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· Update for Windows Vista (KB970408)
· Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB970408)
· Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Beta and Outlook Standards Documentation
· An Introduction to Service Virtualization on the Microsoft NET Platform
· Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Beta Protocol Documentation
· MPI Cluster Debugger launch integration
· Windows HPC Server 2008 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007
· Infrastructure Planning and Design
· System Center Configuration Manager Extensions for SCAP
· DirectAccess Early Adopter's Guide
· Windows IT Pro Overview & Comparative Analysis of DPM 2007 SP1
· System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Documentation
· Office SharePoint Server 2007 Technical Library in Compiled Help format
· Microsoft Search Server 2008 Technical Library in Compiled Help format
· Update for Windows Vista (KB952627)
· Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB952627)
· Update Rollup 9 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB970162)
· Healthcare MDT 2008 Administrators Guide
· Microsoft Government Datacenter Efficiency
· Microsoft Infrastructure Guidance Overview
· System Center Capacity Planner 2007
· Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit
Solutions & Solution Development
· Works with Microsoft HealthVault Device Logo Program v1.20
· Microsoft SQL Server Protocol Documentation
· Creating mashups in SharePoint 2007: Recruiting scenario
· Outlook 2010: MAPI Reference
· Outlook 2010: MAPI Header Files
· SharePoint Products and Technologies: 2010 (Technical Preview) Developer Documentation
· Microsoft Office Protocol Documentation
· Microsoft Office File Formats Documentation
· Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Protocol Documentation
· Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009: Human Resource and Payroll (Russia) Help
· Windows CE 5.0 Platform Builder Monthly Update (June 2009)
· Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Monthly Update (June 2009)
· Microsoft Forecaster 7.0 Hot Fix 2
· BizTalk Customer Advisory Team Presentations
· SQL Server 2000 Driver for JDBC Service Pack 3
· SQL Server 2000 Driver for JDBC Service Pack 2
· Microsoft SDL - Developer Starter Kit
· SQL Server 2000 Driver for JDBC Service Pack 1
· Windows Mobile 6.5 Developer Tool Kit
· Microsoft URL Rewrite Module 2.0 for IIS 7 - Beta (x86)
· Microsoft URL Rewrite Module 2.0 for IIS 7 - Beta (x64)
· Bing API SDK
· Rapid.Addition.White.Paper
· Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 White Paper: SEPA (ISO 20022 XML) Credit Transfer Payments
· WinHEC 2008 White Papers
· Microsoft Application Request Routing Version 2 for IIS 7 Beta 2 (x86)
· Microsoft Application Request Routing Version 2 for IIS 7 Beta 2 (x64)
· Update for Internet Explorer 8 Compatibility View List for Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate x64 Edition (KB972636)
· Update for Internet Explorer 8 Compatibility View List for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB972636)
· Microsoft Government Performance Management
· Microsoft Gov 2.0
· Update for Internet Explorer 8 Compatibility View List for Windows Server 2008 (KB972636)
· Update for Internet Explorer 8 Compatibility View List for Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate for Itanium-based Systems (KB972636)
· Template Gallery Solution Accelerator Administrators Guide
· Collaboration Fundamentals Solution Accelerator Administrators Guide
· Policies and Procedures Solution Accelerator Administrators Guide
· Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Technical Library in Compiled Help format
· Managing Meetings Solution Accelerator Administrators Guide
· Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 Technical Library in Compiled Help format
· IT Manager: Platform Solution Blueprint – Application Lifecycle Management
· Template Gallery Solution Accelerator Release Notes
· Risk and Health Assessment Program for Microsoft SQL Server – Scoping Tool v1.1
· Scorecards Solution Accelerator Release Notes
· Policies and Procedures Solution Accelerator2.0 Release Notes
· Collaboration Fundamentals Solution Accelerator Release Notes
· Policies and Procedures Solution Accelerator2.0 Administrators Guide
· Microsoft Government Public Finance and Accounting
· 2007 Office Resource Kit Technical Library in Compiled Help format
· Office Project Server 2007 Technical Library in Compiled Help format
· Microsoft Government Case and Records Management
· Managing Meetings Solution Accelerator Release Notes
· Electronic Forms Resource Kit Release Notes
· Scorecards Solution Accelerator Administrator Guide
· SharePoint For Worldwide Health and Beyond
· Healthcare MDT 2008 Release Notes
· Healthcare MDT 2008
· eGovernment Interoperability Frameworks
· Policies and Procedures2.0
· Template Gallery
· Electronic Forms
· Step-by-Step Tutorials for Office Applications and Windows OS
· Windows 7 Client Software Logo Program
Security, Policy & Compliance
· Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) Beta 2
· Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830) x64
· Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830)
· Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter [July 2009] (KB905866)
· July 2009 Security Release ISO Image
· Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter for x64-based Systems [July 2009] (KB905866)
· Request a Password Reset for Microsoft Online Services CTP
· Windows Firewall Categories and User Facing Impact
· Microsoft Anti-Cross Site Scripting Library V3.0
· Enabling Third party Firewall DirectAccess Clients
· Microsoft Directory Synchronization Tool 9.1
· Network Access Quarantine Control in Windows Server 2003
· Microsoft Secured Unified Communications Datasheet
· Microsoft Defense Solutions
· Defence Transformation Poster
· Microsoft® Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) Beta 3 Tools & Software Development Kit
· Microsoft Situational Awareness
· Microsoft Government Identity Management
· Microsoft Forefront Client Security 1.0 SP1
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· OneTouch Press Release
· Volume Licensing Program Guides, Datasheets, and FAQs
· Fact Sheets
Install this update to help prevent an issue in which users may experience intermittent Bluetooth device failures.
Install this update to help prevent an issue in which users may experience intermittent Bluetooth device failures. Computers that have a Bluetooth radio connected to a USB 2.0 hub may experience this problem. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
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The Exchange Server and Outlook Standards Documents describe Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Beta and Outlook support for industry messaging standards and Requests for Comments (RFCs) related to iCalendar, IMAP4, and POP3.
The Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and Outlook Standards documentation is intended for use in conjunction with publicly available standard specifications and network programming art, and assumes that the reader either is familiar with the aforementioned material or has immediate access to it. A protocol specification does not require the use of Microsoft programming tools or programming environments in order for you to develop an implementation. If you have access to Microsoft programming tools and environments you are free to take advantage of them.
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Service virtualization is an emerging trend in the SOA landscape that focuses on providing a common infrastructure for building and managing a complex service ecosystem.
Service virtualization is an emerging trend in the SOA landscape that focuses on providing a common infrastructure for building and managing a complex service ecosystem. This whitepaper discusses the concept of service virtualization and introduces you to a complete service virtualization solution built on the .NET platform today.
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The Microsoft Exchange Server protocols documentation provides detailed technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols (including extensions to industry-standard or other published protocols) used by Microsoft Exchange Server to communicate with other Microsoft products.
The Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Protocol technical documentation set provides detailed technical specifications for Microsoft protocols and extensions to industry-standards or other published protocols that are implemented and used in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. This allows the user to interoperate or communicate natively with Microsoft Office client and other server products.
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Launch the Visual Studio 2008 MPI Cluster Debugger in three easy steps
This package integrates the ‘F5’ experience of launching the Visual Studio 2008 MPI Cluster Debugger and your Windows HPC Server 2008 environment, for a better and more integrated debugging experience. This package provides a new tool window from which you can specify on which nodes the debugging will take place on the cluster. Once your break points are set and the debugger settings are specified you only have to press ‘F5’ to launch the debugger. Pressing ‘F5’ deploys your application binaries and the remote debugger, and submits a job to the scheduler. When the job is scheduled the MPI processes start under the control of the remote debugger. This package also includes a project template for C/C++ MPI programs.
The documentation is designed to describe each protocol in detail as it is used by the Microsoft Exchange Server. Each protocol specification documents the technical requirements, limitations, dependencies, and Microsoft-specific protocol behavior. The documentation set includes a set of companion overview and reference documents that supplement the technical specifications with conceptual background, overviews of inter-protocol relationships and interactions, and technical reference information.
The Windows HPC Server 2008 Management Pack provides both proactive and reactive monitoring of Windows HPC Server 2008 for a cluster environment.
The Windows HPC Server 2008 Management Pack provides both proactive and reactive monitoring of Windows HPC Server 2008 for a cluster environment. It monitors Windows HPC Server components – such as head node, compute node, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) broker node, network, and Job Scheduler – to report issues that can cause downtime or poor performance for the cluster that is running Windows HPC Server 2008. Feature Summary The Windows HPC Server 2008 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 includes a number of key monitoring scenarios that are enabled with monitors, rules, alerts and tasks to help manage an HPC cluster, which include:
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The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides are the next version of Windows Server System Reference Architecture. The guides in this series help clarify and streamline design processes for Microsoft infrastructure technologies, with each guide addressing a unique infrastructure technology or scenario.
Infrastructure Planning and Design guides share a common structure, including:
These guides complement product documentation by focusing on infrastructure design options. Each guide leads the reader through critical infrastructure design decisions, in the appropriate order, evaluating the available options for each decision against its impact on critical characteristics of the infrastructure. The IPD Series highlights when service and infrastructure goals should be validated with the organization and provides additional questions that should be asked of service stakeholders and decision makers. IPD consists of the following downloadable packages:
The guides are available as individual downloads or as a single all-in-one package. Send questions or feedback to us directly at SATfdbk@microsoft.com
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The extensions enable Configuration Manager 2007 to consume Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) data streams, assess systems for compliance, and generate report results in SCAP format by taking advantage of the compliance checking capabilities inherent in the desired configuration management (DCM) feature.
Your organization can optimize its existing Configuration Manager 2007 infrastructure to ensure that the computers you manage meet this federal compliance requirement and generate the requisite FDCC reports for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The System Center Configuration Manager Extensions for SCAP convert SCAP files into DCM Configuration Packs for use with Configuration Manager 2007 and they convert DCM compliance reports into SCAP format. This release includes a user guide that provides instructions for using the command-line tools, and detailed information about the mapping between the SCAP data formats and the DCM format. The System Center Configuration Manager Extensions for SCAP includes the following components:
Please direct questions and comments about the System Center Configuration Manager Extensions for SCAP to scscap@microsoft.com.
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This guide introduces DirectAccess concepts, defines new terms, explains requirements for installation, discusses how to design DirectAccess architecture, and then steps you through installation and deployment.
DirectAccess allows remote users to connect directly to intranet servers, which means organizations can reduce costs and simplify their network edge by reducing the number of application-specific front-end servers that are currently deployed. By implementing DirectAccess, your organization is deploying the foundation for connectivity and security that will carry it into the future. This guide introduces DirectAccess concepts, defines new terms, explains requirements for installation, discusses how to design DirectAccess architecture, and then steps you through installation and deployment.
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DPM 2007 Overview & Analysis This paper by Windows IT Pro provides an overview of DPM 2007 sp1 and offers some comparisons with other technologies for protecting and recovering Windows environments.
There are a wide variety of mechanisms and products for protecting data within a Windows environment. This paper from Windows IT Pro offers several considerations when choosing a data protection and recovery technology for Windows environments with a focus on how Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 with SP1 compares with other industry leading products.
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This download provides the technical documentation for Operations Manager 2007 R2.
The Operations Manager 2007 R2 technical documentation helps you plan, deploy, operate, and maintain Operations Manager 2007 R2. For information about the specific guides available in the library, see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/opsmgr/bb498235.aspx.
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Downloadable CHM version of SharePoint Server content on TechNet.
Important, before you download:
This downloadable CHM is a copy of content in the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 technical library. The CHM is current as of the date above. For the latest information, see the technical library on the Web.
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Downloadable CHM version of Search Server 2008 content on TechNet.
This downloadable CHM is a copy of content in the Microsoft Search Server 2008 technical library. The CHM is current as of the date above. For the latest information, see the technical library on the Web.
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Install this update to enable remote management of a Windows Server 2008 computer that is running the Hyper-V role.
Install this update to enable remote management of a Windows Server 2008 computer that is running the Hyper-V role. All users of the Hyper-V role should apply this update. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer. This update is provided to you and licensed under the Windows Vista License Terms.
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Update Rollup 9 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB970162)
Update Rollup 9 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2007 SP1 since the software was released. This update rollup is highly recommended for all Exchange Server 2007 SP1 customers. For a list of changes that are included in this update rollup, see KB970162. This update rollup does not apply to Exchange Server 2007 Release To Manufacturing (RTM). For a list of update rollups applicable to Exchange Server 2007 RTM, refer to the section Update rollups for Exchange Server 2007 RTM in the Knowledge Base article KB937052. This is a cumulative update rollup and replaces the following:
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Healthcare MDT 2008 Administrators Guide
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Microsoft Government Datacenter Efficiency
Microsoft datacenter efficiency solutions help governments “do more with less”, while addressing carbon footprint and power consumption challenges, alongside with systems management cost and IT security issues.
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Microsoft Infrastructure Guidance Overview
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System Center Capacity Planner 2007 is a pre-deployment capacity planning and post-deployment change analysis solution for Microsoft Server products including Exchange Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, and Office SharePoint Server 2007.
System Center Capacity Planner 2007 is a pre-deployment capacity planning and post-deployment change analysis solution that provides best-practice guidance and hardware-specific knowledge to help information technology professionals make solid architecture decisions when planning a new deployment or changes to an existing deployment for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and other Microsoft server products as add-in application models become available. Before installing System Center Capacity Planner 2007, please consult the Release Notes. Feature Bullet Summary:
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The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit makes it easy to assess your current IT infrastructure for a variety of technology migration projects. This Solution Accelerator provides a powerful inventory, assessment, and reporting tool to simplify the migration planning process.
The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is an agentless toolkit that finds computers on a network and performs a detailed inventory of the computers using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and the Remote Registry Service. The data and analysis provided by this toolkit can significantly simplify the planning process for migrating to Windows® 7, Windows Vista®, Microsoft Office 2007, Windows Server® 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V, Microsoft Application Virtualization, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, and Forefront® Client Security and Network Access Protection. Assessments for Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Vista include device driver availability as well as recommendations for hardware upgrades. If you are interested in server virtualization planning, MAP provides the ability to gather performance metrics from computers you are considering for virtualization and a feature to model a library of potential host hardware and storage configurations. This information can be used to quickly perform "what-if" analysis using Hyper-V and Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 as virtualization platforms. For home users and users with a few computers to migrate, use the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor to understand the readiness of your computer for Windows 7. The MAP Toolkit includes the following components:
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This kit contains the requirements, test instructions, and tools used to verify a device is compatible with HealthVault and eligible for the Works with Microsoft HealthVault logo.
This kit contains the requirements, test instructions, and tools used to verify a device is compatible with HealthVault and eligible for the Works with Microsoft HealthVault logo. These requirements and test instructions will supercede the Works with Microsoft HealthVault Device Logo Program v1.0 requirements and test instructions. After June 25, 2009, all devices and drivers submitted to a test lab for the Works with Microsoft HealthVault logo must conform to these requirements.
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The Microsoft SQL Server protocol documentation provides technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols that are implemented and used in Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
The Microsoft SQL Server protocol documentation provides detailed technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols (including extensions to industry-standard or other published protocols) that are implemented and used in Microsoft SQL Server to interoperate or communicate with Microsoft products. The documentation includes a set of companion overview and reference documents that supplement the technical specifications with conceptual background, overviews of inter-protocol relationships and interactions, and technical reference information.
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Creating mashups in SharePoint 2007: Recruiting scenario
In this article, we explain how to create a mashup using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and SharePoint Designer 2007. This particular scenario uses SharePoint, Virtual Earth Maps, Twitter and MSN Weather in a recruiting scenario.
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In this article, we explain how to create a mashup using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and SharePoint Designer 2007. This particular scenario uses SharePoint, and Bing Maps (Virtual Earth) and illustrates the use of JQuery in SharePoint.
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July 2009 Technical Preview The Microsoft Outlook 2010 Messaging API (MAPI) Reference provides the messaging architecture for Microsoft Outlook 2010.
MAPI for Outlook 2010 provides a set of interfaces, functions, and other data types to facilitate the development of Outlook 2010 messaging applications. Applications and transports use MAPI to manipulate e-mail data, to create e-mail messages and the folders to store them in, and to support notifications of changes to existing MAPI-related data. The Outlook 2010 MAPI Reference contains documentation for the following MAPI updates:
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July 2009 Technical Preview This download accompanies the Outlook 2010 Messaging API (MAPI) Reference documentation and contains the MAPI header files, which have been updated to support 64-bit Microsoft Outlook.
The following list describes the MAPI header files that this download installs:
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Technical Preview This download provides an early technical preview of the SharePoint Products and Technologies: 2010 developer documentation.
Welcome to the SharePoint Products and Technologies 2010 Technical Preview Developer Documentation download. This download contains the following pieces of developer documentation:
While every effort has been made to ensure the technical accuracy of the above material, it is preliminary documentation, and as such, subject to change. To suggest content or request more documentation (or report an error), please contact us at docthis@Microsoft.com.
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The Office protocol documentation provides technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols that are implemented and used in the Microsoft Office system.
The Office protocol documentation provides detailed technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols (including extensions to industry-standard or other published protocols) that are implemented and used in Microsoft Office client programs to interoperate or communicate with Microsoft products. The documentation includes a set of companion overview and reference documents that supplement the technical specifications with conceptual background, overviews of inter-protocol relationships and interactions, and technical reference information.
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The Microsoft Office file formats documentation provides technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary file formats that are implemented and used in the 2007 Microsoft Office system.
The Microsoft Office file formats documentation provides detailed technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary file formats. The documentation includes a set of companion overview and reference documents that supplement the technical specifications with conceptual background, overviews of file format relationships and interactions, and technical reference information.
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The Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies protocol documentation provides technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols that are implemented and used in SharePoint Products and Technologies.
The Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies protocol documentation provides detailed technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols (including extensions to industry-standard or other published protocols) that are implemented and used in SharePoint Products and Technologies to interoperate or communicate with Microsoft products. The documentation includes a set of companion overview and reference documents that supplement the technical specifications with conceptual background, overviews of inter-protocol relationships and interactions, and technical reference information.
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This Help file provides information about the Staff Accounting and Payroll features and functionality in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 that are specific to Russia.
This download includes the GDL_Payroll.chm file, which includes the Help topics for the Staff Accounting and Payroll features and functionality. An updated IWorker.chm file, which organizes the various Help files, also is included.
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Download this set of updates for Windows CE 5.0 Platform Builder released during the period of June 1 - June 30, 2009. These updates are fixes for Windows CE operating system problems you run into during the development and maintenance of your custom platform.
This is a set of updates for Windows CE 5.0 Platform Builder released during the period of June 1 - June 30, 2009. These Microsoft Windows CE updates are fixes for Windows CE operating system problems you run into during the development and maintenance of your custom platform. To qualify for consideration for an update, a problem needs to cause an excessive amount of work and not have a reasonable workaround. For complete details regarding the updates in this release, please download the Windows CE 5.0_Update_090630_2009M06.htm file below.
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Download this set of updates for Windows Embedded CE 6.0 released during the period of June 1 - June 30, 2009. These updates are fixes for Windows Embedded CE operating system problems you run into during the development and maintenance of your custom platform.
This is a set of updates for Windows Embedded CE 6.0 released during the period of June 1 - June 30, 2009. These Microsoft Windows Embedded CE updates are fixes for Windows Embedded CE 6.0 operating system problems you run into during the development and maintenance of your custom platform. To qualify for consideration for an update, a problem needs to cause an excessive amount of work and not have a reasonable workaround. For complete details regarding the updates in this release, please download the Windows Embedded CE 6.0_Update_090630_2009M06.htm file below.
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Microsoft Forecaster 7.0 is a financial budgeting and planning product focused on the needs of the middle market.
Microsoft Forecaster works with a variety of general ledgers—including Microsoft Dynamics products—to automate and simplify the budgeting and planning process. In addition, this intuitive budgeting software looks like and integrates with the productivity software your people already use, making the budgeting and planning process accessible to more key players in your organization. For more information, go to: Microsoft Forecaster 7.0.
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Download Microsoft Office PowerPoint slides from the BizTalk Server Customer Advisory team.
Download Microsoft Office PowerPoint slides from the BizTalk Server Customer Advisory team. Overview
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JDBC Driver for SQL Server 2000 Notification
Microsoft SQL Server has been continually improving its Java connectivity support. As such we highly recommend you work with the latest version of our JDBC driver. The driver version i.e. SQL Server 2000 JDBC driver, that you are looking for is no longer available for download (please note that the support for the this driver will officially end on July 9, 2010). To download the latest JDBC drivers and additional information see:
If you would like to provide feedback to the JDBC team, need advice on which version to download, or would like to communicate with the JDBC team, please feel free to do so here.
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The Microsoft SDL - Developer Starter Kit provides a compliation of baseline developer security training materials on core Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) topics.
The Microsoft SDL - Developer Starter Kit provides a compliation of baseline developer security training materials on the following core Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) topics: a) secure design principles; b) secure implementation principles; c) secure verification principles; d) SQL injection; e) cross-site scripting; f) code analysis; g)banned application programming interfaces (APIs); h) buffer overflows; i) source code annotation language; j) security code review; k) compiler defenses; l) fuzz testing; m) Microsoft SDL threat modeling principles; and n) the Microsoft SDL threat modeling tool. Each set of guidance contains Microsoft Office PowerPoint slides, speaker notes, train-the-trainer audio files, and sample comprehension questions. All materials have limited formatting so that you can leverage the content to achieve broader, enhanced adoption of Microsoft SDL principles in your development organization.
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Emulator Images, Gesture APIs, and Samples for Windows Mobile 6.5
The Windows Mobile 6.5 Developer Tool Kit adds documentation, sample code, header and library files, emulator images and tools to Visual Studio that let you build applications for Windows Mobile 6.5. This document contains important information about this package. For general information about writing software for Windows Mobile, please see the Windows Mobile Developer Center. The Windows Mobile 6 SDK must also be installed in order to use any of the Windows Mobile 6.5 Gesture API or samples. Windows Mobile 6.5 Developer Tool Kit comes with the following Emulator Images:
Available locales: 0804 CHS Chinese Simplified 0409 USA English 0407 GER German 040c FRA French 0410 ITA Italian 0c0a ESN Spanish 0411 JPN Japanese A new set of APIs is being introduced that will enable application developers to take advantage of the new Windows Mobile 6.5 touch gesture framework. The gesture APIs allow an application to handle touch gesture input and provide a visually consistent experience with the rest of the device UI. Note that the gesture APIs are only available on the Windows Mobile Classic and Professional SKUs. The headers and libraries are installed in the Windows Mobile SDK\Pocket PC\ folder. Samples that make use of these APIs are installed into the Windows Mobile 6.5 Developer Tool Kit\Samples\ folder.
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URL Rewrite Module 2.0 provides a rule-based rewriting mechanism for changing requested URL’s before they get processed by web server and for modifying response content before it gets served to HTTP clients.
Microsoft URL Rewrite Module 2.0 for IIS 7 Beta is an incremental release that includes all the features from version 1.1, and adds support for outbound response rewriting. More specifically, it can be used to:
The installation package includes several additional components and hotfixes required by URL Rewrite Module 2.0 Beta. Refer to the KB articles for the hotfixes to get more details. In order to apply the hotfixes correctly without restarting the server, it is recommended that the WAS service is stopped before installing URL Rewrite Module 2.0 Beta. The following hotfixes will be installed with URL Rewrite Module 2.0 Beta:
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Software Development Kit containing a Compiled HTML Help file and code samples for developing applications with the Bing API.
The Bing API Software Development Kit provides:
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Rapid Addition leverages Microsoft .NET 3.5 Framework to build ultra-low latency FIX and FAST processing
This whitepaper describes how Rapid Addition built their ultra low latency FIX and FAST message processing software using the Microsoft .NET 3.5 Framework. By following a disciplined design and development, Rapid Addition was able to meet stringent latency requirements while retaining the advantages that managed code brings.
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This white paper describes the functionality in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 that supports the standard Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) credit transfer (ISO 20022 XML) payment format.
Additional local formats are available for Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and The Netherlands.
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White papers from the 2008 Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC)
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Microsoft Application Request Routing (ARR) for IIS7 is a proxy based routing module that forwards HTTP requests to application servers based on HTTP headers and server variables, and load balance algorithms. ARR Version 2 Beta 2 adds support for disk based cache.
ARR Version 2 Beta 2 is an incremental release that includes all of the features from Version 1, and adds support for disk-based cache. More specifically, ARR Version 2 Beta 2 can be used to:
The ARR version 1 and ARR version 2 beta 2 cannot be installed side-by-side.
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Microsoft Application Request Routing (ARR) for IIS 7.0 is a proxy-based routing module that forwards HTTP requests to application servers based on HTTP headers, server variables, and load balance algorithms. ARR Version 2 Beta 2 is an incremental release that includes all of the features from Version 1, and adds support for disk-based cache. More specifically, ARR Version 2 Beta 2 can be used to:
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This update helps make websites designed for older browsers look better in Internet Explorer 8. To take advantage of this update, you must have “Include updated website lists from Microsoft” selected in Internet Explorer’s Compatibility View Settings.
Windows Internet Explorer 8 improves browser interoperability and advances the Web by delivering a better implementation of Web standards. While this is a move in the right direction, users might encounter compatibility issues with some sites that still rely on the behavior of previous versions of Internet Explorer. Microsoft understands the shift towards standards compatibility with Internet Explorer 8 may take some time to complete for each organization or webmaster. To bridge this transition, we offer the Compatibility View list. The list helps make websites designed for older browsers look better in Internet Explorer 8.
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Microsoft Government Performance Management
Microsoft is improving government performance through affordable Business Intelligence software, which supports productivity, accountability and transparency.
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Microsoft Gov 2.0
Microsoft Gov 2.0 is the application of Web 2.0 technologies to the practice of government to make it more efficient, transparent, participative and responsive to citizens.
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Template Gallery Solution Accelerator Administrators Guide
This guidance has been created to assist healthcare organisations with the installation and configuration of the Template Gallery Solution Accelerator. The Template Gallery Solution Accelerator is a software solution for use with Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007. The guidance includes the creation of a healthcare organisation’s Template Gallery site, which allows users to centrally publish, discover, rate and request electronic assets such as document templates, Office Groove templates, electronic forms and spreadsheets.
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Collaboration Fundamentals Solution Accelerator Administrators Guide
The objective of the Collaboration Fundamentals Solution Accelerator is to allow healthcare staff to create, discover, participate in, and manage a range of themed communities. This guidance has been created to assist healthcare organisations with the installation and configuration of the Collaboration Fundamentals Solution Accelerator a software Deliverable for use with Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007.
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Policies and Procedures Solution Accelerator Administrators Guide
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Downloadable CHM version of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 content on TechNet.
This downloadable CHM is a copy of content in the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 technical library. The CHM is current as of the date above. For the latest information, see the technical library on the Web.
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Managing Meetings Solution Accelerator Administrators Guide
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Downloadable CHM version of PerformancePoint Server content on TechNet.
This downloadable CHM is a copy of content in the Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 technical library. The CHM is current as of the date above. For the latest information, see the technical library on the Web.
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IT Manager: Platform Solution Blueprint – Application Lifecycle Management The Application Lifecycle management (ALM) and IT Process Blueprint Poster by Advaiya gives IT managers a high level view of how ALM and IT Process works within their IT environment.
This printable color poster illustrates where ALM and IT Process fits with the IT manager’s environment. With this poster IT managers can easily see the relationships of the critical solution patterns for ALM and IT Process and how they fit together. IT managers also learn about the stages of ALM and IT Process adoption as well as how a platform aligned solution contributes to the success of their IT infrastructure.
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Template Gallery Solution Accelerator Release Notes
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This download package is intended for Microsoft Premier Customers Only. This package includes all of the scoping tools necessary to prepare and qualify your environment to receive a Risk and Health Assessment Program for Microsoft SQL Server.
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Scorecards Solution Accelerator Release Notes
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Policies and Procedures Solution Accelerator2.0 Release Notes
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Collaboration Fundamentals Solution Accelerator Release Notes
This document contains Release Notes for Collaboration Fundamentals Solution Accelerator
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Policies and Procedures Solution Accelerator2.0 Administrators Guide
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Microsoft Government Public Finance and Accounting
Microsoft public finance and accounting solutions offers governments flexible, integrated solutions for financial management, procurement and customer relationship management. These tools will help improve service to citizens while reducing the cost of their operations.
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Downloadable CHM version of 2007 Office Resource Kit content on TechNet.
This downloadable CHM is a copy of content in the 2007 Office Resource Kit technical library. The CHM is current as of the date above. For the latest information, see the technical library on the Web.
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Downloadable CHM version of Project Server content on TechNet.
This downloadable CHM is a copy of content in the Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 technical library. The CHM is current as of the date above. For the latest information, see the technical library on the Web.
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Microsoft Government Case and Records Management
Microsoft case and records management solutions for government agencies improve the throughput speed and quality of service delivery, help manage increased caseload in a cost effective manner, and decrease the cost of and improve standards of information / data compliance.
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Managing Meetings Solution Accelerator Release Notes
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Electronic Forms Resource Kit Release Notes
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Scorecards Solution Accelerator Administrator Guide
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SharePoint For Worldwide Health and Beyond
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Healthcare MDT 2008 Release Notes
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Healthcare MDT 2008
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eGovernment Interoperability Frameworks
A key element to realizing eGovernment’s transformative potential is the concept of interoperability – the connecting of diverse data, systems, people and processes. Effective interoperability at the technical, semantic, and operational levels enables governments to focus on the policy and legal issues that must be resolved so that different government entities can work together. Effective interoperability also allows governments the choice to combine hardware, software, and services for new systems that will meet their objectives, as well as the confidence that new technology purchased today will connect to existing infrastructure.
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Policies and Procedures2.0
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Template Gallery
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Electronic Forms
Healthcare electronic forms resource kit and service kit
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Accessibility training documentation for Office applications and Windows OS.
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Technical Requirements Technical requirements for the Windows 7 Client Software Logo Program
The Windows platform has a broad ecosystem of products and partners that supports the platform. Displaying the Windows logo on your product represents a relationship and a shared commitment to quality between Microsoft and your company. Customers trust that seeing the Windows brand on your product ensures that it meets compatibility standards and performs well on the Windows platform. The Windows 7 Software Logo program is made up of policies and requirements that help ensure logo’d applications are easy to install and reliable on PCs running Windows 7. The purpose of this document is to outline the technical requirements and eligibility qualifications an application must meet in order to participate in the Windows 7 Client Software Logo Program.
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Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) is a secure application gateway, to manage, control, and optimize remote access for managed and non-managed endpoints, to corporate applications and resources.
Forefront UAG provides the following: • Remote access: Using Forefront UAG you can allow and control access to internal resources and applications from a range of managed and unmanaged client endpoints. • Application support: Forefront UAG provides broad application support for a wide range of Microsoft and third-party applications. Application optimizers, consisting of predefined settings and values, provide optimum settings for accessing a specific application via Forefront UAG. • Access control: Forefront UAG provides granular access control, to ensure that only client endpoints complying with corporate health guidelines can access internal applications and resources. • Authentication: Forefront UAG provides frontend and backend authentication mechanisms. Frontend authentication allows you to pre-authenticate users using a wide range of authentication mechanisms, ensuring that only authenticated traffic reaches published application servers. In addition, Forefront UAG provides a single sign-on experience for authentication to backend applications. Find more information about Forefront UAG as follows: • To read the Forefront UAG documentation, visit the Forefront UAG TechCenter library (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd861463.aspx) • To read about up-to-date issues, visit the Forefront UAG Product Team blog (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=156512) • For Beta 2 support issues, visit the Forefront UAG forum (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=156513)
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This tool checks your computer for infection by specific, prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps to remove the infection if it is found. Microsoft will release an updated version of this tool on the second Tuesday of each month.
The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 computers for and helps remove infections by specific, prevalent malicious software—including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom. When the detection and removal process is complete, the tool displays a report describing the outcome, including which, if any, malicious software was detected and removed. The tool creates a log file named mrt.log in the %WINDIR%\debug folder. Note that x64 version of this tool will only run on Vista x64, Windows XP x64 and Windows 2003 x64 computers. This tool is not a replacement for an anti-virus product. To help protect your computer, you should use an anti-virus product. Microsoft will release an updated version of this tool on the second Tuesday of each month. New versions will be made available through this web page, Windows Update, and the Malicious Software Removal Tool Web site on Microsoft.com. To have the newest versions automatically delivered and installed as soon as they are released, set the Automatic Updates feature to Automatic. The version of this tool delivered by Windows Update runs on your computer once a month, in the background. If an infection is found, the tool will display a status report the next time you start your computer. If you would like to run this tool more than once a month, run the version that is available from this Web page or use the version on the Malicious Software Removal Tool Web site. Please review KB890830 for the list of malicious software that the current version of the tool is capable of removing as well as usage instructions. Also, please be aware that this tool reports anonymous information back to Microsoft in the event that an infection is found or an error is encountered. The above KB article contains information on how to disable this functionality and what specific information is sent to Microsoft. It is strongly recommended that you review KB891716 before you consider deploying this tool in an enterprise environment. The user must be an administrator to run this tool. This tool will not run on any version of Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows NT 4.0. Note that this download is now a multi-lingual tool. For all supported languages, the same tool will show the correct language depending on the language of the operating system.
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The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 computers for and helps remove infections by specific, prevalent malicious software—including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom. When the detection and removal process is complete, the tool displays a report describing the outcome, including which, if any, malicious software was detected and removed. The tool creates a log file named mrt.log in the %WINDIR%\debug folder. To download the x64 version of Malicious Software Removal Tool, click here. This tool is not a replacement for an anti-virus product. To help protect your computer, you should use an anti-virus product. Microsoft will release an updated version of this tool on the second Tuesday of each month. New versions will be made available through this web page, Windows Update, and the Malicious Software Removal Tool Web site on Microsoft.com. To have the newest versions automatically delivered and installed as soon as they are released, set the Automatic Updates feature to Automatic. The version of this tool delivered by Windows Update runs on your computer once a month, in the background. If an infection is found, the tool will display a status report the next time you start your computer. If you would like to run this tool more than once a month, run the version that is available from this Web page or use the version on the Malicious Software Removal Tool Web site. Please review KB890830 for the list of malicious software that the current version of the tool is capable of removing as well as usage instructions. Also, please be aware that this tool reports anonymous information back to Microsoft in the event that an infection is found or an error is encountered. The above KB article contains information on how to disable this functionality and what specific information is sent to Microsoft. It is strongly recommended that you review KB891716 before you consider deploying this tool in an enterprise environment. The user must be an administrator to run this tool. This tool will not run on any version of Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows NT 4.0. Note that this download is now a multi-lingual tool. For all supported languages, the same tool will show the correct language depending on the language of the operating system.
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Install this update for Windows Mail to revise the definition files that are used to detect e-mail messages that should be considered junk e-mail or that may contain phishing content.
Install this update for Windows Mail to revise the definition files that are used to detect e-mail messages that should be considered junk e-mail or that may contain phishing content. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
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This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on July 14th, 2009.
This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on July 14th, 2009. The image does not contain security updates for other Microsoft products. This DVD5 ISO image is intended for administrators that need to download multiple individual language versions of each security update and that do not use an automated solution such as Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). You can use this ISO image to download multiple updates in all languages at the same time. Important: Be sure to check the individual security bulletins at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security prior to deployment of these updates to ensure that the files have not been updated at a later date. This DVD5 image contains the following updates: KB971633 / (MS09-028)
KB961371 / (MS09-029)
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This document is intended for users of the July 2009 Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Microsoft® Online Services who need information about requesting a password reset.
This document provides information for users of the July 2009 Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Microsoft® Online Services about requesting a password reset from Microsoft Online Services Support. It is not intended as a general guide for getting any other form of support for the Microsoft Online Services CTP.
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Word document on best practice guidance on Windows Firewall Categories
This document is intended for independent software vendor (ISV) developers that build host firewalls. It describes the Windows Categories feature that allows host firewalls to replace certain functionalities of Windows Firewall.
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AntiXSS 3.0 helps you to protect your current applications from cross-site scripting attacks, at the same time helping you to protect your legacy application with its Security Runtime Engine
The Microsoft Anti-Cross Site Scripting Library V3.0 (Anti-XSS V3.0) is an encoding library designed to help developers protect their ASP.NET web-based applications from XSS attacks. It differs from most encoding libraries in that it uses the white-listing technique -- sometimes referred to as the principle of inclusions -- to provide protection against XSS attacks. This approach works by first defining a valid or allowable set of characters, and encodes anything outside this set (invalid characters or potential attacks). The white-listing approach provides several advantages over other encoding schemes. New features in this version of the Microsoft Anti-Cross Site Scripting Library include: - An expanded white list that supports more languages - Performance improvements - Performance data sheets (in the online help) - Support for Shift_JIS encoding for mobile browsers - A sample application - Security Runtime Engine (SRE) HTTP module
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This Word document describes the rules and exemptions for configuring third party host-based firewalls to work with DirectAccess.
The document is intended for independent software vendor (ISV) developers that build host firewalls for Windows 7 and for IT Professionals that need to configure host firewalls to accommodate DirectAccess traffic. It focuses on the rules and exemptions on the client system.
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May 2009 The Microsoft Directory Synchronization Tool 9.1 enables you to securely synchronize selected data between an on-premise Active Directory and the Forefront Online Security for Exchange (FOSE) and Exchange Hosted Archive (EHA) services.
The Microsoft Directory Synchronization Tool 9.1 synchronizes valid end-user proxy addresses (and their Safe Senders if available) from Active Directory to the Forefront Online Security for Exchange (FOSE) and Exchange Hosted Archive (EHA) network and populates the Administration Center with these accounts. This tool should be used if you have a subscription to the FOSE Filtering service or the post-8.1 Exchange Hosted Archive service.
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This white paper describes Network Access Quarantine Control in Windows Server 2003.
This downloadable article provides a technical overview of the Network Access Quarantine Control feature in the Windows Server 2003 family and includes instructions on how to deploy it.
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Microsoft Secured Unified Communications Datasheet
Defense organizations face significant challenges balancing the ‘need to share’ and the ‘requirement to provide’ information to colleagues and other agencies against the imperative to protect that information from reaching unauthorized people. The Microsoft platform and technologies can be enhanced with 3rd party solutions capabilities to provide High Grade security-enhanced unified communications to meet defense requirements.
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Microsoft Defense Solutions
Imagine having complete knowledge of friendly and enemy intentions, capabilities and plans. Military operations are complex. The defence challenges faced by nation states and international bodies today are continuously evolving. Recent tragedies and disasters, acts of war and terrorism and an increased need for international peacekeeping and peace enforcement have led to new organisations, processes and systems to help governments better defend, prepare, protect and respond. Are your defence people ready? Microsoft® Connected Government Framework (CGF) helps military and homeland security customers transform their IT operations by providing a common infrastructure.
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Using the Connected Government Framework Microsoft helps defence organisations deliver open, secure, interoperable and manageable IT infrastructures to execute tactical missions and achieve strategic goals.
In the midst of military operations, timely and reliable access to threat and friendly information, along with the latest analysis of possible end states and courses of action, allows commanders to make informed decisions at the right moment. Microsoft, in conjunction with our partners, offers a complete solution connecting knowledge worker software, through enterprise level servers enhanced by High Performance Computing capabilities, out to mobile devices used by warfighters. Critical functions, such as situational awareness, intelligence analysis and logistics support can be managed and synchronised on the same network. Microsoft collaboration solutions feature in-depth security allowing military forces to share classified information with authorised personnel across multiple theaters of operation and rapidly disseminate orders to the front lines.
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The tools here provide diagnostics and other feature-related tools, and the software development kit, for Forefront TMG Beta 3.
Forefront TMG Beta 3 Tools Cache Directory Tool for Forefront TMG Use the Cache Directory Tool (CacheDir.exe) to view real-time cache contents, save information about the current cache contents to a file, and mark obsolete items that should not be served from the cache. DNS Cache Tool for Forefront TMG Use the DNS Cache Tool (Dnstools.exe) on a Forefront TMG server to display the contents of the Domain Name System (DNS) cache and to delete entries in the DNS cache. MSDEToText Tool for Forefront TMG Use this tool (MSDEToText.exe) to convert Forefront TMG SQL Server logs into a text file, or to display their contents on the screen. Remote Access Quarantine Tool for Forefront TMG Use this tool (RQSUtils.exe) to prepare Forefront TMG as an RQS listener component. RSA Test Authentication Utility for Forefront TMG Use the RSA Test Authentication Utility (SdTestPack.exe) to verify that a computer running Forefront TMG can authenticate to a computer running RSA Authentication Manager. Best Practices Analyzer Tool (BPA) Use the BPA (IsaBPA.msi) to determine the overall health of your Forefront TMG servers and to diagnose current problems. BPA scans configuration settings of the local Forefront TMG server and reports issues. The BPA Tool is located on a separate download page here. ADAM Sites Tool for Forefront TMG Enterprise Edition Use the ADAM Sites Tool (AdamSites.exe) to configure Configuration Storage servers, which use Microsoft Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM). Auto Discovery Configuration Tool for Forefront TMG Use the Auto-Discovery Configuration Tool (AdConfigPack.exe) to configure Active Directory with a marker key that points to your Forefront TMG server. This key is used by the Firewall Client to locate the Forefront TMG server and connect to it. Software Development Kit (SDK) Forefront TMG Beta 3 SDK The Forefront TMG software development kit includes headers, libraries, tools, samples and documentation to enable developers and system administrators to deploy, configure, customize, and extend their Forefront TMG environment. Note that documentation of some COM elements is incomplete.
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Microsoft Situational Awareness
Essential to the success of military operations is the ability to have an accurate and up-to-the-minute view of impending threats as well as an understanding of the exact location and capacity and status of people and resources across forces and agencies. Situational Awareness solutions from Microsoft partners built on the Microsoft platform can help enable commanders to make rapid decisions, deploy the right level of support and determine the most effective response to unfolding events.
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Microsoft Government Identity Management
Microsoft identity management solutions create digital identities for citizens and enterprises, manage their lifecycle, and provide services for user identification, authentication, and authorization across borders and across multiple identity systems.
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Microsoft Client Forefront Security 1.0 SP1
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OneTouch helps organizations and asset teams make decisions faster and more accurately by bringing all users and data together through a web based work space and data environment.
Petris Technology, Inc. is excited to announce a new E&P knowledge portal – PetrisWINDS OneTouch™. OneTouch will help organizations and asset teams make decisions faster and more accurately by bringing all users and data together through a web based work space and data environment. OneTouch integrates the Microsoft Office SharePoint and ESRI geographic information system with the PetrisWINDS Enterprise framework, a Petris service-oriented architecture (SOA) solution which provides open, accessible, and reliable information from any data source. To accelerate the deployment of the OneTouch technology worldwide, Petris has formed a strategic partnership with Wipro Technologies, the IT Services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT), a global leader in integrated business technology and process solutions. The goal of the alliance is to match Petris’ experience in complex E&P data management with Wipro’s global manpower, expertise and technology services.
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Volume Licensing documents, including program guides, datasheets, and FAQs
The Microsoft Volume Licensing program guides provide comprehensive descriptions of Volume Licensing programs, including information about Microsoft Software Assurance. Download these guides to get details about things such as program features, benefits, requirements, pricing, and agreement structure. The datasheets provide an overview of Volume Licensing programs. Use these documents to get at-a-glance information about benefits, licensing options, pricing, Software Assurance benefits, and more.
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Quick overview of the accessibility features of major Microsoft products.
Microsoft's accessible technology solutions enable people of all abilities to realize their potential. Computer technology is an important and powerful tool for people with difficulties and impairments.
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