Technical RollUp : January

January 2009 - Technical Rollup Mail - Unified Communications

Justin Zarb — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:26:00 GMT

News

http://msexchangeteam.com/default.aspx

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

http://communicationsserverteam.com

Downloads

Antigen & Forefront

UDP Update for Forefront TMG 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/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de974422f-42b0-426c-8852-ff8e67264909%26displaylang%3den

Exchange

Sample migration planning materials

Sample e-mail migration planning materials

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db4d668f4-26b0-4b3c-8b13-5e0275948257%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server MAPI Client and Collaboration Data Objects 1.2.1

Starting with Exchange 2007, neither the Messaging API (MAPI) client libraries nor CDO 1.2.1 are provided as a part of the base product installation. As a result, there is functionality missing that many applications depend on. Microsoft Exchange MAPI and CDO 1.2.1 provide access to these APIs

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d94274318-27c4-4d8d-9bc5-3e6484286b1f%26displaylang%3den

Collaboration Data Objects, version 1.2.1

Beginning in Exchange Server 2007 and Outlook 2007, CDO 1.2.1 will no longer be provided as a part of the install of the product. As a result, there is functionality missing that many applications depend upon. CDO 1.2.1 is a package providing access to Outlook-compatible objects through a COM-based API.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2714320d-c997-4de1-986f-24f081725d36%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Migration Wizard for Lotus Notes

The Migration Wizard for Lotus Notes is a tool designed for organizations that are migrating from Lotus Notes/Domino to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc105b3e4-3beb-4f1e-8f52-e345af6c3e50%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server MAPI Client and Collaboration Data Objects 1.2.1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de17e7f31-079a-43a9-bff2-0a110307611e%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Connector for Lotus Notes

The Connector for Lotus Notes/Domino is a tool designed for organizations that need to coexist during a migration from Lotus Domino to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd9f3a35e-1046-47b5-b09b-bda9de60cd9d%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Calendar Connector for Lotus Notes

The Calendar Connector for Lotus Notes is a tool designed for organizations that need to coexist during a migration from Lotus Domino to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc14932a1-55f4-4256-af7e-617639d46024%26displaylang%3den

BPIO University 2009 ILT

Training Collateral for Delivering Business Productivity Infrastructure Optimization (BPIO) University 2009.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db5f6be2c-5b62-4648-969e-64d5507b5c1a%26displaylang%3den

BPIO University 2009 BI ILT Collateral

Training Collateral for Delivering Business Productivity Infrastructure Optimization (BPIO) University 2009 Business Intelligence Track.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc1191aa8-cb0d-45a7-b0e9-11e9902cd53e%26displaylang%3den

BPIO University 2009 ILT

Training Collateral for Delivering Business Productivity Infrastructure Optimization (BPIO) University 2009 Collaboration Track.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5540d63f-11cd-4c45-8a8b-f400e8eed91b%26displaylang%3den

Migrate to Microsoft Online

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d25350815-5c57-441a-b7fb-329ff5fe14b3%26displaylang%3den

Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

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=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5e94ad07-902c-422f-aadd-ff2bba9e540a%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 Hotfix KB 949280

This download contains an update for Microsoft Office Communicator 2005.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da8c26743-5a77-4947-aad4-6a6b8ef84f9c%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Hotfix KB 957465

This download contains an update for Microsoft Office Communicator 2007.

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

Office Protocol Documentation

The Office protocol documentation provides technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols that are implemented and used in the Microsoft Office system.

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

Office Communicator Mobile (2007 Release)

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

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

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

Office Communications Server 2007 Global Settings Migration Tool

Migrate OCS 2007 global settings from the System container to the Configuration container using the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Global Settings Migration Tool.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d23236784-508e-44c9-809d-30ff245928d8%26displaylang%3den

SharePoint Products and Technologies Protocol Documentation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5e94ad07-902c-422f-aadd-ff2bba9e540a%26displaylang%3den

Events/Webcasts

Antigen & Forefront

Exchange

13/01/2009 - SKU - Exchange Server 2003 : Troubleshooting

18/02/2009 - Exchange 2007 Upgrade & Migration

09/03/2009 - SKU: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Clustering

25/03/2009 - Insight Workshops - High Availability Messaging

Hosted Messaging Collaboration

Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

16/01/2009 - 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

Outlook

New KB's

Antigen & Forefront

Antigen for Exchange SP1: The Getenginefiles.exe process in Antigen 9.0 for Exchange with Service Pack 1 may stop responding, and this generates a Dr. Watson crash that references Bucket ID 604327993

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957010/EN-US

Antigen for Exchange SP1: Antigen 9.0 for Exchange with Service Pack 1 may falsely detect an attachment as an MP3 file

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957012/EN-US

Antigen for Exchange SP1: Antigen 9.0 for Exchange Service Pack 1 reaches a state in which all nodes contain Antigen registry values that point to the same shared disk on an Exchange Single Copy Cluster (SCC) cluster

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957015/EN-US

Antigen for Exchange SP1: Various 0X80005000 errors occur when Antigen 9.0 for Exchange Server does not receive a response or receives the wrong EVS name in a clustered Exchange Server environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957021/EN-US

Antigen for Exchange SP1: Antigen 9.0 for Exchange with Service Pack 1 will not stop scanning a nested MSG file that is in an e-mail message when it reaches its Max Nested Attachment limit as defined in the General Options panel

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957069/EN-US

Antigen for Exchange SP1: Description of Hotfix Rollup 5 for Antigen 9.0 with Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957075/EN-US

Antigen for Exchange SP1: The Getenginefiles.exe process in Antigen 9.0 for Exchange with Service Pack 1 may crash during an engine download, and this generates a Dr. Watson crash that references Bucket ID 665956571

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957079/EN-US

Antigen for Exchange SP1: Antigen 9.0 for Exchange with Service Pack 1 cannot detect MP3 files when a file filter of *.* or *. is created and the file type that is selected is MPEG (MP3)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957152/EN-US

Antigen for Exchange SP1: Antigen 9.0 for Exchange with Service Pack 1 scan job processes use a large amount of CPU resources, and a scan job may fail

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957155/EN-US

Antigen for Exchange SP1: A file list is disabled in Antigen 9.0 with Service Pack 1 when you change the name of an existing file list

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957297/EN-US

Antigen for Exchange SP1: The SpamCure scan engine in Antigen 9.0 with Service Pack 1 does not correctly initialize itself during the update of the SpamCure engine

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957383/EN-US

Antigen for Exchange SP1: The setting in the Minimum Unique Keyword Hits box does not work in Antigen 9.0 with Service Pack 1 when a keyword list is larger than 2,000,000 bytes

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957545/EN-US

Antigen for Exchange SP1: The AntigenDiag.exe tool does not collect engine version information in the verAntigen.csv file after you run the AntigenDiag.exe tool on a clustered server that has Microsoft Antigen 9.0 for Exchange with Service Pack 1 installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957547/EN-US

Antigen for Exchange SP1: You cannot customize certain deletion text messages in Antigen 9.0 with Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957548/EN-US

Antigen for Exchange SP1: The Antigen 9.0 scan engine update process fails on a computer that is running Antigen 9.0 for Exchange with Service Pack 1 or Antigen 9.0 for SMTP Gateways with Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957619/EN-US

Antigen for Exchange SP1: The AntigenService service stops responding during startup on an Exchange server that has Antigen 9.0 with Service Pack 1 installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957751/EN-US

Antigen for Exchange SP1: The AntigenInternet.exe process may crash on a computer that is running Microsoft Antigen 9.0 with Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957943/EN-US

Antigen for Exchange SP1: You can configure Antigen 9.0 for Exchange with Service Pack 1 to block and quarantine a whole e-mail message that contains a virus and its attachment after you install Hotfix Rollup 5 for Antigen 9.0 with Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958126/EN-US

Antigen for Exchange SP1: Messages that are opened in Outlook do not contain disclaimers that were configured on a server that has Antigen 9.0 with Service Pack 1 installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958232/EN-US

Antigen for Exchange SP1: The version statistics for MSAV, under Scanner Updates in Antigen 9.0 for Exchange Service Pack 1, do not update

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959985/EN-US

Antigen for Exchange SP1: Hotfix Rollup 5 for Antigen 9.0 with Service Pack 1 provides additional support for Exchange 2000 and Windows 2000 Server Single Copy Cluster (SCC) clusters

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959991/EN-US

Antigen for Exchange SP1: The Getenginefiles.exe process in Microsoft Antigen 9.0 with Service Pack 1 may stop responding, and this generates a Dr. Watson crash that has the Bucket ID 685554990

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959992/EN-US

Antigen for Exchange SP1: The AntigenClient.exe process in Antigen 9.0 for Exchange with Service Pack 1 crashes and generates a Dr. Watson crash that references Bucket ID 604327895

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960001/EN-US

Antigen for Exchange SP1: Error message when Antigen 9.0 for Exchange with Service Pack 1 starts its Antigen Statistics Server service: "The description for Event ID (0) in Source (Antigen Statistic Server) cannot be found

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960005/EN-US

Antigen for Exchange SP1: The GetEngineFiles.exe process may crash on a computer that is running Microsoft Antigen 9.0 for Exchange with Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960006/EN-US

Antigen for Exchange SP1: An error message occurs when you try to install Hotfix Rollup 3 for Antigen 9.0 with Service Pack 1: "An error (-5011 : 0x80040707) has occurred while running the setup"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960041/EN-US

Antigen for Exchange SP1: The GetEngineFiles.exe process may incorrectly delete some files on a computer that is running Antigen 9.0 for Exchange with Service Pack 1 or Antigen 9.0 for SMTP Gateways with Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960046/EN-US

Antigen for Exchange SP1: The Microsoft Exchange Information Store does not shut down on a clustered Exchange server when Antigen 9.0 for Exchange with Service Pack 1 is installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960080/EN-US

Exchange

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: A POP3 virtual server instance does not come online in an Exchange Server 2003 cluster scenario

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959265/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: A meeting update does not appear in Outlook Web Access after a meeting organizer updates the time of one meeting occurrence in an Exchange Server 2003 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959860/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: E-mail messages are blocked after you set the value of the FIPSAlgorithmPolicy registry entry to "1" on a server that is running Exchange Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957047/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: When you use a CDO-based application to manage calendar items in Exchange Server 2003, the application crashes intermittently

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957213/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: Event ID 1000 and event ID 9659 messages are logged after you add the AdditinalSafeURLScheme registry entry to an Exchange Server 2003 server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957475/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2003 SP2 EN: December 2008 cumulative daylight saving time (DST) update for Exchange Server 2003 SP2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960445/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2000 EN: December 2008 cumulative daylight saving time (DST) update for Exchange 2000

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960446/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2007 AL: When you use Microsoft Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino to migrate messages to Exchange Server 2007, some messages may be migrated without attachments

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959955/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2007 AL: When you send e-mail from Outlook to a non-SMTP address, you receive a non-delivery report message if your organization includes Exchange Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959956/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2007 AL: You cannot include the default global address list in a new or existing Offline Address Book in Exchange Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959957/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2007 AL: Multiple error messages occur when you try to install Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959958/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2007 AL: When you try to uninstall Exchange Server 2007, the uninstall operation stops responding when it runs the task to remove Exchange files

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959959/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2007 AL: The Exchange database online maintenance schedule, Information Store maintenance schedule, quota notification schedule, and OAB generation schedule are offset by one hour when DST changes occur

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960975/EN-US

Exchange Svr Std 2003 EN: When you try to access Outlook Web Access, the Store.exe process stops responding, and event IDs 7031 and 1000 are logged in Exchange Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959254/EN-US

Exchange Svr Std 2007 AL: An Exchange 2007 Hub server incorrectly sets the Sent time on an e-mail message

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960963/EN-US

Hosted Messaging Collaboration

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

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

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

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

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

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

Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

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

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

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

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

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

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

Office Communicator 2007 EN: You cannot receive or transfer files in Communicator 2007 if your computer or another user's computer is behind a Network Address Translation (NAT) device

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960318/EN-US

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

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959385/EN-US

Office Communicator 2005 EN: Description of the Communicator 2005 hotfix rollup package: December 19, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949280/EN-US

Office Communicator 2005 EN: After you install Live Meeting 2007 console or Live Meeting 2007 add-in, two new menu options that do not work are added to Office Communicator 2005 Action menu

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960244/EN-US

Office Communicator 2005 EN: Office Communicator 2005 crashes when you try to accept an inbound phone call

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960252/EN-US

Office Communicator 2005 EN: After you upgrade Live Meeting Service Conference center to Live Meeting 2007, you can no longer use the Meet Now button in Office Communicator 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960255/EN-US

Office Communicator 2007 EN: Description of the Communicator 2007 hotfix rollup package: December 19, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957465/EN-US

Office Communicator 2007 EN: Office Communicator 2007 cannot display Chinese characters in URLs when the EnableURL registry value is enabled

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960423/EN-US

Office Communicator 2007 EN: You cannot prevent Office Communicator 2007 from controlling the call forwarding settings

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960424/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: You can no longer use the "Meet Now" button in Communicator 2005 after you upgrade Live Meeting 2005 to Live Meeting 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957981/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: Description of the update for the Live Meeting Conferencing Add-in for Outlook: December 19, 2008

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

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960165/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: An update package is available to provide localization improvements for Windows-based Live Meeting 2007 clients

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960426/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: An update package is available to improve interoperability with the new dial-in conferencing feature of Office Communications Server R2 in Windows-based Live Meeting 2007 clients

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960427/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: A Macintosh user cannot play a Live Meeting conference record in the Safari browser on a Macintosh computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960428/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: An update package is available to enable a user to traverse an authenticated HTTP Proxy when the user tries to start an audio and video conference in a Windows-based Live Meeting 2007 client

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960429/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: When an external user is invited by a federated user to join a Live Meeting session, the external user may receive an error message

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960430/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: The Windows-based Live Meeting 2007 client does not switch to use a Microsoft RoundTable device if the RoundTable device is connected to the computer during an audio conference call

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960431/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: Error message when you try to join a Web conference that is hosted on an Office Communications Server 2007 and uses a HTTP authenticating proxy in the Windows-based Live Meeting 2007 client

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960433/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: A new version of the Windows-based Live Meeting 2007 client that lets you turn off video at the conference center level is available

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960435/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: An update package for Windows-based Live Meeting 2007 provides a registry setting to determine whether Active Directory users can give keyboard and mouse control to other users when they are application or desktop sharing

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960436/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: Error message when you try to schedule a live meeting by clicking "Meet Now" in a Windows-based Live Meeting 2007 client: "You do not have permission to schedule an anonymous meeting"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960437/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: The start time and the end time of a meeting may be incorrect when you use the Live Meeting Conferencing Add-in for Outlook to schedule a Live Meeting session

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960438/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: Error message when you try to invite a person in a Live Meeting session: "An error occurred while executing this command"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960439/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: The "PASSWORD" parameter is not configured when you perform a command-line installation for the Live Meeting Conferencing Add-in for Outlook

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960440/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: Dial-in numbers are supported in Communications Server 2007 after you install the update for the Conferencing Add-in for Outlook that is dated December 19, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960441/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: Lots of additional properties are printed needlessly when you print a Live Meeting session

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960443/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: Description of the user interface changes that occur after you install the update for the Conferencing Add-in for Outlook that is dated December 19, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960444/EN-US

Outlook

Outlook 2002 Win32 EN: Description of the Outlook 2002 hotfix package: September 10, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956642/EN-US

Outlook 2003 Win32 EN: Description of the Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter update: December 9, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958620/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: Description of the Outlook 2003 hotfix package (Engmui.msp, Olkintl.msp): December 16, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960103/EN-US

Outlook 2003 Win32 EN: Description of the Outlook 2003 hotfix package (Riched20.msp): December 16, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960421/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Description of the Outlook 2007 Junk E-mail Filter update: December 9, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958619/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Outlook 2007 may stop responding when you select an e-mail message that is restricted by Information Rights Management

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959632/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Description of the Outlook 2007 hotfix package (Mso.msp,Outlook.msp): December 16, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959642/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Description of the Outlook 2007 hotfix package (Cpao.msp): December 16, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960501/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Description of the Outlook 2007 hotfix package (Mso.msp, Outlook.msp): December 16, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960535/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: How to remove the Live Search Maps Add-in for Outlook

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961081/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Error message when you start Outlook 2007: "Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook Cannot open Outlook window"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961100/EN-US

January 2009 - Technical Rollup Mail - Security

Justin Zarb — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:25:00 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)

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

RSS http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014500&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

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

RSS http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014502&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

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

RSS http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014504&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

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

RSS http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014506&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

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

RSS http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014508&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

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

RSS http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014510&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

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

RSS http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014512&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

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

RSS http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014513&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

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

RSS http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014515&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

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

RSS http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014517&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

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

RSS http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014519&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

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

RSS http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014521&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

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

RSS http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11014523&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

January 2009 - Technical Rollup Mail - SQL Server

Justin Zarb — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:25:00 GMT

News

Technical RollUp

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

Documents

Accessing External Data Sources with Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2005

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa964120(SQL.90).aspx

Accessing SQL Server Databases with PHP

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc793139(SQL.90).aspx

Geo-Replication Performance Gains with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Running on Windows Server 2008

Microsoft.com Engineering Operations (MSCOM Ops), the team responsible for architecting and managing many of the most heavily trafficked Microsoft Web sites, recently documented substantial replication performance improvements for both push and pull subscriptions in Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 running on Windows Server® 2008—up to 100 times faster than Microsoft SQL Server 2005 running on Windows Server 2003. This paper provides IT pros with an in-depth look at the tests conducted by the MSCOM Ops team, insight into the results, and technical analysis of the enhancements to Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 that enable wide area network (WAN)–based geo-replication.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd263442.aspx

Running SQL Server 2008 in a Hyper-V Environment - Best Practices and Performance Recommendations

http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/9/4/d948f981-926e-40fa-a026-5bfcf076d9b9/SQL2008inHyperV2008.docx

SQL Server Replication: Providing High Availability using Database Mirroring

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

Downloads

CAT.NET V1 CTP

CAT.NET is a binary code analysis tool that helps identify common variants of certain prevailing vulnerabilities that can give rise to common attack vectors such as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), SQL Injection and XPath Injection.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0178e2ef-9da8-445e-9348-c93f24cc9f9d%26displaylang%3den

SAP Documents

Technical documentation for SAP implementation on Microsoft Windows platform.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d63d54a72-bc62-43cf-8eae-444935e08b40%26displaylang%3den

CAT.NET V1 CTP 64 bit

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de0052bba-2d50-4214-b65b-37e5ef44f146%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server 2005 Books Online (December 2008)

Download an updated version of the documentation and tutorials for Microsoft SQL Server 2005. See the "Additional Information" section for an update on SQL Server Express Books Online.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dbe6a2c5d-00df-4220-b133-29c1e0b6585f%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server 2005 SP3

Download Service Pack 3 for Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dae7387c3-348c-4faa-8ae5-949fdfbe59c4%26displaylang%3den

Feature Pack for SQL Server 2005 December 2008

Download the December 2008 Feature Pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2005, a collection of standalone install packages that provide additional value for SQL Server 2005.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d536fd7d5-013f-49bc-9fc7-77dede4bb075%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=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d91ef5106-944a-41e1-b3a0-5bd3f2356f32%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services SP3

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services is a free, easy-to use version of SQL Server Express that includes more features and makes it easier than ever to start developing powerful data-driven applications for web or local desktop development.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db448b0d0-ee79-48f6-b50a-7c4f028c2e3d%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server Management Studio Express SP3

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express (SSMSE) is a free, easy-to-use graphical management tool for managing SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5d76230d-580d-4874-8c7d-93491a29db15%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Toolkit SP3

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Toolkit provides additional tools and resources for SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd434dc36-a24d-44ee-937e-553c382557e3%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP3

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition is a free, easy-to-use, lightweight version of SQL Server 2005. It is fast and easy to learn, allowing you to quickly develop and deploy dynamic data-driven applications.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3181842a-4090-4431-acdd-9a1c832e65a6%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=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8c873841-61a1-444c-a40b-ab62cf136be8%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server Reporting Services Add-in for SharePoint Technologies

The Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Add-in for Microsoft SharePoint Technologies is a Web download that provides features for running a report server within a larger deployment of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0acb75a6-7c1d-4e2b-af69-7e5f9ecad299%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=14&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d851c39ee-6f9d-47d9-8ecc-44ac1e9dc182%26displaylang%3den

Web Platform Installer Release Candidate

The Microsoft Web Platform Installer (release candidate) 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=15&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3a41fac1-ed06-4944-a24d-76c8da31cf7d%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server 2008 Enterprise and Standard Feature Compare

SQL Server 2008 Enterprise and Standard Feature Compare

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=16&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d31e71958-0004-4230-803a-ebf0e3e1b25c%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server MP for OpsMgr 2007

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8c0f970e-c653-4c15-9e51-6a6cadfca363%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Evaluation: Trial Experience for IT Professionals

Download SQL Server 2008 180-day Trial Software. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is a database platform for large-scale online transaction processing (OLTP), data warehousing, and e-commerce applications; it is also a business intelligence platform for data analysis and reporting solutions.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d265f08bc-1874-4c81-83d8-0d48dbce6297%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Evaluation: Trial Experience for Developers

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=19&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6b10c7c1-4f97-42c4-9362-58d4d088cd38%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server 2008 RDL Spec

SQL Server 2008 RDL Spec

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=20&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2a20c7af-52e8-4882-bd24-9479b3c7517d%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft® Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR

Microsoft® Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR implements support for SQL Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=21&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dbb3ad767-5f69-4db9-b1c9-8f55759846ed%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server 2008 Upgrade Technical Reference Guide

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

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

Events/Webcasts

SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 Now Available

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/sqlserver/bb895958.aspx

High Performance Computing (HPC)

Traditional computing takes the form of an application running on a server or workstation. All of the commands for the application are processed on the local system. High Performance Computing (HPC) instead uses the processing power of multiple systems to process the commands for an application. Distributing the processing load across multiple systems allows for faster processing of the data.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/dd353223.aspx

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

Are you deploying or migrating to Microsoft SQL Server 2008? Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 is designed for the database administrator or the IT generalist. Data Protection Manager 2007 uses wizards and workflows to help ensure that you can protect your organization's data, and it doesn't require an advanced degree, training, or certification in storage and backup technologies. Attend this webcast to learn more.

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

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

An area of concern for Contoso is the monitoring and troubleshooting of any performance issues it may encounter on Microsoft SQL Server 2008. In this session, we cover the tools available for IT departments as they troubleshoot performance. We look at Performance Studio, the features available, and how to use them to analyze performance. We also cover how to use the Best Practice Analyzer for SQL Server, and utilizing the results it provides.

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

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

To load data into the Contoso enterprise data warehouse, Contoso uses Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services. In this webcast, we review the new features in Integration Services that help Contoso streamline the development and execution of processes to extract, transform, and load data into the data warehouse: ADO.NET connectivity, persistent lookups, pipeline improvements, and data profiling. We also examine alternatives for managing changing data in the data warehouse using the Change Data Capture function and MERGE command. Demonstrations on using an ADO.NET data source, working with lookup caches, identifying dirty data with data profiling, and using Change Data Capture and MERGE for slowly changing dimensions are included in this webcast.

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

New KB's

SQL 2005

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: Microsoft SQL Server Service pack 3 (SP3)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ae7387c3-348c-4faa-8ae5-949fdfbe59c4&displaylang=en

SQL 2005

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"

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

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: MDX: Calculated member without parent is treated as level 1 in DESCENDANTS function

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960532/EN-US

SQL 2008

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: In a localized Microsoft Windows operating system, the English version of the context-sensitive Help for SQL Server 2008 Report Builder is displayed instead of the localized context-sensitive Help

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960124/EN-US

SQL Svr Developer 2008 EN: Error message when you install the 64-bit version of SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence Development Studio: "Upgrade Failed due to the following Error. The error code is: -2147467259.Message:Unspecified error"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960127/EN-US

SQL Svr Express Edition 2008 AL: Error message when you upgrade from MSDE 2000 to SQL Server 2008 Express: "A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible."

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960126/EN-US

January 2009 - Technical Rollup Mail - Platforms

Justin Zarb — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:24:00 GMT

News

Windows Server 2008 R2 Reviewers Guide

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

Introduction to Windows Server 2008 R2

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

Welcome to Windows 7

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

Engineering Windows 7

http://blogs.msdn.com/e7

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

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

Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" Release Candidate

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

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

Windows CE101 Training Course Materials

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

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

SAP Documents

Technical documentation for SAP implementation on Microsoft Windows platform.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d63d54a72-bc62-43cf-8eae-444935e08b40%26displaylang%3den

EMEA case study

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3bdb0e93-b786-4e19-ab1a-d578ee1d3295%26displaylang%3den

Windows Client

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=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9a138e5f-df06-467c-89fe-c463f1c8216f%26displaylang%3den

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

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 2008 White Papers

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

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

Downloads

Windows Client

Security Update for Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 4 (KB960714)

This update addresses the vulnerability discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-078. To find out if other security updates are available for you, see the Overview section of this page.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd3e18732-47f1-40ce-999c-d1fd283bf138%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista (KB958623)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0dcc5373-0435-42d5-864d-298e5bb122d9%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB958623)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your 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%3d2112c5c8-7c9f-4491-b127-b1093085e105%26displaylang%3den

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 4 (KB958215)

This update addresses the vulnerability discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-073. To find out if other security updates are available for you, see the Overview section of this page.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc242ba42-556b-4c87-bf33-9d99166ff096%26displaylang%3den

Update for Media Center TVPack for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB957209)

Install this update to resolve issues with Media Center TVPack for Windows Vista.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d497b8d43-e368-414d-a502-cf1625ceaa78%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter for x64-based Systems [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/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d749e10cd-f40c-4f94-8e38-d4221ded7652%26displaylang%3den

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/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3daa029fde-f341-44fc-8b85-0c6f3d3c2d69%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server

System Center Essentials 2007 SP1 VHD

This download comes as a pre-configured VHD. This download enables you evaluate Microsoft System Center Essentials 2007 SP1.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de6fc3117-48c5-4fd1-a3d2-927eab397373%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Beta - Five Language Standalone for ia64-based systems (KB948465)

Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2) Beta is an update to Windows Server and Windows Vista that addresses feedback from our customers.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9e77ae84-bb5a-4a3f-a481-68826b34c893%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB958623)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de1deab57-ada2-4b12-9157-5615e7b0071d%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB958623)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d90ab7e6f-5ae7-4f55-8838-868fc98d8a16%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (KB958623)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d48bed90d-c243-4969-8e54-326d9a7af343%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based systems (KB896424)

A remote code execution security issue has been identified in the Graphics Rendering Engine that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dccff22bb-adc4-4974-813c-7721bdb842c0%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems (KB925902)

A security issue has been identified 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%3d7ba63879-4fc7-4a5c-b9b5-f98c5cdc6840%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB925902)

A security issue has been identified 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%3d9f73a782-deaf-46e0-b3e0-79042ff39979%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB896424)

A remote code execution security issue has been identified in the Graphics Rendering Engine that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dcee3dd3b-3c20-47a9-8bbd-1ea2fbb4af96%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator Version 2.08

Version 2.08

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d12cb3c1a-15d6-4585-b385-befd1319f825%26displaylang%3den

Hypervisor Functional Specification

This document is the top-level functional specification (TLFS) of the first-generation Microsoft hypervisor. It specifies the externally-visible behavior. The document assumes familiarity with the goals of the project and the high-level hypervisor architecture.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=16&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d91e2e518-c62c-4ff2-8e50-3a37ea4100f5%26displaylang%3den

Events/Webcasts

Windows Server

Orientation for New Service Providers in SPLA

Please join us for a 60 minute Live Meeting session for new service providers who have recently enrolled in the Services Provider Licensing Agreement (SPLA). Agenda: Microsoft Partner Program (MSPP) benefitsMicrosoft’s Hosting CommunitySupport OptionsMedia Request ProcessPrivate Label ProvidersLicensing & Reporting Best PracticesQ&A Please call in for audio at:Phone: 1.866.500.6738Pass code: 566966 ...

1/7/2009 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 1/7/2009 11:00 AM | Duration:60 Minutes

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032380756&culture=en-US

Hosted Services Overview

Want to learn more about hosted services with Microsoft? Register for this informational webinar to learn about opportunities for partners to create a recurring revenue stream. This Live Meeting session will cover the Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA), reselling a Private Label solution and Microsoft’s Online Services.Who Should Register?Partners NOT enrolled in SPLA. ...

1/8/2009 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 1/8/2009 11:00 AM | Duration:60 Minutes

Primary Language: English

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032398874&culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2008 File and Storage Solutions (Level 300)

Windows Server 2008 contains many changes to core file services components that increase availability, scalability, and performance. Some of these components are new others have been significantly enhanced. In this webcast, we cover some of the main file and storage features in Windows Server 2008, including Server Message Block 2 (SMB2), Distributed File System (DFS), Network File System (NFS), Offline Files, Storage Explorer, Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS), Virtual Disk Service (VDS), Share and Storage Management, and File Server Resource Manager (FSRM). We also outline some of the upcoming enhancements in Windows Server 2008 R2. Join us for a Windows Server 2008 file and storage deep dive in a webcast full of technical insight.Presenter: Jose Barreto, Senior Technical Evangelist, Microsoft CorporationJose Barreto is a senior technical evangelist with the Microsoft Storage Solutions Division, and he has been with Microsoft since 2002. He earned a degree in computer science at the Universidade Federal do Ceara in Brazil, and Jose holds several industry certifications, including Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), MCTS, MCT, and many other Microsoft certifications. He also keeps an active blog at http://blogs.technet.com/josebda/ View other sessions from: Windows Server 2008: Web, Virtualization, Security, and a Solid Foundation.If you have questions or feedback, contact us. ...

1/14/2009 1:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 1/14/2009 2:30 PM | Duration:90 Minutes

Primary Language: English

Primary Target Audience: IT Professional

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032399197&culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Branch Consolidation with Windows Server and Cisco WAN Optimization (Level 300)

Running Windows Server on the Cisco Wide-Area Appliance Service (WAAS) branch office solution reduces the cost and complexity of providing IT services in branch locations with accelerated access to centralized applications and secure and reliable local Windows Server services. The platform includes Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation on the Cisco WAAS platform, which communicates over a wide-area network (WAN) to a Cisco WAAS appliance in a data center. Windows branch services include Active Directory, Domain Name System (DNS) Server, Microsoft Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Server, and Microsoft Print Services. In this webcast, IT decision-makers learn about the Cisco WAN optimization platform, how to deploy Windows Server on WAAs, which Windows Server infrastructure services are supported on this platform, and how to manage Windows Server on this platform. Presenters: Manish Kalra, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation, and Vijay Iyer, Product Manager, Cisco SystemsView other sessions from: Windows Server 2008: Web, Virtualization, Security, and a Solid Foundation.If you have questions or feedback, contact us. ...

1/20/2009 8:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 1/20/2009 9:30 AM | Duration:60 Minutes

Primary Language: English

Primary Target Audience: IT Professional

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032399463&culture=en-US

Hosted Services Overview

1/20/2009 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 1/20/2009 11:00 AM | Duration:60 Minutes

Primary Language: English

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032398875&culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Failover Cluster Troubleshooting with Windows Server 2008 R2 (Level 300)

Do you know what to do when your mission-critical solution breaks? In this webcast, we discuss how to troubleshoot Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering and the various tools available for doing it. Learn about the new tools introduced in Windows Server 2008 such as Validate, find out about changes to generate and collect the verbose debug Cluster.log, understand where cluster events are logged, and discover some tips and tricks for analyzing the cluster event log. We also cover the new failover cluster support policy in Windows Server 2008 and some of the new failover cluster logging and troubleshooting changes coming in Windows Server 2008 R2 code name "Windows Server 7." Presenter: Elden Christensen, Senior Program Manager Lead, Microsoft CorporationElden Christensen is a senior program manager lead on the Windows Server high-availability product team in the Microsoft Enterprise Server division. A high-availability specialist, he has been with Microsoft since 1999 and is responsible for the Failover Clustering and Network Load Balancing features. Elden has been in the technology industry for more than a decade and was an enterprise network administrator and MCSE instructor prior to joining Microsoft.View other sessions from: Windows Server 2008: Web, Virtualization, Security, and a Solid Foundation.If you have questions or feedback, contact us. ...

1/29/2009 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 1/29/2009 1:00 PM | Duration:60 Minutes

Primary Language: English

Primary Target Audience: IT Professional

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032399047&culture=en-US

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 Business 32bit AL: Vista and Windows Server 2008 clients are unable to access cluster names with AES-encrypted Kerberos tickets

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961302/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: Windows Vista does not use all the bandwidth of a PPPoE connection when you download a file from an FTP server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960519/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: You cannot restart the computer after you restore the system to a point that was created before Windows Disk Protection was turned on

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960841/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: VL Activation Interval not used from KMS host

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960923/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: How to configure a Windows Vista client to obtain an IPv6 DHCP address

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961433/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: December 2008 cumulative time zone update for Microsoft Windows operating systems

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955839/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: December 2008 Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Application Compatibility Update

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957388/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: USB devices may not function correctly after a computer that is running Windows Vista SP1 or Windows Server 2008 resumes from hibernation

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957719/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: Update for Windows Search 4.0, December 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958705/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: A Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 portable computer does not automatically re-enter sleep mode after you undock the computer when it is asleep

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958865/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: On a Windows Vista-based computer that has the "Auto-hide the taskbar" option enabled, most of the taskbar does not appear when you move the mouse pointer into the taskbar area

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958908/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: The edges of a document are truncated when you try to print the document by using Terminal Services Easy Print from a client computer that is running Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP1, or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959442/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: Write protection does not always work on SD memory cards that are plugged into a computer that runs Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959465/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: Stop error when you execute some common Plug and Play functions on a Windows Vista-based or a Windows Server 2008-based computer: "STOP 0x000000D1" or "STOP 0x000000FE"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959520/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: Stop error message if you use two USB streaming-video cameras at the same time on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008: "STOP 0x0000000A"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959660/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: Error reports are printed when you print an image to a PostScript printer from a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959886/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2008 stops responding (hangs) during startup

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960723/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: When you open a network share by using a previously created shortcut in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008, a newly created file or folder in the network share does not appear until you update the screen

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960954/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 64bit AL: System "Beep" sound does not function in Windows Vista x64 with HD Audio devices

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961011/EN-US

Win Vista SP1 AL: FIX: Certificate error when you try to visit an SSL Web site by using Internet Explorer 7: "There is a problem with this website's security certificate"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954312/EN-US

Win Vista SP1 AL: FIX: You may not hear the music when you run a DirectMusic application to play music that contains low sounds on a computer that is running Windows Vista with Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958337/EN-US

Win Vista SP1 AL: Sound Recorder uses the incorrect audio input device for recording

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960725/EN-US

Win Vista SP1 AL: “No Disk” popup when opening some Office applications, Notepad or Wordpad in Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961223/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: You cannot use a smart card certificate to log on to a domain from a Windows Vista-based or a Windows Server 2008-based client computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955558/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Update for the Windows Media Center TV Pack for Windows Vista: December 4, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957209/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: FIX: An application that uses the WASAPI may crash when you call the GetBuffer function

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957569/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Some components of an application may not be displayed correctly in a Terminal Services session if you connect to a terminal server by using RDC 6.1 from a client computer that is running Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP1, or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958106/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: The Printer Spooler service may encounter an access violation and crash when the service handles asynchronous notifications from print clients on Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based computers

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958894/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: It may take a long time to log on to a Windows Vista-based computer that has antivirus software installed, and you may notice that the file size of the Setupapi.app.log file is very large

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958909/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based systems do not generate a dump file if the system partition is a mirrored volume

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958933/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: On computers that are running Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1, RSAT GPMC has long delays in domain environments that have many GPOs

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959438/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: A recorded TV show plays back only audio after you install update 955519 for Windows Media Center on a Windows Vista-based computer that is configured to use digital cable card tuners

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959485/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Multiple pagefiles are created when you set the AutomaticManagedPagefile property of the Win32_ComputerSystem class to False on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959516/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: You cannot rename a folder by using the UNC path in Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1 systems if the UNC path includes a symbolic link

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959759/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: An audio application cannot play the latest non-Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) or encrypted PCM and non-PCM audio formats even after you install a High Definition Audio function driver on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960044/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Error message when you run a Borland MS-DOS based application: "The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960251/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Error message when you try to shrink a volume on a Windows Vista-based computer: "The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960270/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: The Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista Failover Cluster Validation process fails, and you receive an error message when the "System cryptography: Use FIPS compliant algorithms for encryption, hashing and signing" policy is enabled

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960334/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: When you run an application that uses the SystemTimeToTzSpecificLocalTime function in certain Windows installations, the application performance is very poor

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960417/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: The pointer position behaves incorrectly when you use RDC to connect to a terminal server from a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based client computer, and you run an application that calls the "SetCursorPos" function

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960470/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: When you click a file protocol-based hyperlink that points to a 2007 Office system file in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008, an application that is associated with the file may not start

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960644/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: You receive an error when you use the Add a Network Location Wizard to connect to a WebDAV site that uses certificate-based authentication on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960758/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: All user accounts are disabled or the computer restarts continuously on a Windows XP-based or Windows Vista-based computer that has Windows SteadyState installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960837/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Certain kinds of files cannot be replaced or updated when you set Windows Disk Protection to temporarily keep user changes on a Windows XP-based or a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960838/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Audio glitching during playback while other applications are running

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961090/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: About the Master File Table zone reservation in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961095/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: NDIS 5.x USB network adapters do not appear in Performance Monitor

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961186/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: When a user offers a Remote Assistance invitation to an expert user who is running Windows XP SP3, the expert’s logon attempt forcibly logs off the original user

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957070/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: You receive a "Stop 0x00000050" or "Stop 0x0000008E" error message when you restart a Windows XP-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957319/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: After you repeatedly dock and undock a Windows XP-based portable computer that is connected to a docking station, you may be unable to change the state of an attached network device

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959267/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: Text that has the font set to Arial Black and the font style set to bold may change so that the font is set to Arial Black and the font style is set to talic when you open the document on a computer that is running Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959334/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: After you upload encrypted files from a Windows XP-based computer to a WebDAV share, the files remain encrypted

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959439/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: After a Windows XP-based multiprocessor computer or multicore processor computer resumes from Sleep mode, you may be unable to shut down or restart the computer if a smart card is left in the smart card reader

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960139/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: You receive a warning message balloon every time that you log on to Windows XP: "Your computer's screen resolution and color depth are currently set to a very low level"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961174/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: Explorer hangs while launching application using "run as" and defragmentation group policy is applied

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961535/EN-US

Windows XP SP3 AL: FIX: Internet Explorer may crash when you browse a Web page that constantly fetches a recordset asynchronously and filters the recordset at the same time from an instance of SQL Server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959237/EN-US

Windows Server

Win Svr Datacntr 2003 R2 EN: 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

Win Svr Ent 2003 R2 EN: When you try to update a file that has a newer version on a Windows Server 2003 R2-based DFSR server, the operation fails, the original file is deleted from the replication partners, and event 4412 and event 4502 are logged

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958876/EN-US

Win Svr Std 2003 R2 EN: When you call the "IVssBackupComponents::SetFileRestoreStatus" method by specifying the value of the status parameter as VSS_RS_FAILED, the restore status is set incorrectly on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 SP1 or SP2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952826/EN-US

Win Svr Std 2003 R2 EN: Subfolder file content on an upstream member does not match subfolder file content on downstream members in a DFSR configuration in Windows Server 2003 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954968/EN-US

Win Svr Std 2003 R2 EN: When you run an SUA application that prints log messages from the system logger daemon, ISO 8859 characters are printed incorrectly on Windows Server 2003 R2-based, Windows Vista-based, and Windows Server 2008-based computers

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957389/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Dtctr AL: The CLUSCTL_RESOURCE_UPGRADE_DLL control code fails with an "access denied" error message when you install a SQL Server 2008 service pack or hotfix that tries to update a custom resource DLL

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960411/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: When you try to install Windows Server 2008 on an iSCSI target, the installation fails, and the computer restarts repeatedly

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952942/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: The DHCP Server service on a Windows Server 2008-based computer interprets DHCPv6 Option 39 incorrectly

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953269/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: A hotfix is available that addresses several problems on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer that supports the Intelligent Platform Management Interface

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954234/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: NPS servers in Windows Server 2008 systems cannot import configuration settings that were exported from IAS servers in Windows Server 2003 systems

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955995/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: A memory leak may occur in an application that uses the MS-FASP API to open and close policy store handles in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956840/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: The returned data is truncated when you use the "repadmin" command to list the number of user accounts or the number of computer accounts in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957732/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: A hotfix is available that addresses a memory leak in the Virtual Disk Service on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958387/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Changes that are made to security groups or to distribution groups are not replicated to destination domain controllers when you use link value replication in a Windows Server 2003 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958838/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Some unrecoverable hardware errors are not reported as expected on a computer that runs a 32-bit version of Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958860/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Windows Server 2008 virtual machines stop responding during the restarting process when a third-party hypervisor solution is used

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958868/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: A Windows Server 2008-based server that is running the Terminal Server role reports a Stop error when you control a session remotely from inside a session that is already being controlled remotely: "0x00000050"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958944/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Error message when you use the Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster Management console together with a Windows Server 2008 SP2-based failover cluster: "This feature is only supported with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise and Datacenter servers"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958983/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Lots of paged pool memory is consumed when you click the Previous Versions tab after you create some snapshots of a volume on a Windows Server 2008 or a Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1)-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959256/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: The WMI Provider Host program (Wmiprvse.exe) may crash on a Windows Server 2008-based computer that has the NLB feature installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959493/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: How to customize the default local user profile when you prepare an image of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959753/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: You receive a "0x0000007E" Stop error on Windows Server 2008-based computers that host Hyper-V virtual machines when you use the Hyper-V writer to back up virtual machines

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960038/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Some third-party Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) clients may reject a response from an OSCP responder if this OCSP responder receives a Response Signing certificate from a Windows Server 2008 certification authority

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960549/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: The PdhLookupPerfNameByIndex API in Windows Server 2008 returns incorrect values for V2 performance counters

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960751/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Error message when a user tries to add a printer in Windows Server 2008 by using a TCP/IP address or a host name: "Access is denied"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960792/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: The IPv6 network interface status may not be displayed correctly in the Routing and Remote Access snap-in, depending on the properties of the network connection in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960793/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: The password is not set as expected when you use the Ktpass.exe tool that is included with a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2008 to create a Kerberos keytab file

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960830/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Itanium AL: A hotfix is available that corrects an issue in the memory allocation logic of the Itanium-based version of Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959169/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Terminal Services session limit values in Windows Server 2008 are interpreted incorrectly by Windows Server 2003 terminal servers

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951674/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Error message when you try to perform a backup on a Windows Server 2008-based computer on which the time zone is set to "Jerusalem": "The parameter is incorrect, 0x80070057"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953406/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Handle leaks and memory leaks occur on the Printer Spooler service when a Windows Vista SP1-based computer or a Windows Server 2008-based computer installs and uninstalls network printers

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955560/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: The "Create symbolic links" Group Policy setting is not displayed in GPMC on a Windows Server 2008-based computer or a Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955857/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: A hotfix is available for Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications users to incorporate DST changes in Pakistan and in Morocco in 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957390/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: A delegation that you created disappears from DNS Manager on a Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958190/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: The FQDN option does not appear in the Subject name format list in the Certificate Templates console

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959052/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Windows Server 2008 may restart unexpectedly when you open the Hyper-V manager console to manage virtual machines

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959403/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V systems restart unexpectedly, and you receive a 0x1000007E Stop error code when you mount a VHD file

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959766/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Applications or services that use sockets may stop responding in Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959816/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Error message when you back up a Windows Server 2003-based virtual machine on a Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V-based computer: "GetWriterStatus FAILED for Selected writer [Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer], writer is in state [9] [VSS_WS_FAILED_AT_FREEZE]"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959978/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: When a 32-bit process tries to update a string value with a new value that contains the %ProgramFiles% string, the %ProgramFiles% string is converted to the %ProgramFiles(x86)% string in a 64-bit environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960037/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: You receive an ERROR_HANDLE_NOT_CLOSABLE error code and the Lsass.exe process crashes when an application calls the LsaLogonUser function together with the KERB_TICKET_LOGON structure in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960375/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: The IRET and IRETD instructions do not support the Nested Task (NT) flag in protected mode in a Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960578/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Error message when you use the Netsh utility together with the init restore syntax to initiate a restoration of a WINS database in Windows Server 2008: "The system cannot find the path specified"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960740/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Clients cannot log on to a Windows Server 2008-based terminal server through RDP connections if the terminal server is set to listen on only one of the network adapters

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960742/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: The Windows Server 2008 Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) responder does not work with signing certificates that do not use the SHA1 algorithm

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960809/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Spooler.xml file growth and high cPU in spoolsv.exe process on Windows Server 2008 print server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960919/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: SCSI target does not reconnect after loading network drivers during setup

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960924/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Backup status in the SBS 2008 console does not update for system-state backups

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961294/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: The “Group Policy domain controller selection” Group Policy setting does not work as expected

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961299/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: How to configure a Windows Server 2008 DHCP server using an IPv6 scope to register clients in DNS when requested

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961344/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Error while migrating clustered resource group from a Windows 2003 to a Windows 2008 Cluster."An error occurred while determining if you have administrator privileges on 'CLUSTERNAME.DOMAIN.COM'. The network path was not found".

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961641/EN-US

Windows Svr Datacntr 2003: Unable to access Shares "The specified network name is no longer available"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961293/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: VSS requestor instances fail when you start multiple VSS requestor instances with a VSS hardware provider to delete snapshots in Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957778/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: The Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in cannot display service principal names (SPNs) that have non-numeric port values when you configure the Delegation properties of a computer account in Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959202/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: Error message when you run the Chkdsk.exe utility to fix a corrupted volume on a Windows Server 2003-based computer: "Stop 0x00000024"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959608/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: FIX: Error message when you run an application that makes "burst load" style activation requests and calls a server component through DCOM: "0x800706ba" or "0x800706bf"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960007/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: An access violation occurs when you use an application that calls the SQLExecDirect function of the SQL Server ODBC driver to run a long query in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960071/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: You encounter issues when you create shortcuts in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008, and then you try to use these shortcuts in an earlier version of Windows

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960253/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: When you open an .rtf file that contains a MergeField field in a paragraph, indents that are added to the paragraph are not displayed in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows XP Professional x64 edition

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955549/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 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

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: RDP clients and ICA clients cannot connect to a Windows Server 2003-based terminal server after hotfix 938759 is applied to the server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958476/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: The DHCP MMC snap-in stops responding when you try to stop, start, or restart the DHCP service on a clustered DHCP server instance in Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958939/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: Applications or services that use the NFS redirector may crash when a Linux-based client or a UNIX-based client disconnects from a Windows Server 2003 terminal server without logging off

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959200/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: You encounter problems when you manipulate logical unit numbers on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959336/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: You receive a PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA Stop error when you print a document from a Windows Server 2003 server that is running as a terminal server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959338/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: The WINS MMC snap-in stops responding when you try to stop, start, or restart the WINS service in the WINS MMC snap-in on a clustered WINS server instance in Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959398/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: Display problems occur in Windows Server 2003 when you move a window between monitor borders in a multi-monitor configuration if the monitors are not configured in a straight-line layout

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959505/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: You cannot send Start TLS requests from a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition to a server that is running OpenLDAP Software

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959873/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: The DB2.exe Command Prompt window may hang in Windows Server 2003 when you run a batch file to execute DB2-related tasks

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960028/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: Error message when you call the CreateProcess function to start a process of a console application by using an account other than the current logon account in Windows Server 2003: "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000142)"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960266/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: The Schtask command may be unable to create a task in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960608/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: The DNS PTR record might be deleted if you change the DNS server order on a Windows 2003 machine

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961256/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: Auto enrollment does not work in the Cross Forest environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961298/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: Removable Storage Service Event 15 when running NTBackup

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961304/EN-US

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

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

Windows Svr Std 2003 SP1 EN: Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerability in Wordpad Convertor could allow remote code execution

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960906/EN-US

January 2009 - Technical Rollup Mail - Manageabillity

Justin Zarb — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:23:00 GMT

News

SMS&MOM

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

The Deployment Guys

http://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys

Data Protection Manager 2007 SP1 RTM

DPM 2007 SP1 RTM’d on 19/12/2008. Along with the earlier update, this release enhances many of the core features of DPM 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/dataprotectionmanager/en/us/whats-new.aspx

System Center Updates Publisher 4.5 Released

SCUP has now been updated and allows customers to import software update catalogs; create, modify, and export software update definitions; and publish software updates. Click the link to find out more and download the new version.

http://blogs.technet.com/jasonlewis/archive/2008/12/15/system-center-updates-publisher-scup-4-5-has-released.aspx

Now Available: Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2.0

We are pleased to announce the availability of the Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2.0, now with support for Hyper-V technology. Click the link above for more information.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8408ECF5-7AFE-47EC-A697-EB433027DF73&displaylang=en

What's New in the Configuration Manager Documentation Library for December 2008

The following section describes what's new in the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Documentation Library since August 2008. The topics listed in the table are new or contain significant technical changes to Configuration Manager 2007. Topics that contain minor changes to Configuration Manager 2007 are not listed.

http://technet.microsoft.com/ko-kr/library/dd252743.aspx

Documents

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

Other

System Center Essentials 2007 Operations Guide

Best practices for using System Center Essentials 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3ddbf51282-1784-4b9f-abd1-e2b5cb12f1a8%26displaylang%3den

Downloads

Configuration Manager & SMS

Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool

This Solution Accelerator provides automated tools and guidance that IT professionals can use to update offline virtual machines efficiently and without exposing them to security risks.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8408ecf5-7afe-47ec-a697-eb433027df73%26displaylang%3den

Operations Manager & MOM

Windows Server 2003/2008 Group Policy MP for OpsMgr 2007

Windows Server 2003/2008 Group Policy Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 monitors the health, availability, and performance of the Microsoft group policy client component of Microsoft Windows Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d12a29de3-7147-4488-8b1d-5825892f2b05%26displaylang%3den

DNS Server 2000/2003/2008 MP for OpsMgr 2007

This management Pack monitors DNS 2000/2003/2008 infrastructure health, availability and performance.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d633b718f-5fe8-47d5-a395-8203f8ec354f%26displaylang%3den

Exchange Server 2007 MP for SC Ops Mgr 2007

This management pack includes scripts and rules to effectively monitor Exchange 2007 and report on performance, availability, and reliability of its server roles.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1a83e112-8677-4e03-83c3-f1b7ebfc3a4b%26displaylang%3den

Other

Mobile Device Manager 2008 SP1 Resource Kit Tools - Password Reset Client

System Center Mobile Device Manager (MDM) Password Reset Client provides a .cab file that you install on Windows Mobile 6.1 devices enrolled in MDM so that users can use the password reset feature in MDM.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d53799354-e949-47e6-8f2d-8395fc213d60%26displaylang%3den

Mobile Device Manager 2008 SP1 Resource Kit Tools - Reporting Services

System Center Mobile Device Manager (MDM) 2008 Server Pack 1 (SP1) Reporting Services provides a reporting and data access service across all areas of an MDM system.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df72c0546-1b10-4636-96a5-a2455b1f77b3%26displaylang%3den

Mobile Device Manager 2008 SP1 Resource Kit Tools - Server Tools

System Center Mobile Device Manager (MDM) 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Server Tools provides tools to help administrators manage deployment and cleanup tasks in an MDM system.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0433b453-15a5-48ae-a343-6a1053f46251%26displaylang%3den

Mobile Device Manager 2008 SP1 Resource Kit Tools - Best Practices Analyzer

Best Practices Analyzer Tool for System Center Mobile Device Manager (MDM) 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) helps you analyze a group of servers to determine if the prerequisites and best practices are met for MDM deployment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de233f84f-9d96-4b33-80b1-fd563c4fb241%26displaylang%3den

Mobile Device Manager 2008 SP1 Resource Kit Tools - Client Tools

System Center Mobile Device Manager (MDM) 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Client Tools provides tools to help administrators troubleshoot connections and monitor device synchronization for Windows Mobile devices as part of an MDM system.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d61691925-07c8-4d29-bf11-9df43aedae94%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

TechNet Webcast: Introducing Operations Manager 2007 R2 (Level 300)

Thursday, January 15, 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. Join us for this webcast and discover the new and enhanced capabilities in Operations Manager 2007 R2. Topics we cover include cross-platform (Windows, UNIX, and Linux) monitoring, service-level tracking, usability enhancements, performance improvements, and much more.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032399166%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

TechNet Webcast: Successfully Monitor UNIX and Linux Alongside Your Windows Infrastructure with Operations Manager 2007 R2 (Level 300)

Thursday, January 22, 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. At Tech·Ed EMEA 2008, Microsoft announced an exciting new set of capabilities in Operations Manager 2007 R2. Join us for this webcast to discover how Operations Manager 2007 R2 extends monitoring support to non-Microsoft environments, including different variants of UNIX and Linux. Operations Manager 2007 R2 also delivers clear value and an improved ability to meet your IT infrastructure monitoring and management needs across heterogeneous environments.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=~CMTYDataSvcParams%5E~arg+Name%3D%22ID%22+Value%3D%221032399028%22%2F%5E~arg+Name%3D%22ProviderID%22+Value%3D%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2F%5E~arg+Name%3D%22lang%22+Value%3D%22en%22%2F%5E~arg+Name%3D%22cr%22+Value%3D%22US%22%2F%5E~sParams%5E~%2FsParams%5E~%2FCMTYDataSvcParams%5E

Other

TechNet Webcast: What Is New in Data Protection Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (Level 100)

Thursday, January 08, 2009, 9:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

It has been a year since the release of Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007. Microsoft released a DPM 2007 Update Rollup in June, and DPM 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) will be available for download by the time of this live webcast. Every workload that is protected by DPM 2007 received some enhanced functionality within SP1, including mirrored database support for Microsoft SQL Server, Standby Continuous Replication (SCR) protection with Microsoft Exchange, significant optimization of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server farm protection, and of course, Hyper-V protection. Desktop protection and disaster recovery were also enhanced in DPM 2007 SP1, and new protection scenarios for branch offices are supported. Attend this webcast to learn about the new capabilities in DPM 2007 SP1 and find out about a management pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 that enables enterprise monitoring and management of the DPM environment.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032399151

New KB's

Configuration Manager & SMS

ConfigMgr 2007: 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

ConfigMgr 2007: 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

ConfigMgr 2007: System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 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/959040/EN-US

ConfigMgr 2007: 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

ConfigMgr 2007: Operating System Deployment (OSD) tasks may fail randomly in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1-based systems

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959812/EN-US

SMS 2003: Error message when you install the Inventory Tool for Dell Update (ITDU) on an SMS 2003 site server after July 1, 2008: "The Sync task failed to download content from source location"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956307/EN-US

SMS 2003: 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

Operations Manager & MOM

OpsMgr 2007: The System Center Operations Manager 2007 console crashes, and a NullReferenceException exception is generated

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957560/EN-US

OpsMgr 2007: Support policy for System Center Operations Manager 2007 that is running on hardware virtualization software

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957568/EN-US

OpsMgr 2007: Modifications required to run the Web Console on a FIPS compliant server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960883/EN-US

OpsMgr 2007 SP1: You cannot change the alert resolution state of any alert in the Active Alerts view in System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957135/EN-US

OpsMgr 2007 SP1: Description of System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958170/EN-US

Other

Date Protection Manager 2007: Description of System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959605/EN-US

Mobile Device Manager 2008: Error message when you try to upgrade to System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 Service Pack 1: "Failed to determine status of MDM databases on SQL instance"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960829/EN-US

Mobile Device Manager 2008: Constraint violation 0x8007202F running AdConfig /enableGPSecurity

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960920/EN-US

Mobile Device Manager 2008: Upgrade to System Center Mobile Device Manager SP1 Database Credential Failure

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961018/EN-US

Reporting Manager 2006: SCOM reporting gives error when the AM / PM Symbol is incorrect in regional and langauge settings

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961091/EN-US

January 2009 - Technical Rollup Mail - Internet

Justin Zarb — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:22:00 GMT

News

Microsoft Internet information Server

Start-up your Web business with Microsoft BizSpark

Starting up a Web business, especially in this economy, isn’t easy. Microsoft wants to make it easier. A few weeks ago we announced Microsoft BizSpark , a new program specifically for Web start-ups which makes it very easy to get access to...

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2008/12/08/start-up-your-web-business-with-microsoft-bizspark.aspx

Microsoft Web Platform Installer Release Candidate – Now works with XP and Windows 2003!

I’m excited to announce the availability of the Release Candidate version of the Microsoft Web Platform Installer (Web PI). Web PI is a free tool that makes it simple to download and install the latest components of the Microsoft Web Platform, including...

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2008/11/24/microsoft-web-platform-installer-release-candidate-now-works-with-xp-and-windows-2003.aspx

SharePoint Technologies

Top 10 Microsoft Stories of 2008
December 15, 2008: Information Week
Having bid farewell to Bill Gates, Microsoft tempered its appetite for Yahoo, tweaked Vista, leapt into cloud computing, allowed a peek at Windows 7, and warmed up to open source. SharePoint is featured as the 10th story: The SharePoint Phenomenon.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=0XAUP2HIWHAJ2QSNDLPSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=212500111&_requestid=569420

A New Approach To Collaboration And Enterprise Content Management
December 13, 2008: Information Week
Oceans of unmanaged content are swamping companies. It's time to rethink ECM and collaboration to keep your head above water.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/business_intelligence/content_management/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=0XAUP2HIWHAJ2QSNDLPSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=212400488&_requestid=569450

Lotus and SharePoint: Side by Side
December 12, 2008: Windows & Net Magazine
Microsoft SharePoint has quickly become the dominant player in the collaboration software market.

http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/101028/lotus-and-sharepoint-side-by-side.html

SharePoint 'is military choice'
December 12, 2008: One Stop Click
Microsoft SharePoint is increasingly being used by national defense forces to meet their distinctive security needs, it has been revealed.

http://www.onestopclick.com/news/sharepoint-is-military-choice_18924590.html

Insurers Must Take Advantage of the Economic Climate to Realize Future Gains
December 12, 2008: Insurance & Technology
SharePoint and IBM WebSphere Portal are just two examples of platforms that support collaboration right out of the box.

http://www.insurancetech.com/management-strategies/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=IL51E0VVWGTY0QSNDLPCKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=212400505&cid=int_topic_null&_requestid=501742

Document Scanning and Microsoft Sharepoint Improving Businesses
December 12, 2008: AJP Online
Document management software Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007, with the aid of document scanning is effectively managing documents and supports many systems for Microsoft-focused organizations.

http://www.approvedbusiness.co.uk/ViewArticle_1861.aspx

Blogs\ External sites

SharePoint Magazine

http://sharepointmagazine.net/

SharePoint Reviews – Independent reviews of SharePoint products, custom web parts, solutions etc...

http://www.sharepointreviews.com/

From the Field Blog – live action direct from the field as reported by some of Microsoft’s top SharePoint engineers

http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/fromthefield/default.aspx

Downloads

Microsoft Internet information Server

IIS DownloadCENTER

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

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

SharePoint Technologies

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

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

Events/Webcasts

SharePoint Technologies

SharePoint Technology Conference

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

http://www.sptechcon.com/

SharePoint Best Practices Conference

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

http://www.sharepointbestpractices.com/

FASTforward '09

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

All upcoming Events\Webcasts

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

New KB's

Microsoft Internet information Server

FIX: Description of a hotfix that extends the functionality of the Web Management Service for IIS in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=956862

FIX: Error message when you try to administer a remote IIS 7.0 server and the impersonation level of the calling thread is set to Identify: "Exception Details: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: Access is denied"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=956301

FIX: Error message when you try to use IIS 7.0 Manager to edit a web.config file that contains an XML fragment which includes xmlns: "Cannot write configuration file"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=958645

You receive error 401.1 when you browse a Web site that uses Integrated Authentication and is hosted on IIS 5.1 or IIS 6

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=896861

FIX: IIS 7.0 may experience access violations or memory corruption if a filter module uses the IHttpRequest::SetUrl API

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=949172

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

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=960728

FIX: The IIS 7.0 pipeline does not handle the return code from ISAPI correctly when it tries to redirect from the SF_NOTIFY_URL_MAP notification

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=960267

Biztalk Server

FIX: Error message when you try to import the bindings file in BizTalk Server 2006: "Failed to update binding information"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=929641

FIX: Some elements that contain space characters in a message may be reset to empty when you use the BizTalk Server Adapter for WSE 2.0 in BizTalk Server 2004 or in BizTalk Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=955363

FIX: The WCF service that is generated may cause the IIS worker process to crash in a BizTalk Server 2006 R2 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953995

FIX: You cannot create a HOST instance when your user account is a member of BizTalk Server Administrators group in SQL Server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958210

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/?kbid=959631

SharePoint Technologies

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 hotfix package (Sts.msp): December 16, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959644

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

The CustomListView rule in Pre-Upgrade Checker can warn that customized list views that will not be upgraded

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956450

The CustomFieldType rule in Pre-Upgrade Checker in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 can warn that customized field types will not be upgraded

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956451

The ModifiedWorkflowActionsFile rule in Pre-Upgrade Checker for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 can warn that the default declarative workflow actions file was changed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956447

The CustomWorkflowActionsFiles rule in Pre-Upgrade Checker in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 can warn that custom .ACTIONS files exist in the farm

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956448

Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 hotfix package (Wssmui.msp): December 16, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960314

Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 cumulative update package (WSS server-package): December 16, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960010

The ModifiedWebConfigWorkflowAuthorizedTypes rule in Pre-Upgrade Checker for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 can warn that Web.config files contain modified authorized types for workflow

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956449

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

You cannot enable the Publishing feature in SharePoint Server 2007 after you delete an out-of-box standard permission level

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961138

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

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961176

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

Description of the SharePoint Server 2007 cumulative update package (MOSS server-package): December 16, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960011

Description of the SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package (Coreserver.msp): December 16, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959637

Error message when you try to save a site as a template in SharePoint Server 2007: "Failure decompressing data from a cabinet file"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960969

MS08-077: Description of the security update for SharePoint Server: December 9, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956716

MS08-077: Vulnerability in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server could cause elevation of privilege

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957175

January 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Manageability

Justin Zarb — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:24:00 GMT

News

SMS&MOM

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

Nexus SC: The System Center Team Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/systemcenter/

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 International Client Packs released

Two ICP packs for ConfigMgr have been released.

ICP1 contains the following languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish

ICP2 contains all languages from ICP1 plus the following: Chinese (Simplified),Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Swedish, Turkish

See download section below

Downloads

SMS and Configuration Manager

SC Configuration Manager 2007 ICPs

International Client Packs (ICPs) contain international-language clients to use with System Center Configuration Manager (SC Config Mgr) 2007. ICP downloads contain only the Config Mgr client files, not the English-language SC Config Mgr 2007, which is required.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9df19109-c067-46c7-89f6-1b3d17d6f615%26displaylang%3den

SC Config Mgr 2007 Offer Status Summarizer fails to process status

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (SCCM) Offer Status Summarizer fails to process status

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8b910427-c591-466b-83d3-6632099ac186%26displaylang%3den

Systems Management Server 2003 Inventory Tool for Dell Update

SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Dell Updates is an add-on to SMS 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) that enables customers to use the SMS 2003 Software Update Management feature to update their Dell servers.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d92a9bb94-1806-487b-a697-92492bf8cc8e%26displaylang%3den

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Documentation Library (November 2007)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d81997356-7f18-48b2-a53a-d6f995a47f35%26displaylang%3den

MOM and Operations Manager

Notification Workflow Solution Accelerator

This solution accelerator contains the guidance and executable needed to extend notification functionalities of Microsoft® Operations Manager (MOM) 2005.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8d25c80d-c978-4b23-825a-7ae7b4775b0f%26displaylang%3den

Server Virtualization Management Pack

This guide helps you deploy and use the Server Virtualization Management Pack on System Center Operations Manager 2007 (OpsMgr). The management pack monitors the availability and health of virtual machine hosts running Microsoft® Virtual Server 2005 R2, the virtual machines deployed on the hosts, and all components of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 (VMM).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db89be314-6924-4d83-9550-13c3c153ccf8%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server 2000/2005 Management Pack

The SQL Server 2000/2005 Management Pack monitors Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8c0f970e-c653-4c15-9e51-6a6cadfca363%26displaylang%3den

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

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%3db55e4072-01c4-42d9-8cf6-050b631f6d50%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft® System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 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=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dfe7b09bd-cef0-4b96-9ffd-910e6be7fcea%26displaylang%3den

System Center Operations Manager 2007 Documentation

This download contains documentation for System Center Operations Manager 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd826b836-59e5-4628-939e-2b852ed79859%26displaylang%3den

SharePoint Monitoring Toolkit

This Solution Accelerator provides a set of System Center Ops Manager 2007 Management Packs for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (including SP1). The Toolkit also includes user documentation for each of the Management Packs.

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

OpsMgr 2007 Key Concepts

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3a633532-1dde-49b6-930f-7df50b69b77b%26displaylang%3den

Operations Manager 2007 Performance and Scalability Whitepaper

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da1b7610d-3dbe-4e51-bcb3-446d50dadf14%26displaylang%3den

Other

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=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dedcaad48-1414-4447-8b1a-a866a146565d%26displaylang%3den

Inside Microsoft - Running the IT Infrastructure at Microsoft

Inside Microsoft - Running the IT Infrastructure at Microsoft

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8ae7be79-90be-48e6-b1ca-a8e3451af562%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Forefront and System Center Demos

Microsoft Forefront and System Center Demos

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc6d3339d-c07f-4a68-a188-1485baaf7964%26displaylang%3den

How Microsoft IT Streamlined the SAP Unicode Conversion Process to Minimize User Impact and Enhance Performance

Data Protection Manager 2007 optimizes and speeds disk-based backup and recovery, delivers consistent data protection, and increases an IT organization’s operational efficiencies.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d565096cc-9c76-495e-b3e5-352d75438ed9%26displaylang%3den

SCCP 2007 Datasheet

Datasheet for SCCP 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dca0b78d0-6bbf-4b33-b4ab-06c3829509bd%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft System Center and Windows Server 2008: Better Together

Whitepaper covering how System Center helps better implement Windows Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DEEDD56C-46E0-4351-A31D-8669132FE1BB&displaylang=en

Events/Webcasts

TechNet Webcast: Optimizing Desktop Management with System Center Configuration Manager and Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization (Level 300) – Tuesday 15^th Jan 2007 1pm

One of the biggest challenges IT departments face in today's organization is reducing the cost of managing their desktops. Broader demands from the business, fast-paced technology cycles, and increasing security threats place a heavy demand on IT departments to deliver higher value at a lower cost. IT teams must test for application compatibility, maintain user productivity, keep track of assets, secure the desktop, and more. The answer to these challenges is to improve desktop optimization. Reduction of desktop complexity speeds deployments, streamlines management, and increases security. In this webcast, we discuss centralized deployment and management of desktops, laptops, and devices with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. When used in conjunction with the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, management is extended across both physical and virtual desktops and applications resulting in the highest levels of efficiency for overall enterprise management.

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

New KB's

The System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Offer Status Summarizer does not process advertisement status summary data

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945898

The "wake on LAN" feature does not work as expected if a site server uses a non-daylight saving time zone in System Center Configuration Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944542

January 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Platforms

Justin Zarb — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:22:00 GMT

News

Windows Server 2008 RC1

Windows Server 2008, which is scheduled to release to manufacturing (RTM) by the Feb 27 launch event, has reached the RC1 milestone and is available for customers to download. With RC1, Microsoft is enhancing Group Policy with Group Policy Preferences, formerly known as PolicyMaker Standard Edition and Policy Share Manager. As the code approaches final signoff, RC1 is one of the last opportunities for customers and partners to evaluate it and provide feedback. So far, more than 1.8 million customers have obtained Windows Server 2008 evaluation code.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/dec07/12-05WS08RC1PR.mspx

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V beta ships early to customers and partners.

Customers and partners today can download Windows Server 2008 RC1 Enterprise with the beta version of Hyper-V to evaluate the new technology, test applications and plan future consolidation, business continuity and high-availability projects.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/dec07/12-13EarlyBetaPR.mspx

New Beta: Introducing Microsoft Assessment and Planning for Windows Server 2008

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) solution accelerator is the next release of Windows Vista Hardware Assessment. It offers agent-less inventory and assessment and actionable recommendations for Windows Server 2008, Windows Server Virtualization, Terminal Services, SoftGrid, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Windows Vista, and the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Join the Beta and take a test drive today.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7949035

Microsoft Unveils Windows HPC Server 2008

Windows HPC Server 2008, the successor to Windows Computer Cluster Server 2003, is based on the Windows Server 2008 operating system and is designed to increase productivity, scalability, and manageability. For more on the increased performance, see Microsoft Rainier Cluster with Windows HPC Server 2008 Delivers 11.75 TFlops and Tops Previous Linpack Benchmark Using the Same Hardware.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7949036

Documents

Windows Vista SP1 Guides for IT Professionals

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e71f0083-1013-4f9c-a3f9-c56e7120a5e9&DisplayLang=en

Release Notes for Windows Vista SP1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b5b681f5-f366-4ad2-ba10-6a7d209de7bd&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server 2008 Developer Story

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=056bb5f7-65ff-4c42-bdae-65754d96b021&DisplayLang=en

Downloads

Windows 2008 Release Candidate Evaluation Software

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/audsel.mspx

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC Public availability Program

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9de6260e-4275-482d-9524-de850c4dd91c&DisplayLang=en

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC - 5 Language Standalone Package

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2fa54665-7716-47d9-b9b7-5cfdf71198cb&DisplayLang=en

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC for x64 Based Editions - 5 Language Standalone package

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=88128a77-6107-46df-89d8-b93c248496e3&DisplayLang=en

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC1 for x64 Based Editions - All language Standalone packages

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c21c3978-3b7d-4d64-873b-3c9d26982d7a&DisplayLang=en

Update for Windows Vista (KB943899)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a23e4401-74b7-4987-96ab-86735f718a8e&DisplayLang=en

Free Download of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007

Download and test drive Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 to maximize IT resources.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7949072

Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 1 is now available for download

Windows XP SP3 will be a rollup that includes all previously released updates for Windows XP, including security updates, out-of-band releases and hotfixes. It contains a small number of new updates, but should not significantly change the Windows XP experience.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7991617

Microsoft Security Assessment Tool (MSAT) Version 3.5

This tool is designed to help organisations discover areas of security risk in their IT infrastructure. Detailed assessment reports, guidance and best practice is provided to help companies prioritise and mitigate identified security risks.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7991614

Service Pack 1 released for 2007 Microsoft Office system

The 2007 Microsoft Office system Service Pack 1 was released on 11 December 2007 and addresses the issues of most concern to customers across the whole Office system. SP1 fixes the leading causes of crashes in each Office application and deploys key fixes and enhancements to make the 2007 Office system even more stable, reliable and easy to use. There is a white paper that fully details the improvements and benefits in Service Pack 1 here and you can download it for yourself from here.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7991615

Events/WebCasts

MSDN: Windows Server 2008 for developers

Windows Server 2008 will be launched in Q1 2008. Come and learn what’s new in this release for developers

Date: 17/01/2008 13:30 - 16:15 GMT

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032358000&culture=en-GB

Date: 23/01/2008 18:30 - 21:20 GMT

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032357994&culture=en-GB

Date: 24/01/2008 09:30 - 12:15 GMT

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032357996&culture=en-GB

TechNet Webcast: Practical Active Directory Delegation (Level 300)

Friday, January 11, 2008 9:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7964887

Windows HPC Server 2008 - New and Advanced Features

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 8:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7964888

Windows HPC Server 2008 - New and Advanced Features

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 5:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7964889

IT Manager Webcast: Introduction to the Windows Server 2008 Server Core Installation Option (Level 200)

Wednesday, January 16, 2008 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7964890

TechNet Webcast: Windows Compare (Part 1 of 6): Reliability in Windows and Linux(Level 200)

Wednesday, January 23, 2008 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7964891

TechNet Webcast: Windows Compare (Part 2 of 6): Supporting Linux Users in a Windows Environment (Level 200)

Friday, January 25, 2008 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7964892

TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT is Improving Network Performance with Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista (Level 300)

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 9:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7964893

TechNet Webcast: Windows Compare (Part 3 of 6): IIS 7.0 vs. Apache (Level 200)

Wednesday, January 30, 2008 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7964894

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

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943509

Description of the Jet 4.0 Database Engine hotfix package for Windows XP SP2, for Windows Server 2003 SP1, for Windows Server 2003 SP2, and for Windows Vista: October 23, 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944960

Error message when you try to install a WSD printer on a Windows Vista-based computer after the first installation attempt fails: "Operation could not be completed (error 0x00000643)"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945713

Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerability in Web Proxy Auto Discovery (WPAD) could allow information disclosure

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944917

Windows Vista uses the profile path that is defined on the Terminal Services Profile tab instead of on the Profile tab when a user logs on to a Windows Vista-based client computer by using a Remote Desktop session

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944799

The "wake on ring" feature still wakes a Windows Vista-based computer when you set an HD audio controller not to wake the computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945360

A USB 2.0 device that is attached to a USB 2.0 hub may stop working correctly in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945538

Error message when you try to print an .xps document in Windows Vista or in Windows XP: "An error occurred in the application you were using"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945184

The Rasdial API may free the same memory two times and the dial-up application stops responding on a multiprocessor computer that is running Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945681

System restore points and shadow copies of files are missing after you install Windows Vista Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945435

You experience a long delay when you try to access to a WebDAV share for the first time on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945125

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

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944995

Error message when you migrate user data to a new Windows Vista computer: “An error occurred in the Handwriting recognition personalization tool”

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944997

Recognizer training is not triggered in the Windows Vista handwriting recognition personalization tool after you enter 50 sentences

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943253

You notice timing jitter and clock drift when you perform an editing operation or a playback operation on a MIDI audio device in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943242

MIDI notes are played in the wrong order when you perform a capture operation on a MIDI audio device in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944240

An application that sends an IOCTL_SFFDISK_DEVICE_COMMAND request to a Secure Digital (SD) card receives an error message on a 64-bit version of Windows Vista: "ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943974

The "chkdsk /r" command and the "chkdsk /f" command take a long time to run on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936332

How to obtain information about hotfixes and security updates that are included in Windows Vista Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944515

An application returns incorrect values for the conversion mode and for the sentence mode of an Input Method Editor (IME) on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942392

On a Windows Vista-based computer, you cannot access certain directories on a Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943504

FIX: Internet Explorer in Windows CE .NET 4.2 deletes cached content if program memory is low

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943505

FIX: Internet Explorer in Windows CE 5.0 may delete cached content if program memory is low

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944046

FIX: The memory load increases, and the operating system runs out of memory after you execute an application that uses an EDB database on a Windows Embedded CE 6.0-based device

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945852

Buttons are missing after you upgrade from MSN Toolbar to Windows Live Toolbar

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942423

FIX: You cannot play Windows Media content that is encoded by using the VC1 codec in Windows XP, in Windows Server 2003, or in Windows 2000

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943663

How to manually update the time zone definition in Windows SharePoint Services for the Venezuela time zone change

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945463

Windows Server 2003 does not issue security event 523 even though the WarningLevel registry entry is configured

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945410

A Windows Server 2003-based computer may stop responding when many connections are created and then disconnected if IPsec is configured

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942909

On a Windows Server 2003 R2-based computer, a POSIX application that calls the Sleep function does not work correctly if the system clock is changed during the sleep interval

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943443

FIX: An access violation may occur when you use the 64-bit version of the DV Video Encoder filter in a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003 or of Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944904

Error message on a Windows XP-based computer when you work with a network share: "STOP: 0x000000C2 BAD_POOL_CALLER"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945454

USB devices may not work after your computer resumes from standby in Windows XP on Lenovo portable computers

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944781

When you use a drag-and-drop operation to move or to copy an Outlook e-mail message on a Windows XP SP2-based computer, the operation fails without any notification

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943991

After you update a storage driver, you may be prompted to reactivate Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945145

On a Windows Vista-based computer, you may be prompted for your passport credentials every time that you try to access documents on a WebDAV site from a new workspace

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942763

December 2007 cumulative time zone update for Microsoft Windows operating systems

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938716

You may be unable to save a file in a Microsoft Office program on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943719

IP networking over the IEEE 1394 bus is not supported in Windows Vista and in all later versions of Windows

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944996

A word still has an "Add" option after you add the word to the dictionary by using the Windows Vista Tablet PC Input Panel

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944998

When you change the theme on a Windows Vista Tablet PC, the "Handwriting recognition personalization" tool becomes distorted

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945149

Graphics performance can be improved in certain multiple-GPU scenarios on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945011

System icons may not appear in the notification area on a Windows Vista-based computer until you restart the computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945122

User profiles are unexpectedly deleted after you configure the "Delete user profiles older than a specified number of days on system restart" Group Policy setting on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943243

FIX: Kerberos authentication may fail on a Windows CE 5.0-based device

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945741

You may receive a "Cannot connect to the Windows Live ID service" error message when you sign-in to Windows Live Family Safety

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945359

Metadata that is assigned to a photo in Windows Live Photo Gallery is not visible in the Windows Explorer Properties dialog box in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945396

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 services that were previously removed are restored after you restore the system state on a Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945330

An application that uses the CDOSYS library or the System.Web.Mail namespace in a non-English version of Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 may receive a corrupted error message

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940569

On a computer that has Microsoft Data Access Components 2.8 installed, an application receives an incorrect value for the identity column from a SQL Server 2005 database

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944971

A Cluster node may lose an MNS quorum, and the Cluster service may stop on a Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943809

Event 1164 is logged when a disk or a mount point is mounted in a Windows Server 2003 cluster that uses a Majority Node Set (MNS) quorum

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943875

Authorization Manager in Windows Server 2003 cannot add roles from other domains in the forest after security update 926122 or Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 is installed

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944195

Error message when you use a mobile device to access an ASP.NET Web site that is hosted in IIS 6.0: "HTTP 400 - Bad Request"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938863

Name resolution may fail on a Windows Server 2003 DNS server if conditional forwarding is configured and if records have different TTL values

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944762

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

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942004

A Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition-based computer does not automatically restart as expected after the .crash command is executed to generate a dump file

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942840

You may experience slow Web browser performance when you iew a Web page that uses JScript in Internet Explorer on a Windows Server 2003-based computer or on a Windows XP-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945222

On a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer, you cannot access the correct DFS share after information about the link target is updated

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939850

After you use a smart card to unlock a Windows XP-based computer, you are prompted for authentication when you access resources that require NTLM authentication

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944939

The first logon to a Windows XP-based computer through terminal services is not denied even though the user is not a member of the Remote Desktop Users group

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=931618

The two sides of an audio call may not hear one another on a Windows XP-based computer that has Communicator installed

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944507

Error code when you try to update end-user-defined character (EUDC) TrueType fonts on a Windows XP Service Pack 2 -based computer: "1224:ERROR_USER_MAPPED_FILE"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945551

Video series information is lost when you update your Zune 30GB device to the v2 software

January 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Unified Communications

Justin Zarb — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:21:00 GMT

News

You Had Me At EHLO...

http://msexchangeteam.com/default.aspx

Microsoft Office Outlook Team Blog

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

Unified Communications Group Team Blog

http://communicationsserverteam.com

http://communicatorteam.com

Downloads

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 E-mail Router (On-Premise and Hosted Editions)

The E-mail Router is an interface between the Microsoft Dynamics CRM system and an e-mail system.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de1358499-3fdb-45b8-adf0-7585f758277e%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server with SP1 Documentation

Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server with SP1 Documentation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5cd4e36e-2dab-44d6-990e-3b8184b1cb1b%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Migration Wizard for Lotus Notes

The Migration Wizard for Lotus Notes is a tool designed for organizations that are migrating from Lotus Notes/Domino to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc105b3e4-3beb-4f1e-8f52-e345af6c3e50%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server MAPI Client and Collaboration Data Objects 1.2.1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de17e7f31-079a-43a9-bff2-0a110307611e%26displaylang%3den

Collaboration Data Objects, version 1.2.1

Beginning in Exchange 2007 Beta 2 and Outlook 2007 Beta 2, CDO 1.2.1 will no longer be provided as a part of the install of the product. As a result, there is functionality missing that many applications depend upon. CDO 1.2.1 is a package providing access to Outlook-compatible objects through a COM-based API.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2714320d-c997-4de1-986f-24f081725d36%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Connector for Lotus Notes

The Connector for Lotus Notes/Domino is a tool designed for organizations that need to coexist during a migration from Lotus Domino to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd9f3a35e-1046-47b5-b09b-bda9de60cd9d%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Calendar Connector for Lotus Notes

The Calendar Connector for Lotus Notes is a tool designed for organizations that need to coexist during a migration from Lotus Domino to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc14932a1-55f4-4256-af7e-617639d46024%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Antigen SP1 Documentation

Microsoft Antigen SP1 Documentation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7d00160e-4d15-4459-98a3-89f393ac008e%26displaylang%3den

Capitol Computer Experts Case Study

CCEX had customers for which a messaging service based on Hosted Microsoft Exchange would be ideal—but CCEX did not want to become a hosting service provider.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4e6012a8-6324-4718-b258-af1587364c5e%26displaylang%3den

Courtesy Computers Case Study

Courtesy Computers started out delivering white box hardware and infrastructure maintenance services to small and midsize insurance agents. To enable the company to grow, Courtesy needed to find new ways to interact with and serve its customers.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9a71f3f8-b32a-4e52-baed-e562491cb5b7%26displaylang%3den

groupSPARKS Case Study

End user customers and groupSPARK’s reseller partners wanted access to the latest messaging technologies and capabilities. groupSPARK wanted a more stable and flexible platform upon which to grow.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1210b6ee-3f31-4be3-9256-d537160c83c3%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 Release Notes

This download contains a standalone version of the Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 Release Notes. This release notes document includes information about how to install and configure this management pack. It also describes known issues about the product and suggested resolutions.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d62f22988-b326-4112-a5aa-3f28e7aab148%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Release Notes

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5770bd59-376e-42ec-b940-be6225cd97ff%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Help

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=16&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5eb0f9a0-2c49-4f2a-8a09-b981ed667821%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Shell Help

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0e14dd15-bb52-4b3f-9756-5146179a0809%26displaylang%3den

Exchange Server 2007 SP1 VHD

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d43621a8f-12fb-4e7c-bb38-1cbb6ef272c5%26displaylang%3den

Forefront Security for Exchange Server 10.1 MP for OpsMgr 2007

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=19&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dec2a6c3a-6d75-44df-87d7-9dbb3dbfce37%26displaylang%3den

Exchange Hosted Services Directory Synchronization Tool 7.3

The Directory Synchronization Tool securely synchronizes valid end-user proxy addresses from your Active Directory to Exchange Hosted Services.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=20&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df0417f18-65ba-48a2-a2e9-1f0066e5f5aa%26displaylang%3den

Daily Operations with Exchange 2007

Learn how the Exchange Messaging Team ensures 99.99 percent availability for mission-critical messaging services.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=21&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d20149c08-21a7-4cbb-a826-2e0125f27bcc%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server Readme

Help protect your Exchange server from viruses and other malware.

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

Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server with Service Pack 1

Help protect your Exchange server from viruses and other malware.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=23&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2ceb14d4-404b-4d8f-8a21-ebfc71b2e82b%26displaylang%3den

Forefront Security for Exchange Server 10.1 Management Pack for MOM 2005

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=24&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1b4e7d52-c550-4dd7-a11f-2c4029b93451%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Unified Messaging Language Packs

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=25&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d18426838-7733-4712-8b98-d6d1fd8c2310%26displaylang%3den

Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

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

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

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Unified Messaging Language Packs

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=27&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2b3e23a5-57b6-4a11-8954-f8025ea54bad%26displaylang%3den

Exchange Server 2007 SP1 SDK November 2007

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=28&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d190f71a4-7b5f-4a4c-99ba-9bd032e16e15%26displaylang%3den

Everyday Productivity Education Zip File

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=29&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dcf57670c-b0ba-4075-b8c9-47cccb711a08%26displaylang%3den

UC API Map for 2007

The Unified Communications API Map for 2007 describes the APIs that can be used in Unified Communications development and provides links to the SDKs or documentation for these APIs.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3017406b-79eb-45da-9da7-3e71580ca1ea%26displaylang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Document: Enterprise Voice Planning and Deployment Guide

This document provides information to help you plan and deploy Enterprise Voice in your Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 infrastructure.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d24e72dac-2b26-4f43-bba2-60488f2aca8d%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 SDK

The Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Software Development Kit (SDK) includes documentation and sample applications developed with the Office Communications Server 2007 platform.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7f4ce9c5-9e02-4b99-aa09-360d920d3ee0%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API SDK

Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API (UCMA) is an endpoint API that allows advanced developers to build and integrate server applications into an existing Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 infrastructure.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db30306e4-7dc1-44d2-9a68-9b4a6fc5c2df%26displaylang%3den

Self-Guided Online Adoption Resource

This resource is designed for Live Meeting Administrators or project champions tasked with deploying Live Meeting across their organization.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dca2b3e57-208a-4d7f-a8f2-0df0c13b965d%26displaylang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 QoE Monitoring Server Release Notes

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da0ab9a8a-7b58-4e8e-a2b9-c3574535f558%26displaylang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Document: Backup and Restoration Guide

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5c6e6ac7-079a-4326-b517-3c117fadb44e%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 Hotfix KB 945573

This download contains an update for Microsoft Office Communicator 2005.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da8c26743-5a77-4947-aad4-6a6b8ef84f9c%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Hotfix KB 943083

This download contains an update for Microsoft Office Communicator 2007.

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

Office Communicator 2007 Get Started

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d93cef8f5-9f72-4ebe-b1f6-b3d1872d8dcc%26displaylang%3den

Office Communicator 2007 Learn More

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

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

Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Outlook (For On-Premise and Hosted Editions)

Install Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 for Outlook and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 for Outlook with Offline Access. For on-premise and hosted editions of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 only.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d60c4a6cc-59d7-416e-9f44-0ae8ff249768%26displaylang%3den

Fact Sheets

Quick overview of the accessibility features of major Microsoft products.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9f347d12-1d8c-4336-a5b5-0e4a08ba1e67%26displaylang%3den

Update for Outlook Junk Email Filter 2007 (KB943597)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d13b89a50-1d13-402e-8243-627e68c5e7f2%26displaylang%3den

Update for Outlook Junk Email Filter 2003 (KB943591)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da216dd08-4cc0-4adc-b741-a9a0cbc2d0c4%26displaylang%3den

Update for Outlook 2003 (KB943649)

This update helps users configure Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 to work properly with Windows Live Mail.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2a7cfdef-2899-4da1-b089-01e998e79911%26displaylang%3den

Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2007 Service Pack 1

Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2007 Service Pack 1 contains significant stability and performance improvements. It also improves the data migration functionality.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d94c32abf-5481-460d-805d-6c274ac1d194%26displaylang%3den

Everyday Productivity Education Zip File

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dcf57670c-b0ba-4075-b8c9-47cccb711a08%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Office Outlook Connector

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7aad7e6a-931e-438a-950c-5e9ea66322d4%26displaylang%3den

Events/Webcasts

16-01-08 : TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 in Depth (Part 1 of 8): Overview (Level 200)

In this first session of our eight-part Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 in Depth series, we discuss how Exchange Server 2007 gives you administrators more control, provides anywhere access to your inbox, and includes built-in security and protection mechanisms. We also cover the new Exchange Management Console, and we explain how the improved GUI management tool is simpler for you to use and quicker to navigate. We describe Windows PowerShell, the new administrative interface that provides a rich command-line experience, and we conclude with a look at the significant client improvements and transport rules.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032363557%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

18-01-08 : TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 in Depth (Part 2 of 8): Deployment and Migration (Level 200)

In this session, we take a look at deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. We start with a run through of the hardware, software, infrastructure, and security requirements that you need to meet before you can deploy the first Exchange Server. Then we look at the five server roles, discuss what they do, and describe the options you have for implementing these roles within your organization. We look at the installation process itself, exploring both the GUI and command-line installation routines. Finally, we go on to talk about migration from and co-existence with earlier Exchange Server platforms.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032363559%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

21-01-08 : TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 in Depth (Part 3 of 8): Introduction to the New Management Console (Level 200)

In this session, we focus on using the new Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Management Console. We start with an overview of the differences between this new interface and the old Exchange System Manager. We then look at how to manage different aspects of the system with the new Console, starting with recipients, and then servers and the organization, using transport rules and so forth. Finally, we spend some time looking at the new Toolbox, which includes the queue viewer and the Best Practice Analyzer.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032363568%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

22-01-08 : TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Implemented New Storage Designs for Exchange Server 2007 (Level 300)

How does Exchange Server 2007 enable a large enterprise to increase mailbox quotas globally by a factor of ten and still lower storage costs, reduce maintenance complexities, and simplify data recovery processes? Microsoft IT was able to take advantage of Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) in new mailbox server designs based on direct attached storage (DAS). Advantages of CCR and DAS over alternative configurations will be discussed along with how MSIT was able to eliminate storage as a single point of failure while at the same time lowering costs to two dollars per gigabyte. Join us at 9:30 AM PST, Tuesday, the 22th of January 2008 to learn how to optimize input/output (I/O) performance by balancing storage with memory capacity according to the total number of users per server. Register below.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032362421%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

23-01-08 : TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 in Depth (Part 4 of 8): Introduction to Windows PowerShell Scripting (Level 200)

Join this fourth session of our in-depth series on Microsoft Exchange Server to discover how you can use Windows PowerShell to perform day-to-day administrative tasks. In this webcast, we provide an overview of Windows PowerShell commands and describe how to construct them. Next, we demonstrate how you can build more complex scripts in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. And then we conclude the webcast with a review of the reporting facilities available in Windows PowerShell.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032363572%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

25-01-08 : TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 in Depth (Part 5 of 8): Client Access and Web Services (Level 200)

In this session, we cover Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Client Access Services. The overall goal of Client Access Services is to add value to the data in your inbox by letting you access that data from wherever you are. As well as Microsoft Office Outlook, Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access (OWA), and mobile device access, we cover some new client access features introduced in Exchange Server 2007. We look at the various underlying components of Exchange Server 2007 Client Access Services. We explore improvements to calendaring functionality, the new Unified Messaging, and the Exchange Server Web services and programmatic access to messaging data. We conclude the webcast by looking at Exchange Server ActiveSync improvements.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032363574%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

30-01-08 : TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 in Depth (Part 6 of 8): Disaster Recovery (Level 200)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032363577%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

09-01-08 Exchange 2007 Upgrade & Migration – Edinburgh

22-01-08 Exchange 2007 Upgrade & Migration

20-05-08 Exchange 2007 Upgrade & Migration

New KB's

Best practices information for scan engine settings and for bias settings in Antigen 9.0 for Exchange

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945793

VSS-based backups fail on a computer that is running Microsoft Exchange Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945424

Active Directory Connectors cannot replicate a distribution list, and event ID 8270 is logged in Exchange 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943573

The Outlook Web Access search function does not work for some users in Exchange 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945077

A time-out may occur in Exchange Server 2007 when the SA resource is trying to come online

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945078

You cannot open the Exchange Management Console in Exchange Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945604

Users who use Outlook 2003 cannot publish their free/busy data in Exchange Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945602

Passwords are not updated in the destination directory after you configure Inbound Automatic Synchronization in Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 4.0

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945630

How to increase the maximum number of offline address books on an offline address book server to 10,000 in Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration version 4.0

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945629

Description of Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941652

Description of Calendar Printing Assistant for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=937157

A device continues to synchronize even though the AllowNonProvisionableDevices parameter is set to False in Exchange 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945603

The text of the e-mail message may be corrupted when Exchange 2007 receives an e-mail message that does not specify character set information

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939471

Description of the Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter update: December 11, 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943591

FIX: Error message when you try to use Outlook 2003 to access a Windows Live Mail account: "This operation is not permitted for this type of client"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943649

When you use Word 2003 to open an e-mail message that uses RTF, custom add-ins may not be displayed in Outlook 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945743

You cannot set Outlook 2003 as the default e-mail client on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945798

Issues that are fixed in Outlook 2007 by the 2007 Microsoft Office suites Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942384

You receive an error message when you try to remove selected text in Outlook 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944526

Description of the Outlook 2007 Junk E-mail Filter update: December 11, 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943597

Description of Language Pack 2007 Service Pack 1 for Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942470

Issues that are fixed in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946138

Start times for appointments appear one hour later after November 4, 2007 when they are viewed by a user who has a mailbox on a server that is running Exchange Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944374

Event ID: 8206 occurs when a MAPI-based application modifies calendar items in Exchange 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943721

A memory leak may occur in the Inetinfo.exe process in Exchange 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944903

Exchange Server 2003 MAPI CDO 1.2.1 and CDO 1.2.1 have been updated for daylight saving time Rules Update 1 (RU1): December 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945835

How to register Filter Pack IFilters with Exchange Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944516

January 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - SQL

Justin Zarb — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:19:00 GMT

News

Customers Choose SQL Server to Run Their SAP® Solutions
Microsoft highlighted the benefits customers have realized by migrating their data platform to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 to run their SAP® applications: enterprise-calibre reliability coupled with significant cost savings. Customers have experienced over 35 percent cost-efficiencies by selecting SQL Server 2005 to run their SAP solutions. These customers represent a growing number of organizations that have committed to SQL Server to support their most essential systems at a low total cost of ownership.
http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2007/dec07/12-05SAPSQLSystemsPR.mspx

Microsoft Is Positioned in Leaders Quadrant of Latest Magic Quadrant for Data Warehousing – SQL Server Closes the Distance
Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 has been positioned in the Leaders quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems, 2007. Customers rely on SQL Server 2005’s comprehensive, integrated data management and analysis software to manage mission-critical information and run today’s complex business applications.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/oct07/10-12DWMQPR.mspx
http://redmondmag.com/features/article.asp?editorialsid=2382

Evaluate Microsoft SQL Server 2008 today
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. And when you download the latest software, you're automatically registered to access valuable resources assembled in one convenient location.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/bb851668.aspx
https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/content/content.aspx?ContentID=5395

RML Utilities for Microsoft SQL Server Released
The Microsoft SQL Server support team uses several internally-written utilities to make it easier to work on a typical customer support case. These utilities may also be useful to database developers and system administrators who work with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005. The utilities are collectively called the RML Utilities for SQL Server.
http://blogs.msdn.com/psssql/archive/2007/12/18/rml-utilities-for-microsoft-sql-server-released.aspx

Documents

Business Intelligence in SQL Server 2008
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 makes business intelligence (BI) available to everyone through deep integration with Microsoft Office, providing the right tool, to the right user, at the right price. The result is that employees at all levels of an organization can see and help to influence the performance of the business by working with tools that are both easy to use and powerful. Integration with the 2007 Microsoft Office System enables users to view business performance in a way that they understand and which feels comfortable; and the introduction of PerformancePoint Server 2007, helps customers to gain actionable insight into the entire organization so they can monitor, analyze, and plan their businesses, as well as drive alignment, accountability, and actionable insight across the entire organization.
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/whitepapers/sql_2008_bi.mspx

An Introduction to SQL Server 2008 Integration Services
This paper discusses the challenges that face businesses that rely on data integration technologies to provide meaningful, reliable information to maintain a competitive advantage in today’s business world. It discusses how SQL Server 2008 Integration Services (SSIS) can help Information Technology departments meet data integration requirements in their companies. Real-world scenarios are included.
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/whitepapers/SSIS2008_Intro.mspx

SQL Server 2008 Product Overview
For organizations to be successful and thrive in today’s world of data, they need a vision that addresses key data trends. The data platform vision of Microsoft helps organizations meet these data explosion needs and the next generation of data-driven applications. Microsoft will continue to invest in and evolve the following key areas to support their data platform vision: mission-critical enterprise data platform, dynamic development, relational data, and business intelligence. Read this paper to learn about the Microsoft Data Platform Vision and how SQL Server 2008 meets the needs of the next generation of data-driven applications.
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/whitepapers/sql2008Overview.mspx

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and Microsoft Data Platform Development
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and the Microsoft data platform provide developers with a comprehensive programming framework in which to create data centric solutions that target mobile devices, desktops, Web servers, and enterprise servers. This data programming environment improves developer productivity by integrating data access and management into the business logic of an application. It provides a comprehensive platform for data access and management from disparate data sources and a scalable solution for data storage and applications.
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/whitepapers/sql_2008_dp.mspx

SQL Server 2008 Performance and Scale
Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2008 incorporates the tools and technologies that are necessary to implement relational databases, reporting systems, and data warehouses of enterprise scale, and provides optimal performance and responsiveness. With SQL Server 2008, you can take advantage of the latest hardware technologies while scaling up your servers to support server consolidation. SQL Server 2008 also enables you to scale out your largest data solutions.
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/whitepapers/sql_2008_perfandscale.mspx

Downloads
SQL Server 2000/2005 Management Pack
The SQL Server Management Pack monitors the availability and performance of SQL Server 2000 and 2005 and can issue alerts for configuration problems. Availability and performance monitoring is done using synthetic transactions. In addition, the Management Pack collects Event Log alerts and provides associated knowledge articles with additional user details, possible causes, and suggested resolutions. The Management Pack discovers Database Engines, Database Instances, and Databases and can optionally discover Database File and Database File Group objects.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8c0f970e-c653-4c15-9e51-6a6cadfca363%26displaylang%3den

Office Accounting Document: Installing and Configuring Office Accounting for Use with Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 and SQL Server 2005
Microsoft Office Accounting is a complete accounting solution that helps small businesses save time managing everyday financial tasks, get organized, and grow their business online. With its familiar Microsoft Office interface, this program is easy to learn, so you can be productive right away. Smooth integration with other Microsoft Office programs makes information sharing simple and helps boost productivity. You can install Office Accounting on a standalone computer, or on a peer-to-peer network environment for multiple users. If you centralize the database to run on Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2, multiple people can use Office Accounting at all times, they can remotely access Office Accounting, and backups are performed automatically. To properly install and configure Office Accounting on a computer running Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 and SQL Server 2005, follow the steps in this document.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1193e3f3-b626-4264-af3e-8c4f190caa69%26displaylang%3den

TechNet Security Series Seminar (13th Dec 2007) - SQL Server 2008 Overview
Presentation Materials for TechNet Security Series Seminar (13th Dec 2007)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dbf2b7bf4-d61b-4695-b049-b1c093d4aed6%26displaylang%3den

RML Utilities for SQL Server (x64)
Tools to help database administrators manage the performance of Microsoft SQL Server.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db60cdfa3-732e-4347-9c06-2d1f1f84c342%26displaylang%3den

RML Utilities for SQL Server (x86)
Tools to help database administrators manage the performance of Microsoft SQL Server.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7edfa95a-a32f-440f-a3a8-5160c8dbe926%26displaylang%3den

SQLRAP Datasheet
Used to evaluate customers’ production SQL Server implementations to ensure productive use. Includes a review, a hands-on knowledge transfer and a report that details health along with findings and recommendations.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d016c91a7-5b9f-4bdd-8897-70703a6e832f%26displaylang%3den

Notification Workflow Solution Accelerator
The Notification Workflow Solution Accelerator is a Microsoft SQL Server™ Notification Services-based application that can be used to extend notification functionalities of Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005. It allows a user to subscribe to and be notified when alerts associated with specific applications or Microsoft Windows® services are generated. Whenever an alert occurs, an alert notification is sent to the subscriber in the form of an e-mail. The notifications can be sent to the user based on schedules, schedule overrides, and extended MOM alert properties based on user selection when subscribing. The alert properties available for selection include computer name, alert source, alert severity, Management Pack name, computer group name, device, and alert description. The latest release, version 2.1, allows the solution to be utilized in distributed MOM deployments. The solution accelerator includes an Installation Guide, User Guide, Test Plan, Test Case Details, and executable.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8d25c80d-c978-4b23-825a-7ae7b4775b0f%26displaylang%3den

System Center Operations Manager 2007 Documentation
This download contains documentation for System Center Operations Manager 2007.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd826b836-59e5-4628-939e-2b852ed79859%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server White Papers: Migration from Oracle, Sybase, or Microsoft Access to Microsoft SQL Server
Read these white papers to understand how to use SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) to migrate to SQL Server 2005 from other database platforms.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3f0f2a3f-dff9-49cd-8ea7-581aa7a303a4%26displaylang%3den

Sync Services for ADO.NET
Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.NET provides the ability to synchronize data from disparate sources over two-tier, N-tier, and service-based architectures. Rather than simply replicating a database and its schema, the Synchronization Services application programming interface (API) provides a set of components to synchronize data between data services and a local store. Applications are increasingly used on mobile clients, such as laptops and devices, that do not have a consistent or reliable network connection to a central server. It is crucial for these applications to work against a local copy of data on the client. Equally important is the need to synchronize the local copy of the data with a central server when a network connection is available. The Synchronization Services API, which is modeled after the ADO.NET data access APIs, gives you an intuitive way to synchronize data. It makes building applications for occasionally connected environments a logical extension of building applications where you can count on a consistent network connection.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d147c41a9-69f0-496e-b095-dbc5cffd6285%26displaylang%3den

Line of Business Client Application Compatibility Testing at Microsoft
Provides an overview of the Microsoft IT Application Compatibility Testing Program, which enables Microsoft to smoothly upgrade desktop software and operating systems in its business units and to provide product development teams with feedback from real-world application compatibility testing.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da24c396c-69ec-45ca-aed6-d5ec038dfd76%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 CTP (November 2007) VHD
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.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6a39affa-db6e-48a9-82e4-4efd6705f4a6%26displaylang%3den

Visual Basic LINQ Hands On Labs for Visual Studio 2008
These Visual Basic LINQ Hands-on Labs provide an introduction to the LINQ Project. Learn basic LINQ features, including the Standard Query Operators, and see how these features can be used against in-memory collections, connected databases, and XML documents. The labs also provide a clear picture of the relational data access support provided by the LINQ Project, referred to as LINQ to SQL. The language integrated query framework for .NET (codenamed “LINQ”) is a set of language extensions to C# and Visual Basic and a unified programming model that extends the .NET Framework to offer integrated querying for objects, databases and XML.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de7fa5e3a-f8b2-4f77-bbcd-b5b978402dd1%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server 2005 Books Online (September 2007)
Download an updated version of the documentation and tutorials for Microsoft SQL Server 2005. See the "Additional Information" section for an update on SQL Server Express Books Online.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dbe6a2c5d-00df-4220-b133-29c1e0b6585f%26displaylang%3den

Search Server 2008 Sample: Federated Search Connector Sample
This code sample shows you how to create a connector to a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database for federated search in Microsoft Search Server 2008.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db59ea8c3-76e8-45df-947f-32a69c56b5cd%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server Compact 3.5 Server Tools
SQL Server Compact 3.5 is a small footprint, in-process database engine that allows developers to build robust applications for Windows Desktops and Mobile Devices. SQL Server Compact 3.5 Server Tools installs DLL's on the IIS server enabling replication of data with SQL Server 2005
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=16&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db18327f3-96e1-415d-b037-9e0c46d49956%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Online Services Customer Story: InSinkErator
Microsoft Online Services Customer Story: InSinkErator
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de73d3264-c15d-46d9-bf13-a22c55a43b7a%26displaylang%3den

ReportViewer Samples for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
This release provides developer sample applications in Microsoft Visual Basic and Microsoft Visual C# that use the ReportViewer controls for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8af004bd-ee06-43fa-a5b6-955689a66c84%26displaylang%3den

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

Momentum Webcast: Unlock the Business Intelligence Capabilities of SQL Server (Level 100) – Wednesday, January 09, 2008 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
In an environment where you are constantly challenged to do more with less, it is important to make sure you get as much value as possible out of your existing investments in technology infrastructure. While Microsoft SQL Server is present in most IT shops as a data base platform or application data base, the powerful business intelligence (BI) capabilities provided as part of SQL Server are frequently overlooked. Join our webcast to learn more about how to unlock the BI capabilities that are available in your existing SQL Server environment.
Momentum Webcast: Unlock the Business Intelligence Capabilities of SQL Server (Level 100)

MSDN Webcast: MSDN geekSpeak: SQL Server 2008 Programming for Application Developers (Level 300) – Wednesday, January 09, 2008 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
In this installment of MSDN geekSpeak, Kevin Goff answers your questions about best practices for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (formerly code-named Katmai) as a data platform for your applications. If you have a question or comment you would like us to address during the webcast, visit the geekSpeak blog and submit it now.
MSDN Webcast: MSDN geekSpeak: SQL Server 2008 Programming for Application Developers (Level 300)

TechNet Webcast: Preparing Data for Use with SQL Server Data Mining (Level 200) – Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Many users who struggle with data mining do not realize that their problems start with badly prepared data. This webcast is a very practical introduction to some of the important topics that you should understand when preparing your data for a data mining project with Microsoft SQL Server . Issues include finding the right data, handling missing values, identifying and fixing overloaded fields, and deriving useful variables.
TechNet Webcast: Preparing Data for Use with SQL Server Data Mining (Level 200)

Upgrade SQL Now - Live Meeting Series – Tuesday, January 15, 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. SQL Server Integration Services has been called the next version of DTS. It really isn't as this feature has been totally rewritten for SQL Server 2005. Join us to discuss the performance benefits as well as some tricks and tips when dealing with SSIS.
Upgrade SQL Now - Live Meeting Series

MSDN Webcast: Introducing SQL Server Compact 3.5 (Level 200) – Wednesday, January 16, 2008 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
With Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, developers have an easy-to-deploy solution for local data. Ranging from caching reference data to full offline scenarios, developers can use a single engine for their Windows Mobile-powered devices, or their full desktop clients–benefiting from the power of SQL Server in a compact footprint. Using Visual Studio 2008, we show how SQL Server Compact can be transparently deployed with unique features including updatable result sets and a custom document format, and how to manage the creation and maintenance of your local data. This session is packed with demonstrations that can get you started today.
MSDN Webcast: Introducing SQL Server Compact 3.5 (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: Mining for Quality: Apply Adaptive Data Quality with SQL Server Data Mining (Level 200) – Thursday, January 17, 2008 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Good quality data is essential to a successful business intelligence application. You are probably aware that Microsoft SQL Server includes some useful data quality tools such as Fuzzy Grouping or Fuzzy Lookup. However, there is one tool you may have overlooked—SQL Server Data Mining. When used operationally, SQL Server Data Mining is extremely useful for finding data that lies outside the boundaries of known good data, and it finds these outliers inductively rather than relying on exhaustively hard-coded rules. In this webcast, we introduce this new, adaptive approach to data quality and we show how adaptive quality can be applied at many phases of the business intelligence project—whether data entry, during warehouse loading, or during analysis.
TechNet Webcast: Mining for Quality: Apply Adaptive Data Quality with SQL Server Data Mining (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft SQL Server and FileMaker Pro 9 Interoperability (Level 200) – Monday, January 21, 2008 1:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Microsoft SQL Server works seamlessly with FileMaker Pro version 9. FileMaker is more than database software; it is a rapid-application development environment that anyone can use to quickly create solutions for collecting, managing, and reporting data. Join this webcast to understand how developers can benefit from connecting FileMaker Pro 9 and Microsoft SQL Server. We also show a technology demonstration of FileMaker Pro 9 connecting with Microsoft SQL Server.
TechNet Webcast: Microsoft SQL Server and FileMaker Pro 9 Interoperability (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: Mastering Time Series Prediction with SQL Server 2008 Data Mining (Level 300) – Thursday, January 24, 2008 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Time series data is one of the most useful sources for data mining. Whether it be estimating future gasoline prices or understanding the relationship between the weather and sales, there is a role for time series analysis. In the new release of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Data Mining, Microsoft has introduced some important enhancements to our support in this area, making powerful analysis both more effective and easier to use. In this webcast, we not only introduce these new features, but we also cover many of the business scenarios for which time series prediction is invaluable.
TechNet Webcast: Mastering Time Series Prediction with SQL Server 2008 Data Mining (Level 300)

MSDN Webcast: Optimizing Online, Enabling Offline with SQL Server Compact and Sync Services for ADO.NET (Level 200) – Thursday, January 24, 2008 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
With Microsoft SQL Server Compact, developers can now easily cache data on the client in a compact, yet capable, transactional, queryable document-like database format. To maintain the cache, Sync Services for ADO.NET enables developers to easily cache data directly or over services using Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 delivers new integrated, developer-oriented sync designers making caching an easy task to increase user productivity, decrease the server workload, and simplify data access. Using Sync Services for ADO.NET, developers can enable full offline scenarios as well. Join this webcast to find out what SQL Server Compact and Sync Services for ADO.NET have to offer for the "edge of the network" clients.
MSDN Webcast: Optimizing Online, Enabling Offline with SQL Server Compact and Sync Services for ADO.NET (Level 200)

MSDN Webcast: New T-SQL and Engine Features, New Data Types for SQL Server Programmability (Level 200) – Wednesday, January 30, 2008 8:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
With Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008, developers have an easy-to-deploy solution for local data. Ranging from caching reference data to full offline scenarios, developers can use a single engine for their Windows Mobile devices to their full desktop client computers, benefiting from the power of SQL Server. In this session, we give an overview of the major programmability enhancements in the SQL Server 2008 Database Engine. We cover the new data types, table-valued parameters, and other new capabilities, like the ability to define sparse columns and filtered indexes.
MSDN Webcast: New T-SQL and Engine Features, New Data Types for SQL Server Programmability (Level 200)

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

New KB's

SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition
FIX: SSIS stops responding when you run an SSIS package that uses a Flat File source in a Data Flow task after you install cumulative update package 2 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944678

FIX: The logins are incorrectly deleted when you run a SQL Server 2005 Integration Services package that contains a Transfer SQL Server Objects task
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945323

FIX: Error message when you execute a maintenance plan that contains a Rebuild Index task in SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2: "The Execute method on the task returned error code 0x8007000E (Exception of type 'System.OutOfMemoryException' was thrown)"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938910

SQL Server 2005 does not validate all articles in a transactional publication when you run the sp_publication_validation stored procedure to validate the articles
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945066

FIX: Error message when you synchronize the subscription of a transactional replication from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005: "Property AnsiNullsStatus is not available for UserDefinedFunction '<Function_Name>'"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945465

SQL Server 2005 cannot index some 2007 Office document formats
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945539

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

The DHCP support is not available when you install SQL Server 2005 on a Windows Server 2008 failover cluster
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945936

FIX: The CREATE PROCEDURE statement does not run when you try to run the statement to create a stored procedure that contains a very large amount of text in SQL Server 2005
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942680

FIX: Error message when an application that is running as a Windows service calls some SSIS packages: "A variable may only be added once to either the read lock list or the write lock list"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945914

FIX: A query returns the incorrect result when you run a query that uses the USE PLAN query hint in SQL Server 2005
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946031

FIX: The Processors page in the Server Properties dialog box in SQL Server Management Studio does not correctly report the processor affinity for an instance of SQL Server 2005 on a computer that has more than 32 processors
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946037

FIX: Error message when you run the sp_dbmmonitorresults stored procedure in SQL Server 2005: "An internal error has occurred in the database mirroring monitor"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946038

FIX: Error message when you run a complex query in SQL Server 2005: "The query processor ran out of stack space during query optimization"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945896

You cannot compile a SQL Server Compact-based OLE DB application for Windows Mobile 5.0, and the Transact.h file cannot be found
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945374

FIX: You must restart the SQL Server service on the principal server after you resume the SQL Server service process from a debug tool in SQL Server 2005
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943389

FIX: The witness server crashes and a minidump file is generated in the SQL Server 2005 log folder when you manually failover database mirroring in SQL Server 2005 build 2239
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943388

FIX: A minidump file is generated, and an error message is logged in the SQL Server error log when you run the DBCC MEMORYSTATUS statement in SQL Server 2005
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944968

FIX: The setMaxRows method unexpectedly applies to DELETE statements when you use the SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver version 1.2 to connect to a database
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945842

FIX: Conflicts are not logged when you use the Microsoft SQL Server Subscriber Always Wins Conflict Resolver for an article in a merge replication in Microsoft SQL Server 2005
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944677

FIX: The DBCC CHECKDB statement takes longer to run on an x64-based computer than the statement takes to run on a 32-bit computer when you run the statement against a database in SQL Server 2005
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945770

FIX: You have to enter the old password of a SQL Server login when you try to change the password of the login by using SQL Server Management Studio in SQL Server 2005
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942657

Some visual elements in SQL Server Management Studio lose functionality when you register many instances of SQL Server
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945068

Error message when you run a maintenance plan after you set the "allow updates" option to 1 in SQL Server 2005: "Alter failed for server"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945067

FIX: Error message when you jump to another report that uses a shared data source in SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services: "One or more data sources is missing credentials"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946023

How to register Microsoft Filter Pack IFilters with SQL Server 2005 and with SQL Server 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945934

FIX: The data on the publisher does not match the data on the subscriber when you synchronize a SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition subscriber with a SQL Server 2000 "merge replication" publisher
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944985

FIX: You may still experience the performance issue that is described in KB article 940945 after you install Cumulative Update 3 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945127

FIX: You can run the ALTER ASYMMETRIC KEY statement or the ALTER CERTIFICATE statement by using a SQL Server login that does not have permissions to run these statements in Microsoft SQL Server 2005
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945054

FIX: You may experience problems when you use SQL Server Management Studio in SQL Server 2005 to connect to an instance of SQL Server 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946127

FIX: You may receive incorrect data when you run a query against a database that has the PARAMETERIZATION database option set to FORCED in SQL Server 2005
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945308

Error message when you use the updateRow method in the SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver to update a result set in SQL Server 2000: "Result set is not updatable" or "The cursor is READ ONLY"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945738

Cumulative update package 6 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946608

FIX: Error messages when you run the database mirroring monitoring job by using the sp_dbmmonitorupdate stored procedure in SQL Server 2005: "Error: 102, Severity: 15, State: 1" and "Error: 319, Severity: 15, State: 1"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945907

SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

FIX: A Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) query takes a long time to finish in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944152

FIX: A prediction operation takes a long time to execute when you have a mining model that uses the Microsoft Neural Network algorithm in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945894

FIX: HTTP access to a SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services instance fails if you use a proxy server that requires authentication
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946025

FIX: Some user-defined hierarchies are missing when you view the local cube if you filter some dimensions of the source cube in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945891

When you request a large MDSCHEMA_MEMBERS schema rowset from a client application, the request takes a long time to respond and the client application uses lots of virtual memory in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945685

FIX: The prediction process may take a long time when you use a mining model to generate predictions in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946000

FIX: An MDX query that uses the NonEmptyCrossjoin function on more than one measure group does not return all records after you install SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946028

FIX: An MDX query that uses subqueries may return incorrect data after you install SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946027

FIX: A Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) query that references a named set may return incorrect data after you install SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946024

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

SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services

FIX: Error message when you display a SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services report in an ASP.NET application: "System.Net.WebException: The operation has timed-out"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942713

SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

FIX: You receive an exception error message when you try to display a Reporting Services report on a server that uses the AMD Cool'n'Quiet technology
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945600

FIX: Error message when you display a SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services report on a computer that has multiple processors: "An internal error occurred on the report server"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946082

FIX: You cannot export a SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services report from a report server to an Excel format file on a computer that has FIPS-compliant algorithms enabled
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946029

FIX: Error message when you try to save a SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services report in Report Builder: "An error occured while saving your report"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946035

FIX: The InScope function returns incorrect data when you use the function for a static column or for a subtotal column in a matrix data region in a SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services report
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945910

SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services e-mail subscriptions do not work in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008 if you use aliases as e-mail addresses
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945601

January 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Security

Justin Zarb — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:17:00 GMT

News

Effective Security http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8014764

From Stephen Lamb. Effective security is all about risk. Measure it. Decide which risks you are uncomfortable with and take steps to mitigate them. It's also about People AND Processes - technological controls alone will not give you Effective Security.

Server Security: Less is More http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7938703

By Shawn Travers, IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation 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--and explores some of the ways that we can achieve simpler, more secure server systems.

Now Available: The 2007 Microsoft Office Security Guide http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7938705

Save time with best practices and automated tools in the 2007 Microsoft Office Security Guide. Tested guidance, customizable and prebuilt security configurations, and powerful tools let you deploy 2007 Microsoft Office system security settings across your organization--in minutes, instead of hours or days.

Now Available: The Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, Volume III http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8014773

Designing and writing software that is free of exploitable bugs and that can deflect modern attacks is a highly coveted skill set. The Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) can help with this quest by providing developers with trends and insights for understanding the current threat landscape.

MSDN Magazine: The Annual Security Issue http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8014775

This year's issue takes a "pragmatic approach to creating an effective, measurable security strategy." Check it out.

A Guide to Basic Computer Forensics http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7938706

While some investigations rely on highly trained professionals using expensive tools and complex techniques, there are easier, cheaper methods that you can use for basic investigation and analysis. This article focuses on computer forensic techniques that are readily accessible to you as a mainstream administrator.

Security Watch: Windows Domain Password Policies http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7938707

If you are an administrator of a Windows domain, you are probably all too aware of the constraints that are related to password policies for domain user accounts. However, with the advent of Windows Server 2008, some of those limitations will vanish. This article takes a look at how the new operating system resolves one issue: the inability to implement multiple password policies.

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for December, 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-dec.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 2003 Security Guide http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7938708

The Windows Server 2003 Security Guide focuses on providing easy-to-understand guidance along with a set of tools and templates to help make Windows Server 2003 more secure in many environments.

Windows Server 2008 Security Guide http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7938709

The Windows Server 2008 Security Guide is designed to further enhance the security of the server computers in your organization by helping you to taking full advantage of the new and improved security technologies and features in Windows Server 2008. Use the guidance to deploy your security baseline quickly and reliably, to harden your server workloads, and to evaluate security setting recommendations to meet the requirements of your environment.

Changes in Functionality from Windows Server 2003 with SP1 to Windows Server 2008 http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7938710

In Windows Server 2008, Microsoft introduces many new features and technologies that were not available in Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1). These features will help to increase productivity, reduce administrative overhead, and increase the security of computers that are running this new operating system. The technical library offered here covers such topics as BitLocker Drive Encryption, using Identity Federation with Active Directory Rights Management Services, and Active Directory Certificate Services.

Best Practices for Implementing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Public Key Infrastructure http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7938711

This Microsoft TechNet article describes configuration and deployment best practices for a public key infrastructure based on Windows Server 2003.

Default Access Control Settings in Windows Server 2003 http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7938712

This white paper describes the default security settings for components of the Windows Server 2003 operating system. Read about the implications of these settings for developers and system administrators, and get answers to frequently asked questions.

How To: Use the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7938713

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) is an easy-to-use tool, designed for IT professionals, that helps small-sized and medium-sized businesses to determine their security state in accordance with Microsoft security recommendations, and offers specific remediation guidance. This article describes how to use MBSA to perform a security updates scan, and how to use MBSA to check for current settings that are not secure.

Scenarios and Procedures for Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: Security http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7938714

Securing your Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) environment is not a task that you can complete once and then forget about. Whether you have already deployed SMS or are in the planning stages, follow these established best practices to create the most secure SMS environment possible, and then follow the guidance to maintain that environment.

ISA Server 2006 Security Guide http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7938715

This guide focuses explicitly on the operations that are required to create and maintain a secure Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 environment. Use this guide as part of your overall security strategy for ISA Server 2006.

Securing Your Application Server http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7938716

This chapter of Improving Web Application Security describes how to secure middle-tier application server computers that host business logic and data access services. The chapter focuses on the application server configuration and the associated communication channels that connect the Web server computer to the application server computer, and that connect the application server computer to the database server computer. Technologies covered include Enterprise Services, Web services, and .NET remoting.

Downloads

Microsoft Antigen SP1 Documentation

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

Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint with SP1 Documentation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=125efb1e-7ff8-4cc8-934a-28fc7c7e59f0&DisplayLang=en

IT Showcase: Enabling Information Security through HBI Information Classification

Ever wondered how a large enterprise plans and implements design and architecture of its next generation of messaging system? The HBI Information Classification Solution was developed to enable users to classify and protect their sites and shares.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=22ed9b2b-06b7-4932-b216-a5cab4999a77&DisplayLang=en

Server and Domain Isolation Demo

Get hands-on experience with Server and Domain Isolation, and learn how this cost-effective end-point authentication solution can help you reduce the risk of network-based threats and safeguard sensitive data.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=13a0ab69-2113-482e-a6d1-911aff9e9e2d&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server with Service Pack 1 Readme

Help protect your Exchange server from viruses and other malware.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8ee79d42-63a6-4927-83f0-035d6a4a23b9&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server with Service Pack 1

Help protect your Exchange server from viruses and other malware.

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

Forefront Security for Exchange Server 10.1 Management Pack for MOM 2005

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b4e7d52-c550-4dd7-a11f-2c4029b93451&DisplayLang=en

The risks of obtaining and using pirated software

This is a 12 pages White paper that covers the risks of obtaining and using pirated software

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=442cc4d2-21a1-4e1c-83f9-27dbe0fae9ce&DisplayLang=en

Get Genuine Windows Agreement for SME - Resellers

This is a 2 pages document containing information on the Get GenuineWindows Agreement (WWGA) for Small and Medium Organizations.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a074a955-c802-4598-a372-571a3bb4a073&DisplayLang=en

Get Genuine Solutions FAQ - Customers

This is a 2 page document containing frequently asked questions (FAQ) on the Get Genuine program.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=817533f4-7ae3-4d4f-b837-fb1c380f4788&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Forefront and System Center Demonstration Toolkit

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c6d3339d-c07f-4a68-a188-1485baaf7964&DisplayLang=en

Server and Domain Isolation (SDI) for Security Datasheet

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1394144e-4d80-4bbe-8ca5-ccbd2e6c328c&DisplayLang=en

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) for Security Solutions Datasheet

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4832cf1f-7dfa-4ca3-b92a-7fd121b22703&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Services Baseline Security Compliance (MSBC) Datasheet

This offering helps assess and improve organization’s baseline security compliance program.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9d0ddd15-1976-45a2-9ddf-419c87e30dfb&DisplayLang=en

Identity Lifecycle Management (ILM) Datasheet

This offering uses Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MIIS) 2003 and best practices to simplify digital identity management and maintain data integrity.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=712704a6-82a9-4bd1-96c6-83b2c9522dfd&DisplayLang=en

Forefront Security for Exchange Server 10.1 MP for OpsMgr 2007

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ec2a6c3a-6d75-44df-87d7-9dbb3dbfce37&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server with SP1 Documentation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5cd4e36e-2dab-44d6-990e-3b8184b1cb1b&DisplayLang=en

Deployment for Microsoft Forefront Client Security Datasheet

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

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

Security Health Check Datasheet

The Security Health Check evaluates your current processes and the configurations of selected host computers against published Microsoft security guidance.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9767cd2b-c089-403f-acb0-cb4a80218bfa&DisplayLang=en

Public Key Infrastructure Server Health Check Datasheet

The PKI Health Check consists of analyzing the PKI configuration against published Microsoft PKI best practices by using a checklist of elements that are essential to help you properly configure and secure

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3d6c5196-a45d-4f7e-9416-6ee857985294&DisplayLang=en

Forefront Security and Networking

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=67847df6-9750-4bb5-bce5-1c8308af8954&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Security Assessment Tool 3.5 (International)

The Microsoft Security Assessment Tool (MSAT) is a risk-assessment application designed to provide information and recommendations about best practices for security within an information technology (IT) infrastructure.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6d79df9c-c6d1-4e8f-8000-0be72b430212&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Antigen SP1 Documentation

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

Extended Security Update Inventory Tool

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2c93da1d-48a0-4e5c-991f-87e08954f61b&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® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830)

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

December 2007 Security Releases ISO Image

This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on December 11th, 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=450fffce-9b87-411c-8147-c17f33590f96&DisplayLang=en

Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter [December 2007] (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

Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter for x64-based Systems [December 2007] (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

IE Automatic Component Activation Preview for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (KB945007)