Technical RollUp : February

February 2009 – Technical Rollup Mail - Security

conuktrm — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:01:00 GMT

News

Monitoring Malware Through the Edge with Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014550&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

By Yuri Diogenes, Security Support Engineer, Microsoft ISA and IAG Team Learn how to monitor your traffic with either real-time logging or on-demand reporting. Explore how to use new fields on the dashboard and real-time logging to instantly see if the traffic contains a piece of malware, the threat level, and whether it was cured. In addition, see how you can use new reports to work proactively to investigate trends and identify systems that may be compromised.

Secure and Monitor Your Windows and Office Environment -- Join the Beta Now http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014551&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Project Codename Sundance provides you with an end-to-end solution to help your organization plan, deploy, and monitor security baselines of Windows operating systems and Microsoft Office 2007 applications. The beta release is available now for your review through January 6, 2009. After joining the beta review program, bookmark this link to the program site to get the latest information about upcoming events.

Get the Free Windows HPC Server 2008 Trial http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014552&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Windows HPC Server 2008 can help shorten time-to-insight for HPC workload through easier deployment and management. By using the existing Windows-based information technology (IT) infrastructure, HPCS brings the security benefits of Windows Server to cluster environments and can provide a seamless parallel computing environment from desktop to the server.

Live Interview and Demo from Tech•Ed EMEA: Security Assessment http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014553&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Check out the demo in this Tech•Ed Online interview with the Group Product Manager behind the Microsoft Security Assessment Tool. Through the easy-to-use assessment process, you will find prioritized tasks with industry guidance, best practices, and recommendations to resolve security issues identified in the detailed reports.

Download CAT.NET Community Technology Preview and Anti-XSS 3.0 Beta

We've released two great free tools and they're now ready for you to download:

- Download Anti-XSS 3.0 Beta here http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11083374&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

- Download CAT.NET CTP here http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11083375&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

CAT.NET - Community Technology Preview

CAT.NET is a managed code static analysis tool for finding security vulnerabilities. It's the same tool we use internally to scan all of our line of business applications; it runs as a Visual Studio plug-in or stand-alone application. You can download the current CTP build from MSDN here and submit bugs and feedback to our Connect site here.

Anti-XSS 3.0 - Beta

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) continues to plague websites and among others things has become a common attack vector for Phishing attacks to distribute payloads to unsuspecting users. With this release, we have taken a fresh look at how to provide protection to ASP.NET applications.

You can download the current beta binaries from MSDN here and source code from CodePlex here and You can submit bugs and feedback directly to our CodePlex site here.

http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11083376&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11083377&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11083378&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for December, 2008

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

Urgent security update for Internet Explorer http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11083462&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

On the 18th Dec 2008, we released security update MS08-078 which will address a vulnerability allowing remote code execution in all affected versions of Internet Explorer products. MS08-078 has a maximum severity rating of Critical for all versions of Internet Explorer. We encourage all customers to test and deploy this update as soon as possible. Our investigation of these attacks so far has verified that they are not successful against customers who have applied the security update.

You may be interested to know that we mobilized security engineering teams worldwide immediately to develop, test and deliver a security update for more than 300 versions of IE across more than 25 languages for automatic worldwide distribution in the unprecedented time of nine days.

Microsoft Product Lifecycle Information

Find information about your particular products on the Microsoft Product Support Lifecycle http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014482&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474 Web site.

See a List of Supported Service Packs http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014483&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Microsoft provides free software updates for security and nonsecurity issues for all supported service packs.

Assess Your Desktop Security and Forefront Readiness with the New Security Assessment Tool http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11017293&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Find out how to assess whether your desktops are vulnerable to viruses and spyware with the new Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 3.2. This free toolkit also assesses Forefront Client Security and Network Access Protection (NAP) readiness of your PCs.

Need to Share Methods and Practices of Writing Secure Code? http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11017294&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

The Security Development Lifecycle provides you and your team with corresponding levels of guidance and tools for strategy, assessment, and implementation of your security.

Documents

Security Tip of the Month: Security Considerations in High-Performance Computing http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014554&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

This article describes how you can monitor your traffic with either real-time logging or on-demand reporting. Learn how you can use new fields on the dashboard and real-time logging to instantly see if the traffic contains a piece of malware, the threat level, and whether it was cured. You can also see how to use new reports to work proactively to investigate trends and identify systems that may be compromised.

Technical Overview of Windows HPC Server 2008 http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014555&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Because HPC clusters are being adopted by a broad range of mainstream users for mission-critical applications, security and integration with the existing infrastructure are essential. Read this technical overview to learn how Windows HPC Server 2008 uses the Active Directory service to enable role-based security for all cluster jobs and administration.

Windows HPC Server 2008: Using MS-MPI http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014556&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

MPI and MPI2 are widely accepted specifications for managing messaging in high-performance clusters. Among the most widely accepted implementations of Message Passing Interface (MPI) is the open-source Argonne National Laboratory MPICH2 reference implementation. At the API level, MS MPI is identical to the more than 160 APIs implemented by MPICH2. At the same time, MS MPI adds enhanced security and process management capabilities for enterprise environments and a new execution-tracing feature for Windows HPC Server 2008. Read this white paper for more details.

HPC Pack 2008 SDK http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014557&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Microsoft HPC Server 2008 provides secure, scalable cluster resource management, a job scheduler, and an MPI stack for parallel programming. Download the Microsoft HPC Pack 2008 SDK to get the tools and content necessary to write parallel applications for the Windows HPC Server 2008 platform.

Securing the HPC Session http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014558&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

HPC uses HPC sessions to support the service-oriented architecture (SOA) programming model based on Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). The SOA programming model is ideal for writing interactive, parallel applications that provide near real-time calculation of complex algorithms, such as Monte Carlo simulations and BLAST searches. Read this topic for tips on how to secure the HPC session.

Use Windows Server 2008 to Develop Federation-Aware Applications http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014559&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Extend Web applications inside your firewall to vendors, partners, and other trusted organizations with secure, authenticated, and controlled external access.

Downloads

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

This update causes ISA Server to use random source ports for UDP sessions created by access rules which serve hosts in networks for which ISA Server defines a network address translation (NAT) relationship.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e96a6e20-0c04-4c7d-9f3e-207b02ae29cc&DisplayLang=en

Update to Mitigate MS08-037 UDP Behavior Across NAT for Microsoft ISA Server 2000 - English

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1455d4e6-a0b5-4583-82f1-ee8239fca207&DisplayLang=en

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=55ce3623-2f7b-4900-9a2f-7e2aa2fe9c50&DisplayLang=en

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0ab83f12-653b-4be1-befe-594c4ef62baa&DisplayLang=en

Update for Root Certificates

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f814ec0e-ee7e-435e-99f8-20b44d4531b0&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Code Name “Geneva”

Microsoft code name “Geneva”, an open platform for simplified user access based on claims.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1e3c3efc-e980-4895-9095-86e51c1cd9d8&DisplayLang=en

Licensing Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services

This licensing brief helps to clarify Microsoft licensing policies for Windows Server® Terminal Services (TS), including the new components that are in the Windows Server 2008 operating system.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b8a7c6ed-1bc1-4035-9110-1ee6da8f3fd4&DisplayLang=en

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB958620)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d320c2b5-8888-4ef5-a624-21762516cfea&DisplayLang=en

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

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

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

Microsoft® Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" (Release Candidate) Multi-forest Management Step-by-Step Guide

Learn how to use ILM "2" to manage objects in multiple forests

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=cf34f433-0db9-4798-a08a-c42ec35d4617&DisplayLang=en

Update to Mitigate MS08-037 UDP Behavior Across NAT for Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG), Medium Business Edition (MBE)

This update causes TMG MBE to use random source ports for UDP sessions created by access rules which serve hosts in networks for which Forefront TMG MBE defines a network address translation (NAT) relationship.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e974422f-42b0-426c-8852-ff8e67264909&DisplayLang=en

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB958620)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d320c2b5-8888-4ef5-a624-21762516cfea&DisplayLang=en

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (KB958619)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=687083c2-2d36-4554-ab39-39742c8dd55b&DisplayLang=en

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

This tool checks your computer for infection by specific, prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps to remove the infection if it is found. Microsoft will release an updated version of this tool on the second Tuesday of each month.

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

Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830)

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

December 2008 Security Release ISO Image

This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on December 9th, 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a72bf06d-d755-445c-adc5-3b9561406aa4&DisplayLang=en

Extended Security Update Inventory Tool

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

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

Microsoft Anti-Cross Site Scripting Library V3.0 Beta

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?FamilyID=051ee83c-5ccf-48ed-8463-02f56a6bfc09&DisplayLang=en

Using Microsoft Windows IPSec to Help Secure an Internal Corporate Network Server

Describes how to configure Microsoft® Windows® 2000 IPSec and Windows XP IPSec to help secure an internal network server against network-based attacks from untrusted computers. IPSec enhancements in Windows 2000 service packs and in the Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 family are also described.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a774012a-ac25-4a1d-8851-b7a09e3f1dc9&DisplayLang=en

AD RMS Templates Deployment Step-by-Step Guide

Step-by-step procedures for using identity federation services with Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS). This guide walks you through the process of creating and deploying rights policy templates within your organization.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=34fd284b-3c7e-4a1f-b8ee-d58b173f2426&DisplayLang=en

Network Policy Server (NPS) Operations Guide

The Network Policy Server Operations Guide provides information about how to administer NPS after it is installed and deployed. It also includes troubleshooting information for specific issues and scenarios.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=585d2dca-c134-4568-b31c-a535ab0b0b3d&DisplayLang=en

AD RMS Deployment with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Step-by-Step Guide

Step-by-step procedures for deploying Active Directory Rights Management Services with Office SharePoint Server 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d7d005da-b5e4-4c2e-9d44-58b5594232be&DisplayLang=en

Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Step-by-Step Guide - Deploying Firewall Policies

This step-by-step guide illustrates how to deploy Active Directory® Group Policy objects (GPOs) to configure Windows Firewall with Advanced Security in Windows Vista® and Windows Server® 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0b937897-ce39-498e-bb37-751c00f197d9&DisplayLang=en

AD RMS Licensing-only Cluster Deployment Step-by-Step Guide

Step-by-step procedures for deploying an Active Directory Rights Management Services licensing-only cluster

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d1b38f77-822b-47ed-b4b7-1a49c9e990f1&DisplayLang=en

AD RMS Decommissioning Step-by-Step Guide.doc

Step-by-step procedures for decommissioning an Active Directory Rights Management Services cluster.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fa683f77-2b98-4047-9fef-6ca2d921627b&DisplayLang=en

AD RMS with AD FS Identity Federation Step-by-Step Guide

Step-by-step procedures for using identity federation services with Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS). This guide walks you through the Active Directory Federation Services integration with AD RMS.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1ce54040-cb96-4f37-a5b1-adf5c1e21b2b&DisplayLang=en

AD RMS Deployment in an Extranet Step-by-Step Guide

Step-by-step procedures for installing and configuring Active Directory Rights Management Services in an Extranet.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=262768eb-81d8-4c8f-bf2a-66a8d2dc4665&DisplayLang=en

AD RMS Step-by-Step Guide

Step-by-step procedures for installing and configuring Active Directory Rights Management Services, including installation by using Server Manager.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a0ea7cd0-7de7-43a5-b1f9-b4cc679cecb3&DisplayLang=en

Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" RC Release

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

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

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

MSDN Webcast: Managing Cross-Site Scripting Using CAT.NET and AntiXSS (Level 200)

Friday, January 09, 2009 12:00 P.M.-1:00 P.M. Pacific Time

MSDN Webcast: Security Development Lifecycle Threat Modeling for Developers (Level 200)

Thursday, January 15, 2009 12:00 P.M.-1:00 P.M. Pacific Time

On-Demand Security Webcasts

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

A.O.B

Security Blogs

Michael Howard http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014499&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

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Eric Lippert http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014501&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

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Eric Fitzgerald http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014503&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

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Steve Lamb http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014505&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

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MSRC Blog http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014507&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

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ACE Team http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014509&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

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Jeff Jones http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014511&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

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Windows Vista Security http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsvistasecurity/default.aspx

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Solution Accelerators - Security & Compliance http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014514&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

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Kai Axford http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014516&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

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Security Vulnerability Research & Defense http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014518&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

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Steve Riley http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014520&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

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Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014522&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

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February 2009 – Technical Rollup Mail - Platforms

conuktrm — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:01:00 GMT

News

Download the Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/R2-Beta.aspx

Download Windows 7 Beta

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-download.aspx

Download Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Beta

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e464e255-cdd5-44b2-84e6-3233eae3f356&displaylang=en

Fix it for me blog

Automate the steps in Microsofts KB articles and Windows Error Reporting solutions so you can click a button and have the issue resolved.

http://blogs.technet.com/fixit4me/

Windows Virtualization Team Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization

The World Simplified is a Virtual World

http://blogs.technet.com/virtualworld

Ask the Directory Services Team

http://blogs.technet.com/askds

Ask the Performance Team

http://blogs.technet.com/askperf

Microsoft Enterprise Networking Team

http://blogs.technet.com/networking

Ask the Core Team

http://blogs.technet.com/askcore

Microsoft Advanced Windows Debugging and Troubleshooting

http://blogs.msdn.com/ntdebugging

Terminal Services Team Blog

http://blogs.msdn.com/ts

The Hot Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/hot

Documents

Windows Server

Release Documents for Beta Release of Windows Server 2008 R2

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=85d6c1cc-14db-4867-a740-391c62c01c1c&DisplayLang=en

Active Directory Domain Services Operations Guide

Provides administering information for AD DS in Windows Server 2008

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=291bddb7-edc6-4e6d-9852-a9a14991d67c&DisplayLang=en

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Networking Enhancements for Enterprises

Describes the networking enhancements available in Windows 7 AND Windows Server 2008 R2 and their benefits to enterprise networks

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=38fd1d96-3c6e-43ca-b083-3334ddd1ef86&DisplayLang=en

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Networking Enhancements Executive Overview

Briefly lists the networking enhancements available in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 along with their benefits

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=804f4909-3bbf-40a2-80fa-7fa369713b79&DisplayLang=en

Services for NFS Step-by-Step Guide in Windows Server 2008

Provides installation instructions and step-by-step walkthroughs for using Services for Network File System in Windows Server 2008

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5138cd6d-bfc5-4356-9a60-fcaa6d697628&DisplayLang=en

Cross-forest Certificate Enrollment with Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta

Explains how cross-forest certificate enrolment works. Also provides deployment guidance for cross-forest certificate enrolment in new and existing Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) deployments

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d408be72-7c74-4b19-a2de-fa11858c30b2&DisplayLang=en

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 DirectAccess Executive Overview

Describes the features and benefits of DirectAccess, a technology introduced in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008R2 to enable mobile workers to seamlessly connect to enterprise network resources when connected to the internet.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d8eb248b-8bf7-4798-a1d1-04d37f2e013c&DisplayLang=en

Technical Overview of DirectAccess in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Covers the functional and architectural aspects of DirectAccess, a technology introduced in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to enable mobile workers to seelessly connect to enterprise network resources when connected to the internet.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=64966e88-1377-4d1a-be86-ab77014495f4&DisplayLang=en

Infrastructure Planning and Design

The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides are the next version of Windows Server System Reference Architecture. The guides in this series help clarify and streamline design processes for Microsoft infrastructure technologies, with each guide addressing a unique infrastructure technology or scenario.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dad3921fb-8224-4681-9064-075fdf042b0c%26displaylang%3den

Licensing: Virtual Environments and Technologies

Licensing briefs to help clarify Microsoft licensing policies and licensing models for server products under virtual environments.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d14dd318b-7b5c-4686-944b-e1cc027297d1%26displaylang%3den

Release Documents for this Beta Release of Windows 7

Known issues that you should be aware of before installing this Beta release of Windows 7

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d139ff495-0cd2-4e88-be98-1090867ab28f%26displaylang%3den

Running Domain Controllers in Hyper-V Guide

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd363553.aspx

Windows client

Release Documents for Beta Release of Windows 7

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=139ff495-0cd2-4e88-be98-1090867ab28f&DisplayLang=en

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 DirectAccess Executive Overview

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d8eb248b-8bf7-4798-a1d1-04d37f2e013c&DisplayLang=en

Technical Overview of DirectAccess in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=64966e88-1377-4d1a-be86-ab77014495f4&DisplayLang=en

Other

WHDC White Papers and Documentation

WHDC white papers and documentation for driver and hardware developers

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9a138e5f-df06-467c-89fe-c463f1c8216f%26displaylang%3den

WinHEC 2007 White Papers

White papers from the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd2fde85f-7c8b-4495-ba45-80948a7d95e6%26displaylang%3den

WDK Documentation

Documentation for the Windows Driver Kit (WDK) for driver developers

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dbc181b26-d679-4fb9-8e6a-bde61f468b1c%26displaylang%3den

WinHEC 2008 White Papers

White papers from the 2008 Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dcb6f4733-bb82-4b6a-b957-1f5222e28e20%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2008 R2 & Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 – Hyper-V Live Migration Overview and Architecture

One of the most highly anticipated new features in Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V is live migration. This document describes the live migration feature of Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V in detail, including how live migration moves running VMs and requirements for implementing live migration.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fdd083c6-3fc7-470b-8569-7e6a19fb0fdf&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 (beta) Overview

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f81a38d2-a152-4dde-96e6-2aa184fdf9b7&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 (beta) Configuration Tool Guide

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5c88b04d-2896-4fa4-9e59-7bc4442ff333&DisplayLang=en

Downloads

Windows Client

Update for Windows XP (KB955704)

Install this update to add support for the exFAT file system format.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1cbe3906-ddd1-4ca2-b727-c2dff5e30f61%26displaylang%3den

Windows Feature Pack for Storage 1.0

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d63ab51ea-99c9-45c0-980a-c556746fcf05%26displaylang%3den

UI Automation Specification

This download contains the Community Promise Specification for UI Automation.

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

Lap Around Longhorn

Chris Anderson and Don Box provide a code-centric, high level walk through of the main pillars of Longhorn.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dadf1b9e7-74a8-401d-9b0e-8326749f9419%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows 7 Client Beta for x64-based Systems (KB962236)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc6732673-0ba9-44de-a26f-203d8a07a76f%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows 7 Client Beta (KB962236)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7b255ee9-c23e-49fe-a78d-b8157a858f80%26displaylang%3den

Windows Speech Recognition Macros

Windows Speech Recognition Macros extends the speech recognition capabilities in Windows Vista. Users can create powerful macros that are triggered by voice command to interact with applications.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dfad62198-220c-4717-b044-829ae4f7c125%26displaylang%3den

Windows SideShow Managed API 1.0 SDK

Download the Windows SideShow Managed API 1.0 SDK to develop gadgets for Windows SideShow in managed code using the Microsoft .NET Framework.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d42f2f862-9987-406c-92a3-6523cf0eb3b3%26displaylang%3den

Windows SideShow Managed Runtime 1.0

Download the Windows SideShow Managed Runtime 1.0 to run gadgets for Windows SideShow in managed code.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dca8e9272-68e8-4c0c-a239-560c21b66fca%26displaylang%3den

Windows SideShow for Windows Mobile

Windows SideShow for Windows Mobile is an application for Windows Mobile 5 and 6 PocketPCs and Smartphones that allows you to use your Windows Mobile device as a Bluetooth SideShow device. Installation instructions are below. This is a beta release.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d79f19684-f862-4e02-a2b0-0003b4565f34%26displaylang%3den

Windows Feature Pack for Storage 1.0

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d63ab51ea-99c9-45c0-980a-c556746fcf05%26displaylang%3den

UI Automation Specification

This download contains the Community Promise Specification for UI Automation.

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

Update for Windows 7 Beta for x64-based Systems (KB961367)

Install this update to resolve live and recorded TV issues in Windows Media Center, recorded TV playback issues in Windows Media Player, and MP3 file corruption issues in Windows.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0c56bf3c-9370-4fda-b4c8-5dc63d55626d%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows 7 Beta (KB961367)

Install this update to resolve live and recorded TV issues in Windows Media Center, recorded TV playback issues in Windows Media Player, and MP3 file corruption issues in Windows.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=16&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da754008b-d574-4e39-b4ba-67b859a242b7%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter for x64-based Systems [January 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/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d749e10cd-f40c-4f94-8e38-d4221ded7652%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter [January 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/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3daa029fde-f341-44fc-8b85-0c6f3d3c2d69%26displaylang%3den

Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7

Enables IT administrators to manage roles and features that are installed on computers that are running Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, or Windows Server 2003 from a remote computer that is running Windows 7

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=82516c35-c7dc-4652-b2ea-2df99ea83dbb&DisplayLang=en

Windows 7 Walkthrough: Deployment Image Servicing and Management

Explore Deployment Image Servicing and Management(DISM), a new command line tool for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=886cd1dd-91aa-4bf4-8557-decedef7fa5d&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise

Windows Server 2008 helps IT professionals to increase the flexibility and reliability of their server infrastructure while offering developers a more robust web and applications platform for building connected applications and services.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d13c7300e-935c-415a-a79c-538e933d5424%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2008 Datacenter

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de8a5aec0-de34-405e-9304-1c378f44077c%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2008 Standard

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db6e99d4c-a40e-4fd2-a0f7-32212b520f50%26displaylang%3den

FastCGI Extension

The FastCGI Extension for Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 and 5.1 enables popular application frameworks (such as PHP) to be hosted on the IIS web server in a high-performance and reliable way.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2d481579-9a7c-4632-b6e6-dee9097f9dc5%26displaylang%3den

Windows Feature Pack for Storage 1.0

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d63ab51ea-99c9-45c0-980a-c556746fcf05%26displaylang%3den

Windows Essential Business Server Preparation and Planning Wizards

The Preparation and Planning Wizards help you prepare your environment and plan for deployment of Windows Essential Business Server.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de3906025-00e3-407d-bf5b-99d546021923%26displaylang%3den

UI Automation Specification

This download contains the Community Promise Specification for UI Automation.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da1fe1066-bf4f-44fc-834b-676b311e83a2%26displaylang%3den

WinHlp32.exe for Windows Server 2008

WinHlp32.exe is required to display 32-bit Help files that have the ".hlp" file name extension. To view .hlp files on Windows Server 2008, you need to install this application.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0468fefd-b54f-4c57-8340-c6dd2ec20c0a%26displaylang%3den

Events/Webcasts

Windows Server

Technet Presents: Windows Server 2008 and the cost savings it can bring to your infrastructure

Free of charge

Date: 26^th Feb 2009

Location: Live Meeting

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032400914&EventCategory=4&culture=en-GB&CountryCode=GB

Managing Windows Servers with PowerShell V2

Date: 10^TH Feb 2009

Location: London, Cardinal Place

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/bb945096.aspx

Virtualisation Unplugged in association with Servo

Date: 24^th Feb 2009

Location: Northampton, Strutridge Suite

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/bb945096.aspx

Other

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

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

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

New KB's

Windows Client

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: The DNS Client service and the NLA service crash intermittently in Windows Vista SP1 and in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956721/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: A December 2008 cumulative daylight saving time (DST) update is available for Windows Mobile-based devices

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958729/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: The smart card personal identification number (PIN) dialog box does not appear in the foreground of the desktop when you enroll a smart card certificate in Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959406/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: Some problems may occur if you remove a PCMCIA MicroDrive compact flash card from a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer while the computer is asleep

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959586/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: FIX: When you pair a Windows Embedded CE 6.0-based device with a Bluetooth keyboard, the keyboard may not work

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959679/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: The USB audio driver may cause the computer to crash on a Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Vista-based computer that has a USB driver installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961317/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: Error message when a VPN client that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 is remotely managed: "Computer \\ComputerName cannot be managed. The network path was not found"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961706/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: TF10216: Team Foundation services are currently unavailable. Accessing WareHouse

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/965215/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: USB devices do not automatically recover from an overcurrent condition on a computer that is running Windows Vista SP1 or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955446/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: A Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based portable computer does not resume correctly if you close the lid while the computer is asleep

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958685/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: FIX: Error messages when you run the "!heaplist" command in a Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2-based image: "ERROR! Invalid region signature for region"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958805/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: Issues occur when you hot-plug or hot-unplug an external PCI Express graphics device while a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 is asleep or hibernating

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958851/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: When you send a print job to an Internet Printer Protocol (IPP) print server from a Windows-based computer, the print job fails and never restarts

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958910/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: FIX: On a Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 Network Projector, the screen synchronization performance does not change even if you tune the RDP receive buffer size and the threshold size

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959490/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: FIX: When you pair a Windows CE 5.0-based device with a Bluetooth keyboard, the keyboard may not work

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959681/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: FIX: When you unload the SNMP service by using the services command on a Windows Embedded CE 6.0-based device, the execution of the command does not finish

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961128/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 64bit AL: Error message when you run a report that uses the "StoredProcedure" command type in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Connector for SQL Server Reporting Services: "Query execution failed for data set 'Test_MSCRM'"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956852/EN-US

Win Vista SP1 AL: HOW TO: Disable heuristic detections for the (Authentium) Command engine in Antigen 9 or Forefront Server Security products

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963033/EN-US

Win Vista SP1 AL: Certificate store ACL change supportability

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/965500/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Error message when you use the Robocopy command together with the /ZB option to copy data from a file server to a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based client: "Error 5: Access is denied"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950790/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: An application that uses the RichEdit control does not print some .rtf files correctly on a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955541/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Error message when you run the Encrypting File System (EFS) Wizard to create a self-signed certificate that is stored on a smart card in Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and in Windows Server 2008: "No valid certificates found"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955551/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: If calls to VSS management interface APIs are made while protected snapshot replications are occurring, the APIs encounter performance issues in Windows Server 2008 and in Windows Vista SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956136/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: A long delay occurs when you try to open a network share by entering a path in the Run box on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958970/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Only the header and footer information in an XPS document are printed when you print the document on a computer that is running Windows XP, Windows Vista SP1, or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959554/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: FIX: When you send a DHCPv6 information-request message from a Windows CE 5.0-based device to a stateless DHCPv6 server to obtain the configuration information, the stateless DHCPv6 server does not respond with a reply message

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960054/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Error message when you log on to a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer that uses roaming user profiles: "Unable to log you on because your profile could not be loaded, please contact your administrator"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960464/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Per-machine printer connections that are deployed by using group policies may not be removed completely from Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1-based computers

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960594/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: When you run the Remote Diagnostic file in Forefront Server Security Management Console to create a .zip file, the .zip file is not created if there are more than 100 files to be added to the .zip file

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961982/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 64bit AL: Blank screen when resuming from screen saver after removing second monitor

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/965219/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: The CcmExec.exe process crashes on a Windows 2000-based computer if both a System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 agent and a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 client are installed on this computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956172/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: How to install the Web Console component of Operations Manager 2007 on a stand-alone server that is using Windows Authentication

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957561/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: E-mail messages that contain subjects that are larger than 124 characters are dropped when they are grouped by subject in a document library in a Windows SharePoint Service 3.0 site

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959617/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: A memory leak problem occurs when you run an application that uses the HttpSendRequest function of the WinHTTP API or of the WinINet API to send Secure Sockets Layer requests in Windows XP Service Pack 3

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959658/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: You cannot use Group Policy settings to configure Outlook Anywhere (RPC/HTTP) settings

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961112/EN-US

Windows XP SP2 EN: When you try to view the Patch List property, the list of Operations Manager agent hotfixes may be truncated on System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 systems

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958253/EN-US

Windows XP SP2 EN: The menu bar and the toolbar are missing in Windows Explorer or in Internet Explorer on Windows XP-based computers

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962963/EN-US

Windows Server

Win Svr Datacntr 2003 R2 EN: The Member ID field is logged incorrectly in the audit event on a Windows Server 2003 domain controller if you add a user of a different domain to a universal group

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958147/EN-US

Win Svr Std 2003 R2 EN: FIX: When you use a ReportViewer control to view a SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services report that contains two pages, the formatting for the second page is lost

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960996/EN-US

Win Svr Std 2003 R2 EN: Visual Studio 2008 with SP1 results in WPF Compiling Error, Could not find file ' . . .XmlSerializers.dll'

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961858/EN-US

Win Svr Std 2003 R2 EN: MSIEXEC /f option can reboot machine

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961883/EN-US

Win Svr Std 2003 R2 EN: You experience many first chance exception errors when you use the Application Verifier (AppVerifier) runtime verification tool to test a GDI+ program

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961889/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Dtcntr wo HV AL: When you start a Windows Server 2003 R2-based computer, the Windows Server 2003 R2-based computer crashes if the FSRM component and many SCSI LUN storage objects are installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956372/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: To keep Remote Access Service connections active after you log off from Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, you must create a new registry key

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950918/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: The replication may seem like it is serialized when there are slow connections in a DFS Replication configuration in Windows Server 2003 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955007/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: An access violation error message is logged in the SQL Server error log after you upgrade to SQL Server 2008: "Access Violation occurred reading address 00000000"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955831/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Windows Server 2008 Network Policy Server (NPS) recognizes all computers as domain controllers in the NAP reporting data

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956463/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: LUN reset requests are not completed. and event ID 63 is logged on a Windows Vista-based computer that uses iSCSI Initiator to connect to an iSCSI target

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958796/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: The system may generate Stop error 0x4D when an application uses the VirtualLock function to lock pages in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960772/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Event ID 5740 and event ID 5754 may be logged when the BizTalk SQL Adapter is under heavy load on a Windows Server 2008-based multiprocessor computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961183/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Error message when you try to browse a DFS namespace from DFS the Management Tool: "An item with the same key has already been added"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961652/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: How to enable Access-based Enumeration for a Distributed File System (DFS) share in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961658/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content for 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961825/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: ASP.Net Controls don't Render in Expression Web Design View

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961942/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Error message when you use the Office Communications Server 2007 Deployment Wizard to create a new Enterprise pool: “An error occurred during the pool back-end detection”

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961946/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Using @UnitName

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962242/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Itanium AL: A delay occurs when you try to reconnect to the network on a Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer that is a member of a domain

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957933/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Error message when you try to delete an empty folder on a network share that is hosted on a Windows Server 2003-based server or on a Windows XP Professional x64 Edition-based server: "Cannot delete <DIRECTORY>"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955157/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: SMB functions time out earlier than expected on a Windows 2003-based computer that has multiple processors installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955544/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: MS09-001: Vulnerabilities in SMB could allow remote code execution

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958687/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: When you use Group Policy to create a VPN connection item, the IPv6 and IPv4 protocols may not be bound to the VPN connection item when you log on to the domain from a Windows Vista-based client computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959220/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Black or white colored brush strokes in a picture may not be printed correctly by a Microsoft XPS Document Writer printer in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959541/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: A hotfix is available to resolve a problem in which a Live Communications Server 2005 forest Unprep command deletes the entire "\Microsoft\" parent container in Active Directory

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960724/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: A custom event is logged incorrectly when you run a 32-bit application in a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2008 or of Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961270/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: You encounter storage adapter-related problems in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961277/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Nonpaged pool kernel memory leak on Windows 2003 clusters with Multipathing solution installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961640/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Access Violation occurs when calling adminManager.SetMetadata

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961721/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: How to recover from a DFSR database crash on designated primary member

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961879/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: How to troubleshoot Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP) based connection failures when client fails to connect to SSTP VPN server giving error message 0x80092013

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961880/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Error message when you try to create an enterprise pool by using the Communications Server 2007 deployment wizard: "Pool backend discovery failed. Failed to execute the reconfigure command"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961944/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Non-Transportable Snapshots are blocked from being mounted causing the Hyper V VSS Writer to Fail

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961984/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Secondary Site Server SUP unable to Sync with System Center Configuration Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962224/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Setup.exe from the Integration Services Setup Disk has no command line options

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962226/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Commerce Server 2007 Catalog Relationships may take a long time to import

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962354/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: LNK2005 _DllGetClassObject@12 and LNK2005 _DllCanUnloadNow@0 already defined

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962924/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: An access violation in IAudioProcessingObject::Initialize can hard hang Intel machines running Vista 64-bit edition

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/965496/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: Error message when you try to view a .swf file on a Live Meeting 2007 client: "The latest version of Flash Player not detected on your computer"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961537/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: What New Features have been Added to Allocations in Microsoft Forecaster 7.x

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962777/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: MSBuild may build projects in unexpected order with MSBuild project task, leading to errors like CS0006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/964125/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 X64 EN: FIX: On a Windows Server 2003-based computer, you may have problems when you import many IP addresses on the network adapter from a text file by using the "netsh -f \<filename>" command

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956770/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: Stop error 0x24 may occur on a computer that has file system filter drivers installed in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954495/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: Some Microsoft XPS features are not available in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954550/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: The print process crashes under heavy stress on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition if the computer uses hyper-threading technology

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955455/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: Description of the PowerPoint 2007 hotfix package: July 22, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955592/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: The transfer speed is very slow when you use the BITS to transfer files on a high latency link on computers that are running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959194/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: The edges and lines of a pasted chart are blurred in a 2007 Office application

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960494/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: When you print a document to a redirected printer in a Windows Server 2003-based terminal server session, the document is printed to a redirected printer of a different client

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960677/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: Error message when a Windows Server 2003-based computer is shutting down: "Stop 0x000000CE" or "Stop 0x00000050"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960882/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: Error message when you use the Dsdbutil.exe utility or the Ntdsutil.exe utility to perform an authoritative restore of an object in Windows Server 2003: "Invalid Key %s found in DN"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961071/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: A slide show does not continue to loop after all participants have left the meeting in Live Meeting 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961637/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: You receive a “Class not registered” error after you install SQL Server Management Studio 2008 on a computer running SQL Server Management Studio 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961638/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: The Enable Web Server Logging is not the same in HTTP and HTTPS IAG trunks

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961649/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: Available command line switches for PatchInstall.exe

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961726/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: You may receive the error: “The disk management services could not complete the operation” when you try to convert a disk (MBR or GPT) to a dynamic disk

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961727/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: Hyper-V Role Not Migrated When Upgrading from Standard to Enterprise

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961882/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: Windows Live Essentials installation may fail with error 0x8104000b

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962875/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 X64 EN: SFC.exe (System File Checker) shows it is repairing corrupted files per the CBS log after installing Windows Vista SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/966305/EN-US

February 2009 – Technical Rollup Mail - Internet

conuktrm — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:01:00 GMT

News

Microsoft Internet information Server

Improvements to FastCGI in IIS 7.5

Following improvements have been made to FastCGI module in Win7 (and Win2K8 R2). 1. Monitor changes to a file We have added ability to monitor changes to a file for each FastCGI process pool. Module will recycle FastCGI processes for the process pool...

http://blogs.iis.net/ksingla/archive/2009/01/22/improvements-to-fastcgi-in-iis-7-5.aspx

Microsoft Web Platform Installer v1.0 Released!

I’m excited to announce the immediate availability of the Microsoft Web Platform Installer v 1.0 . The Web Platform Installer (Web PI) is a simple tool that makes it very easy to download and install Microsoft's entire Web Platform in one step,...

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2009/01/21/microsoft-web-platform-installer-v1-0-released.aspx

Now Online: Comprehensive IIS7 Technical Reference

If you’ve ever tried to find information on how to install a particular IIS7 feature, or how to configure it using the IIS Manager tool, AppCmd.exe, the new Microsoft.Web.Administration interface or WMI provider, this post is for you. Every IIS7...

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2009/01/20/now-online-comprehensive-iis7-technical-reference.aspx

How to Run Windows & IIS in the Cloud on Amazon EC2 (in 15 mins)

Choices abound for those looking for a place to run Web applications on Windows. The purpose of this blog post is to show a quick walkthrough of how to setup your first Windows computer in the cloud on Amazon EC2. If you’re already familiar...

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2009/01/13/how-to-run-windows-amp-iis-in-the-cloud-on-amazon-ec2-in-15-mins.aspx

IIS7 in Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2008 R2 includes new additions to the IIS7 Web server, adding fit, finish, and a few extras to the best IIS platform ever. For the last year and a half, the IIS product team has been working hard on building IIS extensions on top of the...

http://blogs.iis.net/mailant/archive/2009/01/11/iis7-in-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx

SharePoint Technologies

Microsoft Business Intelligence strategy update and SharePoint

January 23, 2009: Sptblog

PerformancePoint scorecarding and dashboarding capabilities will now become part of SharePoint Enterprise CAL and available to customers who are on SharePoint SA. This means that customers who want to deploy PerformancePoint can do so today at no additional cost.

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/01/23/microsoft-business-intelligence-strategy-update-and-sharepoint.aspx

How to create a SharePoint slipstream using the latest updates

January 8, 2009: Sptblog

This post provides the process for creating a slipstream installation source that uses the December 2008 CU as an example. You can simply replace the December 2008 CU with the February 2009 CU, April 2009 CU, and so on going forward because the process will be the same.

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/01/08/how-to-create-a-sharepoint-slipstream-using-the-latest-updates.aspx

10 Best Intranets of 2009
January 5, 2009: Useit.com
In total, the 10 winners were built on 26 different products—substantially fewer than the 41 used in 2008 or the 49 used in 2007. Most impressively, fully half of the winning intranets used SharePoint, especially the recent MOSS platform (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007).

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/intranet_design.html

Downloads

Biztalk Server

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Help

Newly released documentation for BizTalk Server 2006 R2 in two formats: CHM and HxS.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4e6a9d40-dbfc-4474-826a-ddeca287e57d%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 AIF BizTalk Adapter Configuration White Paper

The Application Integration Framework (AIF) BizTalk Adapter Configuration for Data Exchange white paper is a comprehensive guide to configuring the AIF BizTalk adapter available in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dedc62433-5b21-4f74-b065-b075ba6dc86d%26displaylang%3den

Using Custom Behaviors with the BizTalk WCF Adapters, Part 1

This white paper is the first of two papers that discuss how you can use WCF custom behaviors to customize message processing in BizTalk Server 2006 R2.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1f08f250-48a5-4331-8b7f-b1adfdf8dc38%26displaylang%3den

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Documentation (update)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4e6a9d40-dbfc-4474-826a-ddeca287e57d&DisplayLang=en

MessageBox Viewer Tool version 10.0 available

http://blogs.technet.com/jpierauc/pages/msgboxviewer.aspx

Microsoft Internet information Server

IIS DownloadCENTER

This is your single source for Microsoft Internet Information Services tools, samples, extensions, filters and modules created by Microsoft and the IIS community. Have you created an IIS script that others can use? Login, then submit it to the DownloadCENTER.

http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=3

SharePoint Technologies

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/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de7a23d42-0835-440f-9400-badfe9672b21%26displaylang%3den

SPGhostTool - Tool to fix broken setup path values in files without having to modify the database

WSS PM recently released a codeplex tool that you may find useful for fixing ghosted file issues in SharePoint. The tool uses the PRIME APIs to export and import an individual file to fix up the setup path value. Since it is relatively easy for a user to break this value and become permanently unable to re-ghost the file, hopefully this will help. http://www.codeplex.com/SPGhostTool

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/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5e94ad07-902c-422f-aadd-ff2bba9e540a%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint with Service Pack 2

Forefront Security for SharePoint with Service Pack 2 helps business protect their Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 collaboration environments by eliminating documents containing malicious code, confidential information, and inappropriate content.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de06453b8-b2dd-4177-969c-2f89aa841e11%26displaylang%3den

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/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de7a23d42-0835-440f-9400-badfe9672b21%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Protocol Documentation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5e94ad07-902c-422f-aadd-ff2bba9e540a%26displaylang%3den

Office SharePoint Server IT Pro content CHM

Downloadable CHM version of SharePoint Server content on TechNet.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dba006584-711d-4ce7-9e1f-181aedf6434a%26displaylang%3den

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/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de7a23d42-0835-440f-9400-badfe9672b21%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Protocol Documentation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5e94ad07-902c-422f-aadd-ff2bba9e540a%26displaylang%3den

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 IT Pro content CHM

Downloadable CHM version of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 content on TechNet.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc9d6c8c5-8a62-4961-8c1b-df08b667b1c4%26displaylang%3den

Events/Webcasts

SharePoint Technologies

SharePoint Technology Conference

January 27–29, 2009: Burlingame, CA
For three exciting days in January, you'll be eating, drinking, sleeping, talking and living Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and Windows SharePoint Services. The first day at SPTechCon is filled with intense full and half-day workshops, half in the morning, half in the afternoon. The next two days are filled with more than 50 break-out classes to choose from. Build your own custom program!

http://www.sptechcon.com/

SharePoint Best Practices Conference

February 2–4, 2009: San Diego, CA
The SharePoint Best Practices Conference eliminates design, deploy, organization and administration confusion, replacing disorder with Clarity, Direction and Confidence.

http://www.sharepointbestpractices.com/

FASTforward '09

February 9–11, 2009: Las Vegas, NV
3 days of compelling discussion on the evolving business environment and how search is enabling companies to succeed. http://www.fastsearch.com/l3a.aspx?m=1134&amid=14562

Video: SharePoint Conference 2008 (Past Event)

Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman

presentation, Bill Gates discusses the industry trends and SharePoint Server's unique position to address the issues facing organizations today.

http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0803/32300/Sharepoint_32300_030308_MBR.asx

New KB's

Biztalk Server

BizTalk Adapter MQSeries 2.0 EN: FIX: The MQSeries Adapter seems to crash if the MQSeries Queue Manager restarts or is unavailable for some time

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949133/EN-US

BizTalk Server Std 2006 R2 EN: FIX: Text nodes in outgoing WCF message templates are ignored by the WCF Adapter in a BizTalk Server 2006 R2 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957622/EN-US

BizTalk Server Std 2006 R2 EN: FIX: The SWIFT disassembler misses the message trailer part or a parsing error occurs when you run the SWIFT disassembler in Microsoft BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT Message Pack 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958737/EN-US

BizTalk Server Std 2006 R2 EN: FIX: You receive parsing and validation errors in some Category 0 message types when you use Microsoft BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959067/EN-US

BizTalk Server Std 2006 R2 EN: FIX: Message types MT535, MT564, and MT566 fail the BRE validation when you use Microsoft BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT Message Pack 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959143/EN-US

BizTalk Server Std 2006 R2 EN: FIX: You receive an error message when a computer that is running BizTalk Server 2006 R2 tries to receive an IDOC message from SAP by using the WCF-based SAP adapter

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959251/EN-US

BizTalk Server Std 2006 R2 EN: FIX: You experience high latency when you set a general purpose port output value or BizTalk RFID loses events on a computer that is running BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959526/EN-US

BizTalk Server Std 2006 R2 EN: FIX: The BizTalk Server FTP adapter does not send messages and event errors occur when the FTP send port uses "QUIT" as the AfterPut command in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959631/EN-US

BizTalk Server Std 2006 R2 EN: FIX: Error message when you submit an MT564 message that contains both the OPST qualifier and the CLAS qualifier in Microsoft BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT Message Pack 2008: "Message failed parsing; cannot be serialized"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960912/EN-US

BizTalk Server Std 2006 R2 EN: FIX: You receive an error message when you use Microsoft BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT Message Pack 2008 to process messages that contain the VEF, GHS, SDG and MZN currency codes

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961072/EN-US

Microsoft Internet information Server

Internet Info Services 7.0 EN: A hotfix rollup is available for IIS 7.0 to support the .NET Framework 4.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958854/EN-US

Internet Info Services 7.0 EN: FIX: The applicationHost.config file is corrupted in a shared hosting environment in IIS 7.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960412/EN-US

Internet Info Services 7.0 EN: FIX: The folder hierarchy for a subdirectory is displayed incorrectly when you open the virtual directory in Visual Studio 2005 or in Visual Studio 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960563/EN-US

Internet Info Services 7.0 EN: FIX: Requests that contain unescaped percent signs (%) can be used to bypass the request filtering module in IIS 7.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960728/EN-US

Internet Info Services 7.0 EN: Access Violation occurs when calling adminManager.SetMetadata

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961721/EN-US

SharePoint Technologies

Office SharePoint Server 2007 ML: Users cannot create a new variation of a page that they created in a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 site

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959122/EN-US

Office SharePoint Server 2007 ML: Error message when you click Checked out to me in the "Manage Content and Structure" page after you filter the picture library by a custom column: "Cannot find column [repro]"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960254/EN-US

Office SharePoint Server 2007 ML: Description of the SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package (Coreserver.msp): December 19, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961176/EN-US

Office SharePoint Server 2007 ML: You cannot browse to an SSL-secured Office SharePoint Server 2007 site or to the Search Settings page for a Shared Services Provider

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962928/EN-US

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: Version history is not maintained correctly in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 when changes are made simultaneously by different users in attached list item documents and in "multiple lines of text" fields

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959616/EN-US

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: E-mail messages that contain subjects that are larger than 124 characters are dropped when they are grouped by subject in a document library in a Windows SharePoint Service 3.0 site

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959617/EN-US

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: The "request for access" messages are sent to an incorrect address when you use unique permissions on Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 subsites

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960295/EN-US

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: You cannot set new alerts for the Project List when you use the "Someone changes an item that appears in the following view" option in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960296/EN-US

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 hotfix package (Sts.msp): December 19, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961175/EN-US

February 2009 – Technical Rollup Mail – SQL Server

conuktrm — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:01:00 GMT

News

Technical RollUp

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

SQL Release Services
Cumulative Update #3 for SQL Server 2008 RTM

Documents

Best Practices for Semantic Data Modeling for Performance and Scalability

http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/9/4/d948f981-926e-40fa-a026-5bfcf076d9b9/BPSemanticDBModeling.docx

Analysis Services Distinct Count Optimization

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=65df6ebf-9d1c-405f-84b1-08f492af52dd&displaylang=en

Scale-Out Querying with Analysis Services

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/bestpractice/scoqryas.mspx

Server Connectivity How-to Topics (Database Engine)
This section of SQL Server 2008 Books Online contains step-by-step instructions that show how to configure Microsoft SQL Server to accept connections from network clients.

http://technet.microsoft.com/library/ms190608.aspx

Database Engine Connectivity How-to Topics
Configuring connectivity to instances of the Microsoft SQL Server Database Engine includes configuration tasks on both the server and the client computers. In many cases the both computers must be configured to use the same options, such as a common network protocol. Learn more by reviewing topics in this section of SQL Server 2008 Books Online.

http://technet.microsoft.com/library/ms180771.aspx

Connectivity Options for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services
This white paper provides an overview of the connectivity options that are available for SQL Server 2008 Integration Services.

http://technet.microsoft.com/library/dd299429.aspx

Downloads

SQL Server 2008 System Views Map

The Microsoft SQL Server 2008 System Views Map shows the key system views included in SQL Server 2008, and the relationships between them.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d531c53e7-8a2a-4375-8f2f-5d799aa67b5c%26displaylang%3den

SQL Data Services (SDS) SDK (CTP)

This community technology preview (CTP) release of the Software Development Kit for SDS includes tools and client side components useful to developers building applications with SDS.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0b1fa5c6-ec9d-440b-939e-481dd05f2627%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server JDBC Driver 2.0 CTP (January 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=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df914793a-6fb4-475f-9537-b8fcb776befd%26displaylang%3den

Web Platform Installer 1.0

The Microsoft Web Platform Installer is a free tool that makes it simple to download and install the latest components of the Microsoft Web Platform, including the IIS, SQL Server Express, .NET Framework and Visual Web Developer.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3a41fac1-ed06-4944-a24d-76c8da31cf7d%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP3 Readme

Before you install Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 (SP3), download, extract, and read the SP3 Setup documentation, and review the SP3 Readme files.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d851c39ee-6f9d-47d9-8ecc-44ac1e9dc182%26displaylang%3den

Improving Microsoft Dynamics CRM Performance and Securing Data with Microsoft SQL Server 2008

This paper provides an overview, benchmark results, and recommendations for implementing selected Microsoft SQL Server 2008 features that can improve the performance of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 and secure the CRM database.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6a4a6556-a8c7-49c8-9a5c-6107fee6703e%26displaylang%3den

Using Analysis Services with the Project Server 2007 Cube Building Service

Walks through the process of creating an Analysis Services repository, and then describes the configuration steps necessary for the Project Server 2007 computer and client computers in order to get the Cube Building Service working properly.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3daafe81e4-0ead-4017-87f0-d78e2d811635%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server Data Mining Add-ins for Office 2007

Download SQL Server 2005 Data Mining Add-ins for Office 2007. This package includes two add-ins for Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (Table Analysis Tools and Data Mining Client) and one add-in for Microsoft Office Visio 2007 (Data Mining Templates).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8c873841-61a1-444c-a40b-ab62cf136be8%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=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d91ef5106-944a-41e1-b3a0-5bd3f2356f32%26displaylang%3den

System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 Documentation

This download contains documentation for System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd826b836-59e5-4628-939e-2b852ed79859%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 White Paper: Configuring Kerberos Authentication with Role Centers

How to configure Kerberos authentication for Microsoft SQL Server reporting with Enterprise Portal Role Center pages.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dbe720eb3-649a-49ff-b019-a1e4e7af6b47%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 White Paper: Configuring Enterprise Portal and Role Centers with SQL Reporting

Checklists and information to help administrators set up and configure Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Enterprise Portal and Role Centers with Microsoft SQL Server reporting.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3d2463fc-ea13-40ef-a375-2da2f379652c%26displaylang%3den

Events/Webcasts

SQL Server 2008 Hands-On Lab

Learn about the new features in SQL Server 2008 in this one day hands-on lab. Topics include: Resource Governor, Transparent Data Encryption, New Spatial Capabilities, Analysis Services, Managing the Reporting Services Infrastructure

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/InviteOnly.aspx?EventID=F2-36-B4-61-D1-D7-4A-F2-01-E0-5B-50-28-57-28-A0&Culture=en-US

New KB's

SQL 2000

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2000 EN: FIX: SQL Server Text Formatting Functions Contain Unchecked Buffers (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304850/EN-US

SQL 2005

SQL Svr 2005 Analysis Svcs EN: FIX: Error message when you connect to an instance of SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services by using the AMO library that is included with SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 Analysis Services: "Cannot connect to Analysis Services version '10.0.1600.22'" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936081/EN-US

SQL Svr 2005 Analysis Svcs EN: FIX: Error message when you run an MDX query in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services after you install cumulative update 7 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2: "The SQL Server Analysis Services (<InstanceName>) service terminated unexpectedly" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955374/EN-US

SQL Svr 2005 Analysis Svcs EN: FIX: MDX queries that use the EXCEPT function in the WHERE clause run much slower after you install a hotfix or a cumulative update whose version is later than the version of Cumulative Update 4 for SQL Server 2005 SP2 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958500/EN-US

SQL Svr 2005 Analysis Svcs EN: FIX: You may be unable to cancel an MDX query that uses the NonEmpty function on a large set in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958549/EN-US

SQL Svr 2005 Analysis Svcs EN: FIX: Error message when you run a DB2 query that uses the WITH UR query hint in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services: "OLE DB error: OLE DB or ODBC error: An unexpected token "WITH" was found following "<Query>""

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959026/EN-US

SQL Svr 2005 Analysis Svcs EN: FIX: Error message when you run two MDX queries on different connections at the same time in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services or in SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services: "Transaction errors: The lock operation ended unsuccessfully because of deadlock" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960562/EN-US

SQL Svr 2005 Analysis Svcs EN: FIX: An incorrect result is returned when you run a Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) query in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960611/EN-US

SQL Svr 2005 Reporting Svcs EN: FIX: When you export a SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services report that contains an image to a .pdf format file, the .pdf file is displayed incorrectly

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953941/EN-US

SQL Svr 2005 Reporting Svcs EN: Best practices for changing the service account for the report server in SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958999/EN-US

SQL Svr 2005 Reporting Svcs EN: FIX: Error message when you view a SQL Server Reporting Services report in the ReportViewer control in Visual Studio 2008: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959595/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise Edtn 2005 EN: How to enable SSL encryption for an instance of SQL Server by using Microsoft Management Console (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316898/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise Edtn 2005 EN: How to identify your SQL Server version and edition (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321185/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise Edtn 2005 EN: Description of TCP/IP settings that you may have to adjust when SQL Server connection pooling is disabled (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328476/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Log Reader Agent fails with error code 18834 in SQL Server 2005 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958684/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: Changes to the readme file for SQL Server 2005 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907284/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: How to obtain the latest service pack for SQL Server 2005 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913089/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: Error message when you try to install a SQL Server 2005 service pack or a SQL Server 2005 hotfix package: "Error 29528. The setup has encountered an unexpected error while Setting Internal Properties" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925976/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: SQL Server timing values may be incorrect when you use utilities or technologies that change CPU frequencies (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931279/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: The SQL Server 2005 builds that were released after SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 was released (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937137/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: Cumulative update package 3 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939537/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: Cumulative update package 5 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943656/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: Description of the Replay Markup Language (RML) Utilities for SQL Server (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944837/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: The full-text search engine stops responding intermittently, the CPU utilization is high, and all full-text queries are blocked when you use full-text search in SQL Server 2005 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945996/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Error message when you run a full-text search query in SQL Server 2005: "Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948452/EN-US

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

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

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Error message when you try to install SQL Server 2005: "[Microsoft][SQL Native Client][SQL Server]The certificate cannot be dropped because one or more entities are either signed or encrypted using it" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955920/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: You may obtain an incorrect result when you use a cursor to perform DML operations on a table that does not have a clustered index in SQL Server 2008 or in SQL Server 2005 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956254/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: When you run a query that contains a JOIN operation in SQL Server 2005, and the ON clause of the JOIN operator contains a LIKE predicate, the query runs slower than in SQL Server 2000 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956686/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: A time-out setting is not available for the Web Service task in a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (SSIS) package (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956911/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: You receive an error message that the file is being used by another process when you try to rename or move an output file from a job in SQL Server Agent in SQL Server 2005 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957357/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: The file growth setting is incorrect after you restore a database from SQL Server 2000 in SQL Server 2005 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958004/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: The size of the SQL Server 2005 error log file or of the SQL Server 2008 error log file grows very quickly when query notifications are created and destroyed in a high ratio (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958006/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: The values of the datetime column are not same for the rows that are copied when you copy data to a table by using the GETDATE() function in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958547/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Error message when you restore a transaction log for a database by using the STANDBY option in SQL Server 2005: "The transaction log for database '<DatabaseName>' is full" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958554/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: A SQL Server Agent job that creates a ServerXMLHTTP object by using an ActiveX script remains in the Executing status and is never completed in SQL Server 2008 or in SQL Server 2005 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958555/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: A memory leak occurs when you repeatedly invoke a trigger that contains the RAISERROR statement by using a SQLCLR stored procedure in SQL Server 2005 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958573/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: Cumulative update package 11 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958735/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: When you validate a publication in a transactional replication, articles that you added after you added a vertical filter to an article are not validated in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959000/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: The Log Reader Agent skips some transactions when the Log Reader Agent runs to replicate transactions for a transactional replication in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959001/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Only the first command in a transaction is replicated to the subscriber when you set the MaxCmdsInTran parameter of Log Reader Agent to 1 in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959003/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: When a process that is running on an instance of SQL Server 2005 consumes a large amount of memory, dump files are generated in the folder that contains the SQL Server error log

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959004/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Database mirroring sessions may stop intermittently in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959006/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Error message when you use SQL Server Service Broker in SQL Server 2005: "Failed Virtual Allocate Bytes: FAIL_VIRTUAL_RESERVE 589824"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959007/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Error message when you start database mirroring in SQL Server 2005 on a database that is restored or upgraded from SQL Server 2000: "The Service Broker ID for the remote copy of database "<DatabaseName>" does not match the ID on the principal server"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959008/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Target endpoints in Service Broker of SQL Server 2005 leak in the valid message exchange pattern where the target sends only the end conversation message

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959009/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Error message when an application that uses Service Broker sends messages in SQL Server 2005: "The conversation endpoint is not in a valid state for SEND"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959010/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: When you shrink a database that has the SNAPSHOT transaction isolation level enabled in SQL Server 2005, the shrink operation is not completed successfully (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959012/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: The synchronization process is slow, and the CPU usage is high on the computer that is configured as the Distributor in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959013/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: A conflict with the foreign key constraint occurs when you update the case of the column values in the primary key table or you pad column values in the primary key table in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959015/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Rows that include a NULL column may not be deleted when you delete rows from a table by using "<ImageColumnName> is NULL" as the condition in the WHERE clause in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959016/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: You receive an incorrect result when you query a column of the varchar(max) data type that contains only one character from a table in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959017/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: You receive an incorrect result when you run a query that uses the LIKE operator in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959019/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: When you use a CASE function that returns constants of the binary data type, some constants are trimmed incorrectly even after you run the SET ANSI_PADDING ON statement in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959020/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: A blocking issue occurs when you run the Merge Agent in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959023/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: When the Merge Agent synchronizes multiple batches of changes, the synchronization may take a long time to finish or the synchronization may expire unexpectedly in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959024/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Error message when you parse a query after you run the SET XACT_ABORT ON statement in SQL Server 2005: ".Net SqlClient Data Provider: A severe error occurred on the current command" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959028/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: If you enter many rows into the Fuzzy Grouping transformation, you may obtain an incorrect result in SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959030/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Error message when you try to expand the Catalogs node for a linked server that links to a Teradata Database in SQL Server 2005: "Cannot obtain the schema rowset DBSCHEMA_CATALOGS for OLE DB provider SQL Server for linked server (null)" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959031/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: A peer-to-peer transactional replication does not replicate rows if you rebuild the index for a published table at the same time as you insert data in the published table in SQL Server 2005 or in SQL Server 2008 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959032/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Error message when you install Cumulative Update 10 or Cumulative Update 9 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 on a drive that uses the FAT32 file system: "Unexpected Error Occurred" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959132/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: Cumulative update package 1 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959195/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: How to customize the quota for the TokenAndPermUserStore cache store in SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959823/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Some changes may not be replicated to the subscriber correctly in SQL Server 2005 or in SQL Server 2008 when the sum of the parameters exceeds 2,100 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959893/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: A significant delay occurs after you cancel a query on a client computer that connects to SQL Server 2005 across a slow link (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960110/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: The changes to the data source of a SQL Server 2005 Integration Services package may be lost when the package is run by a job (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960161/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: You may encounter a deadlock scenario when you use table variables in SQL Server 2005 or in SQL Server 2008 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960283/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: Error message when you install SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 on Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008: "Visual Studio 2005 has a known compatibility issue with this version of Windows" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960320/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: When you run the ALTER TRIGGER statement for a trigger in a merge publication in SQL Server 2005 or in SQL Server 2008, a change is not replicated to the subscriber database (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960542/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Error message when you create a WMI event alert by using the sp_add_alert stored procedure in a SQL Server 2005 cluster: "The @wmi_query could not be executed in the @wmi_namespace provided" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960552/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Error message when you run a query that selects a column of the xml data type in SQL Server 2005: "'?', hexadecimal value 0xDC55, is an invalid character" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960555/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Error message when you try to shrink a database in SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2: "File ID <FileID> of database ID <DatabaseID> cannot be shrunk as it is either being shrunk by another process or is empty" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960567/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: A maintenance plan that contains a Rebuild Index task takes much longer to run in SQL Server 2005 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960570/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: The Distribution Agent fails when you perform DML operations in a publication article and a concurrent snapshot is created in SQL Server 2005 or in SQL Server 2008 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960571/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Error message when you run the Snapshot Agent for a transactional replication that uses an Oracle 11g publisher in SQL Server 2005 or in SQL Server 2008: "Msg 21613, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_IHsyncmetadata, Line 223" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960574/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Some DML statements that should not be replicated are replicated to the subscribers when you replicate the execution of a stored procedure in a transactional replication in SQL Server 2005 or in SQL Server 2008 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960575/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: The SQL Server 2005 builds that were released after SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 was released (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960598/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: Mere Query timeout can lead to fullscale SQLCLR AppDomain unload in some conditions.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960922/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: Error message when you try to create a full-text index in SQL Server 2005: "Full-text crawl manager has not been initialized. Any crawl started before the crawl manager was fully initialized will need to be restarted"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961662/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: In SQL Server 2005 or 2008, the DTS designer application cannot be started on a Windows Vista-based computer or on a Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962874/EN-US

SQL Svr Std Edtn 2005 64Bit EN: FIX: The x64 version of SQL Server 2005 or of SQL Server 2008 may stop responding when you are performing a backup (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960543/EN-US

SQL 2008

SQL Svr Enterprise 2008 EN: How to update SQL Server 2008 Setup by running a newer version of the SQL Server 2008 Setup support files (Updated)

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

SQL Svr Enterprise 2008 EN: An access violation error message is logged in the SQL Server error log after you upgrade to SQL Server 2008: "Access Violation occurred reading address 00000000"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955831/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise 2008 EN: You receive a warning about the network binding order on the Setup Support Rules page when you install SQL Server 2008 in a failover cluster

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955963/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 Enterprise 2008 EN: Where you can find more information about the SQL Server 2008 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 and about the SQL Server 2005 builds that were released after SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 and after SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957826/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise 2008 EN: How to apply a SQL Server 2008 update to a failover cluster instance (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958734/EN-US

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

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

SQL Svr Enterprise 2008 EN: Error message when you start the SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Configuration Manager: "Invalid namespace"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960374/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise 2008 EN: Error message when you run the DBCC CHECKDB command on a computer that contains a SQL Server database: "Error 8967"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960791/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: When you download the Report Builder ClickOnce application of SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services or SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services, the Reportbuilder.chm.deploy file is downloaded as the text/html content type instead of the application/octet-str (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956298/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: You cannot add a cluster node when you install SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services and you do not install the SQL Server 2008 Database Engine (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956427/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you run the snapshot agent on a replication of a stored procedure in SQL Server 2005 or in SQL Server 2008: "The Name property cannot have a value of @param_name for this version of SQL Server" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956889/EN-US

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

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

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: You may experience issues when you try to expand the Databases node in SQL Server Management Studio, or the sp_spaceused stored procedure takes a long time to run in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958760/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: The Disk I/O Usage chart and the Network Usage chart contain incorrect data when you view the Server Activity History report in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958940/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: When you run multiple full-text search queries in parallel in SQL Server 2008, the queries take much longer to finish than if you run them sequentially

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958947/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: Cumulative update package 3 for SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960484/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: The chart of a mining model is empty when you browse the mining model in Excel 2007 by using SQL Server 2008 Data Mining Add-ins for Office 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960566/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you try to create a WMI event alert by using the sp_add_alert stored procedure in SQL Server 2008: "The @wmi_query could not be executed in the @wmi_namespace provided"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960573/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: You receive error 605 and error 824 when you run a query that inserts data into a temporary table in SQL Server 2008 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960770/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Some attributes of a nested table do not appear in a SQL Server 2008 Data Mining model when the data source is a cube

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960771/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: Error message when you try to upgrade to SQL Server 2008: "Wait on the Database Engine recovery handle failed"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960781/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you view a mining model in Mining Model Viewer in SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services: "Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.Item has already been added"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960864/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: When you use a ReportViewer control to view a SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services report that contains two pages, the formatting for the second page is lost

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960996/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you try to connect to a cube by using a user account that belongs to multiple database roles in SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services: "Two sets specified in the function have different dimensionality"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961094/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you run a maintenance plan in SQL Server 2008: "The SQL Server Execute Package Utility requires Integration Services to be installed"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961126/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: In a SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services report that contains several levels, some items disappear when you collapse another item

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961271/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: A maintenance plan that contains a Rebuild Index task takes much longer than you expect to run in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961272/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you try to display a report in SQL Server 2008 Management Studio: "System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961282/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: An access violation may occur when you run a query that uses a parallel execution plan in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961283/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: SQL Server service may not start after patch installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961301/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: The memory usage increases gradually when you frequently back up or restore a database in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961323/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: You receive an error message when you try to parse XML data in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961359/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: The page numbers may be hardcoded in the pages after you export a report to Excel format in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961360/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: When you print a report by using the SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Client-Side Printing functionality, the spacing is too small or too large

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961393/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: A database audit specification is set to the sysrowsets object instead of the schema object that you specified in SQL Server Management Studio in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961481/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: You receive a “Class not registered” error after you install SQL Server Management Studio 2008 on a computer running SQL Server Management Studio 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961638/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you perform a partition merge in SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services: "Detected inconsistency between User define slice and detected slice of partition"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961699/EN-US

February 2009 – Technical Rollup Mail – Unified Communications

conuktrm — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:01:00 GMT

News

http://msexchangeteam.com/default.aspx

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

http://communicationsserverteam.com

Downloads

Antigen & Forefront

Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint with Service Pack 2

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de06453b8-b2dd-4177-969c-2f89aa841e11%26displaylang%3den

Privacy statement for Forefront Codename "Stirling"

This document describes the privacy policy for Microsoft® Forefront Client Security.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd34c6d9c-a555-4432-bb32-af21f5a6feab%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console Trial Version

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df9b669c6-6f9f-4c09-8457-c00b5b6ebd7a%26displaylang%3den

FSOCS

Forefront Security for Office Communications Server 2007 Beta 3

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd128fd1a-42a2-47cb-9de8-e4ea8ba2382d%26displaylang%3den

ILM 2007 FP1 Sync Config

ILM 2007 FP1 Sync Engine Configuration PowerShell Commandlets

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d89b59938-4323-4ad2-afed-99fec4520385%26displaylang%3den

Exchange

Infrastructure Planning and Design

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dad3921fb-8224-4681-9064-075fdf042b0c%26displaylang%3den

Exchange Server 2007 Protocol Documentation Set

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

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

HMC 4.5

Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 4.5 offers Office Communicator Server and enhanced messaging services and

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc9cbbc69-4ae4-450d-af5e-f49e7c701cf4%26displaylang%3den

Sample migration planning materials

Sample e-mail migration planning materials

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db4d668f4-26b0-4b3c-8b13-5e0275948257%26displaylang%3den

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/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6bef06c7-3ae6-40a7-a78e-eea670b4f605%26displaylang%3den

Live Meeting 2007 Lotus Notes Add-In Pack

With this Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 Add-In, you can use IBM Lotus Notes to perform Live Meeting tasks, such as scheduling meetings, without logging into the Conference Center.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d849cee54-e83b-4f0d-82d9-540b9cbfba87%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Protocol Documentation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5e94ad07-902c-422f-aadd-ff2bba9e540a%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Office SharePoint Online

Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Online is a collection of Web-based tools and technologies built on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 that help you store, share, and manage digital information within your company.This white paper describes the services and features that are included with the Standard offering of SharePoint Online.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1bef6a35-9785-4a0b-b227-387c0ee85a36%26displaylang%3den

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/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de7a23d42-0835-440f-9400-badfe9672b21%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Speech Server Developer Edition

With Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Speech Server, you can develop and deploy interactive voice response (IVR) applications. Speech Server combines speech technologies, Voice over IP (VoIP), and telephony capabilities into a single system and a single code base.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dbb183640-4b8f-4828-80c9-e83c3b2e7a2c%26displaylang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Document: Edge Server Deployment Guide

This document guides you through the deployment of edge servers in your Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 topology.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3ded45b74e-00c4-40d2-abee-216ce50f5ad2%26displaylang%3den

Outlook

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (KB959141)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9ad15854-6ce4-4c12-9cd7-a652301c2742%26displaylang%3den

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB959140)

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=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d958f2d5f-7130-4e14-97a1-c940d8da84d6%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Office Outlook Connector 12.1

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=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9a2279b1-df0a-46e1-aa93-7d4870871ecf%26displaylang%3den

Events/Webcasts

Exchange

18/02/2009 - Exchange 2007 Upgrade & Migration

09/03/2009 - SKU: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Clustering

25/03/2009 - Insight Workshops - High Availability Messaging

Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

09/02/2009 - TechNet Webcast: What's New in Voice with Communications Server 2007 R2 (Level 300)

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 contains exciting telephony and enterprise voice capabilities. In this webcast, we discuss many of the new features in Communications Server 2007 R2 and explore the functionality and architecture with detailed demonstrations of both client-side and server side capabilities. We also cover core enhancements to the media stack for telephony and enterprise voice, specifically regarding how to ensure the highest quality of experience.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032402570%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

10/02/2009 - TechNet Webcast: Communications Server 2007 R2 Deployment and Administration (Level 100)

Attend this webcast to learn about Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and its architecture. We discuss changes from Communications Server 2007, supported deployment topologies, recommended configurations, planning process, capacity planning, and deployment best practices. We also cover in detail the migration process from Communications Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 to Communications Server 2007 R2.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032399668%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

18/02/2009 - TechNet Webcast: Deploying and Migrating Communications Server 2007 R2 (Level 300)

Come to this webcast and learn about Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 architecture, changes from Communications Server 2007, supported deployment topologies, recommended configurations, planning process , and deployment best practices. We also cover in detail the migration process from Communications Server 2007 to Communications Server 2007 R2.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032402572%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

25/02/2009 - MSDN Webcast: Communications Server 2007 R2, Exchange Server 2007 SP1, and the Unified Communications Platform (Level 100)

The Microsoft Unified Communications (UC) platform enables developers to build productivity-enhancing communication features efficiently and securely by leveraging Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and Microsoft Exchange Server as a communications software infrastructure. In this webcast, you learn about the future of Microsoft Unified Communications products and platform, including Communications Server 2007 R2, Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2, Exchange Server 2007 SP1, and the new UC platform software development kits (SDKs). Learn how your client and service solutions can communication with context using presence, instant messaging (IM), voice over IP (VOIP), and video.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032402697%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

Antigen & Forefront

Forefront Sec Svr Mgt Cnsl EN: Description of Hotfix Rollup 2 for Forefront Server Security Management Console

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960814/EN-US

Forefront Sec Svr Mgt Cnsl EN: Error message when you use Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console to update the scan engines: "ERROR: A standard exception was caught in GetEngineFiles. invalid string position"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960875/EN-US

Forefront Sec Svr Mgt Cnsl EN: How to manually deploy a Forefront Server Security Management Console deployment agent to a remote managed server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960876/EN-US

Forefront Sec Svr Mgt Cnsl EN: The Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console (FSSMC) Deployment Agent File Structure has changed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960999/EN-US

Forefront Sec Svr Mgt Cnsl EN: You cannot use Forefront Server Security Management Console to collect data from Forefront Security for Exchange Server on an Exchange Single Copy Cluster cluster

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961000/EN-US

Forefront Sec Svr Mgt Cnsl EN: Error message when you try to upgrade the Forefront Server Security Management Console Primary role of SQL Server 2005: "FSSMC database files at %DBDataPath%\SybariEnterpriseManagerDist.MDF, please delete them first then retry install"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961001/EN-US

Forefront Sec Svr Mgt Cnsl EN: The Forefront Server Security Management Console diagnostics .zip files are named incorrectly when they are created

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961022/EN-US

Forefront Sec Svr Mgt Cnsl EN: When you try to access the Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console (FSSMC) Quarantine Manager, you find that only the installation account can manage the quarantine

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961026/EN-US

Forefront Sec Svr Mgt Cnsl EN: Error message when you try to install a Korean version of Forefront Security for Exchange Server when you are using a Korean version of Forefront Server Security Management Console: "szErrorDesc"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961125/EN-US

Forefront Sec Svr Mgt Cnsl EN: When you run the Remote Diagnostic file in Forefront Server Security Management Console to create a .zip file, the .zip file is not created if there are more than 100 files to be added to the .zip file

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961982/EN-US

Forefront Sec Svr Mgt Cnsl EN: You may receive " The data area passed to a system call is too small " error when installing Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console using an existing SQL server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963074/EN-US

Exchange

Exchange Svr 2003 SP2 EN: The logon process is unsuccessful and you receive a "MAPI_E_FAILONEPROVIDER (0x8004011D)" error message in an Exchange Server 2003 environment (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946926/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2003 SP2 EN: December 2008 cumulative daylight saving time (DST) update for Exchange Server 2003 SP2 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960445/EN-US

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

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

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Outlook 2007 does not open some calendar items that are sent from a non-Exchange mail server to an Exchange mail server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959431/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: Exchange Server 2003 routes messages incorrectly after you create an X.400 connector that has multiple organizational unit (OU) attributes in an address space

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947638/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: E-mail senders do not receive an indication that some messages have been held by Exchange Server 2003 until the SMTP service, the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service, or the Exchange server is restarted (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950757/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2007 AL: In an Exchange mixed mode environment, the installation of an Exchange 2007 Hub Transport role fails if you select any legacy Exchange cluster server that is running on a Windows 2000 platform as the target bridgehead server (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934258/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2007 AL: Inline attachments are not displayed in Outlook 2007 e-mail messages

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961940/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2007 AL: You receive an "Event ID 4999" and an "Event ID 5000" error message when you try to mount a database on a server that is running the cluster continuous replication feature in Exchange 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962220/EN-US

Exchange Svr Std 2003 EN: Troubleshooting OWA when the contents frame displays “Loading” (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/280823/EN-US

Exchange Svr Std 2003 EN: A sender's e-mail address appears to a recipient as two distinct addresses if the sender's display name contains a comma and extended characters in Exchange 2000 or in Exchange 2003 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886757/EN-US

Exchange Svr Std 2003 EN: Error message when an Exchange 2003 Outlook Web Access client tries to send a digitally signed or encrypted e-mail message: "A digital ID that allows you to encrypt this message is missing" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927463/EN-US

Exchange Svr Std 2003 EN: A meeting update message or a meeting cancellation message from an Exchange 2003 user is not delivered to an Exchange 2007 user (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938650/EN-US

Exchange Svr Std 2007 AL: The Exchange 2007 Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) setup process or the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Single Copy Cluster (SCC) setup process is unsuccessful if the replication of the computer account is not completed in the scheduled time (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947345/EN-US

Exchange Svr Std 2007 AL: Event ID: 9040 may occur every 15 minutes on a computer that is running Exchange Server 2007 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948934/EN-US

Exchange Svr Std 2007 AL: Error message in Outlook when you click the signature icon of a signed e-mail message that an Exchange Server 2007-based Edge server receives: "The digital signature is invalid" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949703/EN-US

Exchange Svr Std 2007 AL: Error message after you apply Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 in a non-English environment: "Public Folder Management Console is not an allowed Snap-in" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950123/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

Hosted Messaging Collaboration

Hosted Messaging & Collab 3.5 EN: Error message for some hosted domains if you use the SMTP Event Sink (Smtpdomx.dll) in Hosting Messaging and Collaboration Solution (HMC) 3.5: "Unable to relay" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940348/EN-US

Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 EN: Error message if you try to access the internal paths or external paths from the Office Communications Server 2007: "Certificate Error"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954581/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 EN: A Communications Server 2007 service does not start after a change is made to a server object or to a service object in the trusted server list in Active Directory

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961939/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 EN: Error message when you try to install the Communications Server 2007 Web components: "Error 0x8007003 (The system cannot find the path specified) binding to IIS metabase path IIS://localhost/W3SVC/1"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961943/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 EN: Error message when you try to create an enterprise pool by using the Communications Server 2007 deployment wizard: "Pool backend discovery failed. Failed to execute the reconfigure command"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961944/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 EN: Error message when you use the Office Communications Server 2007 Deployment Wizard to create a new Enterprise pool: “An error occurred during the pool back-end detection”

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961946/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 EN: Users cannot log on to Office Communications Server 2007 by using a Communicator 2007 client after you migrate users from Live Communications Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961948/EN-US

Office Communicator 2005 EN: Description of the Communicator 2005 hotfix rollup package: December 19, 2008 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949280/EN-US

Office Communicator 2007 EN: Error message when you transfer large files over a slow network link in Communicator 2005 or in Communicator 2007: "Cannot send <file name> to <remote user>" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944362/EN-US

Office Communicator 2007 EN: You cannot prevent Office Communicator 2007 from controlling the call forwarding settings (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960424/EN-US

Office Communicator 2007 EN: Error message when you try to sign in to Office Communicator 2007: "Cannot sign in because Communicator cannot subscribe to the System Event Notification Service"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961938/EN-US

Office Communicator 2007 EN: Telephone numbers are not populated as expected when you try to call a contact from a client computer that is running Communicator 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961947/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: How do I determine what type of session I'm using (Web service vs. Office Communications Server)? (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941093/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: You may be unable to upload a PowerPoint presentation to a meeting in Live Meeting 2007 if the presentation contains slides that were made by using the Live Meeting 2005 Add-in for PowerPoint (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944592/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: Description of the administrative template (.adm) file for the Windows-based Live Meeting 2007 client and the Conferencing Add-in for Outlook (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948741/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: The Join Conference feature is disabled when you are running the Live Meeting 2007 client in a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) session

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957722/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: Description of the update for the Live Meeting Conferencing Add-in for Outlook: December 19, 2008 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960164/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: Description of the Windows-based Live Meeting 2007 client update package: December 19, 2008 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960165/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: Error message when you try to view a .swf file on a Live Meeting 2007 client: "The latest version of Flash Player not detected on your computer"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961537/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: A slide show does not continue to loop after all participants have left the meeting in Live Meeting 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961637/EN-US

Outlook

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 2003 Win32 EN: Description of the Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter update: January 13, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959140/EN-US

Outlook 2003 Win32 EN: When you try to print multiple copies of an e-mail message in Outlook 2003, all the copies of the e-mail message are stapled together

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959633/EN-US

Outlook 2003 Win32 EN: External content is always blocked for attached e-mail messages after you install security update 949031 (security bulletin MS08-015)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960250/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Description of the Outlook 2007 Junk E-mail Filter update: January 13, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959141/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: On a client computer that is running Office Communicator 2007, you may be unable to make a TAPI call from Office Outlook 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959625/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: If you send an e-mail message that contains a shared attachment in Outlook 2007, the attachment is also sent to the recipients

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959629/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: You cannot use Group Policy settings to configure Outlook Anywhere (RPC/HTTP) settings

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961112/EN-US

February 2009 – Technical Rollup Mail - Manageability

conuktrm — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:01:00 GMT

News

SMS&MOM

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

The Deployment Guys

http://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys

Config Mgr: New Virtual Machine Released

A new version of System Center Configuration Manager R2 is now available for download and evaluation through the Microsoft VHD program. This new virtual machine evaluation edition allows you to quickly evaluate the latest version of System Center Configuration Manager on a preconfigured virtual hard disk (VHD). You can download the VHD and evaluate for free in your own environment without the need for dedicated servers or complex installations. Click the link for more information.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e0fadab7-0620-481d-a8b6-070001727c56&displaylang=en

Benefits and market differentiators of Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 R2

This document is designed to provide an overview of the benefits and market differentiators of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 R2. The paper outlines technology enhancements and clarifies understandings of simplicity, scale, ease of use, and setup. In addition, this paper addresses some common misconceptions in the market today with respect to Configuration Manager. Click the link for more information.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/D/E/E/DEE6A806-2782-4D47-9EBE-A8020F256361/ConfigMgrBenefitsMarketDifferentiators.pdf

Essentials SP1 Trial VHD: Now Available

This newly posted Essentials SP1 trial VHD is available for download and will make it easier for you to set up and evaluate this unified IT management solution for midsize businesses. Click the link for more information.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=e6fc3117-48c5-4fd1-a3d2-927eab397373&displaylang=en

MDT 2010: Download and Provide Feedback

MDT 2010 is the next version of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, a solution accelerator for operating system and application deployment. New features, such as flexible driver management, optimized transaction processing, and access to distribution shares from any location, simplify deployment and make your job easier. Deploy faster and easier with MDT 2010. Join the beta now.

To join the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Beta, follow these steps:

1. Visit the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Beta at http://connect.microsoft.com.

2. Sign in using a valid Windows Live ID to continue to the Invitations page.

3. Scroll down to Microsoft Deployment Connection.

https://connect.microsoft.com/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?SiteID=14&DownloadID=8689

IPD for DPM 2007 SP1: Now Available

As part of Data Protection Manager's continued momentum with Service Pack 1, we are pleased to announce the release of the Infrastructure Planning & Design Guide for DPM 2007 SP1. Follow the link for more information.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=AD3921FB-8224-4681-9064-075FDF042B0C&SAMI_CAMPAIGN_NAME=IPDDPMRTM010509_IPDDL&displaylang=en

SQL Server 2005 SP3: Supported as Site Database

SQL Server 2005 SP3 is now supported as a site database on the following products: Systems Manager Server 2003 SP3 System Center Configuration Manager 2007 RTM System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 (with SQL Reporting Services) No hotfixes are required.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd353312(SQL.90).aspx

Microsoft Management Summit 2009

The MMS 2009 Registration Web site has gone live, kicking off the project to host this year’s event at the Venetian in Las Vegas from April 27 to May 1, 2009.

http://www.mms-2009.com/

Downloads

Configuration Manager & SMS

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 VHD

This download comes as a pre-configured VHD. This download enables you evaluate Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de0fadab7-0620-481d-a8b6-070001727c56%26displaylang%3den

Operations Manager & MOM

System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 Documentation

This download contains documentation for System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd826b836-59e5-4628-939e-2b852ed79859%26displaylang%3den

DPM 2007 MP for OpsMgr 2007

The DPM Management Pack monitors the state of data protection and recovery for DPM servers and protected computers. It monitors key health and performance indicators on DPM servers.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc4f5da8b-1f8a-4861-9a38-61165ff65236%26displaylang%3den

Events/Webcasts

Configuration Manager & SMS

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 On-Demand Webcasts

http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42364#42364

Operations Manager & MOM

Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) On-Demand Webcasts

http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42363

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 On-Demand Webcasts

http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42365

Webcast: Developing Custom Reports and Operational Dashboards with Operations Manager 2007 R2 (Level 300)

Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 is an end-to-end service-management product that is a great choice for Windows because it works seamlessly with Microsoft software and applications, helping organizations increase efficiency while enabling greater control of the data center and IT environments. The desire to create custom reports and operational dashboards is one of the top requests the Microsoft System Center team receives from its customers. With the recent update in Operations Manager 2007 R2 to deliver service-level tracking capabilities and the newly released business intelligence solution for Operations Manager 2007, you now have an array of tools to create new and exciting dashboards. Attend this webcast to see these solutions in action, and learn steps that you can use to create visually appealing dashboards and reports quickly.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032399073&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

New KB's

Configuration Manager & SMS

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: A task sequence that contains many packages may take longer to run after you install System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 or hotfix 949225 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955955/EN-US

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: Error message when you use the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 console to connect to a Configuration Manager 2007 site server that is not running Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956944/EN-US

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: The wake-on-LAN (WOL) feature in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 wakes clients one hour earlier than expected

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957255/EN-US

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: The execution of a task sequence that you create in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 may continue when a program in the task sequence returns a failure exit code

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959038/EN-US

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: The "GetFileVersionInfo" function for localized binary files may return incorrect file-version information in Windows Server 2008 and in Windows Vista Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959441/EN-US

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: The Out of Band Management console in Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 cannot connect to AMT-enabled computers

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959700/EN-US

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: You receive an error message when you configure a named instance of SQL Server 2005 as the Client Status Reporting database in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959975/EN-US

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: Updates are not deployed to some clients when you use WSUS or SUM to deploy updates in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960065/EN-US

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: The SMS_Executive service process crashes on a Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 site server when you use Intel WS-MAN Translator to provision computers that are equipped with AMT 3.2.1 chipsets

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960741/EN-US

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: A hotfix rollup package addresses issues that involve the Out of Band Management (OOB) feature in Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960804/EN-US

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: Error message when you try to import OSD drivers in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 systems: "The selected driver is not applicable to any supported platforms"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961105/EN-US

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1-based systems cannot provision AMT 2.2/2.6 clients in PKI mode and AMT 2.1/2.5 clients in PSK mode

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961328/EN-US

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: If a Configuration Manager 2007 offline task sequence media is used to deploy an operating system on a client that does not have a network connection, the operating system is not registered

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961663/EN-US

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: Secondary Site Server SUP unable to Sync with System Center Configuration Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962224/EN-US

Sys Mgmt Svr Ent Ed 2003 EN: Inaccurate software metering reports may be generated from Systems Management Server 2003 Service Pack 3-based primary site servers

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958157/EN-US

Sys Mgmt Svr Ent Ed 2003 EN: Available command line switches for PatchInstall.exe

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961726/EN-US

Operations Manager & MOM

Sys Center Operation Mgr 2007 EN: How to install the Web Console component of Operations Manager 2007 on a stand-alone server that is using Windows Authentication

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957561/EN-US

Sys Center Operation Mgr 2007 EN: How to configure the Operations Manager Connector Framework to use Security Sockets Layer (SSL) functionality in System Center Operations Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957562/EN-US

Sys Center Operation Mgr 2007 EN: The installation rolls back when you try to install a secondary management server in a management group on which a Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 Reporting server has been installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957566/EN-US

Sys Center Operation Mgr 2007 EN: DBCreateWizard.exe fails with an Exception when run on a 64-bit OS

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961725/EN-US

Sys Center Ops Mgr 2007 SP1: The Product Knowledge tab is empty when you open the properties for a rule in System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951528/EN-US

Sys Center Ops Mgr 2007 SP1: The Administrator Console exits when you try to use the "Set Resolution State" option for an alert that is generated in System Center Operations Manager 2007 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953817/EN-US

Sys Center Ops Mgr 2007 SP1: Objects that are displayed in a performance view are not scoped to the specified group when they are viewed in the Web Console of Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954090/EN-US

Sys Center Ops Mgr 2007 SP1: The CcmExec.exe process crashes on a Windows 2000-based computer if both a System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 agent and a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 client are installed on this computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956172/EN-US

Sys Center Ops Mgr 2007 SP1: When you try to view the Patch List property, the list of Operations Manager agent hotfixes may be truncated on System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 systems

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958253/EN-US

Other

Sys Center DataProtect Mgr 07 EN: Error message when you select a data source in a protection group in System Center Data Protection Manager 2007: "This item cannot be protected because some prerequisite software is missing. (ID: 31008)" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947470/EN-US

Sys Center DataProtect Mgr 07 EN: Description of the hotfix rollup package for Data Protection Manager 2007, dated April 24, 2008 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951557/EN-US

Sys Center DataProtect Mgr 07 EN: Description of System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959605/EN-US

Sys Center DataProtect Mgr 07 EN: A replica may be listed as inconsistent after you install System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 on a computer that is running an x64-based version of Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961502/EN-US

Sys Center DataProtect Mgr 07 EN: Recommended hotfixes for Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2007 systems

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961659/EN-US

February 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Unified Communications

Justin Zarb — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:44:00 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

EHS Archive Datasheet

This datasheet provides an overview of Exchange Hosted Archive.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4331f6b3-6399-476f-a27b-7ae07ae04cba%26displaylang%3den

EHS Continuity Datasheet

Microsoft® Exchange Hosted Continuity is a business continuity solution that helps protect and provide continuous access to e-mail for a business and its employees.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dbf770a70-01b0-4687-8be4-f1ebb7b5c32a%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Transporter Suite Release Notes

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=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d362db2ca-b254-4301-b506-749f90ad8669%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Transporter Suite

Microsoft Transporter Suite is a set of interoperability and migration tools to migrate content from Lotus Domino servers or Generic POP/IMAP servers.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d35fc4205-792b-4306-8e4b-0de9cce72172%26displaylang%3den

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

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d72dc33e8-51f9-4850-b35e-9714b656a64b%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Live EAII E-mail Router

The E-mail Router is an interface between the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Live system and an e-mail system.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8e15d2fd-7888-47d6-b1ca-d4e8b13126fd%26displaylang%3den

Exchange Best Practices Analyzer Update

Configuration, rule, and help updates for the Exchange Best Practices Analyzer v2.8.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4f2f1339-cbcd-4d26-9174-f30c10d7ec4c%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Sample Data (On-Premise Edition)

Sample data can be used for marketing and sales presentations or for training people to use Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd5f77ee7-3d01-4944-b5dc-c8cdc8123df4%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console Documentation

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dae4ce23b-9e1e-455c-87a4-36167fe43107%26displaylang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Document: Technical Reference

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d959cb709-d81e-4dde-821f-0411dfcfc073%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Phone Edition

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Phone Edition is the first generation Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone which is directly compatible with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3deeb1b339-df7e-486f-a47a-23d7ed8be6fd%26displaylang%3den

Update for Office 2003 Multilingual User Interface Pack (KB924423)

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

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

Outlook 2007 Auxiliary Reference

The Outlook 2007 Auxiliary Reference contains conceptual, reference, and code sample topics to guide you in developing solutions using MAPI and Outlook APIs that are exposed outside the Outlook object model.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da2abf783-0d4d-454c-bb9e-6f83be3c193c%26displaylang%3den

Outlook 2007 Demo: Customize your calendar

Find out how to customize your calendar in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 to fit the way you work.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6ce220a8-4396-4bb2-b3fa-95f65e05945e%26displaylang%3den

Outlook 2007 Demo: Create and use an e-mail signature

Find out how easy it is to create and use an e-mail signature in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dde6e61f4-59e9-4187-9872-1e5c8eb863dc%26displaylang%3den

Outlook 2007 Demo: Find needles in a haystack with Instant Search

Learn about the Instant Search feature in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 and start finding what you want instantly.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db44e4368-fdd0-4f46-b914-b2b38ef05fd8%26displaylang%3den

Outlook 2007 Demo: Up to speed

Watch this demo to get up to speed with Microsoft Office Outlook 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd9d77074-4065-46dc-a285-76c610f509bc%26displaylang%3den

Outlook 2007 Sample: Outlook 2007 Auxiliary Reference Code Samples

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dee0af8fd-bbb7-44de-be4d-f33cb1b59563%26displaylang%3den

Events/Webcasts

01 February 2008 : TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 in Depth (Part 7 of 8): Key Scenarios, Examples, Demos, and How-to's (Level 300)

In this session, we cover three main how-to themes. In the first part of the webcast, we show how Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 can provide built-in protection within your Exchange Server organization. We show you how to establish an ethical firewall using transport rules and how to establish and test local continuous replication (LCR) to provide continuous availability. Next, we discuss how Exchange Server offers anywhere access to your mailbox and describe how to reinforce this. In the third part of this session, we look at how easy Exchange Server is to manage. By the end of the session, you will have a great understanding of how to perform many of the administrative tasks that Exchange Server 2007 makes possible.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032363579%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

04 February 2008 : TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server In Depth (Part 8 of 8): Master Concepts and Optimize Your Server Environment (Level 300)

In this final session of our in-depth series on Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, we start with a look at message hygiene. Your e-mail system is constantly being bombarded with unwanted and undesirable messages, and as a messaging administrator, it's your job to clean that up. Next, we discuss messaging policies. With recent accounting scandals and the global terrorism threat, governments and their agencies require organizations to store, and produce on request, pertinent e-mail messages. Exchange Server 2007 provides policies to help you achieve this goal with simple to setup and administer policies. Finally, we explain how messages can be made secure whilst in transit through your organization, between organizations, and across untrusted networks, like the Internet.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032363581%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

Workshops

20-05-08 Exchange 2007 Upgrade & Migration

New KB's

How to change the method for transfer encoding after you apply Exchange 2007 SP1 to the Exchange 2007-based server that is running the Hub Transport role

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946641

The Exchange Server Availability report in the Exchange 2003 Management Pack for MOM 2005 may show availability of over 100 percent

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945966

An update for daylight saving time changes in Venezuela is available for computers that are running Exchange 2003 SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944722

Error message when you run PWDB Import Customer Data DTS in a Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 3.5 environment: "Step Error Description: The task reported failure on execution"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942229

A call to the DeleteMailbox method of the Hosted Exchange namespace is not successful in a hosted environment that has Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 3.5 Feature Pack 1 installed

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=937956

Error message when you run a PWDB DTS task in Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 3.5: "Violation of UNIQUE KEY constraint"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941567

The Kaspersky scan engine definition files are no longer updated, and event IDs 6012 and 9874 are logged in Antigen 8.0 for Exchange or in Antigen 8.0 for SharePoint Portal Server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947260

How to remove Antigen 9.0 together with Antigen 9.0 Service Pack 1 from a server cluster

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946340

The SPN list on the front-end server is not updated when you follow the steps in Knowledge Base article 920209 to deploy Kerberos Constrained Delegation in an Exchange 2003 front-end and back-end environment

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943184

The Exchange Server 2003 Connector for Lotus Notes, the Exchange Server 2003 Calendar Connector for Lotus Notes, and the Exchange Server 2003 Migration Wizard for Lotus Notes have been updated for daylight saving time Rules Update 1 (RU1): December 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945836

Users cannot log on to Outlook Web Access after you apply Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 in an Exchange 2007 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947168

A mail-enabled contact may not be visible in the Outlook Web Access global address list in Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 3.5

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946564

You cannot set the MaxInactivityTimeDeviceLock parameter in Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 4.0

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946495

A single-occurrence meeting request in Outlook 2003 may be off by one hour after you install a time zone update for Windows operating systems

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941894

Message headers, attachments, and the message body may be lost in Outlook 2003 when you reply to an e-mail message that contains a References header that exceeds 1,000 bytes

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947350

Outlook 2003 takes longer than expected to populate the preview pane when you receive an encrypted e-mail message

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947349

In Outlook 2003, a signature is added after boilerplate text that is contained in the stationery for new e-mail messages

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947406

The Collaboration Data Objects file does not comply with the daylight saving time (DST) changes for the New Zealand time zone

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947407

Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: December 5, 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945430

You cannot send a message to all members of a distribution list in Outlook 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945421

You are prompted to approve a connection to a SharePoint feature in Outlook 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941836

Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: December 14, 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936184

Error message when you press F9 to send and to receive e-mail messages in Outlook 2003: "TASK 'Microsoft Exchange Server' reported error (0x8004010F)"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939996

The AntigenRealtime.exe process frequently stops responding on a computer that is running Microsoft Antigen 9.0

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947790

The AntigenService.exe process stops responding on a computer that is running Antigen 9.0 for Exchange or Antigen 9.0 for SMTP Gateways

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947791

The AntigenClient.exe process stops responding when it tries to open the Incidents panel in Antigen 9.0 for Exchange or in Antigen 9.0 for SMTP Gateways

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947792

The AntigenInternet.exe process may stop responding on a computer that is running Antigen 9.0 for Exchange

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947793

The Antigen 9.0 for Exchange client program stops responding, and an event is logged

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947794

Many non-delivery warning messages are logged in the ProgramLog.txt file in Antigen 9.0 for Exchange when you use a third-party connector for Exchange Server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947795

Notifications continue to be sent by using the host name of a node after the node fails over in Antigen 9.0 for Exchange

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947796

You receive an HTTP status code 407 response when you try to update the scan engine in Antigen 9.0 for Exchange and in Antigen 9.0 for SMTP Gateways

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947797

Files that have the .bz2 file name extension are not correctly detected or scanned in Antigen 9.0 for Exchange and in Antigen 9.0 for SMTP Gateways

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947798

In Antigen 9.0 for Exchange or in Antigen 9.0 for SMTP Gateways, antivirus definition files are not updated as expected

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947799

Description of Hotfix Rollup 1 for Antigen 9.0 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945597

The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service may crash intermittently on an Exchange 2003 SP2 server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946818

Error message when you run the Eseutil.exe tool to defragment the database on an Exchange Server 2003-based computer: "Operation terminated with error -2102"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946111

Exchange 2007 may change the code page of MIME e-mail messages when the messages are downloaded by using a POP3 client or by using an IMAP4 client

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945324

Error message when you prepare an Active Directory forest for Exchange Server 2007: "Schema update failed"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947282

Description of the update for Exchange Server components in Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 4.0

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942100

Description of the update for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 4.0 for Windows SharePoint Services provisioning components

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943837

Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: December 19, 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946530

You receive an error message in module Olkfstub.dll in Windows Explorer when you open a folder that contains many .msg files or many .oft files

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946529

Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: December 13, 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946207

The AutoComplete feature in Outlook 2003 may not resolve a name that begins with a diacritical mark or an accent

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946209

Error message when you try to add a delegate in Outlook 2003: "The Delegates settings were not saved correctly"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946208

February 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Manageability

Justin Zarb — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:43:00 GMT

News

SMS&MOM

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

Nexus SC: The System Center Team Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/systemcenter/

Downloads

SMS and Configuration Manager

Microsoft Windows Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your Windows 2000 servers in order to support your Gramm-Leach Bliley Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9fe205c9-dff6-4acd-b437-e33df2a991cd%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Assessment Configuration Pack for Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your Windows 2003 servers in order to support your Federal Information Security Management Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db6f61bdf-cb9c-4a1b-960d-3d99fca87837%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Assessment Configuration Pack for European Union Data Protection Directive (EUDPD)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your Windows 2003 servers in order to support your European Union Data Protection Directive compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0d61b34c-b655-4e63-bddd-b809742d1e18%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Assessment Configuration Pack for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your Windows 2003 servers in order to support your Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d71c5619c-3b48-4fb5-91da-bd0ae8db63f1%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Assessment Configuration Pack for Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7d86c340-03cb-4f3a-895e-d5a8dff7a440%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Windows Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d639100ae-6cfc-4812-882d-a3d718ff2d48%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 MSIT Basic Configuration Pack for Configuration Manager 2007

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to manage your SharePoint Server 2007 server roles, and was developed based on settings used by Microsoft IT in the configuration of these server roles.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da04acc13-b719-4f5c-9567-f865b05f73b6%26displaylang%3den

System Center Operations Manager 2007 Configuration Pack for Configuration Manager 2007

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to manage your Operations Manager 2007 server roles, and was developed based on recommendations from the System Center Operations Manager Product Group regarding the configuration of these server roles.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de9643fd9-a184-431c-b807-de7561f92e89%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 Configuration Pack for Configuration Manager 2007

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to manage your SharePoint Server 2007 server roles, and was developed based on recommendations from the Microsoft SharePoint Product Group regarding the configuration of these server roles.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de67b8d7b-ec3a-46b8-8460-c8a34f0b2287%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 MSIT Basic Configuration Pack for Configuration Manager 2007

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to manage your SharePoint Portal Server 2003 server roles, and was developed based on settings used by Microsoft IT in the configuration of these server roles.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc75d9d43-6293-4dbd-b1fd-14dcbfa6ec84%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 MSIT Comprehensive Configuration Pack for Configuration Manager 2007

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to manage your SQL Server 2000 server roles, and was developed based on settings used by Microsoft IT in the configuration of these server roles.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dae5e69a9-357d-4a23-ba6d-35e4b84149f9%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 MSIT Intermediate Configuration Pack for Configuration Manager 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d33afd9c9-f0b7-4f0f-89ee-62859b7066fb%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 MSIT Intermediate Configuration Pack for Configuration Manager 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0ddc1c1f-5d09-4b28-9868-de850e5e82be%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 MSIT Basic Configuration Pack for Configuration Manager 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd702688f-7af1-4107-a70a-2a19f6afdcab%26displaylang%3den

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

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your SQL 2005 servers in order to support your Gramm-Leach Bliley Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dfe3a2b70-4ac7-49ee-ba18-748133feead1%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Assessment Configuration Pack for Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=16&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dfe7308e4-a12b-4f47-a82c-3d04efec2613%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Windows Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for European Union Data Protection Directive (EUDPD)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d65dfe5d8-e867-4945-bb7d-e19b7e7e820f%26displaylang%3den

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

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your SQL 2005 servers in order to support your Sarbanes-Oxley compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d976df931-a3cf-40e3-802e-3281b1451835%26displaylang%3den

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

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your SQL 2005 servers in order to support your Federal Information Security Management Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=19&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d14862939-4bb0-4e26-b43a-a5953b484239%26displaylang%3den

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

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your SQL 2005 servers in order to support your European Union Data Protection Directive compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=20&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7050d56c-7e5a-479f-b94c-419ede535608%26displaylang%3den

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

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your SQL 2005 servers in order to support your Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=21&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d312505ac-f51c-4642-9a36-78e6974bc5ee%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 MSIT Comprehensive Configuration Pack for Configuration Manager 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=22&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2720df81-c585-42cf-af80-016e5786f53b%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your SQL 2000 servers in order to support your Federal Information Security Management Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=23&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d79d68fb7-f471-4bf2-aefd-cd60c75546f0%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your SQL 2000 servers in order to support your Gramm-Leach Bliley Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=24&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d83519002-4ed9-43f2-84e3-3ab1956a173e%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your SQL 2000 servers in order to support your Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=25&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d24cd5c8f-e176-433d-b75d-18c06e5f6f76%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your SQL 2000 servers in order to support your Sarbanes-Oxley compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=26&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd8757847-8ba8-4de2-b7a6-b6f1f610a28c%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for European Union Data Protection Directive (EUDPD)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your SQL 2000 servers in order to support your European Union Data Protection Directive compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=27&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1629d04c-c5a5-4752-a06f-4bc4584ae1b7%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft and ITIL v3

This paper describes how Microsoft supports and extends the service life-cycle approach of the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=28&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dedcaad48-1414-4447-8b1a-a866a146565d%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Windows Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=29&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d730d685d-5873-433e-ae99-476a6cca64ae%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Windows Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=30&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d852469e5-f195-4c16-82d6-86b2cc915223%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Assessment Configuration Pack for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your Exchange 2003 servers in order to support your Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliance efforts

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=31&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d12f480f7-4ef7-4573-bd37-4065bf45b8de%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Assessment Configuration Pack for Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your Exchange 2003 servers in order to support your Federal Information Security Management Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=32&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd0534cbe-753a-449e-81ca-c2237b6c18b8%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Assessment Configuration Pack for Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=33&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc0e9de62-8c7a-4697-aec8-a31538177c8e%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Assessment Configuration Pack for European Union Data Protection Directive (EUDPD)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your Exchange 2003 servers in order to support your European Union Data Protection Directive compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=34&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9babab34-c78d-4634-af3c-4164a20ee504%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Assessment Configuration Pack for Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=35&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4d3875ac-84c1-4e56-8886-a20f98dcd210%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Assessment Configuration Pack for Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your IIS 6.0 servers in order to support your Federal Information Security Management Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=36&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dfe44701d-11dc-44c6-a75c-102a692c490a%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Assessment Configuration Pack for Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your IIS 6.0 servers in order to support your Sarbanes-Oxley compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=37&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3ddb25b733-481c-49fa-9e18-62836d0c96be%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Assessment Configuration Pack for Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your IIS 6.0 servers in order to support your Gramm-Leach Bliley Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=38&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1f68a273-728e-48d3-b2d0-1965905d8952%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Assessment Configuration Pack for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your IIS 6.0 servers in order to support your Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=39&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d418e6a72-02c5-4949-8d85-010d2baec298%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Assessment Configuration Pack for European Union Data Protection Directive (EUDPD)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your IIS 6.0 servers in order to support your European Union Data Protection Directive compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=40&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0409ff6f-27aa-48a6-ab27-aa67e3b7bf33%26displaylang%3den

MOM and Operations Manager

System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 Videos

System Center Operations Manager 2007 is next version of Microsoft’s award winning event and performance monitoring solution Microsoft Operations Manager.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df4bf4a65-2574-4bf9-b412-234aec418f04%26displaylang%3den

Windows Client 2000/XP OS Management Pack

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df55f1803-eae6-4ed5-b2d2-9e1adf98e325%26displaylang%3den

System Center Operations Manager 2007 Management Pack Update

The Microsoft System Center Operations Manager Management Pack update is an update to the previously released System Center Operations Manager 2007 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007. This update addresses few enhancements, updated content for rules and monitors and bug fixes.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0d7fc438-4eb9-496e-a664-54d43a577576%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2000/2003 OS Management Pack

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3529d233-5e3e-4b51-8f66-5d6f27005ec3%26displaylang%3den

WSS 2.0 (2003) Management Pack

The Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 Management Pack monitors the Windows SharePoint Services application on Windows Server 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3c6c7a37-82cb-46c4-a300-902d184c9d96%26displaylang%3den

Terminal Services 2000/2003 Management Pack

The Terminal Services Management Pack monitors the individual Terminal Services components on Windows Server 2000 and 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1428ecfd-8c3e-4779-a383-4c491d2684f3%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Information Worker Management Pack

The Microsoft Information Worker Management Pack monitors the health, reliability, and performance of Microsoft Office applications and certain Microsoft Windows applications.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd898d5fe-1ff2-4c91-abbe-63adc3bfa1c4%26displaylang%3den

SPS 2003 Management Pack

The SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Management Pack monitors the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Management Pack application on Windows Server 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3ddb3e6fb0-880e-4086-bdef-1d45327f6a84%26displaylang%3den

IIS 2000/2003 Management Pack

The IIS Management Pack monitors Internet Information Services on Windows Server 2000 and 2003 systems.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd351bca8-182b-4223-8c9e-627e184ba02b%26displaylang%3den

Exchange 2003 Management Pack

The Exchange 2003 Management Pack monitors Exchange 2003 deployments and monitors Exchange Server Back-end and Exchange Server Front-End systems (5000.11)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9ff454f4-6d34-4fb9-9e0b-f5b68c6edc4f%26displaylang%3den

AD Management Pack 2000/2003 Management Pack

The AD Management Pack monitors Windows Server 2000 and 2003 Domain Controllers, as well as providing a Client Perspective monitoring of an AD deployment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d008f58a6-dc67-4e59-95c6-d7c7c34a1447%26displaylang%3den

System Center Operations Manager 2007 Configuration Pack for Configuration Manager 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de9643fd9-a184-431c-b807-de7561f92e89%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft and ITIL v3

This paper describes how Microsoft supports and extends the service life-cycle approach of the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dedcaad48-1414-4447-8b1a-a866a146565d%26displaylang%3den

Events/Webcasts

TechNet Webcast: System Center Essentials 2007 Technical Overview (Level 300) - Monday, February 04 9:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Microsoft System Center Essentials 2007 is a new management solution in the Microsoft System Center family of IT systems management products specifically designed for mid-sized businesses. In this session, we begin by describing some of the mid-market challenges IT administrators may face and discuss how System Center Essentials 2007 addresses those challenges. Then we take a closer look at just how System Center Essentials 2007 is able to help you take control of your environment. Join this webcast to see how System Center Essentials 2007 provides a unified management solution that enables IT professionals in mid-sized organizations to proactively manage their IT environment with increased efficiency. In the final section of the presentation, we see how this is accomplished through the management and monitoring of your environment.

TechNet Webcast: System Center Essentials 2007 Technical Overview (Level 300)

TechNet Webcast: System Center Operations Manager 2007 Technical Overview (Level 200) - Friday, February 15 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

In this session, we look at the next version of the Microsoft management product, Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007. There are a number of enhancements from Microsoft Operations Manager 2005; we cover many of these and provide a high-level overview of the installation process. We follow that up with a look at some new monitoring features. Then we discuss the new security and enterprise features, and we conclude by examining the new client monitoring functionality and the new reporting functionality. This session is designed to provide a high-level overview of each of the new functional areas and the enhanced feature set in System Center Operations Manager 2007.

TechNet Webcast: System Center Operations Manager 2007 Technical Overview (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: Client Monitoring with System Center Operations Manager 2007 (Level 200) - Friday, February 29, 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

In this session, we show you some of the new features that we have built into Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007. By the end of this session, you will have a good understanding of what we are doing with client monitoring. We start off with a look at some customer challenges around client monitoring and then explain the Microsoft short-term and long-term vision for client monitoring. Next, we discuss the approach that we have taken to make client monitoring as flexible as possible with features like Agentless Exception Monitoring, Aggregated Client Monitoring, and Critical Client Monitoring. We wrap up the webcast with a look at the management packs we are delivering specifically for client monitoring.

TechNet Webcast: Client Monitoring with System Center Operations Manager 2007 (Level 200)

New KB's

Event ID 2115 is logged, and a management server generates an "unable to write data to the Data Warehouse" alert in System Center Operations Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945946

Error message when you try to remove the System Center Operations Manager 2007 database role: "Error 1324. The folder path 'Microsoft SQL Server' contains an invalid character"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946425

When you restart Root Management Server, the Health Service does not start in System Center Operations Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946417

The Root Management Server encryption key is unavailable after you replace or reinstall the Root Management Server server in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946421

Error message when you try to rename a new subfolder in a shared folder on the network after you use the SMS 2003 OSD Feature Pack to deploy Windows Vista: "The <SharedFolderName> folder does not exist"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944405

Systems Management Server 2003 clients cannot download a software package from a BITS-enabled Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 distribution point on a Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945635

Software updates cannot be deployed if the software update catalogs that are imported by System Center Updates Publisher 3.0 contain a /qn switch in the command line

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944693

Every even task sequence reports exit error code 183 if you advertise several task sequences to a Systems Management Server client in System Center Configuration Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946519

Error message when you select a data source in a protection group in System Center Data Protection Manager 2007: "This item cannot be protected because some prerequisite software is missing. (ID: 31008)"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947470

The reporting console stops responding when you generate a report in System Center Operations Manager 2007 or in System Center Essentials 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946422

Error message when you try to view the AD Domains topology view in System Center Operations Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946429

You do not see the additional alert criteria that you selected when you view the properties of a subscription in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946431

Even though you install the agent on the physical nodes of an SQL cluster, the cluster resource does not appear in the System Center Operations Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946427

Registry entry names that contain a backslash character (\) are considered as part of the registry path when you use Registry probe

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946432

Error message when you use the Command Shell utility for the first time in System Center Operations Manager 2007: "Can not find Operations Manager Management Server name for current user"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946436

Some newly added access accounts of a Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 package may be missing on the child sites

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943457

When you select many items in any of the views, some action tasks that you typically expect may not be available in Operations Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946434

February 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - SQL

Justin Zarb — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:42:00 GMT

News

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

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

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

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

SQL Server '08 Adds Dev Perks

SQL Server 2008's promised support for clear encryption could free up enterprise developers' screens for other tasks. With the three-year-old SQL Server 2005 release, developers had to tweak their applications in order to take advantage of the database's encryption. A new resource governor, which along with clear encryption is in the latest community technology preview (CTP), will enable developers and DBAs to prioritize important jobs over not-so-critical tasks, says Francois Ajenstat, director of SQL Server project management.

http://reddevnews.com/news/devnews/article.aspx?editorialsid=878

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Microsoft-to-Prolong-Database-Pricing-Battle-with-SQL-Server-2008/

SQL Server as a Data Platform . . . Finally

In my August 2007 editorial “Too Soon for SQL Server 2008?” (InstantDoc ID 96028), I claimed that many businesses running SQL Server as their database platform wouldn’t be ready to migrate to SQL Server 2008. I still think that Microsoft’s SQL Server release schedule isn’t giving its customers time to catch up, but I have to admit that I haven’t found anything negative about the upcoming release. In fact, SQL Server 2008 is the destination that previous SQL Server versions have been working toward.

http://www.sqlmag.com/Articles/ArticleID/97676/97676.html?Ad=1

http://blogs.technet.com/dataplatforminsider/archive/2008/01/25/microsoft-sql-server-2008-roadmap-clarification.aspx

Try Visual Studio 2008

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

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

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

Documents

Best Practices for Migrating Non-Unicode Data Types to Unicode

The database system in a company that is growing internationally must support multilingual characters in tables with Unicode data types. Existing databases that support only non-Unicode information must be migrated from non-Unicode data type to Unicode data type. This paper summarizes best practices for migrating database systems from non-Unicode to Unicode data type.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/9/4/d948f981-926e-40fa-a026-5bfcf076d9b9/SQL_bestpract_MigrationToUnicode.docx

Database Mirroring and Log Shipping Working Together

Log shipping and database mirroring can work together to provide solutions for high availability and disaster recovery. You can convert an existing log shipping configuration to a database mirroring configuration. Although Microsoft only supports a single mirror database, you can set up log shipping from a database mirroring pair to additional servers, to provide multiple failover sites. Moreover, you can easily switch which pair of instances is using database mirroring and which instances are configured with log shipping.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/9/4/d948f981-926e-40fa-a026-5bfcf076d9b9/DBMandLogShipping.docx

Analysis Services Many-to-Many Dimensions: Query Performance Optimization Techniques

Many-to-many dimension relationships in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services (SSAS) enable you to easily model complex source schemas and provide great analytical capabilities. This capability frequently comes with a substantial cost in query performance due to the runtime join required by Analysis Services to resolve many-to-many queries. This best practices white paper discusses three many-to-many query performance optimization techniques, including how to implement them, and the performance testing results for each technique. It demonstrates that optimizing many-to-many relationships by compressing the common relationships between the many-to-many dimension and the data measure group, and then defining aggregations on both the data measure group and the intermediate measure group yields the best query performance. The results show dramatic improvement in the performance of many-to-many queries as the reduction in size of the intermediate measure group increases. Test results indicate that the greater the amount of compression, the greater the performance benefits—and that these benefits persist as additional fact data is added to the main fact table (and into the data measure group).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3494E712-C90B-4A4E-AD45-01009C15C665&displaylang=en

The Impact of Changing Collations and of Changing Data Types from Non-Unicode to Unicode

When a business grows internationally, its database system must support multilingual characters in tables through the use of Unicode data types. This white paper explores the amount of time that it takes to change a table column from a non-Unicode data type to a Unicode data type, along with changing the collation of the database. Use this information to calculate how long it takes to alter large tables.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/9/4/d948f981-926e-40fa-a026-5bfcf076d9b9/SQL_bestpract_CollationChange.docx

White Paper: Precision Considerations for Analysis Services Users

This white paper covers accuracy and precision considerations in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services. For example, it is possible to query Analysis Services with similar queries and obtain two different answers. While this appears to be a bug, it actually is due to the fact that Analysis Services caches query results and the imprecision that is associated with approximate data types. This white paper discusses how these issues manifest themselves, why they occur, and best practices to minimize their effect.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bae8beec-9892-4ecd-a9db-292254895f9c&displaylang=en

Scale-Out Querying with Analysis Services Using SAN Snapshots

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

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

Downloads

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 MSIT Comprehensive Configuration Pack for Configuration Manager 2007

The Microsoft SQL Server 2000 MSIT Comprehensive Configuration Pack is designed to be used for managing the configuration of SQL 2000 servers. This configuration pack defines recommended configurations based on an extensive number of settings affecting the configuration of SQL 2000 servers in the Microsoft IT environment. A partial list of the included configuration items and settings can be obtained by downloading the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 MSIT Basic Configuration Pack and/or the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 MSIT Intermediate Configuration Pack. It is recommended that users begin by evaluating their configuration against the Basic configuration pack, and then progress to the Intermediate and Comprehensive configuration packs as desired configurations are verified.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ae5e69a9-357d-4a23-ba6d-35e4b84149f9&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 MSIT Intermediate Configuration Pack for Configuration Manager 2007

The Microsoft SQL Server 2000 MSIT Intermediate Configuration Pack is designed to be used for managing the configuration of SQL 2000 servers. This configuration pack defines recommended configurations based on a substantial number of settings affecting the configuration of SQL 2000 servers in the Microsoft IT environment. A partial list of the included configuration items and settings can be obtained by downloading the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 MSIT Basic Configuration Pack; more extensive configuration items and settings can be obtained by downloading the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 MSIT Comprehensive Configuration Pack. It is recommended that users begin by evaluating their configuration against the Basic configuration pack, and then progress to the Intermediate and Comprehensive configuration packs as desired configurations are verified.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=33afd9c9-f0b7-4f0f-89ee-62859b7066fb&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 MSIT Basic Configuration Pack for Configuration Manager 2007

The Microsoft SQL Server 2000 MSIT Basic Configuration Pack is designed to be used for managing the configuration of SQL 2000 servers. This configuration pack defines recommended configurations based on a limited number of settings affecting the configuration of SQL 2000 servers in the Microsoft IT environment. More extensive configuration items and settings can be obtained by downloading the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 MSIT Intermediate and Comprehensive Configuration Packs. It is recommended that users begin by evaluating their configuration against the Basic configuration pack, and then progress to the Intermediate and Comprehensive configuration packs as desired configurations are verified.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d702688f-7af1-4107-a70a-2a19f6afdcab&DisplayLang=en

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SQL Server 2005 Best Practices Analyzer

The SQL Server 2005 Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) gathers data from Microsoft Windows and SQL Server configuration settings. BPA uses a predefined list of SQL Server 2005 recommendations and best practices to determine if there are potential issues in the database environment. This download is the January 2008 release of SQL Server 2005 Best Practices Analyzer.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=da0531e4-e94c-4991-82fa-f0e3fbd05e63&DisplayLang=en

Completing Setup for Microsoft Windows SBS Premium Technologies

Windows SBS 2003 SP1 Premium Edition customers can learn how to install ISA Server 2004 and SQL Server 2000 on your Windows SBS 2003 SP1 server. Step-by-step instructions guide you through installing ISA Server 2004, installing the Firewall Client on Windows SBS client computers, installing SQL Server 2000, and installing FrontPage 2003 on a Windows SBS client computer. Instructions are also provided to upgrade the Windows SBS SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (Windows) (MSDE) SHAREPOINT instance to full SQL Server 2000 with Service Pack 4.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=87a48d35-54ab-4f63-90a3-a884311202e1&DisplayLang=en

ReportViewer Samples for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

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

· The RSSNewsReader sample is a Windows form application written in Visual C#. It retrieves data from live news feeds and presents that data in a report. The report demonstrates how to use parameters to filter the dataset.

· The Web Log Analyzer is a Windows form application written in Visual Basic. It analyzes log files created by Web servers, such as Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS). It includes reports that show statistics on page hits, server activity, and referrals from other sites.

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

Project Server 2003: Rename Project Tool

The Rename Project tool enables Project Server 2003 Administrators to rename a project, or multiple projects, that are stored in the same SQL Server database. This tool combines a PDS extension with an application.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c4a6a749-f0ff-4846-9ec1-4add5e493fa6&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)

The Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for Federal Information Security Management Act was developed in conjunction with Brabeion Software, and contains suggested system configurations that map best practices and standards to the requirements of the Federal Information Security Management Act. This configuration pack defines recommended configurations based on a number of settings-based configuration items, and assesses your system against the desired configuration. Once imported into SCCM 2007, this configuration pack and its included configuration items can be targeted to collections of systems which are then audited for compliance with the recommended configurations. When settings are detected to be out of compliance, events will be generated and sent to the Configuration Manager server where the data is available for reporting.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=79d68fb7-f471-4bf2-aefd-cd60c75546f0&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA)

The Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for Gramm-Leach Bliley Act was developed in conjunction with Brabeion Software, and contains suggested system configurations that map best practices and standards to the requirements of the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act. This configuration pack defines recommended configurations based on a number of settings-based configuration items, and assesses your system against the desired configuration. Once imported into SCCM 2007, this configuration pack and its included configuration items can be targeted to collections of systems which are then audited for compliance with the recommended configurations. When settings are detected to be out of compliance, events will be generated and sent to the Configuration Manager server where the data is available for reporting.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=83519002-4ed9-43f2-84e3-3ab1956a173e&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

The Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was developed in conjunction with Brabeion Software, and contains suggested system configurations that map best practices and standards to the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. This configuration pack defines recommended configurations based on a number of settings-based configuration items, and assesses your system against the desired configuration. Once imported into SCCM 2007, this configuration pack and its included configuration items can be targeted to collections of systems which are then audited for compliance with the recommended configurations. When settings are detected to be out of compliance, events will be generated and sent to the Configuration Manager server where the data is available for reporting.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=24cd5c8f-e176-433d-b75d-18c06e5f6f76&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)

The Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for Sarbanes-Oxley Act was developed in conjunction with Brabeion Software, and contains suggested system configurations that map best practices and standards to the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This configuration pack defines recommended configurations based on a number of settings-based configuration items, and assesses your system against the desired configuration. Once imported into SCCM 2007, this configuration pack and its included configuration items can be targeted to collections of systems which are then audited for compliance with the recommended configurations. When settings are detected to be out of compliance, events will be generated and sent to the Configuration Manager server where the data is available for reporting.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d8757847-8ba8-4de2-b7a6-b6f1f610a28c&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for European Union Data Protection Directive (EUDPD)

The Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for European Union Data Protection Directive was developed in conjunction with Brabeion Software, and contains suggested system configurations that map best practices and standards to the requirements of the European Union Data Protection Directive. This configuration pack defines recommended configurations based on a number of settings-based configuration items, and assesses your system against the desired configuration. Once imported into SCCM 2007, this configuration pack and its included configuration items can be targeted to collections of systems which are then audited for compliance with the recommended configurations. When settings are detected to be out of compliance, events will be generated and sent to the Configuration Manager server where the data is available for reporting.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1629d04c-c5a5-4752-a06f-4bc4584ae1b7&DisplayLang=en

SQL Server 2008 CTP

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

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

Events / Webcasts

SQL 2005 Webcasts and Virtual Labs

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

SQL Server 2005 Webcasts

TechNet Webcast: Security Enhancements in SQL Server 2008 (Level 300) – Tuesday, February 05, 2008 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

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: Security Enhancements in SQL Server 2008 (Level 300)

MCP Live Meeting: SQL Server 2008 and Your Microsoft Certifications (Session 1) – Wednesday, February 06, 2008 7:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

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

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

MCP Live Meeting: SQL Server 2008 and Your Microsoft Certifications (Session 2) – Wednesday, February 06, 2008 5:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

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

TechNet Webcast: SQL Server 2008 (Part 1 of 3): High-Performance Data Warehousing (Level 300) – Thursday, February 07, 2008 9:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

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 (Part 1 of 3): High-Performance Data Warehousing (Level 300)

Momentum Webcast: Unlocking the Business Intelligence Capabilities of SQL Server (Level 100) – Monday, February 11, 2008 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Did you know that Microsoft SQL Server enables you to centrally control security, access to, and organization of your data - giving users the ability to access production reports or perform interactive analysis directly in Microsoft Office Excel? As you are constantly challenged to do more with less, you must squeeze as much value as possible from existing investments in technology infrastructure. In this webcast, we show you how to leverage your existing SQL Server investment to unlock the often overlooked, built-in Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities and help improve the operational and financial performance of your organization.

Momentum Webcast: Unlocking the Business Intelligence Capabilities of SQL Server (Level 100)

Upgrade SQL Now – Live Meeting Series – Tuesday, February 12, 2008 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)

These sessions will cover the issues around upgrading SQL including features and tips. Feel free to register for all any number of the offered. Session will run from December 2007 through May 2008. SESSION III: SQL Reporting Services 2005 & 2008 and Report Builder – Reporting Services was released in Jan. 2004 as part of SQL Server 2000. It helps to deliver information to the right people in a variety of formats and channels. SQL Server 2005 has expanded on the usefulness of this feature and has also added a new end-user tool called Report Builder. Join us to learn how SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services along with the Report Builder tool can get the information to the right people faster.

Upgrade SQL Now - Live Meeting Series

MSDN geekSpeak Webcast: Extending SQL Server Integration Services with Reza Madani (Level 100) – Wednesday, February 13, 2008 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

MSDN geekSpeak Webcast: Extending SQL Server Integration Services with Reza Madani (Level 100)

TechNet Webcast: SQL Server 2008 (Part 2 of 3): Manage Large-Scale Data Warehousing (Level 300) – Monday, February 18, 2008 9:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Attend this session to learn how to incorporate the new features in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 to manage large-scale data warehouses that can scale to larger number of users and growing volumes of data. In this session, we cover new technologies like Resource Governor, data compression, and enhanced indexed views.

TechNet Webcast: SQL Server 2008 (Part 2 of 3): Manage Large-Scale Data Warehousing (Level 300)

TechNet Webcast: Using the New Policy-Based Management Framework in SQL Server 2008 (Level 300) – Thursday, February 21, 2008 9:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

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

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

TechNet Webcast: SQL Server 2008 (Part 3 of 3): Integrate Growing Data Volumes (Level 300) – Monday, February 25, 2008 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Attend this session to learn how to integrate growing volumes of data with the new enhancements in Microsoft SQL Server 2008. We cover new technologies, like Change Data Capture and MERGE SQL statement, in addition to scalability improvements in SQL Server Integration Services, like lookup enhancements and data profiling.

TechNet Webcast: SQL Server 2008 (Part 3 of 3): Integrate Growing Data Volumes (Level 300)

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

New KB's

Error message when you install the WOW version of SQL Server 2005 on a 64-bit operating system: "Windows Installer has stopped working"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945935

FIX: Unexpected results may be returned when you discontinuously run MDX queries that cross both hierarchies against the dimension in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944001

FIX: Error message when you run an MDX query that contains calculated members in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services: "Internal error: An unexpected exception occured"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945900

The default value of the MINIMUM_SUPPORT parameter does not limit the cases for the Microsoft Association algorithm in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941859

FIX: Error message when you run a parent package that contains some child packages in SQL Server 2005 Integration Services: "Error: 0xC001000E"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945893

FIX: You receive one or more error messages when you run the DBCC CHECKTABLE statement against a partitioned table in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945913

The SQL Server 2005 Setup program generates an incorrect error message when you install a SQL Server 2005 failover cluster and the Setup program cannot access the cluster resource

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945937

FIX: The row at the publisher contains incorrect values in the column that has the UniqueIdentifier data type when you synchronize a subscription in a merge replication between SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945897

FIX: A query that uses the FOR XML AUTO clause generates different results in SQL Server 2000 and in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945901

FIX: The replication latency is high when you use transactional replication in a multiple-instance failover cluster environment of SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945903

FIX: You cannot cancel the query execution immediately if you open a fast forward-only cursor for the query in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945442

FIX: Error message when you run a query that uses query notification in SQL Server 2005: "Process <SPID> generated fatal exception c000001d EXCEPTION_ILLEGAL_INSTRUCTION. SQL Server is terminating this process"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945902

FIX: You receive incorrect data from SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services after you use the Page Heap tool (Pageheap.exe) to troubleshoot heap corruption issues

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945274

The synchronization operation stops responding when you synchronize databases between two instances of SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services when the TCP Chimney Offload technology is enabled

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947065

FIX: Incorrect data is inserted into a table when you run a 32-bit SQL Server 2005 Integration Services package on a 64-bit computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945899

Description of the Replay Markup Language (RML) Utilities for SQL Server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944837

FIX: A data source view that connects to an Oracle database generates incorrect relationships when you develop a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services project by using BIDS

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946032

FIX: An access violation occurs when you run an MDX query by using a user account that is a member of some different roles in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947196

FIX: Error message when you preview a SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services report that uses the Microsoft .NET Data Provider 1.0 for SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence: "An error occurred during local report processing"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946022

FIX: Error message when you run a maintenance plan that contains a Back Up Database task in SQL Server 2005: "Failed:(-1073548784) Executing the query 'BACKUP DATABASE"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946036

FIX: Error message when you run a complex query after you install Cumulative Update 3 or Cumulative Update 4 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2: "The query processor ran out of internal resources and could not produce a query plan"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946020

February 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Internet

Justin Zarb — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:41:00 GMT

News

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server

Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server TechCenter

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

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

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

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

Internet Security and Acceleration Server Blog

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

Publishing Communicator Web Access 2007 through ISA Server 2006

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/01/22/publishing-communicator-web-access-2007-through-isa-server-2006.aspx

Microsoft Internet information Server

IIS Migration and Synchronization tool, Web Deploy (Technical Preview 1)

We recently released IIS7's Web Deploy, which gives you the ability to migrate and synchronize IIS6 and IIS7 applications(download the x86 bits here and the x64 bits here ). Take a minute and think about the tasks that you do right now to move a web application from one server to another. There's all...

http://blogs.iis.net/mailant/archive/2008/01/28/iis-migration-and-synchronization-tool-web-deploy-for-technical-preview.aspx

TechNet Radio Broadcasts for "Managing PHP on Windows" and "Deploying and Managing a Customized Web Server"

Right before the holidays, we did some radio broadcasts on our team targeting the IT Professional and focusing on specific topics of interest in IIS7. Isaac Roybal, product manager, interviewed me on what it means to deploy and manage a customized web server. I talked about how IIS's componentized architecture...

http://blogs.iis.net/mailant/archive/2008/01/13/technet-radio-broadcasts-for-quot-managing-php-on-windows-quot-and-quot-deploying-and-managing-a-customized-web-server-quot.aspx

For the latest news on IIS visit: http://www.iis.net

BizTalk Server

New Articles

BizTalk 2004 SP2 Release Notes have been updated

http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/a/9/ba9c33d3-7a5f-4179-a3ad-2ee42d417e9a/ReadmeSP2.htm

New Case Studies

Alecta - Insurance Firm Uses Virtualization to Streamline Server Provisioning, Drive Agility

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000001262

NZI processes transactions six times faster on Microsoft technology

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000001197

Sharepoint Technologies

Assessing SharePoint as an ECM Platform

Jan 17, 2008: CMS Wire

Microsoft has quickly created a major presence in the enterprise content management (ECM) market with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS). Get insight into the increasingly popular platform.

http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-cms/assessing-sharepoint-as-an-ecm-platform-002199.php

Microsoft's bid for FAST bolsters enterprise search

Jan 8, 2008: InfoWorld

Microsoft's $1.2 billion offer for FAST marks the arrival of enterprise search as a software category, and analysts predict more consolidation and opportunities.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/08/Microsofts-bid-for-FAST-bolsters-enterprise-search_1.html

Downloads

Sharepoint Technologies

SharePoint Products and Technologies White Paper: Implementing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Solutions

This document outlines a methodology for team SharePoint development combining custom code and content, with the aim of accelerating implementation and mitigating production risks.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d65f21935-cbc0-4178-8c08-4c56f721c87d%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console Documentation

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3dae4ce23b-9e1e-455c-87a4-36167fe43107%26DisplayLang%3den

BizTalk Server

BizTalk 2006 R2 Accelerator for SWIFT (A4SWIFT) v3.0 Service Pack 1 has released

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3F67A576-21AA-4BED-B405-5825F297EC16&displaylang=en

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Scale-Out Configurations Poster

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ff468298-64be-4947-a086-f61584caf995&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Service Pack 2

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d20b4510-e5a6-4d7b-87a1-4bd52bdd57b8&DisplayLang=en

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Runtime Architecture Poster

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8790e652-1da5-4e80-88fe-b87606233db4&DisplayLang=en

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Legacy Modernization with Host Integration Server 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ae60b18d-c7f0-4089-aeb3-6bc652a3b898&DisplayLang=en

BizTalk WCF Service Publishing Wizard Command-Line Tool

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c6420b29-10d9-4eb2-8032-de1273819d2c&DisplayLang=en

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Database Infrastructure Poster

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=24662fb5-622c-4e7e-9e83-505d1f664c4d&DisplayLang=en

Events/WebCasts

SharePoint Technologies

TechNet Webcast: SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 6 of 6): Keeping Control of Your SharePoint Sites with IT Governance (Level 200)

In this final session of our six-part webcast series, we talk about how to manage Shared Service Providers, including the ability to use profiles, personalized sites, and audiences to deliver customized content to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 users. We demonstrate the security, policy, and auditing facilities available to SharePoint Server 2007 administrators. Learn how SharePoint Server 2007 gives administrators a high level of control over content and site management, and also the ability to securely delegate content management. Powerful auditing capabilities mean that SharePoint administrators can see who does what throughout the entire SharePoint Server 2007 farm. By the end of the session, you should be able to more effectively manage your server farms, control and audit your SharePoint Server 2007 deployment, and perform a variety of important administrative tasks to help keep your servers secure and available.

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

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032363245&culture=en-US

Web VAP Innovation Briefing Webcast Series: Microsoft® Office SharePoint Server 2007, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008

The Microsoft Canada Web VAP (Value Added Provider) Evangelist team is pleased to invite you to a three part Innovation Briefing Webcast on Office SharePoint® Server 2007, Visual Studio® 2008 and SQL Server™ 2008 – three very important technologies to help develop great web-based and web-assisted solutions. This webcast series will provide you with a good understanding of all three technologies from a developer’s perspective. Learn how you can leverage the built-in functionality from these three products in order to help build great websites in shorter time frames and with minimal configuration. Part 1: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Web Developers o An overview of the SharePoint-based platform for small business o New offerings for developers such as SharePoint Server Express o Examples of SharePoint used on the internet today

1/30/2008 1:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)- 1/30/2008 2:00 PM | Duration:60 Minutes

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032365004&culture=en-US

Central Region Partner Big Bets: Deep Dive

Join us in this live webcast where we will Dive Deep into two popular campaigns. Once a month we will discuss the “Big Bet” Campaigns in detail. We will provide information and examples of how to utilize these campaigns to their full potential. For the month of December we will cover the details for the following campaigns:Search. Share. SharePoint: Many opportunities lie ahead for Partners who provide enterprise search solutions. Whether you need guidance to build your enterprise search business, or the technical tools necessary for successful integration, Microsoft has a wide range of resources planned for 2008.Core Infrastructure Optimization: Virtualization and Server Optimization: Help customers achieve significantly more secure, reliable, and robust server environments while you empower IT professionals with more powerful management tools by using Windows Server 2008.

1/31/2008 9:00 AM Central Time (US & Canada)- 1/31/2008 10:00 AM | Duration:60 Minutes

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032362275&culture=en-US

Web VAP Innovation Briefing Webcast Series: Microsoft® Office SharePoint Server 2007, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008

The Microsoft Canada Web VAP (Value Added Provider) Evangelist team is pleased to invite you to a three part Innovation Briefing Webcast on Office SharePoint® Server 2007, Visual Studio® 2008 and SQL Server™ 2008 – three very important technologies to help develop great web-based and web-assisted solutions. This webcast series will provide you with a good understanding of all three technologies from a developer’s perspective. Learn how you can leverage the built-in functionality from these three products in order to help build great websites in shorter time frames and with minimal configuration. Part 2: SQL Server 2008 for Web Developers o An Overview of new features in SQL Server 2008 o A discussion on SQL Server 2008 Express – Microsoft’s free version of SQL Server 2008 o Architecting web-based solutions that include SQL Server 2008

2/6/2008 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US & Canada)- 2/6/2008 12:00 PM | Duration:60 Minutes

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032365006&culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Office Development in Visual Studio: Windows SharePoint Services Workflow (Level 200)

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 includes workflow capabilities that are based on Windows Workflow Foundation. A workflow can be as simple as automatically moving an uploaded document to the for review list or it can be a full application. In this webcast, we show you how to create a Windows SharePoint Services workflow using the tools provided by Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office system (VSTO) 3.0.

2/7/2008 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 2/7/2008 1:00 PM | Duration:60 Minutes

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032362116&culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Windows Compare (Part 4 of 6): Windows for Your Web Workloads (Level 200)

Join this webcast as we look at the all-up solution that the Microsoft Platform provides for a Web solution. We cover both Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 and 7.0 as the server, and show you how the Microsoft .NET Framework and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 provide solid platforms on which to build Web applications. Also learn how to use Windows SharePoint Services to provide collaboration services very easily. On the server side, we look at the built-in solutions that help provide reliability, such as the architecture of IIS and Network Load Balancing (NLB). As the Web workload ramps up, we look at how products such as Microsoft System Center can be used to manage and maintain the environment. For further information on Windows Compare visit: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/compare/default.mspx

2/6/2008 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 2/6/2008 1:00 PM | Duration:90 Minutes

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032362568&culture=en-US

MSDN geekSpeak Webcast: Extending SQL Server Integration Services with Reza Madani (Level 100)

MSDN geekSpeak is a new kind of webcast series, hosted by Developer Evangelists from Microsoft. Dispensing with slide decks and scripted demos, geekSpeak webcasts bring you industry experts in a sort of "talk-radio" format. These experts share their knowledge and experience around a particular developer technology, and are ready to answer your questions real-time during the webcast. Learn about industry trends, new technology, real-world experiences, and more. During the webcasts you’ll hear lively discussion and debate, and can even add your comments to the fray. Who knows, you might even see a whiteboard sketch or an off-the-cuff demo. In this installment of geekSpeak, Reza Madani shows you tips for extending Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) with scripts. He also takes your questions about the most effective use of this powerful tool for implementing extract, transform, and load (ETL) processes in Business Intelligence (BI) solutions. Your hosts for this geekSpeak will be Lynn Langit and Glen Gordon. If you have a question or comment you would like us to address during the webcast, visit the geekSpeak blog and submit it now.G

2/13/2008 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 2/13/2008 1:00 PM | Duration:60 Minutes

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032366305&culture=en-US

MSDN geekSpeak Webcast: Building Silverlight Gadgets with Al Alper (Level 100)

MSDN geekSpeak is a new kind of webcast series, hosted by Developer Evangelists from Microsoft. Dispensing with slide decks and scripted demos, geekSpeak webcasts bring you industry experts in a sort of "talk-radio" format. These experts share their knowledge and experience around a particular developer technology, and are ready to answer your questions real-time during the webcast. Learn about industry trends, new technology, real-world experiences, and more. During the webcasts you’ll hear lively discussion and debate, and can even add your comments to the fray. Who knows, you might even see a whiteboard sketch or an off-the-cuff demo. In this installment of geekSpeak, Al Alper shows you how to build Microsoft Silverlight gadgets and answers your questions about Silverlight development in the real world. Your hosts for this geekSpeak will be Lynn Langit and Glen Gordon. If you have a question or comment you would like us to address during the webcast, visit the geekSpeak blog and submit it now.

2/20/2008 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 2/20/2008 1:00 PM | Duration:60 Minutes

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032366307&culture=en-US

IT Manager Webcast: Dynamic IT and Security (Part 2 of 5): Desktop, Device, and Server Management (Level 100)

There is more pressure than ever on IT departments today. The bulk of IT budgets is spent just "treading water," rather than adding new business value. Microsoft is focused on helping customers flip that equation through a more dynamic IT infrastructure. Join this second installment of our five-part series on security to learn how the Microsoft desktop, device, and server management solutions can help you optimize and secure your business's critical IT resources.

2/12/2008 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 2/12/2008 12:00 PM | Duration:60 Minutes

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032365518&culture=en-US

Web VAP Innovation Briefing Webcast Series: Microsoft® Office SharePoint Server 2007, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008

The Microsoft Canada Web VAP (Value Added Provider) Evangelist team is pleased to invite you to a three part Innovation Briefing Webcast on Office SharePoint® Server 2007, Visual Studio® 2008 and SQL Server™ 2008 – three very important technologies to help develop great web-based and web-assisted solutions. This webcast series will provide you with a good understanding of all three technologies from a developer’s perspective. Learn how you can leverage the built-in functionality from these three products in order to help build great websites in shorter time frames and with minimal configuration. Part 3: Visual Studio 2008 for Web Developers o Discuss the features of Visual Studio 2008 that help web developers build Rich, Interactive applications on the web o An overview of the Express versions of Visual Studio 2008 – start building web-based solutions on the free versions of Visual Studio o Demonstration of the value Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 give to developers

2/20/2008 1:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)- 2/20/2008 2:00 PM | Duration:60 Minutes

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032365008&culture=en-US

New or updated KB’s

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server

Requests that have large request bodies may fail when you publish a Web site in ISA Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944764

The Microsoft Firewall service stops unexpectedly if a Web filter is used on a computer that is running ISA Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944699

Stop error message on a computer that has ISA Server 2006 installed: You receive a "Stop 0x0000007f"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944824

Web pages do not appear as expected when you publish a Web site by using a publishing rule in Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942313

You receive an error message when you access a Web site through ISA Server 2004 that has the Compression Filter Web filter enabled

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944114

Description of the ISA Server 2006 hotfix package: November 18, 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945225

Description of the ISA Server 2006 hotfix package: November 6, 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944765

Description of the ISA Server 2004 hotfix package: November 12, 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945043

The Microsoft Firewall service may crash when you use a custom Web filter in ISA Server 2004 to add headers to HTTP responses

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945803

ISA Server 2006 may forward requests to an incorrect Web server when a client computer accesses Web sites that have different public names in the same session

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945224

Existing IP address entries in the "Directly access these servers or domains" list may disappear in the ISA Server Management console on a computer that is running ISA Server 2004 or that is running ISA Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946781

HTTP SEARCH requests that do not have a SEARCH body may be sent to a Web server that is published in ISA Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945882

Only 1,000 PPTP ports and 1,000 L2TP ports are open in Routing and Remote Access if the maximum number of VPN clients is set to more than 1,000 in ISA Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941870

Error message when you try to change the password of a user account even if you configure ISA Server 2006 to allow users to change their passwords

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945814

Intelligent Application Gateway 2007

Description of the files that are cleaned by the Attachment Wiper component in Intelligent Application Gateway 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946079

Microsoft Internet information Server

You cannot resolve the built-in IIS accounts after you set a Windows Server 2008-based server that is running IIS 7.0 as a domain controller

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=946139

Error message when you use the Response.BinaryWrite method in IIS 6 and in IIS 7: "HTTP 500" or "Response buffer limit exceeded"
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=944886

Information about the configuration of cluster resources in Internet Information Services 7.0
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=944885

The HTTP status codes in IIS 7.0
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=944891

Information about the UrlScan 2.5 features that are included in IIS 7.0
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=944836

Description of the time-taken field in IIS 6.0 and IIS 7.0 HTTP logging

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=944884

Error message when you try to run a Web application that is hosted on a server that is running IIS 7.0: "HTTP Error 403.7 - Forbidden"
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=942067

Error message when you visit a Web site that is hosted on IIS 7.0: "HTTP Error 502.2 – Bad Gateway"

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=942057

Error message when users visit a Web site that is hosted on a server that is running Internet Information Services 7.0: "HTTP Error 404.3 - Not Found"

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=942032

Error message when you visit a Web site that is hosted on IIS 7.0: "HTTP Error 403.2 - Forbidden"
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=942036

Error message when you visit a Web site that is hosted on IIS 7.0: "HTTP Error 404.5 – URL Sequence Denied"
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=942053

Error message when you visit a Web site that is hosted on IIS 7.0: "HTTP Error 403.1 - Forbidden"
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=942065

Error message when you visit a Web site that is hosted on IIS 7.0: "HTTP Error 403.16 - Forbidden"
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=942061

Error message when you visit a Web site that is hosted on a server that is running Internet Information Services 7.0: "HTTP Error 404.10 - REQUEST_HEADER_TOO_LONG"
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=942077

Error message when you visit a Web site that is hosted on IIS 7.0: "HTTP Error 404.11 – URL_DOUBLE_ESCAPED"
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=942076

Error message when you try to visit a Web page that is hosted on Internet Information Services 7.0: "HTTP Error 403.17 (Forbidden) - The client certificate has expired"
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=942038

Error message when you try to visit a Web page that is hosted on IIS 7.0: "HTTP Error 404.2 – Not Found"
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=942040

Error message when you visit a Web site that is hosted on a server that is running Internet Information Services 7.0: "HTTP Error 406 - Not Acceptable"
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=942050

Error message when you visit a Web site that is hosted on IIS 7.0: "HTTP Error 500.19 – Internal Server Error"
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=942055

Error message when you visit a Web site that is hosted on IIS 7.0: "HTTP Error 502.1 – Bad Gateway"
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=942059

Error message when you visit a Web site that is hosted on IIS 7.0: "HTTP Error 403.13 - Forbidden"
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=942063

Error message when you visit a Web site that is hosted on a server that is running Internet Information Services 7.0: "HTTP Error 404.13 - CONTENT_LENGTH_TOO_LARGE"
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=942074

Error message when you visit a Web site that is hosted on IIS 7.0: "HTTP Error 401.4 – Authorization failed by filter"
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=942079

Error message when you visit a Web site that is hosted on a computer that is running IIS 7.0: "HTTP Error 401.5 – Authorization failed by ISAPI/CGI application"
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=942078

Error message when a user visits a Web site that is hosted on a server that is running Internet Information Services 7.0: "HTTP Error 405.0 - Method not allowed"
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=942051

Error message when you visit a Web site that is hosted on a server that is running IIS 7.0: "HTTP Error 404.15 – Not Found"
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=942071

You are not prompted to select a client certificate from the local certificate store in IIS 7.0
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=942034

Error message when IIS 6.0 receives the entity body for an HTTP POST request while an application pool is recycled: "The underlying connection was closed"

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=942240

BizTalk Server

FIX: Multiple lines of an IDOC record are not parsed correctly in BizTalk Adapter for mySAP Business Suite

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940563

FIX: You cannot delete the original host, or some messages are suspended when you change the host that is used by an adapter send handler in BizTalk Server 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926769

Four properties have been added to the ErrorReport namespace context of BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944532

Error message when you use a map to transform messages in a BizTalk Server orchestration: "Uncaught exception (see the 'inner exception' below) has suspended an instance of service"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945924

FIX: The CPU usage remains high for a long time on a computer that is running SQL Server and BizTalk Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944234

BizTalk Accelerator for RosettaNet 3.0 rejects an RNIF 2.0 message from a trade partner in BizTalk Server 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=946348

FIX: The per-instance configuration setting does not affect message processing on a computer that is running BizTalk Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=936349

SharePoint Technologies

Windows Sharepoint Services Version 3

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 does not appear in the list of the components that can be backed up when you use Windows Server Backup in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946306

You cannot upload files that are larger than 28 MB on a Windows Server 2008-based computer that is running Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944981

The Windows SharePoint Services Search index may be corrupted when you upgrade Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943605

Error message when you try to upgrade from Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or to SharePoint Server 2007: "Job failed"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946483

You are prompted to approve a connection to a SharePoint feature in Outlook 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941836

Office SharePoint Server Search and Windows SharePoint Server Search may not work as expected after you update Office SharePoint Server 2007 Search

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940026

Search results are incomplete when you use a CAML query that uses the SPSiteDataQuery class to search content on a SharePoint Server site or on a Windows SharePoint Services site

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946484

You cannot install SharePoint Server 2007 when you are running SQL Server in a geographically dispersed cluster environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946791

Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server 2003

Error message when you try to upgrade from Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or to SharePoint Server 2007: "Job failed"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946483

Search results are incomplete when you use a CAML query that uses the SPSiteDataQuery class to search content on a SharePoint Server site or on a Windows SharePoint Services site

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946484

You cannot install SharePoint Server 2007 when you are running SQL Server in a geographically dispersed cluster environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946791

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server

Error message when you try to upgrade from Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or to SharePoint Server 2007: "Job failed"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946483

You are prompted to approve a connection to a SharePoint feature in Outlook 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941836

Office SharePoint Server Search and Windows SharePoint Server Search may not work as expected after you update Office SharePoint Server 2007 Search

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940026

Unpublished pages are not migrated when you migrate a Content Management Server 2002 site to SharePoint Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946790

Search results are incomplete when you use a CAML query that uses the SPSiteDataQuery class to search content on a SharePoint Server site or on a Windows SharePoint Services site

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946484

You cannot install SharePoint Server 2007 when you are running SQL Server in a geographically dispersed cluster environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946791

The search results are sorted inconsistently when you perform a "people search" that uses the "Refine by Job Title" feature in SharePoint Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947286

The "Search Center with Tabs" template is not available when you create a source variation label in SharePoint Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947198

February 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Platforms

Justin Zarb — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:40:00 GMT

News

Test Drive Windows 2008

Try out Windows Server 2008 instantly simply by logging on to our test-drive environment using your web browser and experience Windows Server 2008 first hand

http://www.microsoft.com/uk/heroeshappenhere/learn-more/products/Windows-Server-2008/default.mspx

Things to know before you download Vista SP1

Find out what to do before you update your computers running Vista

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/bb968859.aspx

Get the Windows Vista SP1 Release Candidate

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/bb738089.aspx

Windows Virtualization Team Blog

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

The World Simplified is a Virtual World

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

Ask the Directory Services Team

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

Ask the Performance Team

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

Microsoft Enterprise Networking Team

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

Ask the Core Team

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

Microsoft Advanced Windows Debugging and Troubleshooting

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

Terminal Services Team Blog

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

Microsoft Hot Fix and Hot Issue Center

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

Documents

Windows Server 2008 Step-by-Step Guides

These step-by-step guides help IT Professionals learn about and evaluate Windows Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d518d870c-fa3e-4f6a-97f5-acaf31de6dce%26displaylang%3den

Release Notes for This Release of Hyper-V

Requirements and known issues for this release of Hyper-V.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3ed582f0-f844-40ba-b692-230845af1149%26displaylang%3den

Internet Explorer 7 Deployment Guide

This guide helps you to plan and carry out a deployment of Windows Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. The guide describes the system requirements and deployment methods, as well as the techniques to maintain and support Internet Explorer 7 after deployment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de41d8800-d134-4356-a2e7-c01bee790908%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft App Virt 4.5 Trial Guide

Trial guide that walks a user through the setup and use of the Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 system

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3daa787491-8d08-4d2f-8960-9e9f00226c7e%26displaylang%3den

Updates to Understanding IPv6

This white paper contains updates to the Microsoft Press book titled "Understanding IPv6," by Joseph Davies (ISBN 0-7356-1245-5) for changes in Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) standards and their implementation in Microsoft® Windows® XP and the Windows Server™ 2003 family.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d42bf4711-27af-4c4c-8300-7bcf900de5c3%26displaylang%3den

Updates to "Deploying Secure 802.11 Wireless Networks with Microsoft Windows"

This white paper contains updates to the Microsoft Press book titled "Deploying Secure 802.11 Wireless Networks with Microsoft Windows," by Joseph Davies (ISBN 0-7356-1939-5) for changes in IEEE 802.11 standards and their implementation in current versions of Microsoft® Windows®.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=16&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d65951a75-2dc9-4211-a48a-f9a09ff4df8c%26displaylang%3den

Introduction to IP Version 6

This paper provides a technical foundation of Internet standards-based IPv6 concepts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dcbc0b8a3-b6a4-4952-bbe6-d976624c257c%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Customer Solutions Case Study

CCIS adopted an application lifecycle management strategy enabled and supported by Microsoft Visual Studio Team System, which is helping the company better follow – and get more out of – an agile development methodology.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=29&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d18f51ae2-69cb-4ea0-9eed-2722bb488323%26displaylang%3den

Foundation Network Companion Guide: Deploying Server Certificates

This companion guide to the Foundation 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 (RRA) service.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=27&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd1a44a98-dcaa-4bdf-8e6b-6b05873197bf%26displaylang%3den

How Microsoft IT Manages Physical Security through Strategic IT Convergence

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=33&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db72ea3fb-6905-48b6-a987-cc4c032de7e1%26displaylang%3den

Windows HPC Partner Solutions

Learn how Microsoft's HPC Platform and partners' solutions can help accerlerate time to insight.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=37&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1457ddf8-0a83-4664-9a97-2cc65ab84d13%26displaylang%3den

TCP/IP Registry Values for Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 allow you to modify TCP/IP behavior with registry values.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d12ac9780-17b5-480c-aef7-5c0bde9060b0%26displaylang%3den

Deployment of IEEE 802.1X for Wired Networks Using Microsoft Windows

Describes how to deploy an IEEE 802.1X authentication infrastructure for wired networks using Microsoft Windows.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d05951071-6b20-4cef-9939-47c397ffd3dd%26displaylang%3den

Downloads

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB941644)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dfda060a5-9a1e-4036-9899-13eb61fdd8be%26displaylang%3den

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

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

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

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB943485)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d12397b47-b18f-4d4d-b8d7-adec8ff310d5%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB941644)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2e8bc7d5-fe81-4ed5-9efa-360738d160ee%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB943485)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d51fc657b-2b4a-4725-a744-d279e027c4a5%26displaylang%3den

Windows® SDK for Windows Server® 2008 and .NET Framework version 3.5

The Windows SDK provides prerelease documentation, samples, header files, libraries, and tools designed to help you develop Windows applications using both native (Win32®) and managed (.NET Framework) technologies.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d74dd6e2d-89c6-4e1e-af00-fc7d70f15439%26displaylang%3den

IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN Security with Microsoft Windows

Wireless network access requires authentication, encryption, and data integrity to protect wireless networks from eavesdroppers and malicious users.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d67fdeb48-74ec-4ee8-a650-334bb8ec38a9%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Administration Tools Pack for x64 editions

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d514bd06e-f3bc-4054-8429-c49f51e2190b%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB941644)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d19d993f9-06dd-4dc4-b0cc-c59e822eb8fa%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB943485)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df19fd790-a4e6-4a8a-8077-d1bbfe37ecca%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems (KB941644)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2c2264f7-ebbb-40ab-9dbf-9b4e313665a7%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB932762)

Install this update to resolve an issue where the Service Host process stops unexpectedly in Windows Server 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=19&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd8925e0e-70f9-4a8f-9fb1-aa9d0e8a1d41%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2008 Developer Training Kit (Beta 3)

The Windows Server 2008 Developer Training Kit includes a set of hands-on-labs and presentations for technologies such as IIS7, Management, WCF, WF, Windows CardSpace, Windows PowerShell, Virtualization and the Transactional File System (TxF).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=20&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db36ee81a-aff5-4314-95d7-dad3acfa8094%26displaylang%3den

Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 RC0 and .NET Framework version 3.5 Beta2

This Windows® Software Development Kit (SDK) provides prerelease documentation, samples, header files, libraries, and tools designed to help you develop Windows applications using both native (Win32®) and managed (.NET Framework) technologies.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=21&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3671e40c-d700-4509-9ed0-30e00ea38a9c%26displaylang%3den

Application Compatibility Cookbook

An executable containing the Application Compatibility Cookbook

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=22&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d69c63073-fe3f-47c3-baa5-b37943afe227%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 RC0 (KB941644)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=23&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d28900f83-ff8a-4d9c-8fc7-a8beac0230d7%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems (KB943485)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=24&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0382a195-aa3d-409b-8a79-9fe61588d8a9%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB932762)

Install this update to resolve an issue where the Service Host process stops unexpectedly in Windows Server 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=25&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0d8e8225-096d-49f8-879a-f75d53be3a8f%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 RC0 for Itanium-based Systems (KB941644)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=26&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1efc161d-89c2-4f90-9ef6-e2de987cf4ce%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 RC0 for x64-based Systems (KB941644)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=28&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4395864f-fcc7-4735-9ee1-20fc167a311d%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB932762)

Install this update to resolve an issue where the Service Host process stops unexpectedly in Windows Server 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=30&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc174ba3c-8c6e-4798-b9f9-27276028f274%26displaylang%3den

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007

This download comes as a pre-configured VHD. This download enables you evaluate Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=31&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd4e8bc52-3c3b-4bae-b937-987da892fad7%26displaylang%3den

Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007 ERP Management Agent for SAP®

Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007 ERP Management Agent for SAP® helps you synchronize identity information, easily provision and deprovision accounts and identity information and also provides password management capabilities for SAP® systems.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=32&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de05fa661-d087-4b12-8a79-e59494c9dd4a%26displaylang%3den

ILM 2007 Password Management Collections

The Password Management Collection introduces users to the Password Change Notification Service (PCNS) in ILM 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=35&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dae09d2f5-8ac2-4769-ab6a-48fe35a25c63%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems (KB932762)

Install this update to resolve an issue where the Service Host process stops unexpectedly in Windows Server 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=36&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d81a066dd-84e4-46b8-ba17-5cb88c2bd23c%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB941644)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d980f5457-c7b5-421c-8643-0e57429ec156%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB943485)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7956632e-17d9-4876-8340-84fe3e43e5cc%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP (KB941644)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0a766242-2342-4fa0-9b66-8953c54a2211%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP (KB943485)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6a4cf182-8e36-490e-aefe-edb7b3a0df9c%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows XP (KB934428)

Install this update to resolve an issue where 8GB SD media is not recognized on a system running Windows XP.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6edfb30f-b1ab-42a8-a330-acd6762961bc%26displaylang%3den

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC Refresh Public Availability Program

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC Refresh is available through Windows Update.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d529d992a-d69e-4c73-9213-7a7f3852c0ca%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista (KB941644)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d23c0e03a-db66-4618-bce0-af55e5c1b067%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB945149)

Install this update to improve the graphics performance for multiple Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) scenarios on a system running Windows Vista.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4d611cbc-ddbb-4744-8437-76a470dcfb93%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC0 (KB941644)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d10774e8b-8b20-4756-8a72-a315b127f2f0%26displaylang%3den

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

Install this update for Windows Mail to revise the definition files 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=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3daa029fde-f341-44fc-8b85-0c6f3d3c2d69%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB935509)

Install this update to enable future updates to install successfully on Windows Vista Ultimate and Windows Vista Enterprise.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d403a47fc-38b9-4375-a115-df403b0db5ef%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB947506)

Install this update to resolve an issue where partially installed language packs may cause installation of update packages to fail on a Windows Vista machine.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9a0e5a09-927d-44c8-aee5-5f0d140ac17c%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB943411)

Install this update to improve protection in Windows Sidebar.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da7bb4622-fb21-4769-b29a-7fc7a07d182a%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB938660)

Install this update to resolve a performance issue on Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)-based programs on a system running Windows Vista.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d140aa58e-c363-4ea4-8836-f0119ef3f763%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB945149)

Install this update to improve the graphics performance for multiple Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) scenarios on a system running Windows Vista.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc8c0d2ee-a087-4d82-8579-a0cb7c3e8a2b%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB941644)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5f6a37b1-c604-47c9-932f-485db2eda133%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC0 for x64-based Systems (KB941644)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3391bae2-46e0-45f8-afdf-a0b5e1d4d484%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 "Sedna" Add-Ons

This download contains Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 "Sedna" Add-Ons.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=16&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc04bcf8c-0944-49f0-ac2b-563518ce1d70%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB945435)

Install this update to resolve an issue where delays are experienced while accessing a WebDAV share for the first time on a system running Windows Vista.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6725da2e-afa9-4246-a5b3-3c4f8f3290e9%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB935509)

Install this update to enable future updates to install successfully on Windows Vista Ultimate and Windows Vista Enterprise.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=19&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d587b6366-5b93-4c7f-9dc1-66e29bc7167a%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB944652)

Install this update to resolve an issue in administrative MMC snap-ins where icons display incorrectly on a Windows Vista-based computer with Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack installed.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=20&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df44695ef-35a0-4e7b-9d11-e8d045e66759%26displaylang%3den

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

Install this update for Windows Mail to revise the definition files 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=21&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d749e10cd-f40c-4f94-8e38-d4221ded7652%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB945145)

Install this update to resolve an issue where a user is prompted for Windows Live Passport credentials every time a document is accessed on a WebDAV site from a new workspace.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=22&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d58a6b5ea-5ced-4c91-a4d6-992cf917d7f1%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB943411)

Install this update to improve protection in Windows Sidebar.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=23&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d892dad07-9937-4f72-bf82-2a67bcd6b74e%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB938660)

Install this update to resolve a performance issue on Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)-based programs on a system running Windows Vista.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=24&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db9e10371-4556-473d-8733-33387a486378%26displaylang%3den

Windows SideShow Device SDK 1.4

Download the Windows SideShow Device SDK for .NET Micro Framework to develop Windows SideShow-compatible devices using C# and .NET technology.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=25&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db877c01d-e80e-4f30-9df9-3a46ec519704%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB945435)

Install this update to resolve an issue where delays are experienced while accessing a WebDAV share for the first time on a system running Windows Vista.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=26&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d16a8648c-8213-453f-b0e6-5a539fd28c7a%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB945145)

Install this update to resolve an issue where a user is prompted for Windows Live Passport credentials every time a document is accessed on a WebDAV site from a new workspace.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=29&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8a387824-fc1c-487c-beac-5cce30bc34df%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB944652)

Install this update to resolve an issue in administrative MMC snap-ins where icons display incorrectly on a Windows Vista-based computer with Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack installed.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=30&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db4c072dd-0696-47ec-9ccf-fe3c678d20ed%26displaylang%3den

Events/Webcasts

Windows Server 2008 Webcast Express Demo Videos

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/2008/bb405958.aspx

TechNet Webcast: NAP TAP Deployments in Windows Server 2008 (Level 300)
Friday, February 1, 2008
11:30 A.M.–12:30 P.M. Pacific Time

http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032366863&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

TechNet Webcast: Assess Your Server IT Infrastructure for Windows Server 2008 Migration and Virtualization (Level 300)
Monday, February 4, 2008
11:30 A.M.–12:30 P.M. Pacific Time

http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032367621&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

TechNet Webcast: Centralized Web Server Configuration with Internet Information Services 7.0 (Level 300)
Monday, February 4, 2008
11:30 A.M.–1:00 P.M. Pacific Time

http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032366180&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

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

Publications in Communicator 2007 may be truncated when a user is moved or a user is imported

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943023

An audio or video session exits unexpectedly when an external user tries to add a third user to the session in Communications Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946091

You receive an exception error when you run stress tests on Microsoft RoundTable

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945619

A computer may not recognize Microsoft RoundTable

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945664

The firmware in Microsoft RoundTable may not correctly wake up the base when you plug in a USB dial pad

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945665

Video may flicker when you use Microsoft RoundTable

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945666

When you restart Microsoft RoundTable after you perform an Enterprise Image Update, the computer may not restart correctly

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945667

The time setting in RoundTable is incorrect

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945668

Volume variation occurs in Microsoft RoundTable

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945669

An entry is deleted when you release the Delete button instead of when you press the Delete button on the Microsoft RoundTable firmware device

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945670

Microsoft RoundTable does not clear previously-entered digits when you select a telephone number from the speed dial list

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945671

When you use Microsoft RoundTable to record multichannel audio, the audio file has lots of echo

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945672

A RoundTable device may unexpectedly stop processing audio

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945609

The power frequency of the VDSP is not reported in a RoundTable log file

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945610

The firmware on a RoundTable device may incorrectly resolve an error code when the image on the RoundTable device is updated

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945611

Description of the Microsoft RoundTable firmware hotfix package: December 31, 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945549

FIX: A malformed IGMP packet may cause a Windows CE .NET 4.1-based device to stop processing network requests

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946318

FIX: In the Windows Media Services SDK, the function definitions do not match the documentation after you install Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942635

Incorrect client names may be displayed for redirected drives in Windows Server 2003 terminal server sessions if both Windows-based and Macintosh-based terminal server clients are used

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944341

The print queue status is displayed as "Offline" on a Windows Server 2003-based print server if SNMP is enabled and if the printer devices do not respond to SNMP commands

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946198

You cannot add a user account from a trusted Windows Server 2003 domain to the local Administrators group on the computer when you use an account of the trusted domain together with a smartcard

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=937472

DFS clients may access the DFS root server in the remote site even though the DFS root server in the local site is available in a Windows Server 2003-based domain

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944505

When a Windows NT 4.0-based computer tries to use the NETLOGON service to establish a security channel to a Windows Server 2008-based domain controller, the operation may fail

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942564

Description of the update that is available to change how Communicator 2007 starts after you install the program

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945856

The computer stops responding when you try to shut down a computer that is running Windows Preinstallation Environment 2.0

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946383

The Icacls.exe utility that is included with Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 does not support the inheritance bit

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943043

A Windows Server 2003-based computer responds slowly to RDP connections or to SMB connections that are made from a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946056

You cannot remove a persistent iSCSI target if Physical Address Extension (PAE) is enabled on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946448

A Windows Server 2003 based-computer that is running the Cluster service may be unable to join a cluster after the computer is first restarted

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938615

MS08-002: Vulnerability in LSASS could allow local elevation of privilege

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943485

Error message when you deploy update 935448 by using Systems Management Server (SMS) or another update deployment product on a Windows XP SP2-based client computer: "Illegal System DLL Relocation"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940350

The Internet Explorer check box disappears from the Desktop Items dialog box after you install the QFE version of security update MS07-061 on a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945402

On a computer that has Communicator 2007 installed, you do not hear Dual Tone Multi-Frequency tones when you use a device’s dial pad to enter a telephone number

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945858

How to install and use the Microsoft Product Support Reporting Tool for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947469

The Vhdmount.exe tool in Virtual Server 2005 R2 Service Pack 1 may be unable to mount all volumes on a VHD file on a Windows Server 2003-based, a Windows Server 2008-based, or a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943487

You receive a message when you try to open an Excel 2007 document on a Windows Vista-based computer from a remote shared folder, even if no other user is using the document: "File in use"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942146

You are prompted to install a new printer driver in Windows Vista when you try to print to a Windows Server 2008-based print server or to a Windows Server 2003-based print server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946225

On a Windows Vista-based computer, you may notice that some right-to-left characters are displayed incorrectly when they are used with Left-to-Right Override (LRO) and POP Directional Format (PDF) control characters

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943601

How to obtain the IPv6 Ready Logo for Windows Vista and for Windows Server 2008 from IPv6 Forum

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946784

Windows Vista-based computer may stop responding when you install or uninstall some update packages for a USB HID component and then restart the computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942693

Certain Windows XP-related user accounts and groups remain on the computer after you upgrade to Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947296

You receive an access denied message on a Windows Vista-based computer when you click offline files that are not synchronized with the file server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941794

Slide show pictures may not be centered on a widescreen display when you start a slide show in Windows Photo Gallery on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947016

A new version of the Windows Update Agent is available

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946928

A file is not overwritten when you try to overwrite the file by using copy in the command shell on a Windows Vista-based computer that has Italian Language Pack installed

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942900

You cannot apply the hotfix that is described in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 935276 on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943169

Error message on a Windows Vista-based computer that is running Windows Media Center: "Media Center has stopped working"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947464

Error message when you bring the computer out of the "Hibernate system" power state in Windows Vista: "Stop 0x000000D1"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947382

A hotfix is available to reinstall a corrupted language pack and to resolve the problems that are caused by a corrupted language pack on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947506

A Windows Vista-based computer may be unable to connect to the network after you configure the computer to use machine authentication and to validate the RADIUS server certificate

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947219

A Windows Vista-based computer is frequently unresponsive for 30 seconds if the Documents folder is redirected to a shared folder, and the folder is made available offline

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=937228

The Manage-bde.wsf script does not display non-English characters on a computer that is running the English version of Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947227

On a computer that is a Windows Server 2003 domain member, you may experience problems when the name of the local user account is the same as the domain name

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946812

The WINS service may be unable to start after you move the WINS database from the default location to another location on a Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943514

Error message when you call the OpenCluster function against a Windows Server 2008 cluster from Windows XP or from Windows Server 2003: "The RPC Server is unavailable"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947299

The Terminal Services service may be unable to start on a server that is running Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946399

Some Secure Digital (SD) cards do not work correctly on Windows XP-based computers

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946629

Hibernate and resume times may increase after you install a hotfix that includes an Ntoskrnl.exe file on a computer that is running Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944092

Some operating system messages are incorrectly displayed in English on a localized version of Windows XP Service Pack 2c

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946534

Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content for 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947503

Error message when you try to start Communicator 2007: "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0150002)"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947379

Communicator 2005 users or Mac Messenger 6.0.3 users may be unable to see additional participants in a conversation if the conversation was initiated by a Communicator 2007 user

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947380

You cannot delete or rename the Offline Files when you work offline on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942845

AVC functionality is not supported in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944149

On a Windows Vista-based computer, you cannot use an external monitor that is connected by using an S-video connection to view pictures in Windows Photo Gallery

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946203

You cannot access the contents of a virtual CD-ROM drive in a Windows Vista virtual machine in VMware Workstation 5.0

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947248

A cumulative update for the XML Paper Specification (XPS) in Windows Vista is available

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942979

Error message when you run the "sysprep /generalize" command on a Windows Vista-based computer: "A fatal error occurred while running sysprep"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947466

Error message when you try to install Windows Vista Service Pack 1: "Installation was not successful" or "An internal error occurred while installing the service pack"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947366

Error message when you try to connect to a computer that is running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 through a RDP connection from a Windows Vista-based computer: "the remote computer you want to connect to cannot recognize credentials"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947224

After you create a VPN connection through a dial-up connection on a Windows Vista-based computer, VPN credentials are not cached

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947231

Successful authentications occur even though the authentications do not participate in Network Access Protection on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947218

Description of the Special Groups feature in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947223

Error message when you join a Windows Vista-based client computer to a top level domain (TLD) that has a purely numeric suffix: "An Active Directory Domain Controller for the domain <DNS domain name> could not be contacted"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947228

You cannot upgrade a Windows XP-based computer to Windows Vista when you put the "Documents and Settings" folder on a partition that differs from the system partition

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947240

Event ID: 1530 may be logged in the Application log on a Windows Vista-based client computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947238

Error message when you try to use Windows Meeting Space on a Windows Vista-based computer: "Group Policy might be preventing you from changing firewall settings"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947465

Error message when you try to access a mapped drive that is mapped to a Windows XP-based computer from a Windows Vista-based computer: "System error 5 has occurred"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947235

The recovery password for Windows BitLocker is not FIPS-compliant in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947249

On a computer that is running an Itanium-based version of Windows Server 2003 and that has hotfix 929413 or hotfix 931308 applied, a 32-bit application may stop unexpectedly when the application raises an exception

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941796

You receive an error message when you try to use the Digital Signature Algorithm together with a private key to install the Active Directory Certificate Services role in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946387

The IPv6 connection protocol is not negotiated correctly when you use the Netsh utility to configure the Routing and Remote Access service on a Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947042

After you start an attended installation of Windows Server 2008, Setup does not correctly create an MSR partition

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947300

Error message when you perform an unattended installation of Windows Server 2008: "Windows could not parse or process unattend answer file [drive:\Windows\Panther\unattend.xml] for pass [oobeSystem]"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947303

Volumes that are encrypted by BitLocker are not supported in a clustered environment in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947302

How to set up SMTP replication on Windows Server 2008-based domain controllers

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947057

Error message when you try to connect to a print queue in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008: "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Operation could not be completed (error 0x000006be)"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946394

Stop error message on a Windows Server 2003-based computer that has Symantec AntiVirus software installed: "Stop 0x0000007f"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947471

The printer spooler may crash randomly on a Windows Server 2003-based computer that has an HP printer that is installed

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947477

Windows Server 2003 does not set the value of the icmp6_cksum field in the icmp6_hdr structure for ICMPv6 packets

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947369

The recvfrom function stops responding when you use the sendto function in the IPv6 raw socket to send an ICMP packet and then use the recvfrom function to receive ICMP responses on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944135

An update is available that lets the Chkdsk.exe tool compact the NTFS security descriptor stream in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=919241

When you debug an application that uses more than 500 binaries on a Windows XP-based computer, you receive errors about the debug symbols, and you cannot debug the application correctly

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942801

February 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Security

Justin Zarb — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:39:00 GMT

News

Security Policies in the Application Development Process http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8061034

By John Steer, CISSP, Senior Security Consultant, Microsoft ACE Services Corporate security policies are a critical part of securing your corporate assets. This article covers the role of the security policy as a driver in the application development lifecycle, and explains why it is important to imbed security processes and policies into the software development process.

Forefront Client Security in Large Enterprises http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8061036

Deploy Forefront Client Security in large enterprises with more than 10,000 users with the use of Forefront Client Security Enterprise Manager. This tool allows you to aggregate reporting and management of up to 10 Client Security down-level deployment, allowing you to manage up to 100,000 client computers from a single Client Security console.

Evaluate System Center Configuration Manager 2007 http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8061037

System Center Configuration Manager represents a tremendous advance over its well-regarded predecessor, now providing the control necessary to more effectively manage change in today's dynamic IT infrastructures. Manage the full deployment and update lifecycle with streamlined, policy-based automation; with enhanced insight into, and control over, assets and systems compliance; and with optimization for Windows -- particularly Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista. When you download the 120-day trial software, you're automatically registered to receive valuable resources delivered at strategic intervals throughout the software evaluation period.

New Forefront Security for Exchange Server SP1 Trial Software http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8061038

Now with support for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 and Windows Server 2008, Forefront Security for Exchange Server SP1 helps provide comprehensive protection for Exchange Server 2007 environments through the integration of multiple industry-leading antivirus scan engines, content filtering, and enhanced manageability. Begin your evaluation today.

Group Policy Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8061041

Learn about key areas of Group Policy through answers to frequently asked questions and links to related information.

Interesting Insights from Stephen Lamb http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2008/01/PowerShell/

There's an interesting article discussing the security features of Windows Powershell in this month's TechNet Magazine.

Don Jones discusses the 'secure by design' ethos as applied to Windows Powershell, and specifically, how to prevent malicious scripts running.

Download the Forefront Client Security Best Practices Analyzer Tool http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8070132

The Forefront Client Security Best Practices Analyzer Tool is designed for administrators who want to determine the overall health of their Forefront computers and to diagnose current problems. The tool scans the configuration settings of the computer and reports issues that do not conform to the recommended best practices.

Try the New Forefront Security for SharePoint with Service Pack 1 http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8070133

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

Server Security: Less Is More http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8070134

Anyone who has spent more than a few days working in information security has probably heard the three core tenets of security: availability, confidentiality, and integrity. This article discusses another well-known but often overlooked concept: simplicity.

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for January, 2008

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

Windows Server Group Policy http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8061039

IT administrators can use Group Policy and the Active Directory services infrastructure in Windows Server 2008 to automate one-to-many management of users and computers -- simplifying administrative tasks and reducing IT costs. These resources will help you to efficiently implement security settings, enforce IT policies, and distribute software consistently across a given site, domain, or range of organizational units.

Deploying Group Policy Using Windows Vista http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8061040

The number of Group Policy settings has increased from approximately 1,800 in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 to approximately 2,500 in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. This gives you more than 700 new policies to help you manage desktops, security, and all other aspects of running your network. This document will help you sort through the new and updated features available in Windows Vista, and provides a number of best practices to help you deploy Group Policy.

Managing Hardware Restrictions via Group Policy http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8061042

USB thumb-disk keys and other removable devices can make your personal life easier but your professional life harder. For improved security, you need a way to control what hardware devices your users are installing on their work systems. Learn how you can use Group Policy to control which devices they can use and which ones they can't.

Security Policies and Settings in the 2007 Microsoft Office System http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8061043

This section provides technical reference information for the security settings and privacy options in the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Learn what each setting does, the default configuration for a setting, which tool to use to configure a setting, and where to find the setting in the Office Customization Tool (OCT) or the Group Policy Object Editor.

Security Policies for Windows Mobile 5.0 and Windows Mobile 6 http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8061044

Security Policy settings on Windows Mobile devices are configurable and provide the flexibility to control access to the device. This article contains a concise table that shows how you can use security policies to protect devices.

Security Configuration Wizard Overview http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8061045

Security Configuration Wizard (SCW) is an attack surface reduction tool for computers running a member of the Windows Server 2003 family with Service Pack 1 (SP1). SCW guides you through the process of creating a security policy, based on the roles performed by a given server. Learn how you can use SCW, to create a policy , which then can be edited or applied to one or more similarly configured servers while applied policies can be rolled back in order to undo changes that have caused problems.

.NET Framework Developer's Guide: Security Policy Management http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8061046

Security policy is the configurable set of rules that the common language runtime follows when determining the permissions to grant to code. The runtime examines identifiable characteristics of the code, such as the Web site or zone where the code originates, to determine the access that code can have to resources. During execution, the runtime ensures that code accesses only the resources that it has been granted permission to access. This part of the guide explores the .NET Framework security policy model, permission grants, security policy administration, security policy best practices, and much more.

Configuring Security Policy http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8061047

Security is an important consideration when building applications. The common language runtime grants varying levels of trust to code based on certain attributes, called evidence, that the code possesses. When the runtime establishes that code has a certain level of trust, the code can access protected resources appropriate to that level of trust. Learn how to configure security policy using the .NET Framework Configuration Tool (Mscorcfg.msc) and the Code Access Security Policy Tool (Caspol.exe).

Downloads

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

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

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

Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console Documentation

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ae4ce23b-9e1e-455c-87a4-36167fe43107&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server 2008 Foundation Network Companion Guide: Deploying Server Certificates

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d1a44a98-dcaa-4bdf-8e6b-6b05873197bf&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Forefront Client Security Enterprise Manager

Tool that will allow customers to centrally report on events across multiple event logging & reporting servers (collection servers). This tool enables a Forefront Client Security management console to provide centralized management and reporting across multiple FCS deployments

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d9413461-9384-4b14-8a26-1e77e6d98182&DisplayLang=en

EST 2007 08 August 14 v4 Enterprise Scan Tool (standalone)

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

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

Extended Security Update Inventory Tool

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

January 2008 Security Releases ISO Image

This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on January 8th, 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=36f25511-213f-461a-ac68-090a353cece2&DisplayLang=en

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Microsoft Identity Lifecyle Manager 2007

This download comes as a pre-configured VHD. This download enables you to evaluate Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b7b396d7-fcb7-42be-9e64-fa2b6edd3d8f&DisplayLang=en

TechNet Security Series Seminar - (13th Dec 2007)

Presentation Materials for TechNet Security Series Seminar (13th Dec 2007)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=03e815e7-4dcf-466d-b0b1-b70177182cf7&DisplayLang=en

Internet Security and Acceleration Server Health Check Datasheet

Maximizes the efficiency of your ISA Server configuration and minimize the risk of internal and external threats to your servers and technologies.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5fce638d-90b0-4d31-8d79-801dc2612d37&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Enterprise Resource Planning Management Agent for SAP®

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e05fa661-d087-4b12-8a79-e59494c9dd4a&DisplayLang=en

IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN Security with Microsoft Windows

Wireless network access requires authentication, encryption, and data integrity to protect wireless networks from eavesdroppers and malicious users.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=67fdeb48-74ec-4ee8-a650-334bb8ec38a9&DisplayLang=en

Events/WebCasts

Microsoft Security Webcast Series: Upcoming and On-Demand

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

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

Upcoming Security Webcasts

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

Register for the following Webcasts on the link above

TechNet Webcast: Security Enhancements in SQL Server 2008 (Level 300)

Tuesday, February 5, 2008 11:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Forefront Client Security Series: A Technical Overview of Forefront Client Security (Level 200)

Wednesday, February 6, 2008 9:30 A.M.-11:00 A.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Forefront Client Security Series: Deploying Forefront Client Security (Part 1 of 2) (Level 200)

Friday, February 8, 2008 9:30 A.M.-11:00 A.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Forefront Client Security Series: Deploying Forefront Client Security (Part 2 of 2) (Level 200)

Wednesday, February 13, 2008 9:30 A.M.-11:00 A.M. Pacific Time

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

Wednesday, February 13, 2008 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Forefront Client Security Series: Deploying Forefront Client Security in Large Enterprises (Level 200)

Friday, February 15, 2008 9:30 A.M.-11:00 A.M. Pacific Time

IT Manager Webcast: Dynamic IT and Security (Part 3 of 5): Network and Edge Protection (Level 100)

Tuesday, February 19, 2008 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Forefront Client Security Series: Troubleshooting Forefront Client Security in Large Enterprises (Level 200)

Friday, February 22, 2008 9:30 A.M.-11:00 A.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Windows Network Policy Server Fundamentals (Level 300)

Monday, February 25, 2008 11:30 A.M.-1:00 P.M. Pacific Time

On-Demand Security Webcasts

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

February 2007 - Technical Rollup Mail - Exchange

Justin Zarb — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:41:00 GMT

News

Preparing for daylight saving time changes in 2007
In August of 2005 the United States Congress passed the Energy Policy Act, which changes the dates of both the start and end of daylight saving time (DST). When this law goes into effect in 2007, DST will start three weeks earlier (2:00 A.M. on the second Sunday in March) and will end one week later (2:00 A.M. on the first Sunday in November) than what had traditionally occurred.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/timezone/dst2007.mspx

Downloads

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Help
The Exchange Server 2007 Help can help you in the day-to-day administration of Exchange. Use this information to guide you through Exchange Server 2007 features, tasks, and administration procedures.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=555f5974-9258-475a-b150-0399b133fede&DisplayLang=en

Exchange Server Stress and Performance Tool (64 bit)
Use Microsoft Exchange Server Stress and Performance (ESP), a highly scalable stress and performance tool for Exchange, to simulate large numbers of client sessions by concurrently accessing one or more protocol servers. ESP includes multiple modules that you can use to simulate a wide variety of protocols and loads. You can run modules concurrently from multiple hosts, thereby more realistically simulating physically separate client machines. There is no limit to the number of computers on your network that can host ESP modules.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b9e200d5-18b9-4734-b9d9-9e6efc48bcb6&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Exchange Server Profile Analyzer (64 bit)
Use the Microsoft Exchange Server Profile Analyzer tool to collect estimated statistical information from a single mailbox store or across an Exchange Server organization. The collected data can be used for such tasks as analyzing the performance and health of a server that has mailboxes, improving capacity planning models, and improving testing methodologies and tools.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c009c049-9f4c-4519-a389-69c281b2abda&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Connector for Lotus Notes
The Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Connector for Lotus Notes supports messaging and calendaring interoperability between Lotus Domino R5/R6 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 Active Directory. This tool replaces the Connector that ships with Exchange Server 2003 (including SP2), and includes several updates to support better message fidelity when routing email between Exchange and Domino, support of iNotes and Domino Web Access clients, enhanced Unicode support and reliability.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d9f3a35e-1046-47b5-b09b-bda9de60cd9d&DisplayLang=en

Exchange Load Generator (64 bit)
Use Microsoft Exchange Load Generator (LoadGen) as a simulation tool to measure the impact of MAPI clients on Exchange servers. LoadGen allows you to test how a server running Exchange responds to e-mail loads. To simulate the delivery of these messaging requests, you run LoadGen tests on client computers. These tests send multiple messaging requests to the Exchange server, thereby causing a mail load. LoadGen is a useful tool for administrators who are sizing servers and validating a deployment plan. Specifically, LoadGen helps you determine if each of your servers can handle the load to which they are intended to carry. Another use for LoadGen is to help validate the overall solution.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0fdb6f14-1e42-4165-bb17-96c83916c3ec&DisplayLang=en

Exchange Load Generator (32 bit)
Use Microsoft Exchange Load Generator (LoadGen) as a simulation tool to measure the impact of MAPI clients on Exchange servers. LoadGen allows you to test how a server running Exchange responds to e-mail loads. To simulate the delivery of these messaging requests, you run LoadGen tests on client computers. These tests send multiple messaging requests to the Exchange server, thereby causing a mail load. LoadGen is a useful tool for administrators who are sizing servers and validating a deployment plan. Specifically, LoadGen helps you determine if each of your servers can handle the load to which they are intended to carry. Another use for LoadGen is to help validate the overall solution.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ddec1642-f6e3-4d66-a82f-8d3062c6fa98&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Exchange Server Profile Analyzer (32 bit)
Use the Microsoft Exchange Server Profile Analyzer tool to collect estimated statistical information from a single mailbox store or across an Exchange Server organization. The collected data can be used for such tasks as analyzing the performance and health of a server that has mailboxes, improving capacity planning models, and improving testing methodologies and tools
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8f575f60-bd80-44aa-858b-a1f721108fad&DisplayLang=en

Collaboration Data Objects, version 1.2.1
CDO 1.2.1 (Collaboration Data Objects, version 1.2.1) is a package providing access to Outlook-compatible objects through a COM-based API. Using CDO, a program can connect to a MAPI store, and then perform operations against that store, including creating and processing calendar items, and resolving and handling mail recipients. Starting with Exchange 2007 and Outlook 2007, Microsoft will distribute CDO 1.2.1 as a Web download, separated from the two products.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2714320d-c997-4de1-986f-24f081725d36&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Exchange Server MAPI Client and Collaboration Data Objects 1.2.1
The Messaging API is a COM-like API that provides access to the contents of messaging stores. CDO 1.2.1 (Collaboration Data Objects, version 1.2.1) is a package providing access to Outlook-compatible objects through a COM-based API. Using either CDO or MAPI, a program can connect to a MAPI store, and then perform operations against that store. Starting with Exchange 2007, Microsoft will distribute the MAPI client libraries and CDO 1.2.1 as a Web download.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e17e7f31-079a-43a9-bff2-0a110307611e&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Calendar Connector for Lotus Notes
The Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Calendar Connector for Lotus Notes supports the sharing of calendar free/busy schedules between Lotus Domino R5 and R6 and Exchange Server 2003. This tool replaces the Calendar Connector that ships with Exchange Server 2003 (including SP2), and is designed to be used with the Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Connector.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c14932a1-55f4-4256-af7e-617639d46024&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Certificate-Based Authentication Tool
The Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Certificate-Based authentication tool provides several utilities to assist an Exchange administrator in configuring and validating client certificate authentication for Exchange Server ActiveSync.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=82510e18-7965-4883-a8c3-f73f1f4733ac&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Migration Wizard for Lotus Notes
The Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Migration Wizard for Lotus Notes supports the migration of Lotus Domino R5 and R6 mailboxes and associated Domino directory information to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 Active Directory. This tool replaces the Migration Wizard that ships with Exchange Server 2003 (including SP2), and includes improved retention of contents and Unicode characters during the migration from Domino to Exchange Server 2003.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c105b3e4-3beb-4f1e-8f52-e345af6c3e50&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress Tool (64 bit)
Use Jetstress to verify the performance and stability of a disk subsystem prior to putting an Exchange server into production. Jetstress helps verify disk performance by simulating Exchange disk Input/Output (I/O) load. Specifically, Jetstress simulates the Exchange database and log file loads produced by a specific number of users. You use Performance Monitor, Event Viewer, and ESEUTIL in conjunction with Jetstress to verify that your disk subsystem meets or exceeds the performance criteria you establish. After a successful completion of the Jetstress Disk Performance and Stress Tests in a non-production environment, you will have ensured that your Exchange disk subsystem is adequately sized (in terms of performance criteria you establish) for the user count and user profiles you have established. It is highly recommended that the Jetstress user read through the tool documentation before using the tool.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=73dfe056-0900-4dbb-b14a-0932338cecac&DisplayLang=en

Exchange Server Stress and Performance Tool (32 bit)
Use Microsoft Exchange Server Stress and Performance (ESP), a highly scalable stress and performance tool for Exchange, to simulate large numbers of client sessions by concurrently accessing one or more protocol servers. ESP includes multiple modules that you can use to simulate a wide variety of protocols and loads. You can run modules concurrently from multiple hosts, thereby more realistically simulating physically separate client machines. There is no limit to the number of computers on your network that can host ESP modules
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7f944850-945f-4e60-b6d6-cf7341d7f9c3&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress Tool (32 bit)
Use Jetstress to verify the performance and stability of a disk subsystem prior to putting an Exchange server into production. Jetstress helps verify disk performance by simulating Exchange disk Input/Output (I/O) load. Specifically, Jetstress simulates the Exchange database and log file loads produced by a specific number of users. You use Performance Monitor, Event Viewer, and ESEUTIL in conjunction with Jetstress to verify that your disk subsystem meets or exceeds the performance criteria you establish. After a successful completion of the Jetstress Disk Performance and Stress Tests in a non-production environment, you will have ensured that your Exchange disk subsystem is adequately sized (in terms of performance criteria you establish) for the user count and user profiles you have established. It is highly recommended that the Jetstress user read through the tool documentation before using the tool.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=94b9810b-670e-433a-b5ef-b47054595e9c&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Management Tools (32-Bit)
The Exchange management tools include the Exchange Management Console, the Exchange Management Shell, the Exchange Help file, the Microsoft Exchange Best Practices Analyzer Tool, and the Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant Tool.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6be38633-7248-4532-929b-76e9c677e802&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Junk E-mail Reporting Tool version 1.1 for Microsoft Office Outlook®
The Junk E-mail Reporting Tool submits e-mail to Microsoft when you explicitly choose to do so. If you receive a junk e-mail and want to report it to us for analysis, first select the e-mail in Outlook and then click the junk e-mail button on your tool bar. You will see a pop-up window asking whether you want to report the selected e-mail to Microsoft and its affiliates. When you click “Yes” to confirm that you’d like to report the selected e-mail as junk e-mail, the junk e-mail will be deleted from your Inbox and sent to FrontBridge, a Microsoft company, for analysis to help us improve the effectiveness of our junk e-mail filtering technologies.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=53541292-ce94-4c5b-9127-b7d56f11b619&DisplayLang=en

Update for Exchange 2003 (KB 922817)
This update is required if the Offline Address Book (OAB) generation is moved from an Exchange 2007 server to an Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) server. It resolves issues which are caused due to changes in the OAB version 4 in Exchange 2007.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b217a4c9-4aad-49b9-92dd-10754af1029e&DisplayLang=en

Unified Communications - Office Communication Server 2007 Videos
There are two videos and two versions (one for event presentations and one for PC screens) on Office Communications Server 2007 and on Office RoundTable. The videos center on use of the technologies by the staff of a fashion magazine.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=67d3e846-ae4a-4b30-9e0c-eac22bd2a58a&DisplayLang=en

Update for Daylight Saving Time changes in 2007 for Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 (KB 926666)
Starting in the spring of 2007, Daylight Saving Time (DST) start and end dates for the United States will transition to comply with the Energy Policy Act of 2005. DST dates in the United States will start three weeks earlier (2:00 A.M. on the second Sunday in March) and will end one week later (2:00 A.M. on the first Sunday in November).
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c16aea4a-ed33-4cd9-a7c3-8b5df5471b7a&DisplayLang=en

Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging Video
This video shows Microsoft partners describing the advantages and partner opportunities presented by the Unified Messaging features in Exchange Server 2007.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1cfb4779-b760-4884-8146-53997c802b65&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino Release Notes
The Microsoft Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino Release Notes contains up to date information that is not included in the Transporter Help file. The Transporter Release Notes augments the Transporter Help.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=362db2ca-b254-4301-b506-749f90ad8669&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0-Exchange E-mail Router Update
This update allows the distribution of Microsoft Dynamics CRM e-mail message forwarding rules to mailboxes that are located on computers running Exchange Server 2007.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f7656f0f-4195-4a7d-b654-2786787e1422&DisplayLang=en

Events/WebCasts

24 Hours of Exchange Server 2007
24 x 1 Hour sessions on Exchange 2007. Click here for more details

1 February 2007: Momentum Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 Storage Changes (Level 200)
Microsoft Exchange Server is a mission-critical application in most organizations. Although storage solutions for Exchange Server range from simple to complex, all of them must deliver satisfactory levels of performance and availability. Join this webcast to see how Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 is designed to reduce the cost and complexity of deployments while enabling enhanced services. We explore the differences from previous versions of Exchange Server and introduce the new features that empower you to better plan, design, and deploy your Exchange Server 2007 environment. We show you the key storage changes in Exchange Server 2007, focusing on database planning and design, new considerations for sizing in capacity and throughput, and new storage management options to consider.
http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032324207%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

2 February 2007: TechNet Webcast: Labcast Series (Part 1 of 8): Installing Exchange Server 2007 (Level 200)
Join this labcast as we walk you through the basics of installing Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. We demonstrate how a standard installation works, and how you can add a server role to an existing deployment with a Windows PowerShell script. A labcast is a blend of webcast and virtual lab that provides a guided, hands-on learning environment. Watch and listen as we demonstrate different tasks via Microsoft Office Live Meeting, then switch to a virtual lab where you can try it yourself. Experts are standing by to answer any questions you may have along the way.
http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032322628%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

2 February 2007: Support WebCast: The impact of daylight saving time on Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft Office Outlook
This Support WebCast will help you understand how Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft Office Outlook are approaching this transition. It will provide more details about which versions of Exchange and Outlook versions are affected. The WebCast also talks about the requirements and considerations you should be aware of when installing the fixes. It will also discuss the most common scenarios that Exchange Administrators could face in getting ready for the change.
http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032327505%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

5 February 2007: TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Exchange Server 2007 (Part 05 of 24): Transitioning and Migrating to Exchange Server 2007 (Level 200)
In the previous session of this series, we discussed installing Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. But what if you have an existing Exchange Server environment? What are your options then? What if you are using another messaging environment? In this webcast, we cover transitioning from Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007. We also examine upgrading from Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 or Exchange Server 5.5 and explore migrating from a Lotus Notes environment to Exchange Server 2007.
http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032322095%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

8 February 2007: TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Exchange Server 2007 (Part 06 of 24): Configuring Exchange Server Introduction (Level 200)
This webcast and the next webcast in this 24-part series are dedicated to configuring Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. In the first part of this two-part session on configuring the installation of Exchange Server 2007, we look at some post-installation tasks for securing the installation and the delegation of permissions. We explore the administration tools in Exchange Server 2007 and introduce Windows PowerShell, a new command-line shell and task-based scripting technology that we explore in greater detail in later sessions. We also cover implementing the Mailbox server role in Exchange Server 2007, explain how to configure this server role, and describe the database and storage groups. To complete the homework that is associated with this webcast series, you can register and attend the live Labcast Series, or you can register for a self-paced Virtual Lab.
http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032322488%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

8 February 2007: Microsoft Webcast: Deploying Exchange Server 2007
Join this webcast to learn about the architecture within Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 from an IT professional's perspective. Receive guidance on planning for the supported Exchange Server 2007 organization models (simple, standard, large, and complex) before deploying Exchange Server 2007 in your new or existing organization. We also show you several architectural advances in Exchange Server 2007, including features and components that have been redesigned, added, or removed.
http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032319736%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

9 February 2007: TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Exchange Server 2007 (Part 07 of 24): Configuring Exchange Server Conclusion (Level 200)
This webcast and the previous webcast in this 24-part series are dedicated to configuring Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. In this second presentation of our two-part session on configuring Exchange Server 2007, we focus on public folders by describing what public folders are, explaining the replication model for public folders, and exploring how client computers access public folders. We spend the majority of time in this webcast demonstrating the administrative tasks you need to perform to configure and manage public folders. To complete the homework that is associated with this webcast series, you can register and attend the live Labcast Series, or you can register for a self-paced Virtual Lab
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12 February 2007: TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 Guided Labcast Series (Part 2 of 8): Analysis Tools in Exchange Server 2007 (Level 200)
Join this TechNet Labcast to become familiar with the Exchange Management Shell, which provides a powerful command-line interface and associated command-line plug-ins for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 that enable automation of administrative tasks. We show you how to move mailboxes between stores using the Exchange Management Shell, and walk you through client configuration using the new AutoDiscover feature. Learn how you can take full advantage of the analysis tools built into Exchange Server 2007 that are designed to help you keep your messaging environment running optimally. A labcast is a blend of webcast and virtual lab in which we provide a guided, hands-on learning environment. Watch and listen as we demonstrate different tasks using Microsoft Office Live Meeting, then we switch to a TechNet Virtual Lab where you can try it first-hand. Experts are standing by to answer any questions you may have along the way.
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14 February 2007: TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Exchange Server 2007 (Part 08 of 24): Introduction to Windows PowerShell (Level 200)
In this installment of our 24-hour learning series on Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, we explore the new command-line interface, Windows PowerShell. Over the course of the next two sessions, we examine Windows PowerShell and provide examples of how to use it to manage Exchange Server 2007. We describe the new interface, outline the concepts behind it, and illustrate the language Windows PowerShell uses for scripting. Attend this presentation to learn more about operators, conditions, and other scripting techniques for building your first cmdlets, single-feature command-line tools used to manipulate objects in Windows PowerShell. To complete the homework that is associated with this webcast series, you can register and attend the live Labcast Series, or you can register for a self-paced Virtual Lab.
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16 February 2007: TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Exchange Server 2007 (Part 09 of 24): Using PowerShell for Exchange Management (Level 200)
Having covered the basics of Windows PowerShell in Part 08 of this 24-part series, “Introduction to Windows PowerShell”, this session concentrates on using Windows PowerShell to manage a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 environment. In this webcast, we cover the Exchange management model, which provides us with the basis for our scripts later on. We spend time in an application showing the scripts and explaining how they work to describe Windows PowerShell management for Exchange Server. To complete the homework that is associated with this webcast series, you can register and attend the live Labcast Series, or you can register for a self-paced Virtual Lab.
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19 February 2007: TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 Guided Labcast Series (Part 3 of 8): Compliance and Retention (Level 200)
Take part in this TechNet Labcast as we walk you through the basics of enforcing compliance and retention policies in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. Learn to use managed e-mail folders, transport rules, journaling, and also message classifications. A labcast is a blend of webcast and virtual lab in which we provide a guided, hands-on learning environment. Watch and listen as we demonstrate different tasks using Microsoft Office Live Meeting, then we switch to a TechNet Virtual Lab where you can try it first-hand. Experts are standing by to answer any questions you may have along the way.
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21 February 2007: TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Exchange Server 2007 (Part 10 of 24): Recipient Management, Policies, and Permissions (Level 200)
This is the first of six webcasts in the series in which we focus on various aspects of security in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. In this session, we explore policies and permissions, and we illustrate the recipient management model, which has changed since Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. Join this session to learn how Exchange Server 2007 handles resources and what changes there are to the administrative permission model. We also demonstrate how Exchange Server 2007 gives you the option to separate your Active Directory directory service administration from your Exchange Server. Other topics we cover in the next five webcasts on Exchange Server 2007 security include compliance, antivirus, anti-spam, edge protection with the Edge Transport server role, and Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server. To complete the homework that is associated with this webcast series, you can register and attend the live Labcast Series, or you can register for a self-paced Virtual Lab.
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23 February 2007: TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Exchange Server 2007 (Part 11 of 24): Messaging Policies and Compliance (Level 200)
In this session, we look at the messaging policy and compliance features within Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. We define messaging policy and compliance, and we explore the options for implementing messaging policies and records management. We also demonstrate how to implement and configure managed e-mail folders and retention policies. Join this webcast for a discussion on transport rules in Exchange Server 2007, as we examine what they are and describe how to establish them. We conclude this webcast discussing message journaling, illustrating how it works and showing you how to implement it. To complete the homework that is associated with this webcast series, you can register and attend the live Labcast Series, or you can register for a self-paced Virtual Lab.
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26 February 2007: TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 Guided Labcast Series (Part 4 of 8): Using Management Console and Shell (Level 200)
In this TechNet Labcast we cover basic administration in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. By walking you through both the Exchange Management Console and its command-line counterpart, the Exchange Management Shell, you can learn to take full advantage of Exchange Server 2007 in your organization. Join us to see how to build and use more powerful administrative scripts. A labcast is a blend of webcast and virtual lab in which we provide a guided, hands-on learning environment. Watch and listen as we demonstrate different tasks using Microsoft Office Live Meeting, then we switch to a TechNet Virtual Lab where you can try it first-hand. Experts are standing by to answer any questions you may have along the way.
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28 February 2007: TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Exchange Server 2007 (Part 12 of 24): Configuring Edge Transport Servers (Level 200)
In this session, we look at the Edge Transport server role in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. While we provided an overview of server roles in an earlier session of this series on Exchange Server 2007, we look at configuring the Edge Transport role in greater detail in this webcast. We begin by exploring the process for implementing an Edge Transport server role and by discussing EdgeSync, a service that provides data replication and synchronization between Active Directory and Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) for a subscribed Edge Transport server. From there, we examine the Internet message delivery, describe how it works, and demonstrate how to configure Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) connectors. We conclude with a discussion of security concerns associated with using SMTP e-mail and illustrate the options you have for securing SMTP e-mail. To complete the homework that is associated with this webcast series, you can register and attend the live Labcast Series, or you can register for a self-paced Virtual Lab.
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Premier Soundbytes and Workshops (Ask your TAM for more details)
05/02/07: Soundbyte - Exchange Server 2003 Routing Service
02/03/07: Soundbyte - Introduction to Exchange 2007 Management Shell
05/03/07: Soundbyte - Introduction to Exchange 2007 Server Roles
19/03/07: Soundbyte - Introduction to Exchange 2007 Mailbox Server Role

15/02/07: Exchange 2003: Advanced Clustering
01/03/07: Exchange 2007 Upgrade & Migration
01/03/07: Exchange 2003 Storage & Best Practices
06/03/07: Exchange 2003 Security
13/03/07: Exchange 2003: Best Practices
23/03/07: Exchange Mobility
29/03/07: Exchange 2003 Clustering
03/04/07: Exchange 2003: Performance Monitoring
05/04/07: Exchange 2007 Upgrade & Migration
12/04/07: Exchange 2003: Advanced Clustering
27/04/07: Exchange Mobility
08/05/07: Exchange 2003 Storage & Best Practices
10/05/07: Exchange 2003: Best Practices
24/05/07: Exchange 2003 Clustering
29/05/07: Exchange 2007 Upgrade & Migration
15/06/07: Exchange Mobility
18/06/07: Exchange 2003: Advanced Clustering

New KB’s

The Calendar Connector for Lotus Notes does not correctly parse user names in Exchange 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;927434

Event ID 8206 may be logged when you back up a computer that is running Exchange Server 2003 or when you perform online maintenance of that computer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;930361

You cannot remount the public folder store, and an event ID 116 message occurs in Exchange Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;929292

Error message when you try to change the offline address list server from Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2003: "The target server cannot support OAB"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;922817

How to create a Group Policy object to cause Outlook 2003 to use plain text for e-mail messages
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;930508

Description of the "Maintain per-user read and unread information" setting in Exchange Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;929396

You are not prompted for a user name or a password when you connect to the /rpc virtual directory, and you receive a blank page in Outlook 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;930362

The Exchange Management Console must remain open when you schedule a task to move a mailbox in Exchange 2007 or in Exchange 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;931748

New reply content is discarded when you reply to or forward an e-mail message in Exchange Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;929872

You receive an error message when you try to set the storage limits to 2 GB or larger for a mailbox or for a mailbox store in Exchange 2003 or in Exchange 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930366

The /createstm switch and the /s switch are displayed even though they do not work for streaming (.stm) files in Exchange 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931749

Addressing the daylight saving time changes in 2007 using the Outlook Time Zone Data Update Tool
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931667