UPDATE: Microsoft has fixed A problem that prevented some SCCM 2007 users from applying June's patches. Microsoft Security Advisory (954474) and Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 954474 offer the update and other information. Read more
Microsoft's NAP (Network Access Protection) has been a long time coming for those of us working in the security industry. The first real evidence of NAP was the NAP client shipped in Vista and in Windows XP's SP2 (correction XP SP3) update. The server component for actually applying policies and managing enforcement required the then dubbed Longhorn release, which we now know as Windows Server 2008.
My interest was peaked again this week when Jeff Wettlaufer, Sr. Technical Product Manager of Microsoft's System Center Configuration Manager, put up a blog post about SCCM's role in the Microsoft NAP process. Read more
Microsoft's Jeff Wettlaufer, from the System Center Configuration Manager team, posted a primer on how System Center Configuration Manager works with Network Access Protection. Read more