PowerShell – You will get it if you have not downloaded… via Windows Updates! (Isvet Laclaustra)

March 31, 2009 § Leave a comment

 

PowerShell  Version 1.0 will be delivered to you!

The history of PowerShell downloads before being sent thru Windows Updates….

PowerShell on the Move!

  Isvet Laclaustra

• WEB CAST ! LIVE MESH – Synchronize Your Life! By MR. “BI” Alan Koo – MVP

March 28, 2009 § Leave a comment

During the 1st week of march ’09 we had an opportunity participate in an interview with Mr. "BI" Alan koo during the MVP Summit, celebrated in Redmond Microsoft Campus. Mr. "BI" confessed he has been working deeply with one of Microsoft’s most promising technologies which goes by the name of LIVE MESH

   

TO help in the education and adoption of this TECHNOLOGY Mr. "BI" will be hosting a Web Cast –Microsoft’s Live MESH for the technical community this next Monday 30th of March at 3:00 pm Puerto Rico Local TIme (GMT-4).

Microsoft’s Live MESH. This technology if focused on keeping all of your data in "sync" both on and off the web. Details… Here! – Live Mesh Web Cast – Mr "BI" Alan Koo

  • https://www.mesh.com/ – Main portal Live Mesh
  • http://blogs.msdn.com/livemesh/ – Blog Product TEAM – Mesh
  • https://developer.mesh-ctp.com – Portal for Developers creating apps with LIVE MESH
  • Check it out !

    Isvet Laclaustra

    Windows 7 – Security Event, YES at Microsoft’s Puerto Rico Office (Isvet Laclaustra)

    March 26, 2009 § Leave a comment

    SECURITY OF MOBILE COMPUTERS with Windows VISTA and Windows 7 – March 31, 2009

    March 31, 2009
    Microsoft Office Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
    6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Contact: security@itcspr.org

    An in depth SECURITY talk! on how to protect MOBILE users from the "core inside out". A good topic for administrators looking to protect their users from bad code and also give them the help they need in a simple and structured way. Real life conditionsinfo Here!
    Tell your friends from the South, South West, and Central municipalities of this event and send us an email with your confirmation to security@itcspr.org and remember is free!


     

    Good things!

    Isvet Laclaustra

    PS:Some of the Event pictures, featuring Windows 7 in the ITCSPR Domain and receiving Group Policies and Preferences and glowing with the new latest Built of Windows 7…

     

    On the move!

    Isvet Laclaustra

    The Architect of PowerShell “Jeffrey” gets promoted to Distinguished Engineer – The Creator of Powerhell

    March 22, 2009 § Leave a comment

    Jeffrey, the creator of PowerShell, has recently been promoted in Microsoft to the title of DISTINGUISHED ENGINEER. Jeffrey along his TEAM, the PShell TEAM, together have made possible the creation and evolution of a scripting true MS language and an automation tool for IT Administrators both new and old.

    Congrats to Jeffrey and his Team!

     Jefrey Snoover – The Architect of PowerShell

    http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/images/exec/de/Snover_bio.jpg

    More details… Go Here!

    By: Isvet  Laclaustra – MVP

    Evento de AGPM – Managing GPOs with Advanced Group Policy Management

    March 19, 2009 § Leave a comment

     

    Un evento ONLINE… connectate desde donde estes! Este proximo martes 24 de marzo de 2009 a las 3:00 pm hora Puerto Rico (GMT-4) se llevara acabo un charla de Advance Group Policy Management.

    Para partcipar en la session puedes registrarte en: URL Registro WWE

    Link para descargar "Download" la .pptx : http://cid-8bebe03ce418570a.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/AGPM-3.0%20-%20Advance%20Group%20Policy?nl=1&uc=1&isFromRichUpload=1

    Título:

    MDOP: Gestionar GPOs con Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM)

    Keywords:

    Microsoft Application Virtualizacion 4.5, Advanced Group Policy Management

    Descripción:

    Vea la AGPM 3.0 en acción: La Política de Grupos es una gran forma de administrar sus escritorios al tiempo que resuelve bien los diversos retos. La AGPM, parte de Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, se denomina "avanzada" porque le permite trabajar en un ambiente seguro fuera de línea, además de añadir flujo de trabajo y otros niveles de control. 3.0 mejora el archivo, el inicio de sesión y la integración dentro del concepto total de la Política de Grupo.

    Los invito a participar de una hora de conversacion e intercambio de conocimientos,

    Isvet Laclaustra

    Windows 7, Server 2008 & VISTA… Better Together – Comming Soon! (Isvet Laclaustra)

    March 13, 2009 § Leave a comment

    The PowerShell SWAT TEAM – Puerto Rico (Isvet Laclaustra)

    March 13, 2009 § Leave a comment

    Today the PowerShell Swat Team gathered with the MASTER – JUDE Pereira (MS Field Engineer) for a PICTURE moment.

    May the PowerShell force be with you all…

    PowerShell – Community PSHELL – Extensions from CodePLEX (Isvet Laclaustra)

    March 12, 2009 § Leave a comment

    Power Shell ….Unleashed…..

    The link at CODEPLex is http://powershellcx.codeplex.com/ and there you can get additional functionality INTO your V1 PShell.

    Live from the PowerShell hardcore TRAINING by Jude Pereira.

    Yeap, go and have fun while downloading just 1.0 mb of text that will powerUP your PShell V1.

    Take care.

      

    A firewall helps you MUCH! Exploits Vulnerabilities in SMB Could Allow Remote Code Execution – REALLY BAD, watch out – could allow remote execution (Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-001)

    March 8, 2009 § Leave a comment

     

    Almost a full OS platform,yeap and this one also involves the CORE!.. Windows Server 2008 Core installation, so take a preventive measure and protect your systems ASAP.

    This security update is rated Critical for all supported editions of Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, and Moderate for all supported editions of Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008. For more information, see the subsection, Affected and Non-Affected Software, in this section.

    The security update addresses the vulnerabilities by validating the fields inside the SMB packets. For more information about the vulnerabilities, see the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) subsection for the specific vulnerability entry under the next section, Vulnerability Information.

    Affected Software listed below:

    What does the MS09-001 security shares with us:

    What is the scope of the vulnerability?
    This is a denial of service vulnerability. An attacker who exploited this vulnerability could cause the affected system to stop responding and automatically restart. Note that the denial of service vulnerability would not allow an attacker to execute code or to elevate their user rights, but it could cause the affected system to stop accepting requests.

    What causes the vulnerability?
    The vulnerability is caused by the Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol software insufficiently validating the buffer size before writing to it.

    What is Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol?
    Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol is a Microsoft network file sharing protocol used in Microsoft Windows. For more information on SMB see Microsoft SMB Protocol and CIFS Protocol Overview.

    What might an attacker use the vulnerability to do?
    An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a user’s system to stop responding and restart.

    How could an attacker exploit the vulnerability?
    An attacker could try to exploit the vulnerability by creating a specially crafted message and sending the message to an affected system.

    What systems are primarily at risk from the vulnerability?
    All systems with SMB server service are affected by this vulnerability. Domain controllers are at a greater risk for this vulnerability.

    What does the update do?
    The security update addresses the vulnerabilities by validating the fields inside the SMB packets.

    When this security bulletin was issued, had this vulnerability been publicly disclosed?
    Yes. This vulnerability has been publicly disclosed. It has been assigned Common Vulnerability and Exposure number CVE-2008-4114.

    When this security bulletin was issued, had Microsoft received any reports that this vulnerability was being exploited?
    No. Microsoft had seen examples of proof of concept code published publicly but had not received any information to indicate that this vulnerability had been publicly used to attack customers when this security bulletin was originally issued.

    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-001.mspx

    POwerGui is Available in Spanish – Just change the UI Language Setting

    March 2, 2009 § Leave a comment

    Yeap…

    Just a minute ago I talked with Dimitry (PowerGui Creator) and he mentioned the PowerGui interface is available in Spanish. The way to change the GUI Language is:

    Open PowerGui > Tools > Options > Choose you language = Spanish and then wait… DONE!

     

     

    Have fun…

    Hey download the tool from: http://www.powergui.org/index.jspa

    See ya!

    Isvet

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