Technical RollUp : 2008

This 490-page document covers the essential phases and steps to upgrade existing instances of SQL Server 2000 and 2005 to SQL Server 2008 by using best practices. These include preparation tasks, upgrade tasks, and post-upgrade tasks. It is intended to be a supplement to SQL Server 2008 Books Online.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d66d3e6f5-6902-4fdd-af75-9975aea5bea7%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server MP for OpsMgr 2007

The Microsoft SQL Server Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 provides discovery and monitoring of SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8c0f970e-c653-4c15-9e51-6a6cadfca363%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server 2008 Compliance Guide

This paper provides an overview of how to approach compliance for the management of the SQL Server database. It describes the compliance-related features of SQL Server 2008 and how to apply them to IT controls. This paper includes tips and scripts to help jump-start compliance solution development.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6e1021dd-65b9-41c2-8385-438028f5acc2%26displaylang%3den

Azure Services Training Kit

Azure Services Training Kit

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d413e88f8-5966-4a83-b309-53b7b77edf78%26displaylang%3den

EMEA Case Study Resources

Case Study Resources

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7cbc1d01-bdfb-46af-acc1-8ce17ff50bcb%26displaylang%3den

RML Utilities for SQL Server (x64)

Tools to help database administrators manage the performance of Microsoft SQL Server.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db60cdfa3-732e-4347-9c06-2d1f1f84c342%26displaylang%3den

RML Utilities for SQL Server (x86)

Tools to help database administrators manage the performance of Microsoft SQL Server.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7edfa95a-a32f-440f-a3a8-5160c8dbe926%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server Data Services

SQL Server Data Services

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2539d851-1e68-42fd-bee0-d36806a732fb%26displaylang%3den

External Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint

This solution accelerator is a collection of software and guidance that you can use to easily deploy a SharePoint-based environment for collaboration with people outside your firewall. The accelerator allows users to create collaboration environments that use the familiar SharePoint interface. Because the solution is easy to use, end users are more likely to use it rather than revert to e mail.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd9af2c25-989c-45c4-8008-1f15722190ed%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server 2008 Predictive Analysis Datasheet

Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2008 empowers informed decisions with predictive analysis through intuitive data mining; seamlessly integrated within the Microsoft Business Intelligence platform and extensible into business applications.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dbfcc3ded-9a3d-4a32-85e2-e71fd90ee645%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Datasheet

Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2008 helps enable organizations to build comprehensive, enterprise-scale analytic solutions that deliver actionable insights through familiar tools.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1ad953e6-2ca9-4d8b-95ff-d5242c4c627a%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Performance Guide

This white paper describes how application developers can apply query and processing performance-tuning techniques to their SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services OLAP solutions.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3be0488d-e7aa-4078-a050-ae39912d2e43%26displaylang%3den

Visual Studio 2005 Update for SQL Server 2008 Support

This update enables developers to use Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 with Microsoft SQL Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de1109aef-1aa2-408d-aa0f-9df094f993bf%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server 2008 Security DataSheet

SQL Server 2008 Security DataSheet

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=16&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d65c2a014-5cbc-424e-ad5d-8d1da0bf6f58%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server 2008 Report Builder 2.0

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Report Builder 2.0 provides an intuitive report authoring environment for business and power users. It supports the full capabilities of SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services. The download provides a stand-alone installer for Report Builder 2.0

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9f783224-9871-4eea-b1d5-f3140a253db6%26displaylang%3den

Virtualizing SQL Server 2008 with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

Virtualizing SQL Server 2008 with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5b72bd51-df66-43a0-aca6-d23bf0d7f44d%26displaylang%3den

Creating Custom Reports by Using Configuration Manager 2007 SQL Views

This documentation provides the information to help you create custom reports, determine which Configuration Manager 2007 SQL views contain the information you need for your reports, and identify the path between the necessary SQL views and determine what columns can be used to join them.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=19&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d87bbe64e-5439-4fc8-becc-deb372a40f4a%26displaylang%3den

Intergraph

Intergraph® GeoMedia® to Support Microsoft SQL Server 2008

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=20&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dac45a8bf-a152-431b-bb79-04afa66ddfe0%26displaylang%3den

EVENTS/WEBCASTS

A walk down memory lane - SQLBits Video

An in-depth look at SQL Server and Windows memory configuration and usage covering x86, x64, /PAE, /3GB, AWE, MemToLeave, Virtual Address Space, DBCC MemoryStatus, and Workspace/Query Memory.

http://coeo.com/sql-server-events/sql-server-conferences.html

TechNet Webcast: SQL Server 2008 for SAP Customers

http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/detail/webcastdetails.aspx?seriesid=111&webcastid=1032353311

TechNet Webcast: Protect SQL Server 2008 with Data Protection Manager 2007 (Level 300)

http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/detail/webcastdetails.aspx?seriesid=111&webcastid=5011

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Performance Troubleshooting (Level 200)

http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/detail/webcastdetails.aspx?seriesid=111&webcastid=4731

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Streamlining Data Integration (Level 200)

http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/detail/webcastdetails.aspx?seriesid=111&webcastid=4875

NEW KB's

SQL 2008

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: You may receive incorrect results when you run a query that references three or more tables in the FROM clause in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958611/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise 2008 EN: How to upgrade SQL Server 2008 Setup by running a newer version of the SQL Server 2008 Setup support files

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955392/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: Some Dundas Chart features are missing after you convert a SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services report to SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956027/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you use a SQL Server 2008 Integration Services package to query a table in an Oracle database: "SSIS Error Code DTS_E_INDUCEDTRANSFORMFAILUREONERROR"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959794/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you rebuild indexes for a table that contains sparse columns in SQL Server 2008: "Cannot alter table '<TableName>' because the table either contains sparse columns or a column set column which are incompatible with compression"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958792/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Some screens in the Cumulative Update 1 for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 setup contain incorrect information

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959792/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: When an AMO object is used in the SQL Server 2008 CLR stored procedure to create or update Analysis Services objects, the stored procedure may fail

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959780/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: When you try to install a failover instance on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows, the x86 option is available on the options landing page in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959889/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: A deadlock occurs when you implement DDL statements against the partitions that are defined in a partitioned table in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959783/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: Error message when an application uses ODBC to bind a TVP and a subtype as DAE in SQL Server 2008: "HY010, [Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 10.0]Function sequence error"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959796/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: A query that uses a DMV to query the sys.dm_os_performance_counters object seems to stop responding in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959798/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: The installation is not successful when you try to install BIDS in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959800/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: When you try to update SQL Server 2008 in attended mode, the update for SQL Support is not successful

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959801/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Dr. Watson error information is not posted in the Problem Reports and Solutions window if SQL Server 2008 Setup fails

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959788/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: SQL Server Setup may be unsuccessful when you try to install SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958918/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: A DMX prediction query returns incorrect results when you query a logistic regression model in SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959769/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Visual Studio 2008 stops responding when you leave a SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services-based database project idle for some time

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959776/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: A database contains jumbled column data after you use the SSIS Fuzzy Grouping transformation in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959770/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: The results of a writeback operation to a measure group are not reflected in a linked measure group in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959768/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you try to export a SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services report by using Report Manager: "Internet Explorer cannot download <ReportName>.xls from <URL>"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958479/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: The output from the DBCC MEMORYSTATUS command indicates that the Schema Manager cache uses more buffer space than expected in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958599/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you synchronize data for a transactional publication in SQL Server 2008: "Procedure or function 'sp_MSins_dbo<TableName>_msrepl_ccs' expects parameter '@c7', which was not supplied"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959784/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you try to add articles to a publication that uses an Oracle Database 11g database as the publisher in SQL Server 2008: "Constraint column '<ColumnName>' not found in table '<TableName>'"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959785/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: When Excel 2007 tries to connect to an OLAP cube on a server that is running SQL Server 2005, the connection fails

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959771/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Calculated members in a SQL Server 2008 database are not evaluated, and the advanced filters return unexpected results when you run the Filter function in an Excel 2007 PivotTable report

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959774/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: When you try to use a subselect query that has calculated members in Excel 2007, the query returns an unexpected error

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959773/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: A query returns incorrect results if a passthrough predicate is used with a filter in the query plan

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958214/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: The script that the Generate Scripts wizard generates does not include some source database tables

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958793/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: In SQL Server 2008, SQL Server Management Studio generates a CREATE TABLE script instead of creating a DROP TABLE script

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958790/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: You cannot use the SQL Server 2008 version of SMO to manage certificates in SQL Server 2005 and in SQL Server 2000

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958757/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: SQL Server Management Studio uses the simple recovery model to create a new database when you click "New Database" in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958759/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise 2008 EN: FIX: The database name or the database ID number does not appear in the "Most Expensive Queries" chart in the Activity Monitor when you run a query on a server running SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958941/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise 2008 EN: FIX: Activity Monitor shows the high wait times when the FSAGENT wait type is enabled on a server that is running SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958942/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise 2008 EN: FIX: The Database column or the Task State column may be blank for some processes in the Process chart of Activity Monitor on a server that is running SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958943/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise 2008 EN: FIX: Database Engine Tuning Advisor in SQL Server 2008 does not recommend any index to analyze a query

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959790/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise 2008 EN: FIX: The License Terms screen of the Setup program for Cumulative Update 1 for SQL Server 2008 incorrectly states "To install Service Pack"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959795/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise 2008 EN: FIX: You cannot access Books Online help from the Activity Monitor feature in SQL Server 2008 by pressing the F1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959782/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you run the DBCC SHRINKFILE command or the DBCC SHRINKDATABASE command on a server that contains a SQL Server 2008 database: "5205 : DBCC SHRINKFILE: Moving Page <FileId>:<PageId> failed"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959376/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise 2008 EN: FIX: Memory consumption in MEMORYCLERK_SOSNODE and in USERSTORE_SCHEMAMANAGER may cause a performance slowdown of a SQL Server 2008 database

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959767/EN-US

SQL Svr Express Edition 2008 AL: FIX: Full-text search functionality does not work in SQL Server 2008 Express Edition

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958758/EN-US

December 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Security

conuktrm — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:00:46 GMT

NEWS

Security

The Great Debate: Security by Obscurity http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10859047&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

By Jesper M. Johansson, Software Architect and Microsoft MVP in Enterprise Security, and Roger Grimes, Senior Security Consultant, Microsoft ACE Team Security by obscurity involves taking measures that do not remove an attack vector but instead conceal it. Some argue that this is a bad practice while others claim that as part of a larger strategy, every bit counts. The debate is quite heated, and, in this article, some of our finest security experts face off, explaining security by obscurity and presenting both sides of the debate.

New Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Released http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10859048&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Volume 5 of the Security Intelligence Report (SIR) contains an all-new examination of the threat ecosystem and the use of botnets to spread threats. It also includes unique content on browser-based exploits and updated information on software vulnerability disclosures, vulnerability exploits, security and privacy breaches and trends in malicious and potentially unwanted software. With extensive guidance on mitigations and countermeasures, SIR is a valuable tool for all IT professionals who need to know what is happening in the threat ecosystem.

Download the Latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIRv5) http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10846335&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Get the free report with in-depth perspectives on the changing threat landscape, including software vulnerability disclosures and exploits, malicious software, and potentially unwanted software. Also watch the latest “Bret and Vinnie Show” as they discuss the latest report.

Get Dynamic Reports with Extended Content http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10846336&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Download the Microsoft Security Assessment Tool (MSAT) and access a set of dynamic reports that are generated from the assessment answers. The authoritative prescriptive guidance that is generated from your assessment answers will help you speed remediation of the security issues found.

Microsoft Code Name “Geneva” http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10859049&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Microsoft code name “Geneva” is an open platform for simplified user access based on claims. This release consists of three components: Geneva Framework for .NET developers, Geneva Server for IT Pros, and Windows CardSpace Geneva for users. Read the white paper http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10858969&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474 David Chappell for an overview of the platform, and then visit the Microsoft Connect Geneva home page http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10858970&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474 for access to downloads and other resources.

Research Paper: Malware Development Lifecycle http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10859050&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Presented at the Virus Bulletin 2008 (VB2008) Conference in October, this paper tracks the evolution of certain families of malware as they have grown and diversified, adapting and improving to effectively accomplish their required results.

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for November, 2008

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-nov.mspx

Basic Alerts

Microsoft's free monthly Security Notification Service provides links to security-related software updates and notification of re-released Microsoft Security Bulletins. The goal of this service is to provide accurate information you can use to protect your computers and systems from malicious attacks. These bulletins are written for IT professionals, contain in-depth technical information, and e-mails are digitally-signed with PGP.

E-mail: Security Notification Service https://profile.microsoft.com/RegSysProfileCenter/subscriptionwizard.aspx?wizid=5a2a311b-5189-4c9b-9f1a-d5e913a26c2e&lcid=1033

RSS: Security for IT Professionals http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/secrss.aspx

Windows Live Alert: Technical Security Update Alerts http://signup.alerts.live.com/alerts/jump.do?PINID=3274

Web Site: Bulletin Search http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin

Comprehensive Alerts

The free Comprehensive alerts serve as an incremental supplement to the Basic Alerts. It provides advance notification of upcoming security bulletins, Security advisories, and timely notification of any minor changes to previously released Microsoft Security Bulletins or Advisories. These notifications are written for IT professionals, contain in-depth technical information, and e-mails are digitally-signed with PGP.

E-mail: Security Notification Service Comprehensive Edition https://profile.microsoft.com/RegSysProfileCenter/subscriptionwizard.aspx?wizid=5a2a311b-5189-4c9b-9f1a-d5e913a26c2e&lcid=1033

RSS: Comprehensive Alerts http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/RssFeed.aspx?snscomprehensive

Web Site: Bulletin Search http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspx

Security Advisories Alerts

Microsoft Security Advisories are a way for Microsoft to communicate security information to customers about issues that may not be classified as vulnerabilities and may not require a security bulletin. Each advisory will be accompanied with a unique Microsoft Knowledge Base Article number for reference to provide additional information about the changes.

E-mail: Security Notification Service Comprehensive Edition [1] https://profile.microsoft.com/RegSysProfileCenter/subscriptionwizard.aspx?wizid=5a2a311b-5189-4c9b-9f1a-d5e913a26c2e&lcid=1033

RSS: Security Advisories http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/RssFeed.aspx?securityadvisory

Windows Live Alert: Technical Security Advisory Alerts http://signup.alerts.live.com/alerts/jump.do?PINID=3274

Web Site: Security Advisories http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory

[1] Note There is not a separate Comprehensive E-mail Notification service for Security Bulletins and Security Advisories

Microsoft Security Response Center Blog Alerts

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) blog provides a real-time way for the MSRC to communicate with customers. Topics include day-to-day, "behind the scenes" information to help customers understand Microsoft security response efforts; updates during the early stages of security incidents; and regular postings for the bulletin release cycle.

RSS: MSRC Blog http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/rss.xml

Windows Live Alert: MSRC Blog http://signup.alerts.msn.com/alerts/login.do?PINID=32551266&returnurl=http://blogs.technet.com/msrc

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server

Forefront Edge Security TechCenter

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/forefront/edgesecurity/default.aspx

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

Forefront Edge Security Community

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/forefront/edgesecurity/bb687298.aspx

New Community Contributed Content includes:

Overview of the Logging Improvements in Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG)

http://technet.microsoft.com/library/dd183731.aspx

Forefront TMG (ISA Server) Product Team Blog

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

ISA Policy Storage 101

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/10/29/isa-policy-storage-101.aspx

Adventures in NLB Troubleshooting

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/10/29/adventures-in-nlb-troubleshooting.aspx

Walk-through for RSA SecurID Delegation for ISA Server 2006

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/10/29/walk-through-for-rsa-securid-delegation-for-isa-server-2006.aspx

New TMG Logging Architecture

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/10/30/new-tmg-logging-architecture.aspx

Web requests from an ISA-local web application may receive unexpected authentication prompts.

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/11/11/web-requests-from-an-isa-local-web-application-may-receive-unexpected-authentication-prompts.aspx

ISA UI trick: Move rule several places

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/11/18/isa-ui-trick-move-rule-several-places.aspx

Did you miss it? The Launch of Windows Essential Business Server 2008

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/11/19/did-you-miss-it-the-launch-of-windows-essential-business-server-2008.aspx

Error Installing SQL Server 2005 SP2 Security Update 948109 on TMG

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/11/21/error-installing-sql-server-2005-sp2-security-update-948109-on-tmg.aspx

Error 10060 while browsing Internet through ISA Server 2006

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/11/24/error-10060-while-browsing-internet-through-isa-server-2006.aspx

Intelligent Application Gateway 2007

Intelligent Application Gateway 2007 Technical Resources

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/forefront/edgesecurity/bb687299.aspx

Forefront Edge Security Community

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/forefront/edgesecurity/bb687298.aspx

Intelligent Application Gateway Product Team Blog

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

IAG SP2 – It is all about the application

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2008/11/02/iag-sp2-it-is-all-about-the-application.aspx

Securely Publishing Dynamics CRM 4.0 by Using IAG SP2

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2008/11/06/securely-publishing-dynamics-crm-4-0-by-using-iag-sp2.aspx

IAG SP2 Goes Virtual

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2008/11/26/iag-sp2-goes-virtual.aspx

DOCUMENTS

Microsoft Security Assessment Tool 4.0 http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10859051&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

The Microsoft Security Assessment Tool employs a holistic approach to measuring your security posture by covering topics across people, process, and technology. This revised version features an updated defense-in-depth assessment plus questions related to the evolving threat landscape. Findings are coupled with prescriptive guidance and recommended mitigation efforts, including links to more information for additional industry guidance.

IT Compliance Management Guide http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10859052&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

The IT Compliance Management Guide can help you shift your governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) efforts from people to technology. Use its configuration guidance to help efficiently address your organization's GRC objectives.

Microsoft Encrypting File System Assistant http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10859053&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

The Encrypting File System (EFS) Assistant is a software tool you can use to centrally control EFS settings on your mobile or desktop PCs. The EFS Assistant can help you encrypt the sensitive files on your users' laptops, regardless of where those files are located. Part of the Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10858971&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474, a community version of the tool, is also available from CodePlex at www.codeplex.com/EFSAssistant http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10858972&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474.

Configuring Security in IIS 7.0 http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10859054&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Windows Server 2008 featuring Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS 7.0) is a powerful Web application and services platform that delivers rich Web-based experiences. Learn how to install and configure security settings for IIS 7.0, including built-in user and group accounts, URL authorization, SSL, and request filtering.

UrlScan v3.0 http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10859055&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

UrlScan version 3.1 is a security tool that restricts the types of HTTP requests that Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 will process. UrlScan screens all incoming requests to the server by filtering the requests based on rules that are set by the administrator. Filtering requests helps secure the server by ensuring that only valid requests are processed.

Checklist: Securing Web Services http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10859056&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Part of the patterns and practices guide for "Improving Web Application Security," this checklist is designed to help developers build and secure Web services by outlining design, development, and administrative considerations.

A Guide to Securing ISA Server 2006 http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10859057&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Get best practices for securing your servers, using the Security Configuration Wizard, and assigning administrative roles.

DOWNLOADS

IT Compliance Management Guide

The IT Compliance Management Guide is intended for IT managers and IT professionals who must plan for and address the governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) requirements of their organizations.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bd930882-0d39-4900-9a79-b91f213ed15d&DisplayLang=en

Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs

This toolkit is intended to help you secure the data on your organization’s mobile PCs--in a cost-effective way--using Encrypting File System (EFS) and Microsoft BitLocker Drive Encryption (BitLocker) technologies.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1a99576a-fe67-418f-88b1-81e2055fe977&DisplayLang=en

.NET Rocks! - Andrew Delin on SOX Compliance

Carl and Richard talk to Andrew Delin about why developers should care about the Sarbanes Oxley Act and why a compliance plan is in your best interest.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=13fe0c9c-b5a9-48b6-bec2-530df5bbe0ab&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Antigen SP1 Documentation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7d00160e-4d15-4459-98a3-89f393ac008e&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Security Assessment Tool 4.0

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://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=cd057d9d-86b9-4e35-9733-7acb0b2a3ca1&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Online Services Sign In Tool V1

Client application that enables single sign-on to Microsoft Online Services

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=01f6c0e4-f897-442a-8462-425f8edddad9&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Urlscan Filter v3.1 (x64)

This MSI package will install Urlscan v3.1 on your system.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=361e5598-c1bd-46b8-b3e7-3980e8bdf0de&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (January – June 2008)- Executive Summary

This is the fifth volume of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1eab2902-46df-4ed6-8149-a7f7a935dbe7&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Security Intelligence Report volume 5 (January – June 2008)

This is the fifth volume of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b2984562-47a2-48ff-890c-edbeb8a0764c&DisplayLang=en

Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" RC Release

This download contains the Release Candidate version of Identity Lifecycle Manager "2."

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=17489612-95f4-4dd5-a050-5da4b5d06b86&DisplayLang=en

Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" RC Demo Virtual Hard Disk Image

This package contains a Hyper-V-based demo of Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" RC.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7117b168-e71d-47cc-9739-35f1a68a5e43&DisplayLang=en

SDL Threat Modeling Tool 3.1 beta

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a48cccb1-814b-47b6-9d17-1e273f65ae19&DisplayLang=en

Security Features in Microsoft Online

This white paper describes how the Microsoft concern for security, as defined in the Trustworthy Computing initiative, has driven key features in the design, deployment, and operation of the Microsoft Online Services environment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5736aaac-994c-4410-b7ce-bdea505a3413&DisplayLang=en

Enterprise Data Security Optimization Datasheet

This offering integrates multiple data-protection technologies and “always on” persistent protection to provide comprehensive coverage of the data stored on desktops and servers, as well as data in transit.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=eb91333a-c26b-4a0d-9251-80a494df9e5c&DisplayLang=en

Deployment for Microsoft Forefront Server Security Datasheet

Deployment for Forefront Server Security integrates the level of security into your environment, and Microsoft Services can turn that vision into reality in as little as six weeks

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6892eaaa-0450-4b78-98e4-34c7a771006d&DisplayLang=en

Security, Identity, and Access Management Datasheet

This offering provides an end-to-end security solution that allows you to move toward a dynamic IT infrastructure while ensuring better security integration, manageability, and efficiency.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b53dee69-a3f9-4800-91a8-42c1b8b365db&DisplayLang=en

Deployment for Microsoft Forefront Client Security Datasheet

Deployment for Microsoft Forefront Client Security easily deploys an advanced, centralized solution to help protect your enterprise.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f3dce10f-b007-4188-a836-5e2cd7d94496&DisplayLang=en

Podcasts: How Microsoft IT Manages Physical Security through Strategic IT Convergence

The purpose of World Wide Security Operations is to protect Microsoft’s assets in a manner consistent with corporate culture.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b72ea3fb-6905-48b6-a987-cc4c032de7e1&DisplayLang=en

SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Datasheet

Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2008 helps enable organizations to build comprehensive, enterprise-scale analytic solutions that deliver actionable insights through familiar tools.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1ad953e6-2ca9-4d8b-95ff-d5242c4c627a&DisplayLang=en

Security Update for MSXML 4.0 Service Pack 2 (KB954430)

A Security issue has been identified in Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) that could allow an atacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=96a4413c-5261-4f69-83d0-932c430abd14&DisplayLang=en

November 2008 Security Release ISO Image

This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on November 11th, 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4269c703-a4cf-4071-ab4d-90070348e9b5&DisplayLang=en

Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter for x64-based Systems [November 2008] (KB905866)

Install this update for Windows Mail to revise the definition files that are used to detect e-mail messages that should be considered junk e-mail or that may contain phishing content.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=749e10cd-f40c-4f94-8e38-d4221ded7652&DisplayLang=en

Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter [November 2008] (KB905866)

Install this update for Windows Mail to revise the definition files that are used to detect e-mail messages that should be considered junk e-mail or that may contain phishing content.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=aa029fde-f341-44fc-8b85-0c6f3d3c2d69&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

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

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=585d2bde-367f-495e-94e7-6349f4effc74&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830)

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

Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 6.0 and Service Pack 1 (KB954459)

A security issue has been identified in Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=59914795-60c7-4ebe-828d-f28cb457e6e3&DisplayLang=en

Windows Essential Business Server Security and Protection

This document provides information about the configuration of the security components in Windows® Essential Business Server.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=cf9a2c7b-3e30-4f38-9b58-d3b4fde780e0&DisplayLang=en

Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" Datasheet

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b931926a-8fd6-4983-beeb-45976198b9ba&DisplayLang=en

SQL Server White Paper: SQL Server 2008 Compliance Guide

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6e1021dd-65b9-41c2-8385-438028f5acc2&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Online Services Sign In Tool V1

Client application that enables single sign-on to Microsoft Online Services

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=01f6c0e4-f897-442a-8462-425f8edddad9&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Security Intelligence Report volume 5 (January – June 2008)

This is the fifth volume of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b2984562-47a2-48ff-890c-edbeb8a0764c&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft® Forefront™ codename "Stirling" Beta

An integrated security system that is easier to manage and control

Microsoft® Forefront™ codename "Stirling" is an integrated security system that delivers comprehensive, coordinated protection across endpoints, messaging and collaboration servers and the network edge that is easier to manage and control.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=65bd5f8a-d94c-457a-9f88-2046597130e1&DisplayLang=en

Update to Mitigate MS08-037 UDP Behavior Across NAT for Microsoft ISA Server 2004 Standard Edition

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0AB83F12-653B-4BE1-BEFE-594C4EF62BAA&displaylang=en

Update to Mitigate MS08-037 UDP Behavior Across NAT for Microsoft ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0AB83F12-653B-4BE1-BEFE-594C4EF62BAA&displaylang=en

Update to Mitigate MS08-037 UDP Behavior Across NAT for Microsoft ISA Server 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=E96A6E20-0C04-4C7D-9F3E-207B02AE29CC&displaylang=en

EVENTS/WEBCASTS

Visit TechNet Spotlight: www.microsoft.com/technetspotlight

Video on Demand, Video Downloads, PowerPoint Presentations, Audio and more

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: Microsoft Security Intelligence Report 5: Latest Trends in Vulnerabilities, Exploits, and Malicious Software (Level 200)

Wednesday, December 8, 2008 8:00 A.M.-9:30 A.M. Pacific Time

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

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Pacific Time

On-Demand Security Webcasts

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

NEW OR UPDATED KB’s

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server

DNS queries that pass through Forefront Threat Management Gateway NAT do not use random source ports

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957298

FIX: After you configure the rules in ISA Server 2006 to apply to all users, ISA Server may sometimes try to authenticate users

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956924

FIX: ISA Server 2006 may be overloaded with authorization attempts after you apply hotfix 955113

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956922

FIX: A VPN client that uses RADIUS authentication may not log on to the internal network when the User Mapping option is enabled in ISA Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956923

Description of the ISA Server 2006 hotfix package: August 20, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956925

FIX: When you use HTTP to HTTPS redirection in ISA Server 2006, port 0 is appended to the URL

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956858

DNS queries that pass through an ISA Server 2000 NAT gateway do not use random source ports

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956637

DNS queries that are passed through ISA Server 2004 NAT do not use random source ports

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958024

DNS queries that are passed through the ISA Server 2006 NAT do not use random source ports

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956570

How to block traffic from an Internet-based music sharing service in Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway, Medium Business Edition

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837447

Kerberos authentication to remote Web servers fails for Web proxy clients

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/840613

How to configure ISA Server 2004, ISA Server 2006 Windows Essential Business Server 2008 to skip name resolution in a Web proxy chaining configuration

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891244

A.O.B

Join the Discussion on End-to-End Trust http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480793

Microsoft believes the time is ripe for a broad public dialog about how to build a roadmap for bringing Trustworthy Computing to the Internet. To that end, we have established a public discussion forum where anyone concerned about online security and privacy can let their voice be heard.

Security Help and Support for IT Professionals http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480842

TechNet Troubleshooting and Support Page http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480843

Microsoft Security Glossary http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480844

TechNet Security Center http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480845

MSDN Security Developer Center http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480846

Midsize Business Security Center http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480847

Sign-Up for the Microsoft Security Notification Service http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480848

Security Bulletin Search Page http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480849

Home Users: Protect Your PC http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480850

MCSE/MCSA: Security Certifications http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480851

Subscribe to TechNet http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480852

December 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Unified Communications

conuktrm — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:00:13 GMT

NEWS

http://msexchangeteam.com/default.aspx

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

http://communicationsserverteam.com

DOWNLOADS

Antigen & Forefront

Forefront™ codename "Stirling"

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d65bd5f8a-d94c-457a-9f88-2046597130e1%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Antigen SP1 Documentation

Microsoft Antigen SP1 Documentation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7d00160e-4d15-4459-98a3-89f393ac008e%26displaylang%3den

IT Compliance Management Guide

The IT Compliance Management Guide is intended for IT managers and IT professionals who must plan for and address the governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) requirements of their organizations.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dbd930882-0d39-4900-9a79-b91f213ed15d%26displaylang%3den

Exchange

Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB953467)

Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB953467)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d652ed33a-11a1-459c-8ffe-90b9cbfe7903%26displaylang%3den

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=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dad3921fb-8224-4681-9064-075fdf042b0c%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Online Services Service Client V1

Client application that enables single sign-on to Microsoft Online Services

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d01f6c0e4-f897-442a-8462-425f8edddad9%26displaylang%3den

Migrate to Microsoft Online

This document describes how to migrate your on-premise Exchange Server mailboxes and POP3 and IMAP4 mailboxes to Exchange Online.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d25350815-5c57-441a-b7fb-329ff5fe14b3%26displaylang%3den

Exchange Server 2007 Standards Documentation Set

The Exchange Server Standards Documents describe Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 support for standards and RFCs related to iCalendar, IMAP4, and POP3.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6fa94dc9-d4b6-402b-8c22-8a52acea2284%26displaylang%3den

Exchange Server 2007 Protocol Documentation Set

The Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Protocol technical documentation set provides technical specifications for Microsoft protocols, and Microsoft extensions to industry-standard or other published protocols that are implemented and used in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da9aae935-ad23-4117-a3d9-9ed6093d6d7f%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=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5eb0f9a0-2c49-4f2a-8a09-b981ed667821%26displaylang%3den

Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

Microsoft Office Live Meeting Service Administrator's Guide

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d824a55c8-809a-4224-a8cd-f37b348b7481%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Online Standard

Microsoft® Exchange Online is a hosted enterprise messaging solution based on Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. Exchange Online services include advanced e-mail features as well as calendaring, contact, and task management capabilities. This white paper describes the services and features that are included with the Standard offering of Exchange Online.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6bef06c7-3ae6-40a7-a78e-eea670b4f605%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=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8102b4e6-62f2-4d33-b465-a6c5da1b8973%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=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d09b218ea-6ff6-4679-a117-9767ab98990a%26displaylang%3den

Office Communicator Mobile (2007 Release)

Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile is a unified communications client for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. Communicator Mobile runs on Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 or 6.0 software for Pocket PC and smartphone devices.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2eea3e24-f216-4887-92b0-f37d942e26e0%26displaylang%3den

Outlook

Update for Office 2003 Multilingual User Interface Pack (KB924423)

This update provides holidays for the Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 calendar when Outlook 2003 is used with a Multilingual User Interface Pack installed. This update provides holidays for the years 2007 through 2012.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc23ae5be-a99f-4e0a-b3b6-3325a58bc679%26displaylang%3den

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB957832)

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.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1ad71f79-4f2e-4e42-9300-af8e441a20e7%26displaylang%3den

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (KB957829)

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.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc694d55c-1f8b-4db3-a10f-9be42d2c4cde%26displaylang%3den

EVENTS/WEBCASTS

Exchange

4/12/2008 TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 5 of 5): Using Local Continuous Replication and Cluster Continuous Replication (Level 200)

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 enables new levels of operational efficiency through capabilities that optimize hardware and networking investments and features that help make administrators more productive. Join us for part five of the five-part Exchange Server 2007 series. In the labcast series, you receive practical technical information and learn proven techniques by watching demonstrations and using hands-on virtual labs that require no complex installations. In this labcast, we cover using Exchange Server 2007 local continuous replication and cluster continuous replication.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032391170%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

5/12/2008 TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 1 of 5): Installing Service Pack 1 and Transitioning from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007 (Level 200)

For most businesses today, e-mail is the mission-critical communications tool that enables people to produce the best results. For IT professionals, delivering a messaging system that addresses these needs must be balanced against other requirements such as security and cost. Join us for part one of the five-part Exchange Server 2007 series. In the labcast series, you receive practical technical information and learn proven techniques by watching demonstrations and using hands-on virtual labs that require no complex installations. In this labcast, we cover installing Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) on Windows Server 2008 and transitioning from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032390774%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

11/12/2008 TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 2 of 5): Configuring an Edge Server and Compliance and Retention Using Exchange Server 2007 RTM (Level 200)

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032391132%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

12/12/2008 TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 3 of 5): Managing and Administering Exchange Server 2007 Using the Management Console and Management Shell (Level 200)

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 enables new levels of operational efficiency through capabilities that optimize hardware and networking investments and features that help make administrators more productive. Join us for part three of the five-part Exchange Server 2007 series. In the labcast series, you receive practical technical information and learn proven techniques by watching demonstrations and using hands-on virtual labs that require no complex installations. In this labcast, we cover managing and administering Exchange Server 2007 using the Exchange Server 2007 Management Console and Management Shell.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032391141%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

18/12/2008 TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 4 of 5): Configuring Unified Messaging and Enabling Remote Client Access (Level 200)

With Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, employees get anywhere access to their e-mail, voice mail, calendars, and contacts from a variety of clients and devices. Join us for part four of the five-part Exchange Server 2007 series. In the labcast series, you receive practical technical information and learn proven techniques by watching demonstrations and using hands-on virtual labs that require no complex installations. In this labcast, we cover configuring Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging and remote client access with Exchange Server 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032391167%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

19/12/2008 TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 5 of 5): Using Local Continuous Replication and Cluster Continuous Replication (Level 200)

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032391171%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

Workshops/Soundbytes

8/12/2008 Soundbyte - Exchange 2007 and DPM

NEW KB's

Exchange

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: The "To" field is populated with the original recipients of the meeting request, and the "Subject" field is not prefixed when you use Outlook to forward a meeting request that was responded to by the CDO application

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957020/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: You receive error messages or warnings when you change an Active Directory schema so that the Company property supports more than 64 characters

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951710/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Outlook 2007 crashes after you install a package that contains the .NET Framework 3.5 with SP1 and the .NET Framework 2.0 with SP2 on an Exchange 2007 Client Access server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958934/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: You may receive an error message when you run the Update-SafeList cmdlet in an Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007 mixed environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951505/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Meeting requests do not maintain the organizer information after the organizer is migrated from Lotus Domino to Exchange Server 2007 by using the Microsoft Transporter Suite

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953411/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Exchange 2007 SP1 Update Rollup 5 supports the addition of new items to context menus in Outlook Web Access 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951564/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: The reseed process is unsuccessful on the CCR passive node after you restore one full backup and two or more differential backups to the CCR active node

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957137/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: A Non-Delivery Report is generated when you try to send a high priority message that is larger than 250 KB in an Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957813/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Event ID: 7012 occurs when you search message tracking logs on an Exchange Server 2007-based server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958856/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: The OAB generation is unsuccessful and Event IDs 9328 and 9373 are logged in the Application log in a Windows Server 2008-based Exchange 2007 Single-Copy cluster environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957978/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Exchange Management Shell crashes (stops responding), and Event ID 1000 is logged when you perform a cross-forest migration from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007 SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949895/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Unified Messaging does not handle the diversion header correctly in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949968/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Hidden folders or files are listed when you view a UNC file server by using OWA in an Exchange 2007 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954036/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Error message when you use the IMAP protocol to send a SEARCH command that has the CHARSET argument on an Exchange 2007 server: "BAD Command Argument Error"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955001/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Japanese DBCS characters are corrupted when you reply to a message or forward a message in an Exchange Server 2007 SP1 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952583/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Exchange Server 2007 Update Rollup 3 does not update the Outlook Web Access Logon.aspx file after you modify the file

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956582/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Domino users cannot find meeting request attachments that are sent from Exchange 2007 users

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925371/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: A message stays in the Outbox, and the message is resent until it is deleted manually on Windows Mobile 6.1-based devices in an Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 CAS proxying scenario

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955741/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: The received time and date of IMAP messages are changed to the time of migration after you migrate mailboxes to an Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1-based server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951273/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: The formatting of a plain text message is incorrect when you print the plain text message by using Outlook Web Access in an Exchange Server 2007 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950272/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Event ID 800 does not include the user name of users who ran the Get-MessageTrackingLog command in an Exchange 2007 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949722/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: The start time and the end time of a meeting request are incorrect when a delegate uses Exchange Web Service to send the request in an Exchange 2007 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955460/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Exchange 2007 users cannot send e-mail messages to a mail-enabled public folder in a mixed Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949901/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: You receive an error message when you try to move Exchange 2000 mailboxes or Exchange 2003 mailboxes from one forest to an Exchange 2007 server that is located in another forest by using the Move-Mailbox command

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953787/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: By default, managed content settings apply to the root folder and all subfolders in an Exchange 2007 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939037/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Event ID 1032 is not logged in the Application log when users send e-mail messages while they are logged on to Outlook Web Access as another user in Exchange 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956573/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: The W3wp.exe process intermittently stops responding and Event ID 1000 is logged in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956613/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: The last character of a user's Chinese display name is truncated in the Offline Address Book on an Exchange 2007 server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956199/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: The SPN registration of a cluster fails, and Error event IDs 1119 and 1034 are logged in an Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955989/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Log files are not copied to the target server in a standby continuous replication environment in Exchange Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955196/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: The Edgetransport.exe process may crash intermittently on a server that is running Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957002/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Event ID 5000 occurs, and the IMAP4 service may crash, on a server that is running Exchange Server 2007 with Service Pack 1 when you use a third-party application to migrate POP3 and IMAP4 users

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953840/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Meeting requests from external senders are displayed as Busy instead of Tentative in an Exchange 2007 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955480/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: A sender receives an NDR from the Exchange 2007 server when the sender submits a private message by using an SMTP server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955946/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: A user cannot access the mailbox by using a POP client or an IMAP client through Client Access Server in an Exchange 2007 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955619/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: You cannot add a Mail User or a Mail Contact to the Safe Senders list in Exchange 2007 by using OWA Client

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954887/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: The task originator is not notified of task changes and task progress in an Exchange Server 2007 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954195/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: A VSS backup application causes the Information Store service to crash repeatedly on an Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1-based server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955429/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: A public folder conflict message cannot be delivered, and event error 1016 is logged, when the public folder name contains DBCS characters in an Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953619/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Event ID 12800 is logged on an Exchange 2007-based server: "Message processing failed because there is not enough available memory (8007000E-82000387)"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952097/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: An Exchange 2007 room mailbox stops processing requests after the resource booking assistant receives a delegated meeting request from an Exchange 2003 user

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954810/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Exchange 2007 CAS cannot copy the OAB from the OAB share on Windows Server 2008-based Exchange 2007 CCR clusters

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954197/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: An exception occurs in Exchange Management Console when you preview AddressList in an Exchange Server 2007 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951267/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: An appointment item cannot be opened by a CDOEX-based application if the item is saved by Exchange Web Service together with the Culture property in Exchange Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954451/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: The W3wp.exe process may crash on an Exchange 2007 CAS server after you use Entourage to send a message that is larger than 48 KB

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956319/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Some recurring meetings may be missing when you view the meetings using Outlook Web Access in Exchange Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956709/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Event ID 10 messages fill up the Application log on an Exchange 2007 CAS server if an Exchange Server 2003 mailbox owner makes an Exchange Web Service call

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955599/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Message class changes during conversion when a digitally signed Message Disposition Notification is received by a server that is running Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954270/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: The Edge Transport service crashes repeatedly, and an event error 1000 is logged repeatedly on a server that is running Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958855/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: The worker process for Exchange ActiveSync crashes when end-users try to synchronize their third-party devices with an Exchange Server 2003 server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957191/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: Reminders for meeting requests reappear in Outlook after users synchronize meeting requests by using a mobile device and Exchange ActiveSync in Exchange Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957208/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: Exchange System Manager stops responding when you expand public folders on a server that is running Exchange Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957042/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: Some recurring calendar items disappear from the "Day/Week/Month" view in Outlook when a user uses Exchange ActiveSync on a mobile device to modify a recurring meeting in an Exchange 2003 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958781/EN-US

Exchange Svr Std 2007 AL: You cannot use an Outlook 2007 client to display or download an attachment when you access a message that includes an inline attachment from Exchange Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954684/EN-US

Hosted Messaging Collaboration

Hosted Messaging & Collab 4.5 EN: Description of Update Rollup 1 for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 4.5

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957583/EN-US

Hosted Messaging & Collab 4.5 EN: Description of the tool to deny Send As permissions and Receive As permissions for administrators in Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 4.5

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957582/EN-US

Hosted Messaging & Collab 4.0 EN: Error message when you try to add a DNS record of type by calling the CreateResourceRecord procedure in HMC 4.0: "Couldn't create instance of Microsoft.Provisioning.Providers.DnsResourceRecord_TXTtype Resource Record"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953034/EN-US

Hosted Messaging & Collab 4.5 EN: How to create a public folder in Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 4.0 and 4.5

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959360/EN-US

Hosted Messaging & Collab 4.5 EN: Exchange sends the internal OOF instead of the external OOF when you receive a message from an outside organization in Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 4.0 and in Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 4.5

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953674/EN-US

Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 EN: Office Communications Server 2007 or Live Communications Server 2005 does not work correctly after you upgrade a domain controller to Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958980/EN-US

Office Communicator Mobile EN: Description of the update for Communicator Mobile 2007: November 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954767/EN-US

Office Communicator Mobile EN: Communicator Mobile 2007 suppresses HTTPS certificate errors when it fetches the NOO icon for the federated contacts

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954768/EN-US

Office Communicator Mobile EN: You cannot log on to Communicator Mobile 2007 in High security mode

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954769/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: Problems that you may experience when you use the Live Meeting 2007 Web client together with the beta version of Internet Explorer 8

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959059/EN-US

Office Communicator 2007 EN: The operation is not successful for the "Click to Call" feature in Office Outlook 2003 when you use it together with Office Communicator 2007, and an error may occur: "An internal error occurred in the automatic phone dialer"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959268/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 EN: When a Communicator 2007 user calls a Conference Auto Attendant access number, the call always uses Mediation Server instead of going to the Conference Auto Attendant directly

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958560/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 EN: Communications Server 2007 R2 remote users cannot make public switched telephone network (PSTN) calls when Communications Server 2007 servers or proxies are in the call path

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958561/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 EN: Description of the update package for Communications Server 2007: November 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956389/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 EN: Error message when you try to expand a group in Office Communicator: "Cannot perform this action, and the cause is unknown"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959388/EN-US

Office Communicator 2007 EN: The retry logic that Communicator 2007 uses to download address book files changes after you install the Communicator 2007 update package that is dated October 24, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954650/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: Single program sharing is not supported by Easy Assist on a 64-bit version of Windows that is running Office Live Meeting 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959942/EN-US

Outlook

Outlook 2003 Win32 EN: Description of the Outlook 2003 Post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package (Engmui.msp, Olkintl.msp, Outlook.msp): October 28, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958701/EN-US

Outlook 2003 Win32 EN: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package (Outlook.msp): October 28, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957220/EN-US

Outlook 2003 Win32 EN: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package (Olkintl.msp, Engmui.msp): October 28, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957142/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Description of the Outlook 2007 hotfix package (Outlook-en-us.msp, Outlook.msp): October 28, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958789/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Description of the Outlook 2007 hotfix package (Outlook.msp): October 28, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957692/EN-US

Outlook 2003 Win32 EN: Description of the Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter update: November 11, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957832/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Description of the update for Outlook 2007 Help: November 11, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957246/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: The recipient of an e-mail message sees an attachment that is called Winmail.dat when you use Outlook 2007 to send the e-mail message

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958012/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: A hotfix is available to enable the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) messages to use INTERNALDATE as the delivery date of the message in Outlook 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957418/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: The character set in the HTML code differs from the character set of the content-type header when you open a read receipt in Outlook 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957378/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Description of the Outlook 2007 Junk E-mail Filter update: November 11, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957829/EN-US

December 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Platforms

conuktrm — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:00:08 GMT

NEWS

Windows Server 2008 R2 Reviewers Guide

www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/winhec/docs/WindowsServer08R2BETARG.doc

Introduction to Windows Server 2008 R2

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/r2.aspx

Welcome to Windows 7

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/

Microsoft Unveils Windows Azure at Professional Developers Conference

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/oct08/10-27PDCDay1PR.mspx

Update Release of Windows Server 2008 Offers Additional Opportunities for IT Pros and Hardware Vendors

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2008/nov08/11-06winserverr2.mspx

Windows Virtualization Team Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/

The World Simplified is a Virtual World

http://blogs.technet.com/virtualworld/

Ask the Directory Services Team

http://blogs.technet.com/askds/

Ask the Performance Team

http://blogs.technet.com/askperf/

Microsoft Enterprise Networking Team

http://blogs.technet.com/networking/

Ask the Core Team

http://blogs.technet.com/askcore/

Microsoft Advanced Windows Debugging and Troubleshooting

http://blogs.msdn.com/ntdebugging/

Terminal Services Team Blog

http://blogs.msdn.com/ts/

The Hot Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/hot/

DOCUMENTS

All

Infrastructure Planning and Design

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dad3921fb-8224-4681-9064-075fdf042b0c%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server

ILM 2007 Powershell Commandlets Quick Reference Guide

Provides information about the ILM 2007 Powershell Commandlets

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d38b31e06-0342-481e-b744-9899d5b601db%26displaylang%3den

Windows Client

Windows Vista User Experience Guidelines

Download a preliminary draft of the Windows Vista™ User Experience Guidelines (UX Guide).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de49820cb-954d-45ae-9cb3-1b9e8ea7fe8c%26displaylang%3den

Volume Activation 2.0 Technical Guidance

Technical documentation for planning, deployment, and operations of Volume Activation 2.0 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Includes the Volume Activation 2.0 Overview Guide, Planning Guide, Deployment Guide, Operations Guide, Resources, FAQ and Technical Attributes.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=33&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9893f83e-c8a5-4475-b025-66c6b38b46e3%26displaylang%3den

Other

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Implementation Guide

This guide contains comprehensive information about how to plan, install, and maintain Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1ceb5e01-de9f-48c0-8ce2-51633ebf4714%26displaylang%3den

Geneva Whitepapers

Geneva Overview Documentation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=32&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9ca5c685-3172-4d8f-81cb-1a59bdc9f7e3%26displaylang%3den

DOWNLOADS

Windows Client

Update for Root Certificates

This item updates the list of root certificates on your computer to the list that is accepted by Microsoft as part of the Microsoft Root Certificate Program.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df814ec0e-ee7e-435e-99f8-20b44d4531b0%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP (KB954459)

A security issue has been identified in Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7493fa37-2cbf-4d66-8690-d50d63da4096%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP (KB955069)

A security issue has been identified in the way Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) is handled that could allow an attacker to compromise a computer that is running Microsoft Windows and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6ed1a087-97e2-4283-9b53-b7b046654d08%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP (KB957097)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6f8ae0aa-fd68-4156-9016-bba00149793c%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=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da1fe1066-bf4f-44fc-834b-676b311e83a2%26displaylang%3den

SCAP Conversion Tool for DCM

The SCAP Conversion Tool for DCM converts Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) files into DCM Configuration Packs and indicates gaps in a log file that can result from the conversion process. Use the Configuration Packs in combination with the desired configuration management (DCM) feature in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 to monitor compliance with the SCAP baseline.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d22e5b9a0-fa7b-4d43-bcea-7084ae6f40f5%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows XP (KB959252)

Install this update to resolve an issue in which you receive a 0x0000008e Stop error after you install security update KB954211 (MS08-061).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dec4b7d80-79b6-4035-92a3-3992a9e09718%26displaylang%3den

Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1a99576a-fe67-418f-88b1-81e2055fe977%26displaylang%3den

OEM Ready

Program Tools and Documentation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dff6f5ff8-5655-4244-9f75-4d9909e5aec2%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista (KB954459)

A security issue has been identified in Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dcb6c4315-8c6d-43af-978b-b190b1a1577a%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB954459)

A security issue has been identified in Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d39443046-2093-4c87-ac7b-679deab96414%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB957097)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d727ce9b6-827f-4350-b4ff-c08e8ac541a6%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB955069)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db01a5f31-8c57-4c5c-909e-b37caf0439b0%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista (KB955069)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3daffbc957-1867-4bbe-924d-6f0696ae0895%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista (KB957097)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5612815f-8685-45d2-af4a-164c298a0869%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter [November 2008] (KB905866)

Install this update for Windows Mail to revise the definition files that are used to detect e-mail messages that should be considered junk e-mail or that may contain phishing content.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3daa029fde-f341-44fc-8b85-0c6f3d3c2d69%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter for x64-based Systems [November 2008] (KB905866)

Install this update for Windows Mail to revise the definition files that are used to detect e-mail messages that should be considered junk e-mail or that may contain phishing content.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d749e10cd-f40c-4f94-8e38-d4221ded7652%26displaylang%3den

URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7.0 (x64)

URL rewrite module provides a rule-based rewriting mechanism for changing requested URL’s before they get processed by web server.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6c15b777-8d9e-4d99-b359-a98e2c0880f7%26displaylang%3den

URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7.0 (x86)

URL rewrite module provides a rule-based rewriting mechanism for changing requested URL’s before they get processed by web server.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d836778ea-b2f2-4907-b2dc-a152ec0a4bc4%26displaylang%3den

Windows Vista Optimized Desktop Program Datasheets

Windows Vista Optimized Desktop Program Datasheets

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3ddfcc44c4-dc36-4f68-892c-5dce1b2bf247%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=15&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da1fe1066-bf4f-44fc-834b-676b311e83a2%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB959252)

Install this update to resolve an issue in which you receive a 0x0000008e Stop error after you install security update KB954211 (MS08-061).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=16&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d77dc587e-5817-4b12-80fe-dabd2434ab90%26displaylang%3den

SCAP Conversion Tool for DCM

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d22e5b9a0-fa7b-4d43-bcea-7084ae6f40f5%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Assessment and Planning

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning toolkit is a tool that makes it easy for you to assess your current IT infrastructure for a variety of technology migration projects. It includes the features previously provided with the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment Solution Accelerator.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=19&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d67240b76-3148-4e49-943d-4d9ea7f77730%26displaylang%3den

Windows Home Server Technical Brief for Remote Access

This Technical Brief provides an in-depth look at the features and functionality of Windows Home Server Remote Access.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=20&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8505e3a8-bbbc-445d-ba65-13782661dcb0%26displaylang%3den

Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=21&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1a99576a-fe67-418f-88b1-81e2055fe977%26displaylang%3den

test

Test for tier 2

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=22&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0bcda1e1-5fef-45e7-9a04-9f9e53de79d0%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB957508)

Install this update to improve features for the Request Filtering module in IIS 7.0.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=23&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dac57a12f-0d4f-4889-a96b-e88aea960c6c%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB957508)

Install this update to improve features for the Request Filtering module in IIS 7.0.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=24&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d269abbbc-5d80-45d8-9196-9684fc149841%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB943790)

Install this update to extend the File Management APIs to not only enable the discovery and restoration of deleted files from volumes that are not encrypted but also enable the recovery of files from Bitlocker encrypted volumes.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=25&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2df42c65-13db-4c37-b78c-3c6094455ea0%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB955805)

Install this update to resolve latency issues with certificates where the Subject Information Access (SIA) extension is installed on a computer that is running Windows Vista.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=26&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d585ffadc-4fc3-4fe1-9dc0-cc10218b15a3%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB955805)

Install this update to resolve latency issues with certificates where the Subject Information Access (SIA) extension is installed on a computer that is running Windows Vista.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=27&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d365aa4e8-c8cf-485f-a81c-2e361f271a9b%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB943790)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=28&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de5c75586-4e42-4c4b-8e81-ce5483f738c1%26displaylang%3den

Windows Springboard Series: Tips and Tricks for optimal Windows Vista Performance

Mark Russinovich leads a roundtable discussion on Windows Vista Performance. Segment 3 is “Tips and Tricks for optimal Windows Vista Performance”.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=29&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd90f2227-b5e4-48ed-959f-f5b9431713e8%26displaylang%3den

Windows Springboard Series: Configuring Windows Vista for Performance - Part 2 of 2

Mark Russinovich leads a roundtable discussion on Windows Vista Performance. Segment 2 is “Configuring Windows Vista for Performance (part 2)”

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=30&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d472223b2-1db3-45e0-b0b2-79255c39c15a%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB957200)

This is a reliability update. This update resolves some performance and reliability issues in Windows Vista.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=31&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d86c8349c-e98f-4779-9d23-7d7a944f77ac%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB957200)

This is a reliability update. This update resolves some performance and reliability issues in Windows Vista.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=32&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dce4f61d7-b659-4db5-95b8-9a86ca475ca4%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server

Active Directory Migration Tool v3.0

The Active Directory Migration Tool version 3 (ADMT v3) provides an integrated toolset to facilitate migration and restructuring tasks in an Active Directory infrastructure.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6f86937b-533a-466d-a8e8-aff85ad3d212%26displaylang%3den

ILM 2 Datasheet

Datasheet for ILM 2

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db931926a-8fd6-4983-beeb-45976198b9ba%26displaylang%3den

SharePoint Monitoring ToolKit for OpsMgr 2007

The SharePoint Monitoring Toolkit helps you manage Microsoft SharePoint environments of all sizes.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de4600fd9-f53d-4ded-88bf-6bb1932794f9%26displaylang%3den

Windows CE101 Training Course Materials

This online training is intended for two different developer communities (Embedded and Windows) who would like to start developing Embedded Windows CE devices.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db91fa334-96f5-4298-adf8-5c0c80a927c8%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB954459)

A security issue has been identified in Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df16e2a5f-37fd-4ee1-aef0-597214323dc4%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (KB954459)

A security issue has been identified in Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd4ae74e2-1b09-4a99-8cf5-8a8ca8ac6f7f%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB957097)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db305e894-61ec-46b4-91ee-4c9ac59bc47e%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB957097)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9501b33b-d639-43e7-ad5a-9e76ed66effd%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB954459)

A security issue has been identified in Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3ddea9f227-967f-47c7-bb2a-ed68f13645d9%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB955069)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1b79f220-ebfc-49c1-963b-58bbda21b6e7%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB957097)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de8d26dfd-b347-4f10-b5b6-27dfff5e4f47%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB955069)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db7bfe3f4-835f-402c-95b5-6d49b6935308%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (KB957097)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd565467d-e10f-4ddc-a278-3f81a3798686%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (KB955069)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=16&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4e0d1efe-70ac-459b-b330-c0149b74f520%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB955069)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d90a04164-4d02-4ce9-b3d8-bddb1ec27618%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB957097)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d915e001f-9aa0-4fb0-9c2a-0f0c72b4f056%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB955069)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=19&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d347c8c83-4269-4a0e-af6f-4be2e824d22b%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB955069)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=20&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0a0f8385-e908-4b5f-b9bf-80b7dabfcafd%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems (KB957097)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=21&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6abf7ba9-825f-4ee2-a2fe-6b1cd9fab622%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB957097)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=22&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d57a0606d-ea7a-4e5b-8b8b-7b77a444ef75%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems (KB955069)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=23&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3a65e1cd-eb4e-44b6-8868-a5a84be2cb32%26displaylang%3den

URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7.0 (x64)

URL rewrite module provides a rule-based rewriting mechanism for changing requested URL’s before they get processed by web server.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=24&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6c15b777-8d9e-4d99-b359-a98e2c0880f7%26displaylang%3den

URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7.0 (x86)

URL rewrite module provides a rule-based rewriting mechanism for changing requested URL’s before they get processed by web server.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=25&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d836778ea-b2f2-4907-b2dc-a152ec0a4bc4%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2008 Evaluation VHD Images (for Hyper-V)

Windows Server 2008 Evaluation Enterprise Edition and Server Core Virtual Hard Drive Images (for Hyper-V)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=26&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d060f0c51-339a-4c4e-bb6e-716bb7401fd4%26displaylang%3den

How Microsoft IT Manages Physical Security through Strategic IT Convergence

The purpose of World Wide Security Operations is to protect Microsoft’s assets in a manner consistent with corporate culture.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=27&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db72ea3fb-6905-48b6-a987-cc4c032de7e1%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2008 Evaluation VHD Images (for VS2005)

Windows Server 2008 Evaluation Enterprise Edition and Server Core Virtual Hard Drive Images (for VS 2005)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=28&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d961db8ce-8473-47c2-92eb-b822ec5af0c9%26displaylang%3den

Windows Essential Business Server SDK

The Windows Essential Business Server SDK provides a set of APIs for extending the functionality of the Windows Essential Business Server Administration Console.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=29&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5acd7537-87d2-43a8-a3e3-2709977de77f%26displaylang%3den

IIS Media Pack 1.0 64-bit

IIS Media Pack 1.0 provides media-specific extensions that make delivering media from IIS simple and cost-effective. Built on IIS 7.0, the IIS Media Pack supports all media file types, protects media assets, and increases scalability by supporting more concurrent users per server

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=30&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d93d59f79-9555-473d-a07a-e21020d1fc25%26displaylang%3den

IIS Media Pack 1.0 - 32-bit

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=31&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2cf81f25-1692-41f7-b916-db5c7e44e6ea%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=33&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da1fe1066-bf4f-44fc-834b-676b311e83a2%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB959252)

Install this update to resolve an issue in which you receive a 0x0000008e Stop error after you install security update KB954211 (MS08-061).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=34&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d049241ca-4f76-4058-b4e0-ea43ee271e0c%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems (KB959252)

Install this update to resolve an issue in which you receive a 0x0000008e Stop error after you install security update KB954211 (MS08-061).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=35&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd74a1ece-8e37-4063-aef2-245e16ffd12d%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB959252)

Install this update to resolve an issue in which you receive a 0x0000008e Stop error after you install security update KB954211 (MS08-061).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=36&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d77dc587e-5817-4b12-80fe-dabd2434ab90%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB959252)

Install this update to resolve an issue in which you receive a 0x0000008e Stop error after you install security update KB954211 (MS08-061).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=37&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8e237f60-d9cf-4eab-ae77-9991c6b0023c%26displaylang%3den

ILM "2" RC Demo Hyper-V VHD

This package contains a Hyper-V-based demo of Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" RC.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=38&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7117b168-e71d-47cc-9739-35f1a68a5e43%26displaylang%3den

Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" Release Candidate

This download contains the Release Candidate version of Identity Lifecycle Manager "2."

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=39&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d17489612-95f4-4dd5-a050-5da4b5d06b86%26displaylang%3den

SCAP Conversion Tool for DCM

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=40&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d22e5b9a0-fa7b-4d43-bcea-7084ae6f40f5%26displaylang%3den

HPC Server

Windows HPC Server 2008 (HPCS) provides enterprise-class tools, performance, & scalability for a highly productive HPC environment. HPCS provides a complete & integrated cluster environment including the OS, Job Scheduler, Message Passing Interface v2 (MPI2) support, cluster management & monitoring.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=41&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2c6db4f3-b604-461f-9170-43e9cee062c5%26displaylang%3den

Continuous Data Protection for your Microsoft Server Infrastructure

Continuous Data Protection for your Microsoft Server Infrastructure

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=43&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d166cc836-5f00-4018-8170-22098b0a9cdc%26displaylang%3den

Managing Virtualization with SCVMM and Powershell

Managing Virtualization with SCVMM and Powershell

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=44&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0c3a871d-9e80-46dd-85bc-3f759f007416%26displaylang%3den

Managing Virtualization 360 from the Datacenter to the Desktop

Managing Virtualization 360 from the Datacenter to the Desktop

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=45&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db3d1cbe1-c879-476e-887a-5399b5efdc1b%26displaylang%3den

Deep Dive on Windows HPC Server 2008

Deep Dive on Windows HPC Server 2008

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=46&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da30533cc-0db9-4b72-9c18-dbd50cce2959%26displaylang%3den

Virtualizing SQL Server 2008 with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

Virtualizing SQL Server 2008 with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=47&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5b72bd51-df66-43a0-aca6-d23bf0d7f44d%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Administration Tools Pack for x86 editions

The Administration Tools Pack allows administrators to install the Windows Server 2003 SP2 management tools onto a computer running Windows XP Professional or a Windows Server 2003 family operating system to perform remote server management functions.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=48&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d86b71a4f-4122-44af-be79-3f101e533d95%26displaylang%3den

File Server Migration Toolkit

The wizards in the File Server Migration Toolkit use Distributed File System (DFS) to maintain Universal Naming Convention (UNC) paths and to simplify the consolidation and migration process

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=49&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd00e3eae-930a-42b0-b595-66f462f5d87b%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB958178)

Install this update to allow load balancing to be enabled/disabled based on server name and port.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=50&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2728b9f0-88b7-4d63-83e5-ecdee4146ac5%26displaylang%3den

EVENTS/WEBCASTS

Windows Server

Windows Client

Other

TechNet Presents: MCS Talks Enterprise Architecture Session 10 - Application Virtualisation

Free of charge
Date: 10 December 2008, 16:00
Location:
Event Category: Live Meeting
Audience: IT Professional, Technology Decision Maker
Products: Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager, Windows Server, Windows Server 2008

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032393357&EventCategory=4&culture=en-GB&CountryCode=GB

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

Windows Client

Windows XP Professional EN: Rich Text Format (.rtf) files may not print correctly in Windows XP when you use an application that uses the RichEdit control

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953024/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: Error message when you switch the operating system from a dual monitor setting to a single monitor setting on a Windows XP-based computer that has the security update 954211 installed: "Stop 0x0000008E"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959252/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: On a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer, you may have to wait five seconds for a USB video device to work if the USB selective suspend setting is enabled on the corresponding USB root hub

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958309/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: A hotfix rollup for the USB audio driver is available for Windows Vista-based and Windows Server 2008-based computers

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944681/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: Error status message from the ntfs.sys driver when some applications update very large files in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista systems: "0xc0000427 STATUS_FILE_SYSTEM_LIMITATION"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957065/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: A wmiprvse.exe process may leak memory when a WMI notification query is used heavily on a Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958124/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: When you click the button on the taskbar for an inactive window to make that window active in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008, the currently active window is selected again

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955562/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: The WSD scanner submission that runs the Windows Logo Program testing may fail on a Windows Vista-based and Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957493/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Windows Error Reporting does not function correctly when it is running in a "Windows on Windows 64" (WoW64) configuration on a Windows Vista SP1-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957200/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: The Unicode hyphen character (U+2010) is not drawn when you use an application that uses GDI+ API functions in Windows Server 2008, in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2003, and in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956807/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: When you establish a dial-up connection on a Windows Vista-based computer by using USB modem device, you cannot establish a new connection when after you resume the computer from standby

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956502/EN-US

Windows XP SP3 AL: You receive error code 1206 when you run an application that uses the WLanSetProfile function on a Windows XP Service Pack 3-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958071/EN-US

Win Vista SP1 AL: Audio input/output device types compatible with Jack Detection on an HD Audio card may have a blank volume level control page in the Sound dialog box after an upgrade to Vista SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959386/EN-US

Win Vista SP1 AL: Audio input/output device types not compatible with Jack Detection on HD Audio cards may have a blank volume level control page in the Sound configuration window after an upgrade to Vista SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959463/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: Error message when you try to open a shared file in Windows Explorer on a Windows XP-based computer: "<SharePath> is not accessible. Access is denied"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950234/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: When you try to restart or shut down a remote Windows XP-based or Windows Server 2003-based computer, the restart or shutdown process may stop responding (hang) if a screen saver is enabled on the remote computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910617/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: After you hot unplug a device that is connected through a 1394 FireWire hub on a Windows XP-based computer, the device is still present in the system

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958347/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: The smart card is locked after you change the smart card PIN for a Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958281/EN-US

Windows XP SP2 EN: The error message of the Reg command may be truncated when you redirect a standard error message to a file on a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894270/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: Speeding up Windows Vista Part 1: Introduction

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959231/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: Speeding up Windows Vista Part 2: Speeding up the system start-up I (ReadyBoost)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959232/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: Speeding up Windows Vista – Part 3: Speeding up the system start-up II (Starting with two processor cores)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959233/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: Speeding up Windows Vista Part 4: Deactivating Windows Aero

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959234/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: Speeding up Windows Vista Part 5: Speeding up the hard drive

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959235/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: Speeding up Windows Vista Part 6: Deactivating unused hardware

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959236/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: Performance issues may occur on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer if Active State Power Management is enabled

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956563/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: Blank keys appear on the On-Screen Keyboard when "Chinese (Hong Kong S.A.R.) - US keyboard" is selected for the keyboard layout on a computer that runs Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959332/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: Message when you select the Power saver power option during a Digital Rights Management (DRM) test in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008: "Sony/Philips Digital Interconnect Format (S/PDIF) Support"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958018/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: A focus switch between an edit control and a button control occurs very slowly on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950528/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: Error message when you access the shared resources in a cooperation network over a VPN connection from a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based client computer: "0x80004005" or "0x80070035"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958285/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: A new version of the File system API that provides discovery and restoration for deleted files in Windows Vista is available

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943790/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: After the Terminal Services mirror driver is disconnected from a Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Vista-based remote computer, you receive a Stop error on the remote computer: "Stop 0x0000007E SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958092/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Screen savers don't resize on resolution change

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959525/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: A video call may fail when you try to start the video call by using Office Communicator on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946886/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Some temp files that have a size of 0 bytes are not deleted automatically after you install or upgrade the printer driver on a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958708/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: You cannot change the settings in the font substitution table from some device fonts back to TrueType fonts on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959221/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 64bit AL: The print options that you specify in an application may be ignored in the print output when you print a document from a client computer that runs an x64 version of Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959203/EN-US

Win Vista SP1 AL: Print jobs may have incorrect owners when you share a printer from a Windows Server 2008-based computer or from a Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958741/EN-US

Windows XP Home Edition EN: Maintenance on a computer running Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959060/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: Stop error message when an application calls the NtGdiRectInRegion function on a Windows XP-based computer: "Stop 0x00000050"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958282/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: The Automatic Update window may stop responding when you use a WSUS server to deploy Windows Internet Explorer 7 and cumulative security update 944533 on a Windows XP-based client computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958817/EN-US

Win Vista Home Basic 32bit AL: Optimizing Microsoft Windows Vista Performance

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959062/EN-US

Win Vista Home Basic 32bit AL: What is System Restore?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959063/EN-US

Win Vista Home Basic 32bit AL: Creating a Password Reset Disk in Microsoft Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959061/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: Certain user interfaces are displayed incorrectly in Windows Media Center on a wide-screen display

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958131/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: Performance decreases when you stream isochronous data on a Windows-based computer that has a Texas Instruments (TI) IEEE 1394 host controller installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958149/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: The Windows Image Acquisition image transfer may fail on a WSD scanner device that is installed on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958237/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: Some network-related parameters for a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based DHCP client computer are configured incorrectly when you use DHCPv6

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953268/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: The logon screen on a portable computer may not be resized correctly when you remove an external monitor, and then you wake the Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer from sleep or hibernation

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958605/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: The CPU usage of a high-speed USB 2.0 audio device that is connected to a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista is greater than the CPU usage of the same device when the device is connected to a Windows XP-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953228/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Catalogs for Protected Environment signed binaries do not persist through an operating system upgrade, and may not be reverted when rolling back a component installation upgrade

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959916/EN-US

Win Vista SP1 AL: Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) Frequently Asked Questions

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959064/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: Windows SteadyState may not automatically restart a Windows XP-based computer in certain circumstances

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960271/EN-US

Win Vista Home Basic 32bit AL: Windows Basics icon displays incorrectly in Windows Help and Support after installing a language pack

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960290/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: On a computer that runs Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, a PCI Express bus may run in PCI compatibility mode instead of in PCI native mode after the PCI root bus restarts

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959453/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: A memory leak occurs when you use Windows Event Log API (Wevtapi.dll) to receive WHEA events in real time on a Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955515/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: Windows Sidebar customizations are lost when you log on to a Windows Vista-based computer that has hotfix 943411 or Windows Vista Service Pack 1 installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958330/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: When you run the "Connect to the Internet" Wizard and select the "Browse the Internet now" option, Internet Explorer starts instead of the default Web browser that you set in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959130/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Stop error after you install KB951376, you use the Add Bluetooth Device Wizard, you find many Bluetooth devices, and then you try to put a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer to sleep: "STOP 0x0000007F"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959523/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: On a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, iSCSI Initiator may be unable to communicate with the iSCSI target for several minutes after an iSCSI Protocol Data Unit (PDU) is rejected

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959384/EN-US

Win Vista SP1 AL: On Windows Vista Korean SP1 edition, the text for "Windows Sounds" is missing under the "Volume Mixer".

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960288/EN-US

Windows Server

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: When you try to start a terminal session to a Windows Server 2003-based computer, the computer may be unresponsive

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957492/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: A handle leak occurs in the Csrss.exe process after the desktop heap is exhausted on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957216/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: Your screen flickers when you start WPF applications in a Windows Server 2003 terminal server session

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955692/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: High CPU usage occurs for six seconds on a Windows Server 2003-based computer that has multiple network adapters

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955860/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: An SSL connection may fail when you use Internet Explorer to make the SSL connection to an HTTPS Web site on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955807/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: Device Manager displays an exclamation point next to the Generic Packet Classifier device on a Windows Server 2003-based computer that uses the iSCSI Initiator boot version

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953731/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 SP1 EN: Microsoft Security Advisory: Exploit code published affecting the server service

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958963/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 X64 EN: Text that is formatted in printer device fonts may not print correctly in x64 versions of Windows Server 2008, of Windows Vista, and of Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948696/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Some Citrix commands do not work correctly in Citrix XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958652/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Applications or services that rely on the Named Pipe File System may encounter latency or time-out issues when many connections are made to a named pipe in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954442/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Servers in a Network Load Balancing (NLB) failover cluster cannot be used as print servers in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954420/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Windows 2000 with Integration Services may shut down slowly while running as a guest on Server 2008 with Hyper-V

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959462/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: A Windows Server 2003-based computer or a Windows XP-based computer may stop responding

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823749/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: The "Effective Permissions" tab may report incorrect permissions in Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933071/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: The logoff process may take a long time when a user makes a terminal session from a Windows Server 2003 terminal server in a trusted domain, and the terminal service roaming profiles are used

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958246/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: It takes longer to log on to a Windows Server 2003-based terminal server than expected when you enable Group Policy preferences in the terminal server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955457/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: You cannot easily determine the source of a time-out error when you run a query by using the ODBC SQL Server driver or the OLE DB provider in MDAC on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957585/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 X64 EN: The Internet Connection Wizard starts and requires you to set up an Outlook Express e-mail account when you click the Mail button in Internet Explorer on a computer that is running an x64-based version of Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958885/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: The "Stop if the computer ceases to be idle" option is not saved for tasks that are configured for Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000 in Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista when triggers are enabled for the task

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950363/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: System Center Operations Manager 2007 cannot receive SNMP trap data when you use a Windows Server 2008-based computer or a Windows Vista-based computer as a proxy agent for SNMP devices

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958936/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: You cannot shutdown a locked Windows 2000 SP4 virtual machine in Hyper-V Manager on a server that is running Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958668/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Error 0x80070005 occurs when closing Performance Monitor inside Windows Media Service console on Windows 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959527/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: The Windows Server 2008 system may stop responding when an error occurs on one of the logical units of a storage array that is connected over a single MPIO path

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957522/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: You encounter problems when you manipulate logical unit numbers on a Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958316/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Virtual machine backup operations fail in Windows Server 2008 when Hyper-V virtual machine files are saved on a volume that is mounted on a failover cluster by using a volume GUID

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958184/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Windows 2000 with Integration Services may shut down slowly while running as a guest on Server 2008 with Hyper-V

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959781/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Dtctr AL: You cannot configure a Hyper-V virtual machine by using Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering when the virtual machine uses a storage device that is managed by a third-party clustered file system or a third-party replication solution

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958065/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Dtcntr wo HV AL: You receive a fraudulent e-mail message that claims that an attached executable is a Microsoft security update

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959318/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: A Windows Server 2003-based DNS server may crash when the DNS server hosts the forward lookup zones that have the "Use WINS forward lookup" option enabled

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957749/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server may crash during the terminal session logoff process, and you may receive a Stop error message: "Stop 0x00000050"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955066/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: Error message when you run an old scheduled task or a newly created scheduled task on a Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2-based domain controller: "0x8007000d: The data is invalid"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958837/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: EFS may not be enabled expectedly after you disable a policy and this policy turn off the EFS feature

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960050/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: Stop error on a Windows Server 2003-based terminal server that has hotfix 951749 installed: "0x0000008E"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957877/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: A Windows Server 2003-based terminal server that is added to the Terminal Services Computers group cannot obtain a license from a terminal licensing server that has the "License server security group" setting enabled

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911832/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 X64 EN: If you start a system from iSCSI, the gateway specified in the iSCSI Boot solution will always be used by Windows to communicate with the iSCSI Target

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960104/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 X64 EN: List of currently available hotfixes for Distributed File System (DFS) technologies in Windows Server 2003 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958802/EN-US

Win Svr Ent 2003 R2 EN: DCOM Error 10021 is logged when you run a WinRM command against a remote computer that has update 936059 applied

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959815/EN-US

Win Svr Datacntr 2003 64 R2 EN: Error message when you try to perform a metadata cleanup of an ADAM instance on a Windows Server 2003 R2-based computer: “DsRemoveDsServerW error 0x57(The parameter is incorrect.)”

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958839/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Event 4106 generated by a Windows Server 2008-based Terminal licensing server may report incorrect number of issued "Per User" licenses

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955425/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: A Windows Server 2008-based computer may randomly restart, and a Stop error message occurs: "0x000000BE ATTEMPTED_WRITE_TO_READONLY_MEMORY"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959056/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: The text filter function may not return any results in the Group Policy Management Editor window on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958901/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: The LocalLow folder may not be created on a Windows Vista SP1-based computer or on a Windows Server 2008-based computer when roaming profiles are used in a domain environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955555/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering WMI provider does not correctly handle invalid characters in the private property names causing WMI queries to fail

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958807/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Client-side rendering in Windows Server 2008 and in Windows Vista may decrease performance on Windows Server 2008-based terminal servers

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958656/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Error code 0x8004240f occurs when you use a volume that is larger than 2 TB as backup storage in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960023/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Dtctr AL: MS08-069: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft XML Core Services could allow remote code execution

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955218/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Dtctr AL: MS08-069: Description of the security update for XML Core Services 3.0: November 11, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955069/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Dtctr AL: MS08-069: Description of the security update for XML Core Services 6.0: November 11, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954459/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Dtctr AL: MS08-068: Vulnerability in SMB could allow remote code execution

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957097/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Dtctr AL: Detection and deployment guidance for the November 11, 2008 security release

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959665/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: Interfaces that have the TCP/IP version 6 protocol installed in Windows Server 2003 incorrectly send duplicate address detection (DAD) packets when DAD fails

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953829/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: A Windows Server 2003-based computer restarts unexpectedly and you receive a Stop error message during the terminal session logoff process: "0x0000008E KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958820/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: Stop error on a Windows Server 2003-based terminal server that has a third-party Input Method Editor (IME) installed: "Stop 0x000000AB (SESSION_HAS_VALID_POOL_ON_EXIT)"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959466/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: A system memory leak may occur when you play video media content that is encoded by the Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile codec in Windows Media Player 10 on a Windows Server 2003-based computer or on a Windows XP-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959260/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: A name resolution query fails when Windows Server 2003-based DNS servers set the AA bit for the DNS query and forward the query to conditional forwarders

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957930/EN-US

Win Svr Ent 2003 R2 EN: Repair options that you can use to recover if you accidentally make an incorrect Distributed File System Replication (DFSR) member authoritative in a Windows Server 2003 R2 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957556/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Windows Media Services Core install package should not install on a non-Core version of Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960407/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: A hotfix is available that corrects a logic that is used to determine affinity masks on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer that has more than 32 logical processors

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958904/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Hang When Reading StdErr/StdOut Properties of WshScriptExec Object

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960246/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Receive-side scaling is unexpectedly disabled on a Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958015/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Recommendations for thin-provisioned volumes for computers that run Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, or Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959613/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Error message when you try to create a new virtual machine in Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008: "The Encountered an Error while creating a Virtual Machine"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960024/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Mandatory user profiles do not work as expected on Windows Vista-based and Windows Server 2008-based client computers when the %LogonServer% environment variable is set in the profile path

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955625/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Client connections return a "STATUS_INVALID_PARAM" error code when you use a "Send NTLMv2 response only" authentication level in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957441/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: A Windows Server 2008 update lets you use the RPC redirection (RDR) interface to enable or disable custom load balancing based on server name and port number

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958178/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: A Windows Server 2008-based computer may stop responding when you use a Device Specific Module that plugs into MPIO

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958912/EN-US

December 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Manageability

conuktrm — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:00:05 GMT

NEWS

All

SMS&MOM

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

The Deployment Guys

http://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys

Configuration Manager & SMS

SQL Server 2008 Now Supported on Configuration Manager 2007 R2

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 now supports the use of SQL Server 2008 with SQL Reporting Service. For accurate monitoring of the SRS configuration the following hotfix is required: KB957576.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957576/

Configuration Manager 2007 R2 Now Available

Configuration Manager R2 supports Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008, integrates support for application virtualization, and provides an update to the Operating system Deployment capability initially shipped in Configuration Manager. In addition, Client Status Reporting, SQL Reporting and Forefront Client reporting are all now available.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7376214F-CBA3-4E0D-81FE-AD52488BE3A3&displaylang=en

Windows Embedded Standard 2009 Now Supported on Configuration Manager 2007 (RTM and SP1)

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (RTM and SP1) now supports managing Windows Embedded Standard 2009 clients. The previous release of Windows XP Embedded SP2 had a limitation of not supporting OS Deployment. We are happy to announce that with WES, OS Deployment is now supported and the macro for Target Designer ships with WES. No hotfixes are required. Administrative consoles or site-sever roles are not supported.

Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 Now Supported on Configuration Manager 2007 (RTM and SP1)

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (RTM and SP1) now supports managing Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 clients. No hotfixes are required. Administrative consoles or site-sever roles are not supported.

Operations Manager & MOM

Operations Manager 2007 R2 Beta Now Available

Introducing new and enhanced capabilities, including cross platform monitoring of UNIX and Linux servers and workloads, the ability to report on service levels across IT availability and performance, enhanced system and Web monitoring capabilities, and more. The Operations Manager 2007 R2 Beta is now available for download.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/opsmgr/dd239186.aspx

What’s New & Improved in Operations Manager 2007 R2 Beta

System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 will uniquely enable organizations to reduce the cost of data center management across server operating systems and hypervisors.

Download datasheet (PDF): http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/9/4/d94797e2-1fbb-4af6-af8f-de57cee5b4a2/SC_OpsMgr2007_R2-WhatsNewOverview.pdf

Learn more about service-level monitoring (PDF): http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/2/5/725E8C00-7F98-4088-8527-189FBE73B057/SC_OpsMgr2007_R2-ServiceLevelMonitoring.pdf

Other

Application Virtualization 4.5 Resource Kit Tools Now Available

The main goal of the resource toolkit is to enable IT administrators to unlock the full potential of the recently released App-V 4.5. This release consists of the following tools:

· App-V Application Listing Tool

· Application Virtualization SFT Parser Tool

· Application Virtualization Client Log Parser Utility

· Application Virtualization Cache Resizing Tool

· Application Virtualization Dynamic Suite Composition Tool

http://blogs.technet.com/softgrid/archive/2008/11/03/application-virtualization-4-5-resource-kit-tools-now-available.aspx

New Release: Virtual Machine Manager 2008

With the release of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008, Microsoft provides a management solution for the virtualized data center that helps enable centralized management of IT infrastructure, increased server utilization, and dynamic resource optimization across multiple virtualization platforms. New features include support for VMs running on Windows Server 2008, multi-vendor virtualization platform support, performance and resource optimization (PRO), and host cluster support for “high-availability” virtual machines.

View the demo: http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/virtualmachinemanager/en/us/demos.aspx

DOCUMENTS

Configuration Manager & SMS

Creating Custom Reports by Using Configuration Manager 2007 SQL Views

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d87bbe64e-5439-4fc8-becc-deb372a40f4a%26displaylang%3den

The Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides for System Center Have Been Updated with Guidance for Configuration Manager

This guide enables you to quickly select which Configuration Manager features your organization needs in order to meet business requirements. Determining which site roles will be required in order to support those features is now a less daunting task as you are guided through the process. The guide leads you through Configuration Manager infrastructure-design decisions in a logical, sequential order. Accelerate the infrastructure design process by leveraging best-practice guidance from the product group and subject matter experts. With assistance from this guide, you will be able to make the best decisions for successfully optimizing your infrastructure to best meet business requirements.

Infrastructure Planning and Design streamlines the planning of a Configuration Manager Infrastructure by:

· Defining the technical decision flow through the planning process.

· Listing the decisions to be made and the commonly available options and considerations.

· Relating the decisions and options to the business in terms of cost, complexity, and other characteristics.

· Framing decisions in terms of additional questions to the business to ensure a comprehensive alignment with the appropriate business landscape.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=AD3921FB-8224-4681-9064-075FDF042B0C&SAMI_CAMPAIGN_NAME=IPDSCCMRTM102908_IPDDL&displaylang=en

DOWNLOADS

Configuration Manager & SMS

Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool

This Solution Accelerator provides automated tools and guidance that IT professionals can use to update offline virtual machines efficiently and without exposing them to security risks.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8408ecf5-7afe-47ec-a697-eb433027df73%26displaylang%3den

Systems Management Server 2003 Inventory Tool for Dell Update

SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Dell Updates is an add-on to SMS 2003 that enables customers to use the SMS 2003 Software Update Management feature to update their Dell servers.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d92a9bb94-1806-487b-a697-92492bf8cc8e%26displaylang%3den

SCAP Conversion Tool for DCM

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d22e5b9a0-fa7b-4d43-bcea-7084ae6f40f5%26displaylang%3den

Operations Manager & MOM

VSTS 2008 TFS MP for OpsMgr 2007

The Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2008 Management Pack monitors exposed services of TFS. This management pack includes event rules and monitors. It is designed to proactively monitor quality and availability of TFS services and even automate recovery in some scenarios.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d28c745b5-28cc-474a-a5fd-944c246d7727%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server MP for OpsMgr 2007

The Microsoft SQL Server Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 provides discovery and monitoring of SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8c0f970e-c653-4c15-9e51-6a6cadfca363%26displaylang%3den

SharePoint Monitoring ToolKit for OpsMgr 2007

The SharePoint Monitoring Toolkit helps you manage Microsoft SharePoint environments of all sizes.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de4600fd9-f53d-4ded-88bf-6bb1932794f9%26displaylang%3den

Windows DHCP 2000/2003/2008 MP for OpsMgr 2007

This Management Pack Monitors DHCP infrastructure health, availability, and performance.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2694e87c-76e0-417b-ad0f-5897e46fff88%26displaylang%3den

Active Directory MP for OpsMgr 2007

The AD Management Pack monitors Windows Server 2000, 2003 and 2008 Domain Controllers, as well as providing a Client Perspective monitoring of an AD deployment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d008f58a6-dc67-4e59-95c6-d7c7c34a1447%26displaylang%3den

HPC Server 2008 MP for OpsMgr 2007

The Windows HPC Server 2008 Management Pack provides both proactive and reactive monitoring of Windows HPC Server 2008 for a cluster environment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d99303c25-f3b0-4c41-a56b-f5cc57045dc6%26displaylang%3den

EVENTS/WEBCASTS

Configuration Manager & SMS

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 On-Demand Webcasts

http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42364#42364

TechNet Webcast: Green Enterprise: System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 and Intel vPro/AMT Technologies (Level 200)

Friday, December 19, 2008, 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 includes integrated provisioning and management support for Intel vPro/Active Management Technology (AMT) hardware management technologies. This integration provides a strong solution for enterprise management of both desktop software and hardware platforms within a single unified administration console. Join this webcast to learn how to provision and use vPro to extend the capabilities of System Center Configuration Manager to incorporate secure hardware and power management for a truly green managed enterprise desktop solution. Topics include:

· System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2

· Intel vPro hardware management and security

· Centralized Intel vPro provisioning

· Remote troubleshooting with Intel vPro hardware management

· Centralized power management

· Secure wake and update

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032392909&Culture=en-US

Operations Manager & MOM

Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) On-Demand Webcasts

http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42363

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 On-Demand Webcasts

http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42365

Other

MSDN Webcast: Building a Backup and Recovery Appliance Using Data Protection Manager 2007 (Level 100)

Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Attend this webcast to learn how Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 can increase efficiency of legacy, tape-based data protection environments to provide efficient, near-continuous protection. See some of the technology benefits of DPM, and discover what it can do for your customers. We also provide information on the availability and licensing of Data Protection Manager 2007, how to sell the product, and the competition.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032396949&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

NEW KB's

Configuration Manager & SMS

ConfigMgr: You cannot take some actions when you take remote control of a Windows Vista-based client computer that has User Account Control enabled in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956941/EN-US

ConfigMgr: The ConfigMgr Service Manager tool in Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 cannot query the SMS_SITE_SQL_BACKUP service, and you receive an "Error communicating with component" error message

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957879/EN-US

ConfigMgr: Status message ID 7404 is reported frequently in an installation of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 that uses SQL Server 2008 as the site database

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957576/EN-US

ConfigMgr: FIX: The Out of Band Power control function does not work for clients that have the Intel AMT 4 or Intel AMT 5 chipset in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957469/EN-US

ConfigMgr: Some attributes of a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 client may be missing after it is configured as a branch distribution point

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956733/EN-US

ConfigMgr: The SMS_EXECUTIVE service of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 on a child site server may crash when it handles the .sha file and sends inventory data to its parent site

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954716/EN-US

ConfigMgr: The System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 hardware inventory may recognize an x64-based client as an x86-based client

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955842/EN-US

ConfigMgr: User data from the USMT may be deleted unexpectedly by the task sequence engine during the operating system deployment process in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958808/EN-US

ConfigMgr: The Inventory Data Loader component cannot process hardware inventory data from System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 clients if one or more properties contain more than 256 characters in the NOIDMIF files

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957325/EN-US

Operations Manager & MOM

O: System Center Operations Manager 2007 runs scripts in the Rule Name field or in the Description field

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951529/EN-US

Ops Mgr 2007 SP1: Warning alerts and warning monitor state changes do not occur as expected for a Web application that is created by using the Web application template in System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957511/EN-US

Ops Mgr 2007 SP1: A custom event report does not display events that are generated by the generic CSV text log collection rules when Parameter 1 to Parameter 20 is included in the Report Field criteria in System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954823/EN-US

Ops Mgr 2007 SP1: The System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 operations console cannot display English product knowledge when you open the properties dialog box of an alert: "No product knowledge was available for this Alert"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957199/EN-US

Ops Mgr 2007 SP1: You cannot change the alert resolution state of any alert in the Active Alerts view in System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957135/EN-US

Ops Mgr 2007 SP1: The Administrator Console exits when you try to use the "Set Resolution State" option for an alert that is generated in System Center Operations Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953817/EN-US

Ops Mgr 2007 SP1: The Custom Event Report does not list the GenericLog-type events in System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952857/EN-US

Ops Mgr 2007 SP1: An Audit Collection Service forwarder may be unable to retrieve the distinguished name for the ObjectGUID in the collected events in System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954329/EN-US

Ops Mgr 2007 SP1: When you try to deploy a System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 agent, the Health Service does not start, and event ID 7024 is logged

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957567/EN-US

Ops Mgr 2007: You cannot reinstall the Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 management server role on a computer on which the role has been installed and removed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957565/EN-US

Other

Asset Inventory Service: Description of the changes in the System Center Online Client component in Asset Inventory Service 1.5

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959646/EN-US

December 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Internet

conuktrm — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:00:04 GMT

NEWS

BizTalk Server

Host Integration Server 2009 Public Beta Program now open

https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=66

New Case Studies

KAS Bank - Top 100 SWIFT User Streamlines Operations and Reduces Operational Risk with Migration

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000003002

Premier Foods - Distributor Collaborates from Supplier to Customer, Gains Competitive Advantage

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000003023

Comune di Roma - City Administration Uses Virtualization Solution to Drive Agility, Boost Productivity

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000003005

Hospital de Torrevieja - Healthcare Provider Increases Productivity, Saves €327 Per Patient Per Year

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002958

Microsoft Internet information Server

Microsoft Web Platform Installer Release Candidate – Now works with XP and Windows 2003!

Nov 24, 2008

I’m excited to announce the availability of the Release Candidate version of the Microsoft Web Platform Installer (Web PI). Web PI is a free tool that makes it simple to download and install the latest components of the Microsoft Web Platform, including...

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2008/11/24/microsoft-web-platform-installer-release-candidate-now-works-with-xp-and-windows-2003.aspx

ASP.NET supported on Server Core - Windows Server 2008 R2

Nov 24, 2008

In case you haven’t already heard the news, ASP.NET will now be enabled on Windows Server Core starting with Windows Server 2008 R2. If you're not familiar with Server Core, it is a low footprint Server installation option that lays down just the...

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2008/11/24/asp-net-supported-on-server-core-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx

Why IIS7? Top 12 cool features…

Nov 20, 2008

Every time I talk with customers in meetings or at conferences I’m struck by how many cool amazing new capabilities IIS7 has. I can go on for literally hours talking about the new features and benefits, and showing demos. And with each new...

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2008/11/20/why-iis7-top-12-cool-features.aspx

IIS7 Request Routing and Load Balancer Release Candidate Available for Download

Nov 13, 2008

I’m excited to announce that IIS has released a Release Candidate of the new IIS7 Application Request Routing (ARR) extension! ARR enables Web server administrators to easily scale-out Web applications and improve reliability through HTTP-level...

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2008/11/13/iis7-request-routing-and-load-balancer-release-candidate-available-for-download.aspx

Find New IIS7 Extensions at http://www.iis.net/extensions/

Nov 11, 2008

I’m happy to announce that IIS7 Extensions have found their home at http://www.iis.net/extensions Every since IIS7 shipped 9 months ago, the IIS team has been cranking away adding new features to the platform. Last time I blogged about how we do this...

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2008/11/11/find-new-iis7-extensions-at-http-www-iis-net-extensions.aspx

URL Rewrite Module - Release to Web

Nov 10, 2008

Today IIS team has made the URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7.0 Release To Web (RTW) available for download. This is a final, production-ready release that is officially supported by Microsoft. Install the URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7.0 RTW today! Microsoft...

http://blogs.iis.net/ruslany/archive/2008/11/10/url-rewrite-module-release-to-web.aspx

IIS Media Pack 1.0 Released

Nov 07, 2008

Following up on our Smooth Streaming announcement last week, today we released IIS Media Pack 1.0! This first release of the IIS Media Pack features two IIS 7.0 extensions that focus on the intelligent delivery of video and audio to end users: Bit Rate...

http://blogs.iis.net/chriskno/archive/2008/11/07/iis-media-pack-1-0-released.aspx

IIS Web Deployment Tool Beta 2 Released

Oct 30, 2008

The Web Deployment team had a big ‘coming out’ party yesterday at the PDC and announced immediate availability of a new Beta of the Microsoft Web Deployment Tool . MS Deploy - Fundamentals If you aren’t familiar with this tool yet, you’re going...

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2008/10/30/iis-web-deployment-tool-beta-2-released.aspx

SharePoint Technologies

SharePoint Online Out of Beta and Ready for Purchase
November 17, 2008: Microsoft Press Pass
Today, at a launch event in San Francisco, Stephen Elop, president of the Microsoft Business Division at Microsoft Corp., was joined by customers and partners to announce the availability of Microsoft Exchange Online and Microsoft Office SharePoint Online for businesses of all sizes in the United States.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/nov08/11-17ExchangeSharePointOnlinePR.mspx

Announcing Microsoft Certified Master for SharePoint
November 3, 2008: Microsoft Learning
The Microsoft Certified Master: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 program provides the most in-depth and comprehensive training available today for Office SharePoint Server 2007. This three-week training program is delivered by recognized experts from Microsoft and Microsoft partner organizations.

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/master/Sharepoint/default.mspx

Can Microsoft Keep SharePoint Rolling?
November 1, 2008: Information Week
It's all-in-one approach to collaboration is winning over companies, but that can cause its own problems.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/telecom/collaboration/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211800363

PODCAST: Creating a Competitive Edge: Extending the SharePoint Platform to meet Enterprise 2.0
October 29, 2008: PC PRO
Using rich blog, wiki, RSS, mashup & social-networking solutions combined with the enterprise content management and search capabilities of SharePoint, SharePoint customers are well positioned to create a competitive advantage in good or bad economic times by leveraging the benefits of Enterprise 2.0.

http://research.pcpro.co.uk/detail/RES/1225284892_758.html?src=pcpro

Microsoft unveils Windows Azure for SharePoint at Professional Developers Conference 2008
October 27, 2008: Microsoft PressPass
Microsoft releases comprehensive Azure Services Platform for the cloud, offering unprecedented power of choices and open connections for developers.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/oct08/10-27PDCDay1PR.mspx

MOSS Tech Center

One stop shop for all your MOSS resources including recent whitepapers, articles, discussions, blogposts, training videos, demos and much more… lookout this month for a download of the Administration Guide CHM file http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/default.aspx

DOWNLOADS

BizTalk Server

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Help

Newly released documentation for BizTalk Server 2006 R2 in two formats: CHM and HxS.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4e6a9d40-dbfc-4474-826a-ddeca287e57d%26displaylang%3den

BizTalk Server 2006 Administration Tutorials

The BizTalk Server 2006 administration tutorials are designed to help you design and configure a multi-server BizTalk Server deployment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd3add54f-4bb7-444d-9300-6230180dbb45%26displaylang%3den

Troubleshooting BizTalk Server SOAP Adapter

Troubleshooting techniques when using Microsoft BizTalk Server with the SOAP Adapter

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0297745b-7636-4f4d-ab44-62d1abe2330d%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Internet information Server

IIS DownloadCENTER

This is your single source for Microsoft Internet Information Services tools, samples, extensions, filters and modules created by Microsoft and the IIS community. Have you created an IIS script that others can use? Login, then submit it to the DownloadCENTER.

http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=3

SharePoint Technologies

SPGhostTool - Tool to fix broken setup path values in files without having to modify the database

WSS PM recently released a codeplex tool that you may find useful for fixing ghosted file issues in SharePoint. The tool uses the PRIME APIs to export and import an individual file to fix up the setup path value. Since it is relatively easy for a user to break this value and become permanently unable to re-ghost the file, hopefully this will help. http://www.codeplex.com/SPGhostTool

SharePoint Designer 2007: Non Technical Resources

SharePoint Designer 2007 Frequently Asked Questions on Trials, Pricing, Purchasing, Activation, Licensing and Support.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0a8e1a32-6524-4567-af65-633f0dbe033c%26displaylang%3den

External Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd9af2c25-989c-45c4-8008-1f15722190ed%26displaylang%3den

IT Compliance Management Guide

The IT Compliance Management Guide is intended for IT managers and IT professionals who must plan for and address the governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) requirements of their organizations.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dbd930882-0d39-4900-9a79-b91f213ed15d%26displaylang%3den

Integrating Line-of-Business Data into MOSS 2007 with the Business Data Catalog

Integrating Line-of-Business Data into MOSS 2007 with the Business Data Catalog

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9fa34e43-1cc7-4af9-8e24-6252c8f0dde5%26displaylang%3den

Office SharePoint Server IT Pro content CHM

Downloadable CHM version of SharePoint Server content on TechNet.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dba006584-711d-4ce7-9e1f-181aedf6434a%26displaylang%3den

SharePoint Designer 2007: Non Technical Resources

SharePoint Designer 2007 Frequently Asked Questions on Trials, Pricing, Purchasing, Activation, Licensing and Support.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0a8e1a32-6524-4567-af65-633f0dbe033c%26displaylang%3den

SharePoint Monitoring ToolKit for OpsMgr 2007

The SharePoint Monitoring Toolkit helps you manage Microsoft SharePoint environments of all sizes.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de4600fd9-f53d-4ded-88bf-6bb1932794f9%26displaylang%3den

External Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd9af2c25-989c-45c4-8008-1f15722190ed%26displaylang%3den

SharePoint Monitoring ToolKit for OpsMgr 2007

The SharePoint Monitoring Toolkit helps you manage Microsoft SharePoint environments of all sizes.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de4600fd9-f53d-4ded-88bf-6bb1932794f9%26displaylang%3den

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Application Template: Application Template Core

The Application Template Core solution file for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 contains all of the resources for each of the server admin templates. This solution must be installed and deployed prior to any other server admin Application Template installation.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc1039e13-94da-4d7d-8cae-3b96fa5a4045%26displaylang%3den

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Application Templates: All Server Admin Templates

This download package includes all twenty server admin Application Templates for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and the Application Template Core solution.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3daae4cb5a-91d2-4f1b-9a45-3bb894e218f8%26displaylang%3den

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Application Templates: All Templates

This download package includes all forty of the Application Templates for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 plus the Application Template Core solution, which is required to deploy server administration templates.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5807b5ef-57a1-47cb-8666-78c1363f127d%26displaylang%3den

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 IT Pro content CHM

Downloadable CHM version of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 content on TechNet.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc9d6c8c5-8a62-4961-8c1b-df08b667b1c4%26displaylang%3den

EVENTS/WEBCASTS

SharePoint Technologies

SharePoint Technology Conference

January 27–29, 2009: Burlingame, CA
For three exciting days in January, you'll be eating, drinking, sleeping, talking and living Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and Windows SharePoint Services. The first day at SPTechCon is filled with intense full and half-day workshops, half in the morning, half in the afternoon. The next two days are filled with more than 50 break-out classes to choose from. Build your own custom program!

http://www.sptechcon.com/

SharePoint Best Practices Conference

February 2–4, 2009: San Diego, CA
The SharePoint Best Practices Conference eliminates design, deploy, organization and administration confusion, replacing disorder with Clarity, Direction and Confidence.

http://www.sharepointbestpractices.com/

FASTforward '09

February 9–11, 2009: Las Vegas, NV
3 days of compelling discussion on the evolving business environment and how search is enabling companies to succeed. http://www.fastsearch.com/l3a.aspx?m=1134&amid=14562

All upcoming Events\Webcasts

http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/learning/events.mspx

NEW KB's

Microsoft Internet information Server

Internet Info Services 7.0 EN: FIX: Small memory leaks may occur when you use RSCA to query runtime statistics in IIS 7.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958661/EN-US

Internet Info Services 7.0 EN: FIX: The behavior of a Web site does not always correspond to the configuration that is specified in the ApplicationHost.config file in IIS 7.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954267/EN-US

Internet Info Services 7.0 EN: FIX: The POST data is unavailable for custom error pages in IIS 7.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956578/EN-US

Internet Info Services 7.0 EN: FIX: IIS ABO Mapper may cause an access violation for a non-privileged caller in IIS 7.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959414/EN-US

BizTalk Server

Microsoft BizTalk Server supportability on a virtual machine (updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=842301

FIX: The Backup BizTalk Server job is incorrectly associated with the time zone of a BizTalk Server 2006 server

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=936187

BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT 2008 Message Pack is available (updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=925731

SharePoint Technologies

SharePoint Portal Svr 2003 EN: You recieve error 7619 when you run a Full Text query on a SQL Server 2005 installation that is used by SharePoint Portal Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957050/EN-US

SharePoint Portal Svr 2003 EN: Description of the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 post-Service Pack 3 and the Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 hotfix package (Sts.msp): October 28, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958706/EN-US

Office SharePoint Designr 2007: Description of the SharePoint Designer 2007 hotfix package (Spd.msp, Fpac.msp, Ewd.msp): October 28, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958692/EN-US

Office SharePoint Designr 2007: Description of the SharePoint Designer 2007 hotfix package (Spd.msp): October 28, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958565/EN-US

Office SharePoint Server 2007 ML: Description of the SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package (Dlc.msp): October 28, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958569/EN-US

Office SharePoint Server 2007 ML: Description of the SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package (Coreservermui.msp): October 28, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958567/EN-US

Office SharePoint Server 2007 ML: Description of the SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package (Coreserver.msp): October 28, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957693/EN-US

Office SharePoint Server 2007 ML: Error message when you try to create a new Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web application: "Absolute path information is required"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958448/EN-US

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 hotfix package (Sts.msp): October 28, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957691/EN-US

Office SharePoint Server 2007 ML: The index is corrupted when the SharePoint Server 2007 index server experiences power failure or restarts unexpectedly

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958615/EN-US

Office SharePoint Server 2007 ML: Http 400 error when you click a folder in the pending approval report in Office SharePoint Server 2007 site to manually approve or reject it

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958346/EN-US

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: The "Check Names" button does not work as expected after you set a "Peoplepicker-searchadcustomfilter" LDAP filter in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958578/EN-US

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: Security trimming is not honored when more than one List View Web Part is displayed on the same page in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958008/EN-US

Office SharePoint Designr 2007: Description of updates for SharePoint Designer 2007 Help: November 11, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957250/EN-US

Office SharePoint Server 2007 ML: MS08-069: Description of the security update for the 2007 Office servers: November 11, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951597/EN-US

Office SharePoint Server 2007 ML: Error message when you execute common searches in an Office SharePoint Server 2007 site: "Turn on more accessible mode Skip to main content Turn off more accessible mode"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958714/EN-US

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: Error message when you perform a content deployment of a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site collection that has a custom site template: "Cannot import site"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958579/EN-US

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: Error message when you visit a sub-folder under a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 list that contains more than 2,000 list items that have non-inheriting permissions: "#RENDER FAILED"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958577/EN-US

November 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Security

Justin Zarb — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:52:00 GMT

NEWS

Download the Urgent Security Update for Windows http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200810_oob.mspx

Microsoft released an out-of-band security update on October 23 for all currently supported versions of Microsoft Windows. Download and install the update from Microsoft Update today.

Restore Infected PCs with the Malware Removal Starter Kit! https://partner.microsoft.com/40011132?campaign_type=ms_com_webpage&campaign=securityhomepage&landing_page=SolutionAcc_securitysuite_MSPP

You’ll get free, tested guidance and tools to help you combat malware attacks and restore infected systems—so your customers can safely get back to work.

Microsoft Seeks to End Lottery Fraud http://www.microsoft.com/security/lottery/default.mspx Our new effort to end lottery scams includes a reporting system for victims of identity theft, partnerships with other companies, and providing analyzed data to global law enforcement agencies.

Microsoft Security Assessment Tool http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10773471&s1=3be15275-38db-4726-9c6c-235b08032b7c

Wouldn't it be great if you had a report created for your business that detailed specific actions you should take to further secure your IT environment? Wouldn't it be great if that report was built from an assessment of your current security requirements cross-checked against an assessment of your current security investments? Wouldn't it be great if there was a free tool to do this? Guess what? The Microsoft Security Assessment Tool (MSAT) is that free tool. We've just released a new version (v4) with a new UI and a new extended report. Download MSAT here.

Online Identity Theft: Changing the Game - Protecting Personal Information on the Internet http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10773473&s1=3be15275-38db-4726-9c6c-235b08032b7c

Identity theft is not only a threat faced by consumers but also a significant concern for organisations as they handle growing volumes of personally identifiable information (PII) and use it in more diverse ways. This paper outlines a set of near-term tactics for mitigating online identity theft as well as a longer-range strategic vision for fundamentally 'changing the game' with regard to how people assert their identity on the Internet and how such identity claims are verified by other parties during an online interaction or transaction.

Security Development Lifecycle: Three New Programmes http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10773474&s1=3be15275-38db-4726-9c6c-235b08032b7c

As part of its commitment to make the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) available to every developer, Microsoft is delivering three new SDL programmes and tools in November 2008: the SDL Pro Network, the SDL Optimisation Model, and the Microsoft SDL Threat Modelling Tool. These offerings will enable the industry to create more secure and privacy-enhanced technology for an online world. Learn more about these programmes or watch a demo about the SDL Threat Modelling Tool.

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for October, 2008

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-oct.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

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server

Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server TechCenter

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/forefront/edgesecurity/default.aspx

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

Forefront Edge Security Community

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/forefront/edgesecurity/bb687298.aspx

Forefront TMG (ISA Server) Product Team Blog

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

Using a Client Certificate when Bridging SSL traffic from ISA Server

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/10/22/using-a-client-certificate-when-bridging-ssl-traffic-from-isa-server.aspx

A Preview of Exciting Things to Come

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/10/19/a-preview-of-exciting-things-to-come.aspx

ISA Server wins Readers' Choice award

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/10/07/isa-server-wins-readers-choice-award.aspx

Unable to “Check Out” a Document in MOSS 2007 Published Through ISA Server 2006

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/10/02/unable-to-check-out-a-document-in-moss-2007-published-through-isa-server-2006.aspx

Intelligent Application Gateway 2007

Intelligent Application Gateway 2007 Technical Resources

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/forefront/edgesecurity/bb687299.aspx

Forefront Edge Security Community

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/forefront/edgesecurity/bb687298.aspx

Intelligent Application Gateway Product Team Blog

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

Publishing SharePoint with IAG 2007 – Part 1: What is SharePoint AAM and why do we need it?

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2008/10/12/publishing-sharepoint-with-iag-2007-part-1-what-is-sharepoint-aam-and-why-do-we-need-it.aspx

Publishing SharePoint with IAG 2007 – Part 2: Common Questions

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2008/10/13/publishing-sharepoint-with-iag-2007-part-2-common-questions.aspx

Publishing SharePoint with IAG 2007 – Part 3: SharePoint Topologies

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2008/10/13/publishing-sharepoint-with-iag-2007-part-3-sharepoint-topologies.aspx

DOCUMENTS

White Paper: Managing a Public Key Infrastructure Using Active Directory Certificate Services and Identity Lifecycle Manager (ILM) http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10773472&s1=3be15275-38db-4726-9c6c-235b08032b7c

This white paper, from Oxford Computer Group explores many of the business drivers for a Microsoft-centric Certificate and Card Management System (CCMS), a term coined to describe the conjoined capabilities of Active Directory Certificate Services and Identity Lifecycle Manager. It explores the challenges and opportunities of implementing a CCMS solution from the perspectives of design, implementation, operations, etc.

Patterns & Practices Security Engineering Update http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10773476&s1=3be15275-38db-4726-9c6c-235b08032b7c

Check out J. D. Meier's overview of the patterns & practices approach to security engineering, which covers - among other topics - the security frame used to perform security code and design inspections.

Security Tip of the Month: Planning for Hyper-V Security http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10773477&s1=3be15275-38db-4726-9c6c-235b08032b7c

How do you know who is accessing what in your IT environment? This vital question is often faced by security administrators, and many IT organisations have challenges identifying and understanding patterns of client access to enterprise resources. This article offers some quick tips and tools to help you understand which users or system accounts have access to which resources, and when.

Windows Vista Security Guide http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10773479&s1=3be15275-38db-4726-9c6c-235b08032b7c

This guide provides you with specific recommendations and automated tools to help strengthen the security of desktop and laptop computers running Windows Vista in a domain with the Active Directory service. You'll also learn how to use the GPOAccelerator tool that accompanies the guide to help you automatically deploy security settings in minutes instead of hours.

WFAS Design and Deployment Guide http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=121&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3de4a6d0d6-c8c3-414a-ad61-abce6889449d%26DisplayLang%3den

This guide helps you design and deploy Windows Firewall with Advanced Security settings and rules that meet your goals for network security.

Full Volume Encryption using Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption Datasheet http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=130&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d7abb19b9-385f-450a-ba25-aa505ca8935c%26DisplayLang%3den

The Full Volume Encryption using Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption offering capitalizes on the Microsoft Solution Framework (MSF) to envision, plan, develop, stabilize (test), and deploy BitLocker in your environment.

Understanding the Servicing Models for Major Microsoft Software http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=138&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d0e39a542-2c07-41e4-868b-6f39762bcbed%26DisplayLang%3den

Understanding the Servicing Models for Major Microsoft Software describes the business and technical reasoning in, and the processes comprising the evaluation and delivery of code changes within security update packages.

Network Access Protection with IPsec Enforcement Datasheet http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=137&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d3d551f59-6318-4244-b3b0-463d33a4e2e3%26DisplayLang%3den

Network Access Protection is designed to protect both remote and local users from viruses, worms, and malicious software by helping to verify and directly update any computer attempting to access the network while restricting the network access of non-compliant clients

Enterprise Data Security Optimization Datasheet http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=136&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3deb91333a-c26b-4a0d-9251-80a494df9e5c%26DisplayLang%3den

DOWNLOADS

UrlScan v3.0 Released to the Web http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10773475&s1=3be15275-38db-4726-9c6c-235b08032b7c

UrlScan version 3.0 is a security tool that restricts the types of HTTP requests that Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 will process. UrlScan screens all incoming requests to the server by filtering the requests by rules that are set by the administrator. Filtering the requests helps secure the server by ensuring that only valid requests are processed.

Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10773480&s1=3be15275-38db-4726-9c6c-235b08032b7c

Benefit from tested guidance and powerful tools to help you protect your most vulnerable information - the data residing on your laptops. This toolkit shows you how to use two key encryption technologies: BitLocker Drive Encryption, which is included with specific versions of Windows Vista, and the Encrypting File System, which is included with Windows XP Professional and Windows Vista.

Security Compliance Management Toolkit http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10773481&s1=3be15275-38db-4726-9c6c-235b08032b7c

This toolkit provides you with best practices to plan, deploy, monitor and remediate a security baseline for your organisation. It also offers a proven method that you can use to effectively monitor the compliance state of a security baseline for Windows Vista, Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Windows Server 2003 SP2.

Podcast: BitLocker Drive Encryption http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10773482&s1=3be15275-38db-4726-9c6c-235b08032b7c

In this podcast, Paul Cooke, Director in the Windows Client division specialising in security, discusses BitLocker Drive Encryption, and how it has been extended in Windows Vista SP1.

Podcast: Advanced Group Policy Podcast http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10773483&s1=3be15275-38db-4726-9c6c-235b08032b7c

Learn how to effectively use the new Group Policy objects in Windows Vista to improve manageability and strengthen security with this podcast by Derek Melber, author, IT consultant and Microsoft MVP for Group Policy.

October 2008 Security Release ISO Image http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=60&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=7&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d0a678ca9-5953-44cd-a781-9990d49e5c21%26DisplayLang%3den

This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on October 14th, 2008.

Enterprise Library 4.1--October 2008 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=60&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d1643758b-2986-47f7-b529-3e41584b6ce5%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Enterprise Library is a collection of reusable application blocks designed to assist software developers with common enterprise development challenges. This release includes: Caching, Cryptography, Data Access, Exception Handling, Logging, Policy Injection, Security, Validation, and Unity.

Data Encryption Toolkit http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=84&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d1a99576a-fe67-418f-88b1-81e2055fe977%26DisplayLang%3den

EVENTS/WEBCASTS

Visit TechNet Spotlight: http://www.microsoft.com/technetspotlight

Video on Demand, Video Downloads, PowerPoint Presentations, Audio and more

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

How Microsoft does IT: Managing Network Access Protection (Level 300)

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 9:30 AM Pacific Time

Network Access Protection (NAP) is a powerful new Windows Server 2008 feature that can help protect networks from malicious software (malware) and other threats. This webcast explains how organizations can use NAP to institute requirements for accessing a network, create policies that check for compliance with those requirements, and update and manage devices that are not in compliance. Join us to learn how Microsoft IT manages NAP within Microsoft and how organizations can leverage this feature to report on health policy compliance, and to take action to address identified risks.

On-Demand Security Webcasts

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

New or updated KB’s

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server

Error 0x80072020 installing ISA Configuration Storage Server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958895

AOB

Security Help and Support for IT Professionals http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480842

TechNet Troubleshooting and Support Page http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480843

Microsoft Security Glossary http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480844

TechNet Security Center http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480845

MSDN Security Developer Center http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480846

Midsize Business Security Center http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480847

Sign-Up for the Microsoft Security Notification Service http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480848

Security Bulletin Search Page http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480849

Home Users: Protect Your PC http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480850

MCSE/MCSA: Security Certifications http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480851

Subscribe to TechNet http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480852

November 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Unified Communications

Justin Zarb — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:51:00 GMT

News

You Had Me At EHLO...

http://msexchangeteam.com/default.aspx

Microsoft Office Outlook Team Blog

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

Office Communications Server Team Blog

http://communicationsserverteam.com/

Downloads

IT Compliance Management Guide

The IT Compliance Management Guide is intended for IT managers and IT professionals who must plan for and address the governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) requirements of their organizations.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dbd930882-0d39-4900-9a79-b91f213ed15d%26displaylang%3den

EMEA case study resources

EMEA case study resources

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d76cb47e0-546a-4212-9b4a-c58959427b0d%26displaylang%3den

BPIO University 2009 ILT

Training Collateral for Delivering Business Productivity Infrastructure Optimization (BPIO) University 2009 Collaboration Track.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5540d63f-11cd-4c45-8a8b-f400e8eed91b%26displaylang%3den

Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB952580)

Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB952580)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8b492ed2-ea92-412f-a852-3aa1c58d9499%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=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5eb0f9a0-2c49-4f2a-8a09-b981ed667821%26displaylang%3den

BPIO University 2009 BI ILT Collateral

Training Collateral for Delivering Business Productivity Infrastructure Optimization (BPIO) University 2009 Business Intelligence Track.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc1191aa8-cb0d-45a7-b0e9-11e9902cd53e%26displaylang%3den

Exchange Server 2007 Standards Documentation Set

The Exchange Server Standards Documents describe Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 support for standards and RFCs related to iCalendar, IMAP4, and POP3.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6fa94dc9-d4b6-402b-8c22-8a52acea2284%26displaylang%3den

Exchange Server 2007 Protocol Documentation Set

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da9aae935-ad23-4117-a3d9-9ed6093d6d7f%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=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d09b218ea-6ff6-4679-a 117-9767ab98990a%26displaylang%3den

SharePoint Products and Technologies Protocol Documentation

The Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies protocol documentation provides technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols that are implemented and used in SharePoint Products and Technologies.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5e94ad07-902c-422f-aadd-ff2bba9e540a%26displaylang%3den

FSOCS

Forefront Security for Office Communications Server 2007 Beta 1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd128fd1a-42a2-47cb-9de8-e4ea8ba2382d%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Hotfix KB 957707

This download contains an update for Microsoft Office Communicator 2007.

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

Office Protocol Documentation

The Office protocol documentation provides technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols that are implemented and used in the Microsoft Office system.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de7a23d42-0835-440f-9400-badfe9672b21%26displaylang%3den

Windows Springboard Series: Tips and Tricks for optimal Windows Vista Performance

Mark Russinovich leads a roundtable discussion on Windows Vista Performance. Segment 3 is “Tips and Tricks for optimal Windows Vista Performance”.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd90f2227-b5e4-48ed-959f-f5b9431713e8%26displaylang%3den

Windows Springboard Series: Configuring Windows Vista for Performance - Part 2 of 2

Mark Russinovich leads a roundtable discussion on Windows Vista Performance. Segment 2 is “Configuring Windows Vista for Performance (part 2)”

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d472223b2-1db3-45e0-b0b2-79255c39c15a%26displaylang%3den

Windows Springboard Series: Windows Vista Myths and Realities

Mark Russinovich leads a roundtable discussion on Windows Vista Performance. Segment 4 is “Windows Vista Myths and Realities”.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d167bedc7-f6f7-43ec-a484-c2e817ce7ffa%26displaylang%3den

Windows Springboard Series: Configuring Windows Vista for Performance - Part 1 of 2

Mark Russinovich leads a roundtable discussion on Windows Vista Performance. Segment 1 is “Configuring Windows Vista for Performance (part 1)”

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d605e1f7e-2334-4f7c-9ee5-d8cf8db09417%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel 2003 (KB955466)

A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office Excel 2003 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened. This update resolves that vulnerability.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4df27e8a-d803-483b-a 700-0177d71bf368%26displaylang%3den

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB957257)

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.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d62320641-0947-4ba1-809d-d1c0ccc38879%26displaylang%3den

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (KB957258)

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.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd2392ffb-e5fc-4bae-84b8-0e075235f56d%26displaylang%3den

Windows Springboard Series: Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V)

Ran Oelgiesser, Senior Product Manager in the Windows Client division, discusses Microsoft’s newest desktop virtualization technology.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de39b3b58-528f-4dca-b908-112eba35d16f%26displaylang%3den

Malware Development Lifecycle

Research paper on the development methodologies used by the creators of malware - presented at VB2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6d1bae9b-e9c1-42fb-bee7-be6860f66e88%26displaylang%3den

When the hammer falls - Effects of successful widespread disinfection on malware development and direction

Research paper on the effects of MSRT on specific malware development and direction - presented at VB2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d44bcc45f-7bad-46a2-b661-69d435754a0b%26displaylang%3den

Playing with shadows - Exposing the black market for online game password theft

Research paper on the back market surrounding and facilitating online game password theft - presented at VB2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d83d10ad2-b159-4553-9a30-d82ffa860b88%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint with Service Pack 2

Forefront Security for SharePoint with Service Pack 2 helps business protect their Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 collaboration environments by eliminating documents containing malicious code, confidential information, and inappropriate content.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de06453b8-b2dd-4177-969c-2f89aa841e11%26displaylang%3den

Antigen for SharePoint Trial Software

Antigen for SharePoint helps protect SharePoint Portal Server and Windows SharePoint Services document libraries from viruses and unwanted content.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9820f6c8-228f-4eee-841c-c232e32effb8%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Antigen for Instant Messaging Trial Software

Antigen for Instant Messaging helps protect Live Communications Server conversations and file transfers from viruses, spam, and unwanted content.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df16f968e-b632-4df9-b329-bca26c50cd69%26displaylang%3den

Antigen for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Trial Software

Antigen for SharePoint helps protect SharePoint Portal Server and Windows SharePoint Services document libraries from viruses and unwanted content

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3ac57999-ad9b-47d9-a5b3-706cd4b37ada%26displaylang%3den

Events/Webcasts

6/11/2008 TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 4 of 5): Configuring Unified Messaging and Enabling Remote Client Access (Level 200)

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032391152%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

7/11/2008 TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 5 of 5): Using Local Continuous Replication and Cluster Continuous Replication (Level 200)

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032391168%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

13/11/2008 TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 1 of 5): Installing Service Pack 1 and Transitioning from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007 (Level 200)

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032390773%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

14/11/2008 TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 2 of 5): Configuring an Edge Server and Compliance and Retention Using Exchange Server 2007 RTM (Level 200)

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032391125%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

20/11/2008 TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 3 of 5): Managing and Administering Exchange Server 2007 Using the Management Console and Management Shell (Level 200)

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 enables new levels of operational efficiency through capabilities that optimize hardware and networking investments and features that help make administrators more productive. Join us for part three of the five-part Exchange Server 2007 series. In the labcast series, you receive practical technical information and learn proven techniques by watching demonstrations and using hands-on virtual labs that require no complex installations. In this labcast, we cover managing and administering Exchange Server 2007 using the Exchange Server 2007 Management Console and Management Shell.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032391138%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

21/11/2008 TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 4 of 5): Configuring Unified Messaging and Enabling Remote Client Access (Level 200)

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032391166%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

Workshops/Soundbytes

18/11/2008 Exchange 2007 Upgrade & Migration

24/11/2008 SoundByte - Exchange 2007 Transport Server Uncovered

25/11/2008 SKU - Exchange 2003 : Database Recovery

New KB's

Description of the update for Live Communications Server 2005 Service Pack 1: September 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;950614

The envelope journal report and the attached clone message are displayed incorrectly after you enable the Envelope Journaling feature on an Exchange

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;956892

The Move-Mailbox operation cannot be successful when you move a mailbox from Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;953611

You cannot cache shared mail folders in Outlook 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;955572

Description of the Outlook 2007 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: September 24, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;957909

Outlook 2007 does not honor the folder structure that was created in Internet Explorer 7 for the RSS Feeds folder

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;956647

You experience issues in Outlook 2007 or in Outlook 2003 when you try to configure free/busy information or when you try to delegate information

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;958443

Error message when users use an SMTP client to send e-mail messages in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1: "454 4.7.0 Temporary authentication failure"

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;950081

The Autodiscover service for ActiveSync in an Exchange 2007 environment does not work for users in sites that do not have the ExternalURL property set

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;952152

Description of the Microsoft support policy for Forefront Security for Exchange Server installations that are running with Exchange Server on a third-party cluster service

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;958383

Information about the command-line option for installing Forefront Security for Exchange to an undiscovered drive

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;958384

Description of the software update that upgrades your Live Communications Server 2005 services in Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 3.5 to the latest versions

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;957007

Outlook calendar does not track an invitee's response to a meeting invitation when you use the Conferencing Add-in for Outlook to send the invitation in Live Meeting 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;957983

Conference participants may hear an echo when you use a Round Table device as a microphone and another device as a speaker in Live Meeting 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;957721

The audio feature or the video feature may disconnect unexpectedly in a meeting in the Live Meeting 2007 console

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;957723

Description of the update for the Live Meeting Conferencing Add-in for Outlook: October 10, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;957979

Event ID 115 may be logged intermittently on a computer that is running Exchange Server 2007 with Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;950976

You cannot configure Exchange Server 2007 so that the simple display name appears in outgoing messages

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;944831

You can change the method for transfer encoding after you apply Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;954058

A MAPI application does not work correctly if Exchange 2007 is installed on a Windows Server 2008 server

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;951251

Some users must enter their credentials when they access rights-protected messages even though you have deployed the Rights Management Services (RMS) prelicensing agent on an Exchange Server 2007 SP1-based server

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;951864

You encounter a long delay for each mailbox when you run the "Move-Mailbox" or "Set-Mailbox" command on an Exchange Server 2007 computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;952250

The W3svc log reports the incorrect number of attachments on an Exchange Server 2007 server that has deployed Exchange ActiveSync Service (EAS)

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;951594

After you move a mailbox from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1, you cannot edit rules in Outlook Web Access

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;950076

Certificates that contain wildcard characters may not work correctly on an Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1-based server

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;948896

An In-Policy request that is forwarded to delegate seems to be an Out-Of-Policy request if a user submits an In-Policy meeting request against a room mailbox of Exchange Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;949782

Log file drives on the SCR target may eventually fill up and cause replication failure in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;952682

Description of the commands that support the UseRusServer option that is imported in Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;942649

An error occurs when you use the Export-mailbox or Restore-mailbox command to migrate certain mailboxes on Exchange Server 2007: "error code -1056749164"

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;951747

The "Open Message In Conflict" button is not available in the conflict notification message for Exchange Server 2007 users

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;953312

TAB symbols may be converted incorrectly to spaces in Exchange Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;945870

Event ID 7034 may be logged in the Application log in Exchange Server 2007 when an MAPI application tries to access a mailbox in a certain way

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;951067

Event ID 1113 is logged in the Application log on a Unified Messaging (UM) server when users contact the UM server by using secured connections

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;954205

Error message when Exchange users try to access public folders that are hosted on Exchange Server 2003 by using Outlook Web Access for Exchange Server 2007: "Outlook Web Access is unable to open public folders"

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;952924

You can enable AfterConversion snapshot for all messages if Pipeline Tracing and Content Conversion Tracing are enabled

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;950198

CopyItem and MoveItem operations in Exchange Web Services can return the Item ID after you install Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;956775

Description of improvements in functionality that occur in Exchange Web Services operations after you install Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;957133

Event ID 5000 occurs when the Exchange IMAP4 worker process crashes intermittently in Exchange Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;955208

The provisioning process is unsuccessful when you use Identity Lifecycle Manager (ILM) 2007 to provision user objects to an Exchange Server 2007 resource forest

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;949858

The message body of appointments is garbled after you use a mobile device to synchronize appointments that were created in Outlook Web Access on Exchange 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;951156

Messages are converted to a very small font size in Outlook Web Access and in Outlook 2003 when you use Exchange Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;950622

An embedded message is removed from the attachment list on Exchange Server 2007 if the embedded message subject ends with .com, .exe, or any other blocked extension

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;949512

The IMAP service crashes intermittently on Exchange 2007, and Event ID 5000 is logged

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;954237

Users do not receive information in DSN messages in Exchange Server 2007 with Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;948923

Error when you use an IMAP4 client or a POP3 client to log on to a delegate mailbox of Exchange Server 2007: "800cccd1"

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;949926

The IMAP4 or POP3 worker process may stop responding on an Exchange 2007 CAS role when you use an IMAP4 client or a POP3 client to connect the Exchange 2007 CAS role to your mailbox

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;950235

Description of support information for managing servers that are not in the same domain or forest by using the FSSMC

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;958381

The FSCUtility command does not restore SharePoint’s dependency on Forefront Security for SharePoint's services

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;956830

The memory usage of the Store.exe process increases abnormally on an Exchange Server 2003-based server

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;953251

Event ID 3086 occurs on an Exchange Server 2003 when public folder owners receive a conflict notification message

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;954198

Description of the Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter update: October 14, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;957257

You cannot disable the "No end date" option for appointments, meeting requests, tasks, or task requests in Outlook 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;952144

You cannot suppress the Autodiscover redirect warning in Outlook 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;956528

Outlook 2007 prompts you repeatedly for a password under certain network conditions

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;956531

When a user accesses their Free/Busy information, the Outlook Web Access service stops on the computer that is running Exchange 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;956532

A Color Category that uses a dark color may print lighter than other Color Categories in Outlook 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;956547

If you change the Appointments font setting for the calendar in Outlook 2007, the new font setting is not used when you print the calendar

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;956648

There is no diagnostic logging for the trusted add-ins feature in Outlook 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;956694

You cannot disable the "No end date" option for appointments, meeting requests, tasks, or task requests in Outlook 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;955449

Error message when you try to change a meeting occurrence after you cancel previous occurrences in Outlook 2007: "Changes to the meeting cannot be saved"

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;955450

Description of the Outlook 2007 Junk E-mail Filter update: October 14, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;957258

A third-party MAPI client may stop responding when a Global Catalog server goes offline and the referral service is disabled on the Exchange server

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;957718

Audio quality decreases during a conference call that is hosted on a Communications Server 2007 Audio/Video Conferencing Server when Communications Server 2007 clients report packet loss

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;957648

Conference calls are disconnected when you customize the codec selection policy for the Communications Server 2007 Audio Video Conferencing Server or for the Office Communicator 2007 client

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;957595

Description of the update package for Communications Server 2007 Mediation Server October, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;956829

Description of the update package for Office Communications Server 2007 Audio Video Conferencing Server: October, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;956831

The packet interval of 60ms for audio RTP packets from the Audio Video Conferencing Server may cause latency and performance issues over bandwidth connections

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;957489

Communications Server 2007 Mediation Server sends a generic SIP response code "500" if the gateway is unreachable because of connectivity issues

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;957490

In Exchange Server 2003, the Mailbox Management process is stopped at a specific user when you start the Mailbox Management process by right-clicking the server object in Exchange System Manager

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;957261

A Communicator 2007 client is unusually slow at startup

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;957793

When you use telephony mode=4, you can only manually set the URI information in Communicator 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;958659

Description of the update for Communicator 2007: October 24, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;957707

The presence status of Communicator 2007 changes to "Away" for all Terminal Server users when one user locks the desktop on a Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;956734

Wrong database name is added to Recovery Storage Group when more than one database exists in a Storage Group

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;959065

Event ID 20633 occurs when you enable archiving in Communications Server 2007 and you are using a SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 server as the back-end SQL server

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;957422

Forefront Security for SharePoint incorrectly detects clean documents as infected documents, and the documents are blocked

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;957779

One of the real-time scan jobs may fail because of a memory leak in Forefront Security for SharePoint

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;956813

Unnecessary information appears when you run the "Fscutiliy /disable" command to disable the Forefront Security service from a SharePoint server

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;955874

The Getenginefiles.exe process in Forefront Security for SharePoint may stop responding, and this generates a Dr. Watson crash that references Bucket ID 454637394

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;957752

You notice that the "Clean" action item and the "Delete"action item were not localized correctly when you configure the Manual Scan in a localized version of Forefront Security for SharePoint

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;956065

You cannot open a quarantined Open XML document in Forefront Security for SharePoint

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;956066

After you uninstall Forefront Security for SharePoint, the Forefront Security for SharePoint registry keys are not removed

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;956068

The FSCDiag.exe tool supports command-line switches after you install Hotfix Rollup 1 for Forefront Server Security for SharePoint Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;956130

Nested attachments that are e-mail message (.msg) files are not counted as nested attachments in Forefront Security for SharePoint

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;956122

The setting in the Minimum Unique Keyword Hits box does not work when a keyword list is larger than 2,000,000 bytes in Forefront Security for SharePoint

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;957476

The antivirus scan engines cannot update in Forefront Security for SharePoint with Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;957546

Error message in Forefront Security for SharePoint Service Pack 2: "ERROR: SharePoint Realtime scan exceeded the allowed scan time limit"

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;957590

The Getenginefiles.exe process in Forefront Security for SharePoint may stop responding, and this generates a Dr. Watson crash that references Bucket ID 767801618

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;957616

You cannot configure filtering, or scan jobs are not loaded as expected in Forefront Security for SharePoint with Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;957626

Description of Hotfix Rollup 1 for Forefront Security for SharePoint with Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=KB;EN-US;955982

November 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Managebility

Justin Zarb — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:51:00 GMT

News

SMS&MOM

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

The Deployment Guys

http://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys

Documents

Configuration Manager & SMS

Creating Custom Reports by Using Configuration Manager 2007 SQL Views

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d87bbe64e-5439-4fc8-becc-deb372a40f4a%26displaylang%3den

Operations Manager & MOM

System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 Documentation

This download contains documentation for System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd826b836-59e5-4628-939e-2b852ed79859%26displaylang%3den

Other

System Center Essentials 2007 Operations Guide

Best practices for using System Center Essentials 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3ddbf51282-1784-4b9f-abd1-e2b5cb12f1a8%26displaylang%3den

Downloads

Configuration Manager & SMS

Configuration Manager 2007 R2 Evaluation

SC Config Mgr 2007 R2 supports Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008, integrates support for application virtualization, and provides an update to operating system deployment capability initially shipped in Configuration Manager.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7376214f-cba3-4e0d-81fe-ad52488be3a3%26displaylang%3den

Operations Manager & MOM

HPC Server 2008 MP for OpsMgr 2007

The Windows HPC Server 2008 Management Pack provides both proactive and reactive monitoring of Windows HPC Server 2008 for a cluster environment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d99303c25-f3b0-4c41-a56b-f5cc57045dc6%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server MP for OpsMgr 2007

The Microsoft SQL Server Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 provides discovery and monitoring of SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8c0f970e-c653-4c15-9e51-6a6cadfca363%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server Operating System MP for OpsMgr 2007

The Windows Server Operating System Management Pack provides the fundamental monitoring basics for computers running the Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 and 2008 Operating System.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3529d233-5e3e-4b51-8f66-5d6f27005ec3%26displaylang%3den

Distributed File Systems (DFS) 2003 Management Pack

The Distributed File System 2003 Management Pack monitors events placed in the Application event log by DFS and raises alerts to indicate possible service outages or configuration problems that require operator intervention.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7b4cf0fd-4ed8-48be-96bd-94246b040add%26displaylang%3den

Application Virtualization 4.5 MP for OpsMgr 2007

This Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 Management Pack provides proactive monitoring of Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 server systems.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d82b0397f-fac8-4c5a-b906-e87d0e57982a%26displaylang%3den

BizTalk Server MP for OpsMgr 2007

The BizTalk Server Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 provides monitoring for BizTalk Server 2006 and 2006 R2.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d389fcb89-f4cf-46d7-bc6e-57830d234f91%26displaylang%3den

UNIX Interoperability Management Pack for MOM 2005

The Microsoft Windows Server 2008 UNIX Interoperability Management Pack monitors the performance and availability of the Windows Server 2008 version of Subsystem for UNIX based Applications component and Identity Management for UNIX component.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d24da7d43-e6e0-4428-bd9f-c10635ed7478%26displaylang%3den

Events/Webcasts

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 On-Demand Webcasts

http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42364#42364

Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) On-Demand Webcasts

http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42363

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 On-Demand Webcasts

http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42365

New KB's

Configuration Manager & SMS

You cannot add a group as an AMT user account in Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 if the group name has more than 20 characters

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957183/EN-US

Distribution Manager in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 may require several hours after startup before it begins to process packages

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956194/EN-US

Operations Manager & MOM

Description of System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958170/EN-US

Other

You cannot install a System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 hotfix that includes the System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Feature Pack when the Automatic Updates service is disabled

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956395/EN-US

November 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Internet

Justin Zarb — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:51:00 GMT

News

Microsoft Internet information Server

IIS’ Web Deployment Tool Beta 2 Released

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2008/10/30/iis-web-deployment-tool-beta-2-released.aspx

I’ve seen the future and the future is… Smooth!

Now playing at SmoothHD.com – a preview of video delivery using IIS Smooth Streaming. Announced this morning in a joint press release by Microsoft and Akamai, IIS Smooth Streaming enables video delivery at the best quality each viewer’s network...

http://blogs.iis.net/jboch/archive/2008/10/28/i-ve-seen-the-future-and-the-future-is-smooth.aspx

Quick Install of the World’s Most Popular Web Applications on IIS7

A few weeks ago I announced the availability of the Microsoft Web Platform Installer (Web PI) in Beta. Web PI makes it easy to obtain and install the Microsoft Web Platform, including IIS, ASP.NET, Visual Web Developer Express, SQL Express and tons of...

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2008/10/15/quick-install-of-the-world-s-most-popular-web-applications-on-iis7.aspx

Where to download and buy IIS7 and Windows 2008

I've heard several people ask where to buy IIS7 and Windows 2008. First, if you want to download and try before you buy, Microsoft has made Windows 2008 trial editions available, with just a few clicks and a live ID you can download them today. If you...

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2008/10/06/where-to-download-and-buy-iis7-and-windows-2008.aspx

Fast Download and Install of Microsoft's Web Stack: IIS7, ASP.NET, SQL Express, Visual Web Developer, and more...

Let's face it, getting Microsoft's Web server, framework and tools installed is much more painful than it should be. Visit 10 different web sites, download a dozen different packages, install them one at a time, and maybe in a few hours you are ready...

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2008/10/03/fast-download-and-install-of-microsoft-s-web-stack-iis7-asp-net-sql-express-and-visual-web-developer-and-more.aspx

Microsoft Web Platform Installer Beta Released

Today we are releasing a new Web Site at http://www.microsoft.com/web/ where users can get a one stop shop for learning about the Microsoft Web Platform. This is part of a bigger effort to make it easier to get started with building and running Web Applications...

http://blogs.iis.net/carlosag/archive/2008/10/02/microsoft-web-platform-installer-beta-released.aspx

BizTalk Server

New Case Studies

Saudi Post - Postal Workers Use Latest Technologies, Process 100 Per Cent More Mail Items a Day

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002866

NCC Roads - Construction Company Streamlines Processes with Human Resources and Finance Solution

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002809

Accuride - Vehicle Parts Manufacturer Streamlines Production and Delivers New Customer Value

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002783

Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS) - Hospital District Connects Systems, Improves Communications

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002764

Vertex - Consultants Help Business Maximise IT Investments, Meet Demands for Five Years

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002796

SharePoint Technologies

Microsoft exec: Challenging times play to our strengths
October 10, 2008: CNET
With a tough economic climate figuring to put a crimp on IT spending, Microsoft is already working on honing a message that it can help businesses save money.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10063352-56.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0

SharePoint in Leaders Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management, Horizontal Portal Products, and Information Access Technology
September 2008: Gartner Research
Gartner placed Microsoft in the 2008 Leaders' quadrant for Enterprise Content Management, Horizontal Portal Products, and Information Access Technology. The Magic Quadrants evaluates different vendors in their respective spaces and provides insights to companies when choosing a product or service.

http://mediaproducts.gartner.com/reprints/microsoft/vol6/article3/article3.html

Chesapeake Energy Deploys SharePoint to Meet Growth Challenges
September 24, 2008: Your Communication News
Helping one of the nation's leading energy companies meet the challenges of rapid growth while boosting worker productivity, workflow and collaboration, Microsoft Corp. today announced that Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corp. has deployed an extensible and scalable enterprise solution based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 across its entire enterprise.

http://www.yourcommunicationnews.com/news_item.php?newsID=11176

Avenue A l Razorfish Recognized in 2008 WebAward for Ford Website development based on SharePoint
September 2008: Web Marketing Association
Avenue A l Razorfish won the prestigious 2008 WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in Website Development based on its work on Ford GO!, using Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007.

http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=12151

InformationWeek 500 Trends: Web 2.0, Globalization, Virtualization, and More
September 16, 2008: InformationWeek
Implementing new collaboration tools, such as Microsoft SharePoint, is cited more often than any other (48%) as a technology leveraged to improve productivity.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/management/trends/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210601098&subSection=Business+Intelligence

SharePoint Scores with Web Developers
September 15, 2008: SDTimes
Microsoft has forecast that SharePoint will hit US$1 billion in revenue for 2008 and some analysts are predicting that it will steamroll the Web 2.0 market. SD Times interviewed several experts to discuss what is drawing enterprises to use SharePoint as a development platform and how it should evolve going forward.

http://www.sdtimes.com/SearchResult/32860

Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS)
September 10, 2008: Microsoft.com
Microsoft has collaborated with EMC, IBM, and other leading software vendors to create the Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) specification. The jointly developed specification is designed to simplify interoperability with Enterprise Content Management (ECM) systems.

http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/capabilities/ecm/cmis.mspx

EMC, IBM, and Microsoft Jointly Create First Web Services Interface Specification for Greater Interoperability of Enterprise Content Management Systems
September 10, 2008: Microsoft PressPass
Trio joined by Alfresco, OpenText, Oracle, and SAP in Development of The Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) Specification. Learn more about CMIS.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/sep08/09-10FirstWebPR.mspx

Loyalty to launch SharePoint-based website: Deployment time was cut through a platform approach
September 10, 2008: ComputerWorld
Loyalty New Zealand, the operator of the FlyBuys programme, says it was able to roll-out a new website in a matter of weeks using the Microsoft SharePoint platform.

http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/443FFD3A2584757BCC2574BE000EAA19

Governance Key for SharePoint Implementations
September 9, 2008: CMS Wire
Governance is the key for a successful SharePoint implementation today and we have an interview with a consulting firm specializing in SharePoint to tell us why.

http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-cms/governance-key-for-sharepoint-implementations-003123.php

Making the Most of SharePoint
September 5, 2008: CIO Australia
How do you manage the reams of paper and complicated project management timeline related to a multimillion dollar building expansion? SharePoint proved the answer to staying on time and on budget for the Van Andel Institute's construction effort.

http://www.cio.com.au/index.php/id;1656776261

Downloads

Microsoft Internet information Server

IIS DownloadCENTER

http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=3

BizTalk Server

Using the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Adapters in BizTalk Server

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a976dc7d-2296-4f88-be4d-0d314fca9e59&DisplayLang=en

Using Custom Behaviors with the BizTalk WCF Adapters, Part 1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1f08f250-48a5-4331-8b7f-b1adfdf8dc38&DisplayLang=en

BizTalk Server 2006 Developer Guide for OAGIS

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=906d0eb2-1715-4102-a204-ab07404694d4&DisplayLang=en

Modifying Messages with the WCF Adapters

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c8a654eb-6ea3-4c3e-84b8-80e7148cb825&DisplayLang=en

Consuming and Hosting WCF Services with Custom Bindings in BizTalk Server

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=70badd79-ce7e-4ccb-be5c-3ff74ca3a8c4&DisplayLang=en

Events/WebCasts

SharePoint Technologies

Microsoft TechED EMEA 2008

November 10–14, 2008: Barcelona, Spain

http://www.microsoft.com/emea/teched2008/

SharePoint Connections 2008

November 10–13, 2008: Las Vegas, NV
Last year this event sold out; register early to avoid missing out on the hottest event of the year. What made Connections the largest Microsoft developer event in our industry? It's the 75+ Microsoft architects and the world's top IT experts in one place at one time presenting, training and networking.

http://www.devconnections.com/shows/FALL2008SP/default.asp?s=123

New or updated KB’s

Microsoft Internet information Server 7.0

A hotfix is available that provides improved features for the Request Filtering module in IIS 7.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957508

Cannot find the certificate request associated with this certificate file. A certificate request must be completed on the computer where it was created

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959216

Microsoft Internet information Server 6.0

Kerberos authentication and troubleshooting delegation issues

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907272

You may be unable to manage IIS 6.0 by using Server Manager if two threads access IIS 7.0 at the same time

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958974

BizTalk Server

FIX: An event error is logged in the Application log when you stop a host that is running a WCF-based send adapter in a BizTalk Server 2006 R2 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=955522

FIX: You may receive an error message when you try to configure the Windows SharePoint Services adapter for Office SharePoint Server 2007 in a BizTalk Server 2006 R2 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=957514

FIX: When the BizTalk Server SAP adapter reads a valid SAP sequence of zeros, the adapter throws an exception and ends the current operation

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=954539

FIX: You may receive an exception error message when you run the WCF Adapter Service Wizard to generate a service that can be consumed by Office SharePoint Server or other clients

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=957913

SharePoint Technologies

Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003

The upgrade schema does not consider the v3Type attribute when you upgrade SharePoint Portal Server 2003 customizations to SharePoint Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953449

Windows SharePoint Services Version 3

Description of an update for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 that applies to daylight saving time (DST) changes

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956612

November 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - SQL

Justin Zarb — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:50:00 GMT

News

Technical RollUp

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

Downloads

SQL Server Reporting Services Add-in for SharePoint Technologies

The Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Add-in for Microsoft SharePoint Technologies is a Web download that provides features for running a report server within a larger deployment of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1e53f882-0c16-4847-b 331-132274ae8c84%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server 2008 Privacy Statement

Read the Privacy Statement document for Microsoft SQL Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de7f89bf5-d80c-46b5-a12f-fade6d41330d%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack, October 2008

Download the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack, a collection of stand-alone install packages that provide additional value for SQL Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d228de03f-3b5a-428a-923f-58a033d316e1%26displaylang%3den

Web Platform Installer Beta

The Microsoft Web Platform Installer (beta) is a free tool that makes it simple to download and install the latest components of the Microsoft Web Platform, including the IIS7, SQL Server Express, .NET Framework and Visual Web Developer.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3a41fac1-ed06-4944-a24d-76c8da31cf7d%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server 2008 Report Builder 2.0

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9f783224-9871-4eea-b1d5-f3140a253db6%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP Cumulative Update - October 2008

Download the SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP Cumulative Update - October 2008. This update contains bug fixes reported by the community.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d61bf87e0-d031-466b-b09a-6597c21a2e2a%26displaylang%3den

Direct Marketing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Case Study

One of this agency’s clients has 14 subsidiary organizations whose independently developed collateral needed greater brand creative man¬agement and consistency. Using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 and technologies from Adobe and Equilibrium, the agency developed a template-based collateral development and brand management solution.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d34f2e52d-6cde-40ad-b253-fee924662df7%26displaylang%3den

System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 Documentation

This download contains documentation for System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd826b836-59e5-4628-939e-2b852ed79859%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server 2005 Privacy Statement

Read the Privacy Statement document for Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0623907e-6939-4251-a6e7-90142590ed43%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server Protocol Documentation

The Microsoft SQL Server protocol documentation provides technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols that are implemented and used in Microsoft SQL Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d91ef5106-944a-41e1-b3a0-5bd3f2356f32%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft® Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR September CTP

Microsoft® Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR implements support for SQL Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dbb3ad767-5f69-4db9-b1c9-8f55759846ed%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Connectors for Oracle and Teradata

Download the SSIS Connectors for Oracle and Teradata that provide additional value for SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd9cb21fe-32e9-4d34-a381-6f9231d84f1e%26displaylang%3den

Western Extrusions CS

According to Mojica, the aging Windows Server 2003 platform had worn thin. The new operating system would need to work smoothly with Western’s SQL Server® 2000 and Windows® SharePoint® Services 3.0 solutions.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc4abd726-71cd-4f9b-b10a-f2189c79cd46%26displaylang%3den

SLM Datasheet

This is Microsoft Services SQL: Service Level Management (SLM) datasheet.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de37c709d-48c3-4ba0-afa2-aab2b93cda2b%26displaylang%3den

DCM for SQL Datasheet

This is Microsoft Services for SQL: Desired Configuration Monitoring (DCM) datasheet.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dfcda8b1c-6634-47a5-8601-e21773fe2a7b%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server 2005: for Administrators Datasheet

This four-day WorkshopPLUS course is available exclusively for Microsoft Premier Support customers and contains Level 300+ content.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=16&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1cfb760c-a3fa-4e50-9fc3-0e7c9819d51f%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Books Online (August 2008)

Download the documentation and tutorials for Microsoft SQL Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d765433f7-0983-4d7a-b628-0a98145bcb97%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack, August 2008

Download the 2008 Feature Pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2008, a collection of stand-alone install packages that provide additional value for SQL Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc6c3e9ef-ba29-4a43-8d69-a2bed18fe73c%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 and MSDE 2000 (KB948111)

Security Update for SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 and MSDE 2000 (KB948111)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=19&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8316bc5e-8c2d-4710-8acc-b815ccc81cd4%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 and MSDE 2000 (KB948110)

Security Update for SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 and MSDE 2000 (KB948110)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=20&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4fd1f86a-94a2-43d8-9b0a-774c81426d9e%26displaylang%3den

Documents

Running SQL Server 2008 in a Hyper-V Environment - Best Practices and Performance Recommendations

http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/9/4/d948f981-926e-40fa-a026-5bfcf076d9b9/SQL2008inHyperV2008.docx

SQL Server Replication: Providing High Availability using Database Mirroring

http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/9/4/d948f981-926e-40fa-a026-5bfcf076d9b9/ReplicationAndDBM.docx

Running SQL Server 2008 on Windows Server 2008

The combination of SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 offers enterprise IT administrators and professional developers a superlative platform for mission-critical applications together with enhanced end-to-end security, management, and development capabilities.

http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/wp-run-sql-2008-on-windows-server-2008.aspx

SQL Server 2008 Licensing Overview

This document explains key licensing considerations for SQL Server 2008 customers.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/e/6/1e68f92c-f334-4517-b610-e4dee946ef91/2008%20SQL%20Licensing%20Overview%20final.docx

Best Practices for Integration Services Configurations

This article explains what SQL Server Integration Services configurations are used for, why you should use Integration Services configurations, and what options you have for leveraging configurations. It will also make some simple recommendations that are based on my experiences of building Integration Services packages in a real-world environment. An understanding of the terms “package”, “Business Intelligence Development Studio”, and “dtexec.exe” in the context of Integration Services is assumed.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc671628.aspx

FILESTREAM Storage in SQL Server 2008

In today’s society, data is generated at incredible rates and often needs to be stored and accessed in a controlled and efficient way. There are various technologies to do this and the choice of technology often depends on the nature of the data being stored – structured, semistructured, or unstructured

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc949109.aspx

Events/Webcasts

Creating an Analysis Services Project (SQL Server Video)

This video demonstrates how to create an Analysis Services project, define a data source, and define a data source view. You will also learn how to change the value of the FriendlyName property for objects in the data source view to increase the user-friendliness of their names.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc952925.aspx

Defining and Deploying a Cube (SQL Server Video)

This video demonstrates how to define and deploy an OLAP cube using Analysis Services.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc952924.aspx

Modifying Measures, Attributes and Hierarchies (SQL Server Video)

This video demonstrates how to modify the measures, attributes and hierarchies in a cube.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc952926.aspx

Creating a Basic Package (SQL Server Video)

This video demonstrates how to create a basic package by using the SSIS Designer in Business Intelligence Development Studio.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc952921.aspx

Exporting SQL Server Data to Excel (SQL Server Video)

This video demonstrates how to use the SQL Server Import and Export Wizard to create a package that exports data from a SQL Server database to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc952922.aspx

November 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Platforms

Justin Zarb — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:48:00 GMT

News
Barcelona
3 - 7th November 2008
http://www.microsoft.com/emea/teched2008/itpro/default.aspx

Microsoft PDC
Watch Highlights of the event and all top stories
http://www.microsoftpdc.com/

New Virtualization Solution Accelerators
• Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for SCVMM and App-V 4.5 - http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10767857&s1=0fff8a30-7b25-67dc-c0b4-0bda456fd9b4
• Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool - http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10767858&s1=0fff8a30-7b25-67dc-c0b4-0bda456fd9b4
• Windows Server 2008 Security Guide - http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10767859&s1=0fff8a30-7b25-67dc-c0b4-0bda456fd9b4
• Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit for Hyper-V and App-V - http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10767860&s1=0fff8a30-7b25-67dc-c0b4-0bda456fd9b4

Windows Virtualization Team Blog
http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/

The World Simplified is a Virtual World
http://blogs.technet.com/virtualworld/

Ask the Directory Services Team
http://blogs.technet.com/askds/

Ask the Performance Team
http://blogs.technet.com/askperf/

Microsoft Enterprise Networking Team
http://blogs.technet.com/networking/

Ask the Core Team
http://blogs.technet.com/askcore/

Microsoft Advanced Windows Debugging and Troubleshooting
http://blogs.msdn.com/ntdebugging/

Terminal Services Team Blog
http://blogs.msdn.com/ts/

The Hot Blog
http://blogs.technet.com/hot/

Downloads
Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
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/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dad724ae0-e72d-4f54-9ab3-75b8eb148356%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP (KB958644)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0d5f9b6e-9265-44b9-a376-2067b73d6a03%26displaylang%3den

Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP
The media player for all your digital entertainment needs.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1d224714-e238-4e45-8668-5166114010ca%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB958644)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df26d395d-2459-4e40-8c92-3de1c52c390d%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista (KB958644)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d18fdff67-c723-42bd-ac5c-cac7d8713b21%26displaylang%3den

Silverlight Tools
Add-on for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 for developing Silverlight 2 applications
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc22d6a7b-546f-4407-8ef6-d60c8ee221ed%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB958644)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de22eb3ae-1295-4fe2-9775-6f43c5c2aed3%26displaylang%3den

XPS Essentials Pack Version 1.0
The Microsoft XML Paper Specification Essentials Pack, Version 1.0 (XPS Essentials Pack) contains components that enable you to view, generate and index XPS Documents.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db8dcffdd-e3a5-44cc-8021-7649fd37ffee%26displaylang%3den

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64
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/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d585d2bde-367f-495e-94e7-6349f4effc74%26displaylang%3den

Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP (64-bit)
The media player for all your digital entertainment needs.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc6a4cecb-9cb2-42f7-8814-7cb5067ee958%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP (KB956841)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated local attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d25997b73-a640-49c1-b19e-768a18bbe22c%26displaylang%3den

Expression Blend 2 Service Pack 1
Expression Blend 2 SP1 allows you to harness the power of XAML, .NET and Silverlight 2 to deliver compelling user experiences for both connected desktops and the web.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3deb9b5c48-ba2b-4c39-a1c3-135c60bbbe66%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP (KB956803)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated local attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db16d9dac-c430-4dd8-a1e5-9a614801f1d9%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP (KB954211)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated local attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7718bf14-c26c-43f3-be67-4c79ab5b2607%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP (KB957095)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2f7e5981-6eef-4f08-86c0-c6a7607ea5d0%26displaylang%3den

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP (KB956390)
This update addresses the vulnerability discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-058. To find out if other security updates are available for you, see the Overview section of this page.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=16&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4e73de2b-05e6-4901-9bac-46d8f469e635%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB958644)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4c16a372-7bf8-4571-b982-dac6b2992b25%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB958644)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da976999d-264f-4e6a-9bd6-3ad9d214a4bd%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB958644)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=19&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc04d2afb-f9d0-4e42-9e1f-4b944a2de400%26displaylang%3den

Deep Zoom Composer
Prepare images for use with the Deep Zoom feature in Silverlight 2
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=20&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d457b17b7-52bf-4bda-87a3-fa8a4673f8bf%26displaylang%3den

Cumulative Security Update for ActiveX Killbits for Windows XP (KB956391)
Security issues have been identified in Active X controls that could allow an attacker to compromise a system running Microsoft Internet Explorer and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=21&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df6132174-3c1f-4328-9cb7-e4334ec31e64%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP (KB953155)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=22&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de7ef571f-c9e8-4e14-95a3-3eeaec55b784%26displaylang%3den

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer for Windows XP (KB956390)
This update addresses the vulnerability discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-058. To find out if other security updates are available for you, see the Overview section of this page.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=23&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da7f0f47b-b1ee-4516-9fbf-bf8e579963d0%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Administration Tools Pack for x86 editions
The Administration Tools Pack allows administrators to install the Windows Server 2003 SP2 management tools onto a computer running Windows XP Professional or a Windows Server 2003 family operating system to perform remote server management functions.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=24&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d86b71a4f-4122-44af-be79-3f101e533d95%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.3 Update
This update contains several improvements to enhance stability and performance. In addition, this update includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer's memory with malicious code.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=25&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de70c5ae0-2858-46de-81f8-dcd1786656b7%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel 2003 (KB955466)
A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office Excel 2003 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened. This update resolves that vulnerability.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=26&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4df27e8a-d803-483b-a700-0177d71bf368%26displaylang%3den

MVC Beta
The ASP.NET MVC Beta release provides a new Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework on top of the existing ASP.NET 3.5 runtime.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=27&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da24d1e00-cd35-4f66-baa0-2362bdde0766%26displaylang%3den

System Update Readiness Tool for Windows Vista (KB947821) [August 2008]
This tool is being offered because an inconsistency was found in the Windows servicing store which may prevent the successful installation of future updates, service packs, and software.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=28&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2889489c-ee87-4607-8aa5-812e8078ab27%26displaylang%3den

Hyper-V Server 2008
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=29&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6067cb24-06cc-483a-af92-b919f699c3a0%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft® Silverlight™ 2 SDK
The Microsoft® Silverlight™ 2 Software Development Kit provides documentation, libraries and tools for developing Silverlight applications.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=30&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8d933343-038f-499c-986c-c3c7e87a60b3%26displaylang%3den

Excel 2007 Add-in: Get Started Tab for Excel 2007
This add-in adds a Get Started tab to the Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Ribbon. Commands on this tab give you easy access to free content on Office Online that helps you learn Excel 2007 quickly.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=31&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8a5af9d7-08a7-41ba-8844-76bb94228957%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB955936)
A security vulnerability exists in the 2007 Microsoft Office system and the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened. This update resolves that vulnerability.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=32&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9a7be004-5903-4101-90c5-c0d5f8722af9%26displaylang%3den

Hyper-V Server 2008 Configuration Guide
Detailed setup & configuration guide for Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=33&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de1e111c9-fa69-4b4d-8963-1dd87804c04f%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Security Assessment Tool
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://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=34&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dcd057d9d-86b9-4e35-9733-7acb0b2a3ca1%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (KB955470)
A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened. This update resolves that vulnerability.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=35&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2765bbc0-ea2e-4b6e-822c-222ee8e5021f%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB957095)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=36&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3ddbbebb3f-f1c7-402c-bd16-6f88da0d042c%26displaylang%3den

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 SP1 (KB956390)
This update addresses the vulnerability discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-058. To find out if other security updates are available for you, see the Additional Information section at the bottom of this page.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=37&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d02390258-08e9-4b75-960d-be081b749558%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB958644)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=38&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d25c17b07-1efe-43d7-9b01-3dfdf1ce0bd7%26displaylang%3den

Windows Azure SDK
The Windows Azure SDK provides developers with the APIs, tools, documentation, and samples needed to develop Internet-scale applications that run on Windows Azure.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=39&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dbb893fb0-ad04-4fe8-bb04-0c5e4278d3e9%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB954211)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated local attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=40&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6e696762-d652-4a8f-ab8f-622f9746c320%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Assessment and Planning
The Microsoft Assessment and Planning toolkit is a tool that makes it easy for you to assess your current IT infrastructure for a variety of technology migration projects. It includes the features previously provided with the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment Solution Accelerator.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=41&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d67240b76-3148-4e49-943d-4d9ea7f77730%26displaylang%3den

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Application Templates: All Templates
This download package includes all forty of the Application Templates for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 plus the Application Template Core solution, which is required to deploy server administration templates.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=42&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5807b5ef-57a1-47cb-8666-78c1363f127d%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB956841)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated local attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=43&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de8ef3d5f-dd8e-4945-92cd-9d3e30b16667%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Filter Pack
This download will install and register IFilters with the Microsoft Windows Indexing Service. These IFilters are used by Microsoft Search products to index the contents of specific document formats.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=44&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d60c92a37-719c-4077-b5c6-cac34f4227cc%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB957095)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=45&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9ed29c3a-0682-4586-bbc2-a73deaa18e4c%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB956803)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated local attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=46&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dee88ff2d-1b12-4f4c-a081-9f27a6fba074%26displaylang%3den

TCP/IP Fundamentals for Microsoft Windows
This online book describes the fundamentals of TCP/IP in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=47&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc76296fd-61c9-4079-a0bb-582bca4a846f%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB953155)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=48&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d437a9b68-6a0c-48c8-9348-0d6fda48aa21%26displaylang%3den

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB957257)
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.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=49&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d62320641-0947-4ba1-809d-d1c0ccc38879%26displaylang%3den

Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB952580)
Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB952580)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=50&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8b492ed2-ea92-412f-a852-3aa1c58d9499%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB954211)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated local attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3a6165a6-d7e7-4526-9291-290caf0639b4%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB953155)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8163d1f6-feb5-4f39-8134-3ed42326b822%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB951071)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d899e2728-2433-4ccb-a195-05b5d65e5469%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB957280)
A security issue has been identified in Windows Active Directory that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8ed7bb9a-4b26-49d7-8c14-60226d2bc20d%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Implementation Guide
This guide contains comprehensive information about how to plan, install, and maintain Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1ceb5e01-de9f-48c0-8ce2-51633ebf4714%26displaylang%3den

Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions for Windows XP (KB943729)
Multiple Group Policy Preferences have been added to the Windows Server 2008 Group Policy Management Console (which are also available through the Remote Server Administration Toolset (RSAT) for Windows Vista SP1).
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de60b5c8f-d7dc-4b27-a261-247ce3f6c4f8%26displaylang%3den

Data Encryption Toolkit
This toolkit is intended to help you secure the data on your organization’s mobile PCs--in a cost-effective way--using Encrypting File System (EFS) and Microsoft BitLocker Drive Encryption (BitLocker) technologies.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1a99576a-fe67-418f-88b1-81e2055fe977%26displaylang%3den

Foundation Network Companion Guide: Deploying 802.1X Authenticated Wireless Access with PEAP-MS-CHAP v2
This companion guide to the Foundation Network Guide provides instructions about how to deploy 802.1X authenticated wireless access by using Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol-Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol version 2 (PEAP-MS-CHAP v2).
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da1746605-4248-4e61-970b-509aa5ed0fe8%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=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da1fe1066-bf4f-44fc-834b-676b311e83a2%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows XP (KB959252)
Install this update to resolve an issue in which you receive a 0x0000008e Stop error after you install security update KB954211 (MS08-061).
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dec4b7d80-79b6-4035-92a3-3992a9e09718%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista (KB956841)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated local attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db4212db5-093e-497d-b999-2e3780f9f7c2%26displaylang%3den

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=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dad3921fb-8224-4681-9064-075fdf042b0c%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista (KB954211)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated local attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3483b400-cedc-441f-ba8e-594e3df89190%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista (KB957095)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d72dd6015-25d1-45f4-a769-88ac43074b44%26displaylang%3den

Volume Activation 2.0 Technical Guidance
Technical documentation for planning, deployment, and operations of Volume Activation 2.0 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Includes the Volume Activation 2.0 Overview Guide, Planning Guide, Deployment Guide, Operations Guide, Resources, FAQ and Technical Attributes.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9893f83e-c8a5-4475-b025-66c6b38b46e3%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista (KB953155)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9b5995df-a3b8-4e81-b118-9bb057e19884%26displaylang%3den

Cumulative Security Update for ActiveX Killbits for Windows 2000 (KB956391)
Security issues have been identified in ActiveX controls that could allow an attacker to compromise a system running Microsoft Internet Explorer and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dbb17067d-5ac8-425b-91fd-b2f365ed66b5%26displaylang%3den

System Update Readiness Tool for Windows Vista for x64-based systems (KB947821) [August 2008]
This tool is being offered because an inconsistency was found in the Windows servicing store which may prevent the successful installation of future updates, service packs, and software.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d14f76773-007c-493f-bece-243bc21ac73d%26displaylang%3den

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 4 (KB956390)
This update addresses the vulnerability discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-058. To find out if other security updates are available for you, see the Overview section of this page.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d257c0478-56dd-42eb-a90e-607d01613db7%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows 7 Pre-Beta (KB958644)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=16&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de877d9c1-3e7c-4551-a899-c3fcc5175bb6%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB957200)
This is a reliability update. This update resolves some performance and reliability issues in Windows Vista.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dce4f61d7-b659-4db5-95b8-9a86ca475ca4%26displaylang%3den

Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista (KB955519)
Install this update to resolve issues with Media Center for Windows Vista. For complete listing of issues included in this cumulative update, see KB955519.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8416f7c6-389d-43cc-996b-d9ea555444b1%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB954211)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated local attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=19&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d905ab030-14a5-4a3d-aa11-e8f957f6a1ea%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB956841)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated local attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=20&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc20808cb-c30a-4b53-91e5-810eb6b4b2e3%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB957095)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=21&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df793af16-5464-4db1-a42b-1c5f17c538ed%26displaylang%3den

Windows Vista LIPs for Windows Vista English
Windows Vista Language Interface Pack (LIP) for English versions of Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Enterprise. Many Vista LIP languages are also available for Windows Vista Starter.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=22&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d94b6c536-e49c-4602-8d3c-37e8bdbe12db%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB957000)
Install this update to improve the quality of the software information that is sent to Microsoft by configuring existing Windows Vista Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) settings.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=23&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d26b15e49-c7c4-4359-8d48-fa258dfb8038%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB953155)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=24&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4a0fcf4b-eb8e-456a-b934-400ae18248ee%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows 7 Pre-Beta x64 Edition (KB958644)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=26&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0fa96b25-90e3-46ab-bcd5-051f4b2b881b%26displaylang%3den

Windows Springboard Series: Configuring Windows Vista for Performance - Part 1 of 2
Mark Russinovich leads a roundtable discussion on Windows Vista Performance. Segment 1 is “Configuring Windows Vista for Performance (part 1)”
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=27&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d605e1f7e-2334-4f7c-9ee5-d8cf8db09417%26displaylang%3den

Windows Home Server Technical Brief for Remote Access
This Technical Brief provides an in-depth look at the features and functionality of Windows Home Server Remote Access.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=28&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8505e3a8-bbbc-445d-ba65-13782661dcb0%26displaylang%3den

Windows Vista Performance Roundtable Transcript
Transcript for the Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable, "Under the Hood: Windows Vista Performance...Need Answers?"
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=29&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d703afc50-0c61-4371-b2b5-b9759516ee69%26displaylang%3den

Cumulative Update for Media Center TVPack for Windows Vista (KB956147)
Install this update to resolve issues with Media Center for Windows Vista. For complete listing of issues included in this cumulative update, see KB956147.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=30&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dbf68e94a-5e87-4798-a3d5-89b7a8a8cc59%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB957200)
This is a reliability update. This update resolves some performance and reliability issues in Windows Vista.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=31&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d86c8349c-e98f-4779-9d23-7d7a944f77ac%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB957508)
Install this update to improve features for the Request Filtering module in IIS 7.0.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=32&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dac57a12f-0d4f-4889-a96b-e88aea960c6c%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB955805)
Install this update to resolve latency issues with certificates where the Subject Information Access (SIA) extension is installed on a computer that is running Windows Vista.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=33&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d365aa4e8-c8cf-485f-a81c-2e361f271a9b%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB943790)
Install this update to extend the File Management APIs to not only enable the discovery and restoration of deleted files from volumes that are not encrypted but also enable the recovery of files from Bitlocker encrypted volumes.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=34&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de5c75586-4e42-4c4b-8e81-ce5483f738c1%26displaylang%3den

OEM Ready
Program Tools and Documentation
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=35&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dff6f5ff8-5655-4244-9f75-4d9909e5aec2%26displaylang%3den

Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB955519)
Install this update to resolve issues with Media Center for Windows Vista. For complete listing of issues included in this cumulative update, see KB955519.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=36&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d90f552b6-22b2-4466-9246-0673cc4ab52e%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB943790)
Install this update to extend the File Management APIs to not only enable the discovery and restoration of deleted files from volumes that are not encrypted but also enable the recovery of files from Bitlocker encrypted volumes.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=37&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2df42c65-13db-4c37-b78c-3c6094455ea0%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB957000)
Install this update to improve the quality of the software information that is sent to Microsoft by configuring existing Windows Vista Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) settings.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=38&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2b7bf492-a74d-48e4-8493-863cec01f6f8%26displaylang%3den

Foundation Network Companion Guide: Deploying 802.1X Authenticated Wireless Access with PEAP-MS-CHAP v2
This companion guide to the Foundation Network Guide provides instructions about how to deploy 802.1X authenticated wireless access by using Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol-Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol version 2 (PEAP-MS-CHAP v2).
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=39&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da1746605-4248-4e61-970b-509aa5ed0fe8%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB955805)
Install this update to resolve latency issues with certificates where the Subject Information Access (SIA) extension is installed on a computer that is running Windows Vista.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=40&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d585ffadc-4fc3-4fe1-9dc0-cc10218b15a3%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows 7 Pre-Beta for Itanium-based Systems (KB958644)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=41&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d66646156-f3e6-48d7-be22-de1772dd1884%26displaylang%3den

Cumulative Update for Media Center TVPack for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB956147)
Install this update to resolve issues with Media Center for Windows Vista. For complete listing of issues included in this cumulative update, see KB956147.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=42&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da2c1e20b-5c83-4106-b3ab-da3c0ebec6a1%26displaylang%3den

Windows Springboard Series: Tips and Tricks for optimal Windows Vista Performance
Mark Russinovich leads a roundtable discussion on Windows Vista Performance. Segment 3 is “Tips and Tricks for optimal Windows Vista Performance”.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=43&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd90f2227-b5e4-48ed-959f-f5b9431713e8%26displaylang%3den

Windows Springboard Series: Windows Vista Myths and Realities
Mark Russinovich leads a roundtable discussion on Windows Vista Performance. Segment 4 is “Windows Vista Myths and Realities”.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=45&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d167bedc7-f6f7-43ec-a484-c2e817ce7ffa%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB957508)
Install this update to improve features for the Request Filtering module in IIS 7.0.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=46&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d269abbbc-5d80-45d8-9196-9684fc149841%26displaylang%3den

Windows Springboard Series: Configuring Windows Vista for Performance - Part 2 of 2
Mark Russinovich leads a roundtable discussion on Windows Vista Performance. Segment 2 is “Configuring Windows Vista for Performance (part 2)”
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=47&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d472223b2-1db3-45e0-b0b2-79255c39c15a%26displaylang%3den

Windows Springboard Series: Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V)
Ran Oelgiesser, Senior Product Manager in the Windows Client division, discusses Microsoft’s newest desktop virtualization technology.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=48&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de39b3b58-528f-4dca-b908-112eba35d16f%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB957000)
Install this update to improve the quality of the software information that is sent to Microsoft by configuring existing Windows Server 2008 Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) settings.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=49&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d69b63005-db29-4e7d-a756-a5ff4bd56941%26displaylang%3den

Windows Vista Optimized Desktop Program Datasheets
Windows Vista Optimized Desktop Program Datasheets
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=50&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3ddfcc44c4-dc36-4f68-892c-5dce1b2bf247%26displaylang%3den

Events/Webcasts

How Microsoft Technologies and Windows Vista Improve Supporting and Maintaining the Desktop (Level 300)
November 3, 9:30 A.M. Pacific Time
Explore how to take advantage of the advanced capabilities in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2008, and the Microsoft System Center application suit to reduce disruption, minimize help desk calls, and ensure maximum uptime for desktop users.
http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10767953&s1=0fff8a30-7b25-67dc-c0b4-0bda456fd9b4

Virtualisation Unplugged in association with Esteem Systems Ltd
Free of charge
Date: 11 November 2008, 09:30
Location: Edinburgh
Event Category: Onsite Event
Audience: IT Professional
Products: Windows Server
https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=1032389933

On Demand Webcast: Deploying Forefront Client Security in the Enterprise Using Virtualization (Level 300)
The Microsoft Forefront Client Security (FCS) agent can be installed on Windows Server 2008 host and virtualized operating systems to protect against malicious threats. In addition, you can install the FCS Management Server on Hyper-V virtualized machines to consolidate management server roles. Join this TechNet webcast to learn more about deploying FCS in a virtualized environment.
http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10767933&s1=0fff8a30-7b25-67dc-c0b4-0bda456fd9b4

Microsoft “After hours” – the sequel
17 November 2008 18:00 - 17 November 2008 20:45 GMT, London
Welcome Time: 17:30
Microsoft Cardinal Place, Auditorium 1 &2, 100 Victoria Street, Cardinal Place London SW1E 5JL
United Kingdom
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032388314&Culture=en-GB
Windows Springboard Series: Configuring Windows Vista for Performance - Part 1 of 2
Mark Russinovich leads a roundtable discussion on Windows Vista Performance. Segment 1 is “Configuring Windows Vista for Performance (part 1)”
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=27&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d605e1f7e-2334-4f7c-9ee5-d8cf8db09417%26displaylang%3den

TechEd EMEA
Barcelona
3 - 7th November 2008
http://www.microsoft.com/emea/teched2008/itpro/default.aspx
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 system may stop responding when you restart a Windows XP-based multicore computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958244

Certification Authority Service Startup Failure
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959117

W32time Service does not start with the Error "System Error 126 has Occurred" "The Specified module could not be found"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959113

FIX: Local activation occurs on the client computer when you install a COM+ application proxy that was exported from a partition other than the Base Application Partition
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957089

When you enable field engineering on an AD LDS or AD AM directory service on a Windows Server 2003-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer, an LDAP query is executed more slowly than expected, and Event ID 1699 is logged
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951581

You may not be able to add or remove additional namespace servers using the DFS management console in Windows Server 2003 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959214

Symsnap.sys caused Windows Stop error
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959212

SNMP CPU index changes every time you install or uninstall a printer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959213

Error message when you try to store a security descriptor by using an administration tool or a script in Windows Server 2003: "The security ID structure is invalid Facility: Win32 ID no: 80070539"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948502

Software Restriction Policy Enforcement set to “All Software Files” causes checks against paths/files that are invalid
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959074

NTP packets may appear on all available networks
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959119

The dirquota.exe utility returns the date and time in an incorrect format for the Peak Usage item in x64-based versions of Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958412

Error message when you try to open some MMC 3.0 snap-ins in a localized version of Windows XP Service Pack 3: "MMC could not create the snap-in. The snap-in might not have been installed correctly."
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957502

Stop error on a Windows Server 2008-based computer that has Server for NFS enabled when an NFS client copies data to the NFS server: "Stop 0x000000C2"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958165

Event ID 12 is logged in the System log when you back up or compact a Hyper-V virtual hard disk on a Windows Server 2008-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958669

The Defrag.exe tool stops responding when you run the Dfrgntfs.exe tool to defragment a hard disk on a Windows XP-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958200

An SSL connection may fail when you use Internet Explorer to make an SSL connection to an HTTPS Web site that is certified by a Digital Signature Standards (DSS) certificate on a Windows XP-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955832

Changes to the custom properties of a program that supports custom properties may not be saved on a Windows XP-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957263

MS08-066: Vulnerability in the Microsoft Ancillary Function driver could allow elevation of privilege
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956803

Copy process is very slow when you copy large files from one computer to another computer in a high-bandwidth network environment if both computers are running either Windows Vista or Windows Sever 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955427

Error message on a computer that is running Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2008: "Stop 0x00000024"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957535

The Taskkill.exe program stops responding when you try to end a process in an installation of Windows Vista that is running in audit mode
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954072

Windows Search may fail if you search a network folder from the toolbar in the Windows Explorer while offline on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957653

A Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer behind a NAT device cannot communicate with another computer through an IPsec tunnel-mode connection
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957624

Detection and deployment guidance for the October 14, 2008 security release
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958686

Cumulative Update for Media Center TV Pack for Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956147

October 2008 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955519

Windows Deployment Services generates duplicate client computer names when the %MAC variable is used
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957051

An October 2008 update is available for the Windows Vista Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957000

The LSASS.exe process crashes and the computer restarts when you try to start the Network Access Protection Agent service on a Windows XP Service Pack 3 -based client computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954879

You cannot enroll for a certificate that is larger than 4096 bits on an SCEP client in Windows Server 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956580

Stop error when you use a Microsoft Device Specific Module in Windows Server 2008: "0x000000C2"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957509

MS08-062: Vulnerability in Windows Internet Printing service could allow remote code execution
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953155

MS08-063: Vulnerability in SMB could allow remote code execution
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957095

MS08-065: Vulnerability in Message Queuing could allow remote code execution
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951071

MS08-060: Vulnerability in Active Directory could allow remote code execution
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957280

The job-level PrintTicket is associated with the document-level PrintTicket and with the page-level PrintTicket when you print a document to an XPS driver on a Windows XP-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956588

The print process crashes under heavy stress on Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computers
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955806

You cannot perform NetSH commands by using a user account that belongs to the "Network Configuration Operators" security group on a Windows Vista-based computer or on a Windows Server 2008-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953835

In Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or in Windows Server 2008, Secure Digital Input Output device drivers reload and may behave incorrectly after you resume the computer from hibernation or from sleep
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954087

DLL files may not be registered by the RegisterDlls directive in a printer driver for a Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955554

A Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer does not response to 802.1X authentication requests for 20 minutes after a failed authentication
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957931

The private memory size that is allocated by the Snmp.exe process increases if the MIB II Objects are frequently accessed in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942290

The System Preparation tool removes all collected WinSAT data in Windows Vista, and you cannot shorten the OOBE process by running WinSAT before the image is sealed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958011

Error message when you log on to a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer that has the "Allow user name hint" Group Policy setting enabled: "The specified username is invalid"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957656

Windows Vista does not keep its DHCP IP address if a DHCP server is not available
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958336

The NumLock status may become out of sync during a Remote Desktop session.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958503

Scheduled tasks may not be created successfully if the task title includes a period.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958504

A multiprocessor computer that is running a Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Vista stops responding on a black screen after you resume the computer from hibernation
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954434

The Server for NFS component on a Windows Server 2008-based system cannot read a character translation file, and event error 1057 is logged in the System log
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958144

A deadlock situation occurs in Windows Management Instrumentation Service (WMI) on a Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Vista SP1-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952685

After a user is deleted from a role in the Authorization Manager in an Active Directory domain environment, the user can still unexpectedly access that role from a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based client computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954902

Stop error message on a Windows Server 2008-based computer that has the Hyper-V role installed: "STOP 0x0000001A"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957967

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista will not fall back to legacy interrupt support from MSI-X interrupts after a firmware downgrade
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958572

Upgrading the inbox MegaRAID driver will fail, and access to any connected devices will be lost
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958575

The system may not detect that a logical unit was replaced on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950903

Stop error when an application calls the NtGdiBitBlt function on a Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based computer: "0x0000008E"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955044

The Hbaapi.dll module leaks two handles when the module is unloaded on a system that is running Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista Service Pack 1, or Windows Server 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957052

Error message when you access a share that you pinned by using Always Available Offline: "Access is denied"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957772

October 2008 - Technology Rollup Mail - Security

conuktrm — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:01:45 GMT

News

End-to-End Trust: What We've Learned So Far http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480785

At the RSA Conference 2008 in April, Microsoft proposed a vision for End-to-End Trust and began an internal effort to identify scenarios that would realize this vision in a concrete form. This communication shares some of the feedback we have received to date from governments, industry partners, customers, industry analysts, and public interest groups. The article expresses our thoughts on that feedback and provides an update on our efforts around in-person-proofing (IPP) as the basis for authenticating identity attributes on the Internet.

Microsoft Code Name “Zermatt” http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480786

The Federated Identity team is excited to offer a public beta of Microsoft Code Name "Zermatt." “Zermatt” is a .NET developer framework and SDK that helps developers build claims-aware applications to address today’s application security requirements. “Zermat” uses a simplified model that is open and extensible, can improve security, and boosts productivity for developers. Developers can build externalized authentication (authN) capabilities for “relying party” applications and build custom “identity providers,” often referred to as Security Token Services (STS).

Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) beta 2 http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9569283

IE8 beta 2 has just been released and at the core of its feature set is a strong focus on security. You will find ActiveX improvements including per site and per user activation, malware, phishing and cross site scripting

(XSS) prevention as well as a brand new In-Private browsing mode. IE8 makes using the web a safe and productive experience. You can read more about these security features and much more on the IE8 team blog. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9569364

Forefront Client Security Service Pack 1 Now Available http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9446396

Forefront Client Security SP1 provides new support for Windows Server 2008 roles and the ability to run both the FCS agent and management console on Hyper-V. Forefront Client Security customers will be automatically prompted to install Forefront Client Security SP1 via Microsoft Update. New customers who download the evaluation software will be prompted to upgrade to SP1 after installing.

Proactive Security Management for Your Business http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9446397

Discover a free security assessment tool that leads you through a series of questions to help you confidently harden your security.

Webcast: Microsoft Security Intelligence Report 4 - Latest Trends in Vulnerabilities, Exploits, and Malicious Software (Level 200) http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9522162

With data gathered from more than 450 million computers worldwide, the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report offers a unique insight into the IT threat landscape.

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for September, 2008

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-sep.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

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server

Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server TechCenter

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/forefront/edgesecurity/default.aspx

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

Forefront Edge Security Community

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/forefront/edgesecurity/bb687298.aspx

Forefront TMG (ISA Server) Product Team Blog

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

Announcing: Forefront Threat Management Gateway, Medium Business Edition

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/09/16/announcing-forefront-threat-management-gateway-medium-business-edition.aspx

ISA Administrative Roles - NTFS and Registry Permissions

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/09/08/isa-administrative-roles-ntfs-and-registry-permissions.aspx

New Articles on Tales from the Edge

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/09/04/new-articles-on-tales-from-the-edge.aspx

Intelligent Application Gateway 2007

Intelligent Application Gateway 2007 Technical Resources

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/forefront/edgesecurity/bb687299.aspx

Forefront Edge Security Community

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/forefront/edgesecurity/bb687298.aspx

Intelligent Application Gateway Product Team Blog

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

How IAG 2007 Can Mitigate Against SQL Injection Attacks – Demo Scenario

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2008/09/19/how-iag-2007-can-mitigate-sql-injection-attacks-demo-scenario.aspx

ISA 2006 SP1 and IAG 2007 Supportability Statement

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2008/09/18/isa-2006-sp1-and-iag-2007-supportability-statement.aspx

Certificates on IAG 2007

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2008/09/17/certificates-on-iag-2007.aspx

Performance Degradation in eGap 3.6 after apply Windows Server 2003 SP2

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2008/09/04/performance-degradation-in-egap-3-6-after-apply-windows-server-2003-sp2.aspx

Documents

Security Tip of the Month: Planning for Hyper-V Security http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480787

Securing the virtualization server involves all the measures you take to secure any Windows Server 2008 server role, plus a few extra to help secure the virtual machines, configuration files, and data. This month’s tip offers best practices to improve the security of your virtualization servers configured with the Hyper-V role, many of which apply to other virtualization servers as well.

Hyper-V Planning and Deployment Guide http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480788

Gain an initial understanding of the considerations you should take into account when planning to deploy Hyper-V, and find installation and configuration details that will help you deploy it. Learn about virtual networking basics and how to configure the Hyper-V role for remote management on a full installation of Windows Server 2008.

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480789

Download this free tool to identify servers for Hyper-V virtualization. This tool also offers migration assessment for Windows Vista, the 2007 Microsoft Office system, Windows Server 2008, and Microsoft SQL Server.

Ensure Safe Compliance of Your Offline Virtual Machine Library http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480790

Download the new Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool Solution Accelerator, which automates software updates for virtual machines stored in a library managed by Virtual Machine Manager. This solution works with either System Center Configuration Manager 2007 or Windows Server Update Services.

Protecting Virtualized Environments with System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480791

This document discusses how Data Protection Manager offers comprehensive data protection for organizations of all sizes, helping to maintain the business value of your Virtual Server infrastructure by making it better protected and more available.

Deployment Cookbook: Microsoft Data Protection Manager and Virtual Machine Manager http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480792

This step-by-step guide covers installing Microsoft Virtual Server and System Center Virtual Machine Manager; converting a workload to a virtual machine; installing Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager; and backing up a running virtual machine.

Downloads

Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint with SP1 Documentation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=125efb1e-7ff8-4cc8-934a-28fc7c7e59f0&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console

Documentation

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=ae4ce23b-9e1e-455c-87a4-36167fe43107&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Antigen SP1 Documentation

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=7d00160e-4d15-4459-98a3-89f393ac008e&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server with SP1 Documentation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5cd4e36e-2dab-44d6-990e-3b8184b1cb1b&DisplayLang=en

Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications

Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications is a tool to help reduce software piracy. This tool will confirm that the copy of Windows installed on the PC is genuine and properly licensed. If it is not genuine, the tool will provide periodic reminders to help you take the appropriate action.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f89b6508-bf26-4a5e-84eb-11c35a249d7a&DisplayLang=en

Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 180-Day Trial Version

ISA Server 2006 is the integrated edge security gateway that helps protect your IT environment from Internet-based threats while providing your users with fast and secure remote access to applications and data. ISA Server 2006 is available for download in both Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=84504cad-893b-4212-9ab2-999ad1d8fe68&DisplayLang=en

Managing Compliance with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009

Learn how Microsoft Dynamics AX can help organizations manage compliance adoption and turn them into business benefits.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2d60ea0e-79a2-4700-802a-84d790fa10b7&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server with SP1 Documentation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5cd4e36e-2dab-44d6-990e-3b8184b1cb1b&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Antigen 9 with SP1 Readme

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=7793ba73-50c0-4e07-9cd9-211558cbd890&DisplayLang=en

Podcasts: How Microsoft IT Manages Physical Security through Strategic IT Convergence

The purpose of World Wide Security Operations is to protect Microsoft’s assets in a manner consistent with corporate culture.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b72ea3fb-6905-48b6-a987-cc4c032de7e1&DisplayLang=en

Visio 2007 Connector for Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) 2.1

The Microsoft Office Visio 2007 Connector for Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) lets you view the results of an MBSA scan in a clear, comprehensive Microsoft Office Visio 2007 network diagram.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=95e0f821-9c2c-4287-9157-49c1205e08ef&DisplayLang=en

September 2008 Security Release ISO Image

This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on September 9th, 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e15ba462-d99e-4129-a050-e9e3617a332a&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830)

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

Update for Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB956077)

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.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=50b2f49e-5c5e-40a9-b59b-ff3ec147334c&DisplayLang=en

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (KB956080)

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.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2065e3dd-0af9-4333-bc8d-331ddb0fe906&DisplayLang=en

Extended Security Update Inventory Tool

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

Windows XP Common Criteria Administrator Guide 3.0

This document is the Microsoft Windows XP Evaluated Configuration Administrator’s Guide that was used in the Common Criteria security evaluation of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9a7f0b16-72ce-4675-aec8-58785c4e37ee&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server 2003 SP2 R2 Common Criteria Administrator Guide 3.0

This document is the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 R2 Evaluated Configuration Administrator’s Guide version 3.0 that was used in the completion of the Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 SP2 R2 Common Criteria security evaluation.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=39598841-e693-4891-9234-cfd1550f3949&DisplayLang=en

Windows Client Springboard Series: BitLocker Drive Encryption

Paul Cooke, Director in the Windows Client division specializing in security, discusses BitLocker Drive Encryption, and how it has been extended in Windows Vista SP1.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4607a585-df7f-4940-b956-5ae3d2815055&DisplayLang=en

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) for Security Solutions Datasheet

This offering uses the customer’s existing investments in Microsoft technologies to create an internal PKI solution that corresponds to the customer’s needs.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4832cf1f-7dfa-4ca3-b92a-7fd121b22703&DisplayLang=en

Events/WebCasts

Visit TechNet Spotlight: www.microsoft.com/technetspotlight

Video on Demand, Video Downloads, PowerPoint Presentations, Audio and more

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: Deploying Forefront Client Security in the Enterprise Using Virtualization (Level 300)

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:00 A.M.-9:00 A.M. Pacific Time

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

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Pacific Time

On-Demand Security Webcasts

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

New or updated KB’s

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server

Error message when you try to copy a Web proxy log record to a clipboard in ISA Server 2004: "Error message 0x8007013d: ERROR_MR_MID_NOT_FOUND"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951957

The compression and caching functionalities of ISA Server 2004 and ISA Server 2006 may cause file corruption in files that are larger than 64 KB

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954264

Description of the ISA Server 2006 hotfix package: July 28, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956269

An Outlook Anywhere client continually uses the wrong credentials every time that it tries to authenticate itself on an Exchange server after you install ISA Server 2006 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956192

The Firewall service (Wspsrv.exe) may crash intermittently after you apply ISA Server 2006 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956268

After you apply hotfix 955151, ISA Server 2006 supports the Secure/MIME feature in Exchange Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955127

Packets from the branch office may not reach the destination servers in the central office in ISA Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955118

The Outlook Web Access logon form does not display the "This is a private computer" option when you publish an Outlook Web Access site by using ISA Server 2006 with Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955112

Description of the ISA Server 2006 hotfix package: July 6, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955151

The logon page does not appear correctly if you select French for the Internet Explorer language when you try to log on to an Outlook Web Access site that is published by using ISA Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955122

A request fails from a VPN client if the user who is dialed in belongs to a remote domain that has one-way trust in ISA Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955113

External clients cannot access the published server when you use a server publishing rule in ISA Server 2006 to publish one or more services

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955110

Packets from a branch office may not reach the destination servers in the central office after you use ISA Server 2006 to create a site-to-site VPN connection between a central office and a branch office

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955150

Intelligent Application Gateway 2007

Description of Update 5 for Intelligent Application Gateway 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956927

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October 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Platforms

conuktrm — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:01:40 GMT

News

Windows Virtualization Team Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/

The World Simplified is a Virtual World

http://blogs.technet.com/virtualworld/

Ask the Directory Services Team

http://blogs.technet.com/askds/

Ask the Performance Team

http://blogs.technet.com/askperf/

Microsoft Enterprise Networking Team

http://blogs.technet.com/networking/

Ask the Core Team

http://blogs.technet.com/askcore/

Microsoft Advanced Windows Debugging and Troubleshooting

http://blogs.msdn.com/ntdebugging/

Terminal Services Team Blog

http://blogs.msdn.com/ts/

The Hot Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/hot/

Downloads

Microsoft Network Monitor 3.2

Tool to allow capturing and protocol analysis of network traffic.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df4db40af-1e08-4a21-a26b-ec2f4dc4190d%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB938464)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise a Windows-based system that uses GDI+ and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dac03f138-eca4-46e1-9782-e811820e547f%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 Update 1

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2008 Update 1 is the recommended process and toolset to automate desktop and server deployment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3bd8561f-77ac-4400-a0c1-fe871c461a89%26displaylang%3den

F# September 2008 CTP

F# is a type-safe, scalable language for the .NET platform that supports both functional and object-oriented programming. This CTP release includes the F# compiler and tools, as well as Visual Studio 2008 integration for F# development.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d61ad6924-93ad-48dc-8c67-60f7e7803d3c%26displaylang%3den

Infrastructure Planning and Design

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

Volume Activation 2.0 Technical Guidance

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9893f83e-c8a5-4475-b025-66c6b38b46e3%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2008 Step-by-Step Guides

These step-by-step guides help IT Professionals learn about and evaluate Windows Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d518d870c-fa3e-4f6a-97f5-acaf31de6dce%26displaylang%3den

Group Policy ADM Files

This page provides a complete set of current and previously shipped Administrative Template files (.adm files) included by default in Windows operating system and service pack releases, beginning with Windows 2000.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d92759d4b-7112-4b6c-ad4a-bbf3802a5c9b%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Media Encoder 9 Series for Windows Server 2003 (KB954156)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Media Encoder 9 Series that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d54ce1080-94cf-4e4f-8e09-a7dbab2757c5%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB954154)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dcaf8a45e-a9f8-4e91-98fd-87eddbeae64c%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB938464)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise a Windows-based system that uses GDI+ and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc5d26771-1f49-4bbf-902c-bf92e527cadb%26displaylang%3den

HPC Server

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2c6db4f3-b604-461f-9170-43e9cee062c5%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB938464)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise a Windows-based system that uses GDI+ and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d93f1451b-5b62-47e5-8f0c-b720b957999a%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for 32-bit Windows Media Encoder 9 Series for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB954156)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Media Encoder 9 Series that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d18efea9e-b103-46de-90d9-5e295854cec3%26displaylang%3den

BDD and MDT Archive

Business Desktop Deployment is a previous version of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT). For customers still using a version of BDD (BDD 2007, BDD 2.5) or a previous version of MDT, the downloads are available below.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d02a2605d-51e8-469f-be4a-1dd2af580502%26displaylang%3den

Ultrasound - Monitoring and Troubleshooting Tool for File Replication Service (FRS)

Ultrasound is a monitoring and troubleshooting tool for the File Replication Service (FRS).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=16&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d61acb9b9-c354-4f98-a823-24cc0da73b50%26displaylang%3den

ADMT v3.1 Guide: Migrating and Restructuring Active Directory Domains

Guidance on performing migration of domains using the Active Directory Migration Tool.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6d710919-1ba5-41ca-b2f3-c11bcb4857af%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB954154)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d72fc6028-6af4-44ec-8d2a-28c53807d6bc%26displaylang%3den

Windows HPC Server 2008 Technical Overview

Read about benefits and features of Windows HPC Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=19&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7a4544f0-81f2-4778-8a59-35c43ba49875%26displaylang%3den

HPCS Overview Datasheet

Learn more about Windows HPC Server 2008, and how it brings the power of high-performance computing (HPC) to mainstream while enhancing end users' and cluster administrators' productivity.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=20&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d360b83fb-4000-43e2-b6e8-be4373ad9c94%26displaylang%3den

Hypervisor Functional Specification

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/info.aspx?na=22&p=21&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d91e2e518-c62c-4ff2-8e50-3a37ea4100f5%26displaylang%3den

Administrative Templates (ADMX) for Windows Server 2008

This download details page provides the complete set of Administrative templates (ADMX) for Windows Server 2008. Additionally, there is a separate download that includes the ADMX and ADML files for Group Policy preferences.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=22&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d927fc7e3-853c-410a-acb5-9062c76142fa%26displaylang%3den

Virtualization with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

Virtualization with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=23&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dcb1d7753-6631-4ed3-b642-4cbff4d33ccf%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Media Encoder 9 Series for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB954156)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Media Encoder 9 Series that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=24&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3debc1737c-6e78-4244-a1b2-a56d031f16e9%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB938464)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise a Windows-based system that uses GDI+ and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=25&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d23bd3be5-cc66-46f8-9420-49d65d8afe1d%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Media Encoder 9 Series for Windows Server 2008 (KB954156)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Media Encoder 9 Series that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=26&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5434ca66-5a6b-4517-92fb-72dea0a172ec%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Media Encoder 9 Series for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB954156)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Media Encoder 9 Series that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=27&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd8f1b782-136b-443f-b5f2-63aa4d1fd94a%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB938464)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise a Windows-based system that uses GDI+ and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=28&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7f1e0f05-6c9d-4ad1-9b19-50ee4fa7bd7e%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for 32-bit Windows Media Encoder 9 Series for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB954156)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Media Encoder 9 Series that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=29&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc83011cd-90b8-494c-9cad-fa055e101992%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2003 SP2 R2 Common Criteria Administrator Guide 3.0

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=30&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d39598841-e693-4891-9234-cfd1550f3949%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB954154)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=31&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3906512b-26db-473e-b522-3883ff34a21c%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems (KB938464)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise a Windows-based system that uses GDI+ and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=32&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d14e99f8a-cdd4-40d7-8cfc-73ae6bd6dfad%26displaylang%3den

Windows Essential Business Server Preparation and Planning Wizards

The Preparation and Planning Wizards help you prepare your environment and plan for deployment of Windows Essential Business Server.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=33&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de3906025-00e3-407d-bf5b-99d546021923%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB956710)

Install this update to enhance Hyper-V role's support for processors and virtual machines to now support up to 24 logical processors and 192 virtual machines.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=34&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dfe36823a-7e5a-4262-9bf5-d6b3ae3ad375%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB956697)

Install this update to resolve an issue in which the Hyper-V Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) does not back up virtual machines properly.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=35&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5eb76bda-8794-412a-9fd4-1bccbbc34c82%26displaylang%3den

Hyper-V Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB956589)

Install this update to resolve potential issues when you manage Hyper-V with System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=36&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dfd44b4e3-2dcc-4299-b345-bc09a9a37b60%26displaylang%3den

Fedora Samba for Windows AD

Learn how to install Linux Fedora 8 Samba server for compatibility with Windows Active Directory.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=37&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1c2c91a8-6d81-4bc2-94e9-448d68a7d06d%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Media Encoder 9 Series for Windows Server 2008 for x64 Edition (KB954156)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Media Encoder 9 Series that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=38&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de30f9427-26d0-4e86-b9b8-bc637c3b5734%26displaylang%3den

ASP.NET Hosting Deployment Guide

The ASP.NET Deployment Guide is a reference for web hosters who are interested in adding ASP.NET 3.5 to their existing Windows hosting service.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=39&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9e33ea25-666c-47fa-ac52-8d04785c4bd2%26displaylang%3den

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/info.aspx?na=22&p=40&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d866b63bf-6207-4197-9c5d-511b7212e40c%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB956774)

Install this update to resolve the scenario where a Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) client cannot handle files that have paths that contain the volume GUID in Windows Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=41&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d28dfde7f-3b65-4a0e-bc06-05b23d241019%26displaylang%3den

Troubleshooting replication with repadmin

This document describes how to use the Repadmin.exe tool to monitor, diagnose, and troubleshoot common replication problems in your Active Directory environment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=42&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc6054092-ee1e-4b57-b175-5aabde591c5f%26displaylang%3den

HPCS System Management Overview

Learn more about Windows HPC Server 2008, and how it brings the power of high performance computing to mainstream while enhancing end users' and cluster administrators' productivity.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=43&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8b2231fa-80c2-4994-bbfc-12da56964c75%26displaylang%3den

Windows HPC Server Job Scheduler

Learn how Windows HPC Server 2008 and its new Job Scheduler provide greater scalability and support advanced policies.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=44&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3ddab977d5-2311-4b80-9257-477838c0eb6f%26displaylang%3den

ILM 2007 Getting Started

The Getting Started Collection introduces users to various features and functionality of ILM 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=45&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d11fb01bc-94a9-4404-bb90-ceca1a206e32%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (KB938464)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise a Windows-based system that uses GDI+ and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=46&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5159bdba-3825-4816-a2be-ab035332b9e2%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft/Cray Press Release

Cray CX1 Supercomputer with Windows HPC Server 2008 And Intel Xeon Processors Starts At $25,000 and Provides "Ease-of-Everything" For New Users of HPC

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=47&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9aa5b8ba-d721-4062-a54c-c07bffda4c16%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB954920)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=48&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d32d4e3a7-8cc1-4975-94f4-2b04603d0208%26displaylang%3den

Delivering the next generation web with Silverlight

Delivering the next generation web with Silverlight

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=49&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5ddb2eb9-0d99-4448-baf3-44aa49c37c77%26displaylang%3den

BOIS

The Branch Office Infrastructure Solution version 3 (BOISv3) provides guidance to design and implement Microsoft’s branch infrastructure solution. This solution, previously Branch Office Infrastructure Solution for Windows Server 2003 R2, has been updated to support the features and functionality in Windows Server 2008 that support branch infrastructure.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=50&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d02057405-49af-4867-bf1d-e0232b5c59e3%26displaylang%3den

GDI+ Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 SP1 (KB938464)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise a Windows-based system that uses GDI+ and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da860d2d9-653d-4ddb-bbff-323d3ccdb866%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Media Encoder 9 Series for Windows 2000 (KB954156)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Media Encoder 9 Series that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0cabfbc0-db5d-4a6a-a4cd-e6df89ac2b25%26displaylang%3den

Troubleshooting replication with repadmin

This document describes how to use the Repadmin.exe tool to monitor, diagnose, and troubleshoot common replication problems in your Active Directory environment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc6054092-ee1e-4b57-b175-5aabde591c5f%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP (KB938464)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise a Windows-based system that uses GDI+ and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de0bd6fbe-f46e-4961-9a79-49ec77d39439%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP (KB954154)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd5891180-5dd1-49ec-bcc6-3030a544202c%26displaylang%3den

SyncToy v1.4

This version is no longer available. Please download SyncToy 2.0.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de0fc1154-c975-4814-9649-cce41af06eb7%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Media Encoder 9 Series for Windows XP (KB954156)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Media Encoder 9 Series that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d57bcb3c2-49d3-4f18-8d03-36abd03d7403%26displaylang%3den

Update for Root Certificates

This item updates the list of root certificates on your computer to the list that is accepted by Microsoft as part of the Microsoft Root Certificate Program.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df814ec0e-ee7e-435e-99f8-20b44d4531b0%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows XP (KB954920)

In some instances, applications using WDAC may return errors and lose connections to SQL Server 2008 servers if they try to access data in the new collations.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d16332629-da01-4763-8abc-5243286db3b3%26displaylang%3den

BDD and MDT Archive

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d02a2605d-51e8-469f-be4a-1dd2af580502%26displaylang%3den

Windows XP Common Criteria Administrator Guide 3.0

This document is the Microsoft Windows XP Evaluated Configuration Administrator’s Guide that was used in the Common Criteria security evaluation of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9a7f0b16-72ce-4675-aec8-58785c4e37ee%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2003 SP2 R2 Common Criteria Administrator Guide 3.0

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d39598841-e693-4891-9234-cfd1550f3949%26displaylang%3den

IE7 dependency update for Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs

Software update to correct autocomplete failure in IE7 running on WinFLP

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d76651135-9390-4168-9c9f-a08d6f783279%26displaylang%3den

Overcoming Your Company's Growing Pains

This white paper reviews business intelligence challenges and trends, demonstrates how the right BI solution can help, and explores how Microsoft Dynamics AX solves BI challenges.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3debc35869-9982-4acf-bfd6-8923c9464465%26displaylang%3den

Windows XP Common Criteria Configuration Guide 3.0

This document is the Microsoft Windows XP Security Configuration Guide version 3.0 that was used in the completion of the Windows XP and Server 2003 x64 with ADFS and WSUS Common Criteria Evaluation.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d165da57d-f066-4ddf-9462-cbecfcd68694%26displaylang%3den

Windows XP Common Criteria User Guide 3.0

This document is the Microsoft Windows XP Evaluated Configuration User Guide version 3.0 that was used in the completion of the Windows XP and Server 2003 x64 with ADFS and WSUS Common Criteria Evaluation.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7c1a4761-9b9e-429c-84eb-cd7b034c5779%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2003 SP2 R2 Common Criteria Configuration Guide 3.0

This document is the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 R2 Security Configuration Guide version 3.0 that was used in the completion of the Windows XP and Server 2003 SP2 R2 Common Criteria security evaluation.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4f7b6a93-0307-480f-a5af-a20268cbd7cc%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit

The Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) version 5.0 contains the necessary tools and documentation to evaluate and mitigate application compatibility issues before deploying Microsoft® Windows Vista, a Windows Update, or a new version of Windows® Internet Explorer® in your environment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d24da89e9-b581-47b0-b45e-492dd6da2971%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Pro Photo Tools

Tools for editing metadata in photographs including latitude, longitude, and other location details.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d184075d2-40b5-4172-88ae-878f81896d4d%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 Update 1

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2008 Update 1 is the recommended process and toolset to automate desktop and server deployment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3bd8561f-77ac-4400-a0c1-fe871c461a89%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista (KB954154)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2f4118fd-1ffb-46da-b922-cd4ca4f9d84e%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista (KB938464)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise a Windows-based system that uses GDI+ and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d16f3ad21-ed77-4c32-93df-3b650b2b32a5%26displaylang%3den

Infrastructure Planning and Design

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dad3921fb-8224-4681-9064-075fdf042b0c%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Media Encoder 9 Series for Windows Vista (KB954156)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Media Encoder 9 Series that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d99beebc4-553a-46f8-8245-e3d932306c93%26displaylang%3den

Volume Activation 2.0 Technical Guidance

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9893f83e-c8a5-4475-b025-66c6b38b46e3%26displaylang%3den

Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows Vista

This page provides the complete set of Administrative Template (.admx) files for Windows Vista

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d05d0598b-95f9-4bdd-af36-b365d68ec5f6%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB954154)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d334352e7-d41f-494f-866d-f1f1745ffd17%26displaylang%3den

Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions for Windows Vista (KB943729)

Multiple Group Policy Preferences have been added to the Windows Server 2008 Group Policy Management Console (which are also available through the Remote Server Administration Toolset (RSAT) for Windows Vista SP1).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dab60dc87-884c-46d5-82cd-f3c299dac7cc%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB938464)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise a Windows-based system that uses GDI+ and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3daa47d016-f5c9-4586-8876-f1f4f255f54d%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB956774)

Install this update to resolve the scenario where a Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) client cannot handle files that have paths that contain the volume GUID in Windows Vista Service Pack 1.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de8d89c80-3d82-4c7b-b63e-bfaf77dc394f%26displaylang%3den

Dictation Resource Kit (DRK)

Tool to allow for the creation of custom speech recognition dictation language models.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=16&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db5920ef3-ff03-453f-902c-eae618987ff9%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB953582)

Install this update to register extensions under the IQueryForm registry entry.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df0a5c139-1bfe-47f1-a7e1-0adb7c25faf9%26displaylang%3den

Windows Home Server Technical Brief for Remote Access

This Technical Brief provides an in-depth look at the features and functionality of Windows Home Server Remote Access.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8505e3a8-bbbc-445d-ba65-13782661dcb0%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Media Encoder 9 Series for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB954156)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Media Encoder 9 Series that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=19&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d54d1279a-7f26-4727-a39d-5505bcd4fc53%26displaylang%3den

Windows Speech Recognition Macros

Windows Speech Recognition Macros extends the speech recognition capabilities in Windows Vista. Users can create powerful macros that are triggered by voice command to interact with applications.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=20&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dfad62198-220c-4717-b044-829ae4f7c125%26displaylang%3den

Windows Vista SP1 Guides for IT Professionals

These guides provide instructions for evaluating and deploying Windows Vista SP1.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=21&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de71f0083-1013-4f9c-a3f9-c56e7120a5e9%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter for x64-based Systems [September 2008] (KB905866)

Install this update for Windows Mail to revise the definition files that are used to detect e-mail messages that should be considered junk e-mail or that may contain phishing content.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=22&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d749e10cd-f40c-4f94-8e38-d4221ded7652%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB953582)

Install this update to register extensions under the IQueryForm registry entry.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=23&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc7ec2134-f154-4440-a9d2-6a6d799a779a%26displaylang%3den

Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions for Windows Vista x64 Edition (KB943729)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=24&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db10a7af4-8bee-4adc-8bbe-9949df77a3cf%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB954920)

In some instances, applications using WDAC may return errors and lose connections to SQL Server 2008 servers if they try to access data in the new collations.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=25&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2be8e665-77e1-46db-971c-17258595a37a%26displaylang%3den

Windows Vista Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

Fei Lu describes the Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure technology in Windows Vista, and scenarios where organizations can take advantage of the flexibility this technology offers.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=26&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dbf4c9c7d-4028-4801-8e35-d20051b8f245%26displaylang%3den

AppV™ Application Virtualization

Karri Alexion-Tiernan, Director in the Windows Client division, unveils the latest version of this technology for virtualizing applications to reduce application-to-application conflicts and improve manageability.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=27&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d23a85688-7c04-4379-930e-e4422f8246a6%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB956774)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=28&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1f7ea7f4-c28d-4358-bdf1-92f345147a13%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB951308)

Install this update for increased functionality and virtual machine control in the Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster Management console for the Hyper-V role.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=29&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df6ebfcc4-1f87-4d67-af91-e80d91f9d99f%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) Demonstration By Christopher Perez Estonina, MDOP Specialist, Microsoft Asia Pacific Presentation Deck

Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) Demonstration By Christopher Perez Estonina, MDOP Specialist, Microsoft Asia Pacific Presentation Deck

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=30&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2d566529-fd6b-49dd-afb8-3217ff8995ce%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB954920)

In some instances, applications using WDAC may return errors and lose connections to SQL Server 2008 servers if they try to access data in the new collations.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=31&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da8a0d9c2-3c41-47c4-8706-3b18806dcf25%26displaylang%3den

BitLocker Drive Encryption

Paul Cooke, Director in the Windows Client division specializing in security, discusses BitLocker Drive Encryption, and how it has been extended in Windows Vista SP1.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=32&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4607a585-df7f-4940-b956-5ae3d2815055%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB951308)

Install this update for increased functionality and virtual machine control in the Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster Management console for the Hyper-V role.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=33&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d297947b7-b0d3-4863-8fa6-bb78e538b75a%26displaylang%3den

The Microsoft Optimized Desktop Strategy by Jeff Johnson, Enterprise Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation Presentation Deck

The Microsoft Optimized Desktop Strategy by Jeff Johnson, Enterprise Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation Presentation Deck

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=35&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2ffa666d-fe97-46b8-8439-6b9e89bce9cf%26displaylang%3den

Windows Springboard Series: Microsoft User State Virtualization

Jason Leznek, Senior Product Manager in the Windows Client division, discusses User Roaming Profiles and Folder Redirection in Windows, highlighting the differences between Windows Vista and Windows XP.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=36&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d41250198-7edb-4087-90fb-af354f6cabaa%26displaylang%3den

Straight From the Source - Optimized Desktop Deployment by Microsoft Services Lutz Seidemann

Straight From the Source - Optimized Desktop Deployment by Microsoft Services Lutz Seidemann, Lead Architect, Microsoft Asia Pacific (Presentation Deck)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=37&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7a468c1e-f0b0-4599-bf56-ba7e25c772fc%26displaylang%3den

Realize Value - Microsoft 2007 Office Deployment and Adoption by Alan Dias (Presentation Deck)

Realize Value - Microsoft 2007 Office Deployment and Adoption by Alan Dias, Solution Specialist, Information Worker, Microsoft Singapore

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=38&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d28f25862-595d-4e42-a618-5a316c280e09%26displaylang%3den

Vista with the TCS Difference Rajesh R. Bharthi Tata Consultancy Services

Vista with the TCS Difference Rajesh R. Bharthi Tata Consultancy Services (Presentation Deck)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=39&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d13b48f73-44e1-4a1a-b811-dc46d307e7da%26displaylang%3den

Welcome Address & Keynote - Haresh Khoobchandani, Director, Business and Marketing Organization, Microsoft Singapore

Welcome Address & Keynote - Haresh Khoobchandani, Director, Business and Marketing Organization, Microsoft Singapore Presentation Deck

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=40&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d003f1c88-0094-41dc-a5f3-fae87252a2aa%26displaylang%3den

Events/Webcasts

TechNet Presents: MCS Talks Enterprise Architecture Session 6 – Desktop Deployment
Free of charge
Date: 15 October 2008, 16:00
Location:
Event Category: Live Meeting
Audience: IT Decision Maker, Technology Decision Maker
Products: Windows Server, Windows Server 2008

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032390854&EventCategory=4&culture=en-GB&CountryCode=GB

Windows Server 2008 – What’s new and exciting
Free of charge
Date: 16 October 2008, 09:45
Location: Edinburgh
Event Category: Onsite Event
Audience: IT Professional
Products: Microsoft technologies, Windows PowerShell, Windows Server

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=1032384617

TechNet: Security Improvements with Windows Server 2008 and Bitlocker
Free of charge
Date: 22 October 2008, 13:30
Location: Bradford
Event Category: Onsite Event
Audience: IT Professional
Products: Security, Windows Server
https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=1032386290

Virtualisation Unplugged in association with Esteem Systems Ltd
Free of charge
Date: 11 November 2008, 09:30
Location: Edinburgh
Event Category: Onsite Event
Audience: IT Professional
Products: Windows Server
https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=1032389933

TechEd EMEA

Barcelona

3 - 7th November 2008

http://www.microsoft.com/emea/teched2008/itpro/default.aspx

New KB's

Windows XP

value of the PATH environment variable if the variable consists of more than 1,024 characters on a Windows XP-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955988/en-us

A user name that contains Unicode characters is not handled correctly in Windows XP Service Pack 3 during the EAP authentication

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957218/en-us

MS08-052 and MS08-055: Description of the security update for Office XP: September 9, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953405/en-us

The installation process may stop responding when you try to install some software on a Windows XP-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957217/en-us

The installation process may stop responding when you try to install some software on a Windows XP-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955147/en-us

Data corruption may occur when you try to append data to a FILESTREAM varbinary (max) column in SQL Server 2008 on a Windows XP-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955567/en-us

Error message when you try to run an application that you developed by using the "return quickly" feature of the Windows COM port driver: "Error reading comm device"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957264/en-us

The action controls in Sound Recorder are missing or only partly visible if you set the font size to Large or to Extra Large in a non-English version of Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957495/en-us

Windows Server 2003

Windows Explorer in Windows XP or in Windows Server 2003 leaks handles when you browse shared folders on the remote computers by using network shortcuts

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953323/en-us

An ADO-based application may stop responding when it uses the adAsyncExecute option to open a Recordset object in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955843/en-us

The Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in sets incorrect ISO country codes for Jersey, for Guernsey, and for the Isle of Man on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952312/en-us

FIX: The Lsass.exe process may use a high percentage of CPU resources when you run Message Queuing on a domain controller with global catalog

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934318/en-us

Recommended hotfixes for Windows Server 2008-based server clusters

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957311/en-us

Kerberos tickets are issued even though the time difference between the client clock and the domain controller clock is greater than the "Maximum tolerance for computer clock synchronization" value

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956627/en-us

When you start the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in or the Active Directory Sites and Services snap-in on a Windows Server 2003-based computer, the snap-in closes unexpectedly the next time that you open it

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956826/en-us

After you run Internet Explorer 7 for a long time on a computer that is running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, Internet Explorer becomes unstable or crashes

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956625/en-us

Group Policy objects are removed from Windows Server 2003-based clients if the WMI filter evaluation fails

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953663/en-us

SCSI hardware-mirrored disks may be corrupted on a Windows Server 2003-based cluster node

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957419/en-us

Stop error if you use some OpenType fonts on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008: "Stop 0x00000050"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957187/en-us

You cannot connect to an ADAM instance in Windows Server 2003 by using the Secure Sockets Layer 3 protocol together with a certificate that is larger than 1024 bytes

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955610/en-us

Vista

Offline file icons randomly change to different icons every time that you refresh the desktop on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952585/en-us

Offline files that are ghost items on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 cannot be synchronized with the corresponding files on a file server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949671/en-us

A Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based client computer may stop responding when you try to log on to a domain if roaming profiles, folder redirection, and the offline folder feature are enabled

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949552/en-us

You cannot access a WebDAV site whose SSL setting for client certificates is set to Accept if you cancel the Select Certificate dialog box on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954809/en-us

In Windows Vista, Windows Meeting Space may be unable to detect the peer computer and may be unable to establish the connection over a private ad hoc wireless network

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955804/en-us

An access violation occurs during system startup when the pen service (Wisptis.exe) is configured on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957405/en-us

The RSoP snap-in does not display some file security policies, and Event ID 1109 is logged on domain member computers that are running Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955248/en-us

A Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based computer cannot negotiate the security mode with the partner if you use a subnet address as a source address or as a destination filter address when you configure IPsec policy to use tunnel mode
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946887/en-us

When an application requests a result set from new SQL Server 2008 collations, you may receive an "MSG 40242" or "MSG 40205" error when the ODBC driver for SQL Server is used or an "MSG 40234" error when the SQL OLE DB provider is used

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954920/en-us

The "Slow network connection time-out for user profiles" Group Policy setting does not work for a Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based or a Windows Server 2008-based client computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957802/en-us

Windows Server 2008

Recommended hotfixes for Windows Server 2008-based server clusters

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957311/en-us

DHCP server log files may be corrupted in Asian language versions of Windows Server 2008, such as in the Japanese, Chinese, or Korean editions of Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955386/en-us

A Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) client cannot handle files that have paths that contain the volume GUID in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956774/en-us

Error message when you create a cluster on a Windows Server 2008-based computer that uses a third-party DNS server: "The network name {0} is already used in the network"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956891/en-us

Error message when you try to install the Ultrasound tool on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2008: "Error 1720 There is a problem with this Windows Installer package"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954737/en-us

The Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Session Broker service incorrectly balances the load among terminal servers after it runs for a while

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955365/en-us

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V VSS writer is not used during a backup job because of corrupted or invalid virtual machine configuration files

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956697/en-us

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 now include support for Structured Exception Handling Overwrite Protection (SEHOP)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956607/en-us

Recommended settings for event log sizes in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957662/en-us

An application that is running on a Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Vista SP1-based system may corrupt files on a local file share when these files are scanned

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956550/en-us

MS08-054: Vulnerability in Windows Media Player could allow remote code execution

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954154/en-us

Event 1004 is logged even though a user successfully logs on to a Windows Server 2008-based terminal licensing server that has "Per User" terminal licenses installed: "The terminal server cannot issue a client license"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957068/en-us

You may encounter a long delay when you try to visit a secure Web site on a Windows Vista SP1-based computer or on a Windows Server 2008-based computer that has a certificate with the SIA extension installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955805/en-us

Memory corruption may occur with the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954563/en-us

A Hyper-V update is available to increase the number of logical processors and virtual machines on a Windows Server 2008 x64-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956710/en-us

File System Auditing option in the Security Templates in MMC is confusing

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958002/en-us

Description of the Hyper-V update for issues that may occur when you manage the Hyper-V role on the 64-bit editions of Windows Server 2008 by using SCVMM

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956589/en-us

Description of the Hyper-V update for issues that may occur when you manage the Hyper-V role on the 64-bit editions of Windows Server 2008 by using SCVMM

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956589/en-us

October 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Internet

conuktrm — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:01:30 GMT

News

Microsoft Internet information Server

Web Playlists Release Candidate (RC) Released

The Web Playlists Release Candidate (RC) release is ready for you to download and deploy. This release supports upgrade from the previous Go Live release.

http://blogs.iis.net/vsood/archive/2008/09/12/web-playlists-release-candidate-rc-released.aspx

URL Rewrite Module - Go Live release

The IIS team has made the Go Live release of URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7.0 available for download. This release contains significant functionality and performance improvements and it is believed to have a quality level suitable for production deployments.

http://blogs.iis.net/ruslany/archive/2008/09/11/url-rewrite-module-go-live-release.aspx

BizTalk Server

SDTimes - Microsoft talks BizTalk 2009 and beyond

http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=32815

Q&A: What’s Next for BizTalk Server

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2008/sep08/09-05BizTalk.mspx

Updated BizTalk Roadmap

http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/en/us/roadmap.aspx

SharePoint Technologies

InformationWeek 500: Monsanto's Collaborative Growth Plan
September 16, 2008: InformationWeek
By combining unified communications, IM, SharePoint, and blogs and wikis while protecting its IP, Monsanto is advancing teamwork.

InformationWeek 500: Orion Builds Efficiency Into Eli Lilly's R&D System
September 16, 2008: InformationWeek
In late 2006, the R&D department came to IT for help devising a better way. Orion, which was developed in less than a year at a cost of about $10 million, encompasses a data warehouse; Microsoft's PerformancePoint business intelligence software for delivering reports, charts, and graphics; Microsoft SharePoint as a system portal; and features and functions built by Lilly's own developers.

InformationWeek 500: Microsoft IT is 'First And Best' Customer of Microsoft Products
September 15, 2008: InformationWeek
Microsoft uses SharePoint internally to layer collaboration capabilities on top of enterprise applications. For example, salespeople use an SAP-based application called PCWeb to find the best deals for their customers; IT added a shell of collaboration capabilities on PCWeb to allow salespeople to compare notes on the process, said Briggs, the CTO and chief architect at Microsoft.

Downloads

Microsoft Internet information Server

IIS DownloadCENTER

http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=3

Microsoft URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7.0 Go Live (x86)

URL Rewrite Module provides a rule-based rewriting mechanism for changing request URL’s before they get processed by web server. The module can be used to express URL rewriting logic that can use regular expressions or wildcards and can make rewriting decisions based on HTTP headers and server variables. While the primary purpose of the module is to rewrite requested URL’s, it also has functionality to perform redirects, send custom responses or abort requests based on the logic expressed in the rewrite rules.

http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=34&g=6&i=1691

Web Playlists for IIS 7.0 Release Candidate (RC)

Web Playlists let you deliver server-controlled media playlists from your Web server infrastructure rather than using a dedicated streaming server. They enable you to control whether clients can Seek or Skip for each media asset, which lends itself very well to monetizing your content with pre-roll and in-stream ads.

32 Bit (x86) Download http://www.iis.net/1725/ItemPermalink.ashx

64 Bit (x64) Download http://www.iis.net/1726/ItemPermalink.ashx

SharePoint Technologies

PerformancePoint Monitoring SDK Documentation

The PerformancePoint Monitoring Software Development Kit (SDK) documentation contains overview topics, how-to topics, and code examples for developing custom PerformancePoint Monitoring Server extensions. Monitoring Server builds upon the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) infrastructure, and takes advantage of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 technologies and features.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb848116.aspx

Best Practices Resource Center for SharePoint Server 2007
To avoid common pitfalls and keep your Office SharePoint Server 2007 environment available and performing well, follow these best practices based on real-world experience from Microsoft Consulting Services and the product team.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb736746.aspx

Performance and Capacity Planning Resource Center for SharePoint Server 2007
This page contains resources to help you with performance and capacity planning for your SharePoint Server deployment—map your solution design to a farm size and set of hardware that supports your business goals.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb736741.aspx

BizTalk Server

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Documentation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4e6a9d40-dbfc-4474-826a-ddeca287e57d&DisplayLang=en

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Hyper-V Guide

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5c5d86ad-5e17-4ff2-abc9-5a81177f4b30&DisplayLang=en

BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT 2008 Message Pack

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1af19d56-042f-4b90-9d9a-3b12a34dfdb3&DisplayLang=en

SWIFT 2008 Message Pack Install

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/results.aspx?freetext=&productID=0A98C8B2-EF77-4C42-B382-34EC5E1BF50F&categoryId=&period=30&sortCriteria=popularity&nr=20&DisplayLang=en

Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) Training Kit

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=401227e2-3e24-4cbf-8514-361a4cb8e116&DisplayLang=en

ING - ING Improves File Transfer and Interoperability with Business Process Management Solution

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002695

The Civil Status and Passport Department of Jordan - Jordan Agency Provides Data Within Seconds, Compared to Three Days Previously

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002605

Ministry of Health New Zealand - Microsoft Technology Helps Cure Healthcare

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002720

NuStar Energy - Company Benefits from Licensing Agreement as It Rebrands and Expands Operations

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002661

Homecare Homebase - Home Care Clinicians Use Synchronized Mobile Solution to Coordinate Patient Care

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002647

Events/WebCasts

Microsoft Internet information Server

URL Rewrite Module - Video Walkthrough

This video demonstrates how Microsoft URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7.0 can be used to accomplish common URL manipulation tasks.

http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/506/url-rewrite-module---video-walkthrough/

BizTalk Server

MSDN Webcast: Add Business Intelligence to Service Oriented Architecture Applications (Level 100) Oct 01 2008

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032387285&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

SharePoint Technologies

Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference

October 6-8, 2008: Seattle, WA
This exciting and informative conference will showcase Microsoft's market-leading business intelligence (BI) products, solution expertise and customer successes. The event is designed to educate customers and partners on every aspect of Microsoft's BI offering. You can also expect even more educational tracks and sessions by Microsoft product and industry experts, customer best practices sessions, the second-annual Microsoft BI Customer Awards presentation, hands-on labs, and much more!

http://www.microsoft.com/bi/conference

Microsoft TechEd EMEA 2008

November 3-7, and November 10-14, 2008: Barcelona, Spain
Whether you want to get deeper content than ever before, take a sneak preview of the latest tools, meet with top Microsoft and industry experts, get face time with Microsoft partners or socialize at one of the many structured or informal Tech·Ed community gatherings... then Microsoft Tech·Ed 2008 EMEA is for you!

http://www.microsoft.com/emea/teched2008/

SharePoint Connections 2008

http://www.devconnections.com/shows/FALL2008SP/default.asp?s=123

New or updated KB’s

Microsoft Internet information Server

FIX: If the requested file already exists on the local IIS proxy server, a request is rejected, or the performance is decreased in IIS 7.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954438

FIX: Clients cannot use Folder View to connect to a Web folder when they use the out-of-band WebDAV module for IIS 7.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957001

FIX: You cannot use an ISAPI filter to change the uri-stem field or the cs-user field in an IIS 7.0 log

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956120

FIX: Localized characters appear as question marks (?) in the IIS 7.0 log file when you access an ASP page or an ASPX page

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953968

BizTalk Server

FIX: The messages in an IBM WebSphere MQ queue are not deleted after the BizTalk Adapter for WebSphere MQ that is included in Host Integration Server 2006 processes the messages

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=932523

How to maintain and troubleshoot BizTalk Server databases

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952555

FIX: The .NET Framework Data Provider for mySAP Business Suite returns an error in the Report Project wizard

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=954233

FIX: The "Encode all parts" option does not work in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=955705

FIX: The Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) based SAP adapter from BizTalk Server 2006 Adapter Pack v1.0 does not support the SAP TABLE type

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=956635

FIX: The Log Shipping feature may not restore database backup files in BizTalk Server 2006 or in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=944838

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 or Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=943165

FIX: The BizTalk Server native EDI functionality swaps the GS02 field and the GS03 field in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=954557

SOAP requests or WSE requests may time out in BizTalk Server 2004 or in BizTalk Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952567

SharePoint Technologies

SharePoint Portal Server 2003

Description of the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 hotfix package: August 19, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956947

Windows Sharepoint Services Version 3

Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 hotfix package: August 7, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956248

Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 hotfix package: August 26, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957109

Error message when you try to attach a file in a custom form on the Web site in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: “This form was customized not working with attachment"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953271