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• Windows Advisor: Preventing External User Access to a Private Web Site

Developer wants to block external users from internal Web sites.

by Zubair Alexander

December 2009

• Prof. PowerShell: Get-Unique -- Same But Different

I still prefer the Select-Object cmdlet, but Get-Unique has a way of weeding out the dupes that's, well, different.

by Jeffery Hicks

December 2008

• Security Watch: Microsoft Ends 08 with Two Security Battles

Plus: Should security experts follow open source's open development model? And the damage that can happen in 4.5 seconds.

by Jabulani Leffall

December 2008

• Pop Quiz: Vista Security (Exam 70-620)

by Andy Barkl

December 2008

• Windows Advisor: Understanding and Configuring BitLocker with TPM

Vista SP1 has a greatly improved BitLocker. Still, use BitLocker with a Trusted Platform Module for best results.

by Zubair Alexander

December 2008

• Prof. PowerShell: Uniqueness Counts

PowerShell's Select-Object command has a -unique switch that lest you sort through the riffraff.

by Jeffery Hicks

December 2008

• Pop Quiz: Distributed File System (Exam 70-642)

by Andy Barkl

December 2008

• Security Watch: Security Comes in Patches

IT pros have some complex reasons for rolling out patches, but one thing is for sure: Threats always loom, so do it sooner rather than later.

by Jabulani Leffall

December 2008

• Prof. PowerShell: Command Performance

The Get-Command cmdlet reveals all that you need to know about PowerShell.

by Jeffery Hicks

December 2008

• Security Watch: A Tasty Dish of Worms and Spam

The security space saw lots of activity in November that may have lasting effects on the way IT pros protect, deploy and maintain environments going forward.

by Jabulani Leffall

December 2008

• Windows Advisor: Credential Caching on a Windows Server 2008 RODC

Admin wants to know what threat is posed with password caching if an RODC is stolen.

by Zubair Alexander

December 2008

• Pop Quiz: Windows 2008 Backups (Exam 70-642)

by Andy Barkl

December 2008

• Windows Advisor: Taking ISA Server Into the Danger Zone

Reader wants to have ISA Server obtain an IP address from an externally facing DHCP server.

by Zubair Alexander

November 2008

• Pop Quiz: Credential Caching (Exam 70-642)

by Andy Barkl

November 2008

• Prof. PowerShell: Reading Assignment

My secret for learning Powershell? Check out these blogs.

by Jeffery Hicks

November 2008

• Windows Advisor: Quick Hit -- Vista Shell Commands

Get access to some common Vista folders using the shell commands.

by Zubair Alexander

November 2008