The Old New Thing

November 20, 2012 - The Old New Thing

How do I use group policy to improve security of USB thumb drives in my organization?

November 20, 2012 Nov 20, 2012 11/20/12
Raymond Chen
A customer wanted to know how they could improve the security of USB thumb drives in their organization. Specifically, they wanted to block access to removable media devices (primarily USB thumb drives), but provide a list of exceptions for specific thumb drives. Fortunately, there's a whitepaper that covers exactly this topic and explains ...

Microspeak: touch base

November 20, 2012 Nov 20, 2012 11/20/12
Raymond Chen
The verb phrase touch base is in general business jargon use, but it's quite popular at Microsoft. To touch base with someone is to contact someone in a lightweight and mostly-informal sort of way. In other words, it takes the form of a piece of email or a brief office visit rather than a formal meeting with an agenda. Bob, can you touch ...