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The Short (euphemism) Course on Writing Secure Web Apps

The Staysafe blog has some great resources, including my fav: "Why Social Engineering Always Works"....

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 02/12/2008

Crossing the IT Pro/Dev Divide

IT Pro. Developer. Microsoft serves content to these audiences on two sides of an organizational...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 02/12/2008

DaRT to the Heart - In anticipation of Valentine's day

Apologies to you Bruce Cockburn fans, I have a condition that lowers my resistance to puns and...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 02/12/2008

Port 25 is Open

The Open Source Community blog Port 25 has relaunched with a facelift and an interesting new post...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 02/12/2008

Virtualization Gets 1st Class TechNet Citizenship

Virtualization is all growed up, TechCenter of its own and everthang. Check out the new...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 02/07/2008

traduttore, traditore!

This phrase is sometimes translated as "translator, traitor!" Too many times in the past, a new...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 02/01/2008

Microsoft Groks Terminology

I am totally stoked for the launch of the announced Microsoft Language Portal. String and term...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 01/31/2008

Il ne peut pas se produire ici? ...When Was Your Last Security Audit?

Read this story about Jerome Kerviel, and get worried. According to news reports this guy: "used his...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 01/25/2008

Son of Microsoft Redefines Virtual

You have followed all the recent annoucements about Microsoft and virtual technologies. You may have...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 01/24/2008

How To Feed Yourself

TechNet has a nifty feed of "How-to" videos on Windows Server 2008. Check it out at:...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 01/24/2008

How Microsoft IT Does Security

Check out new 'casts from IT Showcase on internal Microsoft security: How Microsoft IT Manages...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 01/23/2008

To "SIR", With Love

The third volume of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) is now available. SIR Volume 3...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 01/18/2008

Microsoft Redefines Virtual

The upcoming WS08 launch event has a teaser here:...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 01/08/2008

Lone(ly) Server

Anyone who says either: 1) Microsoft adpersons have not sense of humor 2) No one at Microsoft is...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 01/08/2008

TS: /console is dead, long live /admin

The Terminal Services Team blog has a great explanatory post on the changes to remote administration...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 12/18/2007

Terminal Services Free Webcasts

I have just joined the WS08 Terminal Services team, and there are a ton of webcasts I just missed....

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 12/13/2007

VMM: Ops and Planning and Deployment Content Released

New in the SCVMM library today: Planning a Virtual Machine Manager 2007 Deployment Installing and...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 11/14/2007

Holidays Come Early for IT Pros: $100 Off TechNet Plus Subscription

Thanks to chenley, who notes on his blog and in his webcast (Deploying Remote Programs with Windows...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 11/14/2007

VMM: Scripted Backup

Chris Wolf published an article on scripting backup of VMs here (vsbackup.vbs), based on Jeff...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 11/13/2007

Workplace Writing Tips for IT Pros

According to this MSN article: "No matter what field you’re in or position you hold, the ability to...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 11/13/2007

Virtualization: And Oracle Makes Three

Is it just me, or is it getting crowded in here? According to this story: "Customers can download...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 11/12/2007

VMM: IPD For Virtualization

The IPD for Virtualization is available in the donwload center. Infrastructure Planning and Design...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 11/09/2007

VMM: Vox Populi

For October 1997: top 10 most-visited pages on the TechCenter (including the Library) were: o System...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 11/09/2007

VMM: SAN Deployment

You can deploy Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) in an environment that has either a Fibre Channel or an...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 11/09/2007

IT Pros: Finally an online game for you

Visio is running a contest/promotion/giveaway for IT Pros that shows some nifty prizes available:...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 11/08/2007

VMM: Son of FAQ - including "what is offline P2V?"

More FAQs: Q: Is there a way I can tell if a machine in my inventory is virtual? A: If the registry...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 11/07/2007

VMM: Scripting Guide Goes Live

The VMM Scripting Guide is now available in the download center. The Virtual Machine Manager...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 11/06/2007

VMM: Discover the Technical Library

Our first month's metrics about visitors to the VMM Technical Library worried the PTB, so they asked...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 11/05/2007

VMM: New Linux Additions for Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1

A new version of the Linux Additions for Virtual Server is now available from the Microsoft Download...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 11/01/2007

VMM: MP for VMM is live

The Management Pack for SCVMM is now available in the donwload center:...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 10/26/2007

VMM: Troubleshooting Setup

We'll be updating our Configuring a Remote Instance of SQL Server topic very soon with some new...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 10/25/2007

VMM: Install VM Additions

VMM does not install VM Additions for you. For example, assume you have just converted a physical...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 10/24/2007

VMM: Script VM Additions in PS

The following information on scripting the installation of VM Additions using VMM/PowerShell is...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 10/24/2007

Tester Community

There is a new community site for Test open today over on MSDN at:...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 10/22/2007

VMM: new WP on Managing Host Clusters with VMM

The new white paper "Managing Virtual Server Host Clustering using System Center Virtual Machine...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 10/22/2007

BBC: Tax "them"

Interesting article here says the Beeb (well, BBC.com) will start advertising on the sites accessed...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 10/18/2007

Parkwheel

This guy understands innovation: https://flickr.com/photos/hno/186714777/in/photostream/

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 10/17/2007

VMM: What's Cooking?

The System Builder's Shop Talk blog yesterday links to the some useful Virtualization Cookbooks,...

Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 10/17/2007