Security

Last Updated on 2 Feb. 2009, Total: 77 Knowledge Base Tips

  1. How Can I Learn Group Policy?

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 14 June 2005
    • Section: Security

    Need to learn how Group Policy works, what it can do, and how to implement it?... Read More

  2. How to prevent users from installing software

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 17 April 2007
    • Section: Security

    Preventing users from installing software... Read More

  3. Increase file server performance

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 12 July 2006
    • Section: Security

    Don't use your domain controller as a file server--here's why... Read More

  4. Joining a Domain Securely

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 26 May 2005
    • Section: Security

    How to securely add a computer to a domain... Read More

  5. Listening ports and services

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 20 Nov. 2007
    • Section: Security

    How to find what ports your server is listening on and which service is listening on each port... Read More

  6. Local accounts and Group Policy

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 17 Jan. 2006
    • Section: Security

    Group Policy can be a minefield and some policy settings are best left unchanged... Read More

  7. Logging Windows Firewall

    • by Chris Sanders
    • Published on 15 March 2007
    • Section: Security

    The built-in windows firewall won’t only stop unwanted traffic at your doorstep, it will log it too!... Read More

  8. MSDN Webcast: Using Authorization Manager on Windows Server 2003

    • by Wayne Maples
    • Published on 20 April 2004
    • Section: Security

    83 mins - In this advanced session, we will learn how to leverage the Authorization Manager API that’s built into Windows Server 2003 to control access to resources and limit the tasks that a user can perform. We’ll write code to perform dynamic access checks on specific tasks. We’ll compare and contrast controlling authorization via a custom-built SQL scheme and... Read More

  9. MSDN Webcast: Windows Server 2003 Internet Explorer Security Setting Functionality

    • by Wayne Maples
    • Published on 20 April 2004
    • Section: Security

    36 minutes - look at the changes made to Internet Explorer in Windows Server 2003 and how these changes will affect the ISV or developer when developing applications. This short webcast will cover the background of why the default settings for Internet Explorer will be set at the highest level of security, how the user's experience will be affected and... Read More

  10. Management software and security

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 28 Sept. 2005
    • Section: Security

    Which kind of management software is more secure, agent-based or agentless?... Read More