Here a goodie I found that may be of interest to you.
Microsoft WebsiteSpark offers professional Web developers and designers visibility, support and software, all in one place. WebsiteSpark provides new business opportunities through connections with global partners and customers, support and training, and software tools—at no upfront cost. Through WebsiteSpark, you’ll have access to:
Business opportunities: Connect with partners through the WebsiteSpark Marketplace and other Microsoft networks.
Support and training: Connect to an ecosystem of professional support on a wide range of technical and business resources from Microsoft, WebsiteSpark partners, hosting partners and developers.
Software and solutions: Access to Microsoft development tools and Web server production licenses at no upfront cost.
The HPC Debugger is an add-in for Visual Studio 2008 that helps launch remote debugging sessions for MPI or SOA applications running on a Microsoft HPC cluster.
The first feature integrates the ‘F5’ experience of launching the Visual Studio 2008 MPI Cluster Debugger for C++ MPI applications and your Windows HPC Server 2008 environment, for a better and more integrated debugging experience. A new tool window where you can specify the nodes that the debugging session will use is included. A project template for C/C++ MPI programs is also included. The second feature enables a similar ‘F5’ experience for Cluster-SOA applications for debugging on the cluster. Three different debugging styles are enabled: (i) debugging all of the services simultaneously, (ii) debugging all requests made to a service on a specified machine, and (iii) debugging specific requests. For both features, once your break points are set and the debugger settings are specified you only have to press ‘F5’ to launch the debugger. Pressing ‘F5’ deploys your application binaries and the remote debugger, and submits a job to the scheduler. When the job is scheduled the MPI or Cluster-SOA service processes start under the control of the remote debugger.
The IT Infrastructure Threat Modeling Guide provides an easy-to-understand method that enables you to develop threat models that can help prioritize investments in IT infrastructure security. This Solution Accelerator consists of a release notes document Release Notes.rtf and a single compressed file, IT Infrastructure Threat Modeling Guide.zip, which includes the following components:
IT Infrastructure Threat Modeling Guide.docx. This Microsoft Word document provides guidance to help IT professionals develop and implement threat modeling processes for their IT environments. It includes the following chapters:
Overview
Chapter 1: IT Infrastructure Components
Chapter 2: The IT Infrastructure Threat Model Portfolio
Chapter 3: Applied Example – The Threat Modeling Process
IT Infrastructure Threat Modeling Guide.pptx. This Microsoft PowerPoint document is designed for use in a learning or lecture environment to present the concept of IT infrastructure threat modeling.
Error message about the Skype 3.8 IE Plugin when you start Internet Explorer 8: "Internet Explorer 8 is in a special no-add-ons mode so that you can fix a compatibility problem with Skype 3.8 IE Plugin"
The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is a powerful inventory, assessment, and reporting tool that can securely assess IT environments for various platform migrations and virtualization without the use of any software agents. Download this free toolkit today and generate a customized PC security assessment, security readiness proposal, and secure readiness report.
Virus and malware protection is essential to the security of your business desktops and laptops. Protect your client infrastructure when you select Microsoft Forefront Client Security and Network Access Protection (NAP) to provide unified, easy to manage malware protection.
Forefront Client Security gives you:
Protection. Guards against emerging threats and other traditional attacks.
Control. Gives administrators the ability to determine the specific security configuration for client computers.
Reporting. Prioritizes security issues by using detailed reports and alerts.
Start securing your desktop infrastructure by utilizing the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit and accelerate your migration to PC security solutions such as Forefront Client Security and Network Access Protection (NAP). MAP is a scalable and agentless assessment platform designed to make it easier for customers to adopt the latest Microsoft technologies including security solutions. With MAP, you can assess the virus and spyware vulnerability of your client infrastructure and evaluate its readiness for Forefront Client Security and NAP migration.
What Is the MAP Toolkit?
The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is a powerful inventory, assessment, and reporting tool that can securely assess IT environments for various platform migrations and virtualization without the use of any software agents. This versatile toolkit:
Quickly discovers clients, servers, and applications across your IT environment.
Conducts migration and virtualization assessments for your IT projects.
Auto-generates reports and proposals.
Scales well to small businesses as well as large enterprises.
While there is no single recommended method to deploy Windows 7 with BitLocker, this guide describes the various aspects of the process and includes best practices for successful deployment.
The Security Compliance Manager provides centralized baseline management for Windows client and server operating systems, and Microsoft applications. Sign up for the upcoming Beta program and help us build a tool that best meets your needs. As a Beta participant, you’ll be able to give us your feedback on the security settings database, customization capabilities, and security baseline export flexibility.
Go Here to apply (Connect.Microsoft.com) the beta site for most Microsoft products
Get the Beta: System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Dashboard The Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Dashboard lets you track application and operating system deployments, security updates, the health status of computers, and IT compliance. The Dashboard is a free Solution Accelerator, and fully supported by Microsoft.
Preview the Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant Microsoft recently announced the first CTP of a SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) for MySQL v1.0, which automates aspects of the migration process to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and 2008, including SQL Azure Database.
Starting March 1, 2010, your computer will shut down every two hours and your work will not be saved. To avoid interruption, please back up your data and perform a clean install of Windows 7 (or earlier version).
