Tool for creating packets

Engage Packet Builder:
http://www.engagesecurity.com/downloads/#engagepacketbuilder

You also need WinPCap for running Engage:
http://www.winpcap.org/install/default.htm

NEMESIS: http://www.packetfactory.net/projects/nemesis/
HPING: http://www.hping.org/

and google
http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=packet+generation+tools+linux&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

When To Upgrade: Tips For Taking Best Advantage Of Microsoft's Release Cycle

Two Avanade consultants outline ways to calculate when to adopt an
operating system upgrade and when it's better to let new software pass
you by.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/184636/1448126/4116/0/

MBSA 2.0 Scripting

Sample scripts that illustrate how to extend MBSA 2.0 for greater scalability during scanning and report rollup.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3b64ac19-3c9e-480e-b0b3-6b87f2ee9042&displaylang=en

SNARF Articles

SNARF Articles

"Too Many E-Mails? SNARF Them Up!" by Rob Kreis. Microsoft Research News & Highlights. November 30, 2005.
"Microsoft Research tool 'snarfs' up unwanted e-mail" by Elizabeth Montalbano. Computerworld. December 1, 2005
"SNARF Makes Social Sense of E-Mail" by Susan Kuchinskas. InternetNews. December 1, 2005.
"SNARFing your way through e-mail" by Ina Fried. CNet News.com. December 2, 2005.

Created within Microsoft Research, the Social Network and Relationship Finder, or SNARF

Microsoft tool 'snarfs' up unwanted e-mail.
The software prioritizes mail from friends and regular contacts