Technical RollUp : 2007

December 2007 - Technical Rollup Mail - SQL

Justin Zarb — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:00:00 GMT

News

Try SQL Server 2008 Today – Your Data, Any Place, Any Time

SQL Server 2008, the next release of Microsoft SQL Server, will provide a comprehensive data platform that is more secure, reliable, manageable and scalable for your mission critical applications, while enabling developers to create new applications that can store and consume any type of data on any device, and enabling all your users to make informed decisions with relevant insights. Download the latest SQL Server 2008 Community Technology Preview (CTP) and try out the latest features of SQL Server 2008 for 180 days! The SQL Server development team uses your feedback to help refine and enhance product features. Download the newest CTP today and share your feedback.

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/2008/prodinfo/newfeatures.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/2008/prodinfo/download.mspx

Try Visual Studio 2008

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 provides an industry-leading developer experience for Windows Vista, the 2007 Microsoft Office system, and the Web. In addition, it continues in the Microsoft tradition of development language innovation. To enable evaluation of Visual Studio 2008, this page provides links to trial versions of Visual Studio 2008.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/products/aa700831.aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=83C3A1EC-ED72-4A79-8961-25635DB0192B&displaylang=en

Documents

Reporting Services in SQL Server 2008

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services provides a complete server-based platform that is designed to support a wide variety of reporting needs including managed enterprise reporting, ad-hoc reporting, embedded reporting, and web based reporting to enable organizations to deliver relevant information where needed across the entire enterprise. Reporting Services 2008 provides the tools and features necessary to author a variety of richly formatted reports from a wide range of data sources and provides a comprehensive set of familiar tools used to manage and secure an enterprise reporting solution. Reports are processed and delivered quickly and effectively, enabling users to either receive reports automatically through subscriptions, to access reports from a central report repository on an ad-hoc basis, or to consume reports in context of their business processes through reports directly embedded into their business or web applications.

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/whitepapers/sql_2008_ssrs.mspx

What's New for XML in SQL Server 2008

Microsoft introduced XML-related capabilities in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with the FOR XML and OPENXML Transact-SQL keywords, which enabled developers to write Transact-SQL code to retrieve a query result as a stream of XML, and to shred an XML document into a rowset. SQL Server 2005 extended these XML capabilities significantly with the introduction of a native xml data type that supports XSD schema validation, XQuery-based operations, and XML indexing. SQL Server 2008 builds on the XML capabilities of previous releases and provides enhancements to meet the challenges that customers have faced when storing and manipulating XML data in the database.

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/whitepapers/sql_2008_xml.mspx

Managing Unstructured Data with SQL Server 2008

The proliferation of digital content has significant implications for the way in which organizations store and access business data. Increasingly, databases that are at the core of business applications must be integrated with unstructured data in the form of documents, images, video content, and other multimedia formats. Organizations increasingly need to be able to store and manage digital data of all formats in order to manage the information lifecycle, meet compliance requirements, and implement content management solutions. Microsoft SQL Server™ 2008 provides a flexible solution for storing unstructured data and combining it with relational data to build comprehensive solutions that encompass the full range of data across an organization.

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/whitepapers/sql_2008_unstructured.mspx

Delivering Location Intelligence with Spatial Data

The growing ability of businesses and consumers to quickly absorb large volumes of data, together with the increased availability of digital maps and spatially-enabled applications has created an unprecedented opportunity to incorporate geographic factors into decision making processes and analysis. The new spatial support in Microsoft SQL Server™ 2008 can help you to make better decisions through visual analysis of location data that can be stored and manipulated in a SQL Server database.

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/whitepapers/spatialdata.mspx

SQL Server 2008 Security Overview for Database Administrators

SQL Server 2008 is secure by design, default, and deployment. Microsoft is committed to communicating information about threats, countermeasures, and security enhancements as necessary to keep your data as secure as possible. This paper covers some of the most important security features in SQL Server 2008. It tells you how, as an administrator, you can install SQL Server securely and keep it that way even as applications and users make use of the data stored within.

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/whitepapers/SQL2008_Sec_Overview.mspx

Server Consolidation with SQL Server 2008

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 supports multiple options for server consolidation, which provides organizations with the flexibility to choose the consolidation approach that best meets their requirements to centralize data services management and reduce hardware and maintenance costs. By providing centralized management, auditing, and monitoring capabilities, SQL Server 2008 makes it easy to manage multiple databases and data services, which significantly reduces administrative overheads in large enterprises. Finally, SQL Server 2008 provides the reassurance of industry-leading performance and scalability, and unprecedented control over server resource to maximize the performance of consolidated data services.

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/whitepapers/sql_srv_consol.mspx

SQL Server 2005 Powers Global Forensic Data Security Tool

The Information Security team at Microsoft uses an internal tool called Information Security Consolidated Event Management (ICE 3.0) to gather forensic data from more than 85 proxy servers around the world. Powered by SQL Server 2005, the 27 TB data management system collects different types of global evidence, such as inbound and outbound e-mail traffic, Login events, and Web browsing, into a single database. ICE 3.0 provides rapid security analysis and queries, robust proxy performance analysis, and extensive troubleshooting functionality. Table level partitions allow event processing and database loading, without affecting the ongoing query activities and analysis work of security forensics engineers. Storage Area Networking (SANs) manage enterprise storage for ICE 3.0, and the service maintains an uptime of 99.9%. A controller application dynamically launches multiple instances of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), which seamlessly respond to changes in the volume of incoming evidence. The tool was redesigned in 2006 using SQL Server 2005. The SQL upgrade enhanced the data feed process, query response time, expanded the data retention period, and reduced manual data loading and data validations.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a7dc6419-1dce-429e-bce0-007a62d5732a&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.NET Books Online

Synchronization Services lets you synchronize data from disparate sources over two-tier, N-tier, and service-based architectures. Instead of only replicating a database and its schema, the Synchronization Services application programming interface (API) provides a set of components to synchronize data between data services and a local store. Applications are increasingly used on mobile clients, such as portable computers and devices, that do not have a consistent or reliable network connection to a central server. It is important for these applications to work against a local copy of data on the client. Equally important is the need to synchronize the local copy of the data with a central server when a network connection is available. The Synchronization Services API is modeled after the ADO.NET data access APIs and gives you an intuitive way to synchronize data. It makes building applications for occasionally connected environments a logical extension of building applications where you can depend on a consistent network connection.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=02989f70-49aa-43d7-81b8-a651120f8d65&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 Books Online and Samples

SQL Server Compact 3.5 Books Online provides in-depth information about the features of the product. In addition to the Books Online, the sample applications helps to ramp up quickly on SQL Server Compact technology and an easy way to build applications rapidly. For information about Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.Net v1.0 download the Books Online

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1ff0529a-eb1f-4044-b4b7-40b00710f7b7&DisplayLang=en

Scale-Out Querying with Analysis Services Using SAN Snapshots

This SQL Server Best Practices white paper describes the use of virtual copy SAN snapshots in a load-balanced scalable querying environment for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services to increase the number of concurrent queries to Analysis Services servers with a rapid response time per query. Load-balanced querying distributes the load of all queries among the available servers. The use of the virtual copy SAN snapshots eliminates the need to copy data between an Analysis Services processing server and one or more dedicated Analysis Services query servers. This paper supplements the Scale-Out Querying with Analysis Services white paper.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7AC8E03D-BF1F-4733-93E0-BC0F6E567608&displaylang=en

Downloads

Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.NET v2.0 CTP1

Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.NET provides the ability to synchronize data from disparate sources over two-tier, N-tier, and service-based architectures. Rather than simply replicating a database and its schema, the Synchronization Services application programming interface (API) provides a set of components to synchronize data between data services and a local store. Applications are increasingly used on mobile clients, such as laptops and devices, that do not have a consistent or reliable network connection to a central server. It is crucial for these applications to work against a local copy of data on the client. Equally important is the need to synchronize the local copy of the data with a central server when a network connection is available. The Synchronization Services API, which is modeled after the ADO.NET data access APIs, gives you an intuitive way to synchronize data. It makes building applications for occasionally connected environments a logical extension of building applications where you can count on a consistent network connection.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=147c41a9-69f0-496e-b095-dbc5cffd6285&DisplayLang=en

Visual Studio 2005 Support for SQL Server 2008, Community Technology Preview

This CTP resolves a problem that when you try to open a database connection to SQL Server 2008 by using Visual Studio 2005 design tools, you may receive the following error message:
“This server version is not supported. Only servers up to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 are supported.”
This CTP addresses this issue, and enables the following Visual Studio functionality for SQL Server 2008 CTP5 :

Server Explorer successfully connects to SQL Server 2008, and database objects such as stored procedures and table data can be viewed and edited. Note that table schemas still cannot be viewed or edited in this release.
SQL CLR projects that target SQL Server 2008 CTP5 can be created and deployed to the server.
T-SQL and SQL CLR debugging are now enabled for SQL Server 2008 CTP5.
Data binding features in Client and Web Projects are enabled.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e1109aef-1aa2-408d-aa0f-9df094f993bf&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 MSIT Comprehensive Configuration Pack for Configuration Manager 2007

The Microsoft SQL Server 2005 MSIT Comprehensive Configuration Pack is designed to be used for managing the configuration of SQL 2005 servers. This configuration pack defines recommended configurations based on an extensive number of settings affecting the configuration of SQL 2005 servers in the Microsoft IT environment. A partial list of the included configuration items and settings can be obtained by downloading the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 MSIT Basic Configuration Pack and/or the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 MSIT Intermediate Configuration Pack. It is recommended that users begin by evaluating their configuration against the Basic configuration pack, and then progress to the Intermediate and Comprehensive configuration packs as desired configurations are verified.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=daca4a14-abcf-4a25-81bd-196282bbdde0&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 MSIT Intermediate Configuration Pack for Configuration Manager 2007

The Microsoft SQL Server 2005 MSIT Intermediate Configuration Pack is designed to be used for managing the configuration of SQL 2005 servers. This configuration pack defines recommended configurations based on a substantial number of settings affecting the configuration of SQL 2005 servers in the Microsoft IT environment. A partial list of the included configuration items and settings can be obtained by downloading the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 MSIT Basic Configuration Pack; more extensive configuration items and settings can be obtained by downloading the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 MSIT Comprehensive Configuration Pack. It is recommended that users begin by evaluating their configuration against the Basic configuration pack, and ten progress to the Intermediate and Comprehensive configuration packs as desired configurations are verified.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=daca4a14-abcf-4a25-81bd-196282bbdde0&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 MSIT Basic Configuration Pack for Configuration Manager 2007

The Microsoft SQL Server 2005 MSIT Basic Configuration Pack is designed to be used for managing the configuration of SQL 2005 servers. This configuration pack defines recommended configurations based on a limited number of settings affecting the configuration of SQL 2005 servers in the Microsoft IT environment. More extensive configuration items and settings can be obtained by downloading the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 MSIT Intermediate and Comprehensive Configuration Packs. It is recommended that users begin by evaluating their configuration against the Basic configuration pack, and then progress to the Intermediate and Comprehensive configuration packs as desired configurations are verified. Once imported into SCCM 2007, this configuration pack and its included configuration items can be targeted to collections of systems which are then audited for compliance with the recommended configurations. When settings are detected to be out of compliance, events will be generated and sent to the Configuration Manager server where the data is available for reporting.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3718598e-ba03-4984-b7c6-be78377ab024&DisplayLang=en

SQL Server 2008 Books Online Community Technology Preview (November 2007)

SQL Server 2008, the next release of Microsoft SQL Server, provides a comprehensive data platform. Books Online is the primary documentation for SQL Server 2008. Download a pre-release preview of Books Online for SQL Server 2008. If you were looking for the latest released version of Books Online, visit the SQL Server 2005 Books Online page on the Microsoft Download Center. Note: This pre-release version of the SQL Server 2008 Books Online may contain topics that are empty, incomplete, or not up to date. Topics for new features may be missing and not all new or updated content has been reviewed for technical accuracy.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=19db0b42-a5b2-456f-9c5c-f295cdd58d7a&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Assessment Configuration Pack for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

The Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Assessment Configuration Pack for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was developed in conjunction with Brabeion Software, and contains suggested system configurations that map best practices and standards to the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. This configuration pack defines recommended configurations based on a number of settings-based configuration items, and assesses your system against the desired configuration. Once imported into SCCM 2007, this configuration pack and its included configuration items can be targeted to collections of systems which are then audited for compliance with the recommended configurations. When settings are detected to be out of compliance, events will be generated and sent to the Configuration Manager server where the data is available for reporting.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=312505ac-f51c-4642-9a36-78e6974bc5ee&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Assessment Configuration Pack for European Union Data Protection Directive (EUDPD)

The Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Assessment Configuration Pack for European Union Data Protection Directive was developed in conjunction with Brabeion Software, and contains suggested system configurations that map best practices and standards to the requirements of the European Union Data Protection Directive. This configuration pack defines recommended configurations based on a number of settings-based configuration items, and assesses your system against the desired configuration. Once imported into SCCM 2007, this configuration pack and its included configuration items can be targeted to collections of systems which are then audited for compliance with the recommended configurations. When settings are detected to be out of compliance, events will be generated and sent to the Configuration Manager server where the data is available for reporting.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7050d56c-7e5a-479f-b94c-419ede535608&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Assessment Configuration Pack for Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)

The Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Assessment Configuration Pack for Federal Information Security Management Act was developed in conjunction with Brabeion Software, and contains suggested system configurations that map best practices and standards to the requirements of the Federal Information Security Management Act. This configuration pack defines recommended configurations based on a number of settings-based configuration items, and assesses your system against the desired configuration. Once imported into SCCM 2007, this configuration pack and its included configuration items can be targeted to collections of systems which are then audited for compliance with the recommended configurations. When settings are detected to be out of compliance, events will be generated and sent to the Configuration Manager server where the data is available for reporting.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=14862939-4bb0-4e26-b43a-a5953b484239&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Assessment Configuration Pack for Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)

The Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Assessment Configuration Pack for Sarbanes-Oxley Act was developed in conjunction with Brabeion Software, and contains suggested system configurations that map best practices and standards to the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This configuration pack defines recommended configurations based on a number of settings-based configuration items, and assesses your system against the desired configuration. Once imported into SCCM 2007, this configuration pack and its included configuration items can be targeted to collections of systems which are then audited for compliance with the recommended configurations. When settings are detected to be out of compliance, events will be generated and sent to the Configuration Manager server where the data is available for reporting.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=976df931-a3cf-40e3-802e-3281b1451835&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Assessment Configuration Pack for Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA)

The Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Assessment Configuration Pack for Gramm-Leach Bliley Act was developed in conjunction with Brabeion Software, and contains suggested system configurations that map best practices and standards to the requirements of the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act. This configuration pack defines recommended configurations based on a number of settings-based configuration items, and assesses your system against the desired configuration. Once imported into SCCM 2007, this configuration pack and its included configuration items can be targeted to collections of systems which are then audited for compliance with the recommended configurations. When settings are detected to be out of compliance, events will be generated and sent to the Configuration Manager server where the data is available for reporting.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fe3a2b70-4ac7-49ee-ba18-748133feead1&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 CTP, November 2007

Microsoft SQL Server 2008, the next release of Microsoft SQL Server, provides a comprehensive data platform that is more secure, reliable, manageable and scalable for your mission critical applications, while enabling developers to create new applications that can store and consume any type of data on any device, and enabling all your users to make informed decisions with relevant insights.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3bf4c5ca-b905-4ebc-8901-1d4c1d1da884&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 and Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.Net v1.0 for Windows Desktop

SQL Server Compact 3.5 is a small footprint in-process database engine that allows developers to build robust applications for Windows Desktops and Mobile Devices. This download contains the files for SQL Server Compact 3.5 and Synchronization Services for ADO.Net v1.0 for Windows Desktop platform.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7849b34f-67ab-481f-a5a5-4990597b0297&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 for Windows Mobile

SQL Server Compact 3.5 for Devices Windows Installer contains the CAB files and DLL’s for installation on the Windows Mobile platform. When compared to its previous release, SQL Server Compact 3.5 includes a host of new features including the following:

Side-by-side installation together with SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition (version 3.1)
Support for newer and more secure encryption algorithms
Additional timestamp (rowversion) data type

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=38ed2670-a70a-43b3-87f3-7ab67b56cbf2&DisplayLang=en

ReportViewer Samples for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

Visual Studio 2008 includes ReportViewer controls that you can use to add rich data reporting to Windows forms and ASP.NET applications. This download provides two complete samples so that you can view the control and sample reports in a finished application.

The RSSNewsReader sample is a Windows form application written in Visual C#. It retrieves data from live news feeds and presents that data in a report. The report demonstrates how to use parameters to filter the dataset.
The Web Log Analyzer is a Windows form application written in Visual Basic. It analyzes log files created by Web servers, such as Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS). It includes reports that show statistics on page hits, server activity, and referrals from other sites.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8af004bd-ee06-43fa-a5b6-955689a66c84&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 Server Tools

SQL Server Compact 3.5 Server Tools installs replication components on the IIS server enabling merge replication and remote data access (RDA) between SQL Server Compact 3.5 database on a Windows Desktop & Mobile devices and database servers running SQL Server 2005 and later versions of SQL Server 2005. This install is not required for Synchronization Services for ADO.NET
SQL Server Compact 3.5 Server Tools cannot be installed Side-by-Side on the same IIS server with previous versions of SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition Server Tools or with SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition Server Tools. Using SQL Server Compact 3.5 Server Tools you can synchronize between SQL Server Compact 3.5 or SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition or SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition versions of the client database and SQL Server 2005 and later versions of SQL Server 2005.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b18327f3-96e1-415d-b037-9e0c46d49956&DisplayLang=en

Search Server 2008 Sample: Federated Search Connector Sample

Microsoft Search Server 2008 provides you with the ability to include items from content repositories that are not indexed by the search server’s crawler through federated locations. Search Server 2008 supports federating search from the local search index, as well as sites that support the OpenSearch 1.0 or 1.1 standard and returns search results in a structured XML format (for example, RSS or Atom results). To include federated search results from other types of content repositories, you must create a federated connector. When the repository does not expose a searchable XML feed, this federated connector must include an interface to expose results from the repository. The interface must support querying via OpenSearch and return XML formatted results.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b59ea8c3-76e8-45df-947f-32a69c56b5cd&DisplayLang=en

Events / WebCasts

SQL 2005 Webcasts and Virtual Labs

SQL Server 2005 is data management and analysis software that delivers enhanced security, availability, and scalability to mission-critical data applications—while making them easier to develop, deploy, and manage. Choose from a wide range of live and on-demand webcasts. Or take part in a virtual lab, which allows you to cut your teeth on the new platform by experimenting with its different capabilities.

SQL Server 2005 Webcasts

TechNet Webcast: Prepare Yourself for Windows Server 2008 (Part 1 of 8): Product Workload Scenarios (Level 300) – Monday, December 03, 2007 9:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

In this first session of our series, we discuss how Windows Server 2008 addresses key deployment scenarios for customers. We start with an overview of the key product workload scenarios for Windows Server 2008. We cover as many as 10 different scenarios, and we discuss how each scenario can be categorized into one of three different design pillars. While examining the scenarios, we take a closer look at the specific technologies used within the scenario, describe how they are used, and explain why they are needed. We show which technologies comprise each scenario and the value propositions they deliver. Finally, we see how the scenario adds value to Windows Server 2008 and, in some cases, we provide real-world examples of usages for the scenario.

TechNet Webcast: Prepare Yourself for Windows Server 2008 (Part 1 of 8): Product Workload Scenarios (Level 300)

MSDN Webcast: New T-SQL Programmability Features in SQL Server 2008 (Level 300) – Tuesday, December 04, 2007 1:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Join this webcast on new T-SQL programmability features in Microsoft SQL Server 2008, an extension from last year's presentation on top Microsoft SQL Server 2005 T-SQL features. We cover exciting new features such as:

New data types (i.e. date/time, filestream, HierarchyID, large UDT, sparse columns)
Dependency management for database objects
Procedure programming (i.e. table value parameter)
Data warehousing enhancements (i.e. Merge data manipulation language (DML) statement, grouping set, filtered indexing)
Supportability (i.e. Data Definition Language (DDL) trigger)
MSDN Webcast: New T-SQL Programmability Features in SQL Server 2008 (Level 300)

Momentum Webcast: Migrating from Access to SQL Server (Level 100) – Wednesday, December 05, 2007 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Technical audiences currently using Microsoft Office Access will benefit from this tutorial on how to easily migrate databases from Microsoft Office Access 97 through Microsoft Office Access 2003 to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 using Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA). In this webcast, Dmitry Balin, director of SQL Server marketing, explains different methods of upsizing Access applications to SQL Server (linked tables, Access projects , rewriting to the Microsoft .NET Framework) and shows how SQL Server Migration Assistant automates, streamlines, and simplifies this process. SSMA for Access converts Access database objects to SQL Server database objects, loads those objects into SQL Server, and then migrates data from Access to SQL Server. Dmitry also shares experiences from other customers who have benefited from using SSMA and SQL Server to improve their business processes.

Momentum Webcast: Migrating from Access to SQL Server (Level 100)

TechNet Webcast: Using the New Policy-Based Management Framework in SQL Server 2008 (Level 300) – Thursday, December 06, 2007 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 introduces a new policy-based framework for database administrators, which can significantly improve administrative productivity and reliability. Database administrators declare their administrative intent through policies that are then applied by the system. This approach reduces the potential for administrative error and enables the framework to monitor or enforce the policies in an automated fashion. Not only can policies be applied to individual databases or tables on a single server, but they can also seamlessly be scaled to include large collections of objects spanning many server instances.

TechNet Webcast: Using the New Policy-Based Management Framework in SQL Server 2008 (Level 300)

Momentum Webcast: SQL Server 2008 (Part 2 of 3): Expanding Business Intelligence Capabilities (Level 100) – Thursday, December 06, 2007 1:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Join us for this second webcast in our three-part series on Microsoft SQL Server 2008 to learn all about its new features. SQL Server 2008 builds on the strong momentum in the business intelligence (BI) market by providing a scalable infrastructure that enables IT to drive BI throughout your organization and deliver intelligence where users want it. SQL Server 2008 makes great strides in data warehousing, providing a comprehensive and scalable platform that lets organizations integrate data into the data warehouse faster and to scale and manage that data while delivering insight to all users. With the more scalable BI infrastructure provided by SQL Server 2008, you can easily manage reports and analysis of any size or complexity, and at the same time, empower users through the deeper integration with Microsoft Office programs. SQL Server 2008 also delivers improved performance in many areas, including data warehousing, reporting, and analytics. Join us to learn how you can use SQL Server 2008 to get the right information to the right people in the right format on the right device.

Momentum Webcast: SQL Server 2008 (Part 2 of 3): Expanding Business Intelligence Capabilities (Level 100)

MCP Live Meeting: SQL Server 2008 and Your Microsoft Certifications (Session 1) – Wednesday, December 12, 2007 7:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Join the Microsoft Certification team for guidance on your certification path for SQL Server. In this meeting, we will introduce our plans for SQL Server 2008 training and certification, review the SQL Server 2005 certifications, and answer your individual questions about the path that is right for you, in Business Intelligence, Database Development, or Database Administration.

MCP Live Meeting: SQL Server 2008 and Your Microsoft Certifications (Session 1)

Momentum Webcast: SQL Server 2008 (Part 3 of 3): Reducing Hardware and Maintenance Costs with Server Consolidation (Level 100) – Wednesday, December 12, 2007 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Join us for this final webcast in our three-part series on Microsoft SQL Server 2008 to learn all about its new features. SQL Server 2008 can help reduce hardware and maintenance costs by providing a flexible server consolidation solution. Organizations can centralize data services on fewer servers through server virtualization and support for multiple service instances on a single physical server, along with the tools and functionality to migrate distributed data to a consolidated data center. By providing a centralized data services management interface and declarative, policy-based configuration management, SQL Server can make it easy for organizations with multiple data stores to reduce management overhead. Finally, the enhanced performance in SQL Server 2008 and the ability to explicitly control how your server resources are used enable you to consolidate your data services while providing the scalability and performance your applications need. Join us to learn how you can use SQL Server 2008 to get the right information to the right people in the right format on the right device.

Momentum Webcast: SQL Server 2008 (Part 3 of 3): Reducing Hardware and Maintenance Costs with Server Consolidation (Level 100)

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft SQL Server and FileMaker Pro 9 Interoperability (Level 200) – Wednesday, December 12, 2007 1:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Microsoft SQL Server works seamlessly with FileMaker Pro version 9. FileMaker is more than database software; it is a rapid-application development environment that anyone can use to quickly create solutions for collecting, managing, and reporting data. Join this webcast to understand how developers can benefit from connecting FileMaker Pro 9 and Microsoft SQL Server. We also show a technology demonstration of FileMaker Pro 9 connecting with Microsoft SQL Server.

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft SQL Server and FileMaker Pro 9 Interoperability (Level 200)

MCP Live Meeting: SQL Server 2008 and Your Microsoft Certifications (Session 2) – Wednesday, December 12, 2007 5:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

MCP Live Meeting: SQL Server 2008 and Your Microsoft Certifications (Session 2)

Further on-demand webcasts are available here: http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetsqlserver2005.mspx

New KB’s

SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition

Error message when you insert data in an article that has automatic identity range handling enabled in a merge replication in SQL Server 2000: "The identity range managed by replication is full and must be updated by a replication agent"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939318

SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition

A file and some registry entries are missing when you upgrade SQL Server Compact 3.5 Beta to SQL Server Compact 3.5

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945317

SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition

FIX: All later commands are ignored after the SQLDescribeParam function returns an error message in a SQL Server 2005-based application that uses the SQL Native Client ODBC provider

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942704

FIX: You cannot bring the SQL Server group online in a cluster environment after you rename the virtual server name of the default instance of SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934812

FIX: Error message on a Windows Vista-based computer when you try to query data from a column of the XML data type or from a variable of the XML data type in a SQL Server 2005: "Unexpected end of file has occurred"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941720

FIX: Error message when you create a WMI event alert by using the sp_add_alert stored procedure in SQL Server 2005: "The @wmi_query could not be executed in the @wmi_namespace provided"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944517

Error message when you connect to a named instance of SQL Server on a client computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008: "Specified SQL server not found" or "Error Locating Server/Instance Specified"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944390

You cannot start the SQL Server Agent service of a failover cluster of SQL Server 2005 if the build of SQL Server build is 3179 or a later build

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943525

FIX: A federated database server stops responding when you run parallel queries on a multiprocessor computer that uses NUMA architecture in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944902

Error message when an SSIS package runs that is scheduled to run as a SQL Server Agent job: "An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80004005"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933835

SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services

Error message when you use the ADOMD.NET data provider in an application to connect to an instance of SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services: "The session, '<SessionID>', does not exist"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=915837

SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

FIX: The operation takes a long time to be completed when you process a partition that has proactive caching enabled in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=935831

FIX: When you run an MDX query for the second time, the query does not run faster than the first time that you ran the query in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936262

You obtain no result set when you run an MDX query against an instance of SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944527

FIX: SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services stops responding when you run an MDX query that references a measure of the double data type or a calculated member of the double data type

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943526

SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services

FIX: The document map area of a SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services report may be blank when you view the report in Windows Internet Explorer 7

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=935227

FIX: You cannot open an Excel workbook that is exported from SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services on a Macintosh computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944486

SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

After you install Cumulative Update Package 4 for SQL Server 2005 SP2, time stamp information that is related to the RSPrintClient ActiveX control is logged in the report server log file

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943285

FIX: Message when you click the Back button in Internet Explorer 7 to return to a SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services report that contains one or more DateTime parameters: "Report is being generated"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942662

December 2007 - Technical Rollup Mail - Internet

Justin Zarb — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:00:00 GMT

News

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server

Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server TechCenter

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/isa/default.mspx

Please note that if you have feedback on documentation or wish to request new documents - email isadocs@microsoft.com

ForeFront Edge Security Forums at http://forums.microsoft.com/ForeFront/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=384&SiteID=41

Discuss ISA Server at the new Microsoft Forefront™ Edge Security forums, available at TechCenter

Internet Security and Acceleration Server Blog

The ISA Server Product Team Blog (http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/) is updated on a regular basis. Latest entries include:

Account lockout not working using UPN format to logon with forms-based authentication in ISA Server 2006

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2007/11/28/account-lockout-not-working-using-upn-format-to-logon-with-forms-bases-authentication-in-isa-server-2006.aspx

Microsoft Internet information Server

RTM of FastCGI for IIS6

The IIS team is happy to announce that the RTM version of the FastCGI for IIS is now available for download at http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=34&g=6&i=1521 . FastCGI support on IIS6, which is a free download, opens up the Windows Server 2003 platform for hosting PHP and other...

Posted to Weblog by mailant on 11-12-2007, 6:42 PM

http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=34&g=6&i=1521

Official Release of FastCGI Extension for IIS6

Today at TechEd IT Forum in Barcelona , Bob Kelly announced the official release of the FastCGI Extension for IIS 6.0 . This means customers now have reliable, high-performance hosting for PHP and other CGI-based applications on production Windows servers with full support from Microsoft. The FastCGI...

Posted to Weblog by drobbins on 11-12-2007, 2:17 PM

http://blogs.iis.net/drobbins/archive/2007/11/12/official-release-of-fastcgi-extension-for-iis6.aspx

IIS7 in the Community...11/7/2007

The IIS7 community is growing! There have been a number of really cool things going on in the community around IIS7. Here are some of my favorites: New Web Control Panels for IIS7! I was very excited to see two new control panels for IIS7 hit the market this past month. ...

Posted to Weblog by bills on 11-07-2007, 5:32 PM

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2007/11/07/iis7-in-the-community-11-7-2007.aspx

Get The Latest Information at: http://www.iis.net

BizTalk Server

Voith Turbo

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000001058

Queensland Department of Child Safety

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000001013

Queensland Department of Child Safety

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000001012

AROPE Insurance

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000000971

City of Camden, New Jersey

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000000941

Microsoft Internet Information Server

Sharepoint Technologies

Microsoft enterprise search products

To drive the features and technical requirements that match the needs of your organization, identify your key end-user scenarios. Know that relevancy is key, but the user experience is also important, because an unfamiliar, complex, or inconvenient user interface will be a barrier to adoption.

Give users efficient access to unstructured data, structured information, and expertise. A successful enterprise search solution helps to keep sensitive information secure, is easy to set up, administer, and manage, leaves room for scalability, and allows you to customize and extend your search experience.

http://www.microsoft.com/enterprisesearch/products.aspx

AKS Kit Released

The Accessibility Kit for SharePoint® (AKS) solution will help get you started on the road to Web accessibility with an accessible platform and framework from which to launch your portal or intranet site.

Microsoft in collaboration with HiSoftware developed and supports the Accessibility Kit for SharePoint® (AKS) along with a partner and customer community.

http://aks.hisoftware.com/index.html

Downloads

Sharepoint Technologies

SharePoint 2007 Solution Upload Manager

You can upload Sharepoint solutions from the central administration site, no stsadm command is necessary. As you know out-of-box UI does not allow admin’s to install a solution

http://www.codeplex.com/solutionUploader

Also See the links in the News section for download links to Search Server and the Accessibility Kit

BizTalk Server

ESB Guidance

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3de3957253-24ce-45aa-ac32-60abffe15bac%26DisplayLang%3den

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Evaluation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d54ea1e0c-937a-45db-b51e-d0c602543ec8%26DisplayLang%3den

BizTalk Server 2006 Installation and Upgrade Guides

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3db273269c-97e0-411d-8849-5a8070698e4a%26DisplayLang%3den

BTS ext for WF SDK

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3db701c00f-cdc1-4edb-a975-b9412263ec6e%26DisplayLang%3den

Getting Started with HL7 v3 and BizTalk Server 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3dce84af68-35fc-4ded-b9f8-91feff05d8d0%26DisplayLang%3den

BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT 2007 Message Pack

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d1c49149f-4b1a-4a2f-aab4-dcc0c09f90d3%26DisplayLang%3den

Fix for HIPAA Documents in EDI/AS2

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3ded9c18f8-9842-4cbb-bd34-1fcd7d196900%26DisplayLang%3den

Events/WebCasts

SharePoint Technologies

Microsoft Webcasts - Designing collaboration solutions with InfoPath2007

Explore the new proposal for electronic form construction and publishing to improve collection of business information. Build a collaboration network between work teams thanks to InfoPath 2007 and the new SharePoint technologies in 2007 Microsoft Office system.

Time 10:00 am – 11:30 am (Trinidad & Tobago) 9:00 am - 10:30 am (Jamaica) .11/30/2007 9:00 AM Bogota- 11/30/2007 10:30 AM | Duration:90 Minutes

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032360506&culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Overview (Level 200)

In November 2007 , Microsoft introduced Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007, setting a new standard in Windows data protection and delivering continuous data protection for Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange Server, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, and Windows file services using seamlessly integrated disk and tape. Join this webcast to be among the first to see the new features in System Center Data Protection Manager 2007, including protection of virtual servers, Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies, and Windows desktops, along with disaster recovery capabilities.

12/5/2007 9:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 12/5/2007 11:00 AM | Duration:90 Minutes

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032355427&culture=en-US

ASP.NET and Silverlight

Silverlight 1.0 is released and promises a world of opportunity for providing rich user experience in web applications. This session explores on how you can integrate Silverlight into your ASP.NET Applications and also talks about how the upcoming version of ASP.NET has built in Silverlight controls that integrate well to provide great user experience.

12/4/2007 2:00 PM India- 12/4/2007 3:30 PM | Duration:90 Minutes

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032360235&culture=en-US

Momentum Webcast: Search, Share, Collaborate with SharePoint Server 2007 and Improve Your Business Productivity. (Level 100)

Find out how you can empower your people and partner organizations to work together more effectively at a special invitation-only event designed for small groups of business executives and technology decision makers and professionals. Join this webcast to: Learn from a leading Forrester Research analyst how businesses are using company-wide collaboration and search technologies to connect users, teams, and data in a more efficient and productive manner. Discover from Microsoft experts how Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 can help your organization: Derive increased business value from existing information assets by efficiently and securely finding, sharing, and managing information across boundaries. Get the right information to the right people with a familiar search interface for finding people, information, and business data based on user security permissions. Make better-informed decisions through simplified, enterprise-wide access to one consistent version of information and by streamlining shared business processes across people and business data. Provide IT professionals with a single, integrated, extensible platform for managing intranet, extranet, and Internet applications across the organization.

12/4/2007 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 12/4/2007 12:00 PM | Duration:60 Minutes

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032358557&culture=en-US

Small Business Webcast: Run Your Business from Anywhere Using Small Business Server 2003 R2 and Window Mobile Solutions (Level 100)

If you run a small business, you do not stop working just because you leave the office. Join this webcast to learn how Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 can help you stay productive, regardless of where your business takes you. Find out how you can access the documents, internal sites (Windows SharePoint Services), and business applications you need—when you want—from just about anywhere. Save time and make sharing easier with a central, secure location for all your data. Stay connected to your company and your customers with easy access to your e-mail (Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access), schedules, and contacts.

12/5/2007 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 12/5/2007 11:45 AM | Duration:45 Minutes

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032352012&culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: SAP Enterprise Portal and SharePoint Server Interoperability (Level 200)

In this webcast, we discuss SAP and Microsoft portal interoperability. We cover how you can integrate Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and SAP Netweaver Portal from front-end integration (iView, Web Services for Remote Portlets [WSRP], and URL linking) to integrate components and services across the portal (via Web Services, SAP Portal Development Kit for the Microsoft .NET Framework, and connectors). We explore approaches for interoperability based on search and the Business Data Catalog feature in SharePoint Server 2007. We also demonstrate the various types of solutions and describe how to approach portal integration. 1/22/2008 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 1/22/2008 1:00 PM | Duration:90 Minutes

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032360821&culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Excel Services Technical Overview (Level 200)

In this webcast, we look at the new Excel Services, which is part of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. We show how Excel Services extends the capabilities of Microsoft Office Excel 2007 by allowing broad sharing of spreadsheets, in addition to improved manageability and security. Attend this session to learn how Excel Services enables you to reuse spreadsheet models through a scalable server-based calculation service and an interactive Web-based user interface. We illustrate how Excel Services provides a Web-based user interface for browser-based access and a Web services API for programmatic access, both of which have robust options for controlling what data is available to users and applications. Excel Services also takes advantage of the other capabilities of SharePoint Server 2007, including enterprise content management features like check-in/check-out, auditing, and versioning capabilities.

12/14/2007 1:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 12/14/2007 2:30 PM | Duration:90 Minutes

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032318455&culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: An In-Depth Look at SharePoint Server 2007 Search Technology (Level 200)

In this session, we review the new search features available in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. We look at the challenges IT professionals face when trying to support disparate information repositories, and we explain how SharePoint Server 2007 can help you address these issues. We also explore the other new features and the enhanced architecture of SharePoint Server 2007, including a look at some specific usage scenarios.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032359951&culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Prepare Yourself for Windows Server 2008 (Part 8 of 8): Rights Management Services (Level 400)

In this last session of our series, we show some of the elements of Windows Server 2008 that enable the complete protection of documents and messages. Information Rights Management (IRM) is a growing concern for all sorts of organizations, and we outline common IRM needs and scenarios in this webcast. We first look at the new features of Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS), and we explore the previous version of Microsoft Rights Management Services (RMS), in addition to the two service packs issued for it. We explain how to employ RMS with RMS-enabled applications, such as Microsoft Office Word documents, Microsoft Office Outlook e-mail messages, and a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server library. Finally, we describe how to extend the reach of IRM to users outside of your own Active Directory forest.

12/19/2007 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 12/19/2007 9:30 AM | Duration:90 Minutes

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032359953&culture=en-US

Trade Compliance: Trading for Profit or Trading to Comply?

Want to learn more about how you can trade for profit without risking non-compliance? Register for a free webinar sponsored by Microsoft Corporation. Hear how Microsoft tools and its ecosystem of solution providers can help you meet regulatory compliance requirements. During this session, two of our partners, 17-a-4 and Asset Control (formerly TAP) will discuss how they have used the Microsoft tools to create exceptional software building blocks for trade compliance.

12/13/2007 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)- 12/13/2007 1:00 PM | Duration:60 Minutes

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032355758&culture=en-US

IT Manager Webcast: Enabling Innovation Process Management Using the Microsoft EPM Solution and SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 100)

In today's fast-paced global economy, innovation is the key to the next big breakthrough in products, services, and processes. However, businesses are often challenged with facilitating innovation because of cultural, strategic, or logistical pitfal .

12/18/2007 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 12/18/2007 12:00 PM | Duration:60 Minutes

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032359615&culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Driving Business Performance with Microsoft Business Intelligence (Level 200)

Many surveys today list business intelligence (BI) at the top of software spending priorities for companies of all sizes. Yet, despite the time, money, and resources aligned against the goal of making better business decisions, companies do not yet ...

1/14/2008 9:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 1/14/2008 11:00 AM | Duration:90 Minutes

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032357210&culture=en-US

New KB’s

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server

An update enables multicast operations for ISA Server integrated NLB

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938550

When you publish a back-end ISA Server 2006 computer on a front-end ISA Server 2006 computer that faces the Internet, you cannot enable forms-based authentication on both computers

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943214

You cannot filter the RPC traffic based on universally unique identifiers (UUID) by using an access rule in ISA Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943212

In ISA Server 2006, you cannot set a session time-out for private computers in a Web listener that has the RSA SecurID authentication method configured

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941162

Description of the ISA Server 2006 hotfix package: October 7, 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943215

Event ID 14079 is logged every 49.7 days on a Windows Server 2003-based computer that is running ISA Server 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944762

BizTalk Server

943382 FIX: An XML declaration is not added to an outgoing message when you use the BizTalk Framework Assembler pipeline component in BizTalk Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;943382

943355 Event ID 0 is logged in the Application log when you use Microsoft BizTalk Adapter for Oracle Database on a 64-bit server

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;943355

943165 FIX: A CPU usage spike occurs on all the BizTalk hosts after you install security bulletin MS07-040 on a server that is running Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;943165

943052 FIX: Event 2020 occurs when you process EDI documents on a computer that is running BizTalk Server 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;943052

942612 FIX: You may experience problems when you use a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) adapter in Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;942612

941261 FIX: Event ID 5720 is logged when you specify the BTAHL72XPipeline pipeline in a send port in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;941261

939080 FIX: Error message when you use Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 to receive HIPAA messages

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;939080

933647 FIX: The tables in the BizTalkMsgBoxDb database may unexpectedly become larger after you install hotfix 927456 for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;933647

921258 FIX: You experience inconsistent behavior when you submit a zero byte file to an FTP send adapter in BizTalk Server 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;921258

893369 FIX: HL7 Interrogative transactions may take 10 or more seconds to complete when MLLP synchronizes communications end-to-end in BizTalk Server 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;893369

842301 BizTalk Server 2006 and BizTalk Server 2004 supportability on a virtual machine

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;842301

SharePoint Technologies

Windows Sharepoint Services Version 3

You receive an HTTP 404 error message when you browse the SharePoint site collections after a hotfix package or a public update for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is applied

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944154

The 2007 Office documents are not found when you try to search for the documents in the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site collection

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944433

How to troubleshoot common errors that occur when you run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard on a computer that is running Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or SharePoint Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944267

Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server 2003

SharePoint Portal Server 2003 cannot index a 2007 Office document or file

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944445

Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007

Error message when you try to configure the SSO service on a computer that is running SharePoint Server 2007: "Failed to connect to the database server"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944104

December 2007 - Technical Rollup Mail - Manageability

Justin Zarb — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:00:00 GMT

News

SCCM07 Virtual Hard Disk Program launches!

We are pleased to announce the release to web of the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Virtual Hard Disk. Part of the Microsoft Virtual Hard Disk program, the Microsoft VHD format is the common virtualization file format that provides a uniform product support system, and provides more seamless manageability, security, reliability and cost-efficiency for customers. Download the VHDs and evaluate them for free in your own environment without the need for dedicated servers or complex installations. This free, 500 day time bombed fully configured virtual machine is available to the field, customers and partners and can be found at

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/bb738372.aspx

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 now available for purchase

Configuration Manager 2007 (ConfigMgr) – previously Systems Management Server (SMS) – is now available for purchase. Configuration Manager is an integral part of the Core IO model helping to improve your clients’ ability to more effectively manage and secure their desktop, server and remote infrastructures while optimizing their resources with minimal user-intervention. Some of the new features are:

· Desired Configuration Management

· OS Deployment & Mobile Device Management as integrated features (previously feature packs)

· Internet Based Client Management for management over the Internet of systems that rarely connect to the network

· Branch Distribution Points

· Network Access Protection (NAP) for Configuration Manager

In addition to the stand alone client and server MLs, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 is now offered as part of the Server Management Suite. This suite, which also includes System Center Operations Manager 2007, System Center Virtual Machine Manager and System Center Data Protection Manager 2007, enables unparalleled management of physical and virtual IT environments to cater to today’s dynamic IT infrastructures.

http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/configmgr/default.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/designedforbig/

Tech Centers now available for System Centre products

A central point for all aspects of System Center products is now available. This includes links to:

· Webcasts

· Virtual Labs

· Downloads

· Community

· Documentation

· And much more...

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/default.aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/opsmgr/default.aspx

Manageability Team Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/smsandmom/default.aspx

Documents

System Centre Configuration Manager 2007 and Systems Management Server 2003

Managing Windows XP Embedded Systems with SMS 2003 sp3

This document describes the steps necessary to manage Windows XP Embedded Systems with SMS 2003 sp3.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=35d49075-6580-4348-b541-938523a65c5f&DisplayLang=en

Datacenter Optimization with System Center

Whitepaper outlining benefits of using latest System Center products to optimize the datacenter

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8d39f1a2-b200-4aab-8ab1-d72c49a494e0&DisplayLang=en

SC Config Mgr 2007 Software Update Management Guidance - Migration from SMS 2003 ITMU

This whitepaper provides guidance on how to migrate software update management from Systems Management Server 2003 to System Center Configuration Manager 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5f7fc67a-a71c-4642-bea8-e739719e5001&DisplayLang=en

System Centre Operations Manager 2007

Operations Manager 2007 Performance and Scalability Whitepaper

This document describes performance and scalability guidelines to consider when planning a Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 deployment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a1b7610d-3dbe-4e51-bcb3-446d50dadf14&DisplayLang=en

Datacenter Optimization with System Center

Whitepaper outlining benefits of using latest System Center products to optimize the datacenter

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8d39f1a2-b200-4aab-8ab1-d72c49a494e0&DisplayLang=en

System Center Operations Manager 2007 Documentation

This download contains documentation for System Center Operations Manager 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d826b836-59e5-4628-939e-2b852ed79859&DisplayLang=en

System Center Operations Manager 2007 Active Directory Management Pack Guide

This download contains the System Center Operations Manager 2007 Management Pack Guide for Active Directory.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4b945737-e77f-4851-a11c-c4f79c36c360&DisplayLang=en

OpsMgr 2007 Key Concepts

This guide describes the key concepts required to understand Operations Manager. It describes modelling, how modelling is implemented in Operations Manager, and key changes between Operations Manager 2005 and 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3a633532-1dde-49b6-930f-7df50b69b77b&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft® System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Management Pack Guide for Microsoft® Operations Manager 2005

This guide helps the user deploy and use the management pack for DPM 2007 on Microsoft Operations Manager 2005.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bfcac113-ccfd-405d-b139-ad6663e69822&DisplayLang=en

System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Management Pack Guide for Operations Manager 2007

This guide helps the user deploy and use the management pack for DPM 2007 on System Center Operations Manager 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=81a7287d-4e55-499a-b7e3-4ea8cc992fb3&DisplayLang=en

Remote Operations Manager 2007 Deployment Guide

Best practices for deploying Remote Operations Manager 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4b621eb7-01bb-45f5-9a77-52853f06eec9&DisplayLang=en

Downloads

System Centre Configuration Manager 2007 and Systems Management Server 2003

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 RTM evaluation

Download the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 RTM evaluation here.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/bb736730.aspx

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Documentation Library (November 2007)

Download an updated version of the documentation for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 for a computer running the Configuration Manager console.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=81997356-7f18-48b2-a53a-d6f995a47f35&DisplayLang=en

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Toolkit

The ConfigMgr 2007 Toolkit contains 7 downloadable tools to help you manage and troubleshoot ConfigMgr 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=948e477e-fd3b-4a09-9015-141683c7ad5f&DisplayLang=en

Configuration Manager 2007 Configuration Pack

This Configuration Pack helps track configuration compliance for your Configuration Manager 2007 site server roles, such as management points, distribution points, and software update points.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=45586f82-1816-4aeb-a0dc-ade1859820b9&DisplayLang=en

Configuration Manager 2007 Vulnerability Assessment Configuration Pack

This Configuration Pack helps track common software mis-configurations which might make client computers more vulnerable to attack.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fc6989e9-68a3-43b1-8019-72bc1b9c5ff3&DisplayLang=en

Configuration Pack Catalogs

Over 30 Configuration Packs for DCM have been posted. Desired Configuration Management (DCM) is a feature in System Center Configuration Manager. With DCM, utilize Microsoft and third party best practice configuration knowledge to improve configuration definition and maintenance. Find the software you need to define configurations for your Microsoft and third party applications with Configuration Manager 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/scp/configmgr07.aspx

MS SMS 2003 SP3 Client.msi and *.msp rollup of fixes

This release addresses a number of Microsoft SMS 2003 SP3 client side fixes. A Brief explanation of these issues is included in the Overview section.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=999e116d-34e5-40aa-a8a0-937e1bdb382b&DisplayLang=en

System Centre Operations Manager and Microsoft Operations Manager

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 MP for Microsoft SC Ops Mgr 2007

The Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (ConfigMgr) Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007. This Management Pack helps administrators manage and administer Configuration Manager 2007 servers.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e4cd1a68-b6b6-483b-9663-be3be8484328&DisplayLang=en

QoE Monitoring Server Management Pack

QoE Monitoring Server Management Pack for MOM 2005 monitors the audio and video quality for Office Communications Server 2007 Server Enterprise Voice deployment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5dc8a545-3360-4997-bd37-08ee4d7083ff&DisplayLang=en

Essentials 2007 Product Tour

Standalone product tour for Essentials 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=767506ad-aaa0-4a44-ab5a-c9e5e056132b&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server 2000/2003 OS Management Pack

Microsoft Windows Server 2000/2003 Operating System provides the fundamental monitoring basics for computers running the Windows Server 2000 and 2003 Operating System.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3529d233-5e3e-4b51-8f66-5d6f27005ec3&DisplayLang=en

Print Server 2000/2003 MP for SC Ops Mgr 2007

Provides Print Server performance and health monitoring on Windows® 2000 and later Operating Systems. Requires OpsMgr 2007 MOM 2005 Backward Compatibility MP Update 6.0.5000.1 (or higher).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=35d1fece-867b-4a0c-8642-57e84e327018&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server 2000/2003 DHCP MP for SCOM 2007

Collects events generated by the Microsoft Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Service (DHCP) in Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003. Ensures this critical part of your Windows infrastructure is working correctly, and helps prevent costly service outages.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2694e87c-76e0-417b-ad0f-5897e46fff88&DisplayLang=en

SC VMM 2007 MP for MOM 2005

The Virtual Machine Manager Management Pack centrally monitors virtual environments managed by multiple VMM servers, monitoring availability of VMM and the VMM agents on hosts and library servers.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fd03b1e6-d7a8-44b4-bc2f-676565d042c2&DisplayLang=en

Server Virtualization MP for SC Ops Mgr 2007

The Server Virtualization Management Pack monitors availability and health of virtual machines, their hosts, and all components of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 (VMM).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=de65b061-49bb-4619-9b2c-31d0f165221f&DisplayLang=en

Windows Domain Name System (DNS) 2000/2003 Management Pack

The Windows Domain Name System Management Pack monitors DNS events placed in the Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 system event logs, highlighting events that may indicate possible service outages or configuration problems, so you can quickly take corrective or preventative actions.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=633b718f-5fe8-47d5-a395-8203f8ec354f&DisplayLang=en

Office Communications Server 2007 MP for MOM 2005

The Office Communications Server 2007 Management Pack for MOM 2005 monitors the health of computers running Office Communications Server 2007 on Windows Server 2003

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d04a9eb0-1f67-4535-b865-843621a1b16e&DisplayLang=en

Events/WebCasts

Microsoft System Center for Server Infrastructure Optimization

Date: Nov 29, 2007,Time: 9:30 AM PST

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032355552&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

Optimizing Your Remote and Branch Office Infrastructure with Microsoft System Center

Date: Dec 4, 2007, Time:1:00 PM PST

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032358171&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

Optimizing Desktop Management with SCCM07 and Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization

Date: Dec 11, 2007 Time: 1:00 PM PST

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032358169&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

Deploying and Upgrading to System Center Configuration Manager (Part 1 of 2) (Level 300)

Monday, December 3, 2007, 11:30 A.M.–1:00 P.M. Pacific Time

http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032359933&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

Deploying and Upgrading to System Center Configuration Manager (Part 2 of 2) (Level 300)

Tuesday, December 4, 2007, 11:30 A.M.–1:00 P.M. Pacific Time

http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032359935&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

Software Update Management with System Center Configuration Manager (Level 300)

Thursday, December 6, 2007, 1:00 P.M.–2:00 P.M. Pacific Time

http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032356629&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

Deploying Operating Systems with System Center Configuration Manager (Part 1 of 2) (Level 300)

Monday, December 10, 2007, 11:30 A.M.–1:00 P.M. Pacific Time

http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032360204&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

Software Distribution with System Center Configuration Manager (Level 300)

Thursday, December 13, 2007. 11:30 A.M.–12:30 P.M. Pacific Time

http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032355812&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

Deploying Operating Systems with System Center Configuration Manager (Part 2 of 2) (Level 300)

Friday, December 14, 2007. 11:30 A.M.–1:00 P.M. Pacific Time

http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032360206&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

Optimizing Desktop Management with System Center Configuration Manager and Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization (Level 300)

Tuesday, January 15, 2008, 1:00 P.M.–2:00 P.M. Pacific Time

http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032358169&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

Virtualization Podcast Series

More information on the continuing Virtualization podcast series can be found at

http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization

December 2007 - Technical Rollup Mail - Security

Justin Zarb — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:00:00 GMT

News

Anywhere Access: Enabling More Secure Business in a Public World http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7753667

Today's business leaders are putting a premium on providing "anywhere access," where employees, partners, and customers can securely share and access critical business information from any device and any location, on or off the network. Read the Yankee Group report on the trend toward "anywhere access" and learn how solutions from Microsoft can help realize this vision through increases in agility, productivity, and end-to-end data protection.

New Study on Data Protection and Role Collaboration Within Organizations http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7753668

This new study sponsored by Microsoft and conducted by the Ponemon Institute examines the perceptions of three different groups of information stakeholders on how privacy and data protection risks are being managed in their organizations. The study is based on survey results collected in September 2007 from a highly experienced group of information security, privacy/compliance, and marketing executives from the public and private sectors.

Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, Volume 3 http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7753669

The Microsoft Security Intelligence Report provides an in-depth view of recent trends that Microsoft has seen in software vulnerability disclosures, in malicious software, and in potentially unwanted software like spyware, adware, and the like. In the newest version of the report, which focuses on the trends observed in the first half of 2007, a new section on software vulnerability exploits has been added. Download a key findings summary, access the full report, and participate in related webcasts today.

MSDN Magazine: The Annual Security Issue http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7753670

A "can't miss" for developers, this year's issue starts out with Michael Howard's discussion of some practical best practices he has learned over the past five years in building secure software at Microsoft. Other topics include techniques for integrating security-related activities -- both automated and manual -- more deeply into the existing development life cycle, concrete examples of automated integration, and deep dives into the different conditions that can cause your applications to fail and how each of those conditions may additionally create security vulnerabilities.

Security Watch: Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption and the Complexities of Trust http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7753671

Mobile workers are constantly toting all sorts of confidential information all over the place -- trains and planes, restaurants and hotels, home offices and branch offices. The cost to a company for replacing a laptop is minor compared to the cost of dealing with confidential data that's been compromised. This TechNet Magazine article explores this topic and proposes that this is the security that Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption aims to provide.

Try the New Forefront Server Security Management Console http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7844522

The new Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console is a Web-based console that centralizes configuration and operation, automates the download and distribution of signature and scan engine updates, and generates comprehensive reports. Trial software is now available in 11 languages.

Try the New Forefront Security for SharePoint with Service Pack 1 Now http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7844523

Help protect your Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 collaboration environments with Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint with SP1.

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for Nov, 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-nov.mspx

Search for previous security bulletins http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3992478

Security Bulletin Feed http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3992479 RSS http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3992480

Documents

Security Tip of the Month: Anywhere Access and Mobile Security http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7753672

By Chip Vollers, Sr. Product Manager, Microsoft Mobile Communications IT managers are looking for flexible, end-to-end solutions for single-point access of line-of-business applications and company data on mobile devices. These solutions must be designed for efficient control of devices while offering reliable, low-cost, and consistent manageability that works well with an enterprise's existing infrastructure. The following are a few key areas that IT professionals should consider when deploying mobile solutions.

Highly Secure Access Anywhere http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7753673

In the Windows Server 2008 operating system, Microsoft greatly enhanced the in-the-box feature set of Terminal Services. This article focuses on the network and security design aspects of an anywhere-access solution, rather than on providing details on managing the Terminal Service components. It describes the methods and best practices for creating an anywhere-access solution based on the technology included with Windows Server 2008.

System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 Technical Paper http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7753674

Learn more about this new comprehensive security and device management solution for Windows Mobile devices, which helps you more easily manage devices within the enterprise and delivers a mobile-optimized virtual private network (VPN) for security-enhanced access to the corporate network.

Authentication Options for Mobile Devices http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7753675

This article describes the complexities of authenticating mobile devices in relation to designing secure applications. Topics include Windows authentication, Microsoft Passport Network authentication, forms authentication, and authentication on devices that do not accept cookies.

Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7753676

The Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs shows you how to effectively use both the Encrypting File System and Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption across your organization. The Toolkit also provides you with software tools and scripts to help you centrally configure, deploy, and manage encryption settings on all your mobile PCs.

Enhancing the Security of a Device http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7753677

These MSDN Library articles provide an overview of how to use the security services in Windows Embedded CE to create a device that is more secure.

Deploying Windows Mobile 6 Powered Devices with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7753678

This guide provides best practices and procedures for implementing a mobile messaging system with Windows Mobile 6 powered devices and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. Topics include Exchange Server 2007, creating a protected communications environment, configuring Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 or a third-party firewall, and mobile device management and configuration.

Step-by-Step Guide to Deploying Windows Mobile Powered Devices with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP2 http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7753679

This guide begins by covering the essential elements of a mobile messaging system and then moves on to guidelines and resources for the deployment of a mobile messaging system, including setting up Microsoft ActiveSync technology for mobile access, creating a protected communications environment, and procedures for setting up and managing mobile devices.

Windows Mobile SSL Certificates: Configuring Security-Enhanced Communication on Exchange Server 2003 SP2 or Exchange Server 2007 with Windows Mobile Powered Devices http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7753680

This paper describes how trust is established on the Web through certificate authorities, how digital certificates help establish that trust, and how Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) relies on certificates to function.

Exchange Server 2007 Security Guide http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7753681

Written for IT administrators who are responsible for securing Exchange Server 2007 deployments, this guide is designed to help IT administrators understand and manage the overall security environment where Exchange Server 2007 is installed.

Configure VPN Remote Access with ISA Server 2006 http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7753682

A virtual private network can provide improved connectivity and increased productivity -- and it doesn't need to be difficult to implement and manage. Find out how you can use ISA Server 2006 to address two common VPN scenarios.

Implementation Tips for the Sender ID Framework: Creating Your SPF Record http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7753683

Follow this step-by-step guide to create your own Sender of Policy Framework (SPF) record, and receive other valuable tips for implementing the Sender ID Framework. This guide also describes the benefits of authenticated e-mail and of Sender ID implementation for both senders and recipients.

Windows Mobile Device Management and Security Solutions Guide http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7753684

Because mobile devices share many of the same characteristics of desktop systems, there is growing interest in management solutions that can provide the same degree of assurance for asset management, inventory, and protection for mobile devices. Microsoft partners offer a wide range of solutions that provide device management and security functionality for Windows Mobile powered devices. This guide describes and categorizes these solutions.

Exchange 2007 Transport Permissions Model http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7753685

This topic provides detailed information about the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 transport permissions model as well as details about Transport Layer Security (TLS), domain security, and externally-secured authentication in Exchange 2007.

Downloads

Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007 Feature Pack 1 Evaluation Edition

180-Day Evaluation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ee7233d8-b3c9-4bf5-a232-7abc58c9940a&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft® Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 Standard Edition Service Pack 3

ISA Server 2004 Standard Edition Service Pack 3 (SP3) provides the latest updates for ISA Server 2004 Standard Edition.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a05a074a-5033-4792-af8b-58b90d841436&DisplayLang=en

2007 Microsoft Office Security Guide

The 2007 Microsoft Office Security Guide provides prescriptive Group Policy setting and security configuration recommendations to help strengthen the security of computers running the 2007 Microsoft Office release on computers that run Windows Vista or Windows XP in domain–based environments.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a12eca33-a20d-45e2-895c-5e021f3ae4c5&DisplayLang=en

SQL Server 2005 Powers Global Forensic Data Security Tool

Find out how SQL Server 2005 powers a 27 TB data management system called ICE 3.0 that gathers forensic data from more than 85 Microsoft corporate proxy servers into a single database.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a7dc6419-1dce-429e-bce0-007a62d5732a&DisplayLang=en

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Vulnerability Assessment Configuration Pack

This Configuration Pack helps track common software mis-configurations which might make client computers more vulnerable to attack.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fc6989e9-68a3-43b1-8019-72bc1b9c5ff3&DisplayLang=en

GPOAccelerator

The GPOAccelerator is a script that creates GPOs to deploy security settings for the 2007 Microsoft Office release, Windows Vista, and Windows XP in Active Directory environments.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a46f1dbe-760c-4807-a82f-4f02ae3c97b0&DisplayLang=en

Windows Live OneCare Family Safety

Help protect your family and computer

Manage the Web sites your children can see and the people your children interact with online.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d72654c5-765b-417f-b547-d1ba64bd6851&DisplayLang=en

Sender ID: "Implementation Tips for the Sender ID Framework—Creating Your SPF Record"

The print-ready brochure describes the benefits of authenticated e-mail and of Sender ID implementation to both senders and recipients.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b7ce1cac-d884-4216-82fe-379f875663ff&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Antigen for Exchange with Antigen Spam Manager with SP1 Trial Software

The Messaging Security Suite includes Antigen for Exchange, Antigen for SMTP Gateways, and Antigen Spam Manager, and provides server-level protection against the latest e-mail threats.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=866b63bf-6207-4197-9c5d-511b7212e40c&DisplayLang=en

Executive Summary of the current Security Threats

Join MS executives as they discuss the latest Security Intelligence Report (SIR) and the recent trends Microsoft has seen: software vulnerabilities, malicious software (malware), spyware, and the like. Learn what that means for your business and what actions you should take to protect your business.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=36ec0c8b-32fd-4b59-8032-80895ad58bbb&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Antigen for SMTP Gateways with Antigen Spam Manager with SP1

The Messaging Security Suite includes Antigen for Exchange, Antigen for SMTP Gateways, and Antigen Spam Manager, and provides server-level protection against the latest e-mail threats.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f5c547d4-d457-43fa-9174-c1ddf4476cf3&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console Log Purge

Forefront Server Security Management Console allows administrators to easily manage Forefront Security for Exchange Server, Forefront Security for SharePoint, and Microsoft Antigen.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e5e6d7dc-e0b0-4387-9c28-c49b1ffe34d7&DisplayLang=en

Extended Security Update Inventory Tool

The Extended Security Update Inventory Tool is used to detect security bulletins not covered by MBSA including MS04-028, February 2005 bulletins, and future security bulletins that are exceptions to MBSA.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2c93da1d-48a0-4e5c-991f-87e08954f61b&DisplayLang=en

EST 2007 08 August 14 v3 Enterprise Scan Tool (standalone)

Enterprise Update Scan Tool (standalone version) for detecting needed security updates for August 2007 as described in MS07-043, MS07-047, MS07-049, and MS-07-050.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b74700b7-4529-4978-9abe-a0c6e18ec089&DisplayLang=en

EST 2007 10 October 9 v2 Enterprise Scan Tool (standalone)

Enterprise Update Scan Tool (standalone version) for detecting needed security updates for October 2007 as described in MS07-056.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=744d6092-a928-45a2-b9aa-f5f8a628e083&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830)

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.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ad724ae0-e72d-4f54-9ab3-75b8eb148356&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830) x64

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=585d2bde-367f-495e-94e7-6349f4effc74&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Office Live Meeting Service Security Guide

This guide provides an overview of the security considerations that you should make when you use the Live Meeting service, the Live Meeting security measures available to you, and the procedures for scheduling and conducting secure meetings.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=085c12d7-4c35-4774-bde0-6c9fa1fb1554&DisplayLang=en

Windows Live OneCare Firewall Repair Tool

This support tool is intended for customers whose OneCare firewall reports that it cannot install a required upgrade or cannot turn on the firewall.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7ee728a2-3c67-4a12-8d7e-954e86233206&DisplayLang=en

November 2007 Security Releases ISO Image

This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on November 13th, 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ca311d3e-f4fb-4f79-825b-d5a81bb44376&DisplayLang=en

SQL Server 2005 Powers Global Forensic Data Security Tool

Find out how SQL Server 2005 powers a 27 TB data management system called ICE 3.0 that gathers forensic data from more than 85 Microsoft corporate proxy servers into a single database.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a7dc6419-1dce-429e-bce0-007a62d5732a&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft IT Showcase: Information Security at Microsoft Overview

Discover the best practices and processes Microsoft IT uses to secure its network. Provides a brief overview of the many aspects of network security; including some of the technologies used to protect against viruses, unapproved access attempts and malicious attacks. Describes the threat analysis and business reasons why certain practices and procedures were put into action.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e959f26c-1f5c-4331-b1fb-6c720795704d&DisplayLang=en

Events/WebCasts

Microsoft Security Webcast Series: Upcoming and On-Demand

Security Webcast Calendar http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=37910

Find security webcasts listed in an easy-to-use calendar format.

Upcoming Security Webcasts

http://www.microsoft.com/events/security/upcoming.mspx

Register for the following Webcasts on the link above

TechNet Webcast: Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 Technical Overview (Level 200)

Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:30 A.M.-11:00 A.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Information About Microsoft December Security Bulletins (Level 200)

Wednesday, December 12, 2007 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Prepare Yourself for Windows Server 2008 (Part 6 of 8): Network Access Protection Technical Overview (Level 300)

Friday, December 14, 2007 9:30 A.M.-11:00 A.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: ISA 2006 Firewall and Proxy Services (Level 200)

Wednesday, December 19, 2007 9:30 A.M.-11:00 A.M. Pacific Time

On-Demand Security Webcasts

http://www.microsoft.com/events/security/ondemand.mspx

December 2007 - Technical Rollup Mail - Unified Communications

Justin Zarb — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:00:00 GMT

News

Exchange Service Pack 1 Released

Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 Released

http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/default.mspx

Exchange Team Blog

http://msexchangeteam.com/default.aspx

Outlook Team Blog

http://blogs.msdn.com/outlook/default.aspx

Unified Communications Team Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/uc/default.aspx

Downloads

Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server Readme

Help protect your Exchange server from viruses and other malware.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8ee79d42-63a6-4927-83f0-035d6a4a23b9%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server with Service Pack 1

Help protect your Exchange server from viruses and other malware.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2ceb14d4-404b-4d8f-8a21-ebfc71b2e82b%26displaylang%3den

Forefront Security for Exchange Server 10.1 Management Pack for MOM 2005

The Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Management Pack monitors Exchange Servers for virus and worm activity.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1b4e7d52-c550-4dd7-a11f-2c4029b93451%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Unified Messaging Language Packs

This download contains pre-recorded prompts and text to speech data for languages supported by Exchange unified messaging.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d18426838-7733-4712-8b98-d6d1fd8c2310%26displaylang%3den

Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

The new capabilities of Exchange Server 2007 deliver the advanced protection your company demands, the anywhere access your people want, and the operational efficiency you need.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d44c66ad6-f185-4a1d-a9ab-473c1188954c%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Unified Messaging Language Packs

This download contains pre-recorded prompts and text to speech data for languages supported by Exchange unified messaging.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2b3e23a5-57b6-4a11-8954-f8025ea54bad%26displaylang%3den

Exchange Server 2007 SP1 SDK November 2007

This release of the Exchange 2007 SP1 Software Development Kit (SDK) Documentation and Samples provides new and updated documentation and samples for building applications that use Exchange 2007 SP1. Use this SDK to help you develop collaborative enterprise applications for Exchange 2007 SP1.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d190f71a4-7b5f-4a4c-99ba-9bd032e16e15%26displaylang%3den

Everyday Productivity Education Zip File

Navigate through the Microsoft Everyday Productivity Education (EPE) intranet site with this self-guided demonstration and review content that includes Get Started, Learn More, Best Practices, Selection and Reference guides.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dcf57670c-b0ba-4075-b8c9-47cccb711a08%26displaylang%3den

Notes Compete - Garudafoods case study

Notes Compete - Garudafoods case study

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9b300cc6-26bf-4cf7-a777-a0112ba81306%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Release Notes

This download contains a stand-alone version of the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Release Notes.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5770bd59-376e-42ec-b940-be6225cd97ff%26displaylang%3den

Exchange Server 2007 Design and Architecture at Microsoft

Ever wondered how a large enterprise plans and implements design and architecture of its next generation of messaging system? View this content to find out how the Microsoft IT messaging team will uncover these details.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d98c522bc-814a-421a-99c0-d964ed119c0d%26displaylang%3den

Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Beta 2 VHD

This download comes as a pre-configured VHD. This download enables you to evaluate Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Beta 2.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dbc381af4-9bd0-49dd-be1a-0c6ee49cd2bc%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Help

This download contains a standalone version of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Help.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5eb0f9a0-2c49-4f2a-8a09-b981ed667821%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Shell Help

This download contains the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) version of the Exchange Management Shell Help.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0e14dd15-bb52-4b3f-9756-5146179a0809%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino

Microsoft Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino is used for interoperability and migration from Lotus Domino to Active Directory, Exchange Server 2007, and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d35fc4205-792b-4306-8e4b-0de9cce72172%26displaylang%3den

Planning, Deploying, and Managing Unified Messaging

The purpose of this document is to help you plan, deploy, and manage Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging servers.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=16&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d17f0bb1e-f43e-452b-9ff5-f9f77c6222e9%26displaylang%3den

Exchange Component Architecture Poster

This poster highlights the architecture and feature set of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dfdcdf6e5-de47-4b58-8086-282101bcdde9%26displaylang%3den

Exchange Server 2007 Deployment Checklist

To drive excellence in server deployments, the Exchange Messaging team within the Microsoft Information Technology (Microsoft IT) group relies on checklists to ensure consistency and completeness in carrying out deployment tasks, minimize deployment risks, and save time.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dccec5f85-a810-4a85-acc7-927d216601f2%26displaylang%3den

Managing the Calendaring and Collaboration Process By Using Exchange Server 2007 Web Services

Understand how Microsoft used Exchange Server 2007 Web Services to create an automated and integrated communication and collaboration solution.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=19&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d72dc33e8-51f9-4850-b35e-9714b656a64b%26displaylang%3den

Everyday Productivity Education Zip File

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dcf57670c-b0ba-4075-b8c9-47cccb711a08%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Office Outlook Connector

With Microsoft Office Outlook Connector, you can use Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 or Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 to access and manage your Microsoft Windows Live Hotmail or Microsoft Office Live Mail accounts, including e-mail messages and contacts for free!

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7aad7e6a-931e-438a-950c-5e9ea66322d4%26displaylang%3den

Outlook 2007 Sample: Outlook 2007 Auxiliary Reference Code Samples

This download accompanies the Outlook 2007 Auxiliary Reference documentation. It contains three sample projects, a header file, and a redistributable installer that third-party calendar rebasing tools can use to programmatically update calendars displayed incorrectly due to Daylight Saving Time.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dee0af8fd-bbb7-44de-be4d-f33cb1b59563%26displaylang%3den

Update for Outlook Junk Email Filter 2003 (KB943552)

This update provides the Junk E-mail Filter in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 with a more current definition of which e-mail messages should be considered junk e-mail. This update was released in November 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d079995ff-58a1-410a-97a1-52016ff9d5af%26displaylang%3den

Update for Outlook Junk Email Filter 2007 (KB943559)

This update provides the Junk E-mail Filter in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 with a more current definition of which e-mail messages should be considered junk e-mail. This update was released in November 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d85fce923-85d4-4630-adfd-f9d95a25b7d3%26displaylang%3den

Office Security Guide

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da12eca33-a20d-45e2-895c-5e021f3ae4c5%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Dynamics CRM clients for Outlook Compatibility Update (Service Provider Edition)

This update to Microsoft Dynamics CRM clients for Outlook (for the Service Provider Edition of Microsoft Dynamics CRM) provides support for Windows Vista-based and Microsoft Office 2007-based systems.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dfdf88e7d-395f-46c3-bcd8-f3d70dc2cd30%26displaylang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 QoE Monitoring Server Release Notes

This document contains important information that you should know before you deploy and use the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, QoE Monitoring Server.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da0ab9a8a-7b58-4e8e-a2b9-c3574535f558%26displaylang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Document: Backup and Restoration Guide

This document provides information to help you backup and restore service in your Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 infrastructure.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5c6e6ac7-079a-4326-b517-3c117fadb44e%26displaylang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Document: Administration Guide

This document provides explains how to administer Office Communications Server 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dcb7dc2de-4504-484e-9229-bd8614be0633%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Presence Controls

The Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Presence Controls use the automation interfaces of Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 to show presence information using Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d25a27453-15ff-48ab-af1b-692cd77ab510%26displaylang%3den

Live Meeting Service Portal v8.0 Release Notes

Refer to this file for information regarding known issues about the Microsoft Office Live Meeting Service Portal.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2a94df8c-1a6d-42ec-942d-162bc5b30b31%26displaylang%3den

Unified Communications API Roadmap

Unified Communications API Roadmap describes the APIs that can be used in Unified Communications development and provides links to the SDKs or documentation for these APIs.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3017406b-79eb-45da-9da7-3e71580ca1ea%26displaylang%3den

Log Analysis and Tuning Using Analytics and Tuning Studio

This whitepaper discusses using Analytics and Tuning Studio, which is included in Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Speech Server. Topics covered include an overview of analysis and tuning scenarios, a summary of trace logging configurations, application development decisions that impact application tuning, and best practices for speech application tuning. This paper also describes how t

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3c841d2e-5748-4b4d-83c1-69b33e9813ca%26displaylang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 QoE Monitoring Server Guide

The document presents the step-by-step tasks that you need to complete in order to deploy your Office Communications Server 2007, Quality of Experience Monitoring Server, and to monitor the media quality of experience for your Office Communications Server 2007 deployment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9ed29d74-3391-4902-bf2c-6757410f3335%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Update Service Deployment Guide

This document describes how to administer Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Software Update Service.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d44942fc8-ec64-4729-afba-a1637cc3ae3c%26displaylang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 QoE Monitoring Server Audio and Video Metrics Processing Guide

The Office Communications Server 2007 Quality of Experience (QoE) Monitoring Server Audio and Video Processing Guide provides you the information you need to deploy your custom solution and process the data that is collected by the QoE Monitoring Server.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3daafea9a7-ebf0-4171-b33f-4d9f0c135334%26displaylang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Document: Technical Reference

This document provides in-depth technical information on the components, protocol and architecture of Office Communications Server.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d959cb709-d81e-4dde-821f-0411dfcfc073%26displaylang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Quality of Experience Monitoring Server

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Quality of Experience (QoE) Monitoring Server enables you to perform near real-time monitoring and service assessment of unified communications media.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d09115944-625f-460b-b09c-51e3c96e9f7e%26displaylang%3den

Office Communicator 2007 Get Started

Use Office Communicator 2007 to communicate securely with your Microsoft Exchange, MSN, AOL, and Yahoo! contacts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d93cef8f5-9f72-4ebe-b1f6-b3d1872d8dcc%26displaylang%3den

Office Communicator 2007 Learn More

Conduct audio and video meetings, communicate with entire distribution groups, embed rich text in instant messages, and much more.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd1330875-fc5f-4047-8bc2-cbc406cb8ead%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Phone Edition Readme

This release note assists you with late changes and minor issues

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d934d503f-6f3f-4253-bb6a-827f21aa61ec%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Hotfix KB 944686

This download contains an update for Microsoft Office Communicator 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1ad57f8f-78f7-45f6-a8c0-805936f46645%26displaylang%3den

Unified Communications API Roadmap

Unified Communications API Roadmap describes the APIs that can be used in Unified Communications development and provides links to the SDKs or documentation for these APIs.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3017406b-79eb-45da-9da7-3e71580ca1ea%26displaylang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Document: Technical Reference

This document provides in-depth technical information on the components, protocol and architecture of Office Communications Server.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d959cb709-d81e-4dde-821f-0411dfcfc073%26displaylang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Quality of Experience Monitoring Server

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Quality of Experience (QoE) Monitoring Server enables you to perform near real-time monitoring and service assessment of unified communications media.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d09115944-625f-460b-b09c-51e3c96e9f7e%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Phone Edition Readme

This release note assists you with late changes and minor issues

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d934d503f-6f3f-4253-bb6a-827f21aa61ec%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Office Live Meeting Service Security Guide

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d085c12d7-4c35-4774-bde0-6c9fa1fb1554%26displaylang%3den

Live Meeting Service Portal v8.0 Release Notes

Refer to this file for information regarding known issues about the Microsoft Office Live Meeting Service Portal.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2a94df8c-1a6d-42ec-942d-162bc5b30b31%26displaylang%3den

Unified Communications API Roadmap

Unified Communications API Roadmap describes the APIs that can be used in Unified Communications development and provides links to the SDKs or documentation for these APIs.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3017406b-79eb-45da-9da7-3e71580ca1ea%26displaylang%3den

Live Meeting Service Portal API Documentation

The Microsoft Office Live Meeting Service Portal API enables automated management of Live Meeting accounts using a Web application.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0dd2e71d-e726-4ece-afd3-f4a4b5049726%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 Lotus Notes Add-In Deployment Guide

This guide helps administrators deploy the Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 Lotus Notes Add-In.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d16b06f6d-171f-47f1-8838-b6752cb79538%26displaylang%3den

Events/Webcasts

05 December 2007 : TechNet Webcast: Disaster Recovery in Exchange Server 2007 (Level 200)

In this session, we talk about disaster recovery in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. We discuss how you can plan for disaster recovery by understanding what can go wrong with your Exchange Server-based servers and the information they store and handle. We look at server roles, what each server role does, and what will happen to your Exchange Server organization when a server role fails. When a disaster occurs, you need to get the server up and running as quickly as possible, so during the session, we also look at the tools and recovery solutions available.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032359939%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

06 December 2007 : Momentum Webcast: How Microsoft Can Provide E-mail Security, Compliance, and Availability (Level 100)

Electronic messaging is mission critical to all businesses. Despite best efforts to secure the e-mail gateway, critical messaging systems remain vulnerable to an ever-increasing barrage of threats. Viruses, worms, denial-of-series (DoS) attacks, and spam can zap business productivity, or worse, stop your business in its tracks. If you have already deployed an antispam/antivirus solution at your gateway, you are likely aware:

How time consuming it is to manage.

How much additional hardware investment you need to make to keep up with the ever increasing volume of threats.

If you are tired of playing catch up with gateway security, come learn how the experts can eliminate those threats in the Internet cloud so you can get back to business. In addition to gateway security, there is an ongoing need to satisfy a growing set of government regulations and legal actions that make effective message management more and more challenging. The Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services portfolio of managed services that helps organizations protect themselves from spam, viruses, and other unwanted content also helps ensure continuous access to e-mail during and after emergency situations (Exchange Hosted Continuity), meet message retention requirements for compliance (Exchange Hosted Archive), and ensure private transmission of confidential data contained in e-mail (Exchange Hosted Encryption). In this webcast, you learn:

How to protect your e-mail infrastructure while keeping your overhead costs down.

How to provide 24x7 availability to your corporate e-mail during disasters and planned outages without additional software or hardware.

What is needed to meet upcoming regulatory requirements (such as Federal Rules of Civil Procedure [FRCP], Sarbanes-Oxley [SOX] Act, Security Exchange Commission [SEC] Rule 17a-4, National Association of Securities Dealers [NASD] Rule 3010, and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act [HIPAA]).

The value of using a managed service for archiving, indexing, and retrieval of your companyâ€™s e-mail and instant messages.

Why archiving e-mail makes good business and legal senseâ€”even if your company is not publicly traded and bound by regulations.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032355609%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

14 December 2007 : TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant (Level 200)

This webcast includes a brief demonstration on the usage and capabilities of the Microsoft Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant (formerly known as the Microsoft Exchange Server Disaster Recovery Analyzer). This suite of tools is also available in the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Management Console toolbox. We provide a walkthrough of the recovery storage group options available from within the tool. We demonstrate setting up a new recovery storage group, adding databases to this it, mounting these databases from within the tool, and merging mailbox contents. Additionally, we show the database repair functionality of the tool, and also include a question and answer session and the chance to provide feedback and suggestions.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032359204%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

Worshops/Soundbytes

17 December 2007 : Soundbyte : Exchange 2007 Autodiscover

09 January 2007 : Workshop : Exchange 2007 Upgrade & Migration

22 January 2007 : Workshop : Exchange 2007 Upgrade & Migration

New KB's

We recommend that you change the garbage collector mode to "Server GC" when you install the .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 on a computer that is running Antigen 8.0 for IM

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943619

File transfer operations are unsuccessful among instant messaging clients after you install Antigen 8.0 for IM

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943622

Hotfixes that are included in Antigen 9.0 Service Pack 1 Beta

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943623

Antigen or Microsoft Forefront server security products may detect a file as being infected with the UnwritableCompressedFile virus

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943625

You receive a read receipt that contains incorrect time information from Exchange 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940259

Non-English characters in the subject of an e-mail message are replaced with question marks when the message is received in Outlook 2003 in an Exchange 2007 organization

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940710

Error message when you try to install Exchange Server 2007: "[ERROR] Access to the path '<Drive_Letter>:\Setup\ServerRoles\Common\64' is denied"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943507

You cannot find IMAP4 folders that you created in an Exchange Server 2007 environment when you use OWA 2007 Light to access your Inbox

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941552

The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service stops unexpectedly for several minutes when you restart a computer that is running Exchange Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943193

A user has an e-mail address of <cn>@domain.com instead of <mailnickname>@domain.com when you create multiple users in Exchange 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942113

It takes a long time for Outlook Web Access clients to receive a response from a front-end server in an Exchange 2003 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940613

Hosted users can see other hosted users if they can access the HMC Active Directory by using LDAP tools in Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration version 4.0

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943864

How to manually uninstall Antigen 9.0 for Exchange in a clustered environment

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943618

Support information for Antigen or Forefront Security management console programs on a computer on which an Antigen server product or a Forefront Security server product is installed

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943624

Antigen 9.0 Service Pack 1 now supports 2007 Office file formats

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943609

Display names that contain DBCS characters in the To box and in the Cc box are corrupted when you access a mailbox on an Exchange 2003 server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926979

Inline attachments are converted to inline hyperlinks in an RTF e-mail message that is sent from an Exchange 2007 organization

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940329

The MOM server reports error 20003 when monitoring Exchange Server 2003-based front-end servers that have security update MS07-040 applied

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943511

List of fixes that are included in the Web releases of the Exchange Server 2003 Notes Tools suite, versions 2.7 through 2.14

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939076

Description of the Outlook 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for daylight saving time changes in 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943879

The attachment is missing when you use Outlook to view an e-mail message in Exchange Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943617

The Antigen Internet Scan job times out, and the performance of the Exchange server decreases when you use Antigen 8.0 for Microsoft Exchange

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940544

Antigen 9.0 for Exchange sends two notifications for each detection when you enable message journaling in Exchange Server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943629

The W3wp.exe process uses almost 100 percent of CPU resources when you synchronize large e-mail messages in Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941439

A stub object is left behind in the source database for certain users after a move mailbox operation is complete in Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940012

The Store.exe process stops responding on an Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944254

Description of the Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter update: November 13, 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943552

Description of the Outlook 2007 Junk E-mail Filter update: November 13, 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943559

The default e-mail client is changed to Outlook 2007 after you install the 2007 Office system

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944290

December 2007 - Technical Rollup Mail - Platforms

Justin Zarb — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:00:00 GMT

News

Microsoft outlines pricing, packaging and licensing for Windows Server 2008, Including the new Microsoft Hyper-V Server product.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/nov07/11-12HyperVPR.mspx

Microsoft announces new virtualization offerings, Windows Server 2008 details, System Center product availability at TechEd IT Forum 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/nov07/11-12ITForumPR.mspx

Solution Accelerators

Take the guesswork out of your deployments. Use these tested and proven automation tools and guides to assess your network and confidently roll out new services employing architectures with baked-in security and manageability.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/default.aspx

The TechNet Team have launched Technet Edge, a new community site where IT professionals can go to get the inside scoop on the latest and greatest technologies.

http://edge.technet.com/Default.aspx

Introducing Microsoft Search Server 2008

http://www.microsoft.com/enterprisesearch/serverproducts/searchserver/default.aspx

A successful enterprise search solution gives users efficient access to unstructured data, structured information, and expertise. It helps keep sensitive information secure; is easy to set up, administer, and manage; leaves room for scalability; and allows you to customize and extend your search experience. Search doesn’t have to be complicated. You can deliver it to your organization quickly and easily with Microsoft Search Server 2008

Download the Express Edition Free: http://www.microsoft.com/enterprisesearch/serverproducts/searchserverexpress/download.aspx

Microsoft Unveils Windows HPC Server 2008

The first public beta of Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008, a server operating system and tools designed for the fast-growing high performance computing (HPC) market has been released.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/ccs/hpcplus.aspx

Documents

Infrastructure Planning and Design

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.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3dad3921fb-8224-4681-9064-075fdf042b0c%26DisplayLang%3den

Planning a Virtual Machine Manager 2007 Deployment

This content provides an introduction to System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2007 and practical guidance for planning a VMM deployment.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d3e674bc0-bb85-47ae-b73d-f5bc515f1006%26DisplayLang%3den

Installing and Configuring Virtual Machine Manager 2007

This content provides information about installing and configuring Virtual Machine Manager (VMM), with all VMM components installed on a single computer or with each VMM component installed on separate computers. This content also provides step-by-step instructions for uninstalling VMM and reinstalling VMM with a database retained from a previous installation.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=23&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d8b09bc46-1a34-450b-86f3-a574602b6450%26DisplayLang%3den

Windows HPC Server 2008 Technical Overview

Read about benefits and features of Windows HPC Server 2008, the successor to Windows Computer Cluster Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=25&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d7a4544f0-81f2-4778-8a59-35c43ba49875%26DisplayLang%3den

Windows Server 2008 Developer Story

An executable containing the Windows Server 2008 Developer Story
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=31&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d056bb5f7-65ff-4c42-bdae-65754d96b021%26DisplayLang%3den

Line of Business Client Application Compatibility Testing at Microsoft

Provides an overview of the Microsoft IT Client Application Compatibility Testing Program.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=50&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3da24c396c-69ec-45ca-aed6-d5ec038dfd76%26DisplayLang%3den

Downloads

System Center Trial Software

Evaluate the capabilities of the Microsoft System Center family of products with these downloadable trial and Beta software versions:

http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/evaluation/trial/default.mspx

Microsoft Deployment

Microsoft Deployment is the next version of Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) 2007. It is the recommended process and toolset to automate desktop and server deployment. Microsoft Deployment provides detailed guidance and job aids for every organizational role involved with large-scale deployment projects.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d3bd8561f-77ac-4400-a0c1-fe871c461a89%26DisplayLang%3den

Windows PowerShell 2.0 CTP

Windows PowerShell 2.0 CTP introduces several significant features to Windows PowerShell 1.0 that extends its use, improves its usability, and allows you to control and manage the Windows environment more easily and comprehensively.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d60deac2b-975b-41e6-9fa0-c2fd6aa6bc89%26DisplayLang%3den

FastCGI Extension

The FastCGI Extension for Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 enables popular application frameworks (such as PHP) to be hosted on the IIS web server in a high-performance and reliable way.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d2d481579-9a7c-4632-b6e6-dee9097f9dc5%26DisplayLang%3den

Using Visual Studio Team System 2005 to Measure Software Code Stability at Microsoft

MS IT partnered with Microsoft Research to create a Visual Studio Team System 2005 extension that counts lines of code and predicts system defects
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d5af387c5-55c7-4bb1-97cd-e3f742de99da%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007 Feature Pack 1 Evaluation Edition

Microsoft® Identity Lifecycle Manager (ILM) 2007 Feature Pack 1 (FP1) brings together smart card, certificate management, and synchronization, metadirectory, and user provisioning into one solution that works across Windows and other enterprise systems.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3dee7233d8-b3c9-4bf5-a232-7abc58c9940a%26DisplayLang%3den

UI Automation Specification

This download contains the Community Promise Specification for UI Automation.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=21&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3da1fe1066-bf4f-44fc-834b-676b311e83a2%26DisplayLang%3den

Events/WebCasts

Client Monitoring with System Center Operations Manager 2007 (Level 300)

In this session, we begin with a look at some customer challenges and explain our vision for client monitoring. Next, we discuss features like Agentless Exception Monitoring, Aggregated Client Monitoring, and Critical Client Monitoring. We wrap up this session with a look at the management packs we are delivering specifically for client monitoring.
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7844525

Get Ready for Microsoft Virtualization Technologies with Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator

Start your planning cycle right with Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator. This automation tool provides a quick way to assess the right technologies for your virtualization and server consolidation needs through a network inventory of servers, workloads, applications, and clients and the generation of assessment reports and proposals.
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7844526

MCP Live Meeting: Transition to Windows Server 2008 Certifications (Session 1)

Wednesday, December 05, 2007 7:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7761997

MCP Live Meeting: Transition to Windows Server 2008 Certifications (Session 2)

Wednesday, December 05, 2007 5:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7761998

Momentum Webcast: Windows Server 2008: Built for the Web and Virtualization (Level 100)

Monday, December 10, 2007 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7761999

TechNet Webcast: Managing Windows Server 2008 with Server Manager (Level 200)

Tuesday, December 11, 2007 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7762000

IT Manager Webcast: How Microsoft does IT: Creating a Single-Sign On Payroll Experience using Active Directory Federation Services (Level 100)

Wednesday, December 12, 2007 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7762001

On-Demand Microsoft IT Webcasts for IT Managers

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7281008

On-Demand Microsoft IT Webcasts for IT Pros

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7281009

Live Webcasts:
Full list can be found at: http://www.microsoft.com/events/default.mspx

Interactive Webcast Calendar
The interactive calendar will help you quickly find live webcasts that fit your schedule as well as on-demand webcasts to view at your convenience. You can choose your time zone and filter this list by audience, webcast series, product or topic, and presenter.
http://www.microsoft.com/events/webcasts/calendar/monthview.aspx

Monthly Archived Webcasts:
http://www.microsoft.com/events/webcasts/library/default.mspx

New KB's

The preview function in Windows Movie Maker does not work on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943592

How the Windows Firewall exception settings in the Group Policy administrative template work together with the Windows Firewall Control Panel program in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942965

Changes are not saved to an XPS document on a Windows Vista-based computer when you print to the XPS Document Writer, and you use the same file name as an open XPS document

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943481

How to configure PEAPv0 to reduce potential risks against "man-in-the-middle" and password-based attacks when you use authentication servers in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941123

Error message when you try to download updates from Windows Update on a computer that is running Windows Vista: "Error 0x80070003 The system cannot find the path specified"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942967

An item that you copy to a Windows Vista desktop does not appear on the desktop even though it appears in the Desktop folder

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943805

Installation of Windows Vista language pack from Windows Update fails

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942903

An exclamation mark (!) may appear next to a USB device in Device Manager after you resume a Windows Vista-based portable computer from standby (S3)

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942732

The "Turn off display" option does not work correctly on a Tablet PC that is running Windows Vista if you set a programmable button that is associated with the "Press and hold" list

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943397

Stop error when you try to download updates from Windows Update on a computer that is running Windows Vista: "0x80070246"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942968

You are prompted to provide your administrative credentials when you try to open a Systems Management Server (SMS)-based item in Control Panel on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942493

The date displays incorrectly in the Windows Calendar Sidebar gadget on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943544

Event ID 1801 may be logged in the System log on a computer that is running Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942972

An application does not function correctly if you click Cancel during a scan operation when you use the Windows Image Acquisition scanner in an application on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943300

Security rules for Windows Firewall and for IPsec-based connections in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942957

The audio from a USB speaker is distorted after you connect an additional USB device to a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943599

The "netsh advfirewall consec" command does not preserve the order of the authentication methods that are specified in a connection security rule on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942963

How to add a computer or a device to a wireless network by using the Add a PC Wizard in Windows Live OneCare

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943764

After you install Windows Live OneCare, you cannot connect to the Internet

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943767

A program or service that requires network or internet connectivity does not work as expected after you install Windows Live OneCare

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943768

You may be unable to connect to the Internet from other computers after you use Windows Live OneCare to help secure a wireless network

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943762

How to use Windows Live OneCare to help make a wireless network more secure

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943763

You cannot print to a shared printer after you install Windows Live OneCare

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943765

How to delete a Windows Live OneCare Backup file

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943904

Release Notes for Windows XP Service Pack 3

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936929

Batch files for which you create a hash rules do not work on a Windows XP-based client computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943854

When you use HSM software to manage files on a network, you cannot open a network-shared file that was created on a Windows XP-based computer when you work offline

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936071

Error message after you try to access a mapped network drive when you work offline on a Windows XP-based computer: "Drive_Letter:\ is not accessible"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=937357

How to use the LPMTool.exe tool for Windows XP Home Edition for Prepaid Computers and for Windows XP Home Edition for Subscription Computers

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943311

A hotfix that addresses changes to daylight saving time in 2007 is available for Windows Services for UNIX and for Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942878

An update that addresses the change to daylight saving time in 2007 is available for Windows Server 2003 R2-based computers and for Windows Vista-based computers that are running Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942894

Error message when you back up files to a storage device by using the Backup and Restore Center on a Windows Vista-based computer that has the Turkish Language Pack installed: "Backup could not complete successfully"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944268

Windows Live Photo Gallery does not recognize a redirected folder and continues to use the original Pictures folder

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944277

You receive an error message when you try to activate Windows Vista on a computer that was obtained from an OEM

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942962

You cannot download an album from Windows Live Spaces immediately after you install Windows Live Photo Gallery

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944278

You do not have access to folders or to files after you upgrade the computer to Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942970

The TV screen appears as solid green or as blocky pixels when you use Windows Media Center to watch HDTV content on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943195

On a Windows Vista-based computer, the BeforeNavigate2 event is not triggered as expected when you move to a non-standard link

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943112

Windows Media Center stops responding when you resume a Windows Vista-based computer from hibernation

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938929

On a Windows Vista-based computer, you are prompted to enter your user credentials when you use Internet Explorer to access files on a WebDAV site

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941890

On a Windows Vista-based client computer, you cannot obtain an IP address or options from the DHCP server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942971

FIX: Internet Explorer crashes if it tries to display malformed HTML content on a Windows CE .NET 4.2-based device

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942554

FIX: Internet Explorer may crash when you point to a box on a Web page on a Windows CE .NET 4.2-based device

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943651

You cannot back up encrypted files by using Windows Live OneCare

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943901

How to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows Vista when Windows Live OneCare 2.0 installed the computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943902

How to use Windows Live OneCare to stop programs from starting automatically when you start a computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943905

On a Windows XP-based computer or on a Windows Server 2003-based computer, new settings for the Windows Error Reporting tool do not appear on the user interface

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943308

A computer that is running Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 unexpectedly enters standby or hibernation when you operate a digitizer device or a touchscreen device

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943856

Winsock error message when you use a program that tries to bind to TCP network ports on a Windows-based computer: "WSAEADDRINUSE (10048)"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943710

You hear a beep sound when you change the selection in a classic style ListView when the "Select" option for the system sound is set to "None" in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944150

The connection fails on a Windows Vista-based computer when you try to communicate with another computer through an IPsec tunnel-mode connection

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944335

The file transfer from the attached devices to the system internal hard disk cannot be completed on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944020

The volume label of the storage media is not updated and the AutoPlay dialog box is not displayed after you insert the storage media into a removable drive on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943632

You cannot cancel changes that you make on the Camera Control tab or on the Video Proc Amp tab of the Properties dialog box of a webcam that is connected to a computer that is running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, or Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943634

Audio may be much louder when you play an alternative audio source than when you play a DVD movie in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944732

You do not hear any sound in Windows Media Player 11 when you connect speakers or headphones to an audio jack

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944490

FIX: The Web administration page in Windows Media Services 9 Series cannot open the Web Help file

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940667

After you connect a Windows XP-based computer to the Routing and Remote Access Services server through a virtual private network (VPN) connection, the computer cannot establish more than 32 static routes

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943378

After you migrate a global group to another domain, the name of the original global group is not displayed correctly when you use a Windows XP-based client computer to add that group to a group DACL

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=887601

PS/2 devices may not function when a Windows Vista-based computer that uses the hybrid sleep feature resumes power after a power loss

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944528

When a Windows Vista-based computer is awakened from sleep by a magic packet, and the WakeOnLAN feature is enabled, the computer's desktop is displayed unexpectedly

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944529

A Windows Vista-based computer that has an XPS printer driver installed may not print certain colors in a PowerPoint slide presentation

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944798

You cannot access a CD or DVD disc on a shared optical drive after you replace one disc with another on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944961

Messages may not be displayed correctly in the notification area on a computer that is running the Hebrew or Arabic version of Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943826

When you try to send a fax by using Windows Fax and Scan in the Simplified Chinese version of Windows Vista, the Chinese characters on the cover page may appear as squares

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944155

You cannot use Verizon FiOS products at their full speed on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939006

FIX: Windows Vista appears to stop responding during the device initialization phase when you start Windows for the first time

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939210

Detection and deployment guidance for the November 13, 2007 security release

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945009

An update package for the Japanese postal code dictionary in Japanese Input Method Editor is now available for Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944023

Error message on a Windows Vista-based computer when you try to burn a file to a writable DVD: "There was an error burning this disc. The disc might no longer be usable"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944500

Windows Vista does not recognize an external USB optical disc drive when you reconnect the USB optical disc drive to the computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944292

An IEEE 1394 device cannot unload from Device Manager on a Windows Vista-based computer when you unplug the IEEE 1394 device from an IEEE 1394 standard-based external hub

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944151

You cannot use the Connection Manager tool to update the phone book on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939214

FIX: The WSAStringToAddress function returns a correct value when you pass an invalid address string to the function on a Windows CE .NET 4.2-based device

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943515

FIX: You cannot set the height of the License Acquisition dialog box as large as you want to in Windows Media Player 11

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942264

Windows Media Player cannot load the content from certain URLs after you enable the "Use proxy settings of the Web browser" option

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944110

Error message when you connect a Windows XP-based computer that has security update 835732 installed to a computer that is running Internet Information Services (IIS): "403.13 Client Certificate Revoked"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=842735

A Windows XP-based computer stops responding when you try to shut down the computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=884882

You may be unable to print a job after you install the .NET Framework 3.0 or the XML Paper Specification Essentials Pack on a Windows XP SP2-based computer or on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944203

Error message when WMI queries against the CIM_DataFile class after you log on to a Windows XP SP2-based computer by using a non-administrative user account: "SWbemServicesEx: Access denied"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943828

November 2007 - Technical Rollup Mail - Manageability

Justin Zarb — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:01:48 GMT

News

System Center Operations Manager – Microsoft/Gartner Video

Watch this presentation describing some of the benefits of Operations Manager to help IT deliver to your business. Features, David Williams (Research VP, Gartner) & Eric Berg (Director, Systems Centre Product Management – Microsoft)

http://www.accelacast.com/programs/gartner_microsoft_411/

Downloads

System Center Trial Software

With the new release of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 adding to the System Center family, why not evaluate the capabilities of some of the other Microsoft System Center family of products with these downloadable trial and Beta software versions.

http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/evaluation/trial/default.mspx

Events/WebCasts

TechNet Webcast: System Center Operations Manager 2007 Installation and Management Pack Migration (Level 200)
Friday, November 02, 2007 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Pacific Time
Blain Barton, IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032352708&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Deploys System Center Data Protection Manager 2.0 (Level 300)
Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific Time
Ajay Malhotra, Group Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032355960&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: System Center Configuration Manager: The Datacenter (Level 300)
Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Pacific Time
Jeff Wettlaufer, Senior Technical Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032356603&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Introducing SoftGrid to the World (Level 200)
Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Kevin Remde, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032352815&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft System Center for Server Infrastructure Optimization (Level 200)
Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific Time
James Galvin, Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032355551&Culture=en-US

New KB’s

KB940182: The Windows Update Agent version is not inventoried after the hardware inventory runs on Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Service Pack 2 or on SMS 2003 Service Pack 3-based clients

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940182/en-us

KB938999: You cannot configure a rule or a monitor to target a computer group in the Operations console in System Center Operations Manager 2007. Describes a problem in which a rule or a monitor that targets a computer group does not work as expected. Provides a workaround.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938999/en-us

KB942863: How to collect and monitor UNIX Syslogs in System Center Operations Manager 2007 or in System Center Essentials 2007. Describes how to create an alert-generating rule to collect Facility values from a UNIX or Linux system.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942863/en-us

KB943307: Discovery information is missing after you delete and then reimport a management pack in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007. Describes behavior in System Center Operations Manager 2007 after you delete a management pack, and then reimport a management pack. When you view the imported management pack, discovery information is missing.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943307/en-us

KB942864: How to use diagnostic tracing in System Center Operations Manager 2007 and in System Center Essentials 2007. Describes the tools that you can use to obtain trace logs in System Center Operations Manager 2007 and in System Center Essentials. A Microsoft CSS representative use these trace logs to perform advanced troubleshooting.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942864/en-us

KB942866: A computer agent unexpectedly generates heartbeat alerts after you put it into Maintenance mode in System Center Operations Manager 2007. Describes an issue that occurs in System Center Operations Manager 2007 after you put a computer agent into Maintenance mode. The agent unexpectedly continues to generate heartbeat alerts. A resolution is included.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942866/en-us

KB942865: Error message when you try to generate a report in System Center Operations Manager 2007: "Cannot initialize report". Describes a problem that occurs if the data warehouse database was created by using the DBCreateWizard program from the Operations Manager 2007 media.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942865/en-us

KB942984: Error message when you try to use the "Physical to Virtual" (P2V) wizard in Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007: "ID: 3224". Describes a problem that occurs because the FQDN includes an organizational unit component that is not a valid component for a DNS FQDN. A resolution is provided.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942984/en-us

KB943111: Description of System Center Essentials 2007 post-release hotfix rollup. Describes Microsoft System Center Essentials 2007 post-release hotfix rollup. Provides download links for the update.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943111/en-us

KB941820: NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing does not work correctly on a computer that is running the SMS 2003 Service Pack 3 Advanced Client.
http://support.micrsoft.com/kb/941820

KB941395: A hotfix rollup package is available for the Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 client.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941395

KB935527: Devices that have SMS 2003 Device Management Feature Pack installed have reduced battery life.
http://suport.microsoft.com/kb935527

November 2007 - Technical Rollup Mail - Security

Justin Zarb — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:01:48 GMT

News

*Are you using the NEW SUPPORTABILITY FEATURES for ISA Server 2004 and 2006?*

In addition to the following features listed below, ISA Server 2004 Service Pack 3 and the ISA Server 2006 Supportability Update provide a new diagnostic logging feature.

• Improved log viewer functionality, including an enhanced details pane view, text colouring, and new log filtering functionality.

• Updated ISA Server Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in functionality that provides access to troubleshooting tools and options available directly from the ISA Server Management console.

• Integration with the Microsoft ISA Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool. For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=79754.

Traditionally, ISA Server logs provide basic information about incoming and outbound traffic traversing the ISA Server computer. For example - whether traffic is allowed or denied, and the name of firewall policy rules handling the traffic. Diagnostic logging traces the flow of specific packets, and captures additional data about traffic flowing through the ISA Server computers. It reports on the progress of packets, and provides information about traffic handling and rule matching issues. Diagnostic logging output appears in a new ISA Server Diagnostics section of the Windows Event Viewer. Diagnostic logging tracks the behavior of the following ISA Server policy components:

· Firewall policy rules

· Network rules

· Web Chaining rules

· Cache rules

· Rule authentication

For easier log viewing, ISA Server provides the Diagnostic Log Viewer to filter and view the most relevant events. The Diagnostic Log Viewer is a separate tool available from the Microsoft Download Center. It enables you to output diagnostic events at the command line, in a display window, or in HTML format.

For further information see or request the Internet TRM.

Microsoft and Novell Open Interoperability Lab http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/sep07/09-11MSNovellLabsPR.mspx

Microsoft and Novell recently announced the opening of the Microsoft and Novell Interoperability Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The first priority for the lab team will be to ensure interoperability between Microsoft and Novell virtualization technologies. Additional work will include standards-based systems management, identity federation, and compatibility of office document formats. Click here for more details on this collaboration.

Strong and Weak Host Models http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/09/CableGuy/

An increasingly common configuration for network hosts is to be multihomed with multiple network interfaces. A multihomed host provides enhanced connectivity because it can be simultaneously connected to multiple networks, such as an intranet or the Internet. But because they can be connected to both an intranet and the Internet, services running on multihomed hosts can be vulnerable to attack. In this article, the Cable Guy, Joseph Davies, takes a look at the weak and strong host models of multihomed hosts and then describes how these models are supported in Windows.

When It Comes to Protection from Vulnerabilities, Process Trumps “Many Eyes” http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/secmgmt/sm1007.mspx

By Pat Edmonds, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation
There are distinct model differences in the ways that Windows Server and Linux are developed. One very clear example is interoperability, which by design is a key element the Microsoft development model. Learn how these model differences translate to real-world security differences to customers.

Documents

Security Tip of the Month: Securing the Gateway to Your Enterprise: Web Services http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/sectip/st1007.mspx

By Eugene Siu, CISSP and Senior Security Consultant, Microsoft ACE Team
Web Services were invented so that developers can treat other systems on the Web as APIs exposed via Web Services. Securing Web Services, therefore, requires you to focus on both deployment and application security. This month's Security Tip offers some valuable deployment and application security tips that can help IT professionals and developers better protect their Web applications.

Windows Security and Directory Services for UNIX Guide v1.0 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/solutionaccelerators/cits/interopmigration/unix/usecdirw/00wsdsu.mspx

The Windows Security and Directory Services for UNIX Guide focuses on the use of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 Server Active Directory service to provide centralized authentication and authorization services for users in a network that includes both UNIX-based and Windows-based computers. The guide provides guidance in selecting the best solution to meet your authentication and authorization needs, and explains the best practices and major issues that you are likely to face as you implement the solution that is most appropriate for your organization.

CATIA UNIX to Windows Migration: Windows-UNIX Interoperability and Data Sharing http://www.microsoft.com/technet/solutionaccelerators/cits/interopmigration/unix/catia/catiac08.mspx

If you are moving from CATIA V4 running on UNIX to CATIA V5 running on Windows, you must ensure that the two environments can communicate smoothly. However, there are significant differences in the way these systems approach common tasks, such as file serving, security, and the user interface. Learn about the UNIX and Windows security models and how to integrate them so that users on one operating system can securely use resources on the other.

Windows Vista Boot Manager and Dual Booting with BitLocker Protection with TPM Support http://port25.technet.com/archive/2006/10/13/Using-Vista_2700_s-Boot-Manager-to-Boot-Linux-and-Dual-Booting-with-BitLocker-Protection-with-TPM-Support.aspx

This article discusses how to use the Windows Vista Boot Manager to boot Linux and provides guidance on building a dual boot system with Windows Vista BitLocker protection with Trusted Platform Module (TPM) support.

Application Interoperability: Microsoft .NET and J2EE http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/2/6/7269f183-639a-4e99-bd84-cc3e6515af86/PnP_J2EE_Interop_V1.pdf

This paper shows how to enable interoperability between enterprise class applications based on Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) and Microsoft .NET using service interfaces, use case interoperability adapters, and use case adapter factories. It covers how to add .NET Framework applications at the Presentation or the Business tier, together with implementing interoperability at the Data tier using message queuing and shared databases.

WSE 3.0 Security: Interoperability Considerations http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480548.aspx

This appendix, from the Web Service Security guide, provides an overview of interoperability issues that you may encounter when developing Web services secured using Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) message security.

WS-Security Interoperability Using WSE 2.0 and Sun JWSDP 1.5 http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms998284.aspx

This article discusses interoperability based on OASIS WS-Security 1.0 between Microsoft WSE 2.0 and Sun JWSDP 1.5. The walk-throughs will show you all you need to know to configure the two environments for securely signing and encrypting SOAP requests and responses using X509 certificates.

Web Services Security Interoperability Using WSE 2.0 SP3 and WebLogic Workshop 8.1.4 http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms998291.aspx

This article explains interoperability based on OASIS Web Services Security (WS-Security) 1.0 between Microsoft WSE 2.0 SP3 and WebLogic Platform 8.1.4. This article is accompanied by a sample application (the Math sample). The Math sample demonstrates how to securely authenticate, sign, and encrypt SOAP messages exchanged between WSE 2.0 SP3 and WebLogic Platform 8.1.4.

Web Services Security Interoperability Using WSE 2.0 and Systinet Server 5.0 for Java http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms998278.aspx

The walk-throughs in this article will show you all you need to know to configure the two environments for securely signing and encrypting SOAP requests and responses using X509 certificates.

Interoperability with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/f/?en-us/library/3c78e886-5d20-44cb-b4e4-f823c4c019281033.mspx

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 provides enterprises with a scalable business platform for managing content and integrating line-of-business systems. If you plan to connect to data sources outside of your server farm, use this article to help you plan for single sign-on, which can be used to automatically authenticate users, rather than needing to prompt for credentials.

How to Install Microsoft Authentication on a Macintosh http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;101747&sd=tech

Windows NT Advanced Server provides an installable component to validate users who are connecting to the Windows NT Advanced Server from a Macintosh. The Microsoft User Authentication Module (UAM) provides a more secure logon session by sending an encrypted password, rather than a straight text password, across the network. Follow these steps to install the Microsoft User Authentication Module on a Macintosh workstation.

Downloads

TechNet Security Series Seminar 1 - 28 Sep 07

The first TechNet Security Series Seminar happened on Friday 28 September 2007. Here are the presentations that were made during this seminar, now available for download:
Session 1: Advanced Security Measures for Clients and Servers
Session 2: Security Enhancements in SQL 2005
Session 3: Security Considerations for Wireless Environments
Panel Questions
Video Title: Technet Security - Restricted Groups Demo 1
TechNet Security - Session 1 - Restricted Groups Demo for 28th Sept 07
To watch this video:click here.

High-Res Format: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7514175
Video Title: TechNet Security – DNS in the DMZ Zone Demo 2

TechNet Security – Session 1 – DNS in the DMZ Zone Demo for 28th Sept 07
To watch this video, click here.
High-Res Format: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7514177

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1bdf33e3-f789-442e-8ec4-5dacc35d31ba&DisplayLang=en

Update for Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB936677)

You can get specific information about this update in Microsoft Knowledge Base article Description of the Update for Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB936643).
Note: Users of Indonesian, Malay, Urdu, and Vietnamese language versions of Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 can download and install office2003-KB936677-FullFile-ENU.exe. Refer to the Instructions section below for details.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3431b2b0-5313-4acb-8daa-4fb9e638f901&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console Trial Version

Forefront Server Security Management Console allows administrators to easily manage Forefront Security for Exchange Server, Forefront Security for SharePoint and Microsoft Antigen, providing a web-based console to centralize configuration and operation, automate the download and distribution of signature and scan engine updates, and generate comprehensive reports. Forefront Server Security Management Console also allows administrators to rapidly respond to outbreaks and update protection across enterprise deployments, improving organizational agility in responding to new threats. Through integration with Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft SQL Server, Forefront Server Security Management Console helps maintain reliability and performance of messaging and collaboration protection.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f9b669c6-6f9f-4c09-8457-c00b5b6ebd7a&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830) x64

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.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=585d2bde-367f-495e-94e7-6349f4effc74&DisplayLang=en

Visio 2007 Connector for Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) 2.1

The Visio 2007 Connector for Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) 2.1 lets you view the results of an MBSA scan in a clear, comprehensive Visio 2007 network diagram. You must have both Microsoft Office Visio 2007 Professional and MBSA 2.1, a free security tool from Microsoft, for this connector to work properly.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=95e0f821-9c2c-4287-9157-49c1205e08ef&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Forefront Client Security BPA

The FCS Best Practices Analyzer Tool is designed for administrators who want to determine the overall health of their Forefront computers and to diagnose current problems. The tool scans the configuration settings of the computer and reports issues that do not conform to the recommended best practices.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0cefac3f-91ed-40c3-a684-603f149a4e32&DisplayLang=en

Configure Terminal Services Clients as Network Access Protection (NAP) Enforcement Clients for TS Gateway

The Terminal Services NAP client configuration command (Tsgqecclientconfig.cmd) helps configure Terminal Services clients as NAP enforcement clients for TS Gateway.

This command performs the following tasks to configure the Terminal Services client as a NAP enforcement client for TS Gateway:

Adds the TS Gateway server name that you specify to the list of trusted TS Gateway servers on the client.
Starts the Network Access Protection Agent service and sets the service startup type to Automatic.
Enables the TS Gateway Quarantine Enforcement client.

For more information and complete step-by-step instructions for configuring TS Gateway servers and Terminal Services clients for NAP, see the "TS Gateway Server Step-By-Step Setup Guide" (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=85872).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=cb986639-20e5-4f16-8e48-be68d23dc888&DisplayLang=en

Events/WebCasts

Microsoft Security Webcast Series: Upcoming and On-Demand

Security Webcast Calendar http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=37910

Find security webcasts listed in an easy-to-use calendar format.

Security Program Guide

Learn Security On the Job http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4526354

Learning Paths for security - Microsoft training references and resources http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4526355

Upcoming Security Webcasts

Support Webcast: Microsoft Security Intelligence Report: Latest Trends in Vulnerabilities, Malware, and Potentially Unwanted Software http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032353490&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
Wednesday, November 7, 10:00 AM Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Information About Microsoft November Security Bulletins (Level 200) http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032344694&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
Wednesday, November 14, 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Christopher Budd, Security Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation, and Mike Reavey, Group Manager MSRC, Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft On-Demand Webcasts

TechNet Webcast: Security Integration Between Windows and IBM Mainframes (Level 200) http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/webcasteventdetails.aspx?eventid=1032268825&eventcategory=3&culture=en-us&countrycode=us
This webcast introduces the mainframe professional to security on the Windows Server operating system. Join this webcast to learn how to integrate security, including end-user single sign-on between Windows and IBM OS/390 and zSeries Operating Systems.

TechNet Webcast: UNIX Interoperability in Windows Server 2008 (Level 200) http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032345760&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
Join this session to see how the UNIX interoperability components in Windows Server 2008 can help you integrate UNIX and Windows-based systems to reduce costs and deliver a complete solution. Among the topics explored in this session are identity management in a mixed environment and using the SUA managing identification.

November 2007 - Technical Rollup Mail - Internet

Justin Zarb — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:01:48 GMT

News

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server

*Are you using the NEW SUPPORTABILITY FEATURES for ISA Server 2004 and 2006?*

In addition to the following features listed below, ISA Server 2004 Service Pack 3 and the ISA Server 2006 Supportability Update provide a new diagnostic logging feature.

• Improved log viewer functionality, including an enhanced details pane view, text colouring, and new log filtering functionality.

• Updated ISA Server Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in functionality that provides access to troubleshooting tools and options available directly from the ISA Server Management console.

• Integration with the Microsoft ISA Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool. For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=79754 .

• Firewall policy rules

• Network rules

• Web Chaining rules

• Cache rules

• Rule authentication

After installing ISA Server 2004 Service Pack 3 or the ISA Server 2006 Supportability Update, download and install the Diagnostic Log Viewer tool as follows:

1. Install Log Parser 2.2, used by the Diagnostic Log Viewer, from Log Parser 2.2 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=890cd06b-abf8-4c25-91b2-f8d975cf8c07&displaylang=en . No restart is required after installation.

2. Install the ISA Server Diagnostic Logging Viewer (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=81315). During installation you must specify the location for unpacking the files.

You can download the ISA Server 2004 Service Pack 3 and the ISA Server 2006 Supportability Update from the following locations:

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 Supportability Update

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939455

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 Service Pack 3

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/downloads/isa/2004/servicepacks/default.mspx

See the following 2 blog posts on the ISA Server Product Team Blog and stay tuned for more documentation on these features.

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2007/09/17/isa-server-2006-supportability-update.aspx

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2007/08/26/diagnostic-improvements-in-isa-server-2004-service-pack-3.aspx

ForeFront Edge Security Forums at http://forums.microsoft.com/ForeFront/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=384&SiteID=41

Discuss ISA Server at the new Microsoft Forefront™ Edge Security forums, available at TechCenter

Internet Security and Acceleration Server Blog

The ISA Server Product Team Blog (http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/) is updated on a regular basis. Latest entries include:

Questionable users

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2007/10/03/questionable-users.aspx

Missing status in logging details panes

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2007/10/07/missing-status-in-logging-details-panes.aspx

Windows services may fail to start after installing ISA Server 2006 Supportability Pack (KB 939455)

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2007/10/15/windows-services-may-fail-to-start-after-installing-isa-server-2006-supportability-pack-kb-939455.aspx

Windows services may fail to start after installing ISA Server 2004 Service Pack 3

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2007/10/15/windows-services-may-fail-to-start-after-installing-isa-server-2004-service-pack-3.aspx

When ISA Server Can’t Set Up NLB Parameters

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2007/10/18/when-isa-server-can-t-set-up-nlb-parameters.aspx

Please note that if you have feedback on documentation or wish to request new documents - email isadocs@microsoft.com

BizTalk Server

Agency for the Modernization of the Public Administration (AMA)

Portugal Creates Interoperability Framework to Simplify Citizen/Government Interaction

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=201334

Petro-Canada

Petro-Canada Eliminates Redundancies and Cuts Administration Time

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000000825

Microsoft Internet Information Server

TechNet Radio Interview on IIS Modules

We have released a number of modules that you can download from www.iis.net to run on IIS in Windows Server 2008 RC0, namely: FTP7 GoLive release FrontPage Server Extensions GoLive BitRate Throttling Technical Preview Remote Administration Manager for Windows Server 2008 RC0 (we have x64 bit downloads...

http://blogs.iis.net/mailant/archive/2007/10/09/technet-radio-interview-on-iis-modules.aspx

Microsoft Announces Interoperability Improvements for PHP and Microsoft technologies

Last year at ZendCon 2006, I was invited to be a part of the Microsoft and Zend announcement initiating technical collaboration with the PHP community to significantly enhance the reliability and performance of PHP on Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. As part of this collaboration, the IIS...

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2007/10/09/microsoft-announces-interoperability-improvements-for-php-and-microsoft-technologies.aspx

FrontPage Server Extensions (FPSE) for IIS7 RC0 Released!

If you're looking for the FPSE extensions for your Vista or Windows 2008 Server and IIS7, look no further than DownloadCenter . The team just released an updated package with support for installing on x64 (note: the FPSE extensions themselves have no been ported to 64-bit. They will, however, install...

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2007/10/03/frontpage-server-extensions-fpse-for-iis7-rc0-released.aspx

TechNet Radio Interview on IIS7 w/ Bill Staples

I did a TechNet radio interview last week and it is now published on the Web. It was a pretty fun interview and we covered a lot of ground including a brief history of IIS and my involvement with the product, some some of the behind the scenes development of IIS7 (project started more than 4 years ago...

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2007/10/02/technet-radio-interview-on-iis7-w-bill-staples.aspx

"What's New in Microsoft Internet Information Services 7.0 for IT Professionals" TechNet web cast on Tuesday at 11:30

I will giving a TechNet web cast on Tuesday at 11:30 am that provides an overview of IIS7, my favorite topic. I will be focusing on giving you an overview of all the different areas of investment we've made in the Web server for Windows Server 2008. Then you can pick from the subsequent talks for drilldowns...

http://blogs.iis.net/mailant/archive/2007/10/01/quot-what-s-new-in-microsoft-internet-information-services-7-0-for-it-professionals-quot-technet-web-cast-on-tuesday-at-11-30.aspx

Sharepoint Technologies

Moss Takes Top Award

Moss wins document management product of the year.

http://www.dmawards.co.uk/

Microsoft/Facebook announcement breaks new ground

While the Microsoft / Facebook expanded partnership announcement made earlier today doesn't have anything to do with SharePoint, the publicity it generated will likely get a lot more people to start thinking or asking about the value of social networking capabilities within an enterprise and between a company and its business partners as well as its customers. Eric Charran (Senior Consultant in Microsoft Consulting Services), Dino Dato-on (SharePoint Ranger), and Greg Lang (Program Manager for Microsoft Enterprise Services Communities Tools and Infrastructure) have written a soon to be published white paper that addresses the topic of the importance of social networking in an organization and how to properly implement MOSS 2007 as a social networking solution. - http://www.techmeme.com/071024/p121#a071024p121

Downloads

Sharepoint Technologies

Excellent new tool developed by Microsoft Premier Customer

http://www.codeplex.com/sharepointloggingspy

Also see here - http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/fromthefield/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=33

White paper: Data protection and recovery for Office SharePoint Server in small to medium deployments

This downloadable white paper explains how administrators managing small to medium-size deployments can protect and recover data. This paper describes data recovery from the item level to the farm level

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/288fecfb-53fb-4988-89d7-b7888f82bf961033.mspx?mfr=true

Community Kit for SharePoint Launched

The Community Kit for SharePoint is a set of best practices, templates, Web Parts, tools, and source code that enables practically anyone to create a community website based on SharePoint technology for practically any group of people with a common interest.

http://www.codeplex.com/CKS

BizTalk Server

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Poster

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=34f41573-c552-466f-b531-32cb09a57cdd&DisplayLang=en

WCF LOB Adapter SDK

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=56278fde-b708-469c-987e-ded9c6c5e580&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft BizTalk LoadGen 2007 Tool

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c8af583f-7044-48db-b7b9-969072df1689&DisplayLang=en

Installing and Configuring BizTalk Adapters for Enterprise Applications

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=73906bf5-4197-4941-a73f-a43c0d38618f&DisplayLang=en

BizTalk RFID Tutorials

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=dc13a76e-206d-49a8-9c7c-a093fbb3963f&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Dynamics AX AIF BizTalk Adapter Configuration White Paper

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fb4a979e-cce1-4542-8188-4e8592031da2&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 MP for MOM 2005

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e4e84ae5-21d2-4d12-91e0-3e0ff07aeb19&DisplayLang=en

HL7 Schema Generation Tool

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=94877261-1f04-40b7-8c6d-cf92f38d09a3&DisplayLang=en

Capacity Planning and Performance Tuning

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=80e73b3c-9c32-437e-933c-14de7bfac2a0&DisplayLang=en

Events/WebCasts

SharePoint Technologies

10/29/2007 11:00 AM Pacific Time : Momentum Webcast: Keeping a Pulse on Your Business with Dashboards and Scorecards (Level 100)

Managing the health of your business and improving business performance requires a comprehensive understanding and analysis of your business data. Join this webcast to learn how executing dashboard technology can enhance decision making and performance by providing superior information to your organization. Learn how you can take advantage of dashboards and scorecards with your existing investment and how their flexibility can accommodate the diverse and growing needs of your organization. In this webcast, we provide: A demonstration of dashboards, visual analytics, and what-if analysis. Examples of successful dashboard implementation. Insight on how you can achieve higher performance with dashboards.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032351536&culture=en-US

10/31/2007 12:00 PM Pacific Time MSDN Webcast: MSDN geekSpeak: Using LINQ to SharePoint with Bart de Smet (Level 200)

In this installment of geekSpeak, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Bart de Smet introduces us to the Microsoft .NET Language-Integrated Query (LINQ) to SharePoint project, and he is available to take your questions. To have a question or comment addressed during the webcast, visit the geekSpeak blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/geekspeak and submit it

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032352641&culture=en-US

11/2/2007 11:30 AM Pacific Time TechNet Webcast: Revenue Forecasting with PerformancePoint Server 2007 (Level 300)

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 can help organizations improve their business performance by integrating monitoring, analysis, and planning capabilities into one application. The objective of the forecast process is to produce accurate forecasts of sales performance. Long-term sales forecasts are used by manufacturing to invest in manufacturing capacity; shorter term forecasts, commonly monthly, are used to schedule production. The associated sales revenue forecasts are used in communicating expected performance to shareholders and to the investment community. Join this session to gain an understanding of customer pains, learn more about the revenue forecasting process, and see how PerformancePoint Server 2007 supports this process

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032355958&culture=en-US

11/6/2007 9:00 AM Pacific Time Microsoft Office System Webcast: More Tips and Tricks for Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies (Level 300)

You already know the basics; now is your chance to take Windows SharePoint Services version 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to the next level. Join us for this informative webcast to learn how you can personalize your SharePoint user experience, exchange ideas through new SharePoint blogs and wikis, and use document versioning, Excel Services, and Microsoft Office Groove 2007 to share documents and data more effectively.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032355414&culture=en-US

11/6/2007 9:30 AM Pacific Time TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Deploys System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 (Level 300)

In this webcast, we explain how Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2006 can optimize disk-based backup and recovery, deliver consistent data protection, and increase an IT organization's operational efficiencies. Join this session to see how System Center Data Protection Manager version 2.0 delivers business value, integrated archive support and native application support for Microsoft Exchange Server and SQL Server databases, file server protection and restoration, reporting functionality, and scalability

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032355960&culture=en-US

11/8/2007 9:30 AM Pacific Time TechNet Webcast: SAP Enterprise Portal and SharePoint Server 2007 Interoperability (Level 200)

In this webcast, we discuss SAP and Microsoft portal interoperability. We cover how you can integrate Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and SAP Netweaver Portal from front-end integration (iView, Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP), and URL linking) to integrate components and services across the portal (via Web Services, SAP Portal Development Kit for the Microsoft .NET Framework and connectors). We explore approaches for interoperability based on search and the Business Data Catalog feature in SharePoint Server 2007. We also demonstrate the various types of solutions and describe how to approach portal integration

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032352711&culture=en-US

11/16/2007 1:00 PM Pacific Time TechNet Webcast: Monthly Reporting with PerformancePoint Server 2007 (Level 300)

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 can help organizations improve their business performance by integrating monitoring, analysis, and planning capabilities into one application. The objective of the monthly reporting process is to provide information to managers who are responsible for financial and operational performance. Such information typically includes sales and income, expenses and costs, investments and non-financial performance indicators. This information helps them manage more effectively by enabling them to react to current activity with the best decisions and appropriate action. Join this session to gain an understanding of key challenges, learn more about the monthly reporting process, and see how PerformancePoint Server 2007 supports this process

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032355966&culture=en-US

11/27/2007 1:00 PM Pacific Time TechNet Webcast: Protecting Microsoft SharePoint with Data Protection Manager (Level 200)

Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 is designed to help you back up your Windows environment. In this webcast, we focus on how System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 can provide continuous data protection for the latest generation of collaboration services, including Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 introduces a whole new level of Windows data protection and recovery. Join us to see how System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 delivers continuous data protection for your Microsoft application and file servers through a seamlessly integrated secondary disk and tape solution on the Data Protection Manager server. Discover how System Center Data Protection Manager enables better backups and rapid, reliable recoveries for both you and your users, while helping you to significantly reduce the costs and complexities associated with data protection.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032356635&culture=en-US

11/30/2007 1:00 PM Pacific Time TechNet Webcast: Strategic Planning and Scorecarding with PerformancePoint Server 2007 (Level 300)

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 can help organizations improve their business performance by integrating monitoring, analysis, and planning capabilities into one application. The objective of the strategic planning process is to provide a broad ranging review of all the factors that might impact the company's performance and to finish with the production of a strategic plan. Join this session to gain an understanding of key challenges, understand the strategic planning process, and see how PerformancePoint Server 2007 supports this process.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032355970&culture=en-US

New KB’s

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server

After an ISA Server 2006 application filter establishes an HTTP connection, the connection closes before it can be used, and a "0x80004001 (E_NOTIMPL)" status code is logged

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941634

You cannot access Outlook Web Access that is published by ISA Server 2006 from a mobile device that runs the Symbian operating system

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942180

The "401 Authentication Required" response that is sent by a Web site is dropped when you use ISA Server 2004 as a Web proxy

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940708

Description of the ISA Server 2004 hotfix package: October 1, 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943202

Error message when you try to open the HTTP compression preferences in the ISA Server Management console after you apply Service Pack 3 for ISA Server 2004: "ISA Server cannot load the property page"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942936

Description of the ISA Server 2006 hotfix package: September 24, 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942639

POST requests that do not have a POST body may be sent to a Web server that is published in ISA Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942638

A user cannot access a Web site that is published in ISA Server 2006 by using Kerberos constrained delegation if the user is not in the same domain as the ISA Server computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942637

The Microsoft Firewall service stops unexpectedly on a computer that is running ISA Server 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943200

BizTalk Server

FIX: Orchestration issues with BizTalk 2004 during the fall standard time change

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931960/en-us

FIX: Orchestration issues with BizTalk 2006 related to DST

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931961/en-us

Error message when you try to import a BizTalk application in BizTalk Server 2006: Timeout expired

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941559/en-us

FIX: Error message when you publish an orchestration that is converted from a BizTalk Server 2004 project in BizTalk Server 2006: Failed to create project

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938567/en-us

FIX: Event ID 5799 and Event ID 5677 occur if you have a running orchestration that has a nil value in BizTalk Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940457/en-us

How to troubleshoot a memory leak or an out-of-memory exception in the BizTalk Server process

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918643/en-us

FIX: When you use BizTalk Adapter for MQSeries in BizTalk Server 2006 or in BizTalk Server 2004, the BizTalk application may slow down, and the BizTalk application may eventually stop responding

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941494/en-us

FIX: You may receive a NullReferenceException error message when a long-running XLANG orchestration is rehydrated in BizTalk Server 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933396/en-us

FIX: Routing failure reports are not removed from the <BizTalkHostName>Q_Suspended table on a BizTalk Server 2006 server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941690/en-us

How to use GS segment values to exchange EDI messages with two recipients at the same party in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942255/en-us

Error message when you try to view EDI reports in the HAT tool in BizTalk Server 2006 R2: "An error occurred in accessing the EDI database"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942283/en-us

A BizTalk Service service may not start as expected in BizTalk Server 2006 R2 when you restart a computer that is running Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942284/en-us

The outgoing message is suspended when you try to convert an XML message to an EDI format in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942280/en-us

Changes that you make to a Windows User custom property do not appear in the BizTalk Server 2006 Administration Console

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942286/en-us

Error message when you try to view the EDI Interchange and Correlated ACK Status report in BizTalk Server 2006 R2: "This operation failed while accessing at least one of the Message Box databases"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942249/en-us

How to use distinguished fields and promoted properties in a BizTalk Server 2006 R2 project

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942282/en-us

How to configure certificates that are used to sign and to encrypt AS2 messages in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942253/en-us

Error message when you perform a task in BizTalk Server 2006 R2: "Not Enough storage is available to complete the operation"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942251/en-us

How to use MOM 2005 together with the BizTalk Server 2006 Management Pack to monitor instances of BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942279/en-us

BizTalk RFID logging data may be lost in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942285/en-us

The RFID Print Wizard may appear to stop responding when Tag Printed Notifications are displayed in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942287/en-us

The Configuration.exe configuration program cannot be started and no error is recorded in the event log after you install the BizTalk Accelerator for RosettaNet 3.5

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942849/en-us

You receive an Event ID 5683 when you process HL7 messages by using the BizTalk Server Accelerator for HL7

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942690/en-us

Error message when you try to create a new host in the BizTalk Administration console in BizTalk Server 2006 R2: "The parameter is incorrect (WinMgmt)"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942966/en-us

The content in the body of an e-mail message is lost when you process the message by using the BizTalk POP3 adapter in BizTalk Server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942689/en-us

FIX: An update is available that lets you dynamically configure certain properties on a server that is running BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942465/en-us

A cumulative hotfix package for Microsoft BizTalk RFID in Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 is now available

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941995/en-us

SharePoint Technologies

Windows Sharepoint Services Version 3

You receive error messages after you install security update 931212 (MS07-040) on a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web front-end server or on a SharePoint Server 2007 Web front-end server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941789

The ItemUpdating event or the ItemUpdated event occurs two times when you enable the Require Check Out option for a document library in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939307

How to point to a custom 404 error Web page in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941329

How to automate the deletion of backups in SharePoint Server 2007 and in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 by using a Visual Basic script

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941330

Description of the update that addresses the issue in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 in which items that use the Date and Time fields are off by one hour

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939809

Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 hotfix package: August 24, 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941422

The blog posts are not filtered correctly when you click a link to a category on a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 blog site

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939310

When the database status for a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site collection has been set to offline, you may be unable to find items that are saved in the site collection

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938569

A Web Part that contains an ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 UpdatePanel control that uses the _doPostBack() function does not work when the URL of the hosting SharePoint Web site contains international characters

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941955

How version history affects list items that contain attachments in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943136

The SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard does not finish successfully on a computer that also has GroupBoard Workspace 2007 installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941678

Some SharePoint timer job definitions are not restored successfully when you back up a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web application or a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Web application, and then you restore this application to a new farm

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942989

MS07-059: Vulnerability in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and in SharePoint Server 2007 could result in elevation of privilege within the SharePoint site

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942017

Description of the security update for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: October 9, 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934525

How to defragment Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 databases and SharePoint Server 2007 databases

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943345

You experience performance issues after you install security update 934525 (MS07-059) in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 environment that contains many host-named site collections

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943594

Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007

Error information may be logged in the STSADM export log file after you install Forefront Security for SharePoint on a computer that is running SharePoint Server 2007: "Access Denied"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941005

Unknown Error in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/556031

Description of the Excel Services in Office SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package: October 9, 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943076

How to customize application pages in the Layouts folder in SharePoint Server 2007 and in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944105

November 2007 - Technical Rollup Mail - SQL

Justin Zarb — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:01:48 GMT

News

SQL Server 2008 Solutions – Your Data, Any Place, Any Time

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 provides a trusted, productive, and intelligent data platform that enables you to run your most demanding mission critical applications, reduce time and cost of development and management of applications, and deliver actionable insight to your entire organization.

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/2008/default.mspx

http://download.microsoft.com/download/B/F/2/BF24C54E-5635-4C79-AFB4-0C3F840E79F4/SQLServer2008_Datasheet_Final.pdf

SQL Server 2008 Solutions – Redefining Pervasive Insight

SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence platform provides a scalable BI platform optimized for data integration, reporting, and analysis enabling organizations to deliver intelligence where users want it.

Delivering on the data platform vision, Microsoft continues to invest in and evolve pervasive insight which allows customers to deliver real-time insight broadly and deeply within their organizations, with rich and personalized data experiences. Spend 10 minutes with Tom Casey, General Manager, Microsoft SQL Server to learn about how SQL Server 2008 delivers pervasive insight across the organization.

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/2008/solutions/bi.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/2008/bi/index.html

SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services – Delivering Relevant Information across the Enterprise

Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2008 Reporting Services provides a complete server-based platform designed to support and the entire enterprise reporting lifecycle enabling organizations to deliver relevant information where needed across the entire enterprise.

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/2008/technologies/reporting.mspx

Microsoft Is Positioned in Leaders Quadrant of Latest Magic Quadrant for Data Warehousing

“In my opinion, this report is a strong statement about Microsoft’s continued commitment to providing a comprehensive data platform that scales with the needs of enterprise applications and data storage requirements,” said Ted Kummert, corporate vice president of the Data and Storage Platform Division at Microsoft. “Customers such as Danske Supermarket, PREMIER Bankcard and TDC are using the data warehousing functionality of SQL Server 2005 and are seeing amazing business results. With the upcoming release of SQL Server 2008, customers will realize even greater innovations designed to help them access, manage and utilize their business data.”

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/oct07/10-12DWMQPR.mspx

Performance and Scalability: SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition Benchmarks

The TPC-E benchmark simulates the OLTP workload of a brokerage firm. The focus of the benchmark is the central database that executes transactions related to the firm’s customer accounts. Although the underlying business model of TPC-E is a brokerage firm, the database schema, data population, transactions, and implementation rules have been designed to be broadly representative of modern OLTP systems.

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/compare/benchmarks.mspx

http://www.tpc.org/tpch/results/tpch_result_detail.asp?id=107052101

Documents

SQL Server 2008 Product Overview

For organizations to be successful and thrive in today’s world of data, they need a vision that addresses key data trends. The data platform vision of Microsoft helps organizations meet these data explosion needs and the next generation of data-driven applications. Microsoft will continue to invest in and evolve the following key areas to support their data platform vision: mission-critical enterprise data platform, dynamic development, relational data, and business intelligence. Read this paper to learn about the Microsoft Data Platform Vision and how SQL Server 2008 meets the needs of the next generation of data-driven applications.

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/whitepapers/sql2008Overview.mspx

Business Intelligence in SQL Server 2008

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 makes business intelligence (BI) available to everyone through deep integration with Microsoft Office, providing the right tool, to the right user, at the right price. The result is that employees at all levels of an organization can see and help to influence the performance of the business by working with tools that are both easy to use and powerful. Integration with the 2007 Microsoft Office System enables users to view business performance in a way that they understand and which feels comfortable; and the introduction of PerformancePoint Server 2007, helps customers to gain actionable insight into the entire organization so they can monitor, analyze, and plan their businesses, as well as drive alignment, accountability, and actionable insight across the entire organization.

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/whitepapers/sql_2008_bi.mspx

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and Microsoft Data Platform Development

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and the Microsoft data platform provide developers with a comprehensive programming framework in which to create data centric solutions that target mobile devices, desktops, Web servers, and enterprise servers. This data programming environment improves developer productivity by integrating data access and management into the business logic of an application. It provides a comprehensive platform for data access and management from disparate data sources and a scalable solution for data storage and applications.

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/whitepapers/sql_2008_dp.mspx

Online Transaction Processing in SQL Server 2008

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 provides a database platform that is optimized for today’s applications, and that can scale for any size of business. It drives cost-efficiencies by dramatically reducing downtime and enabling dynamic and proactive management that significantly reduces administrative overhead. Finally, SQL Server 2008 provides a highly secure platform that you can trust with your organization’s sensitive, business-critical data.

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/whitepapers/sql_2008_oltp.mspx

Server Consolidation with SQL Server 2008

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/whitepapers/sql_srv_consol.mspx

White Paper: Precision Considerations for Analysis Services Users

This white paper covers accuracy and precision considerations in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services. For example, it is possible to query Analysis Services with similar queries and obtain two different answers. While this appears to be a bug, it actually is due to the fact that Analysis Services caches query results and the imprecision that is associated with approximate data types. This white paper discusses how these issues manifest themselves, why they occur, and best practices to minimize their effect.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bae8beec-9892-4ecd-a9db-292254895f9c&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft technology helps New Zealand banks take mobile payments

Paymark operates New Zealand’s Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale (EFTPOS) infrastructure. Paymark’s two key functions are to authenticate credit and debit card payments and transfer funds to retailers’ bank accounts at the point of sale. The company wanted to extend the service to a wider range of merchants by introducing a remote payments capability, enabling consumers to make real-time bill payments using their mobile phones. Paymark selected Microsoft Certified Partner M-Com’s PayAnywhere mobile payments solution built on the Microsoft® .NET Framework. The flexible and seamless Microsoft development environment allowed the solution to be created quickly and cohesively. This provided cost savings and enabled Paymark to get the solution to market faster. The Paymark Remote service, as it is known, allows Paymark’s customers to offer mobile payment services to New Zealand consumers through their mobile phones.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6e1768e8-b0d5-495a-bf75-398fdd80abf3&DisplayLang=en

EMEA Case Study Resources

Word documents and PowerPoint presentations for GCRP

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7cbc1d01-bdfb-46af-acc1-8ce17ff50bcb&DisplayLang=en

SQL Server 2000: Performance Tuning and Optimization Datasheet

This 4-day workshop provides information on SQL 2000 index and page structures, performance troubleshooting tools, memory architecture, programming efficiency, and optimization techniques.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0556317d-66c3-4a6d-a128-4d6f873a28b3&DisplayLang=en

SQL Server 2005: Performance Tuning and Optimization Datasheet

This 4-day delivery provides participants with in-depth technical knowledge on performance tuning and optimization techniques for SQL Server 2005. Performance tools such as SQLdiag and Performance Monitor are covered in detail.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9b180e91-34e7-4274-9a4f-78562b926358&DisplayLang=en

SQL Server White Papers: Migration from Oracle or Sybase to Microsoft SQL Server

Guide to Migrating from Oracle to SQL Server 2005
This white paper explores challenges that arise when you migrate from an Oracle 7.3 database or later to SQL Server 2005. It describes the implementation differences of database objects, SQL dialects, and procedural code between the two platforms. The entire migration process using SQL Server Migration Assistant for Oracle (SSMA Oracle) is explained in depth, with a special focus on converting database objects and PL/SQL code.
Guide to Migrating from Sybase ASE to SQL Server 2005
This white paper covers known issues for migrating Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise database to SQL Server 2005. Instructions for handling the differences between the two platforms are included. The paper describes how SQL Server Migration Assistant for Sybase, the best tool for this type of migration, can help resolve various migration issues.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3f0f2a3f-dff9-49cd-8ea7-581aa7a303a4&DisplayLang=en

Aligning Business and IT for Greater Corporate Agility (through SOA)

For a very long time, IT and Business has communicated. While they may be speaking in the same language, are they speaking in the same "dialect”? In this session, William Tay will share his field experience as well as explore Microsoft's vision for service-oriented architecture:

what are the best implementation approaches so that instead of being led by the business, IT strategies are driven by business needs
how Microsoft supports this vision by way of an integrated platform, etc.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=71f2a2ec-9149-41e1-91bb-184a94a25160&DisplayLang=en

Singapore Public Sector - Connected Government Framework

Many of Microsoft's government customers are working on the challenges associated with creating a SOA environment and the delivery of electronic services (e-services). This session showcases the vision and value of the Microsoft Connected Government Framework (CGF), designed to help Government customers cost-effectively design, deploy and manage e-Government Interoperability solutions. With the ability to integrate with a variety of existing and legacy systems and applications based on industry standards (such as XML, HTTP, and Web services) the Microsoft Connected Government Framework gives customers the flexibility of leveraging their existing investments.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1a61da48-e650-4916-be8c-cda9fc926aa7&DisplayLang=en

Downloads

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver 1.2

In its continued commitment to interoperability, Microsoft has released a new Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) driver with SQL Server 2005. The SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver 1.2 download is available to all SQL Server users at no additional charge, and provides access to SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 from any Java application, application server, or Java-enabled applet. This is a Type 4 JDBC driver that provides database connectivity through the standard JDBC application program interfaces (APIs) available in J2EE (Java2 Enterprise Edition). This release of the JDBC Driver is JDBC 3.0 compliant and runs on the Java Development Kit (JDK) version 1.4 and higher. It has been tested against all major application servers including BEA WebLogic, IBM WebSphere, JBoss, and Sun.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c47053eb-3b64-4794-950d-81e1ec91c1ba&DisplayLang=en

SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP Community Technology Preview (October 2007)

In its continued commitment to interoperability, Microsoft has released a new SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP. The SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP Community Technology Preview (CTP) download is available to all SQL Server users at no additional charge. The SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP is a PHP 5 extension that allows for the reading and writing of SQL Server data from within PHP scripts. The extension provides a procedural interface for accessing data in all editions of SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2000.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=85f99a70-5df5-4558-991f-8aee8506833c&DisplayLang=en

Events / WebCasts

SQL 2005 Webcasts and Virtual Labs

SQL Server 2005 Webcasts

TechNet Webcast: Deliver Actionable Insight Throughout Your Organization with Data Mining (Part 1 of 3): Your First Project with SQL Server Data Mining (Level 200) – Thursday, November 01, 2007
8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Many users are intrigued and excited to see data mining available in the Microsoft SQL Server product, but many don't know how to start using these features. In this webcast, we lead you through the first steps to success for your data mining projects. We look at the overall architecture of data mining and the kinds of problems that can be solved. We also look at important points for your first project, such as choosing the right algorithms and testing your mining models.

TechNet Webcast: Deliver Actionable Insight Throughout Your Organization with Data Mining (Part 1 of 3): Your First Project with SQL Server Data Mining (Level 200)

MSDN Webcast: Building Spatial Applications with SQL Server 2008 (Level 300) – Thursday, November 01, 2007 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 delivers new spatial data types that enable you to consume, use, and extend location-based data through spatial-enabled applications. Attend this webcast to learn how to use spatial functionality in next version of SQL Server to build and optimize spatial queries.

MSDN Webcast: Building Spatial Applications with SQL Server 2008 (Level 300)

TechNet Webcast: SQL Server 2008 Performance and Scalability Technologies (Level 300) – Thursday, November 01, 2007 9:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 supports very large databases, enterprise-scale reporting systems, and data warehouses. It provides growing database systems with tools and features to optimize performance, scale up individual servers, and scale out very large databases. SQL Server 2008 is designed to take advantage of the latest hardware technologies to support server consolidation. Throughout this presentation, we look into SQL Server 2008 performance and scalability technologies and show how you can use these technologies to provide optimal performance and responsiveness for your large data solutions.

TechNet Webcast: SQL Server 2008 Performance and Scalability Technologies (Level 300)

TechNet Webcast: Rich Report Design with SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services (Level 200) – Thursday, November 01, 2007 1:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Join this webcast to learn more about the report authoring capabilities to be delivered with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services. We provide a deep dive on designing reports with SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services. Learn about all of the new features and usability enhancements in report design. Have you heard about Tablix? Come find out exactly what it is and how it will make report authoring much easier and more powerful.

TechNet Webcast: Rich Report Design with SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services (Level 200)

MSDN Webcast: Build Smart Web Applications with SQL Server Data Mining (Level 200) – Friday, November 02, 2007 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Web applications typically generate large quantities of data, often capturing important aspects of your customers' behavior. What you may not realize is that this data can be excellent for data mining, and the results can be extremely useful in building out smarter applications and Web interfaces. In this session, we introduce the concept of a "smart application" and walk through specific examples of how to build these compelling technologies in for your own Web audience.

MSDN Webcast: Build Smart Web Applications with SQL Server Data Mining (Level 200)

MSDN Webcast: Building Adaptive Applications with SQL Server Data Mining (Level 300) – Thursday, November 08, 2007 1:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

There are many interesting and well-known uses of data mining for business analysis. However, for the application developer, data mining can also be useful for building adaptive, "intelligent" applications. In this webcast, we demonstrate how to build a simple application with Microsoft SQL Server Data Mining that collects data about usage as it goes along, and then uses that data to offer smart defaults—a truly adaptive application.

MSDN Webcast: Building Adaptive Applications with SQL Server Data Mining (Level 300)

Momentum Webcast: A "Sneak Peek" Overview of SQL Server 2008 (Level 100) – Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Join us for this Microsoft SQL Server 2008 webcast to learn all about its new features. SQL Server 2008, the next release of Microsoft SQL Server, provides a comprehensive data platform that is more secure, reliable, manageable, and scalable for your mission-critical applications. We explain how SQL Server 2008 enables developers to create new applications that can store and consume any type of data on any device, empowering all your users to make informed decisions with relevant insights. For organizations to be successful and thrive in today's world of data, they need a vision that addresses key data trends. The Microsoft data platform vision enables organizations to meet these data explosion needs and the next generation of data-driven applications. Discover how SQL Server 2008 can help you get the right information to the right people in the right format on the right device.

Momentum Webcast: A "Sneak Peek" Overview of SQL Server 2008 (Level 100)

MSDN Webcast: SQL Server 2008 Advanced Troubleshooting with Extended Events (Level 200) – Wednesday, November 14, 2007 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Diagnosing production issues affecting Microsoft SQL Server can be difficult and time consuming. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 introduces Extended Events, which provide deep visibility into the inner workings of SQL Server and give the power to diagnose what were once impossible problems while having minimal impact on a running system. In this webcast, we introduce the SQL Server Extended Events features, describe the architecture of Extended Events, and explain how you can use Extended Events to diagnose real issues.

MSDN Webcast: SQL Server 2008 Advanced Troubleshooting with Extended Events (Level 200)

Microsoft Webcast: Business Solutions with SQL Server 2008 (Level 100) – Wednesday, November 14, 2007 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Learn more about how Microsoft SQL Server 2008 provides customers with a trusted, productive, and intelligent platform for business applications. See how SQL Server 2008 can be used to provide a reliable platform with lower cost for key business scenarios like business intelligence, data warehousing, mission-critical applications, and server consolidation.

Microsoft Webcast: Business Solutions with SQL Server 2008 (Level 100)

TechNet Webcast: Deliver Actionable Insight Throughout Your Organization with Data Mining (Part 2 of 3): Understand SQL Server Data Mining Add-ins for the 2007 Office System (Level 200) – Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Microsoft SQL Server Data Mining Add-ins for Excel empower information workers with an easy-to-use, yet remarkably complete, set of tools for predictive analysis, directly within their tool of choice – Microsoft Office Excel. Attend this webcast to understand how add-ins can enable your employees to utilize this simple and powerful technology to perform advanced analysis.

TechNet Webcast: Deliver Actionable Insight Throughout Your Organization with Data Mining (Part 2 of 3): Understand SQL Server Data Mining Add-ins for the 2007 Office System (Level 200)

Further on-demand webcasts are available here: http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetsqlserver2005.mspx

New KB’s

SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition

FIX: The CPU utilization may suddenly increase to 100 percent when there are many connections to an instance of SQL Server 2000 on a computer that has multiple processors

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939317

FIX: You cannot capture a dump file for some issues that occur when SQL Server 2000 runs out of virtual memory

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=937840

FIX: You cannot stop the SQL Server service, or many minidump files and many log files are generated in SQL Server 2000

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924664

SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition

FIX: The process stops responding when you run an SSIS package that contains a Flat File destination in x64 versions of Microsoft SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942666

FIX: Error message when you run the CREATE ASSEMBLY statement to register a CLR assembly in SQL Server 2005: "An error occurred while gathering metadata from assembly '<AssemblyName>' with HRESULT 0x80131"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941256

FIX: Error message when you run a query that references a column of the XML data type in SQL Server 2005: "The XML data type is damaged"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941176

FIX: Error message when you try to delete some stored procedures concurrently in SQL Server 2005: “Temp table deferred drop doesn't scale for certain workloads”

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942661

FIX: Error message when you run the BULK INSERT statement in Microsoft SQL Server 2005: "The bulk load failed. The column is too long in the data file for row <n>, column <n>"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942660

Error message when an application connects to SQL Server on a server that is running Windows Server 2003: "General Network error," "Communication link failure," or "A transport-level error"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942861

How to determine the version of SQL Server 2005 Integration Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942177

Description of the SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) service and of alternatives to clustering the SSIS service

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942176

FIX: Error message when you set up a snapshot publication on a database in SQL Server 2005: "Error 137, Must declare the scalar variable <VariableName>"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942656

FIX: High CPU usage occurs periodically on a subscriber when you synchronize a merge publication in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942668

FIX: You cannot connect to an instance of SQL Server 2005, and an error message is logged in the SQL Server error log

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941689

FIX: The W3WP.exe process of Internet Information Services stops unexpectedly when you configure a merge replication that uses Web synchronization in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942712

FIX: Error message when you use the SQL Server Native Client OLE DB provider to connect to an instance of SQL Server 2005: "Conversions not allowed using bcp_moretext"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941233

FIX: You receive a time-out error message when you try to send a message to the target service of a Service Broker application that you create in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942711

FIX: A query that has many outer joins takes a long time to compile in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943060

Error message when you create a snapshot backup of many databases at the same time in SQL Server 2005: "ERROR Selected writer 'Microsoft Writer (Service State)' is in failed state"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943471

FIX: SQL Server Agent replaces the A_DBN token with "master" in a job that responds to a database alert in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941178

FIX: The query performance is slower when you run the query in SQL Server 2005 than when you run the query in SQL Server 2000

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942659

FIX: After you enable the Address Windowing Extensions (AWE) feature in SQL Server 2005, access violations may occur, and SQL Server 2005 may stop responding

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941695

How to make unwanted access to SQL Server 2005 by an operating system administrator more difficult

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=932881

FIX: Error message when you run a DML statement against a table in a SQL Server 2005 Integration Services package: "Msg 6549, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_FuzzyLookupTableMaintenanceInvoke, Line 0"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942905

FIX: Error message when you synchronize a merge replication in a replication topology that contains two or more re-publishers in SQL Server 2005: "21997 Failed to allocate new identity range"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941989

Cumulative update package 5 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943656

Performance is slow when you run a query in SQL Server 2005 that updates a table on a linked server and then joins the table to a table on the local server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942982

FIX: A query that involves an outer join operation runs very slowly in Microsoft SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942444

FIX: Error message when you run the DBCC CHECKTABLE statement or the DBCC CHECKDB statement in Microsoft SQL Server 2005: "Column '<ColumnName>' value is out of range for data type 'float'"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942904

FIX: Only the import operation of the first batch is minimally logged when you import the data in multiple batches in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943284

FIX: Error message when you use the "bcp_sendrow" function in a SQL Server 2005-based application that uses a SQL Native Client provider: "For BCP, all variable-length data must have either a length-prefix or a terminator specified"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942714

FIX: When you run a stored procedure that uses some views in SQL Server 2005, the performance is slow compared to SQL Server 2000 if the views use the JOIN operator and contain subqueries

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942906

Error message in the SQL Server Errorlog file after you upgrade SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005 on a server that is running Windows Server 2003: "Unable to update password policy"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936892

FIX: You cannot run some SQL Server 2005 Integration Services packages in Business Intelligence Development Studio if you also run the same packages by using the Dtexec.exe utility

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942665

FIX: Error messages when you run a SQL Server 2005 Integration Services package after you install Cumulative Update 2 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2: "Data conversion failed" and "SSIS Error Code DTS_E_INDUCEDTRANSFORMFAILUREONERROR"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943655

FIX: Some events are not logged correctly when you enable SQL Server event forwarding on a SQL Server Agent of SQL Server 2000 to forward events to SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940941

FIX: SQL Server 2005 may send error information for the same problem many times when a fatal error occurs

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941539

You cannot rebuild system databases if you run the Setup command from a location that is not the original installation location of SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943635

SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

Error message when you run an MDX query against a dimension cube in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services: "The $<DimensionCube_Name> cube either does not exist or has not been processed"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942240

FIX: The Analysis Services service stops unexpectedly when you run a Multidimensional Expressions query that uses unary operators on a dimension in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942667

FIX: A Multidimensional Expressions query that contains a FILTER function returns an incorrect result in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942654

FIX: Event ID 22 is logged in the Application log when you process an object in a database in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942121

An MDX query returns additional cell data when you use the IsEmpty function on the query axis in Analysis Services with SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942839

FIX: Error message when you run a Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) query in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services: "Internal error An unexpected exception occured"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940996

An MDX query that contains an Aggregate function returns #Error for the cell values in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942981

A cube is not modified when you process the cube by using the ProcessDefault option in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941742

SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

FIX: In Reporting Services together with SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2, the "Save As Report" dialog box stops responding, or the "Open Report" dialog box stops responding in Report Builder

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942715

FIX: The content of a group is displayed incorrectly when you change a parameter and then you click a toggle image in SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941792

FIX: Error message when you display a parameterized report in a Report Viewer Web part in SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942530

FIX: An object data source may not appear in the Website Data Sources window when you try to set the object data source for a SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services report in Visual Studio 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939768

FIX: The status of the shared schedule appears as Paused after you click Resume when you use Report Manager in SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services SP2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938916

FIX: Error message when you try to build or to deploy a report server project of SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services: "This implementation is not part of the Windows Platform FIPS validated cryptographic algorithms"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942664

FIX: Dates in the Datetimepicker control appear in the incorrect format when you view a report of SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services with SP2 on a server that is set to a German locale

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938823

November 2007 - Technical Rollup Mail - Unified Communications

Justin Zarb — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:01:48 GMT

News

Partners Rally Around Microsoft Unified Communications Software
Q&A: Microsoft partners discuss how and why they are taking advantage of the company’s unified communications platform to meet the needs of customers and tap into a US$45 billion market opportunity.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2007/oct07/10-16uclaunch.mspx

Exchange Team Blog

http://msexchangeteam.com/default.aspx

Outlook Team Blog

http://blogs.msdn.com/outlook/default.aspx

Unified Communications Team Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/uc/default.aspx

Downloads

Exchange Server 2007 Deployment Checklist

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3dccec5f85-a810-4a85-acc7-927d216601f2%26DisplayLang%3den

Managing the Calendaring and Collaboration Process By Using Exchange Server 2007 Web Services

Understand how Microsoft used Exchange Server 2007 Web Services to create an automated and integrated communication and collaboration solution.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d72dc33e8-51f9-4850-b35e-9714b656a64b%26DisplayLang%3den

Going 64-Bit with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

This topic illustrates how Microsoft met evolving business needs with the deployment of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, such as reducing risks associated with spam, improving business agility, and lowering TCO. The 64-bit platform enables Microsoft IT to keep pace with ever-increasing performance expectations, raise mailbox quotas, lower storage costs, and eliminate tape backups to save additional

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3df31e7541-f63a-4b7d-b8d2-3794c4dc3329%26DisplayLang%3den

Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2007 (KB941421)

Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2007 (KB941421)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d41ec35e7-79a0-4ecb-a644-1ece94178f9d%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino

This end-to-end guide takes you through the process of assessing your environment, planning your directory and mail transition, and executing your coexistence and migration plan.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d72a947d9-e75f-4eae-b153-e0b4a16442d9%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 Release Notes

This download contains a standalone version of the Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 Release Notes. This release notes document includes information about how to install and configure this management pack. It also describes known issues about the product and suggested resolutions.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d62f22988-b326-4112-a5aa-3f28e7aab148%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console User Guide

Forefront Server Security Management Console allows administrators to easily manage Forefront Security for Exchange Server, Forefront Security for SharePoint, and Microsoft Antigen.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3dae4ce23b-9e1e-455c-87a4-36167fe43107%26DisplayLang%3den

Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Overview

Understand the value of Exchange Server 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3db8ed2b67-ee8f-4981-bc22-85d250a814a9%26DisplayLang%3den

Data Protection Manager 2007 - Evaluation Software

System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 is the new standard for Windows® backup and recovery -- delivering continuous data protection for Microsoft® application and file servers using seamlessly integrated disk and tape media. DPM enables rapid and reliable recovery through advanced technology for enterprises of all sizes.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d880a6de5-08d7-4b2f-bc1f-caa784634575%26DisplayLang%3den

ADTD

The Microsoft Active Directory Topology Diagrammer reads an Active Directory configuration using ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), and then automatically generates a Visio diagram of your Active Directory and /or your Exchange 200x Server topology. The diagramms include domains, sites, servers, administrative groups, routing groups and connectors and can be changed manually in Visio if needed.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3dcb42fc06-50c7-47ed-a65c-862661742764%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Release Notes

This document contains known issues related to Office Communications Server 2007 and Communicator Web Access (2007 release).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d011d0448-3a8b-47e1-a469-32bedf9d21bd%26DisplayLang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Document: Standard Edition Deployment Guide

This document describes how to deploy Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d1068beb2-4370-4c66-a3dc-55bdd032b857%26DisplayLang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Document: Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide

This document describes the process of deploying Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 Enterprise Edition.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d53f65dc9-09dc-4748-81f7-48457469e550%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Update Service Deployment Guide

This document describes how to deploy Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Software Update Service.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d83ef9159-e446-4d13-b05f-7e328b3cb4ad%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 Release Notes

Refer to this file for information regarding known issues about Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d8102b4e6-62f2-4d33-b465-a6c5da1b8973%26DisplayLang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Document: Edge Server Deployment Guide

This document guides you through the deployment of edge servers in your Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 topology.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3ded45b74e-00c4-40d2-abee-216ce50f5ad2%26DisplayLang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Document: Technical Overview

This document provides a technical overview of the architecture and new features of Office Communications Server 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d09b218ea-6ff6-4679-a117-9767ab98990a%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Phone Edition

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Phone Edition is the first generation Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone which is directly compatible with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3deeb1b339-df7e-486f-a47a-23d7ed8be6fd%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Web Conferencing Solutions White Paper

Compare Microsoft Web conferencing solutions

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d250c2446-14dc-4f16-8c0a-38a0aad055b2%26DisplayLang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Document: Technical Reference

This document provides in-depth technical information on the components, protocol and architecture of Office Communications Server.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d959cb709-d81e-4dde-821f-0411dfcfc073%26DisplayLang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Supportability Guide

This document provides information about supported configurations in Office Communications Server 2007 environments.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3df8cc9b59-225f-425d-bd3a-e506396c6207%26DisplayLang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Security Guide

The security guide provide guidelines for assessing and managing security risks to your Office Communications Server 2007 deployment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d2d1ea693-25e0-43d9-8c5c-0822ef83955a%26DisplayLang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Document: Migrating to Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007

This document guides you through the process of upgrading to Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d20f67afc-6af5-4a03-99bf-4150def36457%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Unified Communications AJAX SDK

The Microsoft Unified Communications AJAX Software Development Kit (SDK) includes documentation and sample applications for cross-platform Unified Communications application development.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3dd5a36cc7-9b94-4082-ab55-22feffce6b80%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API SDK

Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API (UCMA) is an endpoint API that allows advanced developers to build and integrate server applications into an existing Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 infrastructure.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3db30306e4-7dc1-44d2-9a68-9b4a6fc5c2df%26DisplayLang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 VoIP Test Set

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 VoIP Test Set enables you to simulate a SIP endpoint to test connectivity.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=16&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d7b6ab4f3-2949-4e97-856e-9c4ae323c75a%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Unified Communications Client API SDK

Microsoft Unified Communications Client API SDK provides a powerful and flexible API for building client applications for Office Communications Server 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d82c468da-3294-4ca9-bbcc-d455cfd06af2%26DisplayLang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Deployment Validation Tool

Diagnose audio issues within your Office Communications Server 2007 environment using the Office Communications Server 2007 Deployment Validation Tool.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d3596a10d-65cc-4cca-8470-3f23d5ea55b2%26DisplayLang%3den

.NET Rocks! - Michael Dunn on Speech Server and OCS

Michael Dunn tells Carl and Richard about Office Communication Server (OCS) 2007 which has incorporated Live Communication Server with Speech Server. Speech Server is one of the key development elements of OCS, providing the ability for .NET developers to build applications that can both speak and understand speech with minimal coding.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=19&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3df1b40800-97fb-472d-8775-00d859b5fce6%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Quality of Experience

This document introduces Microsoft UC Quality of Experience, an innovative approach that aims to provide all users with the best possible quality anytime anywhere.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=20&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d05625af1-3444-4e67-9557-3fd5af9ae8d1%26DisplayLang%3den

Live Meeting Service Portal v8.0 Release Notes

Refer to this file for information regarding known issues about the Microsoft Office Live Meeting Service Portal.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=21&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d2a94df8c-1a6d-42ec-942d-162bc5b30b31%26DisplayLang%3den

Office Communicator 2007: Enhanced Presence Model White Paper

This download includes the Communicator 2007 Enhanced Presence Model White Paper

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=22&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3ddf0ba247-3884-43c7-a1e1-791d64b8bfa8%26DisplayLang%3den

Events/Webcasts

Exchange Unplugged Series

Exchange Unplugged gives you the inside scoop on Exchange Server 2007, Office Communications Server 2007 and the rest of the Unified Communications platform. Microsoft UK’s specialists will show you how Exchange 2007 has changed due to customer feedback, how to migrate from your existing solution to a unified communications solution and how Office Communications Server 2007 can help your users communicate better.

01 November 2007, Maidenhead: Exchange Unplugged in Association with Nortel

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032350071&Culture=en-GB

02 November 2007, Gaydon: Exchange Unplugged in Association with Post CTI

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032349336&Culture=en-GB

05 November 2007, Glasgow: Exchange Unplugged in Association with Capito

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032349344&Culture=en-GB

08 November 2007, Momentum Webcast: Protecting Your HP Storage and Microsoft Exchange Server Solution from Disasters (Level 200)

Natural and man-made disasters can occur when you least expect them—serving as a reminder that in less than a moment's notice, volumes of data can be lost. To prevent data loss from failure, error, or disaster, Microsoft and HP offer several complementary software solutions that can help protect your small to mid-sized business from the unexpected. In this webcast, we discuss Microsoft local continuous replication (LCR), cluster continuous replication (CCR), standby continuous replication (SCR), and Hewlett-Packard (HP) storage mirroring. We explore each product, explain why each is important, and describe how each might fit in your data protection strategy. We also discuss which utility is most appropriate for your environment. Data protection is a key business requirement that grows as your reliance on data grows. Join us to learn how these Microsoft and HP utilities can be coupled with HP StorageWorks tape backup and snapshot technology for small and medium business (SMB) solutions that rival enterprise requirements, but at a much better price for your business.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032351245%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

12 November 2007, TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 Deployment and Migration Strategies (Level 200)

In this session, we talk about installation and deployment of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. We start with a look at various deployment scenarios. Then, as Exchange Server supports role-based deployments, we take a look at server roles. We run through detailed pre-installation requirements in terms of the supporting infrastructure, software, hardware, and security. Next, after outlining the installation process, we provide a few demonstrations. Finally, we look at how to automate server deployments using the unattended setup commands and Windows PowerShell scripts to provision servers following deployment.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032356632%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

Premier Soundbytes and Workshops (Ask your TAM for more details)

19/11/07 : Soundbyte : Exchange 2007 Messaging Records Management
17/12/07 : Soundbyte : Exchange 2007 Autodiscover

26/11/07 : Exchange 2007 Upgrade and Migration

26/11/07 : Exchange 2003 Clustering

New KB’s

messages or receive messages after you fail over an active node to a passive node in an Exchange 2007 cluster

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941707

Some Outlook calendar items are rebased incorrectly when you use the Outlook Time Zone Data Update Tool to adjust for daylight saving time changes in certain time zones

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943390

Store.exe deletes system messages before they are returned to public folders on an Exchange Server 2003-based server or on an Exchange 2000 Server-based server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943022

Forefront Server Security for Exchange Server does not decrypt encrypted messages

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940470

Description of the Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter update: October 9, 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942571

Description of the Outlook 2007 Junk E-mail Filter update: October 9, 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942575

Appointments are incorrect by one hour when you access the appointments by using the Outlook Mobile Access (OMA) client

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942919

An OWA user may not receive a password-expiration warning in an Exchange Server 2003 organization if the user's display name contains certain DBCS characters

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941810

A hotfix is available to resolve some problems with the Forefront Client Security client

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938054

The AutoCorrect feature does not work in Outlook 2003 after you install Office 2003 SP3

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943519

When you try to configure the Outlook 2007 AutoDiscover service to use a remote domain, you may receive a certificate mismatch error

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943359

November 2007 - Technical Rollup Mail - Platforms

Justin Zarb — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:01:00 GMT

News

Windows Vista Upgrade Offers - OFFER NOW CLOSED

With the festive season fast-approaching, we've teamed up with some of the UK's leading retailers to provide some very special offers that will make upgrading to Windows Vista even more rewarding. So whether you're treating yourself or buying gifts for friends and family, there's never been a better time to turn the PC you've got into the PC you've always wanted! But hurry, offers end 30 October 2007.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7623430

Microsoft Security Assessment Tool 3.0

The Microsoft Security Assessment Tool (MSAT) is a risk-assessment application designed to provide information and recommendations about best practices for security within an information technology (IT) infrastructure.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7623431

Start your Microsoft Windows 2008 Readiness Right Here

Focus on readiness for Windows Server 2008 now, and you can be the one who stands out when initiatives happen - and when promotion decisions are made. Let Microsoft Learning resources give you the head start you need to transition your skills and credentials to the latest Windows Server technologies - from free elearning clinics and free ebook downloads.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7623432

Get an Extra Shot at Microsoft Certification

For a limited time, you can get an extra chance to pass any Microsoft IT Professional, Developer or Microsoft Dynamics Certification exam - free. Register for this offer before your first exam and you'll get two shots at success. Register now!

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7623434

The Windows Server 2008 Upgrade Exam Is Coming

Update your skills and get ready for the Windows Server 2008 certification exam with special offers on e-learning collections and classroom training.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7623435

Documents

Windows Server 2008 Technical Overviews

These technical overviews provide IT Professionals with information about how a Windows Server 2008 technology works. They may also cover design and planning considerations and basic setup and operating instructions.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=46dc26d6-af47-43f0-b3de-521831fe09d6&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server 2008 Step-by-Step Guides

These step-by-step guides help IT Professionals learn about and evaluate Windows Server 2008. These documents are downloadable versions of guides found in the Windows Server 2008 Technical Library. (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=86808)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=518d870c-fa3e-4f6a-97f5-acaf31de6dce&DisplayLang=en

Managing Virtual Server Host Clustering using System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007

Microsoft® System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2007 manages a virtualized data center running Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 and provides unified management of physical and virtual machines, consolidation of underutilized physical servers, and rapid provisioning of new virtual machines. This document provides an introduction to the methods and concepts that Information Technology (IT) professionals can use to manage Virtual Server clustered hosts using VMM. Virtual Server host clustering allows you to use a small number of physical servers to provide a wide variety of services, while maintaining the availability of the services that you provide. If a physical host server requires scheduled or unscheduled downtime, another host server is able to quickly begin supporting services.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=75bd4642-b731-42a2-9770-ff8aeff9eed9&DisplayLang=en

Windows Vista User Experience Guidelines

Use this page to download a preliminary draft of the Windows Vista User Experience Guidelines (or UX Guide). These guidelines contain information on what’s new in Windows Vista, design principles, and guidelines for controls, commands, text, interaction, windows, aesthetics, and the Windows environment. They help designers and developers create high-quality Windows Vista applications with a consistent “look and feel.“

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e49820cb-954d-45ae-9cb3-1b9e8ea7fe8c&DisplayLang=en

White Paper: Virtualization From the Datacenter to the Desktop

White Paper: Virtualization From the Datacenter to the Desktop

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ec5b0718-114c-474d-be01-8a1186eb3cdb&DisplayLang=en

White Paper: The Road to Desktop Optimization

White Paper: The Road to Desktop Optimization

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=90e5f13d-f48d-4f94-9032-58af7550fde2&DisplayLang=en

White Paper: Optimizing Your Server Infrastructure

White Paper: Optimizing Your Server Infrastructure

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5cb2a9ba-d830-4510-9729-78b43208f498&DisplayLang=en

White Paper: Remote Infrastructure Optimization

White Paper: Remote Infrastructure Optimization

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e5f186fa-3cfe-477a-89c3-abd5f75d6eb7&DisplayLang=en

Hypervisor Functional Specification

Microsoft Windows Server 2008. This document is the top-level functional specification (TLFS) of the first-generation Microsoft hypervisor. It specifies the externally-visible behavior. The document assumes familiarity with the goals of the project and the high-level hypervisor architecture.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=91e2e518-c62c-4ff2-8e50-3a37ea4100f5&DisplayLang=en

Downloads

Internet Explorer Administration Kit 7

Internet Explorer 7 Administration Kit (IEAK 7) enables the most efficient way to deploy Internet Explorer 7 and manage Web-based solutions.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=36b932c2-a356-4ae5-8c09-1bac9f7a4fe9&DisplayLang=en

SyncToy v2.0 Beta

SyncToy 2.0 Beta for Windows is available as a free download from the Microsoft Download Center. The easy to use, customizable application helps you copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c26efa36-98e0-4ee9-a7c5-98d0592d8c52&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server 2008 Beta 3 VHD (Full Installation)

This download comes as a pre-configured VHD. This download enables you evaluate Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Beta 3.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9aa65956-4a13-46a3-9711-82939a041792&DisplayLang=en

WS-Management v1.1

WS-Management v1.1 delivers WS-Management functionality on Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows 2003 Server R2

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=845289ca-16cc-4c73-8934-dd46b5ed1d33&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server 2008 RC0 Enterprise

Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate helps IT professionals to increase the flexibility and reliability of their server infrastructure while offering developers a more robust web and applications platform for building connected applications and services.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0818d425-cd47-4279-be8d-24aba14530a3&DisplayLang=en

Events/Webcasts

Momentum Webcast: Introductory Session to Microsoft Core Infrastructure Optimization Model and Virtualization (Level 100)

Thursday, November 01, 2007 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7586057

TechNet Webcast: Optimize Your Data Center Using PlateSpin Solutions, Dell Servers, and Microsoft Virtual Server (Level 200)

Thursday, November 01, 2007 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7586058

Configuring Windows Compute Cluster Server clusters for ANSYS software; Guidelines and Current Hardware Solutions

Tuesday, November 06, 2007 7:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7586059

TechNet Webcast: Storage Best Practices for Virtual Server (Level 200)

Tuesday, November 06, 2007 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7586060

Microsoft Webcast: Overview of Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services (Level 100)

Tuesday, November 06, 2007 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7586061

TechNet Webcast: The Significance of the Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Release to Market (Level 200)

Thursday, November 08, 2007 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7586062

TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Session Broker (Level 300)

Tuesday, November 13, 2007 1:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7586063

Momentum Webcast: Windows Server 2008 - A Solid Foundation for Your Business Workloads and Security (Level 100)

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7586064

TechNet Webcast: Remote Desktop Protocol as a Presentation Remoting Platform (Level 300)

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 1:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7586065

TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Licensing (Level 300)

Thursday, November 15, 2007 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7586066

TechNet Webcast: The Virtues of Virtualization (Level 200)

Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7586067

TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services RemoteApp and Web Access (Level 300)

Tuesday, November 20, 2007 1:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7586068

TechNet Webcast: Developing for Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services (Level 300)

Monday, November 26, 2007 9:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7586069

TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Is Providing an Improved Web and Applications Platform with Internet Information Services 7.0 in Windows Server 2008 (Level 300)

Tuesday, November 27, 2007 9:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7586070

TechNet Webcast: Terminal Services Easy Print (Level 300)

Tuesday, November 27, 2007 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7586071

TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Security and Authentication (Level 300)

Wednesday, November 28, 2007 9:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7586072

On-Demand Microsoft IT Webcasts for IT Managers

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7281008

On-Demand Microsoft IT Webcasts for IT Pros

New KBs

On a Windows Vista-based computer, you cannot view the pop-up menu when you try to access a DVD-VR format DVD that was created by using a consumer electronics DVD recorder

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942365

Cumulative update rollup for USB core components in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941600

You cannot view certificate information in Windows Internet Explorer 7 or in Certificate Manager if you use an unattended answer file to install Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942543

You may be unable to run an executable file or a script file from a UNC path when you have Windows Internet Explorer 7 installed on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942091

An IP address of 0.0.0.0 is assigned to a network adapter on a Windows Server 2003-based computer that uses two network adapters and that uses an iSCSI boot configuration

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942913

The ADAM store on a Windows Server 2003 R2-based computer always uses the NTLM protocol instead of the Kerberos protocol to perform user proxy authentication

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940448

If you load the Intel iSCSI Setup driver for an iSCSI disk during Windows Server 2003 installation, the installation program reports that no disk is detected, and the installation process fails

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934848

Error message when a NetDDE application is running on a Windows Server 2003-based computer: "Stop 0x000000C2"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941004

A user in a trusted Windows Server 2003 forest cannot use a UPN to log on to a trusting Windows Server 2003 forest when UPN suffixes are not DNS-compliant

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942223

You do not receive an overload notification when the USB bus becomes overloaded on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and that is using an NVIDIA USB controller

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941716

A 32-bit application cannot access the System32 folder on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942589

An access violation may occur in the Telephony service that is run by Wvchost.exe when you run a Telephony API (TAPI)-related application on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942537

A domain name is resolved to an incorrect IP address when a third-party name service provider is installed on a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=889019

Detection and deployment guidance for the October 9, 2007 security release

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943357

Stop error after the surprise removal of a device that is under I/O stress on a Windows Server 2003-based computer: "0x000000D1"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940505

MS07-055: Vulnerability in Kodak Image Viewer could allow remote code execution

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=923810

Users cannot access resources that are federated by ADFS together with a third-party identity management system

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941308

Windows Server 2003-based domain controllers may incorrectly return the "NO_SUCH_USER (0xc0000064)" status code in response to logon requests

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942636

Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerability in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 URL handling could allow remote code execution

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943521

Japanese characters appear as boxes when you use a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based printer server to print the characters

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941880

A hotfix is available to update the "(GMT-3:00) Brasilia" time zone and the "(GMT-4:00) Manaus" time zone for 2007 through 2008 in Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943000

A Windows XP Service Pack 2–based computer that has an Intel processor may experience high power consumption when the processor is idle and when there is a discontinuity in the C-states that are reported by the BIOS

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941837

Some data on an NTFS partition may become corrupted after you restart a Windows XP-based computer that uses a SATA hard disk drive and a utility that calls the FSCTL_MOVE_FILE API

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941715

Windows background music does not play as expected when the OOBE Wizard is running after you use the Sysprep utility to distribute an image of Windows XP SP2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942603

Event ID 1 is logged after you install IBM Rescue and Recovery

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942912

Error message on a computer that is running Windows XP when you select a certificate for a Web site: "The page cannot be displayed"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943358

When you use a USB-to-Serial converter to connect a device to a Windows XP-based computer, the data transfer from the computer to the device is slower than expected

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943198

Exceptions do not work correctly when you enable Windows Firewall on a domain controller, and then you upgrade to Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942697

How to implement URL validation in application development for Windows XP or for Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943522

After you set the EnableDirectoryPartitions registry entry to 0 on a Windows Server 2003 DNS server, DNS scavenging fails, and event ID 2502 is logged

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942923

You randomly receive a "STOP 0x00000044" error message after you install a third-party program on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942528

Virtual machines on a computer that is running ESX Server may not connect to a computer that is running WSS 2003 R2 and Server for Network File System (NFS) or to a computer that is running any edition of Windows Server 2003 R2 and Server for NFS

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942868

You experience application performance issues after you install the update from security bulletin MS07-043 on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943172

A Windows XP Service Pack 2-based destination computer may stop responding after you log on to it by using an RDP session and a third-party smart card

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942694

The Properties dialog box of a DFS share takes several minutes to appear on a Windows XP-based client computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941133

Error message on a Windows XP-based computer: "An access violation has occurred in Services.exe"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943303

Error message when you execute a Remote Assistance invitation file to connect to a novice’s computer on a Windows XP-based computer that has RDC 6.0 installed: “A Remote Assistance connection could not be established”

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941603

Description of Code 10-related errors that Device Manager generates on Windows XP-based computers

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943104

October 2007 - Technical Rollup Mail - Manageability

Justin Zarb — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:08:03 GMT

News

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Now Available

The next release of Systems Management Server (SMS), entitled System Center Configuration Manager 2007, is now available for download. With major investments in simplicity, configuration, deployment and security, Configuration Manager 2007 dramatically simplifies system deployment, task automation, compliance management, and policy based security management allowing for increased business agility.

Download a trial version here

Downloads

System Center Trial Software

http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/evaluation/trial/default.mspx

Events/WebCasts

TechNet Virtual Lab: Deploying Forefront Client Security Virtual Lab - Part 1

After completing this lab, you will be better able to install software and client prerequisites. 2/27/2007 12:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 8/25/2008 11:59 PM | Duration:90 Minutes

Primary Language: English