Quest vWorkspace 7.5 released

vWorkspace

Today Quest Software has officially released vWorkspace version 7.5! I personally had the honor to test-drive the beta and RC releases. I’m really excited about version 7.5, it contains a great set of new features and changes! In this blog post, I’ll discuss some of the features introduced in the new release.

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Remote Desktop Client in Windows 8

feat

I have installed the Windows Developer preview of Windows 8 (client) on my lab. Time to check what’s new in the Remote Desktop Client in Windows 8. See the first screenshot below. Besides some minor design changes the client seems to look the same.

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Provisioning mailboxes to Exchange 2010 using FIM 2010 (and the proxyAddresses issue)

Forefront-Identity-Manager

When you are using FIM (Forefront Identity Manage) to provision mailboxes to Exchange (in my case Exchange 2010) and would like FIM to generate the e-mail addressen and additional proxyAdresses (aliasses) you will run into an issue!

FIM 2010 is perfectly capable of generating unique e-mail addresses and filling up the multi-value attribute proxyAddresses with all additional aliases you might want. When you look at the contents of the property proxyAddresses in Active Directory you could see something like this:

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Vulnerability in Remote Desktop Web Access Could Allow Elevation of Privilege

WinSec

This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Remote Desktop Web Access. The vulnerability is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could allow elevation of privilege, enabling an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the site in the context of the target user. The XSS Filter in Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 9 prevents this attack for its users when browsing to a Remote Desktop Web Access server in the Internet Zone. The XSS Filter in Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 9 is not enabled by default in the Intranet Zone.

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Recommended Updates for Group Policy in Windows Client and Server Products

GPO

Microsoft has released a list of recommended hotfixes and updates for issues that occur in an Active Directory environment using Windows Group Policies or Windows Group Policy Preferences.

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