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• Network Access Protection DHCP Enforcement Walkthrough

  This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm In this walkthrough we will examine the steps required to setup Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 6:16 PM by alextch | 1 Comments Filed under: Forefront

• Incorporating KB938054 patch into the stand alone Forefront Client deploymnt

  This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.ht m This screen-cast outlines the steps to create a stand-alone Forefront Read More... Posted Thursday, June 26, 2008 6:43 PM by alextch | 1 Comments Filed under: Forefront

• Automating distribution of Forefront for Exchange configuration settings via Microsoft Forefront Server Security Console (FSSC)

  This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm This screen-cast outlines the steps required in automating deployment Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008 4:46 PM by alextch | 0 Comments

• Establishing and verifying connectivity between ISA 2006 and RSA Authentication Manager

  This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm This screen-cast outlines the necessary configuration steps involved Read More... Posted Thursday, May 29, 2008 7:48 PM by alextch | 0 Comments Filed under: ISA

• Migrating to Forefront Client Security

  This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm This screencast explores a strategy of conducting a migration from Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 06, 2008 5:54 PM by alextch | 0 Comments Filed under: Forefront Attachment(s): FCS-SampleScript_Uninstall_Symantec_AV_MOM_READY.vbs

• Performing Mutual Authentication via IPSec in a MOM 2005 workgroup environment

  This walkthrough will concentrate on mitigating some of the security limitations of MOM 2005 when managing machines, which are part of a workgroup environment, or to be more specific which are not part of an Active Directory Forest. We will look at how to utilize PKI infrastructure in conjunction with IPSec capabilities of the Windows platform to perform mutual authentication based on X509 certificates. Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 4:36 PM by alextch | 1 Comments Filed under: PKI, Forefront

• Configuring SCOM 2007 to perform mutual authentication with non-domain joined machines using X509 certificates

  This walk-through outlines the steps required to configure SCOM 2007 to perform mutual authentication with non-domain joined machines using X509 certificates. Such configuration provides high level of security in the scenario of having to manage non-domain joined machines using SCOM 2007 Read More... Posted Monday, April 21, 2008 9:47 AM by alextch | 2 Comments Filed under: PKI

• Exploring ISA 2006 as an outbound web proxy

  ISA 2006 can accommodate a variety of deployment scenarios. Here are just some of them: perimeter firewall, remote access gateway, application publishing reverse proxy, and outbound web proxy. This screen-cast explores the capabilities of ISA 2006 as an outbound web proxy. The topics covered in this screen-cast closely match those of the typical requirements put forward by our customers. Specifically, we will examine the following: 1. Integration with Active Directory by providing seamless authentication and access control options 2. Integration with 3rd party URL filtering solutions. We will examine integration with WebSense as an example. 3. Inspection of traffic channeled inside SSL 4. High availability and fault tolerance options 5. Manageability Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 15, 2008 2:59 PM by alextch | 1 Comments Filed under: ISA

• Using Microsoft Network Policy Server in conjunction with 802.1x capable switch to provide access control to your network

  This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm In this screen -cast we will explore how to configure end-to-end Read More... Posted Monday, December 10, 2007 10:33 PM by alextch | 1 Comments

• Accessing ILM WMI Inteface from non-windows host

  This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm This screencast explores a scenario of calling WMI interface of Read More... Posted Friday, November 09, 2007 12:24 PM by alextch | 0 Comments Filed under: MIIS, AD Interop, ILM 2007 Attachment(s): WMISample.zip

• Workflow based account reconciliation across multiple enterprise directories or how to deal with orphan accounts

  This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm This screencast explores a framework for using workflow to reconcile Read More... Posted Thursday, November 01, 2007 9:02 PM by alextch | 0 Comments Filed under: ILM 2007 Attachment(s): WrkFlowEnforcement.zip

• Adding self-service component to your ILM 2007 solutions by utilizing MySite SharePoint facility

  Adding self-service component to your ILM 2007 solutions by utilizing MySite SharePoint facility In this walkthrough I am taking a look at a possibility of utilizing MySite facility of SharePoint as a mechanism to provide self-service for ILM 2007 based solution. Specifically, I will examine a scenario of using MySite to trigger updates of personal information, and propagating such information into other systems (ex. Active Directory). Read More... Posted Thursday, September 06, 2007 7:38 PM by alextch | 1 Comments Filed under: Sharepoint, ILM 2007 Attachment(s): MYSITEextMA.zip

• Connecting ILM 2007 with SharePoint Services Lists

  In this blog I explore the possibilities of using information stored in SharePoint Services V3.0 lists to drive provisioning processes (specifically integration with Active Directory). The idea behind this approach is to merge provisioning and synchronization capabilities of ILM with collaboration and workflow components of SharePoint Services 3.0. Please, follow this link for a complete walkthrough. Read More... Posted Sunday, September 02, 2007 9:19 AM by alextch | 2 Comments Filed under: MIIS, Sharepoint Attachment(s): WSSListExtMA.zip

• Sample .NET code that retrieves data stored in a SharePoint list

  This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm Quite often we need to pull some data stored in a SharePoint list. Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 28, 2007 5:29 PM by alextch | 1 Comments Filed under: Sharepoint

• .NET Helper Class for managment of Oracle User and Role objects

  This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm This helper dll (attached below in this blog) will allow you to Read More... Posted Monday, August 27, 2007 3:12 PM by alextch | 1 Comments Attachment(s): OraUserHelperUtil.zip