Windows Vista Security

Brian Teutsch, Program Manager for Windows Sidebar posted an article on the sidebar security model in Windows Vista. "The Windows Sidebar is a new Windows Vista component that provides a runtime for 'gadgets.' Gadgets are mini-applications designed...

In Windows Vista we made numerous changes to our user account model. Standard users are now the default user type for new accounts created after initial setup. The Power Users group is effectively deprecated. In addition, we’ve made it much easier to...

The Windows Authentication Team works on the core Windows authentication components, such as the LSA, and is responsible for Windows authentication protocols, including Kerberos, SSL, NTLM, and Digest. The team has 5 program managers, 10 developers...

The Solutions for Security and Compliance team is currently developing the Windows Vista Security Guide v1 . Based on the Windows XP Security Guide , this new guide provides recommendations for dozens of Group Policy security settings that are designed...

Windows Vista is the first major Microsoft product release that will be serviced with security updates throughout the beta process. We are committed to release Windows Vista updates for all MSRC critical class issues that may arise during the beta testing...

Hello, I'm Scott Field , an Architect working on Windows Kernel Security . There have been a lot of questions recently about a Windows technology called Kernel Patch Protection (sometimes referred to as PatchGuard) so I wanted to provide some context...

We have reached our limit. All the DVDs are gone. If you do not receive one you were not one of the first 75 people or you did not provide your shipping address. We hope to do more giveaways in the future so stay tuned. Hi, I’m Alex Heaton, a product...

Well, we’re back after an exciting week in Las Vegas presenting on Microsoft Windows Vista. There are plenty of reports out there recapping what we discussed, so I won’t go any further into that in this post. But there were many presentations outside...