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MSDN Webcast: Overview of Developing for User Account Control (Level 200)

Overview This webcast explores Windows User Account Control (UAC), a new security feature in the Windows Vista operating system. This webcast will show how to develop applications using the principle of least privilege with UAC. It explains how developing with UAC reduces the security exposure and the attack surface of both the operating system and user-developed applications. It also provides best practices for developing and managing UAC, ensuring compatibility with existing applications, and coding to take advantage of UAC protection.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Microsoft
Live Date	5th October 2007 01:00 BST
Format	Webcast
Topics	Security Management, Windows Vista

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Channel:
Operating Systems
Tags:
hack,
uac,
vista

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