CISA flags critical Microsoft SCCM flaw as exploited in attacks

CISA ordered federal agencies on Thursday to secure their systems against a critical Microsoft Configuration Manager ...

Attackers finally get around to exploiting critical Microsoft bug from 2024

As if admins haven't had enough to do this week Ignore patches at your own risk. According to Uncle Sam, a SQL injection flaw in Microsoft Configuration Manager patched in October 2024 is now being ...
Network World

How to secure a new SQL Server Reporting Services farm

The Developer Edition of SQL Server is not set up for Remote connections by default so I had to enable TCP/IP in the SQL Configuration Manager for the Database Servers.
Ars Technica

Migrating Clustered SQL to stand-alone instance on a VM

1. Change registry key SqlCluster in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.x\Setup\ from 1 to 0 2. Disable TCP/IP in Server Network Protocols and enabled Named Pipes from ...