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Windows Platform Common Criteria Certification

Microsoft is committed to optimizing the security of its products and services. As part of that commitment, Microsoft strongly supports the Common Criteria certification program and continues to focus on ensuring that its products incorporate the features and functions required by Common Criteria Protection Profiles, and by the completed Common Criteria certifications of Microsoft products.

•Microsoft Windows Platform Products Awarded Common Criteria EAL 4 Certification

(December 14, 2005) Read the press release announcing the Windows platform products that have been awarded Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 4 certification?an international standard for ensuring that IT products conform to stringent security requirements.

•Common Criteria Certification: Microsoft Windows Platform Products

This white paper provides an overview of the Common Criteria (CC) program, the benefits of certification, the Windows platform scenarios that have been certified, and resources available to help customers configure and administer a Microsoft Windows platform environment that is secured in accordance with the CC.

•View Common Criteria Certification details on the Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme (CCEVS) Web site for the following products:
•Windows Server 2003 SP1 and Windows XP SP2
•Windows Server 2003 Certificate Server
•Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition

Common Criteria Guides

•Windows XP Professional Administrator's Guide
•Windows XP Professional Configuration Guide
•Windows XP Professional User's Guide
•Windows Server 2003 Administrator's Guide
•Windows Server 2003 Configuration Guide
•Windows Server 2003 Certificate Server Administrator's Guide
•Windows Server 2003 Certificate Server Configuration Guide
•Windows Server 2003 Certificate Server User's Guide
•Windows XP Professional with x64 Hardware Administrator's Guide
•Windows XP Professional with x64 Hardware Configuration Guide
•Windows XP Professional with x64 Hardware User’s Guide
•Windows Server 2003 with x64 Hardware Administrator's Guide
•Windows Server 2003 with x64 Hardware Configuration Guide

Common Criteria Evaluation Technical Reports (ETR)

•Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 ETR
•Windows Server 2003 Certificate Server ETR
•Windows XP / Windows Server 2003 with x64 Hardware ETR
•Windows XP / Windows Server 2003 with x64 Hardware ETR, Part II
•Identifying Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Common Criteria Certified Requirements for the NIST Special Publication 800-53
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