Friday, June 01, 2012

WindowsNetworking.com - Monthly Article Update

WindowsNetworking.com - Monthly Article Update

Hi Security World,

New articles and tutorials added to WindowsNetworking.com last month:



Title: Trench Tales (Part 3) - Apple in the Enterprise
Author: Mitch Tulloch
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Trench-Tales-Part3.html
Summary: The third article in this series of real-world stories deals with managing Apple devices in Windows-centric environments.

Title: Scripted Network Defense (Part 1) - Programmatic Defense of Windows Hosts Against Network Attacks
Author: Jeremy Barth
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Scripted-Networt-Defense-Part-1.html
Summary: In this series the author looks at some well-known network attacks and examines free, readily-available tools and scripting techniques that can help you respond to them.

Title: Server Hardware Explained (Part 9)
Author: Brien M. Posey
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Server-Hardware-Explained-Part9.html
Summary: This article concludes the series on server hardware by discussing the basics of server CPUs.

Title: Product Review - SolarWinds Patch Manager
Author: Brien M. Posey
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Product-Review-SolarWinds-Patch-Manager.html
Summary: The author checks out SolarWinds Patch Manager (formerly Eminent Ware Patch Manager), which is designed to centralize the entire patch management process.

Title: Cisco Unified Communications Manager - Voted WindowsNetworking.com Readers' Choice Award Winner - IP PBX Servers
Author: The Editor
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/news/WindowsNetworking-Readers-Choice-Award-IP-PBX-Servers-Cisco-Unified-Communications-Manager-Apr12.html
Summary: Cisco Unified Communications Manager was selected the winner in the IP PBX Servers category of the WindowsNetworking.com Readers' Choice Awards. Asterisk and 3CX Phone System for Windows were runner-up and second runner-up respectively.

Title: Introduction to System Center Operations Manager 2012 (Part 7) - Monitoring Domain Controllers
Author: Scott D. Lowe
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Introduction-System-Center-Operations-Manager-2012-Part7.html
Summary: In this, Part 7, you will learn how to add a management pack that monitors a Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controller.

Title: Local vs Domain User Accounts
Author: Derek Melber
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Local-vs-Domain-User-Accounts.html
Summary: In this article the author debates about the concept of domain vs local user account and suggests that all local user accounts be deleted and only those that are truly required be allowed.

Title: Advanced Deployment (Part 1) - MDT or SCCM?
Author: Mitch Tulloch
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Advanced-Deployment-Part1.html
Summary: This new series of articles deals with various advanced deployment topics. This first article deals with using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit vs. System Center Configuration Manager.

Title: The New Philosophy for Server Management in Windows Server 8 (Part 3)
Author: Brien M. Posey
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/New-Philosophy-Server-Management-Windows-Server-8-Part3.html
Summary: This article continues the discussion of Microsoft's new management philosophy by discussing the newly redesigned PowerShell.

Title: Third-Party DNS Services
Author: Eric Geier
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Third-Party-DNS-Services.html
Summary: In this article the author will review three of the most popular third-party DNS providers – OpenDNS, Google and Dyn.

Title: Overview of the File Server Role in Windows Server 8 Failover Clustering
Author: Deb Shinder
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Overview-File-Server-Role-Windows-Server-8-Failover-Clustering.html
Summary: In this article, we'll take a quick look at some of the new file server role capabilities included in Windows Server 2012.

Title: Product Review: Free SolarWinds Tools
Author: Brien M. Posey
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Product-Review-Free-SolarWinds-Tools.html
Summary: Although SolarWinds is best known for paid products such as Server & Application Monitor, they do offer some free tools as well. As such, I have written a mini review of three such utilities.

Title: Trench Tales (Part 2) - Troubleshooting Slow Logons
Author: Mitch Tulloch
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Trench-Tales-Part2.html
Summary: The second article in this series of real-world stories deals with troubleshooting lengthy logons.





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