April 2011 - Posts

SCCM 2012: A look at the new features
29 April 11 10:35 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

 

Although the official release date for SCCM 2012 hasn’t been announced yet, the beta version of the product is currently available.   Simplegrid’s Desktop Engineering practice engineer’s have been evaluating this version and have been quite impressed with it.  The product continues to build upon Microsoft’s “Better Together” strategy, incorporating greater integration for virtual machine support, and Microsoft Forefront.

SCCM 2012: A look at the new features | Simplegrid Technology Blogs - Desktop and IT Infrastructure Experts

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Skatterbrainz Blog: Setting up Windows Web Admin on IIS7
29 April 11 10:16 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

 

I should have posted this much sooner, but here goes.  This is a quick how-to procedure for installing and configuring the IIS side of things.  I'm using Windows Server 2008 R2 and IIS7, but this is pretty similar for Windows Server 2008 as well.

Skatterbrainz Blog: Setting up Windows Web Admin on IIS7

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ESET Mobile Security for Android Beta - Free antivirus software beta testing
28 April 11 04:51 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

 

ESET Mobile Security for Android combines our proactive scanning engine with antispam and antitheft solutions to provide real-time smartphone protection against known and emerging threats—without impacting performance.

ESET Mobile Security for Android Beta - Free antivirus software beta testing

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Phil Lieberman makes a statement on the Sony PlayStation security breach
28 April 11 11:50 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

“Taking a baseball bat to a hornet’s nest is never an advisable strategy.  Sony’s strategy in defending its intellectual property was heavy handed and has triggered the “nuclear option” with those that it engaged.  Perhaps Sony could learn a few lessons from Microsoft in how it has handled XBOX 360 and Kinect intellectual property.

My suggestions for consumers:

1) Don’t provide your correct DOB or other personal information to this type of vendor (i.e. playing games on-line)

2) Use a throw away email account

3) Use an anonymous debit card for these types of on-line transactions

4) Use a unique password per site

5) Always assume that the company gathering your personal information in totally incompetent at securing the data, and consider what you share with them and how you are going to recover your personal identity after they lose your information.

The reality of cloud data security and PCI today are that they are ineffective and there are no consequences for many companies that under-invest in security.  You can be sure that the CIO and CSO at Sony responsible for this situation will probably not be fired or held accountable for their poor decisions.  Similarly, the auditor responsible for the Sony account will similarly (in all probability and looking at these situations historically) not be held accountable.  The loss of your personal information will (mot likely) be nothing more than a “cost of doing business” for this type of company-you will take the pain and they will take a hit to their reputation (maybe).

It is for this reason we are fundamentally opposed to hiding PCI results as well as SAS70 reports from the public.  If you don’t have access to the full internal security report of a vendor you are dealing with, you should expect that they have little to no real security and that your data will probably be compromised.

There is abundant technology to prevent this breach and/or limit its scope, but Sony chose to not implement it.    Putting this much data in a single database that is publicly extractable with no limits is shameful given what is available today to protect against this type of loss.

In the case of Sony, we have a situation where they created their own emotionally motivated attacker and failed to protect themselves sufficiently.  In general, attacks are for financial gain rather than for personal revenge.”

- Phil Lieberman, CEO, Lieberman Software, Los Angeles (www.liebsoft.com)

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Announcement: Configuration Manager Documentation Library Update for April
28 April 11 07:26 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

 

The Configuration Manager 2007 documentation library (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb680651.aspx) has been updated on the Web with updates for April. Topics that were updated have Updated: April 1, 2011 at the top of the topic.

Announcement: Configuration Manager Documentation Library Update for April - System Center Configuration Manager Team Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

eBook: WMI Query Language via PowerShell
28 April 11 07:18 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

 

This ebook has 9 chapters (56 pages of WMI and PowerShell goodness) and here is the high-level content outline:

  1. Introduction
  2. Tools for the job
  3. WMI Data queries
  4. WMI Event Queries: Introduction
  5. Intrinsic Event Queries
  6. Extrinsic Event Queries
  7. Timer Events
  8. WMI Schema Queries
  9. WMI Event consumers

eBook: WMI Query Language via PowerShell

Create your own TechNet widget for your website, blog, etc.
27 April 11 03:59 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

http://www.technetwidget.com/

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hahahaha…they actually say something about using the code in your MySpace pages!  Is this a widget from the 90’s?

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ConfigMgr 2012 Prerelease documentation prereleased
27 April 11 12:15 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Main page: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg682129.aspx

 

The technical documentation for Configuration Manager 2012 consists of the following books in the Configuration Manager 2012 Documentation Library:

 

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SCCM Client Actions Tool v0.4 released
26 April 11 05:12 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

 

New and improved version of SCCM CAT has been released. Actually I had no plans to put much more effort into the development, but I got lots of positive feedback and great ideas from people who have started to use this tool. Hereby I thank all of you for great feedback!

Christjan's IT Minutes » SCCM Client Actions Tool v0.4

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Forefront gets it’s own discussion list
25 April 11 03:52 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

myITforum.com’s email discussion lists are famous, and have been around since..hmmm…wow – since before 1999.  The email lists are just one of those value-add technologies that myITforum offers.

We’ve had a lot of requests for a Forefront list, lately, so we’ve unveiled our latest email discussion list.

You can sign-up here:

Forefront Endpoint Protection

Where is Brushy?
25 April 11 02:10 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

At MMS 2010, we gave away “Brushy” at the myITforum.com booth.  If you remember, Brushy was a plastic keyboard brush that could sit atop your monitor, ready for use at any time.

brushy

Since MMS 2010, we’ve received photos from folks who take Brushy almost “everywhere” they go.  After receiving a few more today from community member, and drummer for Pablo Palooza, Paul Gonzalez from his trip last week to Disney World, I thought I’d start posting them up in the “Where’s Brushy” photo gallery.

We’ll be adding more as they roll in.  If you have some of your own, or are inclined to start recording your travels with Brushy by your side, send in the photos and we’ll throw them into the gallery.

Here’s the permanent link to the “Where’s Brushy” photo gallery:

http://www.myitforum.com/whereisbrushy/

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Webinar: Advanced Tuning and Configuration for the Veeam nworks MP
25 April 11 12:01 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Featured Speaker: Alec King, Veeam Director of Product Management
Join Alec King, Veeam Director of Product Management, as he takes a deep-dive into the many advanced options available in the nworks Management Pack™.


In this webinar Alec will discuss:


Customizing discoveries and data collection intervals Advanced derived metrics unique to nworks Tuning thresholds for your specific environment

    About Alec King
    Alec King is the Director of Product Management at Veeam Software. He has many years of experience in enterprise systems management with a variety of companies, including Siemens and the British Broadcasting Corporation.

    Duration: 1 hour

    May 5, Starts at 1 pm ET\ 6 pm GMT

    The link is
    http://go.veeam.com/webinar-advanced-tuning-and-configuration-nworks-mp.html?ad=myitforum

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    Acad2012DX.msi - DirectX Installer for AutoCAD 2012 Deployments
    22 April 11 06:09 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

     

    As promised, I've uploaded a ZIP file to my downloads site which contains Acad2012DX.MSI and README_LICENSE.TXT.  The MSI was compiled using Symantec Wise Package Studio and was tested on a Windows 7 client using System Center Configuration Manager 2007.

    Skatterbrainz Blog: Acad2012DX.msi - DirectX Installer for AutoCAD 2012 Deployments

    Windows Web Admin: Build 2011.04.22.001 released
    22 April 11 06:08 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

     

    Windows Web Admin: Build 2011.04.22.001

    Skatterbrainz Blog: Windows Web Admin: Build 2011.04.22.001

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    Microsoft Security Bulletin Re-Release MS11-025 - Important
    21 April 11 06:15 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

    ********************************************************************

    Title: Microsoft Security Bulletin Re-Releases

    Issued: April 21, 2011

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    Summary

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    The following bulletins have undergone a major revision increment.

    Please see the appropriate bulletin for more details.

    * MS11-025 - Important

    Bulletin Information:

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    * MS11-025 - Important

    - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms11-025.mspx

    - Reason for Revision: V2.0 (April 21, 2011): Rereleased bulletin

    to reoffer the updates to address a detection issue. There

    were no changes to the security update files in this

    bulletin. Customers who have already successfully updated

    their systems do not need to reinstall this update.

    - Originally posted: April 12, 2011

    - Updated: April 21, 2011

    - Bulletin Severity Rating: Important

    - Version: 2.0

    Other Information

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    Recognize and avoid fraudulent e-mail to Microsoft customers:

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    If you receive an e-mail message that claims to be distributing a Microsoft security update, it is a hoax that may contain malware or pointers to malicious Web sites. Microsoft does not distribute security updates via e-mail.

    The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) uses PGP to digitally sign all security notifications. However, it is not required to read security notifications, security bulletins, security advisories, or install security updates. You can obtain the MSRC public PGP key at https://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/pgp.mspx.

    To receive automatic notifications whenever Microsoft Security Bulletins and Microsoft Security Advisories are issued or revised, subscribe to Microsoft Technical Security Notifications on http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/notify.mspx.

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