Archives
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Fine tuning Dynamic Worker-Process Page-out on IIS 8.5
With the release of Windows 2012 R2, IIS now offers the option of configuring sites to suspend after they have been idle for a while (in addition to the option of terminate, which existed since IIS 7). We have discussed this feature in the past both in this blog, and during our TechEd North America presentation. This time, though, we are going to take a look into fine-tuning the settings for optimal performance.
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MAPP Partnership Expansion to Boost Threat Response
By Adrienne Hall, General Manager, Trustworthy Computing
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Perfect Secrecy in an imperfect world
While security is on everyone’s mind, some organization with higher than usual security requirements have had some concerns regarding the encryption used in web-based transactions. Everyone knows that SSL encryption is pretty much the default for any web-based connection that requires security, but SSL itself is about much more than simply “have it/don’t have it”.
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Windows Azure Receives Important SOC 2 and CCM Security Attestations
Windows Azure receives important SOC 2 and CCM security attestations
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Update Rollup 3 for System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager Service Pack 1 has been re-released
The System Center 2012 SP1 UR3 package for DPM was re-released on 8-20-13 and fixes the two issues mentioned in our original article here: -
Back-to-School More Safely with Bing
By Jacqueline Beauchere, Chief Online Safety Officer, Microsoft
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Optimizations in protecting SQL databases with high churn by DPM
This blog discusses solutions for the two issues,which might be encountered while protecting high churn databases using DPM.
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Still Running Windows XP? Upgrade Now to Reduce Security Risks
Still Running Windows XP? Upgrade Now to Reduce Security Risks
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Better Together - The New Windows Server 2012 R2 Innovations – Download Now
There are quite a few products that make up the Microsoft Cloud OS vision. Windows Server 2012 R2 is in preview right now and ready for your evaluation. We also have a strong management platform that make up the System Center family of products. They are designed to have tight integration with the core being Windows Server.
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Reversal of fortune: Sirefef’s registry illusion
I have mentioned in a previous blog that the use of the right-to-left-override (U+202E) unicode character is nothing new. This blog also went on to show the various file name tricks used by malware.
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August 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast, Q&A, and Slide Deck
Today we’re publishing the August 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We fielded 13 questions on various topics during the webcast, with specific bulletin questions focusing primarily on Exchange Server (MS13-061) and Windows Kernel (MS13-063). There were 3 additional questions during the webcast that we were unable to answer on air, and we have also answered those on the Q&A page.
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System Center 2012 R2 Available October 18th
In important news today, we are extremely excited that on October 18th, eligible customers will able to download Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2, and use the latest update to Windows Intune. This is the same day that Windows 8.1 will be available to consumers and businesses worldwide. Microsoft Vice President Brad Anderson details this exciting news in his latest blog, "Mark Your Calendars for October 18th, the R2 Wave is Coming".
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Support Tip: Mounted volumes within mounted volumes cannot be backed up in DPM
~ Jitendra Mishra | Support Engineer
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Leaving Las Vegas and the August 2013 security updates
Two weeks ago I, along with 7,500 of my closest friends, attended the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, NV. I can’t speak for everyone, but I certainly had a great – if not exhausting – time while there. While there were a lot of great talks, a personal highlight for me each year is the chance to meet and talk with the various people who attend. It was even more fun for me this time around, as we had some great new programs here at Microsoft to talk about.
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The original AppCompat (solving a 20-year-old mystery for me)
DOS v5.0, released in 1991, introduced the concept of DOS loading "high". That is, into the high memory area - that special 64kb area at the top of the first megabyte of memory.
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Online Safety—At Work and at Home
By Kim Sanchez, director, Trustworthy Computing
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Advance Notification Service for August 2013 Security Bulletin Release
Today we’re providing advance notification for the release of eight bulletins, three Critical and five Important, for August 2013. The Critical updates address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer and Exchange.
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Building Resilient Cloud Services at Microsoft
Building Resilient Cloud Services at Microsoft
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IIS compression overrides the VARY header
***Update for December 17, 2013***
This issue is now fixed with an official update patch for multiple versions of Windows. To download the update, click here -
Autoruns v11.70, Bginfo v4.20, Disk2vhd v1.64, Process Explorer v15.40
Autoruns v11.70: This release of Autoruns, a powerful utility for scanning and disabling autostart code, adds a new option to have it show only per-user locations, something that is useful when analyzing the autostarts of different accounts than the one that
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New System Center Courses on Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA)!
Hopefully everybody has been reading and enjoying the “What’s New in 2012 R2?” series from our VP Brad Anderson. If you haven’t been following along, check it out! http://blogs.technet.com/b/in_the_cloud/archive/tags/what_2700_s+new+in+2012+r2/
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New book about Windows Server 2012 R2!
My good buddy Mitch Tulloch just published a free eBook covering what’s new with Windows Server 2012 R2. The book has several pages covering IIS, and Mitch has done a terrific job covering it, as usual.
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Building a Secure Cloud
Building a Secure Cloud
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How to Create a Basic Plan Using the Service Administration Portal
This post is a part of the nine-part “What’s New in Windows Server & System Center 2012 R2” series that is featured on Brad Anderson’s In the Cloud blog. Today’s blog post covers Service Administration and how it applies to the larger topic of “Transform the Datacenter.” To read that post and see the other technologies discussed, read today’s post: “What’s New in 2012 R2: Service Provider & Tenant IaaS Experience.”
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How to Integrate Your Billing System with the Usage Metering System
This post is a part of the nine-part “What’s New in Windows Server & System Center 2012 R2” series that is featured on Brad Anderson’s In the Cloud blog. Today’s blog post covers Service Provider experiences in enabling the billing and chargeback of Tenant Resource Utilization and how it applies to Brad’s larger topic of “Transform the Datacenter.” To read that post and see the other technologies discussed, read today’s post: What’s New in 2012 R2: Service Provider & Tenant IaaS Experience.
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Creating Usage Analytics Reports using Excel
This post is a part of the nine-part “What’s New in Windows Server & System Center 2012 R2” series that is featured on Brad Anderson’s In the Cloud blog. Today’s blog post covers Service Administration and how it applies to the larger topic of “Transform the Datacenter.” To read that post and see the other technologies discussed, read today’s post: “What’s New in 2012 R2: Service Provider & Tenant IaaS Experience.”
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Using Server Inventory Reports to Help Stay Compliant with Service Provider Licensing Agreement (SPLA)
This post is a part of the nine-part “What’s New in Windows Server & System Center 2012 R2” series that is featured on Brad Anderson’s In the Cloud blog. Today’s blog post covers Service Administration and how it applies to the larger topic of “Transform the Datacenter.” To read that post and see the other technologies discussed, read today’s post: “What’s New in 2012 R2: Service Provider & Tenant IaaS Experience.”