Technical RollUp : August

August 2009 – technical Rollup Mail - Security

conuktrm — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:30:00 GMT

News

Introducing the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit for PC Security http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12228993&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is a powerful inventory, assessment, and reporting tool that can securely assess IT environments for various platform migrations and virtualization without the use of any software agents. When you use the MAP Toolkit to assess the security of your client infrastructure, you also receive a PC security assessment report, a security readiness report, and a security readiness proposal.

MSDN Channel 9 Interviews and Demos - !exploitable Crash Analyzer http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12228994&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Meet the program manager behind the proactive, open-source security tool called !exploitable. It’s the only tool of its kind that increases efficiency, reduces cost, and improves security by providing automated crash analysis and security risk assessment. !exploitable Crash Analyzer puts crash analysis that previously required the help of a security expert into a tool that every developer and tester can use.

New Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8 Security Baselines Beta Opening Soon http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12228995&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Does your organization waste valuable resources on security issues? Meet your business-critical needs and elevate the security of Microsoft products with these new security baselines. The security baselines combine best-practice guidance and tools to help you plan, deploy, and monitor the security of Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8.0. This Beta launches in mid-July 2009. Sign-up now http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12228937&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474 to receive notification updates so that you will get the first look at this new release of security baselines for Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8. Members, bookmark this link http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12228938&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474.

Forefront Security for Exchange Server with Service Pack 2 Now Available http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12228996&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Make protecting your Exchange Server 2007 environments easier by downloading the latest release of Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server. New features include visibility of all actively published engines, alerts and notifications about new engine availability, and rollup of software fixes.

Forefront Security for SharePoint with Service Pack 3 Now Available http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12228997&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Help better protect your Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 collaboration environments from malware and inappropriate content by downloading the latest release of Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint. New features include visibility of all actively published engines, alerts and notifications about new engine availability, and rollup of software fixes.

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for July, 2009

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-jul.mspx

Evaluate Forefront’s Integrated Portfolio of Protection, Identity, and Access Products http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12229432&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Microsoft Forefront delivers leading malware protection solutions across endpoints, messaging and collaboration application servers, and the network, while Microsoft’s identity-based access technologies and Forefront solutions build upon Active Directory’s infrastructure to enable policy-based user access to applications, devices, and information.

Try Out Microsoft Antigen 9.0 with Service Pack 2 http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12229433&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Improve protection for Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange 2000 Server with the SP2 release of Microsoft Antigen 9.0. New features include visibility of all actively published engines, alerts and notifications of new engine availability, improved anti-spam detection through integration of Cloudmark engine, and rollup of software fixes.

Documents

Microsoft SDL – Developer Starter Kit http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12228998&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

The Microsoft SDL – Developer Starter Kit offers 14 modules of content, labs, and training to help you establish a standardized approach to rolling out the Microsoft SDL in your organization, build a customized SDL training program for your development teams, or enrich your existing development practices.

Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle for Line-of-Business Applications http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12228999&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Referred to as the SDL-LOB process for short, this mainstream approach to the SDL defines standards and best practices for securing the line-of-business applications that support your business. Get actionable guidance on requirements plus design, implementation, verification, and release processes.

Microsoft SDL Process Template for Visual Studio Team System http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12229000&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

The Microsoft SDL Process Template for Microsoft Visual Studio Team System is a downloadable template that directly integrates the Security Development Lifecycle v4.1 into your software development. It generates a detailed Final Security Review report that provides an up-to-the-minute overview of security issues, testing results, and status for all security requirements associated with a project.

How Do I: Set Up the SDL Process Template? http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12229001&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

The Microsoft SDL Process Template for Visual Studio Team System was created to ease adoption of the SDL by automatically integrating the policy, processes, and tools of SDL v4.1 into Visual Studio Team System 2008. In this video, learn how to install the SDL Process Template, and then see how to begin using the template in your next project.

Improving Web Services Security Guide http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12229002&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Using end-to-end application scenarios, this guide shows you how to design and implement authentication and authorization in Windows Communication Foundation. You will learn how to improve the security of your Windows Communication Foundation services through prescriptive guidance including practices at a glance, guidelines, a Q&A, and step-by-step how-to articles.

Downloads

Forefront Online Security for Exchange (FOSE) 9.1 Product Documents

Product documents for FOSE 9.1 include the following: New Features Guide, Administration Center User Guide, Directory Synchronization Tool Administration Guide, Customer Quick Cards and Forefront Online Security for Exchange Filtering Service Launch and Best Practices

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=9c34eba6-059b-455a-a44f-96b1b06b4b21

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/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ab60dc87-884c-46d5-82cd-f3c299dac7cc

Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions for Windows Vista x64 Edition (KB943729)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=b10a7af4-8bee-4adc-8bbe-9949df77a3cf

Security Audit Events for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

A list of all security audit events for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=3a15b562-4650-4298-9745-d9b261f35814

Microsoft Code Name "Geneva" SbS Guides and VMs

"Geneva" Step by Step Guides and Virtual Machines

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=57602615-e1ee-4775-8b79-367b7007e178

Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint with Service Pack 3

Forefront Security for SharePoint with Service Pack 3 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/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=e06453b8-b2dd-4177-969c-2f89aa841e11

Antigen 9.2 Privacy Statement

This document describes the privacy policy for the 9.2 release of Microsoft Antigen

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=d4c0a037-0651-47d6-9ef9-7aaf21b70e69

Microsoft Antigen for SMTP Gateways with Antigen Spam Manager with SP2 Trial Only

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?displaylang=en&FamilyID=f5c547d4-d457-43fa-9174-c1ddf4476cf3

Microsoft Antigen for Exchange with Antigen Spam Manager with SP2 Trial Software

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

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

Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server with Service Pack 2

Help protect your Exchange server from viruses and other malware.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=2ceb14d4-404b-4d8f-8a21-ebfc71b2e82b

FSOCS performance analysis and capacity planning document

Document provides insights into performance testing and analysis conducted for the Forefront security for Office Communication Server

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=be759065-0c0e-47e6-be56-8ffe1411cb80

IT Manager: Platform Solution Blueprint – Security

The Security Platform Solution Blueprint Poster by Advaiya gives IT managers a comprehensive view of how security technologies work within their IT environment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=e86e9575-a868-450b-92c9-23fe456efbe2

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?displaylang=en&FamilyID=b53dee69-a3f9-4800-91a8-42c1b8b365db

Forefront Online Security for Exchange (FOSE) 9.1 Product Documents

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=9c34eba6-059b-455a-a44f-96b1b06b4b21

HomeGroup and Firewall Interaction

Details how HomeGroup interacts with firewalls, using Windows Firewall as an example. Explains what ports and rules are required for firewalls to implement for HomeGroup to work correctly

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=937f3930-673d-45a0-8446-69c36e6f5c13

Introduction to Windows Firewall with Advanced Security

Learn how to manage Windows Firewall in Windows 7 and Windows Vista by using the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Microsoft Management Control (MMC) snap-in, with Netsh commands, and with Group Policy.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=df192e1b-a92a-4075-9f69-c12b7c54b52b

White Paper: Implementing an ADFS Solution for Microsoft Dynamics CRM by Using IAG

This paper includes high-level guidance on using IAG to implement an ADFS solution for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=47ee7f73-6059-4b20-a305-1b8b2b23f0e9

Network Access Quarantine Control in Windows Server 2003

This white paper describes Network Access Quarantine Control in Windows Server 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=5a8e763a-04bc-4806-90cb-b271365ff4da

Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) Beta 2

Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) is a secure application gateway, to manage, control, and optimize remote access for managed and non-managed endpoints, to corporate applications and resources.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=a3f5729a-3989-4f60-980f-1b87dd198988

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?displaylang=en&FamilyID=585d2bde-367f-495e-94e7-6349f4effc74

Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830)

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

Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter [July 2009] (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?displaylang=en&FamilyID=aa029fde-f341-44fc-8b85-0c6f3d3c2d69

July 2009 Security Release ISO Image

This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on July 14th, 2009.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=58c72b24-2e5b-4e00-84f3-798f7d296cc2

Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter for x64-based Systems [July 2009] (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?displaylang=en&FamilyID=749e10cd-f40c-4f94-8e38-d4221ded7652

Request a Password Reset for Microsoft Online Services CTP

This document is intended for users of the July 2009 Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Microsoft® Online Services who need information about requesting a password reset.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=91a101d6-1fd1-44b1-beb8-5258460ea615

Windows Firewall Categories and User Facing Impact

Word document on best practice guidance on Windows Firewall Categories

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=08d23da9-ff0e-4e6f-b742-878ca1977c55

Microsoft Anti-Cross Site Scripting Library V3.0

AntiXSS 3.0 helps you to protect your current applications from cross-site scripting attacks, at the same time helping you to protect your legacy application with its Security Runtime Engine

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=051ee83c-5ccf-48ed-8463-02f56a6bfc09

Enabling Third party Firewall DirectAccess Clients

This Word document describes the rules and exemptions for configuring third party host-based firewalls to work with DirectAccess.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=49b42391-f924-4692-baa4-218720d3ea7b

Microsoft Directory Synchronization Tool 9.1

May 2009

The Microsoft Directory Synchronization Tool 9.1 enables you to securely synchronize selected data between an on-premise Active Directory and the Forefront Online Security for Exchange (FOSE) and Exchange Hosted Archive (EHA) services.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=3cda6dcc-1124-4e0b-b991-de9d85ed12e1

Network Access Quarantine Control in Windows Server 2003

This white paper describes Network Access Quarantine Control in Windows Server 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=5a8e763a-04bc-4806-90cb-b271365ff4da

Microsoft Secured Unified Communications Datasheet

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=c516b57c-3dba-497f-8419-f2e969a28561

Microsoft Defense Solutions

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=7f5bf82d-35b8-4f0c-a16e-c11acd27c700

Defence Transformation Poster

Using the Connected Government Framework Microsoft helps defence organisations deliver open, secure, interoperable and manageable IT infrastructures to execute tactical missions and achieve strategic goals.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=bc5aa227-d93e-4c64-91f6-bd4252c7a20c

Microsoft® Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) Beta 3 Tools & Software Development Kit

The tools here provide diagnostics and other feature-related tools, and the software development kit, for Forefront TMG Beta 3.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=dff77975-84bf-484f-a3bd-9d8dd800e220

Microsoft Situational Awareness

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=9bc432be-62fe-4d0d-b1c5-f2c9b8d13fb0

Microsoft Government Identity Management

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=798b31f1-7a42-450e-b739-315261934939

Microsoft Forefront Client Security 1.0 SP1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=c980f790-23d6-4644-ad19-d0c268c63c35

Core Network Companion Guide: Deploying Server Certificates

This companion guide to the Core Network Guide provides instructions on how to deploy server certificates with Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) and how to autoenroll server certificates to computers running Network Policy Server (NPS) and Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=a7f797b2-10fc-4e37-88ae-c1662fb15b11

Microsoft Threat Analysis and Modeling v3.0 beta

Threat modeling to empower application risk management.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=aad6dec7-26cf-4053-9963-d5974631c070

Security Audit Events for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

A list of all security audit events for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=3a15b562-4650-4298-9745-d9b261f35814

Forefront Online Security for Exchange (FOSE) 9.1 Product Documents

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=9c34eba6-059b-455a-a44f-96b1b06b4b21

Windows Firewall Categories and User Facing Impact

Word document on best practice guidance on Windows Firewall Categories

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=08d23da9-ff0e-4e6f-b742-878ca1977c55

Events/WebCasts

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: Information About Microsoft August Security Bulletins (Level 200)

Wednesday, August 12, 2009 11:00 A.M.-12:30 P.M. Pacific Time

IT Manager Webcast: How Microsoft IT deployed DirectAccess to Provide Secure Access to Corporate Resources from Anywhere (Level 200)

Thursday, August 13, 2009 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Connect Remotely Using Windows 7 Direct Access (Level 300)

Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:00 A.M.-11:00 A.M. Pacific Time

On-Demand Security Webcasts

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

Security Awareness Materials http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11524381&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Guidance, samples, and templates for creating a security-awareness program in your organization.

Learn Security On the Job http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11524382&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Learning Paths for Security - Microsoft Training References and Resources http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11524383&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Visit TechNet Spotlight: www.microsoft.com/technetspotlight

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

A.O.B

Security MVP of the Month: Jesper M. Johansson http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12229003&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Jesper Johansson, ISSAP, CISSP, and MSCE, is a well-known authority on information security in general and Windows security in particular. He is currently a principal software security architect, managing programs and projects related to application security, secure software development practices, and security training. He has delivered presentations on information security on five continents, has spoken at most major security events, and has written many articles on security.

MVP Article of the Month: Security Watch – Thoughts on Identity http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12229005&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

In this first part of a two-part series, Jesper Johansson delves into the concept of identity—what defines an identity, who gets to control the information, and how do we ensure that it is properly secured? In part two http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12228945&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474, he covers additional principles that successful digital identity systems must meet.

August 2009 – Technical Rollup Mail - Internet

conuktrm — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:30:00 GMT

News

Biztalk Server

Case Studies

Gol Airlines - Brazilian Airline Automates Web Content Management, Drives Agility, and Reduces Costs
http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?casestudyid=4000004966

City of Zoetermeer - Municipality Uses CRM Technology to Improve Service to Citizens and Businesses
http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?casestudyid=4000004973

Leumi Card - Credit Card Issuer Uses Technical Experts to Guide Critical Application Development
http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?casestudyid=4000004843

Microsoft announces new BizTalk Server 2009 SKUs for partners
http://blogs.msdn.com/biztalk_server_team_blog/archive/2009/07/14/microsoft-announces-new-biztalk-server-2009-skus-for-partners.aspx

MMC Snap-In available for MessageBoxViewer tool
http://blogs.technet.com/jpierauc/archive/2009/07/15/mmc-snap-in-for-mbv-available-here.aspx

BizTalk Azure Adapters on Codeplex
http://seroter.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/biztalk-azure-adapters-on-codeplex/

Microsoft Internet Information Server

URL Rewrite Module 2.0 for IIS 7 – Beta

Today IIS team has released the URL Rewrite Module 2.0 for IIS 7 – Beta. This is an incremental release that includes all the features from version 1.1, and adds support for outbound response rewriting. More specifically, it can be used to: Replace...

http://blogs.iis.net/ruslany/archive/2009/07/16/url-rewrite-module-2-0-for-iis-7-beta.aspx

Getting both FastCGI module and AppPool CPULimit to work

FastCGI module available in IIS 7.0 did not work when CPULimit for the application pool was enabled. This was because when CPULimit feature was enabled WAS uses job objects to track CPU usage of worker processes. WAS keeps a job object for each application...

http://blogs.iis.net/ksingla/archive/2009/07/02/getting-both-fastcgi-module-and-apppool-cpulimit-to-work.aspx

FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 6.0 and IIS 5.1 – RC

Today IIS team has released the FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 6.0 and IIS 5.1 – Release Candidate. This version is based on FastCGI Extension 1.0 and it adds several important improvements and features. The release is believed to have a quality...

http://blogs.iis.net/ruslany/archive/2009/06/24/fastcgi-extension-1-5-for-iis-6-0-and-iis-5-1-rc.aspx

SharePoint Technologies

Microsoft Office for Mac SP2: New Document Connection for SharePoint

Learn more about MacOffice SP2.

2009-07-20: Microsoft PressPass

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/jul09/07-20MacOfficeSP2PR.mspx

SharePoint 2010: Developer and IT Professional Outtakes

July 16, 2009: CMS Wire

Second in the two part analysis of the SharePoint 2010 previews, this one looking at whats new for Developers and IT Professionals

http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-20/sharepoint-2010-developer-and-it-professional-outtakes-005057.php

SharePoint 2010, A Business Collaboration Platform

Microsoft gives us a bird's eye view into what SharePoint 2010 is really going to look and behave like. Time to take a little tour.

July 15, 2009: CMS Wire

http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-20/sharepoint-2010-a-business-collaboration-platform-005042.php

Microsoft Begins Detailing SharePoint 2010

The next version of the hot-selling collaboration and content management platform will add a host of user features as well as improved IT management capabilities.

July 15, 2009: Information Week

http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218500775&subSection=News

Microsoft Office 2010 Starts Ascension to the Cloud

Microsoft’s saunter toward providing all of its Office software online continues this week with a preview of its Office 2010 software.

July 13, 2009: New York Times
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/13/microsoft-office-2010-starts-ascension-to-the-cloud/

Service Pack 2 Update

The public update for SharePoint Service Pack 2 expiration issue is now available for download.

June 26, 2009: Microsoft

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/06/25/service-pack-2-update.aspx

Downloads

Microsoft Internet Information Server

Bing API Web Page Error Toolkit

Re-architected to maximize deployment ease and minimize impact on your server

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=deca3e03-4f93-46d1-affc-493c0e02eb63

IIS DownloadCENTER

This is your single source for finding Microsoft Internet Information Services tools, samples, extensions, filters and modules created by Microsoft and the IIS community. Read more about the Microsoft Extensions.

http://www.iis.net/downloads

SharePoint Technologies

Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint with Service Pack 3
Forefront Security for SharePoint with Service Pack 3 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/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=e06453b8-b2dd-4177-969c-2f89aa841e11

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Technical Library in Compiled Help format
Downloadable CHM version of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 content on TechNet.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=c9d6c8c5-8a62-4961-8c1b-df08b667b1c4

Microsoft 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/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=e7a23d42-0835-440f-9400-badfe9672b21

Microsoft 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/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=5e94ad07-902c-422f-aadd-ff2bba9e540a

Creating mashups in SharePoint 2007: Recruiting scenario

How to create a mashup using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and SharePoint Designer 2007. This particular scenario uses SharePoint, and Bing Maps (Virtual Earth) and illustrates the use of JQuery in SharePoint.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=3f9954a7-41fb-474f-949b-a8d455c4bd59

Events/Webcasts

SharePoint Technologies

Momentum Webcast: Leveraging Windows SharePoint Services and BizTalk Server (Level 100)

Are you interested in turbo-charging your business processes with the combined power of Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006, Windows SharePoint Services, and Microsoft Office InfoPath? If so, please join us for this webcast to discover proven strategies to help you: Design, configure, and monitor a wide array of business processes. Create systems that empower your organization to be far more responsive. Enable InfoPath forms that contain more accurate information in different formats, saving time for you and your information workers. Get more out of Windows SharePoint Services by integrating promoted properties and columns, custom views, and more. Boost overall system performance with BizTalk files that automatically read and write to SharePoint document libraries, all using out-of-the-box functionality.

Presenters: Bill Tsai, Partner Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation and Rob Jackson, Partner Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation

Date: 8 August 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada) | Duration:60 Minutes
Location: Webcast

Audience: Technology Decision Maker
Products: Biztalk and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032422424&culture=en-US

All upcoming Events\Webcasts

http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/learning/events.mspx

Biztalk Server

BizTalk Server 2009 Virtual Labs

http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/msdnbpi.aspx?tab=virtuallabs

New KB's

Biztalk Server

Enabling tracking on an MLLP receive port or BTAHL72XReceivePipeline fails to save the inbound message

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=971924

FIX: BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT 2.1 support for the MT202COV and MT205COV message types of the SWIFT 2009 Standard

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=971997

FIX: A BizTalk host instance stops and an Event ID 5410 is logged in the Application log in BizTalk Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=972196

FIX: BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT 2.3 support for the MT202COV and MT205COV message types of the SWIFT 2009 Standard

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=971996

FIX: Unused subscription predicates are not purged from the NotEqualsPredicates table of the BizTalkMsgBoxDB database in BizTalk Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=967931

FIX: The EDIMessageContent table is not purged correctly when DTA Archive and Purge job is run in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=961330

Batched EDI messages that are sent from the EdiSend pipeline are not saved for Health and Activity Tracking (HAT) in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=961163

FIX: MT540 messages that have incorrect ISO country codes in field 95C are not rejected when you use BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT 2.1, BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT 2.3, or BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT 3.0 together with Message Pack 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=972827

Fix: In BizTalk Server 2006 R2, you cannot build a BizTalk Server project if the project refers to a schema and the first part of the schema namespace is a substring of the project namespace

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=972849

FIX: Messaging properties are not tracked for some messages in an interchange in Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=970856

FIX: A Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) activity does not track the first message of a batch in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=967765

FIX: Microsoft BizTalk 2009 Accelerator for SWIFT now supports message types MT202COV and MT205COV to meet the SWIFT 2009 Standards Release Guide

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=971999

SharePoint Technologies

You cannot view a forms-based authentication Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site if you have Office Live Update 1.2 for Microsoft Office Live Workspace installed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972535/EN-US

The Advanced Search page returns no results when the Search Center is running under the Vietnamese regional setting in Office SharePoint Server 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972539/EN-US

An index corruption occurs when you crawl the content sources on a Windows Server 2008-based computer or a Windows 7-based computer that is running Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or Office SharePoint Server 2007, and a power outage occurs on the computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970307/EN-US

Description of the SharePoint Server 2007 Cumulative Update Server Hotfix Package (MOSS server-package)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971537/EN-US

The lookup columns in a SharePoint list return empty fields when the list item count exceeds one thousand items in a Windows SharePoint Service 3.0 site
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971025/EN-US

August 2009 – Technical Rollup Mail - Manageability

conuktrm — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:30:00 GMT

News

Configuration Manager & SMS

Microsoft Extends Support for SMS 2003

Support for Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 and Systems Management Server 2003 R2 will transition from Mainstream Support to Extended Support on January 12, 2010. This update follows the Microsoft Support Lifecycle policy for Business and Developer products. The Microsoft policy provides a minimum of five years of Mainstream Support or two years of Mainstream Support after the successor product ships, whichever is longer. Organizations that are currently running Systems Management Server 2003 should note the dates when Mainstream Support and Extended Support end. Customers who are interested in migrating to System Center Configuration Server 2007 can contact a Sales Account Manager or a Technical Account Manager.

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifean29

IBM Releases Deployment and System Packs for System Center Configuration Manager 2007

The IBM Deployment Pack for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 is used to configure IBM hardware components, prior to deploying Windows using Microsoft SCCM. This kit extends Configuration Manager 2007, providing a convenient integrated user interface that will be familiar to SCCM administrators. The Deployment Pack completes the end-to-end deployment scenario in environments where IBM-specific configuration steps are required, including RAID, RSA2, BMC, and BIOS.

http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=SYST-MANAGE&brandind=5000016#msccm

New Dell Whitepaper Today - Using the Dell Driver Cabs with MDT 2008

Deploying Operating System Images on Dell Business Client Systems using Microsoft® Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2008

http://attachments.wetpaintserv.us/Nucs29nRR33L0d73WlFkTw==1095622

Microsoft is pleased to announce the release of the System Center Configuration Manager Extensions for SCAP.

The System Center Configuration Manager Extensions for SCAP are designed for organizations to use with the desired configuration management (DCM) feature in Microsoft® System Center Configuration Manager 2007 to scan the computers in your environment and then document their level of compliance with the Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) mandate.

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=113938

Support for ACT 5.5 with the ACT Connector

Microsoft released a new version of ACT, version 5.5. This version changed the database schema which prevents configuring the ACT database from the ACT Connector administrator console. If you upgrade an existing ACT installation to 5.5 which has already been configured in the ACT connector, no additional steps are required. Using this documented workaround ACT 5.5 is supported by Microsoft with the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 ACT Connector.

http://blogs.technet.com/configurationmgr/archive/2009/07/01/support-for-act-5-5-with-the-act-connector.aspx

The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/configurationmgr/

The Deployment Guys

http://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys

System Center Configuration Manager Solutions

http://blogs.technet.com/mwiles/

Carlos Santiago's Manageability Blog - SCCM/Softgrid

http://blogs.technet.com/carlossantiago/

Michael Niehaus' Windows and Office deployment ramblings

http://blogs.technet.com/mniehaus/

Paul Thomsen at myITforum.com

http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/pthomsen/default.aspx

Jeff Gilbert's Web blog at myITforum.com

http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jgilbert/default.aspx

Operations Manager & MOM

System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 – Cross Platform Management Pack Authoring Guide

New technical documentation released for Cross Platform Management Pack Authoring in Operations Manager 2007 R2

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/dd919155.aspx

System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 – Management Pack Authoring Guide

New technical documentation released for Management Pack Authoring in Operations Manager 2007 R2

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/dd279667.aspx

Security Hardening Guide for Operations Manager 2007 R2 and Windows Server 2008

The Operations Manager 2007 R2 SCW Roles and Hardening guide available.

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=153917

Windows Server Hyper-V Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007

New Management Pack for managing Hyper-V with Operations Manager 2007 has been released to the System Center Catalog

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/systemcenter/cc462790.aspx

System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 goes RTM!!

By the time you read this Operations Manager 2007 R2 will be general available from the MVLS website. To get started with this release click the link below.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/dd887701.aspx

Support Policy For Operations Manager 2007 running on hardware virtualization software

Guidance and clarity to running Operation Manager 2007 on virtualization platforms, provided by Clive Eastwood and the Manageability Team. Including KBs.

http://blogs.technet.com/smsandmom/archive/2008/07/24/support-policy-for-operations-manager-2007-running-on-hardware-virtualization-software.aspx

Windows Server 2003/2008 Group Policy Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007

Windows Server 2003/2008 Group Policy Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 monitors the health, availability, and performance of the Microsoft group policy client component of Microsoft Windows Server 2008. Be sure the read the MP Guide, and your organisations MP deployment methods!

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=12a29de3-7147-4488-8b1d-5825892f2b05&DisplayLang=en

Latest Partner Pack newsletters available on OpsManJam.com

A bi-weekly newsletter focused on Management Pack best practises, including articles and short video bites.

http://www.opsmanjam.com/OpsManJam%20Library/Forms/MP%20folder%20view.aspx?RootFolder=%2fOpsManJam%20Library%2fThe%20Partner%20Pack%20newsletters&FolderCTID=&View=%7b28F6035C%2d64EB%2d43DD%2dAE64%2d039B5C85A626%7d

The Operations Manager Support Team Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/operationsmgr/

Other

System Center Virtual Machine Manager

http://blogs.technet.com/scvmm/

The App-V Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/Softgrid/

Steve Rachui's Manageability blog - ConfigMgr/OpsMgr

http://blogs.msdn.com/steverac/

System Center WebLog by Russ Slaten

http://blogs.msdn.com/rslaten/

Documents

Configuration Manager & SMS

Microsoft Security Update Guide

Microsoft Security Update Guide: Helping IT Professionals Better Understand and Maximize Microsoft Security Update Release Information, Processes, Communications, and Tools.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=c3d986d0-ecc3-4ce0-9c25-048ec5b52a4f

Downloads

Configuration Manager & SMS

System Center ConfigMgr Extensions for SCAP

The extensions enable Configuration Manager 2007 to consume Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) data streams, assess systems for compliance, and generate report results in SCAP format by taking advantage of the compliance checking capabilities inherent in the desired configuration management (DCM) feature.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=22e5b9a0-fa7b-4d43-bcea-7084ae6f40f5

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/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=99303c25-f3b0-4c41-a56b-f5cc57045dc6

Windows Server 2003/2008 Group Policy MP for OpsMgr 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=12a29de3-7147-4488-8b1d-5825892f2b05

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/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=8c0f970e-c653-4c15-9e51-6a6cadfca363

Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 MP for OpsMgr 2007

This management pack monitors the performance and availability of ISA Server 2006.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=c576fcdf-42f0-4eb5-990d-e8e7c7e9c07e

Other

DPM MPSRPT

DPM MPSRPT gathers detailed system status and configuration information from DPM as well as from one or multiple protected servers. This version of the MPS tool collects data to help Support Professionals diagnose error conditions experienced in DPM 2006 and DPM 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=14392186-6707-45a5-8987-29665abbd6f5

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

TechNet Webcast: Automating Windows 7 Deployments Using System Center Configuration Manager (Level 300)

Wednesday, August 05, 2009 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

We focus on automating Windows 7 operating system deployments using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager in this webcast. First, we cover how to automate hardware and software inventory using Asset Intelligence to determine what applications and hardware are needed for deploying Windows 7. Next, we examine deploying Windows 7 packages, and we discuss how to add Windows 7 packages to System Center Configuration Manager and then the deploy packages to bare metal machines and existing Windows Vista clients across the enterprise.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032416867&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

New KB's

Configuration Manager & SMS

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: You cannot customize the ramdisk TFTP block size on a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 site server that has the Pre-Boot Execution Environment (PXE) service point role (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968718/EN-US

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: Packages on distribution points are not updated with the latest source version in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 RTM systems

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970317/EN-US

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: Restart Coordinator prevents a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1-based client computer from restarting because it incorrectly concludes that a job is running

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970635/EN-US

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: Some programs are not executed when the "If an application fails, continue installing other applications in the list" option is enabled in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970636/EN-US

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: Prompted queries that are based on customized Hardware Inventory classes do not prompt users for values in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 systems

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971300/EN-US

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: The Task Sequence Media Wizard incorrectly calculates the required space and generates many CD or DVD images if the task sequence references multiple programs in the same package in System Center Configuration Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971689/EN-US

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: The SMS_Inbox_Monitor or SMS_Outbox_Monitor components may not poll for new content in System Center Configuration Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972400/EN-US

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: When using Configuration Manager 2007 R2 together with Service Pack 1, the R2 features are not accessible by using the Admin Console

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973363/EN-US

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: Hardware Inventory data files larger than 50MB may fail to process on a ConfigMgr 2007 site server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973754/EN-US

Sys Mgmt Svr Ent Ed 2003 EN: When I use the SMS 2003 Operating System Deployment (OSD) Feature Pack to change an existing OSD image, an Error dialog box is displayed (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938438/EN-US

Operations Manager & MOM

Sys Center Ops Mgr 2007 SP1: Support for running System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 and System Center Essentials 2007 Service Pack 1 on a Windows Server 2008-based computer (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953141/EN-US

Sys Center Ops Mgr 2007 SP1: Description of the hotfix rollup package for System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 and for System Center Essentials 2007 Service Pack 1: July 25, 2008 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954049/EN-US

Sys Center Ops Mgr 2007 SP1: Issues that are resolved by the Operations Manager Module rollup update for System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1: June 10, 2009 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959865/EN-US

Sys Center Ops Mgr 2007 SP1: Management Pack cannot be specified for saving new override of monitor or rule in System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 Operations console

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959867/EN-US

Sys Center Ops Mgr 2007 SP1: The size of the System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 Data Warehouse database may grow if many event collection rules exist within management packs (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969130/EN-US

Other

Sys Center DataProtect Mgr 07 EN: The DPM protection agent service cannot start in System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947682/EN-US

Sys Center DataProtect Mgr 07 EN: Error message when you perform various System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 operations after you install DPM 2007 Service Pack 1: "An Unexpected error occurred during a VSS operation" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967509/EN-US

Sys Center DataProtect Mgr 07 EN: Description of the hotfix rollup package for System Center Data Protection Manager 2007: April 14, 2009 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968579/EN-US

Sys Center DataProtect Mgr 07 EN: Description of the hotfix rollup package for System Center Data Protection Manager 2007: June 4, 2009 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970867/EN-US

Sys Center DataProtect Mgr 07 EN: Error "0x8007200F" when System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 agent installation cannot query Active Directory

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972726/EN-US

Sys Center DataProtect Mgr 07 EN: Error message when you try to install a System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 update: "DPM installation has failed"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972727/EN-US

August 2009- Technical Rollup Mail - Platforms

conuktrm — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:30:00 GMT

News

Windows Server

Windows Server 2008 R2 Reaches the RTM Milestone!

The acronym stands for Release to Manufacturing, and it means this latest release of Windows Server 2008 R2 is now blessed by engineering as ready for the manufacturing process. We're talking final code. Sun shining, birds singing, children dancing in the streets.

http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2009/07/22/windows-server-2008-r2-rtm.aspx

Windows Server 2008 R2 & Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 RTM!!!!

Both Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 (our FREE standalone Hyper-V Server) have both been Released To Manufacturing (RTM)!! If you haven't seen the announcement on the main Windows Server blog, be sure to check it out

http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2009/07/22/windows-server-2008-r2-hyper-v-server-2008-r2-rtm.aspx

Windows Client

Windows 7 Has Been Released to Manufacturing

The Windows 7 team is proud to share with you that a short while ago we have started to release Windows 7 to PC OEM and manufacturing partners. This means our next major milestone will be the availability of PCs loaded with Windows 7 and store shelves stocked with Windows 7 on October 22, 2009.

http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/07/22/windows-7-has-been-released-to-manufacturing.aspx

Accelerate Your Migration to the Latest Microsoft Products and Infrastructure

Download the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 4.0 Beta and get an integrated tool for conducting network-wide readiness assessments for migration to Microsoft technologies. The MAP toolkit provides adaptable guidance and proposals to help simplify the planning and deployment of your IT projects for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Hyper-V and more.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/solutionaccelerators/dd537566.aspx?SA_CE=NOT-MAPBETA-NWSLR-TNETUK-20090624

Other

Windows Virtualization Team Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization

The World Simplified is a Virtual World

http://blogs.technet.com/virtualworld

The App-V Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/softgrid

The Official MDOP Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/mdop

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

Ntdebugging Blog

http://blogs.msdn.com/ntdebugging

Terminal Server Team Blog

http://blogs.msdn.com/ts

The Hot Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/hot

Downloads

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats

Open, edit, and save documents, workbooks, and presentations in the file formats new to Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466

Windows Internet Explorer 8 for Windows XP

Internet Explorer 8. Faster, Easier, More Private, and More Secure.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=341c2ad5-8c3d-4347-8c03-08cdecd8852b

Update for Windows XP (KB932823)

Install this update to resolve an issue in which a user is unable to use Windows Internet Explorer 7 to download files on a computer that is running Windows XP with IME enabled.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=28e2fdb2-1aa5-4c84-8255-b3142ca2fe85

DirectX End-User Runtime

The Microsoft DirectX® End-User Runtime provides updates to 9.0c and previous versions of DirectX — the core Windows® technology that drives high-speed multimedia and games on the PC.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3

Windows Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP

Download the latest version of the world's most popular Web browser.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=9ae91ebe-3385-447c-8a30-081805b2f90b

.NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package (x86)

The Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 (x86) redistributable package installs the .NET Framework runtime and associated files required to run applications developed to target the .NET Framework v2.0.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

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

Windows® Defender

Windows Defender is a free program that helps you stay productive by protecting your computer against pop-ups, slow performance and security threats caused by spyware and other potentially unwanted software. Windows Defender no longer supports Windows 2000 as mainstream support ended in June 2005.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=435bfce7-da2b-4a6a-afa4-f7f14e605a0d

.NET Framework 3.5

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 contains many new features building incrementally upon .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0, and includes .NET Framework 2.0 service pack 1 and .NET Framework 3.0 service pack 1.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=333325fd-ae52-4e35-b531-508d977d32a6

Windows Search 4.0 for Windows XP (KB940157)

Windows Search 4.0 is an updated component of Windows that enables instant search on your computer.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=55c18cb3-c916-4298-aba3-5b98904f7cda

The 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2 (SP2)

Service Pack 2 provides the latest updates to the 2007 Microsoft Office suite.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=b444bf18-79ea-46c6-8a81-9db49b4ab6e5

Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Beta

Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor scans your PC to see if it's ready for Windows 7, and tells you about any known compatibility issues.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=1b544e90-7659-4bd9-9e51-2497c146af15

Windows Internet Explorer 8 for Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

Internet Explorer 8. Faster, Easier, More Private, and More Secure.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=79154fb4-c610-4a1e-811d-dfe0f1dd84d1

Windows Installer 3.1 Redistributable

The Microsoft® Windows® Installer is an application installation and configuration service. WindowsInstaller-KB893803-x86.exe is the redistributable package for installing or upgrading Windows Installer.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=889482fc-5f56-4a38-b838-de776fd4138c

Windows Media® Components for QuickTime

With Windows Media® Components for QuickTime, by Flip4Mac™, you can play Windows Media files (.wma and .wmv) directly in QuickTime Player and view Windows Media content on the Internet using a Web browser.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=915d874d-d747-4180-a400-5f06b1b5e559

.NET Framework 3.5 Service pack 1

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 is a full cumulative update that contains many new features building incrementally upon .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, and includes cumulative servicing updates to the .NET Framework 2.0 and .NET Framework 3.0 subcomponents.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=ab99342f-5d1a-413d-8319-81da479ab0d7

Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers

This installation package is intended for IT professionals and developers downloading and installing on multiple computers on a network. If you're updating just one computer, please visit Windows Update at http://update.microsoft.com .

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=5b33b5a8-5e76-401f-be08-1e1555d4f3d4

GDI + Security Update

This update addresses a security issue in JPEG processing technology.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=39847b71-fd47-41c7-9fa4-06c930c488a5

Windows Live Messenger 8.1

Windows Live Messenger is the next-generation MSN Messenger. It has everything you already love about Messenger, and much more!

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=d78f2ff1-79ea-4066-8ba0-ddbed94864fc

2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS

This download allows you to export and save to the PDF and XPS formats in eight 2007 Microsoft Office programs. It also allows you to send as e-mail attachment in the PDF and XPS formats in a subset of these programs.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=4d951911-3e7e-4ae6-b059-a2e79ed87041

Events/Webcasts

TechNet Webcast: Automating Windows 7 Deployments Using System Center Configuration Manager (Level 300)

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

10:00 A.M.–11:00 A.M. Pacific Time

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032416867&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

TechNet Webcast: Optimize Windows 7 with the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (Level 300)

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

10:00 A.M.–11:00 A.M. Pacific Time

IT professionals experience many challenges when deploying applications and managing desktop systems. Attend this webcast to lean how using the Microsoft Desktop Optimization pack with the Windows 7 operating system can simplify application deployment and desktop management while reducing IT costs. We also discuss using Microsoft Application Virtualization with Windows 7-based clients to deploy applications on demand.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032416869&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

TechNet Webcast: Connect Remotely Using Windows 7 Direct Access (Level 300)

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

10:00 A.M.–11:00 A.M. Pacific Time

In this webcast, we focus on the Direct Access feature in the Windows 7 operating system, which provides secure anywhere access on the network. We explore how Direct Access makes it easier for IT professionals to manage the network infrastructure and how it helps reduces IT costs. We also discuss how Direct Access works and how to set up and configure Direct Access in the network infrastructure. The session includes demonstrations on how to setup and configure Direct Access on Windows 7-based clients and the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032416408&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

TechNet Webcast: BizTalk Server 2009 Performance on Hyper-V and Physical Deployments (Level 300)

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

1:00 P.M.–2:00 P.M. Pacific Time

As part of the Microsoft BizTalk Server 2009 launch wave, the BizTalk Rangers and Technology Adoption Program (TAP) teams are conducting a performance lab to compare Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2, BizTalk Server 2009 (physical), and BizTalk Server 2009 on a Hyper-V platform. In this webcast, you hear from the product group about the performance characteristics of solutions deployed on different platforms. We outline the tests that we have performed and the results that we obtained, and we share common best practices for deployment. If you would like to understand the performance differences of BizTalk Server 2009 on Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008, and Hyper-V platforms before the official guides are published, then this webcast is for you.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032416252&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

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New KB's

Windows Client

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: Certificates are unusable when you import a PEX file to a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970730/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: Performance issues occur when Windows Rights Management Services client has very large files associated with an RMS policy

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970887/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: A publisher name that has an ampersand (&) is not displayed correctly in the "File Download - Security Warning" dialog box on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971046/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: Error message when you try to perform a system backup operation on a Windows Vista-based computer: "Catastrophic failure (0x8000FFFF)"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973558/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: HD audio controller is consuming power during sleep or hibernation in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970030/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: An isochronous data transfer through an IEEE 1394 device suddenly stops in Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970076/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: You cannot print to an IPP printer in Internet Explorer with protected mode enabled on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971069/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: Locale data is missing in the saved event logs if you archive the event logs on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 and that has an MUI for a non-English language installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971734/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: USB 2.0 high-speed devices are recognized as full-speed after you hibernate and then resume a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972485/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: FIX: The Explorer.exe process becomes unresponsive when Windows Explorer hosts a shell extension that was created by using Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972685/EN-US

Win Vista SP1 AL: Volume levels may change when the Default microphone device is changed on Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973520/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Description of Group Policy Preference Migration Tool (GPPMIG)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959963/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Network and Sharing Center does not display Windows Firewall domain policies in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008, you cannot browse the network

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968408/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: The Terminal Server Licensing MMC snap-in or the TS Licensing Manager MMC snap-in uses NT LAN Manager instead of the Kerberos protocol to pass authentication, respectively, in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968995/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: The MIDI application that uses the inbox USB audio driver crashes after a high rate of MIDI events occurs in Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969512/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Memory corruption occurs when you try to log off from a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 after you sync the offline file in the Client-Side Caching folder

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970186/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: You receive a "Stop 0x00000050" error message after you enable or disable Microsoft Bluetooth Enumerator in Device Manager on a Windows Vista-based computer that has the Windows Vista Feature Pack for Wireless installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970694/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: The Group Policy Management MMC snap-in stops responding on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 when you select a Group Policy object in a domain that has lots of organizational units

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970964/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Error message when you run an application that uses the per-user class registration feature on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008: "Interface not found"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971138/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: After you set the value of the EventMask parameter to WTS_EVENT_FLUSH in the WTSWaitSystemEvent function in Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, you cannot receive pending WTSWaitSystemEvent function calls if the target server is running Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971311/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: An application that uses an event log API in legacy Windows does not receive event information in a readable format, on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971330/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: An application that uses .NET Framework to monitor the event log does not read the descriptions in the Application log from the source of a Software Licensing Service on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971334/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Applications that reply on the RPC service are blocked in Windows Vista SP1 or Windows Server 2008 when you block Windows Firewall incoming connections and enable remote management

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971800/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: The Windows Media Player icon appears in the "All Programs" list, even if you remove access to Windows Media Player by clicking "Set program access and computer defaults" on a computer that is running Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972144/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Update for Media Center for Windows Vista that resolves logon issues in some extensibility applications

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972476/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Update for Media Center TV Pack for Windows Vista that resolves logon issues in some extensibility applications

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972477/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Stop 0x44 (MULTIPLE_IRP_COMPLETE_REQUESTS) Disabling Idle USB Device with KMDF-based Driver

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973056/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: The audio volume recorded by the Sound Recorder in windows vista may be lower than windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973446/EN-US

Windows XP Home Edition EN: Microsoft Time Zone Index Values

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973627/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: The screen is corrupted when you use the remote control tool to view or work on a multi-monitor configured computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959562/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: A data transfer is corrupted when you transfer data from or to a USB device on a computer that is running Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969238/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: The modem does not work and you cannot open the "Network Connections" window after you unplug and plug in the modem several times when a PPP connection is established in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970254/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: On a computer that is running Windows XP, GDI object handles become leaked when you run a multithreaded application that uses a GDI object

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972483/EN-US

Windows XP SP3 AL: Video recording and subsequent playback may not be smooth in Windows Movie Maker on a system running Microsoft Windows XP with an HD video camera

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973206/EN-US

Windows Server

Windows Svr 2008 Datactr R2 AL: Error message when you upgrade Remote Desktop Web Access to the released version in Windows Server 2008 R2: "Could not load file or assembly 'tsportalwebpart (1)' or one of its dependencies"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973973/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Dtcntr wo HV AL: MS09-029: Vulnerabilities in the Embedded OpenType Font Engine could allow remote code execution

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961371/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: An update is available that enables RRAS servers that are running Windows Server 2008 to use the DH-2048 algorithm together with the AES-256 algorithm to negotiate IKE in the L2TP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967167/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: The volume GUID may unexpectedly change after a volume is extended on a Windows Server 2008 failover cluster node

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970529/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Error message when you create a new partition during a Windows Server 2008 installation on a computer that has UEFI enabled: "0x8004240f (VDS_E_NOT_ENOUGH_SPACE)"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971576/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Slow system response together with many other performance issues occur on a virtualization server that is running Windows Server 2008 and that has the Hyper-V role installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972045/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Network bindings are incorrect after you change a network adapter's configuration on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972495/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) takes more than 60 seconds to load Group Policy object (GPO)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973072/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 may report incorrect ping statistics for a response similar to "Destination Host Unreachable"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973306/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: A Zip file with a long file name might be truncated to a short file name after being modified in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973921/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent R2 AL: The upgrade from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2008 R2 fails if you have applied some TCP-A and NetDMA settings before the upgrade

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973422/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent R2 AL: You cannot set page files on a partition that is larger than 2 terabytes on a Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973423/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent R2 AL: A warning message is returned from the W32Time service when you run the dcdiag command on Windows Server 2008 against a Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controller

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973665/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: You encounter poor performance when you use the SMB 2.0 protocol to perform network-related operations, such as ADMT migration, on computers that are running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950836/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: You receive the Stop error 0x00000050 and then the computer restarts automatically if the OpenFileById function opens a folder and then the handle returned is used to rename files on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/965497/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: SMB 2.0 protocol-related performance counters return extremely high values on computers that are running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969670/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: You cannot create an Authorization Manager SQL store in a database that has a case-sensitive collation

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970732/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: You cannot run network related tools when an application uses serialized Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) miniport drivers

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971060/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: The STDIN, the STDOUT, and the STDERR redirections do not work in a WOW64 child process if the CreateProcessWithTokenW function creates the child process

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971163/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Single CALs support is available for Terminal Server license servers that are running Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971302/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: A DHCP server that is running Windows Server 2008 handles incorrectly DHCPInform messages if relay agents forward these messages

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971307/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: A backup of virtual machines fails when you use the Hyper-V VSS writer to back up virtual machines concurrently on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971394/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Windows Explorer stops responding for approximately 30 seconds when you try to access the DFS resources in a Windows Server 2008 domain

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971405/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: A terminal server that is running Windows Server 2008 cannot obtain terminal licenses from a Terminal Server license server that is running Windows Server 2008 after you enable the "License Server Security Group" Group Policy setting

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972069/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: SYSVOL migration to DFSR unnecessarily replicates or conflicts files in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972105/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std R2 AL: After you generate an MPIO configuration report on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2, some the text in the report is not readable

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973663/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: Some email messages are moved incorrectly to the "Badmail" folder instead of being delivered on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 if the P2 header fields of the e-mail messages are very large

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968356/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: Random Stop errors on a Windows Server 2003-based computer that performs input/output to file shares hosted on another computer or to a network-attached storage device

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971280/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: Windows Server 2003 does not restart as expected if a recursive error occurs while writing a dump file

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971408/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: How to generate a kernel dump file or a complete memory dump file in Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972110/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: The File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) service may cause high CPU usage in a Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973071/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: Printer Redirection from Client to Terminal Services Session Does not Preserve User Preferences

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973591/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: August 2009 cumulative time zone update for Microsoft Windows operating systems

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970653/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: You cannot stop safely a removable storage device on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 after you delete a folder on the removable storage device

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970998/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: The private key description field always displays "CryptoAPI Private Key," and you cannot change the text on computers that are running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP x64 Professional

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971229/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: The cache information for only the first 32 processors is reported if the number of processors is greater than 32 on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 SP2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971291/EN-US

August 2009 – Technical Rollup Mail - SQL

conuktrm — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:30:00 GMT

News

Microsoft hires noted database researcher to help scale SQL Server

DeWitt to head research lab at UW-Madison, hopes to see results make their way into products.

Test Center review: Deep dive into SQL Server 2008

Microsoft unveils a road map for SQL Server "Kilimanjaro," which will contain new BI capabilities.

One-to-Many

Have Microsoft's new tools made you the part-time DBA?

Inside SQL Server 2008

SQL Server 2008 isn't revolutionary by any stretch, but it includes a slew of new features that probably make this a no-brainer upgrade for most developers who rely on previous versions of SQL Server.

Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2008 Virtual Pressroom

Check out the highlights from PDC 2008!

Microsoft Focuses on BI for SQL Server Kilimanjaro

Microsoft unveils a road map for SQL Server "Kilimanjaro," which will contain new BI capabilities.

Microsoft Empowers Enterprises to Think Bigger About Business Intelligence

Microsoft Corp. today kicked off its second annual Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) Conference 2008 by announcing groundbreaking new technologies that will enable enterprises to bring the power of BI to information workers organization wide. New “managed self-service” business intelligence technologies and enhanced enterprise-class data warehousing capabilities usher in an era of truly pervasive BI.

SQL Server 2008 Ups Pressure on Competitors; Microsoft Boosts Manageability, BI, Performance, Productivity, and Security

For the majority of mission-critical applications today, SQL Server 2008 already has the strongest combination of price/performance, manageability, security, and DBA productivity. The latest version of SQL Server from Microsoft SQL Server 2008 offers hundreds of new DBMS features that boost the productivity of database administrators (DBAs) and developers, improve support for larger databases, and enhance security.

New Independent Study Finds 162% Risk-Adjusted ROI for SQL Server 2008 Deployment

An independent commissioned study conducted by Forrester Research explores the economic impact and ROI achieved by a healthcare customer after deploying SQL Server 2008

SQL Server 2008 Released

SQL Server 2008, the new version of the company’s acclaimed data management and business intelligence platform, has been released to manufacturing. This version of SQL Server provides powerful new capabilities such as support for policy-based management, auditing, large-scale data warehousing, geospatial data, and advanced reporting and analysis services. SQL Server 2008 provides the trusted, productive, and intelligent platform necessary for business-critical applications.

Technical RollUp

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

Downloads

Other

SQL Server 2000 Driver for JDBC SP3

JDBC Driver for SQL Server 2000 Notification

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=07287b11-0502-461a-b138-2aa54bfdc03a

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Business Intelligence Cube Reference Guide

This document describes the dimensions, measures, KPI information, and other elements of the preconfigured cubes that are provided with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=6a685df3-912d-4545-b990-cd2283c159fb

SQL 2000

SQL Server 2000 Driver for JDBC SP3

JDBC Driver for SQL Server 2000 Notification

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=07287b11-0502-461a-b138-2aa54bfdc03a

SQL Server 2000 Driver for JDBC Service Pack 2

JDBC Driver for SQL Server 2000 Notification

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=9f1874b6-f8e1-4bd6-947c-0fc5bf05bf71

SQL Server 2000 Driver for JDBC Service Pack 1

JDBC Driver for SQL Server 2000 Notification

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=4f8f2f01-1ed7-4c4d-8f7b-3d47969e66ae

SQL 2005

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Business Intelligence Cube Reference Guide

This document describes the dimensions, measures, KPI information, and other elements of the preconfigured cubes that are provided with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=6a685df3-912d-4545-b990-cd2283c159fb

SQL 2008

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/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=91ef5106-944a-41e1-b3a0-5bd3f2356f32

Microsoft Assessment and Planning

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit makes it easy to assess your current IT infrastructure for a variety of technology migration projects. This Solution Accelerator provides a powerful inventory, assessment, and reporting tool to simplify the migration planning process.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=67240b76-3148-4e49-943d-4d9ea7f77730

Communications Server 2007 R2 Site Resiliency White Paper

This white paper provides guidelines and best practices for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 site resiliency.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=c930febb-3a44-4bf3-969d-1c52675a7063

New KB's

Other

SQL Svr Compact Edtn 3.5 AL: FIX: Some rows are deleted when you repair a database by using the Repair method together with the RepairOption.RecoverCorruptedRows option in SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition and in SQL Server Compact 3.5 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967963/EN-US

SQL Svr Compact Edtn 3.5 AL: FIX: Error message when you try to create an encrypted database in SQL Server Compact 3.5: "The operating system does not support encryption"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972002/EN-US

SQL 2000

SQL Svr Enterprise Edtn 2000 EN: SQL Server is not supported on Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008 Terminal Server application server (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/327270/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2000 EN: Application errors occur after you run Xmlinst.exe on production servers (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278636/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2000 EN: Cumulative list of the hotfixes that are available for SQL Server 2000 SP4 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894905/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2000 EN: MS09-004: Description of the security update for SQL Server 2000 QFE and for MSDE 2000: February 10, 2009 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960083/EN-US

SQL 2005

SQL Svr 2005 Analysis Svcs EN: FIX: Error message when you run an MDX query that requests a dimension property on a parent-child hierarchy in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services or in SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970551/EN-US

SQL Svr 2005 Analysis Svcs EN: FIX: An MDX query that uses the NON EMPTY clause and the DrillDownLevel function returns null values in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services or SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970966/EN-US

SQL Svr 2005 Reporting Svcs EN: How to install and how to configure SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938245/EN-US

SQL Svr 2005 Reporting Svcs EN: FIX: Error message when you open a report by specifying a multivalued parameter in a URL in SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services: "Default value or value provided for the report parameter '<Parameter>' is not a valid value" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970058/EN-US

SQL Svr Compact Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Error message when you synchronize a merge replication with SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition subscribers: "A column ID occurred more than once in the specification. HRESULT 0x80040E3E (0)"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970915/EN-US

SQL Svr Compact Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: You cannot insert rows or upload changes into the SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition subscriber tables after you run the "sp_changemergearticle" stored procedure or you add a new merge publication article when another article has an IDENTITY column

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971970/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise Edtn 2005 EN: How to move databases between computers that are running SQL Server (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314546/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise Edtn 2005 EN: SQL Server support for mounted volumes (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/819546/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: The SQL Server 2005 Setup program may take much longer than expected to finish running (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910070/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: The SQL Server engine in SQL Server 2005 and in SQL Server 2008 may consume large amounts of memory during the setup configuration phase (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967522/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: Error message when you perform a full backup of a database in SQL Server 2005: "Backup failed for Server 'ComputerName\SQLInstanceName' " or "The backup of the file or filegroup 'sysft_FullTextCatalog' is not permitted because it is not online" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923355/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: When you run a query against a table that contains Traditional Chinese characters, the incorrect result is returned in SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server 2008 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948567/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: On a computer that has a multicore processor, if the ratio of logical processors to physical sockets is not a power of 2, you cannot install SQL Server 2005 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954835/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Data results are inconsistent when you run a search query that uses the NEAR operator against an XML type data that contains the xml:lang attribute (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956574/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Error message when you send an e-mail by using Database Mail in SQL Server 2005 or in SQL Server 2008: "The operation has timed out" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968834/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: An assertion failure occurs when you switch the schedule of a report subscription between a shared schedule and a custom schedule in SQL Server 2005 Report Services or SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969528/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: You receive inconsistent results when you run index-related DMVs to return statistical information about missing indexes in SQL Server 2005 or in SQL Server 2008 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969844/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: CPU usage increases when you run a query that uses a string comparison function on a computer that has many processors after you upgrade to SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 or to SQL Server 2008 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970823/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Error message when you send an e-mail by using a private Database Mail profile in SQL Server 2005 or in SQL Server 2008: "profile name is not valid" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971402/EN-US

SQL 2008

SQL Svr Enterprise 2008 EN: List of known issues when you install SQL Server on Windows 7 RC or on Windows Server 2008 R2 RC (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955725/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise 2008 EN: The SQL Server 2008 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 was released (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956909/EN-US

SQL Svr Express Edition 2008 AL: Windows File Protection error for "msxml6r.dll" in setup of SQL on localized Windows XP SP3 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958897/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: You receive an incorrect result when you run a full-text query against a table that uses the Chinese word breaker in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967315/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: SQL Server 2008 Database Auditing shows query criteria as a parameterized value instead of the actual record (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967552/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: The CPU usage of the resource monitor is very high when the virtual memory is running low in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968722/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you perform an online index rebuild operation for a table that has no clustered index in SQL Server 2008: "Location: pageref.cpp:913 Expression: IS_OFF" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968740/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: You receive asserts after you delete a row that contains BLOB data from a SQL Server 2008 database (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968741/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you rebuild a table that has 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" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968742/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you run a SQL Server 2008 Integration Services package that contains an Execute SQL Task that runs a stored procedure: "The type of the value being assigned to variable "<Variable>" differs from the current variable type"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969050/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: SQL Server 2008 Report Designer renders numbers in an order opposite to what you expect when you add a special character to a Textbox control that contains both Hebrew characters and numbers (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969357/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you run a query that uses the CASE function in SQL Server 2008: "Conversion failed when converting the <Type1> value ‘<A value>’ to data type <Type2>." (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969467/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you run a job whose owner is a Windows user account after SQL Server 2005 Agent or SQL Server 2008 Agent is restarted: "The job failed. The owner () of job <Job Name> does not have server access" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969611/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you click the Columns tab in OLE DB Source Editor in SQL Server 2008 Integration Services: "Error at Data Flow Task [OLE DB Source [1]]: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969793/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: You receive an incorrect result when you query data from a linked server that is created by using an index OLE DB provider in SQL Server 2005 or in SQL Server 2008 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969997/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: The Management Data Warehouse database grows very large after you enable the Data Collector feature in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970014/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you try to stop database mirroring between two servers that are running SQL Server 2008: "Non-yielding Scheduler"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970044/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: When you create a compressed backup for a database in SQL Server 2008, you cannot stop the backup operation if the backup operation stops responding

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970133/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: You receive an incorrect result when you run a query that uses the row_number function in SQL Server 2008 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970198/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: A performance issue occurs when you run a full-text query that contains the "AND NOT" clause in SQL Server 2008 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970287/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: The SQL Server 2008 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 was released (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970365/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: The MAXDOP option for a running query or the max degree of parallelism option for the sp_configure stored procedure does not work in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970399/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message in SQL Server 2008 when you run an INSERT SELECT statement on a table: "Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint '<PrimaryKey>'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object '<TableName>'" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970507/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: The data of a text box is missing when you print or export a SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services report that contains one or more subreports and one or more text boxes

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970666/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: A policy is evaluated against an incorrect target when you run the policy category in evaluation mode on a remote server that is running SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970713/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: You receive an incorrect result when you run a full-text query that combines the NEAR operator together with the AND operator in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970909/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you run a SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services report in Business Intelligence Development Studio: "An item with the same key has already been added"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971049/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you run a SQL Server 2008-based application that calls the SQLBindParameter function: "The incoming tabular data stream (TDS) remote procedure call (RPC) protocol stream is incorrect"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971051/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: An INSERT INTO <table name> EXEC <stored procedure name> statement generates error messages even if you set the ANSI_WARNINGS option to "OFF" in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971057/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Quotation marks are rendered incorrectly when you export a SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services report to a .csv file (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971064/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you create a SharePoint subscription on a SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services report that uses cascading parameters: "This report requires a default or user-defined value for the report parameter '<Parameter>'" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971068/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: The HTML format of a SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services report is not compliant with section 1194.22 standards in the Section 508 standards (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971132/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: Cumulative update package 6 for SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971490/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you process a partition in a measure group in SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services: "Errors in the high-level relational engine. The binding for the '<ColumnName>' column is not a ColumnBinding type"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971772/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you run a multithreaded application that uses SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) version 10.00: "An item with the same key has already been added"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971914/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: A Drillthrough action inside table groups passes incorrect parameter values in SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971985/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: Error message when you install the SharePoint add-in for the ClickOnce version of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Report Builder 2.0 on an x64-based computer:"Reporting Services Add-in for SharePoint products and technologies is not installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972068/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you process a very big dimension by using the Process Update option in SQL Server 2008: "File system error: While attempting to read information from disk, a read error occurred for physical file: <filename>, logical file"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972101/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: When you query the DataSpaceUsed property or the IndexSpaceUsed property of a database that contains many tables in SQL Server 2008, the query takes a long time to finish

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972197/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you try to add a filter for an included column index in SQL Server 2008: "Add object to collection failed for IndexedColumnCollection of Index '<IndexName>'"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972198/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you try to disable Resource Governor by using the UI in SQL Server 2008 Management Studio after you drop a Resource Governor workload group: "Alter failed for ResourceGovernor 'Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ObjectKeyBase'"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972200/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: The “Copy Only Backup” option is still available even though you select the “Differential” option in the “Back Up Database” dialog box in SQL Server 2008 Management Studio

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972201/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: The value of the Size property of the Smo.Server(<serverName>).Databases collection is incorrect after you install Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972207/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you run a MERGE statement on a table that has a unique clustered index and a nonclustered index in SQL Server 2008: "Cannot insert duplicate key row in object '<TableName>' with unique index '<IndexName>'"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972261/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services does not deliver a report that contains a line chart of the Stepped Line chart type at the scheduled time

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972521/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you run a full-text query in SQL Server 2008 after you register an IFilter: "No appropriate filter was found during full-text index population for table or indexed view"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972650/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: The removal of a transaction log file of the database on the principal server breaks a database mirroring session in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972681/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Installing SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 may reset the "max_worker_threads" column value for a SQL Server Agent subsystem

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972759/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: The queries run very slowly when you run MDX queries in an application that uses the ADOMD.NET data provider through HTTP to connect to SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972763/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: The SQL Server 2008 database engine and SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services may consume more power on Windows client computers than expected (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972767/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: An additional scrollbar appears when you use Outlook 2003 to open a SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services report that was sent in MHTML format to an e-mail subscription

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972833/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: You receive an incorrect result when you query a parent/child hierarchy that contains a single member on a level in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972984/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: No results are returned when you run an MDX query that references a calculated member in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973200/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: A change to the Maximum File Size property on a large database takes a long time to finish in SQL Server 2008 Management Studio

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973204/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: A specified collation is displayed incorrectly when you use the Advanced/Enterprise installation mode to install a SQL Server 2008 failover cluster through the GUI

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973250/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: The SQL:BatchCompleted event and the RPC:Completed event displays an incorrect row count when you use SQL Server Profiler to monitor a sp_executesql stored procedure call in Microsoft SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973257/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you install SQL Server 2008 or SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 on a Windows XP-based computer that has SQL Server 2000 installed: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973301/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you capture a SQL Server trace file in SQL Server 2008: "Non-yielding Scheduler"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973302/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you run the sp_add_alert stored procedure in SQL Server 2008 on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista: "SQLServerAgent Error: WMI error: 0x80041003"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973303/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: The Full-Text Search component is not completely rolled back to the Service Pack 1 version after you uninstall Cumulative Update 3 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 that is applied by using a slipstream installation

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973888/EN-US

August 2009 – Technical Rollup Mail – Unified Communications

conuktrm — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:30:00 GMT

News

Exchange

You Had Me At EHLO...

http://msexchangeteam.com/default.aspx

Microsoft UK UC Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/msukucc

Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

Office Communications Server Team Blog

http://communicationsserverteam.com

Outlook

Microsoft Office Outlook Team Blog

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

Documents

Exchange

Exchange Server 2010 Beta and Outlook Standards Documentation

The Exchange Server and Outlook Standards Documents describe Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Beta and Outlook support for industry messaging standards and Requests for Comments (RFCs) related to iCalendar, IMAP4, and POP3.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=6fa94dc9-d4b6-402b-8c22-8a52acea2284

Exchange Server 2010 Beta Protocol Documentation Set

The Microsoft Exchange Server protocols documentation provides detailed technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols (including extensions to industry-standard or other published protocols) used by Microsoft Exchange Server to communicate with other Microsoft products.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=a9aae935-ad23-4117-a3d9-9ed6093d6d7f

Hosted Messaging Collaboration

Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

Microsoft 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/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=5e94ad07-902c-422f-aadd-ff2bba9e540a

Getting Started with Microsoft Office Live Meeting

This guide gets you started with the Microsoft Office Live Meeting service.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=2cbfd726-dd67-4fec-8fce-6012ea4c515f

Live Meeting Technical Considerations Whitepaper

The 2007 release of the Live Meeting service contains many new features and capabilities added since the introduction of Live Meeting 2005, this document covers these in more detail.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=e52c945a-bf33-48ac-b5d8-d8c4e93c71cc

Microsoft Office Live Meeting Service Administrator's Guide

This guide provides the information administrators need to deploy Microsoft Office Live Meeting clients, configure their conference center, and manage the Microsoft Office Live Meeting service within their organizations.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=824a55c8-809a-4224-a8cd-f37b348b7481

Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 Testing and Troubleshooting Guide

This document explains how to install, configure, and test Microsoft® Office Live Meeting 2007 in a laboratory environment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=d33c9dbc-e8df-4b1b-8e6c-d3f6484938c0

Microsoft 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/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=e7a23d42-0835-440f-9400-badfe9672b21

Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Protocol Documentation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=5e94ad07-902c-422f-aadd-ff2bba9e540a

Outlook

Microsoft 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/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=e7a23d42-0835-440f-9400-badfe9672b21

Fact Sheets

Quick overview of the accessibility features of major Microsoft products.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=9f347d12-1d8c-4336-a5b5-0e4a08ba1e67

Downloads

Antigen & Forefront

FCS v1.0 SP1

Microsoft Client Forefront Security 1.0 SP1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=c980f790-23d6-4644-ad19-d0c268c63c35

Exchange

Microsoft Directory Synchronization Tool 9.1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=3cda6dcc-1124-4e0b-b991-de9d85ed12e1

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/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=ad3921fb-8224-4681-9064-075fdf042b0c

Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

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/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=6bef06c7-3ae6-40a7-a78e-eea670b4f605

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 Hotfix KB 969695

This download contains an update for Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=515d6dba-4c6a-48bb-a06a-d99c5742676d

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Hotfix KB 968802

This download contains an update for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=b3b02475-150c-41fa-844a-c10a517040f4

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Hotfix KB 969694

This download contains an update for Microsoft Office Communicator 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=1ad57f8f-78f7-45f6-a8c0-805936f46645

Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile 2007 R2

Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile is a unified communications client for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2. Communicator Mobile runs on Microsoft Windows mobile 6.0 (or higher) software for Pocket PC and smartphone devices.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=bc08cdb7-98e9-47e5-aa63-eb17c2ce4592

Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile 2007 R2

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=93062936-f216-4d97-aa13-105a20454322

Outlook

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (KB971933)

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?displaylang=en&familyid=e9fcc5d0-f047-429d-8450-5c7f983643bc

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB971931)

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?displaylang=en&familyid=f33aca0d-45b5-4758-a217-615e1889678a

Events/Webcasts

TechNet Webcast: Deploying, Administering, and Managing Office Communications Server 2007 R2 (Level 300)

Thursday, August 06, 2009

9:00 A.M.-10:00 A.M. Pacific Time

Register for this webcast and learn about Office Communications Server 2007 (OCS) R2 architecture, supported deployment topologies and deployment best practices. We will also show the powerful administration and management consoles for OCS and how they enable you to run an efficient and cost effective communication platform.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032418754

New KB's

Antigen & Forefront

Forefront Sec Exchange Svr EN: The Worm list is not updated as frequently as the antivirus scan engines in Antigen or Forefront Server (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905956/EN-US

Forefront Sec SharePoint SP2 AL: One of the real-time scan jobs may fail because of a memory leak in Forefront Security for SharePoint (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956813/EN-US

Exchange

Exchange Svr 2000 EN: Cannot send or receive e-mail messages behind a Cisco PIX firewall (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320027/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: The transport rule "when the Subject field or the body of the message contains text patterns" does not work accurately on an Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947662/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: The Exchange Impersonation feature does not work if a cross-forest topology has only a one-way trust relationship between forests in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954739/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 in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (Updated)

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

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: The Microsoft Exchange Replication service on a Standby Continuous Replication (SCR) target server continually crashes when you enable SCR for a storage group on an Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957374/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Transaction log files grow unexpectedly in an Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 mailbox server on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959559/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Some clients cannot connect to back-end Exchange Server 2003 IMAP servers after Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 RU2 is applied (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959861/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Description of Update Rollup 7 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960384/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Some messages are stuck in the Outbox folder or the Drafts folder on a computer that is running Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961124/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Mobile users whose location is set to New Zealand cannot synchronize an exceptional occurrence after the daylight saving time (DST) update that is described in KB 951072 is installed on an Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Client Access server (CAS)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961544/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: An error message is returned when you run the Get-Recipient command in the Exchange Management Shell that uses a Windows Server 2008 domain controller (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961551/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: The Update-Recipient command does not update specified domain controller parameters when you use Identity Lifecycle Manager (ILM) 2007 to migrate mail users to mailbox users in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963679/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Entourage clients cannot synchronize with mailboxes that are located on a computer that is running Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967479/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Error 4 is returned when you synchronize a supported list of contact properties by using Exchange ActiveSync in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967525/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: A non-delivery report (NDR) is returned when a user sends an e-mail message to an X.400 address that includes the slash field separator in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967605/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: E-mail address properties of contacts changed through Exchange Web Services (EWS) are not updated in Outlook or Outlook Web Access (OWA) in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967676/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: If a sender requests a delivery receipt in an e-mail message, a delivery status notification (DSN) message is returned that has a blank subject in the body even though the original message contains a subject in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967739/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Monthly recurring meetings are declined if the "Schedule only during working hours" option is enabled in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968081/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Outlook clients are directed to global catalogs from the wrong domain if you are using a split session configuration to enable Outlook clients to access their mailboxes through an RPC/HTTP proxy server in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968106/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Event ID 4999 is logged when an administrator deletes a mailbox store on an Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1-based server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968111/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service crashes every time that a specific database is mounted on a computer that is running Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968205/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: You still receive unexpected error messages when you run the Test-OwaConnectivity command or the Test-ActiveSyncConnectivity command after you apply hotfix KB954213 on an Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1-based server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968224/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: An HTTP 500 error message is returned when you send a message that has a large attachment by using Outlook Web Access (OWA) with S/MIME installed in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968322/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: When you change the location field of a recurring calendar item to empty in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1, the location field is set to the default value of the recurring series if this recurring item is synchronized on a Windows Mobile device

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968350/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service crashes when you use a Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 server to perform a snapshot backup for an Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968621/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Event ID 1009 is logged when you use an application to access a shared mailbox by using the POP3 protocol in Microsoft Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968626/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 servers continue to contact a domain controller even after you exclude it by using the Set-ExchangeServer command

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968651/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Both public logons and private logons that connect to a Client Access server (CAS) proxy are processed as private logons on an Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1-based server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968715/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Error message after an Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 user replies to a message that has more than 300 recipients in Outlook Web Access (OWA): "Microsoft Exchange issued an unexpected response (500)"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969054/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Some databases are not mounted on the target server after you use the Move-ClusteredMailboxServer command to transfer a clustered mailbox server (CMS) to an available passive cluster node in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969089/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: HTML e-mail messages that have a charset META tag that differs from the MIME charset tag are garbled when they are processed through disclaimer rules in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969129/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Outlook crashes when you try to use Outlook to view e-mail messages that are arranged by subject in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969324/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: You cannot log on to a hidden mailbox by using Base64 authentication for IMAP4 or for POP3 in an Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969436/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: An error message is returned when a user tries to change a recurring appointment in Office Outlook Web Access that was created in Outlook 2007 in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969838/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Mailboxes do not follow E-mail Lifecycle (ELC) configuration or storage limitation policies in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969911/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Memory leaks occur in the Powershell.exe process when you run the Get-MailboxStatistics command and the Get-PublicFolderStatistics command in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969943/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Error message when an Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 user tries to delete a calendar item in OWA: "Outlook Web Access has encountered a Web browsing error" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969969/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: The Store.exe process crashes when you use a WebDAV application to connect to Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970028/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 crashes when the Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) version store is out of memory on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970086/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Description of Update Rollup 9 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970162/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: The System Attendant (SA) resource is not brought online or offline during a failover in an Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 cluster environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970277/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: A move operation between an Exchange Server 2003-based server and an Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1-based server fails if the SimpleDisplayName attribute of a mailbox in the Exchange Server 2003-based server contains a single quotation mark

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970444/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: You receive an error message when you try to use the "New-Mailbox" command to create more than 1000 users who have the same “mailNickname” attribute (alias) in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970515/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: The EdgeTransport.exe process on a computer that is running Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 crashes when a MIME message that contains iCAL items for a recurring meeting has more than 999 occurrences

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970526/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: A search operation in Outlook does not return a correct result if there is a corrupted HTML message in the target folder in an Exchange Server 2007 environment (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970687/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Public folder replication messages stay in the local delivery queue and cause an Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 database to grow quickly

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970725/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Error message when a user tries to perform an address book search by using Outlook Web Access in an Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 environment: “The item that you attempted to access appears to be corrupted and cannot be accessed.”

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970993/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: You receive a "c1034a7f" error message when you delete a mailbox store: "One or more users currently use this mailbox store" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/279202/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: The search operation is aborted in Exchange Server 2003 when an Exchange store includes a corrupted HTML message (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958179/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: Event ID 2019 occurs when nonpaged pool (NPP) memory is exhausted on a computer that is running Exchange Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968684/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: The Store.exe process causes high CPU usage when a specific message is synchronized with ActiveSync on a computer that is running Exchange Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970103/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: Public folder hierarchy replication fails with the error code "0x8004010f" in an Exchange Server 2003 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970325/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2007 AL: Build numbers and release dates for Exchange Server (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/158530/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2007 AL: How to obtain the latest service pack or update rollup for Exchange 2007 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937052/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2007 AL: The "eseutil /k" command takes a long time to verify the checksum of transaction logs in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945877/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2007 AL: When you use Microsoft Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino to migrate messages to Exchange Server 2007, some messages may be migrated without attachments (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959955/EN-US

Exchange Svr Std 2003 EN: Description of Outlook 2003 with Cached Exchange Mode in an Exchange Server 2003 environment (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870926/EN-US

Exchange Svr Std 2003 EN: An Exchange Server 2003 hotfix is available to let you extract mailboxes without specifying a password option when you use the Exchange 2003 Migration Wizard (Mailmig.exe) (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896714/EN-US

Exchange Svr Std 2003 EN: Description of the new feature in Exchange Server 2003 that supports Smart Card authentication to Outlook Web Access (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920209/EN-US

Exchange Svr Std 2003 EN: Unable to upgrade the Exchange Virtual Server on a cluster (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924198/EN-US

Exchange Svr Std 2007 AL: Exchange Server 2007 managed code services do not start after you install an update rollup for Exchange Server 2007 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944752/EN-US

Exchange Svr Std 2007 AL: Mail flow to certain domains does not work when you run Exchange Server 2007 on a Windows Server 2008-based computer (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951291/EN-US

Exchange Svr Std 2007 AL: The installation of the Exchange Server 2007 Hub Transport role is unsuccessful on a Windows Server 2008-based computer (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952842/EN-US

Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: You hear a message that states that your PIN is locked, expired, or not set after you enter your telephone extension number in a Communications Server 2007 R2 conference

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968952/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: A computer that is running Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Audio/Video Conferencing Edge Server crashes when it tries to process a Relay NAT message

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968955/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: Description of the update package for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Application Sharing Server: July 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971296/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: Description of the update package for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Web Conferencing Server: July 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971297/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: Description of the update package for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Monitoring Server: July 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971298/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: Description of the update package for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Core Components: July 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971299/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: Description of the update package for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Audio/Video Conferencing Server: July 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971793/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: A Conference Attendant server has incorrect counts on the incomplete call counters in Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972651/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: When Office Communications Server 2007 R2 routes a voice mail call to an Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging server, the corresponding invitation message does not indicate that the request originates from Office Communications Server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972700/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: A call from an application that uses the Unified Communications Managed API in Office Communications Server 2007 R2 to another Office Communications Server 2007 R2-based application fails after some time.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972701/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: Presence information does not work for approximately 30 minutes after you log on Communicator Web Access 2007 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972702/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: An update provides several changes to the interactive voice response (IVR) system in Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972703/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: In a conference that is hosted in Office Communications Server 2007 R2, an Office Communicator user cannot give or revoke control to a federated Communicator Web Access viewer as expected

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972704/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: The "Dial-in Conferencing Settings" Web page in Communicator Web Access in Office Communications Server 2007 cannot display the contents in your preferred language

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972708/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: Error message when a SIP message request is sent from a federated partner in Communications Server 2007 R2: “500: Server Internal Error”

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972709/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: Real-Time Protocol (RTP) packets from a media server are not marked after you enable Quality of Service (QoS) at the pool level in Communications Server 2007 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972710/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: Anonymous users can send IM messages under the display name of authenticated users in Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972711/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: Communicator Web Access 2007 R2 does not honor the ordering of the normalization rules in the location profile in Office Communications Server 2007 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972712/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: A Transport Layer Security (TLS) connection stops unexpectedly during the TLS negotiation stage in Communications Server 2007 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972713/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: Two users unexpectedly join the same conference when they try to join separate conferences in Office Communications Server 2007 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972714/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: You hear an error message when you dial your work telephone extension or your full telephone number to enter an Office Communications Server 2007 R2 conference: "The phone number and PIN you have entered do not match"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972715/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: The data in the QoEMetrics database is deleted if the retention days for the QoE records are set to 0 in the Communications Server 2007 R2 Monitoring Server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972716/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: An Office Communications Server 2007 R2 update server does not return the information for the updates that are installed on the update server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972717/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: The content folders for a new conference are not created when the new conference is initialized in Office Communications Server 2007 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972718/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: The Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in in Office Communications Server 2007 R2 may crash when you select the Communications tab in the Properties dialog box of a user

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972719/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: The Mediation Server role of Communications Server 2007 R2, does not forward the Display Name information that is associated with the calling party for an initial invitation

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972721/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: The dial-in conferencing page for a conference that is hosted on Office Communications Server 2007 R2 does not provide enough information in error situations

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972724/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: Error message when you try to join a “My Meeting” conference in Communications Server 2007 R2: "sorry; unable to transfer you into the conference"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972725/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: An update package enables Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Mediation Server to include a diversion header in the re-invite after the server processes a 302 redirection

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972770/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: The Audio Video Multipoint Conferencing Unit (AVMCU) drops all incoming comfort noise packets when you use call users through the AVMCU server in a Communications Server 2007 R2 conference

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972771/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: Video is not displayed after you enable Quality of Service (QoS) at the pool level in Communications Server 2007 R2 and you enable QoS on a client computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972772/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: The diagnostics information for an audio or video conference call that failed is not available in the log of an Office Communications Server 2007 R2-based application

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972773/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: List of available updates for Communications Server 2007 R2 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968802/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: Description of the update for Communicator 2007 R2: July 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969695/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: Description of the update package for Office Communications Server 2007 R2: July, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969821/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: Description of the update package for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Conferencing Attendant: July 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969822/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: Description of the update package for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Communicator Web Access: July 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969824/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: Description of the update package for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Database: July, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969834/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: Description of the update package for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Mediation Server: July 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969835/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: Description of the Office Communicators Server 2007 R2 Attendant hotfix rollup package: July 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970275/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: Description of the update package for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Unified Communications Managed API 2.0 Core Redist 64-bit: July 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970679/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: Description of the update package for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Administration Tools: July 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971289/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: Enterprise administrators cannot both set and enforce the Outlook integration settings in Personal Information Manager (PIM) to turn off Outlook integration for Office Communicator 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971829/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: Enterprise administrators cannot both set and enforce the Personal Information Manager settings for Outlook Integration to be able to turn off Outlook Integration for Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971843/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: No name appears in Communicator 2007 R2 when a Private Branch Exchange telephone user calls a Communications Server 2007 R2 user

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971844/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: The delegate permissions feature in Office Communicator 2007 R2 is unavailable to non-unified communications users

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971845/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: Video frames are not displayed in Office Communicator 2007 R2 on a Windows XP-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971846/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: Error message when you start Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2: "Either there is no default mail client or the current mail client cannot fulfill the message request. Please run Microsoft Office Outlook and set it as the default mail client."

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972085/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: Your voice is discontinuous when you use Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 to make a call on a Windows 7 or a Windows Server 2008 R2-based remote desktop

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972090/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: Error message in Communicator 2007 R2 when you try to join a conference call from Outlook: "Can't open the program because Office Communicator or Office Communications Server Attendant is already running on your windows user account"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972091/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: Error message when you try to adjust the volume during a call in a Communicator 2007 R2 conversation window on a computer that is running Windows XP: "Cannot adjust the speaker volume"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972093/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: Error message when distribution group expansion fails in Office Communicator 2007 R2: "Cannot save a local copy of your distribution groups."

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972097/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: A "Meet Now – Invite by Email" HTML e-mail message that is generated by Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 has unreadable text in the message body

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972099/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: A call from an Office Communications Server 2007 R2 user to an IP-PBX user fails when header information from a 302 Redirect message is not copied by a mediation server.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972720/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: No entry tone or exit tone is played to Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) users to indicate that someone from a Live Meeting console has joined or has left a Live Meeting conference in Office Communications Server 2007 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972723/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: An update package is available to improve the performance of Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 for USB peripherals

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972892/EN-US

Office Communicator 2007 EN: Description of the Communicator 2007 update package: July 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969694/EN-US

Office Communicator 2007 EN: Error events occur when you disconnect a computer that is running Communicator 2007 from a network: "Event ID: 3" or "Event ID: 7"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971826/EN-US

Outlook

Outlook 2002 Win32 EN: You cannot double-click to open an Excel attachment in Outlook (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290852/EN-US

Outlook 2002 Win32 EN: How can I configure Outlook to read non-digitally-signed e-mail messages or nonencrypted e-mail messages as plain text in Office XP SP1? (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307594/EN-US

Outlook 2002 Win32 EN: When you send and receive e-mail messages by using a POP3 e-mail account, you receive one of the following error messages: “0x8004210A” “0x800CCC0B” or “0x8004210B” (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827349/EN-US

Outlook 2003 Win32 AL: Error message when you try to add a contact in Outlook 2003: "There is not enough memory to perform the operation" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948077/EN-US

Outlook 2003 Win32 AL: Description of the Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter update: July 09, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971931/EN-US

Outlook 2003 Win32 EN: You cannot disable the "No end date" option for appointments, meeting requests, tasks, or task requests in Outlook 2003 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952144/EN-US

Outlook 2003 Win32 EN: An e-mail message does not appear in a user's mailbox if the e-mail message was sent on behalf of the user by a delegate in Outlook 2003 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953804/EN-US

Outlook 2003 Win32 EN: Error message when you try to use a keyboard shortcut in an Outlook 2003 custom form that has an embedded Web Browser control: "The operation failed" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958700/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: How can I recover items that I have "hard deleted" in Outlook? (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/246153/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Error message when you start Outlook: "Unable to open the Outlook window," "No profile has been created," or "The list of Profiles cannot be loaded" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/252304/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Custom form icon does not display (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291410/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Forms with VBScript do not work with Terminal Services in Outlook (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302003/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: How to obtain the latest Outlook Junk E-mail Filter update (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/872976/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: After you upgrade Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007, Outlook 2007 crashes when you start the program (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929012/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: It takes much longer than expected to download an e-mail message from a POP3 server in Outlook 2007 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935400/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: You cannot disable the "No end date" option for appointments, meeting requests, tasks, or task requests in Outlook 2007 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955449/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: When users access their Free/Busy information, the Outlook Web Access service stops on the computer that is running Exchange 2007 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956532/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Outlook 2007 does not honor the folder structure that was created in Internet Explorer 7 for the RSS Feeds folder (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956647/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: 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 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956648/EN-US

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

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

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: When you use Outlook 2007 to send an e-mail message, the recipient of the message sees an attachment that is called Winmail.dat (Updated)

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

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Outlook 2007 improvements in the February 2009 cumulative update (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968009/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Outlook 2007: Asynchronous Server Connections are not disconnected when Public Folder Server is down (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969843/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Description of the update for Outlook 2007: June 9, 2009 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969907/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Additional log files are generated on the Exchange server unexpectedly when you send an e-mail message to recipients who have a corrupted e-mail address or a corrupted e-mail address type by using Cached Exchange mode in Outlook 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970777/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Description of the Outlook 2007 hotfix package (Outlook.msp): June 30, 2009 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970944/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Description of the Outlook 2007 Junk E-mail Filter update: July 09, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971933/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: The start times and the end times are not displayed before the appointment subject when you print a daily calendar in Outlook 2007 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972362/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Description of the Outlook 2007 hotfix package (Oms.msp; Outlook.msp): June 30, 2009 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972574/EN-US

August 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Platforms

Justin Zarb — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:00:00 GMT

News

Windows Virtualization Team Blog

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

The World Simplified is a Virtual World

http://blogs.technet.com/virtualworld

Microsoft Environment

At Microsoft, we believe in the potential of software and technology to help people and businesses around the world foster environmental sustainability. Discover how Microsoft and its partners use innovative technologies and responsible business practices to address environmental challenges worldwide. See how Microsoft is assisting the environment.
http://www.microsoft.com/environment/

Inside the Windows Vista Kernel

By Mark Russinovich, Technical Fellow, Microsoft Platform and Services Division In this article, Mark discusses Windows Vista kernel features and enhancements in the areas of reliability, recovery, and security including the Kernel Transaction Manager, enhanced crash support, Volume Shadow Copy, BitLocker, and Code Integrity verification.
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9239060

Downloads

Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator Version 2.07

Version 2.07

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d12cb3c1a-15d6-4585-b385-befd1319f825%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB951748)

A security issue has been identified that could allow a remote attacker to misrepresent a system action or behavior unbeknownst to users on Microsoft Windows systems.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4ef5033c-9843-4e0b-bfad-fcaf05d7dab9%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB951746)

A security issue has been identified that could allow a remote attacker to misrepresent a system action or behavior unbeknownst to users on Microsoft Windows systems.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd1fcb794-e6a5-4c28-b3b3-9cd88f468a42%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB948110)

A security issue has been identified in the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (WMSDE) 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%3d1c0ae18b-1f17-44b3-a337-b36e7de437a7%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=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1ceb5e01-de9f-48c0-8ce2-51633ebf4714%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB951748)

A security issue has been identified that could allow a remote attacker to misrepresent a system action or behavior unbeknownst to users on Microsoft Windows systems.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da2b016fa-b108-4e8e-b41b-4ca89002907b%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=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9893f83e-c8a5-4475-b025-66c6b38b46e3%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

Microsoft Operations Framework

MOF 4.0 is practical guidance for IT organizations contained in a set of 23 documents. With this release, MOF now reflects a single, comprehensive IT service lifecycle—it helps IT professionals connect service management principles to everyday IT tasks and activities and ensures alignment between IT and the business.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d457ed61d-27b8-49d1-baca-b175e8f54c0c%26displaylang%3den

Windows Essential Business Server 2008

Windows Essential Business Sever 2008 is an integrated and affordable solution that offers the Microsoft software midsize businesses require - preconfigured, integrated and manageable from a single administrative console, and at a significant discount compared to standalone products.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3ddf8666bb-24a4-471b-9d6b-29d21bd0fc1a%26displaylang%3den

ADMT v3.1

The Active Directory Migration Tool version 3.1 (ADMT v3.1) provides an integrated toolset to facilitate migration and restructuring tasks in an Active Directory Domain Services infrastructure.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dae279d01-7dca-413c-a9d2-b42dfb746059%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 (KB948109)

A security issue has been identified in the Windows Internal Database (WYukon) 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=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d48f6aaa5-49fc-4a16-bc34-8514e214b8cf%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB951748)

A security issue has been identified that could allow a remote attacker to misrepresent a system action or behavior unbeknownst to users on Microsoft Windows systems.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d66624a1f-38bf-4af7-936d-3131474ffe1f%26displaylang%3den

Migrating and Restructuring Active Directory Domains Using ADMT v3.1

Guidance on performing migration of domains using the Active Directory Migration Tool.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6d710919-1ba5-41ca-b2f3-c11bcb4857af%26displaylang%3den

PES v3.1 (x86)

The Password Export Server version 3.1 (PES v3.1) enables password migrations during account migrations in an Active Directory Domain Services infrastructure.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df0d03c3c-4757-40fd-8306-68079ba9c773%26displaylang%3den

Windows PowerShell 1.0 Localized Installation Package for Windows Server 2003 (KB926140)

Microsoft Windows® PowerShell is a new command-line shell and scripting language designed for system administration and automation. Built on the .NET Framework, Windows PowerShell enables IT professionals and developers control and automate the administration of Windows and applications.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=16&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc61fb27b-e71c-4ecf-9d2c-9b299b149490%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB951746)

A security issue has been identified that could allow a remote attacker to misrepresent a system action or behavior unbeknownst to users on Microsoft Windows systems.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d040a1ba8-21b0-439e-bf21-1acd1c43b162%26displaylang%3den

Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions for Windows Server 2003 (KB943729)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dbfe775f9-5c34-44d0-8a94-44e47db35add%26displaylang%3den

Windows PowerShell 1.0 Localized Installation Package for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB926140)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=19&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d22e607f4-f854-497f-9548-770477e4b71d%26displaylang%3den

SharePoint Monitoring Toolkit

This Solution Accelerator provides a set of System Center Ops Manager 2007 Management Packs for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (including SP1). The Toolkit also includes user documentation for each of the Management Packs.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=20&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de4600fd9-f53d-4ded-88bf-6bb1932794f9%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB952664)

Install this update to resolve the issue in which the Crimson service stops responding when a remote subscription disconnects while a client is being delivered events.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=21&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3ddb0f63ef-3148-4e0f-adab-8feed147597f%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB950582)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your 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%3d189a4170-b495-4904-9cbd-209e7494d303%26displaylang%3den

Demonstrate NAP IPsec Enforcement in a Test Lab

Test lab to demonstrate NAP IPsec enforcement

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=23&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d298ff956-1e6c-4d97-a3ed-7e7ffc4bed32%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB951746)

A security issue has been identified that could allow a remote attacker to misrepresent a system action or behavior unbeknownst to users on Microsoft Windows systems.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=24&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1fcea8f4-b233-42e1-b913-c4fcae276c7b%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=25&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d866b63bf-6207-4197-9c5d-511b7212e40c%26displaylang%3den

PES v3.1 (x64)

The Password Export Server version 3.1 (PES v3.1), x64 package, enables password migrations during account migrations in an Active Directory Domain Services infrastructure.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=26&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5b4e5c61-1c00-4da7-9c0d-130200aed21a%26displaylang%3den

Image Mastering API v2.0 (IMAPIv2.0) for Windows Server 2003 (KB932716)

Image Mastering API v2.0 (IMAPIv2.0) enables IMAPIv2 dependent applications to stage and burn images to CD and DVD optical storage media.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=27&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dfe4770f5-91fa-4390-920a-f4d45c67923c%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and BitLocker

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and BitLocker Drive Encryption provide consolidated workloads a platform for secure data and systems.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=28&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2c3c0615-baf4-4a9c-b613-3fda14e84545%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB950582)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your 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%3d85d8701d-f8c7-4079-8a21-a3a9d5ba71ce%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB951072)

Install this update to resolve an issue that is caused by revised daylight saving time laws in many countries.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=30&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d40d82c50-2e93-45a1-ad4c-7f27aa0a0e25%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB951746)

A security issue has been identified that could allow a remote attacker to misrepresent a system action or behavior unbeknownst to users on Microsoft Windows systems.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=31&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dafac5bbc-71fa-457b-8b0a-f5902d37bfd0%26displaylang%3den

EBSWizards.msi

Preparation and Planning Wizards help prepare an existing environment for successful Windows Essential Business Server installation.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=32&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de3906025-00e3-407d-bf5b-99d546021923%26displaylang%3den

A Guide to Group Policy Preferences for Users of PolicyMaker Standard Edition

To help prepare Group Policy administrators who are familiar with PolicyMaker Standard Edition to upgrade to Group Policy Preferences, this document provides a guide to the differences between Group Policy Preferences and PolicyMaker Standard Edition.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=33&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8d5f2917-7b6d-460d-83c1-497b721d666c%26displaylang%3den

Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB943729)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=34&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d249c1aed-c1f1-4a0b-872e-ef0a32170625%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB955020)

Install this update to add words to the English and German standard dictionaries.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=35&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d72d0ab1d-a683-4c2c-b4ae-6ef8777390e6%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems (KB951748)

A security issue has been identified that could allow a remote attacker to misrepresent a system action or behavior unbeknownst to users on Microsoft Windows systems.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=36&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dfacc80da-61d6-49c5-872d-a1980b66ae3e%26displaylang%3den

Image Mastering API v2.0 (IMAPIv2.0) for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB932716)

Image Mastering API v2.0 (IMAPIv2.0) enables IMAPIv2 dependent applications to stage and burn images to CD and DVD optical storage media.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=37&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5b91629c-3150-47c0-b4ee-de18dd30a61c%26displaylang%3den

Update for FTP Service for IIS 7.0 (KB955136) (x86)

This update for the Microsoft FTP Service for IIS 7.0 fixes several issues that occur when using the service.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=38&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df23f366f-5d1c-4390-934c-d5e9c3057661%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB952664)

Install this update to resolve the issue in which the Crimson service stops responding when a remote subscription disconnects while a client is being delivered events.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=39&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df304b399-c800-4ee8-8fa3-505361f66b72%26displaylang%3den

Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB943729)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=40&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d29e83503-7686-49f3-b42d-8e5ed23d5d79%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems (KB951746)

A security issue has been identified that could allow a remote attacker to misrepresent a system action or behavior unbeknownst to users on Microsoft Windows systems.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=41&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc63e3ee6-6055-4313-b0f1-fec7408886bb%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB955020)

Install this update to add words to the English and German standard dictionaries.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=42&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df1670113-74e4-4862-8465-1c341996516b%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB952664)

Install this update to resolve the issue in which the Crimson service stops responding when a remote subscription disconnects while a client is being delivered events.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=43&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dab6ac072-5af8-4011-b21c-81c051e9688c%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB951072)

Install this update to resolve an issue that is caused by revised daylight saving time laws in many countries.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=44&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd3e0b8a7-d817-487f-840e-7f7af7bec699%26displaylang%3den

Update for WebDAV Extension for IIS 7.0 (KB955137) (x86)

This update for the Microsoft WebDAV Extension for IIS 7.0 fixes several issues that occur when using the extension.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=45&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d567cb0d6-3e94-4035-a79d-22d1ef307d5e%26displaylang%3den

Update for WebDAV Extension for IIS 7.0 (KB955137) (x64)

This update for the Microsoft WebDAV Extension for IIS 7.0 fixes several issues that occur when using the extension.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=46&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d31fc62d7-abd0-4ac0-b727-d5ef0a50f8cc%26displaylang%3den

Update for FTP Service for IIS 7.0 (KB955136) (x64)

This update for the Microsoft FTP Service for IIS 7.0 fixes several issues that occur when using the service.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=47&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1d4264c7-783a-4381-a65c-39eb148820de%26displaylang%3den

Windows PowerShell 1.0 Localized Installation Package for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB926140)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=48&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d814f4d99-2036-4c8e-a0ce-0480b9976091%26displaylang%3den

Image Mastering API v2.0 (IMAPIv2.0) for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB932716)

Image Mastering API v2.0 (IMAPIv2.0) enables IMAPIv2 dependent applications to stage and burn images to CD and DVD optical storage media.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=49&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d316584fa-a268-4208-9050-137f59de89e9%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (KB950582)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=50&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db30ee4f0-850f-4ff3-86a4-663603a0a802%26displaylang%3den

SteadyState

Whether you manage computers in a school computer lab or an Internet cafe, a library, or even in your home, Windows SteadyState helps make it easy for you to keep your computers running the way you want them to, no matter who uses them.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd077a52d-93e9-4b02-bd95-9d770ccdb431%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Assessment and Planning

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator 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=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d67240b76-3148-4e49-943d-4d9ea7f77730%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista (KB950582)

A security issue has been identified that could enable an unauthenticated remote 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%3d06739ca6-7368-4acb-bb67-7e8146071a29%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB955020)

Install this update to add words to the English and German standard dictionaries.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0962dcc7-bccd-42df-a52f-b23cb34376bc%26displaylang%3den

Windows Vista® Performance and Tuning

This guide focuses on performance improvements on a single computer, but also takes a look at some of the tools used in enterprise environments to help make performance tuning manageable on a much larger scale.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dab377598-a637-432c-a3c8-1607ab629201%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=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1ceb5e01-de9f-48c0-8ce2-51633ebf4714%26displaylang%3den

Windows AIK User's Guide and Unattended Setup Reference (Documentation Update 1)

Documentation update for the Windows Automated Installation Kit and Unattended Setup Reference.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d993c567d-f12c-4676-917f-05d9de73ada4%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter [July 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=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3daa029fde-f341-44fc-8b85-0c6f3d3c2d69%26displaylang%3den

Windows SteadyState 2.5 Technical FAQ

Windows SteadyState 2.5 Technical FAQ provides answers to technical questions or issues that you may encounter when using Windows SteadyState 2.5.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6d130662-c084-4356-906f-426bc814582a%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB950582)

A security issue has been identified that could enable an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your 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%3d74ea0893-7c2f-4fad-ad27-588ad953b046%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB952664)

Install this update to resolve the issue in which the Crimson service stops responding when a remote subscription disconnects while a client is being delivered events.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d05d2996b-0395-48e7-a987-6995f8c27e49%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB951072)

Install this update to resolve an issue that is caused by revised daylight saving time laws in many countries.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0f3d73d2-a9b2-4a7f-a817-9686983976fd%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB955020)

Install this update to add words to the English and German standard dictionaries.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=16&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dfd62364e-10eb-4e55-86a6-0ae67a5d434e%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB950888)

Install this update to resolve the issue in which users cannot create multiple Rights Management Services client sessions per user context.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de01d9bb1-c0c4-4960-842b-8db697d901f3%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter for x64-based Systems [July 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=18&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d749e10cd-f40c-4f94-8e38-d4221ded7652%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB951618)

Install this update to resolve a known application compatibility issue with the Saming OneKey recovery software driver Safnt.sys.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=20&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dddb2d8cf-6d37-45a3-b0b6-28b0ea95319b%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB951072)

Install this update to resolve an issue that is caused by revised daylight saving time laws in many countries.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=21&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d25bbf02c-0784-437c-85b3-1c489d707e11%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB954160)

Install this Vista Language Interface Pack update for the following language(s): Georgian, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Telugu, or Armenian.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=22&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db0d4f313-43bb-48d1-b4eb-c97199068f08%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB950888)

Install this update to resolve the issue in which users cannot create multiple Rights Management Services client sessions per user context.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=23&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d92fd11e4-3cc4-4982-931b-204811305661%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB951618)

Install this update to resolve a known application compatibility issue with the Saming OneKey recovery software driver Safnt.sys.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=24&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d91d8f00f-2cc0-473b-98f2-5db9b467b81e%26displaylang%3den

Advanced Group Policy Podcast

Derek Melber, author, IT Consultant and Microsoft MVP for Group Policy, discusses how to effectively use the new group policy objects in Windows Vista to improve manageability and strengthen security.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=25&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d546f1b44-c3d0-4998-abe4-06dc46e0ff74%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator Podcast

Baldwin Ng, Senior Product manager with Microsoft's Solution Accelerators team, discusses the new version the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator, released in early July, 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=26&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da0218a9c-349d-44aa-abf1-7457d9157a83%26displaylang%3den

The Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit Podcast

Jeremy Chapman, Senior Product Manager with the Windows Product Management Group, discusses the Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT), and offers guidance and strategies for remediating application conflicts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=27&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de73fc103-3874-4ddc-b787-427acf88dad9%26displaylang%3den

Events/Webcasts

TechNet Event: Microsoft Virtualisation and Management Technologies

13 August 2008 09:30 - 13 August 2008 16:30 GMT, London
Cardinal Place
Auditorium 1&2
100 Victoria Place
London SW1E 5JL
United Kingdom

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032382072&Culture=en-GB

TechNet Event: Microsoft Virtualisation and Management Technologies
21 August 2008 09:30 - 21 August 2008 16:30 GMT, London
Gardner Systems plc
1 Faraday Road
Wavertree Technology Park Liverpool Merseyside Merseyside L13 1EH
United Kingdom

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=1032383170

On-Demand Microsoft IT Webcasts for IT Managers

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

On-Demand Microsoft IT Webcasts for IT Pros

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

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

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

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

New KB's

Incoming messages may be rejected by the queue manager on the cluster after you configure the clustered instance of Message Queuing to use HTTP messaging in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941754

Description of the update for the Unified Communications Client API SDK

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=950559

The "Delete" permission entry for owner or group is intentionally set to "Deny" on the discretionary access control list (DACL) when you examine the security settings of the NTFS folder from a Windows Server 2003 R2-based NFS server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=951571

Only the built-in domain administrator or the built-in local administrator can perform certain privileged operations such as creating sockets and opening disk devices on a computer that is running Subsystem for SUA in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953698

The optical disc drive is intermittently not displayed on a ThinkPad X300 computer that is running Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953834

Stop error message when a Windows Vista-based computer that has a USB device attached resumes from standby or from hibernation: "Stop 0x000000FE ( 00000008 , 00000006 , 00000001 , parameter4 )"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=949201

The default audio playback device in Windows Vista does not automatically shift to the next available audio playback device when you swap HDMI cables

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953500

The Search feature of the "Handwriting recognition personalization" tool is unavailable, and the accuracy of the tool decreases

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953501

Windows Installer 4.5 is available

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942288

How to upgrade Windows Server 2003 R2 to Windows Server 2008 on a computer that includes a Baseboard Management Controller and a root-enumerated IPMI device

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953224

You experience a nonpaged pool memory leak when you unmap and then remap an iSCSI logical unit number to a Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952263

A Windows Server 2008-based computer that has a single-processor stops responding if an MPIO-connected device is repeatedly connected and then disconnected

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952779

The DeviceType registry entry value is truncated when the Microsoft Storport driver is installed on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953390

You cannot investigate a Stop error that occurs on an x64-based version of Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952610

You may be unable to install a program that tries to register extensions under the IQueryForm registry entry in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953582

Error message when you try to call the "InitializeSecurityContext (Kerberos)" function in Windows Server 2003: "Decrypt call failed with error code: -2146893040 (The message supplied for verification is out of sequence)"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952617

The WebClient service stop responding when you try to map a network drive to a WebDAV shared folder from a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=951851

Error message when you add a group as a member of another group from a different domain in Windows Server 2003 Active Directory: "Directory Service is too busy"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=951323

Third-party vendors may be unable to achieve IPv6 Ready Logo Phase-2 certification in Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=950092

In an Active Directory forest that is running a Windows Server 2008 schema, the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in may crash when you open the Properties dialog box for a user object from a Windows Server 2003 member server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946459

A memory leak occurs when you use the IFaxIncomingMessageIterator interface to query incoming fax messages on a fax server that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=951347

A program that runs under the NT Authority\System account does not recognize environment variable changes on a Windows Server 2003-based computer until you restart the computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=951859

Error message when many users log on to a Windows Server 2003-based terminal server through RDP connections: "Winlogon has encountered a problem and needs to close"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953675

You may experience unpredictable results in Windows Server 2003 when you start the operating system from iSCSI

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953528

Windows XP may display incorrect CPU name and CPU speed information in applications that use WMI to recognize processor information

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952978

Error message on a computer that is running the Windows operating system: "Stop 0x00000077 KERNEL_STACK_INPAGE_ERROR"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=950415

Error message when you try to start a console-based application, such as Cmd.exe, on a Windows XP-based computer: "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000142)"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=950312

Text that is set to a size of 9 pt in the Simsun-18030 font is displayed incorrectly on a computer that is running Windows XP or Windows 2000

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948765

When you try to print a document to a PostScript printer in an application, the application exits unexpectedly, or you find that an invalid PDF file is created from the incorrect data in the PostScript file

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952909

Custom settings in the Oobeinfo.ini file are lost after you upgrade a computer to Windows XP Service Pack 3

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953651

An incorrect time stamp is displayed on a Windows XP Service Pack 3-based computer that uses the Jerusalem time zone

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953917

The Confirm Your Subscription Wizard displays an expiration date of 12/30/2200 when the subscription computer enters Reduced Functionality Mode

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953849

You experience problems when you try to mount VHD files by using the Vhdmount.exe tool after you apply update 948515 in Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953482

Error message when you compile an SUA application on a Windows Server 2003 R2-based computer that has multiple CPUs: "Windows NT Exception (core dumped)"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944250

Error message when you try to configure a disabled audio playback device in Windows Vista: "Windows host process (Rundll32) has stopped working"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953916

When an SUA process forks a child process on a Windows Vista-based computer, the child process is unexpectedly marked as a zombie process

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953603

How to troubleshoot USB device problems that may occur after a portable computer that is running Windows Vista resumes from sleep or from hibernation

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953367

A computer that is running an x86 version of Windows Vista or of Windows Server 2008 on an IDE/ATA disk does not generate a valid dump file when PAE mode is enabled

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953533

MS08-030: Vulnerability in Bluetooth stack could allow remote code execution

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=951376

A June 2008 update is available for the Windows Vista Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP)

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952714

June 2008 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=950126

MS08-032: Critical security update of ActiveX kill bits

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=950760

FIX: An application cannot read stream data from an encrypted file on a Windows Server 2008-based computer or on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952696

Detection and deployment guidance for the June 10, 2008 security release

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953588

A dump file may not be generated on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista if the dump file and the paging file reside on the same volume

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953341

MS08-035: Vulnerability in Active Directory could allow denial of service

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953235

MS08-035: Description of the security update for Active Directory in Windows Server 2008, in Windows Server 2003, and in Windows 2000 Server (server-side): June 10, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=949014

The Terminal Services Configuration tool crashes when you use keyboard shortcuts to open the Properties dialog box on a Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953460

The Event Log service may stop responding because of a deadlock on a Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952664

MS08-034: Vulnerability in WINS could allow elevation of privilege

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948745

MS08-033: Vulnerabilities in DirectX could allow remote code execution

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=951698

MS08-036: Vulnerabilities in Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) could allow denial of service

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=950762

MS08-035: Description of the security update for Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows XP (client-side): June 10, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=949269

The MNS cluster service may not start after you install the update in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 921181 on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952886

You cannot move cluster resources back to the original node on a Windows Server 2003 cluster node that has UMPD driver from Unisys installed

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=950448

The ntdsutil.exe utility in Windows Server 2003 writes out too many links to .ldf files during an authoritative restore process

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=951320

Stop error when Windows Server 2003-based server restarts unexpectedly: "Stop 0x00000050"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=951880

The "clean all" command in the diskpart.exe utility does not delete all the data on a disk on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952630

A printer-driver upgrade operation fails on printer clients that are running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP when multiple printer queues are upgraded at the same time

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952206

Error message when you run a Windows Media Services 9 Series-based application on a Windows Server 2003-based computer: "The process is terminated"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=951310

Device Manager may not show any devices and Network Connections may not show any network connections after you install Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3)

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953979

Error message after you upgrade a computer that uses a processor other than an Intel processor to Windows XP Service Pack 2 or to Windows XP Service Pack 3: "STOP: 0x0000007E"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953356

On a Windows XP-based computer, an access violation occurs when you type a URL on the Internet Explorer 6 address bar to access a Web site that has an embedded Windows Media Player ActiveX control

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953166

Event ID 56013 with an error code of 80070005 is logged in Event Viewer when you change the password for Office Communications Server 2007 service accounts

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953112

Communicator Web Access briefly displays your status as "online" even though it is set to the "Appear Offline" status when you log on to Office communications Server 2005 SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953115

When you try to copy files from a UNIX-based client to an NFS share on a Windows Server 2003 R2-based server, the copied files are truncated

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952875

A Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer needs at least the Read permission for Group Policy Objects in Active Directory Domain Services if the computer is configured for loopback processing

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953768

The logon screen may be clipped on a Windows Vista-based computer after you reset the screen font size to the "Larger scale (120 DPI)" setting, and then you restart the computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953826

A Windows Vista-based computer does not resume from hibernation (S4) or from standby (S3) if you run an application to set an RTC wake-up time

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953689

After a Windows Vista-based computer resumes from hibernation, the computer waits 30 seconds before it starts connecting to a new wireless network

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953270

When you run a WMI query against the CIM_DataFile class by using the "Run as administrator" option in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008, the query returns incomplete results

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=954061

The TCP/IP Registry Compatibility service may stop responding when a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 is under high stress

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952876

How to block the automatic delivery of Windows Search 4.0 to Windows Vista SP1-based computers that have the Automatic Updates feature enabled

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953959

A pop-up window that indicates that a duplicate file name has been selected may not appear as the foreground window when you install the HP System Management Homepage software in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=951946

Applications that perform KCD delegation may not finish the S4U process on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=949015

An application is unable to obtain an exclusive lock to a volume after the system runs for several hours in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952790

After you install Windows 2000 on a virtual machine that is running on a Windows Server 2008-based computer that uses Hyper-V technology, you can only create a maximum startup disk that is 127 GB

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=954281

Error message when you try to export a virtual machine on a Windows Server 2008-based computer that uses Hyper-V: "An error occurred while attempting to export the virtual machine"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=954280

A Windows Server 2008 system or a Windows Vista Service Pack 1 system cannot start after you increase or reduce the size of the boot volume on a GPT disk

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=954207

A "0x0000007E" Stop error occurs in Windows Server 2008 after you unmount and delete a persistent VSS snapshot

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953531

The Certificate Web Enrollment Pages in Windows Server 2008 or the updated Certificate Web Enrollment Pages in Windows Server 2003 do not support Windows Mobile devices

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953461

You receive a "STOP: 0x00000050" error message when you start a Windows Server 2003-based computer by using the iSCSI Boot Initiator

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952844

Error message when you try to enable the Volume Shadow Copy Service for a shared folder on a Windows Server 2003-based computer: "STOP: 0x0000007E"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=950141

You cannot connect to the Internet after you install Internet Explorer 7 on some Sony computers that run Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=954646

You cannot connect to an 802.1X wired network after you upgrade to Windows XP Service Pack 3

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953650

Some DHCP Options are not recognized on a Windows XP SP3-based client computer when the DHCP server offer includes option 43

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953761

August 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Security

Justin Zarb — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:00:00 GMT

News

Inside the Windows Vista Kernel http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9239060

Evaluate System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9239062

Manage the full deployment and update life cycle with streamlined, policy-based automation and enhanced insight into -- and control over -- assets and systems compliance. Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 offers optimization for Windows--particularly Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista--and extensibility to customized administration experiences and third-party applications.

patterns & practices Improving Web Services Security: Scenarios and Implementation Guidance for WCF http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9313821

Download the beta version of the WCF Security guide from the CodePlex web site. The guide, Improving Web Services Security: Scenarios and Implementation Guidance for WCF, is our Microsoft playbook for Windows Communication Foundation (WCF /"Indigo".) and shows you how to build secure services using WCF. A compendium of proven practices, product team recommendations and insights from the field, it includes end-to-end application scenarios (web applications / Smart Clients), as well as step-by-step 'How To's'. Most importantly, it frames the web services security space and shows you how to be effective with WCF.

Hyper-V RTM Now Available http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9239063

Take advantage of the scalability, high performance, reliability, security, flexibility, and manageability that an ideal virtualization platform should provide. A key feature of Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V has a thin, micro-kernelized hypervisor architecture with minimal attack surface, and can easily plug into your IT infrastructure so you can capitalize on your existing tools and processes for patching, provisioning, management, and support.

Windows Vista Security Guide http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9239064

Get the guidance and tools you need to use new and enhanced security technologies in Windows Vista to better defend the client computers in your organization against malware and protect corporate data. Application compatibility testing recommendations are also included.

Security Compliance Management http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9260645

Solution Accelerators are authoritative resources that help IT pros plan, deliver, operate, and manage IT systems that address real-world scenarios. Solution Accelerators provide free, prescriptive guidance and automation to accelerate cross-product integration, core infrastructure development, and other enhancements.

How Do I: Export and Import Certificates? http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9239072

Learn how to export and import certificates with this short, How-Do-I video.

Security White Papers http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9215650

Security white papers that address the specific security needs of particular industries, such as the professional services and financial services industries.

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for July, 2008

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

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

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

Documents

Understanding and Configuring User Account Control in Windows Vista http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9239065

Find out how UAC works, including deployment scenarios and ensuring that older applications will be compatible.

Windows Vista Application Development Requirements for UAC http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9239066

This article is intended to assist application developers with designing Windows Vista-capable applications that are compliant with UAC. Detailed steps about the design process are included, along with code samples, requirements, and best practices. This article also details technical updates and changes to the user experience in Windows Vista.

Step-by-Step Guide to Controlling Device Installation and Usage with Group Policy http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9239067

Controlling installation and device usage this way improves your security, and it enhances the effectiveness of your help desk by limiting the devices that users can install to those your organization approves and supports. Learn how to control the installation and usage of devices on the computers that you manage with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

Step-by-Step Guide to Managing Multiple Local Group Policy http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9239068

This guide covers the fundamental concepts needed to successfully configure Multiple Local Group Policy objects on stand-alone computers running Windows Vista and offers several task-based scenarios that show you how to use each feature.

Microsoft Forefront Client Security Enterprise Manager http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9239069

The Enterprise Manager tool allows you to aggregate reporting and management of up to 10 Forefront Client Security down-level deployments. With this tool, you can manage up to 100,000 client computers from a single Forefront Client Security console.

Microsoft Forefront Integration Kit for Network Access Protection http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9239070

Together, Forefront Client Security and NAP can provide an additional defense-in-depth layer against malicious attacks and give you a significant degree of control over the security and health of networked computers. This collection of software components and guidance will help you configure a compliance health policy for computers that run Forefront Client Security and isolate noncompliant computers to a restricted network until compliance can be properly addressed.

New Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) Center http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9239071

Find information about this industry-leading software security assurance process, and quickly access process guidance, training and resources, tools, and blogs.

Downloads

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

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

Microsoft Source Code Analyzer for SQL Injection

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=58a7c46e-a599-4fcb-9ab4-a4334146b6ba&DisplayLang=en

Forefront Security for Office Communications Server 2007 Beta

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d128fd1a-42a2-47cb-9de8-e4ea8ba2382d&DisplayLang=en

July 2008 Security Releases ISO Image

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b9456bd2-f6ef-4d61-9d3c-fa855118397d&DisplayLang=en

Office 2003/XP Add-in: Remove Hidden Data

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=144e54ed-d43e-42ca-bc7b-5446d34e5360&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 Service Pack 1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d2feca6d-81d7-430a-9b2d-b070a5f6ae50&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 Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (KB953463)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e269e6f4-afaf-4703-9238-5b84951f6324&DisplayLang=en

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB953465)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8f008afb-f6a9-42b2-8472-279623063dfb&DisplayLang=en

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

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

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

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

Step-by-Step Guide: Demonstrate NAP IPsec Enforcement in a Test Lab

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=298ff956-1e6c-4d97-a3ed-7e7ffc4bed32&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 Management Pack for OpsMgr 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c576fcdf-42f0-4eb5-990d-e8e7c7e9c07e&DisplayLang=en

Secure Web and Remote Access Enablement Datasheet

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3d253737-4cda-4b35-99e3-08ebbc02efc8&DisplayLang=en

Enterprise Network Protection Datasheet

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=74bb13dc-15a5-483a-a879-1882aaef3268&DisplayLang=en

Enterprise Data Security Optimization Datasheet

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

Security, Identity, and Access Management Datasheet

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

Identity and Access Optimization Datasheet

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e6daec91-7669-47a6-a9f7-39fcce339bcc&DisplayLang=en

Application and Host Protection Datasheet

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1c60fb1f-d23a-4d51-a6b4-15dd3c633ce3&DisplayLang=en

System Center Solution: Managing Data Server Compliance

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f5db44ae-7017-43fc-a65b-4948173c409d&DisplayLang=en

A Guide to Group Policy Preferences for Users of PolicyMaker Standard Edition

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8d5f2917-7b6d-460d-83c1-497b721d666c&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: Information About Microsoft August Security Bulletins (Level 200)

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Pacific Time

On-Demand Security Webcasts

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

A.O.B

Microsoft Product Lifecycle Information

Find information about your particular products on the Microsoft Product Lifecycle http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9239140 Web site.

See a List of Supported Service Packs http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9239141: Microsoft provides free software updates for security and nonsecurity issues for all supported service packs.

Security Awareness Materials http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9239085

Guidance, samples, and templates for creating a security-awareness program in your organization.

Learn Security On the Job http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9239086

Learning Paths for Security - Microsoft Training References and Resources http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9239087

August 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - SQL

Justin Zarb — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:00:00 GMT

News

Technical RollUp

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

SQL Server 2008 RC0 Available for Everyone

http://blogs.technet.com/dataplatforminsider/archive/2008/06/10/sql-server-2008-rc0-available-for-everyone.aspx

Downloads

SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP

Download the SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP, a PHP 5 extension that allows for the reading and writing of SQL Server data from within PHP scripts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d61bf87e0-d031-466b-b09a-6597c21a2e2a%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft® Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR July 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=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dbb3ad767-5f69-4db9-b1c9-8f55759846ed%26displaylang%3den

SSMA 2008 for Sybase V4.0

Automates database migration from Sybase ASE to SQL Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4fc68b67-149f-4237-8869-e70b68947f4f%26displaylang%3den

SSMA 2008 for Sybase PowerBuilder Applications v1.0

SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) 2008 for Sybase PowerBuilder Applications is a tool that cuts the effort, cost, and risk of migrating PowerBuilder Applications designed for Sybase to SQL Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dad09f718-7d6f-499b-8a6a-0ea98e0c0295%26displaylang%3den

SSMA 2008 for Oracle V4.0

SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) 2008 for Oracle is a complete suite of tools that dramatically cuts the effort, cost, and risk of migrating from Oracle to SQL Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3e8722ae-77f3-4288-906d-f421e24d322f%26displaylang%3den

SSMA 2005 for Sybase V4.0

Automates database migration from Sybase ASE to SQL Server 2005.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d842b092d-c123-4c76-8051-30b16e45d554%26displaylang%3den

SSMA 2005 for Oracle V4.0

SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) 2005 for Oracle is a complete suite of tools that dramatically cuts the effort, cost, and risk of migrating from Oracle to SQL Server 2005.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6d9bc6a7-75da-493e-bee5-50f4a4352b91%26displaylang%3den

SSMA 2005 for Access V4.0

Automates database migration from Access to SQL Server 2005.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4ecd1e67-c64e-49e6-821e-c4d83d9d5fed%26displaylang%3den

SSMA 2008 for Access V4.0

Automates database migration from Access to SQL Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d133b59c2-c89c-4641-bebb-6d04476ec1ba%26displaylang%3den

System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Feature Pack (x86)

This Update bundles the following features: Windows Server 2008 support, SQL Server 2008 support, enhanced support for sharing tape libraries and better tape utilization.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de9e1fe35-b175-40a8-8378-2f306ccc9e28%26displaylang%3den

System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Feature Pack (x64)

This Update bundles the following features: Windows Server 2008 support, SQL Server 2008 support, enhanced support for sharing tape libraries and better tape utilization.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dad5cd1a2-9b87-4a2c-90a2-9dbaf1024310%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 Benchmark Performance White Paper: 1,000 Concurrent Users with Microsoft SQL Server 2005

This white paper documents performance benchmark testing for running Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 with 1,000 constant concurrent users, all engaged in heavy transaction processing or analysis activity across various functional areas of the solution.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de0e92459-f611-4957-85be-823f0b88cff5%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=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de7f89bf5-d80c-46b5-a12f-fade6d41330d%26displaylang%3den

Source Code Analyzer for SQL Injection

Microsoft Source Code Analyzer for SQL Injection is a static code analysis tool for finding SQL Injection vulnerabilities in ASP code. Customers can run the tool on their ASP source code to help identify code paths that are vulnerable to SQL Injection attacks.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d58a7c46e-a599-4fcb-9ab4-a4334146b6ba%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB948110)

A security issue has been identified in the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (WMSDE) 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=15&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1c0ae18b-1f17-44b3-a337-b36e7de437a7%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (KB948109)

A security issue has been identified in the SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 that could allow an attacker to compromise your 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%3d4c9851cc-2c4c-4190-872c-84993a7623b7%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=17&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=18&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4fd1f86a-94a2-43d8-9b0a-774c81426d9e%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server 7.0 and MSDE 1.0 Service Pack 4 (KB948113)

A security issue has been identified in the SQL Server 7.0 and MSDE 1.0 Service Pack 4

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=19&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc95b2cb3-51a4-44e4-b9f4-9416e9ce16a0%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (KB948108)

A security issue has been identified in the SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 that could allow an attacker to compromise your 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%3da60bb7e7-ef4e-4cbd-b63a-0ad7bd1402b3%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=21&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d91ef5106-944a-41e1-b3a0-5bd3f2356f32%26displaylang%3den

MSDN Library for VS SP1 (April 2007 Edition)

The MSDN® Library is an essential resource of information for developers using Microsoft® tools, products, and technologies.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=22&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db8704100-0127-4d88-9b5d-896b9b388313%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server JDBC Driver 2.0 CTP (July 2008)

Download the SQL Server JDBC Driver 2.0 CTP, a Type 4 JDBC driver that provides database connectivity through the standard JDBC application program interfaces (APIs) available in Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=23&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df914793a-6fb4-475f-9537-b8fcb776befd%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server 2008 RC0 Release Notes

This Release Notes document contains information for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Release Candidate 0 (RC0) that supplements the SQL Server 2008 RC0 Readme and Books Online documentation. This document describes behaviors that apply only to this release or that are not documented in this release of Books Onl

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=24&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3ddaf00920-7214-418a-a4b0-727f4ce08f81%26displaylang%3den

Documents

White Paper: Microsoft Data Platform Development

http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/wp-sql-2008-data-development.aspx

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and the Microsoft data platform provide developers with a comprehensive programming framework in which to create data-centric solutions that target mobile devices, desktops, Web servers, and enterprise servers. This data programming environment improves developer productivity by integrating data access and management into the business logic of an application. It provides a comprehensive platform for data access and management from disparate data sources, and a scalable solution for data storage and applications.

Database Encryption in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc278098(SQL.100).aspx

With the introduction of transparent data encryption (TDE) in SQL Server 2008, users now have the choice between cell-level encryption as in SQL Server 2005, full database-level encryption by using TDE, or the file-level encryption options provided by Windows. TDE is the optimal choice for bulk encryption to meet regulatory compliance or corporate data security standards. TDE works at the file level, which is similar to two Windows® features: the Encrypting File System (EFS) and BitLocker™ Drive Encryption, the new volume-level encryption introduced in Windows Vista®, both of which also encrypt data on the hard drive. TDE does not replace cell-level encryption, EFS, or BitLocker. This white paper compares TDE with these other encryption methods for application developers and database administrators. While this is not a technical, in-depth review of TDE, technical implementations are explored and a familiarity with concepts such as virtual log files and the buffer pool are assumed. The user is assumed to be familiar with cell-level encryption and cryptography in general. Implementing database encryption is covered, but not the rationale for encrypting a database.

Events/Webcasts

TechNet Webcast: Security Enhancements in SQL Server 2008 (Level 300)

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032364703&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 introduced many security enhancements, from data encryption to advanced context impersonation. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 further helps administrators protect their database with the introduction of new features such as Transparent Database Encryption, Extensible Key Management, and Auditing. In this session, we describe the new security enhancements in SQL Server 2008 and discuss how to best take advantage of them.

TechNet Webcast: SQL Server 2008 (Part 1 of 3): High-Performance Data Warehousing (Level 300)

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032365533&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

Attend this session to learn how to incorporate the new features in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 to provide a high-performance data warehouse that can scale to larger number of users and growing volumes of data. In this session, we cover new technologies like partitioned table parallelism, star join query enhancements, and Grouping Sets.

TechNet Webcast: SQL Server 2008 Performance and Scalability Technologies (Level 300)

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032354211&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 supports very large databases, enterprise-scale reporting systems, and data warehouses. It provides growing database systems with tools and features to optimize performance, scale up individual servers, and scale out very large databases. SQL Server 2008 is designed to take advantage of the latest hardware technologies to support server consolidation. Throughout this presentation, we look into SQL Server 2008 performance and scalability technologies and show how you can use these technologies to provide optimal performance and responsiveness for your large data solutions.

New KB's

You obtain no result when you use an aggregate in a filter in Report Builder of SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=954784

FIX: SQL Server 2005 Express Edition cannot pass the Windows logo certification when you install an ISV application on a Windows Vista-based computer or on a Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953970

FIX: When you update more than one row in a table that is joined to another table in SQL Server 2005, some rows are not added

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953627

FIX: CPU utilization may be high when you configure more than one transactional replication on a computer that has multiple processors in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953811

FIX: When you use SQL Native Client to retrieve data from a column of the sql_variant data type in SQL Server 2005, an incorrect data type is returned

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953946

FIX: The size of a database keeps increasing when you perform many DELETE operations and many INSERT operations on the database in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953991

FIX: When you define an alert activity on a fractional performance counter of an instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 in System Monitor, the alert does not work

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953850

FIX: Error message after you run the DBCC DBREINDEX Transact-SQL statement on a table that does not have a unique clustered index on a SQL Server 2005-based computer: "Msg 2511"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=954734

August 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Unified Communications

Justin Zarb — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:00:00 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

Release Notes for the Transporter Suite of Tools

This download contains the most current Release Notes information for Microsoft Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d21d366af-3063-44c9-81c7-38583deebc31%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

Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress Tool (64 bit)

Simulate disk I/O load on a test server running Exchange to verify the performance and stability of your disk subsystem before putting your server into a production environment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d73dfe056-0900-4dbb-b14a-0932338cecac%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress Tool (32 bit)

Simulate disk I/O load on a test server running Exchange to verify the performance and stability of your disk subsystem before putting your server into a production environment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d94b9810b-670e-433a-b5ef-b47054595e9c%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Exchange Server 2003 SP2 (KB950159)

This update addresses the Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerability addressed in the Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-026.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de099c1d1-5af6-4d6c-b735-9599412b3131%26displaylang%3den

Update Rollup 7 for Exchange Server 2007 (KB953469)

Update Rollup 7 for Exchange Server 2007 (KB953469)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d086a2a13-a1de-4b1d-bd12-b148bfd2dafa%26displaylang%3den

Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB949870)

Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB949870)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d63e7f26c-92a8-4264-882d-f96b348c96ab%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=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5eb0f9a0-2c49-4f2a-8a09-b981ed667821%26displaylang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Supportability Guide

This document provides information about supported configurations in Office Communications Server 2007 environments.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df8cc9b59-225f-425d-bd3a-e506396c6207%26displaylang%3den

FSOCS

Forefront Security for Office Communications Server

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd128fd1a-42a2-47cb-9de8-e4ea8ba2382d%26displaylang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Document: Administration Guide

This document explains how to administer Office Communications Server 2007.

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

Presence in Lotus Notes

This sample illustrates how to display presence status and provide real-time collaboration options in IBM® Lotus® Notes® using the Automation API provided by Microsoft Office Communicator 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4fee4f21-dd98-4a2f-bf8f-a17f4b85a06a%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=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de7a23d42-0835-440f-9400-badfe9672b21%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator

Baldwin Ng, Senior Product manager with Microsoft's Solution Accelerators team, discusses the new version the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator, released in early July, 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da0218a9c-349d-44aa-abf1-7457d9157a83%26displaylang%3den

The Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de73fc103-3874-4ddc-b787-427acf88dad9%26displaylang%3den

Advanced Group Policy

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d546f1b44-c3d0-4998-abe4-06dc46e0ff74%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Office Outlook Connector 12.1 Beta

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9a2279b1-df0a-46e1-aa93-7d4870871ecf%26displaylang%3den

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 (KB953432)

This update (KB953432) resolves an issue where Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 behaves unexpectedly in some circumstances.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dfd072a64-f1d5-4da9-b19c-1afbf0e651e8%26displaylang%3den

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 (KB952142)

This update (KB952142) resolves an issue where Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 behaves unexpectedly in some circumstances.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d05bdd58f-45de-406b-821d-eb23659264de%26displaylang%3den

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (KB953463)

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%3de269e6f4-afaf-4703-9238-5b84951f6324%26displaylang%3den

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB953465)

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=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8f008afb-f6a9-42b2-8472-279623063dfb%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Partner-Hosted Evidence Video -- Orbit Imaging

This video, available in two and four minute versions, describes how an on demand CRM solution is helping a fast-growing healthcare industry franchise better target its IT investments, and obtain speed to value with its Microsoft Dynamics CRM deployment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4ff09b3c-12e9-4b95-87f0-f9f239dac0ef%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Easy Assist Getting Started Guide

Getting Started Guide for Microsoft Easy Assist

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3decbf1f01-475e-4389-8480-c78dacef7f14%26displaylang%3den

Events/Webcasts

15/08/08 TechNet Webcast: High Availability in Exchange Server 2007 SP1 (Part 2 of 2): Disaster Recovery and SCR Deep Dive (Level 300)

Are you prepared for outages that affect e-mail service or data availability? Have you defined recovery strategies and procedures for disasters big and small? In this webcast, we cover the recommended strategies for protecting Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 messaging service and data, with an emphasis on the ultimate disaster: a full site failure. Join us as we dive deep into standby continuous replication (SCR), which was designed with these disasters in mind.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032381322%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

New KB's

An e-mail attachment is not renamed to have a .txt file name extension as expected in Antigen 9.0 for Exchange

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952620

A file does not exist in the quarantine in Antigen 9.0 for Exchange

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952615

Antigen 9.0 incorrectly detects the Winmail.dat file as a CorruptedCompressedFile virus when the Winmail.dat file contains multiple image files that are embedded

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=951539

The priority setting for the file filter lists is incorrect after you delete and then create a file filter list in Antigen 9.0 for Exchange

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953324

The Statistics.xml file is written to the Antigen\Data directory instead of to the shared drive that is expected when you run FSSMC in a cluster environment

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952940

The AntigenService service takes a long time to stop in Antigen 9.0, and the service continues to log events in the Application log when Windows is shutting down

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=951443

Hotfix Rollup 3 for Antigen 9.0 for Exchange with Service Pack 1 contains a new feature that displays the Microsoft Knowledge Base article numbers of installed updates for Antigen

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=951444

The Antigen Administrator displays no General Options settings in Antigen 9.0 for Exchange

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=951436

Error message that has an error code 80005000 when you run Antigen 9.0 in a cluster environment: "ERROR: ADGetStorage - Could not bind to Active Directory configuration context"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=951534

When the Exchange cluster group has more than one Network Name resource, Antigen 9.0 only uses the first Network Name resource, even if it is not the correct resource

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952037

After you apply Hotfix Rollup 3 for Antigen 9.0 for Exchange with Service Pack 1, you can configure the notifications for scan engine errors and for scan engine time-outs

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952816

Antigen 9.0 for Exchange with Service Pack 1 uses CryptoAPI to encrypt data in cluster environments and in stand-alone environments

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952668

The installation recognizes the active node as passive when you try to install Antigen 9.0 for Exchange with Service Pack 1 in a cluster environment

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952926

The File Filtering section in Antigen 9.0 does not have a known file type for Windows Media Video (.wmv) files

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952881

The CAIris scan engine cannot be removed after you install Antigen 9.0 for Exchange Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=951454

Hotfix Rollup 3 for Antigen 9.0 for Exchange with Service Pack 1 contains a new feature that displays the status of an engine update in the Antigen Administrator

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=951445

The program log for Antigen 9.0 for Exchange with Service Pack 1 incorrectly reports the .bz2 file type as an unknown file type

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=951382

Error message when you try to run a remote installation of Antigen 9.0 for Exchange on a remote computer: "Installation was not successful"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953494

The engine download process is reported as a time-out, and the new engine is not accepted in Antigen 9.0 for Exchange with Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953498

Description of Hotfix Rollup 3 for Antigen 9.0 for Exchange with Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=950791

The sender address logging functionality was removed from the ProgramLog.txt file in Hotfix Rollup 3 for Antigen 9.0 for Exchange Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952936

The body of an e-mail message is truncated if you move the e-mail message to a .pst file on a computer that is running Exchange Server 2003 SP 2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=951619

Error message when you try to migrate an e-mail message that is larger than 4 MB by using Microsoft Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino: "Maximum request length exceeded"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953526

Description of the Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter update: June 10, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=951476

Exchange 2003 users receive spam e-mail messages that are sent from a single-label DNS name, even though the single-label domain name is invalid

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=951639

The From field and the Organizer field are not retained in a meeting request that contains an attachment in an Exchange 2003 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=951214

You receive an NDR message in an Exchange Server 2007 environment when you try to send an e-mail message to an address type that is supported by a fax connector

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952773

CDO-based applications and applications that use Exchange Web Services do not support meeting request status reporting at the same level as Outlook

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953126

When you use Outlook to send an HTML e-mail message to an Exchange Server 2007 user, the e-mail message appears garbled, or it contains Asian characters

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952771

Description of Update Rollup 1 for the Hosted SharePoint services in Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 4.0

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952075

You receive an error response when you call the "EnsureServicePointers" procedure of the ManagedSharePoint2007 namespace in Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 4.0

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=954150

Description of the policy for how e-mail is filtered by the junk e-mail filters in Outlook or in Exchange Server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=954199

The Availability service may use lots of memory on an Exchange Server 2007-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936747

Description of the Outlook 2003 hotfix package: June 18, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953803

An e-mail message does not appear in a user's mailbox if the e-mail message was sent on behalf of the user by a delegate in Outlook 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953804

August 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Manageability

Justin Zarb — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:00:00 GMT

News

SMS&MOM

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

The Deployment Guys

http://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys/

Announcing Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 Release Candidate (build 6335)

This is the official RC build for the R2 release. Step-by-step guided scenarios for each feature can be found at the survey link within your MSconnect account. These step-by-step guided scenarios are an excellent way to become familiar with the new features and also provide direct feedback to the Configuration Manager product team. Bugs and Design Change Requests can be filed through the feedback link. Your voice is important and we highly encourage and requested your feedback on these scenarios and features.

https://connect.microsoft.com/Survey/SurveyList.aspx?SiteID=16

SCOM Pack for Mobile Device Manager Now Available

Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 provides proactive monitoring of your Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 environment. This management pack includes:

· Detection and monitoring of all MDM servers and dependent services

· The alert-driven state

· Performance and backlog monitoring and configuration

Before you install the MDM management pack, read the MDM Management Pack Guide document. The guide includes instructions that you need to correctly deploy, configure and use the management pack. For the pack and further details please see:

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

Downloads

SMS and Configuration Manager

Systems Management Server 2003 Inventory Tool for Dell Update

SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Dell Updates is an add-on to SMS 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) 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=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d92a9bb94-1806-487b-a697-92492bf8cc8e%26displaylang%3den

MOM and Operations Manager

Windows 2003 Group Policy MP for OpsMgr 2007

Provides Group Policy health monitoring and knowledge base of useful information to help administrators resolve an issue when Group Policy fails to process. Requires OpsMgr 2007 MOM 2005 Backward Compatibility MP Update 6.0.5000.1 (or higher).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d52459150-85bd-4acb-90be-2ee5df18e1a8%26displaylang%3den

Windows 2008 Group Policy MP for OpsMgr 2007

Windows Server 2008 Group Policy Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 monitors the health, availability, and performance of the Microsoft group policy client component of Microsoft Windows Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d12a29de3-7147-4488-8b1d-5825892f2b05%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2008 Application Server MP for OpsMgr 2007

The Windows Server 2008 Application Server Management Pack provides fundamental monitoring for the Application Server role of Windows Server 2008 Operating System.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d77eb6ec5-6932-4310-a426-f9b34c6c5be9%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, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008 Operating System.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3529d233-5e3e-4b51-8f66-5d6f27005ec3%26displaylang%3den

Terminal Services MP for OpsMgr 2007

The Terminal Services Management Pack monitors the individual Terminal Services components on Windows Server 2000, 2003 and 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1428ecfd-8c3e-4779-a383-4c491d2684f3%26displaylang%3den

Exchange Server 2007 MP for SC Ops Mgr 2007

This management pack includes scripts and rules to effectively monitor Exchange 2007 and report on performance, availability, and reliability of its server roles.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1a83e112-8677-4e03-83c3-f1b7ebfc3a4b%26displaylang%3den

Windows Key Management Service for System Center OpsMgr 2007

The KMS MP monitors core Key Management Service offered by Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 and Vista.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da330d876-c965-4433-afdf-7c61a9126fb3%26displaylang%3den

SC Ops Mgr 2007 SP1 & SC Essentials 2007 SP1 Windows Server 2008 Support Hotfix

This hotfix contains fixes for issues that can occur, either after installation of Operations Manager 2007 SP1 or Essentials 2007 SP1 on Windows Server 2008, or after the operating system in-place upgrade from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d58529af1-243d-41f5-b681-342ac04aa17b%26displaylang%3den

Service Level Dashboard Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007

This Solution Accelerator enables you to accurately measure and report on end-to-end system availability and performance of business critical applications in your organization.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d67ef9823-631b-49b7-9d7f-9f125bdf27ae%26displaylang%3den

Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 MP for OpsMgr 2007

This management pack monitors the performance and availability of ISA Server 2006.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc576fcdf-42f0-4eb5-990d-e8e7c7e9c07e%26displaylang%3den

Implementing System Center Operations Manager 2007 at Microsoft

Describes how the System Center Operations Manager (Ops Mgr) 2007 was implemented to improve the efficiency of infrastructure management and system health.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d120c0d6f-38bf-482b-bb15-421d66403430%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 MP for SC Ops Mgr 2007

This Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager (MDM) 2008 Management Pack provides proactive monitoring of your Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 environment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db9785235-826e-442b-aeaf-12f44bae5517%26displaylang%3den

FRS Windows Server 2000/2003 Management Pack

Monitors the performance and availability of Windows File Replication Service, ultrasound, and replica sets. Requires OpsMgr 2007 MOM 2005 Backward Compatibility MP Update 6.0.5000.1 (or higher).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6f5f8e56-6a35-4909-bb8f-968ee95a8f17%26displaylang%3den

Other

ACT Connector

The Application Compatibility Toolkit Connector (ACT Connector) assists administrators with collecting the necessary computer and application compatibility information to help plan for a Windows Vista deployment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d567be755-1d64-471d-8376-6b463491654b%26displaylang%3den

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=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8408ecf5-7afe-47ec-a697-eb433027df73%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

TechNet Virtual Lab: Upgrading SMS 2003 SP2 to System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007

After completing this lab, you will be better able to identify an SMS 2003 SP2 site, use the Configuration Manager Prerequisite Check program to validate the site is ready to be upgraded, prepare the SMS 2003 site for an upgrade to Configuration Manager, use Configuration Manager Setup to test the SMS 2003 site database upgrade procedure, upgrade SMS 2003 to Configuration Manager, install an update to the Configuration Manager site server for status processing, identify a Configuration Manager site, and upgrade SMS 2003 Advanced Clients to Configuration Manager clients

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9212427

TechNet Virtual Lab: Implementing Desired Configuration Managment in System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007

After completing this lab, you will be better able to create a configuration item for compliance, import pre-created configuration items, create baselines for assignment, assign baselines to collections, and verify compliance for the assigned baselines.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9194415

TechNet Virtual Lab: Introduction to System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007

After completing this lab, you will be better able to use the Configuration Manager Console to verify the site configuration, use the Configuration Manager Console to identify new features of the Configuration Manager including software distribution and maintenance windows, software updates and WSUS integration, operating system deployment of Windows Vista, desired configuration management, and other miscellaneous Configuration Manager features.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9194414

TechNet Virtual Lab: Managing Custom Application Updates using System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007

After completing this lab, you will be better able to install the System Center Updates Publisher, create a catalog for a custom update, import a catalog for a synthetic application, publish custom catalog information to Configuration Manager for scanning, perform a scan for custom updates, analyze required updates, and distribute an update using Configuration Manager.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9179375

New KB's

Operations Manager and MOM

Cannot remotely install MOM agent when Windows Live OneCare is installed on System Center Essentials client

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=955898

Event ID 31569 is logged after you install a management pack that includes reports on a System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 server or on a System Center Essentials 2007 SP1 server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=954643

Description of the hotfix rollup package for System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 and for System Center Essentials 2007 Service Pack 1: July 25, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=954049

Support for running System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 and System Center Essentials 2007 Service Pack 1 on a Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953141

The relative date picker returns wrong dates when you run a report in a month that has less days than the previous month in System Center Operations Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952937

Configuration Manager and SMS

The "Client Push Installation" operation fails when both multiple management points and customized ports are configured in a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 site

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=955115

The SMS_Site_Component_Manager service stops unexpectedly when you try to install Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 or reinstall a specific component after an unsuccessful installation attempt

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=954214

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 cannot wake up more than 30 clients at a time

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953148

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 does not process all advertised task sequences

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=949225

You cannot author or publish software updates of the .msu file type by using the Custom Updates Publishing Tool that is available in Systems Management Server 2003 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953592

You cannot use PatchInstall to install custom updates of the .msu file type on some Systems Management Server 2003 clients

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953591

The Systems Management Server 2003 Distribution Manager does not delete the processed .srv files in the incoming folder after you install hotfix 907311

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953165

August 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Internet

Justin Zarb — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:00:00 GMT

News

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server

ISA Server 2006 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Now Available!

See Downloads section for details.

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:

Understanding By-Design Behavior of ISA Server 2006: Using Kerberos Authentication for Web Proxy Requests on ISA Server 2006 with NLB

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/06/26/understanding-by-design-behavior-of-isa-server-2006-using-kerberos-authentication-for-web-proxy-requests-on-isa-server-2006-with-nlb.aspx

Just Published on TechNet: How to Configure ISA SSL Bridging for System Center Configuration Manager Internet-Based Client Management

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/07/03/just-published-on-technet-how-to-configure-isa-ssl-bridging-for-system-center-configuration-manager-internet-based-client-management.aspx

ISA Server 2006 Service Pack 1 Released!

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/07/03/isa-server-2006-service-pack-1-released.aspx

Change Tracking - Preface and Reasoning

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/07/09/change-tracking-preface-and-reasoning.aspx

Change Tracking - How secure is it?

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/07/10/change-tracking-how-secure-is-it.aspx

Another Look at Kerberos Constrained Delegation on ISA Server 2006 – OWA Publishing Scenario

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/07/10/another-look-at-kerberos-constrained-delegation-on-isa-server-2006-owa-publishing-scenario.aspx

ISA Server 2006 SP1 – Problems that Go Beyond the Test Button

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/07/10/isa-server-2006-sp1-problems-that-goes-beyond-the-test-button.aspx

Change Tracking is a Client-Side Feature - Implications on Deployment

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/07/11/change-tracking-is-a-client-side-feature-implications-on-deployment.aspx

Change Tracking - The Log

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/07/12/change-tracking-the-log.aspx

Change Tracking - Log Viewer Tips

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/07/13/change-tracking-log-viewer-tips.aspx

ISA Scripting Without “Scripting ISA”

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/07/13/isa-scripting-without-scripting-isa.aspx

Change Tracking - Log Management via Scripts

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/07/14/change-tracking-log-management-via-scripts.aspx

Change Tracking – Descriptions

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/07/15/change-tracking-descriptions.aspx

Change Tracking - Odds and Ends

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/07/16/change-tracking-odds-and-ends.aspx

ISA Server 2006 SP1 - Test Button Issues

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/07/17/isa-server-2006-sp1-test-button-issues.aspx

Change Tracking - Other Uses

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/07/17/change-tracking-other-uses.aspx

Change Tracking - Modifying the Viewer

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/07/19/change-tracking-modifying-the-viewer.aspx

Change Tracking - Configuration via Script

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/07/21/change-tracking-configuration-via-script.aspx

Change Tracking - Enterprise viewer

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/07/21/change-tracking-enterprise-viewer.aspx

64-bit RPC traffic fails across ISA Sever 2006

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/07/21/64-bit-rpc-traffic-fails-across-isa-sever-2006.aspx

Publishing Microsoft CRM 4.0 through ISA Server 2006

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/07/23/publishing-microsoft-crm-4-0-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:

Configuring and Troubleshooting File Access through IAG 2007 – Part 1 of 2

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2008/07/10/configuring-and-troubleshooting-file-access-through-iag-2007-part-1-of-2.aspx

Configuring and Troubleshooting File Access through IAG 2007 – Part 2 of 2

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2008/07/10/configuring-and-troubleshooting-file-access-through-iag-2007-part-2-of-2.aspx

Publishing Forefront Security Management Console through IAG 2007

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2008/07/20/publishing-forefront-security-management-console-through-iag-2007.aspx

Walk-through for RSA SecurID Authentication for IAG 2007 – Part 1 of 2

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2008/07/22/walk-through-for-rsa-securid-authentication-for-iag-2007-part-1-of-2.aspx

Walk-through for RSA SecurID Authentication for IAG 2007 – Part 2 of 2

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2008/07/23/walk-through-for-rsa-securid-authentication-for-iag-2007-part-2-of-2.aspx

Publishing Windows 2008 Terminal Services Farm (session broker) behind IAG 2007

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2008/07/22/publishing-windows-2008-terminal-services-farm-session-broker-behind-iag-2007.aspx

Publishing Microsoft ActiveSync through IAG 2007 – Part 1 of 2

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2008/07/24/publishing-microsoft-activesync-through-iag-2007-part-1-of-2.aspx

Publishing Microsoft ActiveSync through IAG 2007 – Part 2 of 2

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2008/07/29/publishing-microsoft-activesync-through-iag-2007-part-2-of-2.aspx

Microsoft Internet information Server

Web Playlists Go Live release is now ready for downloads

Jul 21, 2008

I am really excited to announce that Web Playlists Go Live was just released to public. Here are the download links for the same: Web Playlist for IIS 7.0, 64 Bit (x64) Web Playlist for IIS 7.0, 32 Bit (x86) Here is a list of walkthroughs published on...

http://blogs.iis.net/vsood/archive/2008/07/21/web-playlists-go-live-release-is-now-ready-for-downloads.aspx

New IIS7 Releases: URL Rewrite, Application Routing and Load Balancing, and PowerShell Cmd-lets

Jul 09, 2008

In last a few weeks, the IIS team has released 3 IIS extensions updates: · URL Rewrite Module CTP1 · Application Request Routing CTP1 · PowerShell Provider CTP2 URL Rewrite Module URL Rewrite Module is a rule-based rewriting engine for...

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2008/07/09/new-iis7-releases-url-rewrite-application-routing-and-load-balancing-and-powershell-cmd-lets.aspx

Application Request Routing (ARR) CTP1 and PowerShell Provider CTP2 modules are released.

Jul 02, 2008

Today, we are excited to announce two module releases for IIS7: Application Request Routing (ARR) CTP1 PowerShell Provider CTP2 Application Request Routing: Microsoft Application Request Routing for IIS7 is a proxy based routing module that forwards HTTP...

http://blogs.iis.net/wonyoo/archive/2008/07/02/application-request-routing-arr-ctp1-and-powershell-provider-ctp2-modules-are-released.aspx

How to Migrate from IIS 6 to IIS 7

Jun 18, 2008

With so many cool new capabilities in IIS7 , and even more new features coming out all the time , it's no wonder you want to move to IIS7. But you work for The Man, and everyone knows The Man wants ROI . He can't just let you go willy-nilly and adopt...

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2008/06/18/how-to-migrate-from-iis-6-to-iis-7.aspx

Using Unattend Setup to install IIS7

http://www.iis.net/default.aspx?tabid=2&subtabid=25&i=959

BizTalk Server

New Case Studies

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames - New Service Platform for Citizens Energizes Council Performance

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002364

Unum - Insurance Leader to Deliver $700 Million in Revenue with Service-Oriented Architecture

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002418

Miles Kimball Company - Leading Catalog Retailer Fast Tracks Growth, Realizes Companywide Cost Savings

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002416

iGPS - Pallet Rental Company uses Microsoft Technologies to Revolutionize Global Supply Chain

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002407

Visy - Packaging Company Eliminates E-commerce Logjam with Microsoft BizTalk

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002401

GETIN Bank - Polish Bank Processes Credit Applications in Just 15 Minutes by Automating Processes

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002392

New Belgium Brewing - Craft Brewery Taps Microsoft for Sales Information Tools and Communications Infrastructure

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002293

Credifin - Bank Handles One Million Customer Service Requests Annually Using Flexible CRM System

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002292

SharePoint Technologies

Microsoft Expands SharePoint Learning Kit, Partners With Houghton
July 2, 2008: Redmondmag.com
Microsoft unveiled an addition to its SharePoint Learning Kit (SLK), a suite of tools for helping developers build education solutions.

http://redmondmag.com/news/rss.asp?editorialsid=10019

CIO 100 2008 Winner - Viacom
June 2008: CIO
Using Microsoft SharePoint for use, allowed the media giant to give its business groups a single source of information as well as a standardized process for collaboration that is cost-effective, easy to use, and integrates with the existing IT infrastructure.

http://www.cio.com/cio100/detail/1891

Gate's 4 Golden Rules
June 20, 2008: CNN Money.com
Bill Gates may walk out the door on July 1, but he leaves a lasting impression. These are four of his core beliefs that are likely to carry on at the company he founded.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/20/technology/four_rules.fortune/index.htm

Downloads

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server

ISA Server 2006 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Now Available!

Download the ISA Server 2006 Service Pack 1 SP1, which is available for both ISA Server 2006 Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition, integrates all hotfixes since ISA Server 2006 was released, and delivers new enhancements to improve overall ISA Server supportability, manageability, and configuration troubleshooting. This includes configuration change tracking, Web publishing rules testing, a traffic simulator, and an integrated diagnostic logging viewer.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=d2feca6d-81d7-430a-9b2d-b070a5f6ae50

Intelligent Application Gateway 2007

Microsoft improves SharePoint publishing via Intelligent Application Gateway 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953442

A hotfix has been released to improve integration of Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG) 2007 with SharePoint. You can now publish Windows SharePoint Services 2007 and Office SharePoint Server 2007 through the IAG portal by using alternate access mapping, which enables mappings between the application's internal URLs and public URLs.

Forefront Edge Security and Access Virtual Lab

http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/webcasteventdetails.aspx?eventid=1032331023&eventcategory=3&culture=en-us&countrycode=us

Learn about secure remote access with IAG 2007 and ISA Server 2006 with this free hands-on lab.

Forefront Edge Security and Access Toolkit (Download)

http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/edgesecurity/privacy.mspx

This demonstration toolkit includes virtual machine-based demonstrations of IAG 2007 and Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006. This toolkit will help you set up an entire test lab on a single computer and learn how IAG 2007 publishes and protects Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007, Network Connect, Terminal Services, File Access, and even proprietary Web applications.

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

BizTalk Server

BizTalk Server 2006 Tutorials

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6a5f6ef4-aeb8-4d8d-a521-37333a875ce4&DisplayLang=en

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Installation and Upgrade Guides

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=df2e8a88-fb23-49a4-9ac7-d17f72517d12&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 Adapter Pack 2.0/WCF LOB Adapter SDK Poster

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4a7e28b9-9f4b-4989-a35a-247f379f2142&DisplayLang=en

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Help

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4e6a9d40-dbfc-4474-826a-ddeca287e57d&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=58bd17c8-8efa-4b69-ab51-9f5b11a962dc&DisplayLang=en

SWIFT 2008 Message Pack Install BETA

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=061bcff0-1246-462e-b097-be843d5b75a2&DisplayLang=en

.NET Rocks! - Aaron Skonnard puts BizTalk and WCF Together

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5b9e080d-ae15-4880-aec7-4c5e54ff2f71&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack Readme and Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack Installation Guide

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d9f588e9-fa3e-4b81-a598-ddd9f471f382&DisplayLang=en

Sharepoint Technologies

Infrastructure Updates

The Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Servers contains the new Enterprise Search features that were shipped in Search Server 2008 and Search Server 2008 Express that were are not already in SharePoint Server 2007; this includes Federated Search capability, a unified administration dashboard and several Search core platform performance updates. The updates contain fixes and product performance updates driven by customer feedback which have resulted in significant platform performance improvements in several areas.

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/07/15/announcing-availability-of-infrastructure-updates.aspx

Events/WebCasts

Intelligent Application Gateway 2007

Overview of Microsoft Edge Secure Access Technologies

http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/webcasteventdetails.aspx?eventid=1032324187&eventcategory=4&culture=en-us&countrycode=us

From proxy to tunneling, ISA Server 2006 and IAG 2007 facilitate and secure remote access for enterprises and small businesses alike. In this webcast, we explore the architecture of both solutions in detail, analyzing each feature and describing how the technologies dive into packet flow. We examine real-world scenarios to see how ISA and IAG can provide secure, remote access.

How to Define and Configure Endpoint Security Policies with the Intelligent Application Gateway

http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/webcasteventdetails.aspx?eventid=1032324177&eventcategory=5&culture=en-us&countrycode=us

As security and compliance regulations require more in-depth information, many organizations are turning their focus from who is accessing to where they are accessing from. Given today’s proliferation of connectivity, this question is not a networking issue, but rather an understanding of a client computer’s statement of health. In this webcast, we discuss real customer examples of how endpoint security is defined and configured on an IAG solution.

Securing Remote Access to SharePoint Products and Technologies, Exchange Server, and Microsoft Dynamics

http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/webcasteventdetails.aspx?eventid=1032324191&eventcategory=5&culture=en-us&countrycode=us

This webcast looks at how IAG secures and enforces policies for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server, Microsoft Exchange Server, and Microsoft Dynamics deployments. We discuss the risks associated with publishing remote access to these applications, and how to mitigate those risks by using Application Optimizers for the IAG.

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!

Primary Language: English

Primary Target Audience: Technology Decision Maker

http://www.microsoft.com/bi/conference

New or updated KB’s

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server

How to obtain the latest Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 service pack

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954258

List of problems that are fixed in Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943462

You cannot log on to a local intranet site that you publish by using ISA Server 2006 when there are multiple user accounts that have the same account name in different domains

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952675

You may not receive notifications for new messages after you publish an internal Exchange Server 2007 by using the Exchange remote procedure call (RPC) server publishing rule

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951713

Error message when an application connects to a Web listener that is published by using ISA Server 2004 or by using ISA Server 2006: "Error Code: 403 Forbidden The page requires 128-bit encryption, an enhanced security mechanism"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953994

Intelligent Application Gateway 2007

How to change the passphrase and the password for IAG 2007, IAG 3.6, and IAG 3.1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955263

How to reset or recover the password for the Communications Intelligent Application Gateway(IAG) configuration tool on Whale IAG 3.6 or on Microsoft IAG 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955272

How to change the maximum password length for the IAG 3.6 or IAG 2007 logon page

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955315

IAG support for Pocket PC and for Windows mobile devices

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955095

How to customize the internal site error messages in Intelligent Application Gateway(IAG) 3.6 or in IAG 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955275

How to increase the time-out value of a login session in Whale Communications Intelligent Application Gateway(IAG) 3.6 or in IAG 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955273

How to use the Whlbackup command to restore an IAG backup

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955266

How to troubleshoot Network Connector startup failure issues in Whale Communications IAG 3.6 or in Microsoft IAG 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955088

How to change the logo image on the logon page or on the portal home page for Whale Communications IAG 3.6 or for Microsoft IAG 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955270

How to back up the Intelligent Application Gateway(IAG) configuration

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955093

How to configure Terminal Services clients to start in full-screen mode in IAG 2007 and in IAG 3.6

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955310

Error message in the Whale Communications IAG 3.6 Event Monitor or the Microsoft IAG 2007 Event Monitor: "Access denied(unknown server)"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955089

IAG Change Password Does Not Update Locally Cached Password

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955895

Where to find general IAG documentation

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955889

Frequently asked questions about the IAG SSL VPN component features

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955100

ACE agent requirements that you must consider in order to implement SecurID authentication in Intelligent Application Gateway(IAG)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955311

You may experience network-related problems after you install Windows Server 2003 SP2 on a computer that has Whale Communications IAG 3.6 or IAG 2007 installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955090

Error event after you customize an application to use HTTP headers in IAG 3.6 or in IAG 2007: "Headers size(xxxx) is too long.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955316

Availability of Update 2 for e-Gap 3.6.1 and Update 2 for IAG 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953442

How to remotely administer IAG 3.6 by using Remote Desktop Access on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955318

Error message when you try to install an update for Whale Communications IAG 3.6 or for Microsoft IAG 2007: "Unable to Execute! 'whlperlw.exe' ./goon.pl ."

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955269

How to configure the endpoint detection policy in Intelligent Application Gateway(IAG) to specifically detect Internet Explorer 7

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955107

You cannot use the POST method to upload a file whose size is larger than 20 MB in IAG 3.6 or in IAG 3.1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955094

You cannot access certain SharePoint features or certain SharePoint resources on a Windows SharePoint Services Web site that is published through IAG 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953441

When you use Exchange 2003 Service Pack 1 OWA to delete an e-mail message that was published by an IAG server, a "502 Bad Gateway" error message is logged

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955274

An external IAG server cannot start the Whale e-Gap Manager service because of a dependency on a service that is associated with a program from Resonate Software

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955319

The .bst files that are generated by the IAG rule creating utility may exhaust available disk space

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955267

How to troubleshoot LSP conflict problems on client computers that have the Intelligent Application Gateway(IAG) client components installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955313

Details about the process that occurs when you use LDAP in Intelligent Application Gateway(IAG) to connect to Active Directory

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955317

You cannot access some SharePoint features and resources on a SharePoint Services Web site that is published through IAG 3.6

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953440

You receive an error message that access is denied when you try to access an application on an IAG portal, and a Warning event is logged

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955099

Error message when you try to synchronize a PDA device by using ActiveSync through IAG: "Error getting client credentials"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955096

How to troubleshoot IAG Client Components issues

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955097

IAG Installation Error: Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955883

How to import a URL rule set in Whale Communications IAG 3.6 and in Microsoft IAG 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955092

IAG Requirements Regarding All Unknown ISAPI Extensions

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955888

Description of the special characters that are forbidden in encoded URLs in IAG

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955265

The CPU utilization spikes every twenty-five seconds for one or more syncmonitor.exe processes on a computer that has Whale Communications IAG 3.6 or Microsoft IAG 2007 installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955268

Blocking cookies cause IAG login page problems

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955886

How to configure Intelligent Application Gateway(IAG) to access Novell Netware servers

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955314

Create a test SSL Certificate

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955933

How to Query the e-Gap Monitor to Generate a Session Report

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955923

A synchronization problem may occur after you restore a .cab file on an Intelligent Application Gateway server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955271

IAG Changepassphrase.exe Command

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955890

Logoff URL triggers the IAG logoff process

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955885

Endpoint detection fails when a client computer connects to IAG

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955105

Createvirtdir.js Script Error During IAG Trunk Activation

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956251

How to configure the Network Connector feature in Intelligent Application Gateway(IAG) to use multiple DNS suffixes

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955106

The Endpoint Detection component has a Not Installed status when you connect to Intelligent Application Gateway(IAG)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955104

Intelligent Application Gateway 2007 does not support the publishing of a Web server that is behind a proxy server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955098

How to enable client-side tracing on a computer that does not have IAG Client Components installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955101

How to change the physical(MAC) address of the Network Connector on a server that is running Intelligent Application Gateway(IAG)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955103

Error message when you try to install IAG Client Components: "Whale client components could not run on this computer, since the components configuration signature could not be verified"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955308

Users can access other networks in addition to the corporate network when they are connected to the corporate network through the Network Connector in Intelligent Application Gateway 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955082

You receive an error message when you try to access the File Access Configuration page in Intelligent Application Gateway 3.6 or Intelligent Application Gateway 2007: "Page could not be displayed"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955264

Client computers that have certain third-party layered service providers installed cannot connect to a corporate network over SSL VPN connections that are enabled by Intelligent Application Gateway

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955102

Error: Internal websites with the same name must have identical IP addresses and port numbers

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955922

How to troubleshoot slow logon problems in Intelligent Application Gateway when you use Active Directory for authentication

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955312

Whale Client Components for Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955934

Adding multiple authentication repositories in IAG

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955879

You cannot access some non-HTTP resources through Intelligent Application Gateway 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955083

Description of Update 3 for e-Gap Appliance 3.6 and Update 4 for Intelligent Application Gateway 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955123

whlprclient.exe Console Windows On The Internal e-Gap

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955877

Error message when you try to connect to Intelligent Application Gateway: "Too many users"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955276

Server Header Removal AKA Server Masking

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955928

Description of the files that are cleaned by the Attachment Wiper component in Intelligent Application Gateway 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946079

Attachment Wiper is not running

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955925

Update 3 is available for Intelligent Application Gateway 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953623

Description of Update 1 for e-Gap Appliance 3.6 and for Microsoft Intelligent Application Gateway 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948280

Changing WhlRWSName Value

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956236

BizTalk Server

FIX: Event ID: 10034 may be logged when you use BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT 3.0 together with a 64-bit version of BizTalk Server 2006 R2 on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=949912

Error message when you create a COM+ application while you try to install BizTalk Server 2006 on computer that is running Windows XP Service Pack 2: "Error registering COM+ application"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952566

You may find that an MQSAgent COM+ application disappears after you upgrade to BizTalk Server 2006 or to BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952557

A send port that has the "Ordered delivery" option enabled and a backup transport configured stops sending messages in BizTalk Server 2006 or in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952559

Any new incoming message that matches a correlation instance subscription is delivered in BizTalk Server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952560

How to configure the MLLP adapter in a multiple host instance environment in a BizTalk Server 2006 or BizTalk Server 2006 R2 group

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952568

SharePoint Technologies

Windows Sharepoint Services Version 3

Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 hotfix package: May 5, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953484

How to add lots of users to a site, to a list, or to a document library in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and in SharePoint Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953132

Error "Cannot copy file: Cannot read from the source file or disk." copying items under the Documents node in Visual Studio Team Explorer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955377

A declarative workflow that is configured to start automatically when e-mail enabled items are created does not start automatically after you install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953289

Description of the Infrastructure Update for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: July 15, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951695

Issues that are fixed in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 by the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Infrastructure Update

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953749

Error message when you subscribe to RSS feeds in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and in SharePoint Server 2007: “Page cannot be displayed”

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953454

You receive alerts for every file that is uploaded to a document library in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or in SharePoint Server 2007, although you set up alerts by using a filter for custom view

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953446

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Collaboration related menu commands are not seen in the Site Actions menu in SharePoint Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953447

The Business Data Catalog does not support client certificates for authentication in SharePoint Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953453

Description of the Excel Services in SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package: June 26, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953135

Description of the Microsoft Office Servers Infrastructure Update: July 15, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951297

The welcome name on a site is not changed as expected after you edit the name of a user profile in SharePoint Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952683

How to configure SharePoint Server 2007 and Excel Services for Kerberos authentication

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953130

August 2007 - Technical Rollup Mail - Manageability

Justin Zarb — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:33:00 GMT

News

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Release Candidate Now Available

Release Candidate (RC) 1 of the next release of Systems Management Server (SMS), entitled System Center Configuration Manager 2007, is now available for download. With major investments in simplicity, configuration, deployment and security, Configuration Manager 2007 dramatically simplifies system deployment, task automation, compliance management, and policy based security management allowing for increased business agility.

Download here

Downloads

Disaster Recovery: OpsMgr 2007 Root Management Server on a Cluster

The product group have released a preliminary documentation on the planning and recovery steps for an RMS installed on Microsoft Cluster server. The document is located on the Operations Manager blog here: http://blogs.technet.com/momteam/archive/2007/07/24/disaster-recovery-opsmgr-2007-root-management-server-on-a-cluster.aspx

Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 Documentation

An important MUST READ document has been released and it available via the OpsMgr TechCenter on TechNet (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/opsmgr/default.aspx) or via the download site for documentation http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d826b836-59e5-4628-939e-2b852ed79859&DisplayLang=en

This covers important steps of what to backup, how and when. Also covered is the basic database move operation for the Operational database. More comprehensive information for more involved move operations will be covered at a later date.

Most importantly making sure you backup the Root Management Server (RMS) encryption keys on the RMS using the SecureStorageBackup utility. Failing to do so will mean you will not be able to restore a failed RMS if an another management server in the management group is not available to be promoted; all Run As accounts and passwords would need to be re-entered. See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=87387 for further information on backup and restore of the encryption keys.

Optimizing Infrastructure: The relationship between IT labor costs and best practices for Systems Management Server

IDC conducted a research project to determine what successful organizations are doing to reduce IT costs while improving services to the business and end users.

Download here

Events/WebCasts

TechNet Webcast: System Center Operations Manager 2007: Install and MP Migration (Level 200)

Wednesday, August 01, 2007 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

In this session, we discuss the installation and management pack (MP) migration of Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007. We cover the how to properly plan your deployment of System Center Operations Manager 2007. We also look at common System Center Operations Manager 2007 topologies. We look at how to install each of the components and some new System Center Operations Manager 2007 deployment features. Finally, we learn how you can migrate from Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 and leverage your current investment.
Presenter: Kevin Remde, IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation

TechNet Webcast: End-to-End Service Monitoring with System Center Operations Manager 2007 (Level 200)

Wednesday, August 08, 2007 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

In this webcast, we discuss some common challenges that customers have in monitoring distributed applications, and we explain how Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 addresses those issues. Our focus here is not about how you develop a service-oriented architecture (SOA) or how you design distributed applications, but rather how to monitor them. Next, we look at how you can design the monitoring of your distributed application and we also explore monitoring individual components.

Presenter: Matthew Hester, IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation

New KB’s

KB939364: System Center Operations Manager 2007 cannot find some network devices by using the network device discovery process

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939364/en-us

KB938990: A frame that you resize continues to move together with the mouse pointer in System Center Operations Manager 2007 Web Console (938990) - Describes a problem that occurs when you try to resize the left frame in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 Web Console.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938990/en-us

KB938999: You cannot configure a rule or a monitor to target a computer group in the Operations Console in System Center Operations Manager 2007 (938999) - Describes an issue that occurs in System Center Operations Manager 2007. Specifically, a rule or a monitor that targets a computer group does not work as expected. A workaround is provided.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938999/en-us

KB9383989: Subscription notification objects in System Center Operations Manager 2007 may not be displayed correctly on a computer that uses a regional setting other than "English (United States)" (938989) - Describes a problem in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007. Specifically, when you view a subscription notification object on a different computer from the one on which the object was created, the object is displayed incorrectly.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938989/en-us

KB938992: Error message when you try to enable Active Directory integration for System Center Operations Manager 2007: "The binary form of an ACE object is invalid" (938992) - Fixes a problem that occurs when you try to use the MOMADAdmin.exe tool to enable Active Directory integration for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007. Specifically, you receive a "binary form of an ACE object is invalid" error message.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938992/en-us

KB939364: Some report information does not appear in Japanese in the Japanese version of System Center Operations Manager 2007 (938505) - Describes a problem that occurs because information about some reports is not translated into Japanese. Also, System Center Operations Manager 2007 does not load some Japanese reports. Instead, English reports are loaded.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938505/en-us

KB939364: System Center Operations Manager 2007 cannot find some network devices by using the network device discovery process (939364) - Fixes a problem where Operations Manager 2007 cannot discover some network devices, although these devices respond to the "GET" packets that the Snmputil.exe tool sends.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939364/en-us

KB938626: The Entity Health monitor for an Operations Manager 2007 management server displays "Critical" together with a Health Service threshold setting (938626) - Describes a problem in which a default Health Service threshold setting is exceeded and the Entity Health monitor for an Operations Manager 2007 management server displays "Critical." Provides a workaround.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938626/en-us

KB938993: You cannot deploy an agent by using the Discovery and Installation Wizard in System Center Operations Manager 2007 (938993) - Describes a problem that may occur if the Automatic Updates service is disabled on the computer where you try to deploy the agent.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938993/en-us

KB938988: You may be unable to delete a log file on a client computer in System Center Operations Manager 2007 (938988) - Describes a problem that may occur when you use the Generic Text Log data source to monitor a computer. Describes how to work around this problem by temporarily stopping monitoring.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938988/en-us

KB938998: ASP.net Web application exceptions may unexpectedly appear as monitored Web service exceptions when you monitor a Web service in System Center Operations Manager 2007 (938998) - Describes an issue that may occur when the Web service and a Web application are deployed to the same virtual directory in Internet Information Services 6.0.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938998/en-us

KB930770: Event ID 9014 and Event ID 9015 are logged and MOMservice.exe stops unexpectedly after you configure a Collect Specific Events (Collection) rule in Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 (930770) - After you configure a Collect Specific Events (Collection) rule in Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005, the following symptoms occur: The MOM service (MOMservice.exe) stops unexpectedly.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930770/en-us