With Windows 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1, Microsoft starts to simplify the BYOD – Bring Your Own Device. Indeed, on Windows 8.1 (this is not available with Windows 8, so upgrade for free your Windows 8 device ), a new feature called Join Workspace allow end-users to connect and use corporate resources without being obliged […]
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For those who already played used Right Management Services, you already know it is difficult either not possible to share document secured by RMS with someone outside of your company. Now, with Windows Azure Right Management it’s becoming easier to share protected document outside of the company. All you need is an Office 365 tenant
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As you may already know, Microsoft has announced few months ago the end of some ForeFront products line, including ForeFront Protection the antivirus solution for Exchange, SharePoint and Office Communication Server (yes, Lync never had any updates while it has been long waited since Lync 2010). As part of this, you may also have read
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With the new Office 365, Microsoft has introduced a new functionality to secure document sharing: Right Management Services. This service is (should be) well know as this is available since Windows Server 2003 as additional component for internal deployment. See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771234(v=ws.10).aspx for more details about RMS. So, going back to Office 365 and Windows Azure
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Live from SharePoint Conference 2012. Authentication & Authorization SharePoint supports the following authentication types: Windows NTLM Kerberos Basic Anonymous Digest FBA LDAP SQL ASP.Net membership provider SAML Token based authentication ADFS 3rd party identity provider LDSP Windows Azure Access Control Services OAuth Authentication means verification of claim; SharePoint do not do authentication. Authorization means
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This notification apply mainly to Exchange services as these are the main services deployed within companies with internal and external access, meaning different URL’s – one for internal which is not Internet aware and one for remote access. But off course, any services which allow this type of access is impacted (such as SharePoint for
Microsoft has released a new tool called Rights Protected Folder which is allowing you to work with AD RMS to protect folders. This tool is available for Windows 7 and 8. Go to http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30152 for download
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The new release of the Microsoft identity management, ForeFront Identity Manager 2010 R2, is now available. As part of the improvments, you will find: Support of Office 2010 and SharePoint Foundation Improved performance System Center Service Manager integration and much more. MSDN & TechNet subscribers can already download it from their respective portal.
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As you may already know, with Office 365 you can configure your cloud services to use your own Active Directory for user authentication. This allow single sign on and password policy management independently of Office 365. However, until now, there was a limitation which obliged you to use multiple ADFS implementation in case of you
Here are few links about security on Office 365. This covers best practices, compliance… Standard Response to Request for Information – Security and Privacy – http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26647 Security in Office 365 White Paper – http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26552 Cloud Computing Security Considerations – http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=1013 Security, Privacy and Compliance Information for Microsoft Online Services – http://www.microsoft.com/online/legal/v2/?docid=21&langid=en-us
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