The latest version of Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.1 has been
released for immediate download at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=F32921AF-9DBE-4DCE-889E-ECF997EB18E9.
Please see the MBSA Home Page (www.microsoft.com/mbsa) for more details.
MBSA 2.1
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) is an easy-to-use tool that
helps small and medium businesses determine their security state in
accordance with Microsoft security standards. Built on the Windows Update
Agent and Microsoft Update infrastructure, MBSA ensures consistency with
other Microsoft management products including Microsoft Update (MU), Windows
Server Update Services (WSUS), Systems Management Server (SMS), System
Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007, and Small Business Server (SBS).
Used by many leading third party security vendors and security auditors,
MBSA on average scans over 3 million computers each week. Join the thousands
of users that depend on MBSA for analyzing their security and security
update compliance.
New Features found in MBSA 2.1:
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Support for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
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Updated graphical user interface
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Full support for 64-bit platforms and vulnerability assessment (VA)
checks against 64-bit platforms and components.
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Improved support for Windows XP Embedded platform
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Improved support for SQL Server 2005 vulnerability assessment (VA)
checks
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Automatic Microsoft Update registration and agent update (if selected)
using the graphical interface or from the command-line tool using the /ia
feature
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New feature to output completed scan reports to a user-selected
directory path or network share (command-line /rd feature)
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Windows Server Update Services 2.0 and 3.0 compatibility
Noteworthy changes for users of earlier versions of MBSA:
By customer request, the automatic distribution of the latest Windows Update
Agent (WUA) client to client computers when scanned by MBSA has been
disabled by default in MBSA 2.1. MBSA 2.1 will not install any updated
Windows Update Agent binaries on a target computer without consent from the
administrator using the MBSA scan tool. This may prevent MBSA from
successfully scanning computers that don't have the latest WUA client
installed. To increase the number of computers MBSA can assess,
Administrators and security auditors are encouraged to select the option to
'Configure computers for Microsoft Update and scanning prerequisites' which
was the default behavior in earlier versions of MBSA. The corresponding
command-line feature to automatically update the WUA client has been added
with the new /ia command-line option.
Customers also requested the ability to output completed MBSA scan reports
to a directory or network share of their choosing. This has been
implemented in the command-line version of MBSA (mbsacli) only (not the
graphical version) using the new /rd feature.
Upgrade to MBSA 2.1 today. If you have any questions regarding MBSA, feel
free to post them to the MBSA newsgroup at
microsoft.public.security.baseline_analyzer.
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Doug Neal [MSFT]
dugn@online.microsoft.com
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