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June 2005 - Posts

Synergy

An interesting thing happened today. My big group (under John Frederiksen) at Microsoft had an all-hands meeting. We're a group of about 500 or so, including MSDN, TechNet, patterns and practices, Microsoft Solutions for Security, MS Learning, Community, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 29, 2005 3:08 PM by Brianjo | 0 Comments

Patterns and Practices Live

I wasn't aware that the Patterns and Practices group was doing a regular weekly webcast. You can get the details here: Patterns and Practices Live Let's face it, some webcasts are just plain boring while others are nothing but fluff. There's one thing Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 29, 2005 10:16 AM by Brianjo | 1 Comments

Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit

I'm getting a demo today of the Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit. This looks like an awesome solution for locking down a multi-user machine. Check out the details and the download here: Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit Microsoft created the Shared Computer Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 29, 2005 10:01 AM by Brianjo | 2 Comments
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Steve Riley on RDP and Authentication

Steve Riley has posted a link to some information about RDP security over the Internet. Check it out here: Securing Terminal Services over the Internet In the discussion on TS over the Internet, I failed to mention a very important bit. There is no mechanism Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 29, 2005 1:51 AM by Brianjo | 0 Comments
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CLR Profiler for .NET Framework 2.0 Beta 2

We just posted this last night. CLR Profiler for the .NET Framework 2.0 Beta 2 Analyze and improve the behavior of your managed applications with the CLR Profiler. This version of the CLR Profiler was built especially for the .NET Framework 2.0 Beta 2 Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 28, 2005 9:49 AM by Brianjo | 1 Comments
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RSS in Longhorn

Last week we posted a new page in the Longhorn developer center in support of the announcements made at Gnomedex. It (the announcements) seems to be making quite a splash. RSS in Longhorn Today RSS is primarily used for news sites, blogs, and increasingly Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 28, 2005 9:45 AM by Brianjo | 0 Comments
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One last Encarta note...

As I was messing around on Encarta today, I also noticed the MSN Encarta Right-Click Dictionary . Basically you install this and when you right click on a word in Interenet Explorer, you can get a definition in a pop-up window. Very cool. Read More...
Posted Monday, June 20, 2005 9:22 AM by Brianjo | 0 Comments

How to Edit Encarta Encyclopedia

I was just looking up something in Encarta and I saw a link to this page: How to Edit Encarta Encyclopedia That's right, with Encarta's new Encarta Feedback program, you can suggest updates, corrections, and improvements to any article quickly and easily. Read More...
Posted Monday, June 20, 2005 11:16 AM by Brianjo | 0 Comments

New on VS2005

We added a new section to the Visual Studio 2005 Beta Home Page today. It's in the MSDN Forums: Questions Needing Answers section. This set will show you a few of the latest unanswered questions in the MSDN Forums . It even has an RSS feed if you feel Read More...
Posted Monday, June 20, 2005 10:55 AM by Brianjo | 0 Comments
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Log Parser

I was playing with Log Parser tonight and I did a search to see what I may have said about it in my blog. I was surprised to find that I haven't mentioned it at all. If you haven't used Log Parser before, it's a great way to analyze security and other Read More...
Posted Monday, June 20, 2005 3:19 AM by Brianjo | 0 Comments
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New security guidance from MSS

Microsoft Solutions for Security (MSS), put out a ton of great security guidance last week. I'll try to headline some of this on MSDN, but I wanted to get out the complete list for those interested. The Services and Service Accounts Security Planning Read More...
Posted Sunday, June 19, 2005 9:09 PM by Brianjo | 2 Comments
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eMbedded Visual C++ Upgrade Wizard for Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2

New on the download center. If you're doing embedded Visual C++ development, you'll want to take a look at this: eMbedded Visual C++ Upgrade Wizard for Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 This addin will install into Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 and allow upgrade Read More...
Posted Sunday, June 19, 2005 6:02 PM by Brianjo | 0 Comments
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Security Updates for June

We released a number of Security Bulletins today. It looks like three critical, four moderate, and three important. Here's a link to the summary: Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for June, 2005 For a quick overview, you can scan the descriptions on Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 14, 2005 2:51 PM by Brianjo | 0 Comments
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Visual Studio 2005 Beta2 Patch for Visual C++ Developers

Yesterday we posted a patch for Visual C++ in Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2. Check out the Download Center page for details: Visual Studio 2005 Beta2 Patch for Visual C++ Developers This patch updates the C++ IDE language service DLL (vcpkg.dll) to provide Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 14, 2005 11:42 AM by Brianjo | 1 Comments
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Steve Teixeira on the future of MFC

Today we posted a new article on the future of MFC by Steve Teixeira . We're headlining the article on the Visual C++ Developer Center . MFC: Visual Studio 2005 and Beyond The Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) Library continues to be the most popular C++ Read More...
Posted Saturday, June 11, 2005 12:09 AM by Brianjo | 0 Comments
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Spring Issue TechNet Magazine

I finally got around to looking at the latest issue of TechNet Magazine . As usual, lots of great information, like this article about locking down your system: 10 Easy Ways To Lock Down Your Computer Here are 10 important Group Policy settings you can Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 09, 2005 12:42 AM by Brianjo | 1 Comments
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patterns and practices Security Wiki

The PAG team has a new security wiki up on Channel 9. Check it out here: Welcome to the patterns & practices Security Wiki Welcome to the patterns & practices Security Wiki. This is where we think out loud. Here youll find emerging practices, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 07, 2005 7:46 PM by Brianjo | 2 Comments
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See Steve Ballmer's Tech-Ed 2005 Keynote

Don't miss Steve Ballmer's Tech-Ed 2005 Keynote on Monday. Here are the details and link: Steve Ballmer Tech·Ed 2005 Keynote: "Delivering New Value to the Business" Orlando, Florida June 6, 2005, 9:00 A.M. Eastern, 6:00 A.M. Pacific Time Keynoting Microsoft's Read More...
Posted Monday, June 06, 2005 4:11 AM by Brianjo | 0 Comments

Matt is looking for a few good strategists

Or at least two. Read all about it here: Wanted: MSDN Content Strategists I currently have two open positions here at MSDN for Content Strategists that can potentially cover the following technologies: Longhorn, the .NET Framework, C#, Smart Clients and Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 01, 2005 3:56 PM by Brianjo | 0 Comments
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