Windows® Server 2008 Security Resource Kit

About The BookYour definitive security resource for Windows Server 2008—straight from the experts. Get the definitive reference for planning and implementing security features in Windows Server 2008—with expert insights from Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) and the Windows Server Security Team at Microsoft. This official Microsoft RESOURCE KIT delivers the in-depth, technical information and tools you need to help protect your Windows®–based clients, server roles, networks, and Internet services. Leading security experts explain how to plan and implement comprehensive security with special emphasis on new Windows security tools, security objects, security services, user authentication and access control, network security, application security, Windows Firewall, Active Directory® security, group policy, auditing, and patch management. The kit also provides best practices based on real-world implementations. You also get must-have tools, scripts, templates, and other key job aids, including an eBook of the entire RESOURCE KIT on CD.

About Jesper M. Johansson and MVPs with the Microsoft Security TeamLead author Jesper M. Johansson, Ph.D., Enterprise Security MVP, CISSP, ISSAP, is a well-known Windows security expert and a former security manager at Microsoft. Jimmy Andersson and Kurt Dillard are trainers and consultants specializing in Microsoft security technologies. Alun Jones, Susan Bradley, Brian Komar, and Darren Mar-Elia are Microsoft MVPs and security experts. Darren Canavor, Eric Fitzgerald, Roger Grimes, Byron Hynes, and Brian Lich focus on security engineering and support at Microsoft. The Microsoft Security Team designs, develops, and supports Microsoft security technologies and products.