What's new in Microsoft Security Compliance Manager 3.0.60.0
Jan 31, 2013
- In addition to key features from the previous version, SCM 3.0 offers new baselines for Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, and Internet Explorer 10! SCM enables you to quickly configure and manage computers and your private cloud using Group Policy and Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager.
New in Microsoft Security Compliance Manager 2.5.40.0 (Apr 5, 2012)
- New product baselines designed to take full advantage of the security features and options in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP2 and Exchange Server 2007 SP3. The product baselines are designed to harden the following server roles for Exchange Server: Client Access, Mailbox, Hub Transport, Edge Transport, and Unified Messaging. New Windows PowerShell-based script kits are included to assist you in applying the Exchange Server baseline settings to the servers in your environment. For more information, see the Exchange Server 2010 SP2 PowerShell Script Kit User Guide and the Exchange Server 2007 SP3 PowerShell Script Kit User Guide in the Attachments \ Guides node of these Microsoft product baselines in SCM.
- IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance (IT GRC) baseline information for many Microsoft product baselines is now available in SCM. These Microsoft baselines include new compliance-based setting groups that allow quicker and easier compliance reporting and audit preparation. SCM is designed to work closely with IT GRC solutions from Microsoft.
New in Microsoft Security Compliance Manager 2.0.20.0 (Oct 5, 2011)
- IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance (IT GRC) baseline information on Microsoft product baselines.
- An improved GPO Backup (folder) feature that provides a more robust import process.
- Simplified setting management to help you manage your product baselines in setting groups, and the Advance View feature that you can use in multiple ways to filter baseline setting information.
- The LocalGPO command-line tool that you can use to back up a domain-based Group Policy Object (GPO) and then apply it to non-domain joined computers in your environment. The new version of this tool also makes it easier to automate this process.
- Compare / Merge feature now has the ability to export comparison results to Excel format
New in Microsoft Security Compliance Manager 1.1.2.0 (Nov 26, 2010)
- SCM Download: fixed ability to obtain baselines and application updates behind some proxy servers
New in Microsoft Security Compliance Manager 1.1.1.0 (Nov 26, 2010)
- SCM UI: fixed various display problems when using a very low screen resolution
- SCM Export: optimized the .CAB file size when users export in the SCM baseline format
- Local GPO tool: fixed local import of settings so that this tool now applies them incrementally (instead of full reset)
New in Microsoft Security Compliance Manager 1.1 (Aug 23, 2010)
- The SCM 1.1 release includes fixes that only affect the client computer on which the tool is installed. These fixes do not change the database schema. The following procedure is the only way to install SCM 1.1 and not re-install the database for the tool to avoid losing your data. Use the Repair option to complete this procedure.
- The following bug fixes and limitations are also included in the 1.1 release of the Security Compliance Manager:
- The SCM tool does not allow you to customize values for certain settings that apply to a low resolution display.
- The local GPO tool fails to apply settings incrementally. Each time you apply a GPO, the local GPO tool resets the system settings.
- The optimized export feature of the SCM tool reduces the exported .cab file size.