October - Technical Rollup Mail

News

Don't Let BYOD Backfire on Your Businesshttp://blogs.technet.com/b/trustworthycomputing/archive/2012/08/17/don-t-let-byod-backfire-on-your-business.aspx
There are several reasons for organizations to at least consider adopting BYOD; however compliance mandates and security issues are two large hurdles that should be carefully considered when weighing the pros and cons of BYOD. See why, even if those issues are managed, BYOD can go down a path that neutralizes the benefits and turns into a source of employee dissatisfaction.

Working Toward a Privacy Framework for the "Big Data" Erahttp://blogs.technet.com/b/trustworthycomputing/archive/2012/09/14/working-toward-a-privacy-framework-for-the-big-data-era.aspx
Over the past several months, Microsoft has been talking with some of the world's foremost privacy thinkers, including representatives of regulatory bodies, government policymakers, academia, and industry to explore alternate models for privacy in a modern information economy. Learn more about these discussions and the types of issues being raised.

Microsoft Security Response Center Progress Report 2012http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2012/09/14/microsoft-security-response-center-msrc-progress-report-2012.aspx
The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) recently published its annual MSRC Progress Report. This year's report provides the latest information on the progress of various security initiatives that share information to foster deeper industry collaboration around software security, increase community-based defenses, and better protect customers from malware. Check out the new report today.

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for September, 2012

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-sep

Security Bulletin Overview for September 2012

Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) Blog Posthttp://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9683067

Windows Media Video (WMV)http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9683068

Windows Media Audio (WMA)http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9683069

iPod Video (MP4)http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9683070

MP3 Audiohttp://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9683071

High Quality WMV (2.5 Mbps)http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9683072

Zune Video (WMV)http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9683073

Microsoft Product Lifecycle Information

Find information about your particular products on the Microsoft Product Lifecycle Web site http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9669804

See a List of Supported Service Packshttp://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9669805

Microsoft provides free software updates for security and nonsecurity issues for all supported service packs.

Follow the Microsoft Security Response team on Twitter http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9739346 @MSFTSecResponse for the latest information on the threat landscape.

Forefront TMG and ISA Server

Forefront Security TechCenter

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/forefront/default.aspx

Please note that if you have feedback on documentation or wish to request new documents - email isadocs@microsoft.com

Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 homepage

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/forefront/ee807302.aspx

Forefront TMG (ISA Server) Product Team Blog

The ISA Server Product Team Blog (http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/) is updated on a regular basis. Latest entries include:

Important Information Regarding Changes to Forefront Product Roadmaps

http://blogs.technet.com/b/isablog/archive/2012/09/12/important-information-regarding-changes-to-forefront-product-roadmaps.aspx

TMG Logging to LLQ

http://blogs.technet.com/b/isablog/archive/2012/09/18/tmg-logging-to-llq.aspx

Forefront Unified Access Gateway & Intelligent Application Gateway 2007

Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 Technical Resources

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/forefront/edgesecurity/ee907407.aspx

For comments, feedback, and requests, contact the Forefront UAG User Assistance team at uagdocs@microsoft.com.

Forefront Unified Access Gateway Product Team Blog

The UAG Product Team Blog (http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog) is updated on a regular basis. Latest entries include:

The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is not installed on this device, or the installed JRE version is older than version 1.5

http://blogs.technet.com/b/edgeaccessblog/archive/2012/09/07/the-java-runtime-environment-jre-is-not-installed-on-this-device-or-the-installed-jre-version-is-older-than-version-1-5.aspx

KB: Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 Direct Access machine crashes with stop code 0xD1

http://blogs.technet.com/b/edgeaccessblog/archive/2012/09/10/kb-microsoft-forefront-unified-access-gateway-2010-direct-access-machine-crashes-with-stop-code-0xd1.aspx

Other TechNet Blogs

Windows 2012 DirectAccess (Unified Remote Access) webcast with Bala Natarajan

http://blogs.technet.com/b/ben/archive/2012/09/25/windows-2012-directaccess-unified-remote-access-webcast-with-bala-natarajan.aspx

Designing Your Cloud Infrastructure

http://blogs.technet.com/b/yuridiogenes/archive/2012/09/19/designing-your-cloud-infrastructure.aspx

Forefront Edge on the Wiki

The home of community-generated content about Microsoft technologies — that anyone can edit! Read the latest wiki articles about TMG and UAG.

TMG - http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/tags/tmg/default.aspx.

UAG - http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/tags/UAG/default.aspx

New KB’s

UAG

Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 Direct Access machine crashes with stop code 0xD1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2732485

Documents

Consumerization of IT Jump Start
Get a high-level overview of the consumerization of IT and BYOD trend, then delve into more detail with demonstrations of key IT scenarios related to supporting this trend in an enterprise organization:

Consumerization of IT Jump Start (02): End-to-End Security & Access

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/video/consumerization-of-it-jump-start-01-keynote-enabling-the-consumerization-of-it

Microsoft Technologies for Consumerization http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/hh182562.aspx?ocid=wc-nl-secnews
Explore the technologies that can help you embrace the latest trends in consumerization while maintaining control over your IT environment.

Consumerization of IT FAQ http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/hh182562.aspx?ocid=wc-nl-secnews
Get answers to common questions about the consumerization of IT trend including recommendations on how to approach mixed-OS environments, smartphones, and desktop virtualization.

Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for User State Virtualization http://technet.microsoft.com/library/ff877478.aspx
Windows user state virtualization (USV) can help IT find the right balance between centralized management of business-critical data and a rich user desktop experience. This guide offers instructions on how to gather relevant user and IT requirements, then compare and contrast Windows USV technologies (Folder Redirection, Offline Files, and Roaming User Profiles) in light of scenarios that are relevant to your business.

Network Access Protection Deployment Guide http://technet.microsoft.com/library/dd314175.aspx
Learn how to deploy Network Access Protection (NAP), an extensible platform that provides infrastructure components and an application programming interface (API) for adding components that verify and remediate a computer's health and enforce various types of network access or communication.