A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about IIS Extensions – new functionality for IIS that comes directly from the development team on a continuous basis. Well this week we have two more pre-release Extensions available, and each is a “Go Live” release candidate, meaning that they have reached the last milestone on the step Read more
In June of this year, we released a beta version of UrlScan 3.0, which can help mitigate SQL injection attacks. Today, we’re happy to announce the final release of UrlScan 3.0 for Internet Information Services (IIS). UrlScan 3.0 is a security tool that restricts the types of HTTP requests that IIS will process. By blocking Read more
It might seem like a distant memory now, but when we launched Windows Server 2008 back in February, we made a big deal about the next-generation Web platform included with it: Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0. We spent a lot of time talking about how IIS 7.0 was redesigned in many fundamental ways. For example, Read more
Microsoft published a Security Advisory today providing information for developers and Web administrators on ways in which they can mitigate and prevent SQL injection attacks. As you might have seen, there was a spate of such attacks in late April and it caused quite a few headaches for administrators. Remember that SQL injection attacks target Read more
What a Launch Wave it has been! I’ve just returned from celebrating Windows Server 2008 with many of you all over the world. It was great to hear your stories and see how Windows Server 2008 will fit into many of your organizations. For those of you who were not able to attend a launch Read more
The team behind Windows Essential Business Server 2008 for midsized companies (part of the newly announced Windows Essential Server Solutions family and formerly known as “Centro”) has launched a team blog. Group Program Manager Eric Watson provides the introduction: In this Blog, key people that design and develop the product will discuss all of those Read more
In the course of talking to many Microsoft partners and customers, the Windows Small Business Server team has learned that there are sometimes misperceptions about the product, in many cases based on experiences with the earlier versions of SBS. In hopes of dispelling some of these “myths,” the team has created a video log by an “SBS guru” named Tom. Take Read more
Before heading off for a few days of turkey, college football and family, a post from Mauricio Freitas caught my eye this evening. Mauricio is an admin for Geekzone, which he describes as such: Geekzone publishes news, reviews and articles on technology topics. We also have some busy forums. Geekzone is now one of the top Read more
MSDN and TechNet subscribers – get your shorts on and your skateboards out!! Windows Server 2008 Technical Beta participants – slip into those bikinis and hit the pool!! That’s right – the June 2007 Community Technology Preview of Windows Server 2008 is here! Okay, so maybe the sunshine has had an effect on me, but Read more
The usual news items are coing from Orlando’s TechEd 2007 location. One of the biggies yesterday was IIS7 – the new web server in Windows Server 2008 – will be added to the list of roles in the Server Core installation of the OS. Volker blogged about it, and see the Q&A here. This is Read more
Well, it won’t be in book stores for another week, but you can now pre-order “Introducing Windows Server 2008” from Amazon.com. MVP and technical author Mitch Tulloch wrote the book with the help of a whole bunch of experts from the Windows Server division. Here’s an excerpt from Mitch’s post: However, this is not the Read more
Please join us for this 8-part series webcast for Windows Server “Longhorn” Beta 3 in May. Webcasts will kick off with an overview of what is new in Windows Server “Longhorn” Beta 3. In addition, this Windows Server “Longhorn” series includes webcasts on Cluster Validation, Internet Information Services 7.0, Network Security, Branch Office, Centralized Application Access, Read more
