Note-to-self: Security Compliance Manager 4.0 now available for download!

Sometime you get some silent signals that you have been way too busy…

Like stumbling into an announcement of a tool you evangelise…

“Security Compliance Manager 4.0 now available for download!”

Updated: 2020-12-30

Note-to-self: Microsoft announced the final release of security baseline settings for Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2 and Internet Explorer 11

Source: http://blogs.technet.com/b/secguide/archive/2014/08/13/security-baselines-for-windows-8-1-windows-server-2012-r2-and-internet-explorer-11-final.aspx

Microsoft is pleased to announce the final release of security baseline settings for Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2 and Internet Explorer 11.

There are a few changes between these recommendations and the beta version we released in April. They discuss those changes in more detail in two other blog posts: one about most of the changes, and another detailed post about the issues around account lockout recommendations.