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We specialized in Social Media Platforms, Systems & Network Security, and Mobile Technologiessocialtech editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160074784407745092noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706156754974704641.post-27268548659531984672019-05-17T19:46:00.001-04:002019-05-27T06:09:19.853-04:00CASP - Advanced Security Practitioner V. 002<h2>
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<span style="font-family: "agency fb" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Vendor-Neutral CompTIA <b><i>Certified Advance Security Practitioner CASP</i></b>
Certification </span><span style="font-family: "agency fb" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">was developed in order to satisfy the demand for a more in-depth
hands-on, less theoretical, technical knowledge needed by Cyber Security
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Certification is in compliance with the ISO 17024 Standard through the
accreditation of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). ISO is an International Organization for Standardization and is a non-governmental entity established in 1947 and based in Geneva, Switzerland.</span><span style="font-family: "agency fb" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "agency fb" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The exam objectives of the CASP Certification undergoes regular
reviews and updates as the industry demands. Therefore, continuing education is required in order to maintain the certification active. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "agency fb" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "agency fb" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It is said that a CASP Certification opens the portals for a successful
career in Cyber Security or Information Security. It facilitates the IT technical professional
advanced expertise </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "agency fb" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">in risk management,
enterprise security, research & analysis, and the expert integration of systems.</span><span style="font-family: "agency fb" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> It is a performance-based certification for Practitioners
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<span style="font-family: "agency fb" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Today more than ever the need for well-trained honest Systems Security
practitioners has become dire and this certification empowers businesses worldwide
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<span style="font-family: "agency fb" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are no requirements for the CASP Certification, However, CompTIA recommends 10 years of experience wich includes 5+ years in a hands-on security role. </span></div>
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from whence you can design your personal learning path.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Es</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">pecially since CompTIA highly recommends that the student have at least one year work experience in the IT support
arena before attempting to get certified.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Hence with this previous experience</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: red;">uCertify </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">makes it easy to create
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design, implement, troubleshoot, or support systems’ hardware, software, and peripherals
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">While <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">uCertify</span></b> courses relatively mimic hands-on with
sophisticated and easy to follow labs, I nevertheless recommend forming a study group,
perhaps even building a physical lab and use <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">uCertify</span></b> <b><span style="color: black;">CompTIA
A+ 220-1001/1002 Course & Lab </span></b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">to follow along the learning process. That is, physically
building your own computers and servers or taking apart one and putting it back
together as well as networking them. Physically programming a network and handling and working with system boards, cables,
connectors, adapters, etc. helps you retain the knowledge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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invest in a physical lab or not; I still recommend a study group because in an
IT environment you never work alone. It
is a team effort of various tiers. Creating a team will, by default teach you how to create and maintain a
productive team culture. With the </span><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt;">uCertify</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">CompTIA A+ 220-1001/1002 Course & Lab, </span></span></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;">you and your team will be able to play-act scenarios
such as “A difficult or dissatisfy client”, “Interview a user who is having
issues with his/her computer or the network in preparation for troubleshooting
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addresses the topic of Security thoroughly all throughout the book beginning
with SECTION 2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PRACTICES but to my surprise, not as a
knowledge area given the current insurmountably persistent data breach and
violation of privacy events due to poorly written software, among other
culprits. I was expecting Schmidt to
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complete misconception of what a software product design is and how to develop
a complete design description. The second symptom involves the lack of a
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comprised of members from all walks of life, academic backgrounds, and gene
pools. This means that their natural
linguistics ideology can widely differ and this impacts how the product is
engineered. i.e., look and feel,
functions and features, how security is implemented in the product, etc. all
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from many perspectives as does our author. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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presented, the Contents guide in the eBook is not hyperlinked to the
destination chapters. However, the author does present an introduction to each
Section and a Chapter outline and introduction in the beginning of each chapter.
While I very much found useful the fact
that he enumerated key concepts in the beginning of each chapter, it was
distracting to me not to be able to navigate the eBook expediently through a
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I did find useful that in his Preface he instantiated hyperlinks to tables
within the preface. I recommend the
reader to pay close attention to this preface since in it Richard Schmidt
presents an architectural synopsis of the work, aligned with the Software
Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBoK) in the form of tables. In addition, he presents a summary of the
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As technological advances continue to evolve, so does the need for software development methodologies. Likewise, as re-architected socio-economic strategies emerge, the need for adaptive business models and analytic methodologies must follow suit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you have read the prior two editions of "Software Requirements" and have found them to expand your subject matter knowledge base, you will want to incorporate this expanded third edition into your reference library. I recommend reading this work individually then reviewing and discussing each chapter as a team prior to commencing any software development project. I personally recommend centering all team discussions from a security and compliance stance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Karl Wiegers - </span>@karlwiegers<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><b><span style="font-family: "Agency FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Authors:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Agency FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Agency FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: NewBaskerville-Bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">David Kennedy, Jim O’Gorman, Devon
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<span style="color: #444444;"><b><span style="font-family: "Agency FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Publisher:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Agency FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> O’Reilly Media,
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Benedict<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><b><span style="font-family: "Agency FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Target Audience:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Agency FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> <b> </b>This
Guide offers a wealth of information to both the novice as Tutorial and the
experienced as Reference. For starters,
the Novice will learn relevant steps on how to get started; and the Experienced
with benefit from the discussions on Methodology. Program Managers and Stake
Holders will benefit from a managers perspective</span></span></div>
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Analytical, Programming & Scripting languages recommended but not required</span></span></div>
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guide will help the Pen Tester get started; or take him/her to the next level</span><span style="font-family: 'Agency FB', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span></div>
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Standards: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Agency FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Pen Testing Standards are loosely followed due
to the nature of the investigative process and intelligent garthering. </span></span></div>
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Products: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Agency FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Metasploit
Express Edition || Metasploit Pro Edition<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Products: </b> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Agency FB', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Metasploit Framework
Edition || Metasploit Community Edition</span></div>
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Cheat Sheet referencing important commands with syntax commonly used within Metasploit’s
various interfaces and utilities. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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collaborative effort of experienced professionals. It is especially valuable when the related
community of information security experienced professionals has had direct or
indirect input into the final product, as with this outstanding effort.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Agency FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: .75pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><span style="color: #444444;">Once the authors have taken the reader through the
absolute basics of Penetration Testing, then they introduce the basics of
Metasploit, arming the novice with the necessary knowledgebase to move into the
intelligence gathering processes while teaching you the various commands and
tools.</span></span></div>
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responsibilities of the Tester very poignant. </span></span></div>
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and complex requiring an array of innate and learned skill sets that the novice
reader first study the organizational framework of this guide. In other words, become familiar with the flow
of the work by creating an inventory of the various learning points. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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different learning styles</span> <span style="font-family: "Agency FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: .75pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">and combinations thereof for different
learning requirements. As a reader in
this case, you might have a couple of learning styles, which you might apply in
perspective. By studying the method(s) used by the authors hereby to present
the information and processes, you will gain the ability to understand and
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><b>Mati Aharoni</b></span><span style="color: #444444;"><b>Mati </b>(muts) is a network security professional, currently working with various Military and Government agencies. His day-to-day work involves vulnerability research, exploit development and whitebox / blackbox Penetration Testing. In addition, he is the lead trainer in the “Offensive Security” courses, which focuses on attacker tools and methodologies. Mati has been training security and hacking courses for over 14 years and is actively involved in the security arena, and is the core developer of Kali Linux.</span><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444;"><b>Devon kearns</b></span><span style="color: #444444;"> (dookie2000ca) is a former Communications Technician and IS Security Analyst with over 15 years of formal IT experience but his true passion lies in the field of information security, most notably in the realm of software exploitation and bug hunting. This fascination with vulnerabilities has led Devon to being the lead administrator of the Exploit Database, a co-author of the free online Metasploit Unleashed training course, and a Kali Linux developer.</span><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444;"><b>Jim O'Gorman</b></span><span style="color: #444444;"><b>Jim</b> (Elwood) is a professional penetration tester, an instructor at Offensive Security, and manages Offensive Security’s consulting services. Jim has lived online from the times of BBS’s, to FidoNet, to when SLIP connections were the new hotness. Jim spends time on both network intrusion simulation as well as digital investigations and malware analysis. When not working on various security issues, Jim spends his time assisting his children in their attempts to fight Zombie hordes.</span></span><br />
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Seamless Unified Collaboration with Office 365/SharePoint</h2>
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public collaborative platforms Office 365/SharePoint is undoubtedly the suite
of tools of choice. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is elegantly
engineer for ease of use, intuitive learning curve for both IT and users alike;
especially since all of the familiar features and functionalities of Windows
and MS Office are brought forward with enhancements.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Agency FB;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It is a comprehensive highly secured unified communications
tool for online, offline, internal, federated team management, and/or customers’
social outreach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Microsoft Office
365/SharePoint is essentially a turnkey highly customizable platform for
Audio/Video/Web Conferencing, VoIP (Voice-over-IP) and VoI
(Voice-over-Internet) using Lync 2010 or 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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File Storage, Full Server Support, Award Winning Service Help Desk and World
Class Training and Demos Microsoft’s standard of quality.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Microsoft’s State-of-the-Art Security, Back-up, and Recovery Technology
ensuring privacy and data reliability, integrity, and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>high availability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Single-Sign-On (SSO) the user has
seamless authentication and ready access with the appropriate rights
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<span style="font-family: Agency FB;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Integrated with Microsoft SharePoint, you can sync your
teams for easy collaboration using Office Outlook to manage schedules, contacts,
and mail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You seamlessly customize a
dedicated intranet Team Site to publish/archive documents, calendar of events,
create exchange through collaborative comradely and much more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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designed/customized with SharePoint Designer. This outstanding tool is
installed locally on the desktop or mobile workstation for taking advantage of powerful
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is the Dash Board (Control Panel) of the Account Owner/Administrator (AO/A).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To familiarize yourself with the powerful
tools integrated into the Office 365 with SharePoint I recommend that the
AO/Admin open a VISIO stencil and begin to create the first layer of your
project using the features and functionalities that you are planning to
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department can deploy Departmental level Team Sites, and each Project/Program
Manager can customize their own projects team sites.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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complete Office 2010 suite of applications and tools.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is ultimately important because this makes managing your teams a seamless
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have an existing domain or you need to purchase a new domain Office
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Note:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a high-level overview just
to present a quick and dirty sampling of what Office 365/SharePoint Online
Services has to offer to any size business; from Enterprise to Medium Businesses
or SOHO Entrepreneurs.</span><br />
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The Value of a TechNet Subscription...</h2>
Author: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/virginiabenedict" target="_blank">Virginia Benedict</a>, Techanalyst<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">If you consider yourself a serious IT Professional,
a TechNet subscription is simply indispensable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I know that I cannot do without it for more reasons that I can
think off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I think of Continuing Education
& Training, to prepare for critical issues and plan for future deployments,
when I am in the middle of an IT project, double checking knowledgebase for
specific how-to or tips & tricks, when I need to get updated on security
trends, on and on…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Because a TechNet subscription allows me to
download full versions of pre-release tools and software for testing and
evaluation purposes, I can hone in and polish the skills I need to readily
provide best of class technical support services, implementations, and prepare
for seamless migrations.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The subscription level I recommend is the TechNet
Professional with Media.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>TechNet
provides the subscriber with an on-line Portal. However, having the media will
travel; especially when you are on-site and might not have ready access to
broadband.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The following are just some of the benefits included
in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Professional with Media version</i>:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Exclusive Secure Portal Access </b>from
which you can Manage your Subscription and efficiently access your benefits in
one place</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Usage Scenarios </b>Supports the trial
scenarios most utilized by IT Pros during the software evaluation process</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Microsoft E-Learning </b>Provides
collections (a set of courses with practice labs), typically 20 hours per
calendar year.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">TechNet also offers Volume Subscriptions. Microsoft
Volume Licensing programs that are designed to meet the needs of a business and
offer customized packages to suit the size and purchasing preference of a company.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For more detailed information go to:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Overview:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/subscriptions/bb521230.aspx"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">http://technet.microsoft.com/subscriptions/bb521230.aspx</span></a><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Volume subscriptions:</span></div>
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<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/subscriptions/ms772427.aspx?lc=1033"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">http://technet.microsoft.com/subscriptions/ms772427.aspx?lc=1033</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Feature & Pricing comparison Matrix:</span></div>
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<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/hh442910"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/hh442910</span></a><br />
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