Strengthening Network Security on a Budget

eWeek has taken on a topic near and dear to the SMB network administrator’s heart: How to improve network security on a budget.

Times are tough. The economy is down. Spending is controlled. And your budget is cut. Specifically, your security budget has been hacked to pieces because ROI for security is a pretty tough sell. As [...]

April 16th, 2010 | Category: Networking, Security & Privacy | Leave a comment

Exchange 2010 SP1 Beta this June

Service Pack 1 of Microsoft’s flagship collaboration product, Exchange Server 2010, will be available to beta-testers this June, and the general public later this summer. Based on the quick release of Exchange Server 2010 Rollup Pack 1 and Rollup Pack 2, it is not surprising that Microsoft will roll-out this service pack less than a year after its original RTM.

From the Exchange Team Blog:

SP1 will include fixes and tweaks in areas you’ve helped us identify, including a roll-up of the roll-ups we’ve released to date. I also wanted to flag some of the feature enhancements we’re excited to bring to you with SP1 including: archiving and discovery enhancements, Outlook Web App (OWA) improvements, mobile user and management improvements, and some highly sought after additional UI for management tasks

Although a comprehensive list of changes hasn’t been released, making admins lives simpler, there a number of GUI updates, both to the Exchange Management Console (EMC) and Exchange Control Panel (ECP.)

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April 9th, 2010 | Tags: | Category: Exchange Server | Leave a comment