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March 02
Microsoft Releases Windows Server 2008 Resources for Free Download
Windows Server 2008 may be new, but Microsoft has already released many free resources!
NOTE 1: These time-limited Release Candidates will expire on June 30, 2008. Afterwards, you'll need to uninstall the software or upgrade to a later released or a fully-licensed version.
NOTE 2:KB948472 - How to extend the Windows Server 2008 evaluation period for 240 days.
GROUP POLICY & SECURITY RESOURCES:
Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows Server 2008 - This spreadsheet lists the policy settings for computer and user configurations included in the Administrative template files (.admx/.adml) delivered with Windows Server 2008. The policy settings included in this spreadsheet cover Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Professional, and Windows 2000. You can configure these policy settings when you edit Group Policy objects (GPOs). In addition, this spreadsheet includes the following categories of security policy settings:
Account Policies (Password Policy, Account Lockout Policy, and Kerberos Policy)
Local Policies (Audit Policy, User Rights Assignment, and Security Options)
Event Log
Restricted Groups
System Services
Registry
File System policy settings
NOTE: This does not include security settings that exist outside of the Security Settings extension (scecli.dll), such as Wireless Network extension, Public Key Policies, or Software Restriction Policies.
Multiple Group Policy Preference Side Extensionshave been added to the Windows Server 2008 Group Policy Management Console. Group Policy Preferences enable information technology professionals to configure, deploy, and manage operating system and application settings they previously were not able to manage using Group Policy. After you install these updates, your computer will be able to process the new Group Policy Preference extensions.
Starter Group Policy objects (GPOs) are collections of configured Administrative template (.admx) policy settings that you can use to create a live GPO for clients running Windows Vista & Windowws XP SP2 and later.
Windows Server 2008 Security Guide - This Solution Accelerator for the Windows Server 2008 Security Guide includes the following components:
Executive Overview. A summary for business and technical managers that briefly explains how you can use the guidance and the tool for this Solution Accelerator.
Security Guide. Recommended guidelines and best practices in a series of chapters that offer detailed guidance on how to harden servers running Windows Server 2008 that handle different workloads, including those for Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), DHCP, DNS, Web, File, Print, Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS), Network Policy and Access Services, and Terminal Services.
Security Settings Recommendation Appendix. A comprehensive technical reference that explains every prescribed security setting in the security guide.
Security Settings Workbook. A resource that lists all prescribed settings for each of the preconfigured security baselines provided by the guide.
Attack Surface Reference Workbook. A resource that lists the changes that installed server roles introduce in Windows Server 2008.
GPOAcceleratorautomatically deploys and enforces the security recommendations in the Windows Server 2008 Security Guide via Active Directory.
UTILITIES:
Command Reference for automating command-line tasks by using batch files or scripting tools.
Core Configurator is a basic GUI configuration utility for Windows Server Core 2008 (Recommended: TechNet)
FTP 7 service incorporates many new features that enable web authors to publish content better than before, and offers web administrators more security and deployment options. (Support: MSDN)
NOTE: This new FTP service is only for Windows Server 2008 and Internet Information Services 7.0; it will not work on Windows Server 2003 and Internet Information Services 6.0.
IPsec Diagnostic Toolassists Network administrators with troubleshooting network related IPsec failures.
32-bit (x86) Language Packs: English, German, Japanese, French, Spanish, Chinese Simplified & Traditional, Korean, and Portuguese)
amd64 (x64) Language Packs: English, German, Japanese, French, Spanish, Chinese Simplified & Traditional, Korean, and Portuguese)
Itanium (ia64) Language Packs: English, German, Japanese, French, Chinese Simplified, Korean (Sorry is you speak: Spanish, Chinese Traditional, or Portuguese)
Remote Server Administration Tools enables remote management of computers running Windows Server 2008 from a computer running Windows Vista or Windows Vista 64-bit Edition.
Search Server 2008 Express:Search doesn’t have to be complicated. You can deliver search solutions to your organization quickly and easily. (Support: MSDN)
Search Server 2008 Language Pack (x86 & x64) enables the use of multiple languages without requiring separate installations of Search Server 2008, allowing multiple language pack installations on the same server.
Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) is designed to help corporate IT professionals customize and deploy the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 family of operation systems. By using Windows AIK, you can perform unattended Windows installations, capture Windows images with ImageX, and create Windows PE images.
Windows Help (WinHlp32.exe) is required to display 32-bit Help files that have the ".hlp" file name extension.
Outlook Saved Mail Add-in indexes Outlook's (.msg file) indexing (.MSG) files including Message Body; Subject; From; From Name; From Address; To Name; To Address; CC Name; CC Address; Doc Title Prefix; Sent Date; Received Date; Primary Date; Conversation ID; Attachment Names and will indicate if an attachment is present within the .MSG. Additionally, content within attachments are indexed and searched.
Network Shell (Netsh) Technical Reference provides a comprehensive command reference for networking technologies such as Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Network Policy Server (NPS), Network Access Protection (NAP), and Routing and Remote Access Services (RRAS), among many other technologies for which there are netsh commands.
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