New beta setting packs for Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8
The Solution Accelerators team is happy to announce the most recent additions to the Security Compliance Manager Baseline Beta Review Program: new setting packs for Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8....
View ArticleWhoops, sorry about the baseline troubles!
If you haven’t heard, Seattle was hit hard by snow and ice yesterday. It took some people up to 10 hours to get home last night . Holy cow! I was lucky – my boss advised I go home yesterday at about 12...
View ArticleWow, great SCM demo video on TechNet Edge
Hello SCM people! Yes, I'm way behind on email. Sorry if I owe you a reply! We are DAYS away from releasing the SCM v2 CTP featuring GPO Import. Let me wrap this baby up and you will see it shortly on...
View ArticleSecurity Compliance Manager (SCM) version 2.5 now available
You’ve been asking for Exchange Server baselines. You’ve been waiting for the Windows 7 SP1 baseline update. They are all available now in SCM v2.5! SCM 2.5 includes a number of new and updated...
View ArticleNew beta setting packs for Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8
The Solution Accelerators team is happy to announce the most recent additions to the Security Compliance Manager Baseline Beta Review Program: new setting packs for Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8....
View ArticleWhoops, sorry about the baseline troubles!
If you haven’t heard, Seattle was hit hard by snow and ice yesterday. It took some people up to 10 hours to get home last night . Holy cow! I was lucky – my boss advised I go home yesterday at about 12...
View ArticleWow, great SCM demo video on TechNet Edge
Hello SCM people! Yes, I'm way behind on email. Sorry if I owe you a reply! We are DAYS away from releasing the SCM v2 CTP featuring GPO Import. Let me wrap this baby up and you will see it shortly on...
View ArticleSecurity Compliance Manager (SCM) version 2.5 now available
You’ve been asking for Exchange Server baselines. You’ve been waiting for the Windows 7 SP1 baseline update. They are all available now in SCM v2.5! SCM 2.5 includes a number of new and updated...
View ArticleLGPO.exe – Local Group Policy Object Utility, v1.0
LGPO.exe is a new command-line utility to automate the management of local group policy. It replaces the no-longer-maintained LocalGPO tool that shipped with the Security Compliance Manager (SCM), and...
View ArticleNew tool: Policy Analyzer
Policy Analyzer is a utility for analyzing and comparing sets of Group Policy Objects (GPOs). It can highlight when a set of Group Policies has redundant settings or internal inconsistencies, and can...
View ArticleSecurity baseline for Windows 10 (v1507, build 10240, TH1, LTSB) — UPDATE
Based on continuing discussions with security experts in Microsoft, the Center for Internet Security, and customers, we are publishing a few changes to the security configuration baseline...
View ArticleSecurity baseline for Windows 10 (v1511, "Threshold 2") — FINAL
Microsoft is pleased to announce the final release of the security configuration baseline settings for Windows 10 version 1511, also known as "November Update," "Build 10586," "Threshold 2," or "TH2."...
View ArticleSecurity baseline for Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5 (TP5)
Microsoft is pleased to announce the draft release of the security configuration baseline settings for Windows Server 2016, corresponding to Technical Preview 5 (TP5). The final version of Windows...
View ArticleSecurity Compliance Manager 4.0 now available for download!
The Security Compliance Manager (SCM) is a free tool from Microsoft that enables you to quickly configure, and manage the computers in your environment using Group Policy and Microsoft System Center...
View ArticleLGPO.exe v2.0 PRE-RELEASE: support for MLGPO and REG_QWORD
LGPO.exe is a command-line utility to automate the management of local group policy objects (LGPO). Version 1.0 was released last January. The PRE-RELEASE LGPO.exe v2.0 is attached to this blog post,...
View ArticleThe MSS settings
You can download the custom Administrative Template for the “MSS (Legacy)” settings here: MSS-legacy. Note that it is available only for “en-us” (US English). Explanation: Many years ago, before the...
View ArticleSecurity baseline for Windows 10 v1607 (“Anniversary edition”) and Windows...
Microsoft is pleased to announce the release of the security configuration baseline settings for Windows 10 version 1607, also known as “Anniversary edition” and internally as “Redstone 1”. The...
View ArticlePolicy Analyzer v3.1 PRE-RELEASE
Lots of updates to Policy Analyzer in this unsigned, pre-release preview build — please post comments here to let me know how well it addresses your needs and what else it could add. Download here:...
View ArticleGuidance on Disabling System Services on Windows Server 2016 with Desktop...
[Primary authors: Dan Simon and Nir Ben Zvi] The Windows operating system includes many system services that provide important functionality. Different services have different default startup...
View ArticleSecurity baseline for Windows 10 "Creators Update" (v1703) – DRAFT
Microsoft is pleased to announce the beta release of the recommended security configuration baseline settings for Windows 10 “Creators Update,” also known as version 1703, “Redstone 2,” or RS2. Please...
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