Published: April 6, 2010

Download the Security Compliance Manager

This security baseline is integrated with the Microsoft Security Compliance Manager.

Launch the download of the Security Compliance Manager.

View the Security Compliance Manager in its entirety from Microsoft.

About this Solution Accelerator

The Windows Server 2008 Security Baseline is part of the Microsoft Security Compliance Manager tool, which is designed to provide you with an end-to-end solution to help you plan, deploy, and monitor the security baselines of computers running Windows Server® 2008 in your environment.

The Security Compliance Manager provides centralized security baseline management features, a baseline portfolio, customization capabilities, and security baseline export flexibility to accelerate your organization’s ability to efficiently manage the security and compliance process for the most widely used Microsoft technologies.

Take advantage of the experience of Microsoft security professionals, and reduce the time and money required to harden your environment. This end-to-end Solution Accelerator is designed to help you plan, deploy, operate, and manage your security baselines for Windows® client and server operating systems, and Microsoft applications. Access the complete database of Microsoft recommended security settings, customize your baselines, and then choose from multiple formats—including Desired Configuration Management (DCM) packs, Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP), XLS, or Group Policy objects (GPOs)—to export the baselines to your environment and automate the security baseline compliance verification process. Use the Security Compliance Manager to achieve a secure, reliable, and centralized IT environment that will help you better balance your organization’s needs for security and functionality.

Included in the Download

The Microsoft Security Compliance Manager download includes the following components:

• Microsoft_Security_Compliance_Manager_Setup.exe – The Microsoft Security Compliance Manager allows you to view, update, and export security baselines.
• LocalGPO.msi – This tool is designed to manage local Group Policy on a computer by applying a security baseline and exporting the local Group Policy.

Related Resources

The following resources provide additional information about security topics and in-depth discussion of the concepts and security prescriptions related to the Security Compliance Manager:

• Security Solution Accelerators
• Solution Accelerators Team presents Security Compliance Manager
• IT Infrastructure Threat Modeling Guide
• System Center Configuration Manager Extensions for SCAP

Community and Feedback

• Want to know what’s coming up next? Check out our Security Guidance Blog.
• E-mail the Solution Accelerators security team with your feedback: SecWish@microsoft.com.
• If you have used a Solution Accelerator in your organization, please share your experience with us by completing this short survey.

About Solution Accelerators

Solution Accelerators are authoritative resources that help IT professionals plan, deliver, operate, and manage IT systems that address real-world scenarios. Solution Accelerators provide free, prescriptive guidance and automation to accelerate cross-product integration, core infrastructure development, and other enhancements.

Sign up to receive the Solution Accelerator Notifications newsletter so that you can stay informed about new Solution Accelerator releases and updates. The newsletter covers such areas of interest as:

• Communication and collaboration
• Security, data protection, and recovery
• Deployment
• Operations and management

Download This Accelerator

Launch the download of the Security Compliance Manager.