CISA ordered federal agencies on Thursday to secure their systems against a critical Microsoft Configuration Manager ...

As if admins haven't had enough to do this week Ignore patches at your own risk. According to Uncle Sam, a SQL injection flaw in Microsoft Configuration Manager patched in October 2024 is now being ...

I am pretty much at a loss here, this should be easy. All I am trying to do is install a simple instance of SQL 2008 R2 Express on a Windows 2K8 x64 Server. No luck. The domain name is COPPER, the ...

The Developer Edition of SQL Server is not set up for Remote connections by default so I had to enable TCP/IP in the SQL Configuration Manager for the Database Servers.

1. Change registry key SqlCluster in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.x\Setup\ from 1 to 0 2. Disable TCP/IP in Server Network Protocols and enabled Named Pipes from ...

One of the most useful features in Microsoft's System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) product is its reporting engine. Even though there is nothing overly difficult about its installation process, ...

IT shops implementing Configuration Management Databases (CMDBs) should take precautions to ensure project success, prevent unnecessary project delays, and speed time-to-value. This article focuses on ...

Researchers from SpecterOps have put together a comprehensive resource that catalogs SCCM attacks and provides defensive strategies and hardening guidance. The Microsoft Configuration Manager (MCM) or ...