Network Administration & Consulting Services

Microsoft JUST released to public Windows Vista SP1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=b0c7136d-5ebb-413b-89c9-cb3d06d12674

I believe that these days it is not necessary to explain what SharePoint is.  Everyone at least heard the name. I would like to talk about how to install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and how to configure it to work in Form Base Authentication mode. You can ask me why Form Base Authentication Mode? There are several reasons for choosing it. One of them was to provide a Web Hosting with SharePoint enabled service. By using Form Base Authentication mode Webmaster can manage users directly through web interface. In this mode all users stored in MS SQL database, so webmaster does not need to have any permission on server or entire network.

So, let’s start from scratch, step by step.
The first step is to Install Internet Information Service (IIS). To do this I really recommend using “Manage Your Server” from Administration Tools and add a new role, Application server (IIS, ASP.NET). Please keep in mind NOT to do all this stuff on Domain Controller, please install WSS 3.0 on Member server.  After IIS successfully installed, start installation of Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package. If Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package was already installed, please reinstall it after IIS installation. When we finish with Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package, we have to install Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Redistributable Package. If Microsoft .NET Framework Version 3.0 Redistributable Package was already installed, please reinstall it after IIS installation. So far, so good. We are ready to start MS SQL 200x installation process. It is really straight forward process, so I’m not going to explain how to press NEXT NEXT NEXT :).

By this point, we already have IIS 6 and MS SQL Server installed on our server. Before we continue, PLEASE install last windows updates, at least for IIS and MS SQL.
When all new updates installed we are ready to start installation of Windows SharePoint Services (WSS 3.0). On “Chose the installation you want” screen select “Advance”.

Hi folk,
At present I’m at Novell, Provo UT, USA.
I’m on NTT - Novell ZENworks Endpoint Security Management training. If somebody of you would like more information about this product (if you worry about security you should take a look on this product), please let me know and I’ll publish more information about this very cool product :).

Microsoft Search Server 2008 RTM’ed yesterday, the express edition is free!

Yesterday was the first Windows 2008 event in Canada. The first event was in Toronto and had almost 3000 attendees. Twenty MVPs participated in Ask-The-Expert and I was one of them :). One of the commonly asked questions was question about “What NAP is and how it works?“

So, I’d like to show what posted on TheLazyAdmin.com about NAP:
With the recent launch of Windows Server 2008 you are no doubt spending all your free time playing around with everything new. One thing you might be playing around with is Network Access Protection. There is a great document on getting a DHCP based NAP lab set up but one thing the document is missing is how to configure the NAP client in XP SP3. In Windows Vista you simply start the service then enable the client through the NAP Client Configuration MMC (napclcfg.msc) but XP SP3 does not include the MMC. So how does one configure the NAP Client without a Nap Client configuration tool? Netsh, that is how!

To enable the NAP Client on XP SP3 you need to do the following:

1. Start –> Run –> Services.msc
2. Change the Network Access Protection Agent service to start automatically
3. Start the Network Access Protection Agent service
4. Start –> Run –> CMD.exe
5. Type netsh nap client set enforcement ID = ##### Admin = “Enable”
6. Start –> Run –> GPEdit.msc
7. Drill down to Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Security Center
8. Enable the Security Center
9. Start –> Run –> Services.msc
10. Start the Security Center service

You will need to replace the ##### with the ID based on whichever enforcement method you are using. You can use the following IDs for the various enforcement methods:

• DHCP = 79617
• RAS = 79618
• IPSec = 79619
• TS Gateway = 79621
• EAP = 79623

For more labs and information see:

Step-by-Step Guide: Demonstrate IPsec NAP Enforcement in a Test Lab

Step-by-Step Guide: Demonstrate 802.1X NAP Enforcement in a Test Lab

Steve Ballmer made an interesting statement during his keynote: "Microsoft is Democritizing Virtualization" bringing another player in the high-end virtualization market. With System Center Virtual Machine manager you will be able to deploy and manage Novell and Suse Linux VM's and Microsoft Hyper-V, Vmware ESX and Citrix virtual hosts.

Source: bink.nu

• SoftGrid now supports deployment of Virtual Application .msi files that are generated by the MSI Utility for Microsoft Application Virtualization to SoftGrid clients that are running Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server and that have Terminal Services enabled.
• SoftGrid 4.2 HFRU2 now supports Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1).

Please Note:  The 4.1 SP1 KB article incorrectly identifies Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) as a new capability of 4.1 SP1 HFRU2.  We're in the process of changing the article now so you should see it updated soon.

SoftGrid 4.1 SP1 HFRU2 Bits: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938497
SoftGrid 4.2 HFRU2 Bits: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941408

• KB930809 Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 (KB930809)
• KB935490 Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 (KB935490)
• KB935999 Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2007 (KB935999)
• KB940006 Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 (KB940006)
• KB941421 Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2007 (KB941421)

This update rollup does not apply to Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack (SP1). For a list of update rollups applicable to Exchange Server 2007 SP1, refer to the section Update rollups for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 in the Knowledge Base article KB937052.

Source: www.microsoft.com

As many of you know, Microsoft released Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 to Manufacturing RTM ! So, it's a time to take a last Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK). The Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) is designed to assist corporate IT professionals customize and deploy the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 families of operation systems. The Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) is a set of tools and documentation that support the configuration and the deployment of Windows operating systems. By using Windows AIK, you can perform unattended Windows installations, capture Windows images with ImageX, create Windows PE images and much more.

Download WAIK1.1 here