best thing. The Small Business Server 2008 Blueprint retails for
$59.95. Anyone interested in purchasing a copy - visit the SMB Nation
website, and browse around a bit, lots of resources there:
http://www.wservernews.com/090309-Blueprint
Quotes Of The Week:
"Due to the current financial crisis, to save money - the light at the end
of the tunnel has been turned off indefinitely"! -- Anonymous on Internet
"One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in
this world are to be cured by legislation" -- Thomas Bracket Reed (American
Politician, 1839-1902)
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
were terribly inconvenienced. Please tell your friends about us.
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http://www.wservernews.com/090309-Subscribe
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Kiss Your AntiVirus Bloatware Goodbye
VIPRE Enterprise is now available with a special $10 per seat Competitive
Upgrade Offer. Test Drive VIPRE Enterprise free for 30 days and see for
yourself how easy it is to deploy and manage. Your users will stop calling
to complain their workstation is slow. When you compare VIPRE to Symantec,
McAfee, or Trend Micro, you WILL want to switch! Get Your Download Here:
http://www.wservernews.com/090309-VIPRE-Enterprise
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Webinars and Seminars |
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In the U.K.? Don't Miss David Solomon's Win OS Internals
In the U.K? A public offering of David Solomon Expert Seminar's hands-on
Windows OS Internals class is taking place in London, England on April
20-24, 2009. Gain a deep understanding of the internals of the core
operating system components and how to leverage advanced troubleshooting
tools to dig beneath the surface when things go wrong. To register, click
here (Microsoft employees and MVPs get 20% off).
http://www.wservernews.com/090309-OS-Internals
Kiss Your AntiVirus Bloatware Goodbye: A Look at VIPRE Enterprise
Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST. VIPRE Enterprise is designed
to optimize overall performance by melding antivirus and antispyware together
into one, single, powerful engine. This combination of technologies gives
you high-performance software that doesn't slow down users' PCs, is low
on system resources, and makes it easy for you to protect your network:
http://www.wservernews.com/090309-Goodbye-Bloatware
Affordable, Enterprise Email Archiving
Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST. Join us for a look at Sunbelt
Software's Exchange email archiving and compliance solution, Sunbelt Exchange
Archiver. If you need a powerful, easy to use, enterprise-class email
archiving tool that automatically enables you to comply with all
requirements, and allows you or your end-users to transparently retrieve
any archived email, then don't miss this webinar:
http://www.wservernews.com/090309-Email-Archiving
Advanced Virtualization Seminar - Limited Seating Remains
Registration for the free Advanced Enterprise Virtualization Seminar is open
and seats are filling up fast. This seminar is traveling to six cities across
the U.S. starting this month, delivering advanced virtualization best
practices to help you optimize your virtual environments and achieve the
maximum return on your investment. Don't wait - get your team signed up
today while seating is still available:
http://www.wservernews.com/090309-Virtualization-Seminar
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Tech Briefing |
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Microsoft Spells Out Windows 7 Activation
Microsoft last week disclosed that users who don't quickly activate Windows 7
will receive persistent reminders from the vendor, including one that turns the
background screen to black.
http://www.wservernews.com/090309-Win7-Activation
VMware Outshines Hyper-V, et al. In Hypervisor Comparison
IT professionals have an array of hypervisors to choose from these days, all
with their own pros and cons. So how do you make the right choice? To help
IT select the right hypervisor for its environment, the Burton Group scored
hypervisors from VMware Inc., Microsoft, Citrix Systems Inc. and Virtual
Iron Software, spotlighting missing features that users need to consider
before adopting a virtualization product. This special report explains
their testing and conclusions. (worth registering for)
http://www.wservernews.com/090309-Hypervisor-Comparison
Screencast: Running Hyper-V On Server Core In Windows 2008
Microsoft Hyper-V is designed to work together with the Server Core
installation of Windows Server 2008. In this expert screencast,
virtualization expert Nelson Ruest explains why Server Core is the ideal
platform for the Hyper-V role and breaks down the process of preparing
Server Core for Hyper-V deployment:
http://www.wservernews.com/090309-Hyper-V
Securing Your Exchange Server 2007 Journaling Archives
Journaling in Exchange Server 2007 differs from traditional email archiving
methods in that it places a copy of target messages into a designated
journaling mailbox. This means that securing your journaling mailboxes
must be a high priority. In this tutorial, you'll learn the differences
between email archiving and journaling and get the steps to make your
journaling archive and mailbox tamper-resistant. Keep in mind that
Journaling does cause significant overhead:
http://www.wservernews.com/090309-Securing-Exchange-Server
Cloud Computing Brings New Options To Virtual Desktops
There are different ways to support virtual desktops. Hosting the computing
platform, also known as "cloud computing," has the potential to offer great
economies of scale. Get an introduction to cloud computing and learn some
of its potential benefits and drawbacks in this expert tip. (Requires Registration)
http://www.wservernews.com/090309-Cloud-Computing
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What You Need to Know About Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows IT Pro's Paul Thurrott wrote a good article about this. He starts
as follows: "In late 2009, Microsoft will ship Windows Server 2008 R2. As a
follow-up to Windows Server 2008, Server 2008 R2 shares much, technologically,
with its predecessor. However, unlike most R2 releases, Server 2008 R2 is not
only a more compelling update than what was originally anticipated but also
prompts some questions. Here's what you need to know about Windows Server
2008 R2 Beta: click to read article:
http://www.wservernews.com/090309-Windows-Server
Microsoft Plans Three Security Bulletins for Patch Tuesday
The three bulletins deal with security bugs in Windows, with the other two
addressing what Redmond calls "spoofing" issues. The remote code execution
bulletin is rated "critical," and affects Win2000, XP, Vista, W2K3 and W2K8.
Details at:
http://www.wservernews.com/090309-Security-Bulletin
Microsoft Windows On A Mainframe?
Software that for the first time lets users run native copies of the Windows
operating systems on a mainframe will be introduced Friday by datacenter
automation vendor Mantissa. Read the full story at NetworkWorld:
http://www.wservernews.com/090309-Windows-Mainframe
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VIPRE Technology Upgrade: MX-Virtualization
A number of analysis technologies are incorporated into the VIPRE core, all
responsible for identifying threats. While some of the improvements are
extremely technical in nature, all were done to increase the performance,
speed and efficiency of VIPRE.
"MX-Virtualization" dramatically improves detection of new malware threats.
It's part of a significant enhancement to VIPRE. MX-V is a compact,
high-speed virtualized Windows environment integrated directly into
VIPRE, which performs rapid behavioral analysis of potential malware.
The integration of MX-V is the latest addition to VIPRE's arsenal of
detection methods to help protect users from unidentified or new
variants of malware.
"With MX-V, we have created a method to rapidly analyze potential malware
by observing its behavior in a virtual environment, providing enhanced
protection against new or unknown threats," said Alex Eckelberry, CEO
of Sunbelt Software. "Furthermore, because we developed the technology
using an emulation technique known as Dynamic Translation, it is extremely
fast, able to do its work without compromising system performance."
Background
The rapidly evolving sophistication of malware makes traditional detection
methods increasingly obsolete, as new strains of malware use highly complex
obfuscation techniques designed to hide from even the most sophisticated
analysis systems.
MX-V is part of a number of other detection methods used by VIPRE,
including classic signature detection and heuristics. The performance
impact on a user's system is virtually unnoticeable, in keeping with
Sunbelt's commitment to delivering next-generation antivirus without
the large memory and CPU footprint common to other solutions.
Free 30-day test drive - Competitive Upgrade for $10 per seat:
http://www.wservernews.com/090309-VIPREEnterprise
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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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Make It Easy To Track User Access To Your Windows File Servers
Monitor your users' every action and get powerful reporting and
up-to-the-minute alerts on activity! With File System Auditor from
ScriptLogic, you'll be able to audit file access on Windows file
servers, generate easy-to-understand compliance reports, and create
alerts tied to file system events - all from a centralized management
console. Create an audit trail on your file server and know that your
access controls are working. File System Auditor protects sensitive
information by reporting attempts to access and modify files and folders,
with who did it and when. Download a Free Trial of File System Auditor Today!
http://www.wservernews.com/090309-POTW
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