Windows2003 SP1 Build1247 für BetaTester released

Es wurde eine neue Beta-Version des ServicePack1 für Windows Server 2003 an die Beta-Tester herausgegeben. Sie trägt die Build Interim Release 1247.IDS  und ist für die offiziellen Beta-Tester downloadbar. Das ist neu an dieser Beta-Version:
*Security Configuration Wizard Update*
Security Configuration Wizard (SCW) is an attack surface reduction tool being introduced with Windows Server 2003 SP1. This SP1 refresh contains an updated version of SCW that has many new features and capabilities that were not available in the original SP1 beta. Specifically,

.. A completely new firewall configuration component.
- SCW is the recommended way of configuring the Windows Firewall on Windows Server Systems.
- Automatic port detection for non-default configurations, multiple instance scenarios, and 3rd Party Applications

.. Additional Server Role definitions.
- SCW now contains definitions for over 60 different server roles. Including roles for applications like Exchange, SQL Server, etc.

.. Compliance analysis support.
- Allows you to determine whether servers are in compliance with expected policies.

.. Complete command line tool support.
- Supports deploying and analyzing security policies remotely en-masse.

.. New support for:
- IIS-specific settings
- Audit policy settings
- Additional registry values
- Group Policy-based deployment of SCW-generated security policies
- Inclusion of security INF templates.
- Centralized knowledge base repository
- Clustered environments
- Multi-level rollback


Weitere Infos: www.microsoft.com