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Office 365 – Use Right Management Services

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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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SharePoint – Security Data and Compliance

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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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Exchange / Security – New statement on issuing certificate will stop allowing using .local domain on certificate

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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

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FIM – ForeFront Identity Manager 2010 R2 is now available

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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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Office 365 – Active Directory Federation update 1 provides better multiple UPN management

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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

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Office 365 – Security resources

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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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ForeFront – Forefront Endpoint Protection 2012 Beta Arrives

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ForeFront Endpoint Protection is the enterprise antivirus and antimalware solution from Microsoft, builds on System Center Configuration Manager. With the coming new version, Microsoft is taking into account mobile devices. Get the beta and start evaluation here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=b64c2029-0f56-4606-ba0c-ea92e03541f5&displaylang=en

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TMG / UAG – Antivirus exclusions

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As you may already know, when you have a file system antivirus software installed on a server you have to define some exclusions (path and/or process). If you work with Exchange, SQL or SharePoint, this is something you may already have done and configured; but for those who are working with ISA, TMG, IAG or

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ForeFront Endpoint Protection – Manage your FPE client with GPO

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If you are planning or have already deployed ForeFront Endpoint Protection, this may interest you. As you know FPE is designed to be managed throught System Center Configuration Manager BUT… you may not have SCCM deployed or need more granularity. Microsoft has released tools to manage FPE with GPO. The first you need to download

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