Security - a major ingredient for every Enterprise to avoid the adversaries attempt to invade your customers’ networks and access their servers—to bring them down, infect them with viruses, or steal information about customers or employees, every day! The recent release of Windows Server 2008 from Microsoft...
Last week I have been delegated to finalize the security standards within a set of SQL 2005 instances that are used by a customer, though it is usual chores for me to apply industry best practices. On these SQL 2005 instances in particular I was more keen on applying "disabling SA account"...
Overview UAC (also called Admin Approval Mode) is a new feature introduced with Windows Vista. The main goal of this feature is to protect the operating system from malicious or accidental damage. This goal is achieved by requesting consent from the user when an administrative action is attempted (installing...
You might have come across a situation to have a better understanding on what /3GB or /PAE switch means that are referred in documentations and forums you go on. I will try my best to give you the notes what I have understood so far in this regard. From the available documentation on Technet & MSDN...
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What happens if your business critical systems are unavailable for hours or even days? Events like recent hurricane seasons, the record tornado outbreaks in the Midwest, and the record rainfall in the West have heightened attention for preparedness and disaster recovery. Ranging from loss of telecommunications...