Securing Your Application Platform

Have you ever deployed an application, only to discover the production server's security model impacts the functionality of your application? Rather than weaken security at deployment time, it is better to develop from the beginning with the least possible privileges. This section includes articles on how to secure Microsoft's application platform.

Getting Started

• How To: Secure Your Developer Workstation
  
• How To: Use the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
  
• How To: Implement Patch Management
  

Microsoft SQL Server

• Security Considerations for a SQL Server Installation
  
• Setting Up Windows Service Accounts
  
• How to: Enable Encrypted Connections to the Database Engine (SQL Server Configuration Manager)
  
• Securing Your SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Server
  
• Securing Your Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Database
  

Microsoft Internet Information Server

• Configuring Web Server Security for IIS 7.0
  
• IIS 6.0 Security Best Practices
  
• Securing Your IIS 5.0 Web Server
  
• How To: Use IISLockdown with IIS 5.0
  

Microsoft Windows Server

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Security Configuration Wizard
  
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Security Guide: The Web Server Role
  
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Security Guide: Key Settings to Consider
  
• Security Guidance for Windows Server 2000
  
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Security Hardening Guide
  

Microsoft Visual Studio

• New Security Features in Visual Studio 2005
• Code analysis with FxCop: Overview, Quick Start Guide and How to Perform an Analysis