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  • Latest news, events and downloads in the Security world from Microsoft - Windows Server 2008, Mobile, employee habits, Antigen, IPSEC, ForeFront, NAP, XP Firewall, System Center

    Each month the TRM blog product this great summary of the Microsoft world in various product areas. The blog can be found here http://blogs.technet.com/trm/ News Help your customers securely deploy Windows Server 2008 with the Windows Server 2008 Security Guide! http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Thu, Mar 6 2008
    Filed under: Windows Vista and XP, Office System, Support and Tools, Windows Longhorn, Security, Community, Windows Server 2003, beta, Event, SBSC, Windows Client, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Office 2007, Documentation, Malware, Tips, ISA Server, Partner, Service Pack, SharePoint, Windows Server 2008, Office Communication Server
  • May security updates for Server DNS and Office 2003/2007 and IE7. Also Quicktime needs an update

    I did a quick scan and it seems that this month Office is the main target of updates, along with one critical one for Windows Server (for DNS RPC attack) and one for IE7. Worth a quick download and install :-) I also got this in the mail today: Apple QuickTime 7.x must be upgraded to 7.1.5 or higher...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Tue, May 8 2007
    Filed under: SBS 2003, Windows Vista and XP, Office System, Support and Tools, Security, Exchange, Windows Server 2003, Windows Client, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Office 2007, SBS 2003 R2, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Office 2003
  • Deploying Vista to many desktops from Small Business Server 2003 with SP2 (R2 or R1) using Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) tools

    A nice man named Zack dropped me a mail asking about the Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) tools and "real" documentation, which led to Matt in the PTS team writing about all the great tools (see below). I then installed SP2 for Windows Server 2003 and realised that my SBS 2003 system now has the capabilities...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Fri, Mar 16 2007
    Filed under: SBS 2003, Windows Vista and XP, Office System, Support and Tools, Virtualisation, Windows Server 2003, Windows Client, Windows XP, Vista, Windows Vista, Office 2007, SBS 2003 R2, Documentation, Training, OPK, Partner, Virtual PC, Service Pack, Virtual Server, Office 2003
  • Microsoft software for Charities in the UK

    OK, so once upon a time I used to give out software for charities, but those days are gone. However, there is a fantastic deal available for charities via the Charity Exchange. The software is donated by Microsoft (and others) and then an administration charge is added. There are various criteria to...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Fri, Jan 26 2007
    Filed under: SBS 2003, Windows Vista and XP, Office System, Support and Tools, Business, Community, Microsoft, Windows Client, Windows XP, Vista, Windows Vista, Office 2007, SBS 2003 R2, charity
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