This is the first of a series of posts where I’m going to share some Applications Manager tips and tricks, some of which you might have missed due to oversight. If you are an Applications Manager user with over 500 + monitors configured, you will have a plethora of performance metrics and reports to look at
Could Your Jewelry Stop Hackers?
Google has been talking about an innovative idea to replace passwords with jewelry — that’s right, jewelry. Actually, the enabling technology could be hidden in jewelry, such as a ring , which would perform secure cryptographic transactions that would obviate the need for the user to enter a password.
3 Ways to handle March Madness
’March Madness’ is back.
Congrats Lotus F1 Team for winning the Australian Grand Prix
The road to victory is never easy. Taking a treacherous path with grit powers one to the mantle of success. It also requires one to take the most correct decisions at the most correct moment and as far as their IT needs are concerned, they did! We proudly congratulate the Lotus F1 team, that places great faith in us for their IT needs, for their victory in the Australian GP.
Customer Talk : How ServiceDesk Plus Helped Civil Air Patrol – California Wing?
Service Desk Plus Civil Air Patrol – California Wing Who is Civil Air Patrol? The Civil Air Patrol is a Nonprofit 501(c) (3) organization with three (3) primary missions Cadet Programs, Aerospace Education and Emergency Services. We have some 3500+ members in the California Wing that are involved in some way with one of those three (3) missions. Our all-volunteer Information Technology department is responsible for working with many of these members to support, maintain and implement different types of technology and/or infrastructure. With a geographic area as large as ours we have many different people involved in fulfilling those requests for support, maintenance and implementation. More information on our history can be found at the National Civil Air Patrol Website . How ServiceDesk Plus Helped Civil Air Patrol – California Wing
AD360 – an integrated solution for Active Directory and Exchange Management.
Efficient management of Active Directory and Exchange setup is crucial to the smooth functioning of an organization using Windows. Today’s Identity and Access management (IAM) needs of an organization pose a serious challenge to the IT administrators.
Hotfix Rollup (KB2775511) Released For Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Microsoft has released a new Hotfix rollup for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1)-based and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1-based computers. This roll-up contains 90 hotfixes, such as Windows Client Remote, File System components, SMB service and TCP protocol.
ADSelfService Plus spreads its wings to support Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.
Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, the latest operating systems from Microsoft, have brought some sweeping changes to the traditional Windows PC. The operating systems have been developed with a view to support both traditional desktops and modern mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones.
Cisco Performance Monitoring using NetFlow Analyzer.
Cisco Performance Monitor helps you to identify performance issues on the network, Now a days Video is every where and when it comes to corporate network, it has to be treated in such a way that it is with high quality as expected. An organization considering implementation of Video conferencing or any video streaming should also consider that this will increase significant load on the network. The network should be capable enough to handle this additional load along with existing load.
March 2013 Patch Tuesday Bulletins are now Supported by Desktop Central
Microsoft March 2013 Patch Tuesday bulletins are now supported by Desktop Central. The patch assessment team at Desktop Central has tested the patches and have updated their online patch database on March 13, 2013 at 09:00 EDT. Update your vulnerability database to install the patches pertaining to the Security Bulletins: MS13-021 – Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2809289) MS13-022 – Vulnerability in Silverlight Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2814124) MS13-023 – Vulnerability in Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2801261) MS13-024 – Vulnerabilities in SharePoint Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2780176) MS13-025 – Vulnerability in Microsoft OneNote Could Allow Information Disclosure (2816264) MS13-027 – Vulnerabilities in Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation Of Privilege (2807986) Update your vulnerability database to install the below Third Party updates Google Chrome (25.0.1364.172) Mozilla Thunderbird (17.0.4) Adobe AIR (3.6.0.6090) Real Player (16.0.1.18) Adobe Flash Player Plugin 11.6.602.180 (APSB13-09) Adobe Flash Player for IE 11.6.602.180 (APSB13-09) Update your vulnerability database to install the patches pertaining to the Non Security Updates Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool – March 2013 (KB890830) Description of the Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter update: March 12, 2013 (KB2768024) Description of the Outlook 2007 Junk E-mail Filter update: March 12, 2013 (KB2768025) Description of the Outlook 2010 Junk E-mail Filter update: March 12, 2013 (KB982726) Description of the Outlook 2013 Junk E-mail Filter update: March 12, 2013 (KB2760587) Description of the 2007 Office system update(KB2687493) Description of the Office 2010 update(KB2687503) Description of the SharePoint Designer 2010 update(KB2553382) [when installed with office] Description of the SharePoint Designer 2010 update(KB2553459) [when installed with office] Description of the Word 2010 update(KB2767886) Microsoft Security Advisory: Update for Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer 10: March 12, 2013(KB2824670) Description of the OneNote 2013 update(KB2768011) System may restart and not display the “Choose an option” screen in Windows RT, Windows 8, or Windows Server 2012(KB2812822) Description of the PowerPoint 2013 update(KB2727013) Description of the SkyDrive Pro update(KB2768356) [when installed with office] Description of the SkyDrive Pro update(KB2768016) [when installed with office] Description of the Outlook 2013 update(KB2727079) Description of the Lync 2013 update(KB2760556) [when installed with office] Description of the Office 2013 update(KB2768333) Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 cumulative update: March 2013 (KB2800088) Description of the Office 2013 update(KB2752094) Incorrect results when you run AD Windows PowerShell cmdlets on a Windows Server 2008 R2-based domain controller(KB2806748) Application compatibility update for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2: March 2013 (KB2791765) Compatibility update is available for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 (KB2790907) Anti-malware platform update for Windows Defender is available in Windows 8(KB2781197) Deployment Priority (Courtesy: MSRC blog ) For any assistance on patching feel free to contact desktopcentral-support@manageengine.com Happy Patching