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Security Tyler mentioned several dates when support for various products will end. Some of those include: IIS 6.0 only installs static file services instead of all the other ones that by default are installed in Windows 2000. Windows XP SP2 is a MAJOR service pack release. Windows Server 2003 SP1 Outlined the points presented by Steve Ballmer in a presentation on security. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/steve/2003/10-09wwpc.asp Microsoft has white papers, best practices, checklists, how-to, tools and scripts available on their web site. http://www.microsoft.com/security/guidance/default.mspx Virtual PC Creates separate VM's on top of your Windows desktop in which you can install other x86-based operating systems including OS/2 or other versions of Windows as a guest operating system (including Linux). This software will run on MAC's. MSCA includes the MAC version but not Windows. Windows version can be purchased through MOLP for approximately $65. MS Management Products SMS MS Applications Center MS Operations Manager (MOM) MS Systems Center The rest of the information can be found on the WNUG web page where Tyler's PowerPoint presentation has been loaded. |
Updated February 8th, 2005 |