Technical RollUp : March

March 2009 - Technical Rollup Mail - Internet

conuktrm — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:32:00 GMT

News

Biztalk Server

New Case Studies

Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital - Japanese Regional Hospital Boosts Efficiency with Enhanced Data Integration

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000003702

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisianna

Health Plan Company Gains Confidence in Technology Choice with Advice from Experts

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000003700

Unilin

UNILIN integrates business unit processes from around the world

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000003697

New Zealand Health IT Cluster

New Portal Gives New Zealand Healthcare a Booster Shot

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000003605

Score Group plc

Engineering Firm Uses Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to Automate Inspections

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000003581

Microsoft Internet information Server

Beta Release of Smooth Streaming Now Available

It is my pleasure to announce that the Smooth Streaming Beta is now available. Get it here for x86 , x64 , or using the Web Platform Installer (see below for details). In case you’re hearing about Smooth Streaming for the first time here... the technology...

http://blogs.iis.net/jboch/archive/2009/02/24/beta-release-of-smooth-streaming-now-available.aspx

More Tips and Troubleshooting Help for Classic ASP Developers

Back in May of 2007 I posted a tips for Classic ASP developers post which has since received more than 50 comments and 85,000 views. Robert McMurray just posted a set of fabulous tutorials for Classic ASP developers. If you’re out there and...

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2009/02/20/more-tips-and-troubleshooting-help-for-classic-asp-developers.aspx

Dynamic IP Restrictions for IIS 7.0 - Beta

Today IIS team has released the Dynamic IP Restrictions Extension for IIS 7.0 - Beta. The Dynamic IP Restrictions Extension provides IT Professionals and Hosters a configurable module that helps mitigate or block Denial of Service Attacks or cracking...

http://blogs.iis.net/ruslany/archive/2009/02/17/dynamic-ip-restrictions-for-iis-7-0-beta.aspx

IIS7 request routing and load balancing module released!

The Application Request Router (ARR) has reached final release and is now available as a free, fully-supported download for IIS7! ARR enables Web server administrators and hosting providers and to increase Web application reliability and scalability...

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2009/02/16/iis7-request-routing-and-load-balancing-module-released.aspx

Improvements to FastCGI in IIS 7.5

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

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

SharePoint Technologies

Maxwell virtual ops center becomes AF 'Best Practice'

February 17, 2009: Air University Public Affairs

Using existing Sharepoint software, Maj. Scott Loller, 42nd Air Base Wing Plans and Programs Office deputy chief, developed a virtual method to manage information during emergency situations and base exercises.

http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123135763

Microsoft Unveils New Enterprise Search Road Map

February 10, 2009: Microsoft

Microsoft Corp. today disclosed a detailed road map for its enterprise search products, including the introduction of FAST Search for SharePoint and FAST Search for Internet Business.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/feb09/02-10NewEnterpriseSearchPR.mspx

Communication is key: Getting everyone in the loop

February 10, 2009: ITWorld

Is inefficient communication plaguing your organization? Learn how to get everyone on the same page with SharePoint.

http://www.itworld.com/software/62364/communication-key-getting-everyone-loop?page=0%2C0

Microsoft will beef up SharePoint search when Office 14 ships

February 10, 2009: ComputerWorld

Microsoft plans to formally integrate enterprise search technology from its $1.2 billion (£811 million) acquisition of Fast Search and Transfer (FAST) a year ago into its popular SharePoint content management platform.

http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?newsid=13272

Documents

Biztalk Server

Installing and Configuring UDDI Services 3.0

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=9d1831cc-8146-486b-b489-a06a1aa2fb5b

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Documentation

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

Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack Documentation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=58bd17c8-8efa-4b69-ab51-9f5b11a962dc

Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack Readme and Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack Installation Guide

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=d9f588e9-fa3e-4b81-a598-ddd9f471f382

Downloads

Microsoft Internet information Server

IIS DownloadCENTER

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

http://www.iis.net/downloads

SharePoint Technologies

Site Administrator Repository Query Tool

This tool allows you to run simple and quick queries from the Site Administrator repository, which includes information gathered about systems, as well as configuration information on Recovery Manager for SharePoint and Migration tools.

http://sharepointforall.com/media/p/8.aspx

SharePoint PowerShell PowerPack v1 Feb 2009

This download includes 4 PowerPacks.

SharePoint PowerPack - List the SharePoint Webs, folders, and List, and monitor the SharePoint usage.

SharePoint Farm PowerPack - Monitor your SharePoint farm servers, services, web services and web applications

SharePoint Remove Access PowerPack - PowerPack which connects to SharePoint over its webservices

SharePoint Navigator PowerPack - allows you to display the properties of the local farm, get a list of servers running in your farm, list SharePoint services and monitor the status and which services needs upgrade, and list the web services and web applications.

http://sharepointforall.com/media/p/38.aspx

SmartTools for SharePoint

The SmartTools for SharePoint project is a collection of SharePoint extensions to make your life as a SharePoint user, developer or administrator a little bit easier!

http://smarttools.codeplex.com/

Dive in with our latest free training

Download our new training right to your desktop or have your team download it to your SharePoint Server.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/HA102488011033.aspx

Events/Webcasts

SharePoint Technologies

Edenbrook presents 360 Degree View of Microsoft’s SharePoint Platform

Free of charge

Date: 5 March 2009, 08:30

Location: London

Event Category: Onsite Event

Audience: Business Decision Maker, Developer, IT Professional, Technology Decision Maker

Products: Microsoft Content Management Server, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=1032402357

Corporate Project Solutions presents Understand the possibilities of Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM)

Free of charge

Date: 11 March 2009, 09:30

Location: London

Event Category: Onsite Event

Audience: Business Decision Maker, Business PC User, Business Professional, Developer, Education, Government, IT Professional, Partners, Technology Decision Maker

Products: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management Solution, Microsoft Office Project, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft technologies, Windows, Windows Server

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=1032405696

Technology Associates International presents The 2007 Microsoft Office Project & Microsoft Office EPM Solutions - How to Put the WOW Factor Back into Your Programme and Project Management.

Free of charge

Date: 11 March 2009, 09:30

Location: Reading

Event Category: Onsite Event

Audience: Business Decision Maker, Business PC User, Business Professional, Developer, Education, Government, IT Professional, Partners, Technology Decision Maker

Products: Microsoft Internet Information Services, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management Solution, Microsoft Office Project, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft technologies, Windows Server

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=1032394597

Corporate Project Solutions presents Discover the potential of Microsoft Office SharePoint (MOSS).

Free of charge

Date: 11 March 2009, 14:00

Location: London

Event Category: Onsite Event

Audience: Business Decision Maker, Business PC User, Business Professional, Developer, Education, Government, IT Professional, Partners, Technology Decision Maker

Products: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Windows, Windows Server

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=1032405708

Technology Associates International presents The 2007 Microsoft Office Project & Microsoft Office EPM Solutions - How to Put the WOW Factor Back into Your Programme and Project Management.

Free of charge

Date: 17 March 2009, 09:30

Location: Stratford-upon-Avon

Event Category: Onsite Event

Audience: Business Decision Maker, Business PC User, Business Professional, Developer, Education, Government, IT Professional, Partners, Technology Decision Maker

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=1032394598

BSG Ltd presents Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Masterclass - an introduction to SharePoint 2007

Free of charge

Date: 19 March 2009, 09:15

Location: London

Event Category: Onsite Event

Audience: Architect, Business Decision Maker, Developer, Partners, Technology Decision Maker

Products: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=1032398663

Getting the most of the Partner Portal

Free of charge

Date: 24 March 2009, 14:00

Location:

Event Category: Live Meeting

Audience: Business Decision Maker, Developer, IT Professional, Partners, Technology Decision Maker

Products: Other

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032404109&EventCategory=4&culture=en-GB&CountryCode=GB

Effective Backup and Restore Strategies for Your SharePoint Service (Recorded Past Event)

Chaos in SharePoint backup and recovery arises when you’re not sure where your data is or when to back it up. When this occurs, users have to wait weeks for IT to retrieve their lost data. Join SharePoint expert Joel Oleson to learn how following a consistent backup and recovery governance plan can streamline processes, help you meet SLAs, and keep users productive. He and other special guests review goals for developing the plan, provide you with prescriptive guidance to achieve them, and describe native and third-party tools that can help along the way.

http://www.quest.com/events/ListDetails.aspx?ContentID=9075

All upcoming Events\Webcasts

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

New KB's

Biztalk Server

BizTalk Server Ent 2006 EN: FIX: You do not see any messages that pass through the ordered send port when you run some message queries in Health and Activity Tracking in BizTalk Server 2006 or in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959315/EN-US

BizTalk Server Std 2006 R2 EN: FIX: BizTalk does not consume messages when the Ordered Delivery feature is enabled

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950878/EN-US

BizTalk Server Std 2006 R2 EN: FIX: The response message from the Web service is not tracked in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954276/EN-US

BizTalk Server Std 2006 R2 EN: FIX: Transactions remain active for a long time when you use a WCF-Custom adapter in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960731/EN-US

BizTalk Server Std 2006 R2 EN: FIX: Message type MT051 and message type MT081 fail the BRE validation when you use Microsoft BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT Message Pack 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960910/EN-US

Microsoft Internet information Server

Internet Info Services 7.0 EN: Error message when you try to set the value of the "Regular Time Interval" property of an application pool to zero in IIS 7.0: "Property value is not valid"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954871/EN-US

Internet Info Services 7.0 EN: FIX: The FastCGI module does not work if you are using the HWC functionality of IIS 7.0 and the process that hosts the HWC is part of a Windows job object

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967131/EN-US

Internet Info Svr 6 AL: Changes to the IP restriction list of an FTP site are not applied until you restart the FTP service in IIS 6.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948660/EN-US

Internet Info Svr 6 AL: FIX: The host process of the application crashes when the CounterExists method or the Exists method is called on a multiprocessor computer in IIS 6.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960718/EN-US

Internet Info Svr 6 AL: FIX: The Inetinfo.exe process terminates unexpectedly under high stress when IIS hosts many application pools

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960827/EN-US

SharePoint Technologies

Office SharePoint Server 2007 ML: Performance is poor when you try to generate a custom audit report for a SharePoint Server 2007 site

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958127/EN-US

Office SharePoint Server 2007 ML: Error message when you add a new variation label and try to create the hierarchy: "The variation system failed to pair up pages http://<Server>/en-US/web/Pages/default.aspx and /ja-JP/web/Pages/default.aspx because their Content Types do not match"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958302/EN-US

Office SharePoint Server 2007 ML: Description of the SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package (Coreserver.msp): January 27, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963022/EN-US

March 2009 - Technical Rollup Mail - Platforms

conuktrm — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:27:00 GMT

News

Tech•Ed North America 2009 | Technical Education and Networking

Tech•Ed 2009 offers 20 Technical Tracks that span over 750 learning opportunities, along with the chance to network with 9,000 technology professionals and industry experts. Even better, you don't have to wait until May to get started! Meet and chat with people just like you through Tech•Ed Connect or on our Facebook page. Register now, and you'll save $200 on the full conference fee.

http://www.msteched.com/teched/connect.aspx

Learn How to Virtualize Your Infrastructure to Streamline Operations and Reduce IT Overhead

Discover the many benefits of the virtualization capabilities in Windows Server 2008. Tune in to webcasts and podcasts to learn how you can use application virtualization to decouple applications from desktop operating systems and deliver on-demand desktop virtualization to help reduce application-to-operating-system conflicts. We also discuss how presentation virtualization can help you reduce overall desktop administration costs. When you're finished, test drive Windows Server 2008 in a virtual lab.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/windowsserver2008.aspx

App-V 4.5 CU1 available from Microsoft Connect

We’ve been listening to customers who want to see us support Windows 7 early so they can move ahead with their application testing in preparation for their enterprise deployments. The MDOP team are pleased to announce the immediate availability of App-V 4.5 CU1 for the Windows 7 Beta.

All subscribers of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) can register to download the update from Microsoft Connect and get ahead on their Windows 7 planning right now. Through MDOP, our goal is to continuously offer technology and updates to our enterprise customers. When Windows 7 releases, we are committed to supporting the final product within 90 days of general availability. App-V 4.5 CU1 also contains a small number of improvements such as instant access or removal of applications assigned to end users.

https://connect.microsoft.com/SelfNomination.aspx?ProgramID=2925&pageType=1&SiteID=285

http://blogs.technet.com/VIRTUALIZATION/

http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization

http://blogs.technet.com/VIRTUALWORLD/

http://blogs.technet.com/virtualworld

http://blogs.technet.com/SOFTGRID/

http://blogs.technet.com/softgrid

http://blogs.technet.com/MDOP/

http://blogs.technet.com/mdop

http://blogs.technet.com/ASKDS/

http://blogs.technet.com/askds

http://blogs.technet.com/ASKPERF/

http://blogs.technet.com/askperf

http://blogs.technet.com/NETWORKING/

http://blogs.technet.com/networking

http://blogs.technet.com/ASKCORE/

http://blogs.technet.com/askcore

http://blogs.msdn.com/NTDEBUGGING/

http://blogs.msdn.com/ntdebugging

http://blogs.msdn.com/TS/

http://blogs.msdn.com/ts

http://blogs.technet.com/HOT/

http://blogs.technet.com/hot

Documents

Windows Server

Windows Server 2008 Standard

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=b6e99d4c-a40e-4fd2-a0f7-32212b520f50

Infrastructure Planning and Design

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ad3921fb-8224-4681-9064-075fdf042b0c

Microsoft Assessment and Planning

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

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

DirectAccess Early Adopter's Guide

This guide introduces DirectAccess concepts, defines new terms, explains requirements for installation, discusses how to design DirectAccess architecture, and then steps you through installation and deployment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=2fdc531d-9138-454f-a820-78211755b52a

TCP/IP Registry Values for Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 allow you to modify TCP/IP behavior with registry values.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=12ac9780-17b5-480c-aef7-5c0bde9060b0

Windows 7 Client Software Logo Technical Requirements

Technical requirements for the Windows 7 Client Software Logo Program

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=27028822-b172-4cec-91a3-26b610a4da79

Windows Client

Windows 7 Client Software Logo Technical Requirements

Technical requirements for the Windows 7 Client Software Logo Program

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=27028822-b172-4cec-91a3-26b610a4da79

Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs

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

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

Downloads

Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta Evaluation VHD Images (for Hyper-V)

Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta Evaluation Enterprise Edition and Server Core Virtual Hard Drive Images (for Hyper-V)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=5c74880c-ced5-4a1b-9888-8cb027c628f5

Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista

Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools enables IT administrators to remotely manage roles and features in Windows Server 2008 from a computer that is running Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later versions of Windows Vista Service Packs.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=9ff6e897-23ce-4a36-b7fc-d52065de9960

Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=d647a60b-63fd-4ac5-9243-bd3c497d2bc5

Events/Webcasts

Windows Server

A joint user group meeting between the Windows Server UK User Group and the Active Directory UK User Group.

The meeting is taking place on 11th March at Cardinal Place, London. The draft agenda includes: MS IT Pro Evangelist, James O’Neill who will take a quick tour through the new features in Windows Server 2008 R2; MS Amish Lukka, who will present an insight into new Active Directory features in Windows Server 2008 R2; followed by Mark Parris who will share his experiences of the Microsoft Certified Masters: Windows Server 2008: Directory class in which he attended November ’08.

TechNet Webcast: Managing Virtual Solutions (Level 300)

In the previous webcasts, we looked at how Contoso used the Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V console and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 to manage their virtual machines. In this webcast, we look at how to use Microsoft System Center Operations Manager and Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager to monitor, manage, and update an entire virtual environment.Presenter: Chris Avis, IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft CorporationChris Avis began his career at Microsoft in 1994 working on Microsoft Windows NT networking and later moving to the Microsoft BackOffice Server and Windows Small Business Server support team. Chris is an enthusiastic TechNet presenter who enjoys it when audience members realize, "I did not know I could do that!" If you are lucky enough to see Chris in action, prepare to be entertained. As a Microsoft Certified Trainer, Chris shares his broad knowledge of the installation, networking configuration, and management of Microsoft products while doing his best to make your introduction to new technologies fast-paced and engaging.View other sessions from: Windows Server 2008: Web, Virtualization, Security, and a Solid Foundation.If you have questions or feedback, contact us. ...

3/24/2009 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 3/24/2009 9:30 AM | Duration:90 Minutes

Primary Language: English

Primary Target Audience: IT Professional

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032399066&culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft Does IT: Best Practices for Deploying Virtual Machines using Hyper-V Virtualization Technology (Level 300)

In this webcast find out how Microsoft IT virtually deploys more than 80% of new servers using Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. To ensure optimal performance, Microsoft IT has developed configuration best practices, based on the application workloads or services being provided by the virtual machines.Presenter: David Lef, Microsoft IT Technology Architect, Microsoft CorporationDavid began working at Microsoft in Corporate Data Center Services, then moved on to manage the internal diagnostic/debug team that oversaw the Windows 2000 Server rollout, then taking a server platform and management engineering path that led him to where he is today. As an architect on the MSIT Compute Utility and Server Engineering teams, David has been responsible for architecture, engineering, and implementation strategy for Windows Server in the Microsoft enterprise. In addition the core platform work, he serves as a key MSIT subject matter expert on machine virtualization, systems management, and a strong advocate of dynamic IT principles.If you have questions or feedback, contact us. ...

3/24/2009 9:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 3/24/2009 10:30 AM | Duration:60 Minutes

Primary Language: English

Primary Target Audience: IT Professional

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032404170&culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Road Map for the Future of Virtualization (Level 300)

In this final webcast in the series, we look at the road map for virtualization. Find out what is coming and approximately when you can actually start to try the new virtualization technologies out. We discuss Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7, and we cover the changes in Hyper-V and virtualization planned for these products as known at the time of this webcast.Presenter: Kevin Remde, IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft CorporationA prolific blogger, Kevin Remde shares his thoughts, ideas, and tips on the TechNet Events Bloggers Web site and the IT Professional Community Web site. As a webcast presenter, he has landed on the Microsoft top 10 webcast list several times. Kevin has worked as both a developer and an IT professional, so he loves sharing helpful new solutions and technologies with his IT peers. At Microsoft, Kevin relishes the opportunity to generate fresh ideas and run with them. He received his bachelor’s degree in computer science at the University of Minnesota (go Gophers!), where he also studied music theory and composition. View other sessions from: Windows Server 2008: Web, Virtualization, Security, and a Solid Foundation.If you have questions or feedback, contact us. ...

3/20/2009 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 3/20/2009 9:30 AM | Duration:90 Minutes

Primary Language: English

Primary Target Audience: IT Professional

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032399069&culture=en-US

Microsoft and AMD present new features/benefits of running Windows HPC Server 2008 clusters with AMD Opteron™ processors

Learn about the benefits of running Microsoft's Windows HPC Server 2008 clusters on AMD based servers. With today’s economic environment, companies need to balance IT costs/performance more than ever. They need to find new efficiencies in design process and in their computing environments. Now with Windows HPC Server 2008 and AMD’s latest third generation AMD Opteron™ processor technologies, companies can achieve new levels of efficiency and performance in their HPC clusters. In this webinar, you will learn about the new features / benefits of both technologies; and you will see firsthand examples of large HPC deployments using these technologies. You will also learn about efficiencies achieved in cluster deployment and management, cluster performance efficiencies running real-world applications, and performance per watt efficiencies. ...

3/18/2009 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 3/18/2009 9:00 AM | Duration:60 Minutes

Primary Language: English

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032404590&culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Virtualization Solutions in Branch Offices (Level 300)

All four of our scenario companies have deployed some form of virtualization solution. In this webcast, we look specifically at how to apply the technologies we have seen so far in the webcast series to provide branch offices with a secure environment, running the applications they require while still being highly manageable from a central location.Presenter: Chris Avis, IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft CorporationChris Avis began his career at Microsoft in 1994 working on Microsoft Windows NT networking and later moving to the Microsoft BackOffice Server and Windows Small Business Server support team. Chris is an enthusiastic TechNet presenter who enjoys it when audience members realize, "I did not know I could do that!" If you are lucky enough to see Chris in action, prepare to be entertained. As a Microsoft Certified Trainer, Chris shares his broad knowledge of the installation, networking configuration, and management of Microsoft products while doing his best to make your introduction to new technologies fast-paced and engaging.View other sessions from: Windows Server 2008: Web, Virtualization, Security, and a Solid Foundation.If you have questions or feedback, contact us. ...

3/13/2009 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 3/13/2009 9:30 AM | Duration:90 Minutes

Primary Language: English

Primary Target Audience: IT Professional

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032399064&culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Securing the Virtual Environments (Level 300)

Security is of paramount concern for all organizations, and it is no different for a virtual solution. In this webcast, we look at the four main solutions from the previous webcasts and cover some best practices for ensuring your virtual environment is secure.Presenter: Chris Avis, IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft CorporationChris Avis began his career at Microsoft in 1994 working on Microsoft Windows NT networking and later moving to the Microsoft BackOffice Server and Windows Small Business Server support team. Chris is an enthusiastic TechNet presenter who enjoys it when audience members realize, "I did not know I could do that!" If you are lucky enough to see Chris in action, prepare to be entertained. As a Microsoft Certified Trainer, Chris shares his broad knowledge of the installation, networking configuration, and management of Microsoft products while doing his best to make your introduction to new technologies fast-paced and engaging.View other sessions from: Windows Server 2008: Web, Virtualization, Security, and a Solid Foundation.If you have questions or feedback, contact us. ...

3/6/2009 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 3/6/2009 9:30 AM | Duration:90 Minutes

Primary Language: English

Primary Target Audience: IT Professional

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032399053&culture=en-US

Windows Client

IT Manager Webcast: Closing the Network Backdoor: Using Forefront Threat Management Gateway Beta 2 to Create a Safe Web Experience (Level 200)

As employees surf the Web, they can accidentally bring in malware or visit sites that are restricted by your corporate policy. Current security solutions may not be able to detect these issues as more and more Web applications encrypt themselves. In this webcast, we describe how Web 2.0 evolves the threat landscape from the network to the content and application layers, and we explain how the Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway Beta 2 can help make sure Web traffic, whether encrypted or unencrypted, stays safe and in accordance to your Web usage policies. Presenter: Bill Jensen, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation View other sessions from: Microsoft Forefront: Improve Your Security and Simplify Your Infrastructure If you have questions or feedback, contact us. ...

3/25/2009 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 3/25/2009 10:00 AM | Duration:60 Minutes

Primary Language: English

Primary Target Audience: IT Professional

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032406994&culture=en-US

Momentum Webcast: Recognize Real Value Right Now with the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (Level 100)

In this webcast, we introduce you to the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) suite of technologies, which enable IT departments to realize immediate cost savings. Learn how desktop optimization and the deployment of MDOP, Windows Vista, and the soon to be released Windows 7 operating system can result in a lower total cost of ownership (TCO). Discover how: Microsoft Application Virtualization transforms applications into virtualized, network-available services, resulting in the dynamic delivery of software that is never installed and minimizes application to application conflicts. Microsoft Asset Inventory Service delivers an intelligent and comprehensive view of an enterprise's desktop software environment, helping to reduce the TCO through advanced software inventory scanning. Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolkit provides powerful, intuitive tools that help administrators recover PCs that have become unusable. Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management increases an administrator's control over managing Group Policy Objects and role-based delegation down to the granular level, enabling them to gain more control over the desktop. Microsoft System Center Desktop Error Monitoring identifies the impact, root cause, and resolution for desktop system failures. Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization minimizes application to operating system compatibility issues.Presenter: David Trupkin, MDOP Technical Solutions Professional, Microsoft CorporationView other sessions from: Microsoft Momentum: Drive Your Business Forward If you have questions or feedback, contact us. In addition to Momentum webcasts, Microsoft offers a complimentary online Momentum newsletter with real-world examples of how to align IT with your business strategy. You get tips and techniques on using Microsoft technologies and straight talk about solutions that work for mid-sized businesses. If you would like to receive the Momentum Online newsletter, click here. Regardless of any contact preferences you might have previously made on this Microsoft site or on other Microsoft sites or services, by registering for this webcast or virtual lab, you consent and agree to allow Microsoft or one of its third-party agents to contact you no more than three (3) instances for the purpose of soliciting feedback on the webcast or virtual lab or to supply you with special discounts and offers related to products and services presented in the webcast or virtual lab. Any other use of the personal information in your Microsoft Passport profile is subject to the Microsoft Privacy Statement. You can learn more about the privacy and security of Microsoft Passport Network at www.Passport.net ...

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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 Business 32bit AL: Adding Windows Vista features takes an extended period of time or may stop with an error message

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967256/EN-US

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

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

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: An update to add support to wildcard characters for the ActiveX Installer Service (AxIS) in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951541/EN-US

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

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

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: Error message when you try to unlock a Windows Vista-based or a Windows Server 2008-based computer that has the Fast User Switching feature disabled: "The password for this account has expired"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958900/EN-US

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

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

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

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

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: A hotfix is available for users of Windows Services for UNIX and of Utilities and SDK for SUA to incorporate DST changes in Mauritius, in Brazil, in Morocco, in Egypt, and in Argentina

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959543/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: Error message when you try to access a network drive that is mapped to a DFS shared folder on a client computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008: "Error: Location is not available"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960151/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: Wake-on-LAN functionality does not work on Windows Vista-based computers that use Broadcom network adapters and that have the _OSC method enabled

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960410/EN-US

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

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

Win Vista 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: The GetVolumePathNameW function does not return the correct mount point path in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961349/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 Enterprise 32bit AL: On a Windows Vista-based computer or on a Windows Server 2008-based computer, when you use Windows Explorer to view offline files in Remote Storage, the files are recalled

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961477/EN-US

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

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

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: Blank screen when resuming from screen saver after removing second monitor

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

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 do not correctly audit all the privilege use events

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967170/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: A heavily fragmented file in an NTFS volume may not grow beyond a certain size

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967351/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: Error message when installing Windows Server 2008 Remote Server Administration Tools on Windows Vista SP1: "The update does not apply to your system"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967531/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: A Terminal Server smartcard logon using RDP 6.0 may fail with error code 0x507

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968005/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: When you use the System Preparation Tool (Sysprep) or Windows Vista Setup to apply the FolderLocations unattend settings, some system directory junctions do not point to the new target location

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968178/EN-US

Win Vista Home Basic 32bit AL: Input method editor keyboard shortcut (CTRL+SHIFT+0) switches the input language in Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967893/EN-US

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

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

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

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

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

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

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: It takes a long time to load a .tiff file in Windows Photo Gallery when you double-click the file in Windows Explorer on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956619/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: A Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based portable computer does not resume correctly if you close the lid while the computer is asleep

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

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

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

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: The customized properties for an .msi package installation are reset to their default values after you install Windows Installer 4.5

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958756/EN-US

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

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

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: 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: Invalid data is written when you burn an ISO image onto a DVD+R Dual Layer disc on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958914/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: 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: Only the header and footer information in an XPS document are printed when you print the document on a computer that is running Windows XP, Windows Vista SP1, or Windows Server 2008

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

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

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

Win Vista 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: February 2009 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960544/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: Windows Speech Recognition stops responding or crashes when you use it to correct text

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960836/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 32bit AL: Safe removal functionality is unavailable for an eSATA device that is connected to a computer that is running Windows Vista SP1 or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961078/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: All USB devices on the same host controller are powered on and never return to selective suspend mode when one of the USB devices is woken up on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961249/EN-US

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

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

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: DVD playback may stop when exiting full-screen mode in Windows Media Center for Windows Vista with the Windows TV Pack for Windows Vista Media Center

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968214/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 64bit AL: The physical video memory capacity is displayed incorrectly in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008 if the graphics adapter's physical video memory is at least 4 GB

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958360/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 64bit AL: When you send a print job to an Internet Printer Protocol (IPP) print server from a Windows-based computer, the print job fails and never restarts

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

Win Vista Home Prem 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 SP1 AL: Windows Vista Media Center with Media Center TV Pack installed: Black screen occurs when playing non-protected DVDs in Clone Mode

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963034/EN-US

Win Vista SP1 AL: SFC.exe (System File Checker) shows it is repairing corrupted files per the CBS log after installing Windows Vista SP1

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

Win Vista SP1 AL: IE7 does not restore when selecting Maximize or Restore from the Taskbar Context Menu

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967107/EN-US

Win Vista SP1 AL: Windows Vista SP1 may be unable to start a Media Center recording of a scheduled TV show when the TV signal is poor

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967142/EN-US

Win Vista SP2 AL: You will be unable to set Stereo Mix as the default audio device after enabling it for the first time

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967678/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Description of the Image Mastering API v2.0 (IMAPIv2.0) update package in Windows Feature Pack for Storage 1.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952011/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Description of the ICCD Smart Card Driver in Windows Feature Pack for Storage 1.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952013/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Stop error message when you plug a USB storage device into the USB port of a Windows Vista SP1-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer: "Stop 0x0000007E SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954589/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: A hotfix is available that enables support for dynamic filters for IPsec communication on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1-based computers

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955540/EN-US

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

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

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Error message when you try to use the Encrypting File System wizard to create a self-signed certificate that can be stored in a smart card on a Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1)-based computer or on a Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955548/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: Stop error during the shutdown process on a Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1-based computer: "Stop 0x00000050"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955803/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: The operating system may stop responding when you try to put the operating system into S3 sleep after you perform a surprise removal of a USB device on a Windows-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955986/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: Virtual Disk Service cannot return volume information on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958556/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: February 2009 Cumulative Update for Media Center TV Pack for Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958653/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: When you copy large files between two Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based computers in a high bandwidth WAN network environment, the copy speed may be very slow

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958702/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: 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: The logon process may take a long time when you try to log on to a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959488/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Error message when you try to perform certain operations on the files that are located on a network share: "Access is Denied"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959489/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: Black or white colored brush strokes in a picture may not be printed correctly by a Microsoft XPS Document Writer printer in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008

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

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

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

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: When you 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: Some applications or services stop responding because a deadlock condition occurs in the Ntfs.sys driver in Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Vista SP1-based systems

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960816/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: Unexpected behavior occurs in the Windows Time service when you enable the Windows Time Service Group Policy setting in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961027/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Windows Explorer may crash when you try to expand a parent folder in the Windows Explorer navigation pane in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961038/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

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Stop error message when you run the Dynamic Partition Testing for a Hot Replace test that is included in the Windows Logo Kit in Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008: "Stop 0x0000000A"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961324/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: When you use an IPsec rule to block traffic from any IP address to any other IP address, the Self-to-Self connection may be blocked on a Windows Vista-based or a Windows Server 2008-based client computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961533/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Windows Vista's "Windows Experience Index" reports an incorrect Graphics index score on Intel Menlow processors

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961777/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Print jobs in an offline print queue are missing or incomplete after you print a second document to the print queue in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962000/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Error message when you put a Windows Vista-based or a Windows Server 2008-based computer to sleep, or you wake the computer up: "STOP: 0x0000009F"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962201/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: The incorrect expected aspect ratio is displayed when you play MPEG-2 video content that is standard definition-compliant on a Windows Media Player on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963104/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: When you try to view a very large JPEG image on a Windows Vista-based DLNA server from a DLNA client, the JPEG image is corrupted

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963106/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Image of the Shortcut (.url) on the desktop gets changed when using Remote Desktop

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963682/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: How to disable the TCP autotuning diagnostic tool

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967475/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: USB Device Using Bulk Transfers Experiences Buffer Overflows

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968201/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 64bit AL: An access violation in IAudioProcessingObject::Initialize can hard hang Intel machines running Vista 64-bit edition

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

Windows XP Home Edition EN: Troubleshooting shutdown problems in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967534/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: When you try to start a Windows XP SP3-based computer that is connected to an external IEEE 1394 hard disk, the system may stop responding before the logon screen appears

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955356/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: A Windows XP-based client computer can establish a security association to a peer computer even though the client computer does not have a System Health Authentication OID

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958877/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: When you run an application that uses the scroll bar control of the Common Controls file on a Windows XP-based computer, the scroll bar control does not work correctly

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959540/EN-US

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

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

Windows XP Professional EN: Remote NDIS (RNDIS) devices may not work correctly after you perform a surprise removal on a Windows XP-based computer and then attach the RNDIS device to the computer again

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959765/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: The logon process stops responding when you try to log on to a Windows XP-based computer by using a cached credential

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960419/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: The monitor may not turn off on a Windows XP-based computer even though you set the monitor to turn off after a period of inactivity

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960496/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: You encounter several problems on a Windows XP SP3-based computer when the EAP-TLS machine authentication fails during system startup

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960655/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: If you start a Windows XP-based portable computer while it is running on battery power, the brightness of the LCD screen is not decreased as expected

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960921/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: An IEEE 1394 network adapter that is installed on a Windows XP-based computer is not listed in Device Manager

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960970/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: How to prevent Windows SteadyState from notifying Microsoft when it is installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961021/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: When you search some specific terms in the German version of Windows XP, the search results are incorrect

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961067/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 Professional EN: You cannot rotate an image by using the CTRL+K keyboard shortcut or the CTRL+L keyboard shortcut in the Norwegian and Slovakian versions of Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963661/EN-US

Windows XP SP2 EN: Update for Windows Search 4.0, December 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961184/EN-US

Windows XP SP2 EN: Error message when you try to access a network share in a private network: "There are currently no logon servers available to service the logon request"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961853/EN-US

Windows XP SP3 AL: Description of the exFAT file system driver update package

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955704/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 XP SP3 AL: Systems may encounter low memory conditions while connected to a Remote Desktop with newer graphics drivers

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967680/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 start a Windows Server 2003 R2-based computer, the Windows Server 2003 R2-based computer crashes if the FSRM component and many SCSI LUN storage objects are installed

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

Win Svr Std 2003 R2 EN: AD FS cannot connect to an ADAM store over an SSL connection on a Windows Server 2003 R2-based server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959923/EN-US

Win Svr Std 2003 R2 EN: After you re-add a member server to a DFS replication group in Windows Server 2003 R2, initial replication does not occur on the member server, and changes in the replicated folder are replicated unexpectedly to other replication partners

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961655/EN-US

Win Svr Std 2003 R2 EN: How to recover from a DFSR database crash on designated primary member

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

Win Svr Std 2003 R2 EN: Authentication does not take place using Service for User (S4U) Kerberos as implied in the documentation

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961886/EN-US

Win Svr Std 2003 R2 EN: Printers published through ADMT are not deployed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967536/EN-US

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

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958687/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: Applications or services that call the "CVdsService::Reenumerate" function may receive incorrect results in Windows Server 2008 and in Windows Vista SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950851/EN-US

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

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

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: 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: You cannot dock the remote Language bar to the taskbar on a client computer when you start a RemoteApp application on a Windows Server 2008-based terminal server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954401/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Why you cannot view the msDS-RevealedUsers attribute value on a read-only domain controller that is running Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954405/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Error message when you create a RODC IFM or RODC Sysvol IFM on a Windows Server 2008-based domain controller

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954407/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Stop error message when you try to perform directory listing of a NFS share that is mounted on a Windows Server 2008-based NFS client: "STOP 0x00000050"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956182/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: You cannot edit the Administrative Templates when you apply a "Restrict users to the explicitly permitted list of snap-ins" setting in a Group Policy object in a Windows Server 2008 domain

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956524/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 delay occurs when you try to reconnect to the network on a Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer that is a member of a domain

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

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: The DNS server does not listen on the ISATAP interface on a Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958194/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: Citrix ICA clients are not disconnected from a Windows Server 2008 terminal server as expected when the grace period has expired and a terminal license server is not configured

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958612/EN-US

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

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

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: 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: The User Profile Service (ProfSvc) crashes in Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1 systems when the service loads or unloads user profiles that contain compressed files or folders

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959125/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: 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: The Windows Deployment Services (WDS) server in Windows Server 2008 stops working after the authenticating domain controller becomes unavailable if it cannot locate another available domain controller

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960489/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 Ent AL: The system becomes unresponsive after the primary MPIO path is disconnected on a Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961570/EN-US

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

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

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Video performance may decrease when a Windows Server 2008-based computer has the Hyper-V role enabled and an accelerated display adapter installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961661/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Applications that perform asynchronous cached I/O read requests and that use a disk array that has multiple spindles may encounter a low performance issue in Windows Server 2008, in Windows Essential Business Server 2008, or in Windows Vista SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961719/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Error message when you try to restart or shut down a Windows Server 2008-based computer that is connected to an MPIO-controlled storage device: "Stop 0x0000009F"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961891/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Event ID: 5001 is logged when booting Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition x86 in a Hyper-V VM with Legacy NIC enabled.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962915/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Adding Server Features or Roles in Server 2008 may take a very long time

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967542/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Cross-platform iSCSI boot deployment scenarios are not supported.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967754/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent R2: You cannot add V2 or V3 templates after an inplace upgrade was performed using Windows Server 2008 enterprise CA

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967332/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent w/o HV AL: How to enable LDAP signing in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935834/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Itanium AL: A hotfix is available that enables Windows Server 2008 to support Corrected Memory Error notification through Corrected Machine Check (CMC) interrupts and through CMC polling

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959087/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: You cannot install Windows Server 2008 on a computer that uses the Intel Xeon processor and that has the WHEA feature enabled

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955545/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: Windows Server 2008 Network Policy Server (NPS) recognizes all computers as domain controllers in the NAP reporting data

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

Windows Svr 2008 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: You find that the Drive Maps node is still available even though you disable it by using Group Policy

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959606/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: 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: Windows Server 2008 systems may generate a truncated dump file if the system supports Dynamic Hardware Partitioning (DHP) and if memory is hot added

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960658/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: Event ID 5740 and event ID 5754 may be logged when the BizTalk SQL Adapter is under heavy load on a Windows Server 2008-based multiprocessor computer

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

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

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

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

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

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: 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: A feature is available for Windows Server 2008 that lets you synchronize the DSRM Administrator password with a domain user account

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961320/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 2008 Std AL: Error message when you try to browse a DFS namespace from DFS the Management Tool: "An item with the same key has already been added"

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

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: A file sharing connection to a Windows Server 2008-based server drops unexpectedly if the server has Symantec Antivirus installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961654/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Connection to a Virtual Machine running in Hyper-V fails

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961723/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: A memory leak occurs in the Vmwp.exe and Vmms.exe processes on a Windows Server 2008-based computer that has the Hyper-V role enabled

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961730/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Home Folder searched when starting an Application on Terminal Server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961805/EN-US

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

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

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Hyper-V Role Not Migrated When Upgrading from Standard to Enterprise

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

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

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

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: You cannot install a printer using Internet printing protocol with SSL

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961986/EN-US

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

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

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: The size of selected files in Status bar is incremented every time user refreshes the window

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962227/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: How to move a DHCP database from a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962355/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Cannot print from Terminal Services Easy Print on Windows server 2008, access is denied

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962930/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Certificate store ACL change supportability

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

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: During user logon or logoff, you receive stop error code 0x00000050, and the system restarts automatically on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/966319/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: You receive a Stop error message and a Windows Server 2008-based or a Windows Server 2003-based computer restarts unexpectedly

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967228/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Dcdiag fails for NCSecDesc test on Windows 2008 Domain Controllers

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967482/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: You receive a Key Distribution Center "Event ID: 29" event message on a Windows Server 2008-based domain controller

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967623/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: A Tape Backup Medium Changer may not detect properly in the Device Manager

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967736/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Item level targeting in Group Policy Preferences setting s require a hexadecimal value with leading zeros

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967890/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: A Windows Server 2003-based computer becomes unresponsive when a high volume of traffic runs through a network adapter that has a large bandwidth

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957039/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 Ent 2003 EN: Error message when a Windows Server 2003-based computer is shutting down: "Stop 0x000000CE" or "Stop 0x00000050"

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

Windows Svr Ent 2003 X64 EN: SMB functions time out earlier than expected on a Windows 2003-based computer that has multiple processors installed

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

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: A Windows Server 2003-based computer restarts unexpectedly, and a Stop error "0x00000027" occurs

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952185/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: You cannot debug the DLL modules in an application if the application loads more than 500 DLL modules on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953490/EN-US

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

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

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

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

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: A memory leak occurs when you run the "list volume" command or the "select volume" command in the DiskPart.exe utility in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955407/EN-US

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

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

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: All snapshots may be deleted unexpectedly in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows XP Professional x64 Edition when the snapshot protection mode is enabled, and the system is under memory stress

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955543/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: Description of the UDP Port Reservation Utility for Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956263/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: A Windows Server 2003-based or Windows Server 2008-based terminal server stops accepting new connections, and existing connections stop responding

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956438/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: The transfer speed is very slow when you use the BITS to transfer files on a high latency link on computers that are running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

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

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: 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: On a Windows Server 2003-based computer, the !heap command does not work when you debug a 32-bit process that runs in a 64-bit operating system

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959207/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: 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: Stop error when you copy a file from a redirected disk to a Windows Server 2003-based terminal server in a terminal server session: "0x0000007E"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960652/EN-US

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

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

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

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

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

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

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: When you start the Terminal Services Manager tool in Windows Server 2003, the tool crashes, and event ID 1000 is logged on a computer that has multiple processors

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961151/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: Event ID 5740 and event ID 5754 may be logged in the Application log when the BizTalk SQL Adapter is under heavy load on a multiprocessor computer that is running Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961180/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: Removable Storage Service Event 15 when running NTBackup

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

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: The IPsec client can connect to a Windows Server 2003-based server even when the StrongCRLCheck attribute is set to 1 and a revoked certificate exists in the certificate chain

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961361/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: The tcsh process may exit abnormally when you run a C shell script on a multiprocessor computer that is running Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961415/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: The subject name of a computer certificate that is issued by a Windows Server 2003-based server is set to the user principal name (UPN) of the computer account after you apply hotfix 943089

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961515/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 EN: You cannot access the existing File Share resources on a Windows Server 2003 failover cluster

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961657/EN-US

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

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

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

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

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

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

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: The Set path for TS Roaming Profiles and TS User Home Directory Group Policy settings do not work with user environment variables

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967500/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: Error message when you try to synchronize Active Directory user objects to ADAM: "Internal Error Occured:MultiByteWideChar"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967510/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: Cannot configure ACL to the drive root using icacls.exe

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967539/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: Terminal Licensing Server may not issue Per Device CALs and event id 1004 is generated

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967887/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 RDP EN: MSDE 2000 security updates are not installed as expected when you install UDDI Services on Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967236/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

Windows Svr Std 2003 X64 EN: When you are running a C Shell script that includes the cut utility on a multiprocessor computer, the script may stop responding on a Windows Server 2003 R2 x64-based multiprocessor computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960657/EN-US

March 2009 - Technical Rollup Mail - Security

conuktrm — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:24:00 GMT

News

Security

An Introduction to Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11343487&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

By Rajiv Arunkundram, Senior Product Manager, Windows Server The introduction of Hyper-V makes virtualization an even more compelling solution for IT environments. Get an overview of today’s virtualization market and see how Hyper-V improves the manageability, reliability, and security of virtualization.

CIO Article: Can Mozilla Support Claims of Firefox Being the Most Secure Web Browser? http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11343488&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

In an article from an upcoming series in CIO Magazine, Jeff Jones from the Microsoft Trustworthy Computing (TwC) group addresses browser security and “the safest Web browser.”

Evaluate Microsoft Forefront Security for Office Communications Server Beta 3 http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11343489&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Microsoft Forefront Security for Office Communications Server provides fast and effective protection against IM-based malware by including multiple scanning engines from industry-leading security partners, and it helps reduce corporate liability by blocking IM messages containing inappropriate content.

Analyst Report: The Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) and the Org Chart http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11343490&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Examine how Microsoft uses defense-in-depth at an organization level to ensure that there are many opportunities to detect and remove software vulnerabilities. You'll see how security responsibilities are assigned, from the individual developer to the global security team.

Analyst Report: The SDL Threat Modeling Process http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11343491&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Security doesn't start with coding, it starts with secure design. In this article, you'll see how Microsoft uses threat modeling to ensure secure design and prevent vulnerabilities that could not be fixed with simple coding changes.

Secure Your Desktops with Newly Released Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11343492&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Antivirus and anti-malware protection is key to the security of your business desktops and laptops. Use the newly released Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 3.2 to assess if they are vulnerable to viruses and malware. This free toolkit also helps you migrate to Windows Vista, the 2007 Microsoft Office system, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 (formerly SoftGrid), Microsoft Online Services, and Microsoft Forefront.

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February, 2009

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

Download Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway Beta 2 http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11431803&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Try the next generation of Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration (ISA) Server and experience key features that include Web anti-malware, HTTPS inspection and the Network Inspection System.

Download the Security Development Lifecycle Optimization Model http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11431804&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

The Microsoft SDL Optimization Model is a strategic framework which facilitates consistent and cost-effective implementation of the SDL in development organizations outside of Microsoft. Self-assess your current state of security in development and create a strategy and roadmap to progressively attain measurable security improvements with the Security Development Lifecycle Optimization Model.

Microsoft Security Response Center Blog Alerts

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

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

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

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server

Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway Beta 2 Now Available! http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=141234&clcid=0x409

Try the next generation of Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration (ISA) Server and experience key features that include Web antimalware, HTTPS inspection and the Network Inspection System.

Forefront Edge Security TechCenter http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/forefront/edgesecurity/default.aspx

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

Forefront Edge Security Community http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/forefront/edgesecurity/bb687298.aspx

New Community Contributed Content includes: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/dd316279.aspx

Troubleshooting Forms Base Authentication using Secure LDAP Authentication on ISA Server 2006

Forefront TMG (ISA Server) Product Team Blog

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

How-to get NLB to work with Forefront TMG Beta2 when running in Hyper-V. http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/02/23/how-to-get-nlb-to-work-with-forefront-tmg-beta2-when-running-in-hyper-v.aspx

Caching Comments from Yahoo's Mark Nottingham http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/02/23/caching-comments-from-yahoo-s-mark-nottingham.aspx

ISA Server Build Numbers http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/02/25/isa-server-build-numbers.aspx

AD Marker method used for automatic detection for Firewall clients http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/02/25/ad-marker-method-used-for-automatic-detection-for-firewall-clients.aspx

Forefront TMG Beta 2: Virtualization Ready http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/02/27/forefront-tmg-beta-2-virtualization-ready.aspx

Cannot Browse a HTTPs Site Published by ISA Server 2006 without using TLS 1.0 on Internet Explorer

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/02/28/cannot-browse-a-https-published-by-isa-server-2006-without-using-tls-1-0-on-internet-explorer.aspx

Intelligent Application Gateway 2007

Try Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG) SP2 http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11345324&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

IAG SP2 improves overall IAG scalability, interoperability, and functionality. It also has the ability to run as a virtual machine on Hyper-V for lower TCO, deployment flexibility, and simplified disaster recovery. Download the fully functional trial version which can be used in the production environment without an evaluation appliance.

Intelligent Application Gateway 2007 Technical Resources http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/forefront/edgesecurity/bb687299.aspx

Forefront Edge Security Community http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/forefront/edgesecurity/bb687298.aspx

Intelligent Application Gateway Product Team Blog

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

Enabling SharePoint bookmarking for SharePoint AAM Optimizer in IAG SP1 http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2009/02/08/enabling-sharepoint-bookmarking-for-sharepoint-aam-optimizer-in-iag-sp1.aspx

Documents

Protect Your Network from Conficker http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11343493&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Starting in November 2008, the Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC) began detecting variants of the Conficker worm. Learn how to help protect your systems from Conficker -- and how to recover systems that have been infected by this worm -- which seeks to propagate itself through network-based attacks.

Planning for Hyper-V Security http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11343494&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Securing the virtualization server involves all the measures you take to secure any Windows Server 2008 server role, plus a few extra to help secure the virtual machines, configuration files, and data. This month’s tip offers best practices to improve the security of your virtualization servers configured with the Hyper-V role, many of which apply to other virtualization servers as well.

Security in a Virtual World http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11343495&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

As with any new technology, there are plenty of myths out there about protecting virtual servers. This article addresses the top-three virtual security myths and offers a few observations for those considering the virtual route.

Hyper-V Security Guide: Beta Release http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11343496&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

This security guide provides IT professionals like you with guidance, instructions, and recommendations to address your key security concerns about server virtualization: hardening Hyper-V, virtual machine management and delegation, and protecting virtual machines. The beta release is available now for your review through March 6. After joining the Beta review program, bookmark this link <http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11343416&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474> to the program site to get the latest information about upcoming events.

Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 Security Configuration Roles http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11343497&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Learn about Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 Security Configuration Roles, which can be used to help protect and harden your Application Virtualization environment on Windows Server 2003 and 2008 by closing or disabling unnecessary ports and services reducing the overall attack surface.

Security Considerations with Forefront Edge Virtual Deployments http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11343498&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

This article provides specific guidelines for deploying Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server and Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway within hardware virtualization.

How Do I: Get Started with Code Access Security? http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11343499&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Watch this video to learn the basics of Code Access Security, the integrated security model in the Microsoft .NET Framework, particularly how Code Access Security works conceptually and how to implement it with a simple application.

How Do I: Learn More About Encryption? http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11343500&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

In this video, you can learn the basics behind encryption algorithms and practices used to create cryptographic schemes. Learn more about symmetric and asymmetric encryption algorithms, the SHA256 hash encryption algorithms, and how to implement in a simple application.

New Video on TechNet Edge: MSAT Interview http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11343501&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

View this short Microsoft Silverlight video to see two experts from TwC discuss the Microsoft Security Assessment Tool (MSAT) and how it helps IT professionals solve a common security problem -- establishing a baseline for security in your enterprise and managing an action plan for resolution of security challenges.

Downloads

Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint with Service Pack 2

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e06453b8-b2dd-4177-969c-2f89aa841e11&DisplayLang=en

MSDN TV: Thinking About Security - Secure by Design, Secure by Default, Secure in Deployment and Communications

In this episode, Michael Howard outlines a simple, yet effective way of thinking about how to build secure applications using SD3+C.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b1418e26-3f3f-464e-8196-da6954e1e480&DisplayLang=en

MSDN TV: Matt's Top 10 Tips for Securely Testing

Matt Clapham outlines the top 10 tips testers should know to securely test applications.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6dd3da05-399a-40ec-a14e-ba3fbdff41ed&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console Trial Version

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f9b669c6-6f9f-4c09-8457-c00b5b6ebd7a&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Forefront Server Security v11 Beta 2 Privacy Statement

This document describes the privacy policy for the Beta 2 release of Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server v11 and Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint v11.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=72d99943-8558-4b31-bcf8-bbc08e3a2ffa&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Forefront Codename "Stirling" Beta Privacy Statement

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d34c6d9c-a555-4432-bb32-af21f5a6feab&DisplayLang=en

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

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b5bb47a4-5ece-4a2a-a9b5-5435264f627d&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Privacy Statement

Read the Privacy Statement document for Microsoft SQL Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e7f89bf5-d80c-46b5-a12f-fade6d41330d&DisplayLang=en

Planning Guide for Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management

This guide provides administrators with an in-depth description of the processes, procedures, and decisions for planning the deployment of Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) in a production environment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5ed2bcd7-214a-4606-8e91-369c3623ee89&DisplayLang=en

Immunity, Inc. White Paper - A Bounds Check on the Microsoft Exploitability Index

A third-party evaluation on Microsoft's Exploitability Index

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0c6e07b5-43ce-4da1-873e-2d604106574c&DisplayLang=en

Domain Name System Security Extensions

This guide provides an overview of Domain Name System (DNS) Security Extensions (DNSSEC) and information about how to deploy DNSSEC on the Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 operating systems.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7a005a14-f740-4689-8c43-9952b5c3d36f&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Client Group Policy Documentation

This download package contains the Communicator.adm file and a Group Policies Spreadsheet that lists the Group Policy settings for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 clients.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5d6f4b90-6980-430b-9f97-ffadbc07b7a9&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Online Services Sign In

Use this Sign In application to access Microsoft Online Services.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5c2ca866-4107-4ae5-98d5-76bf1b18ff87&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 Threat Management Gateway Beta 2

Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway is a comprehensive secure Web gateway that helps protect your corporate assets and employees from Web threats. It also delivers easy-to-use, unified perimeter security to protect networks from attack.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e05aecbc-d0eb-4e0f-a5db-8f236995bccd&DisplayLang=en

Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter [February 2009] (KB905866)

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

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

Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter for x64-based Systems [February 2009] (KB905866)

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

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

February 2009 Security Release ISO Image

This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on February 10th, 2009.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b298d437-0284-48a7-ae4a-df7fe948d133&DisplayLang=en

Forefront Security for Office Communications Server 2007 Beta 3

Microsoft Forefront Security for Office Communications Server provides fast, effective protection against malware and out-of-policy content for instant messaging environments.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d128fd1a-42a2-47cb-9de8-e4ea8ba2382d&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Online Services Sign In

Use this Sign In application to access Microsoft Online Services.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5c2ca866-4107-4ae5-98d5-76bf1b18ff87&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

Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant 6.5 (Beta)

The Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant 6.5 (Beta) installs the Windows Live ID online provider for Windows 7. This provider enables linking a Windows Live ID to a Windows 7 user account

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ab44f9bb-0f20-4145-8c18-04339c0e3e6c&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Dynamic IP Restrictions for IIS 7.0 - Beta (x86)

The Dynamic IP Restrictions Extension for IIS provides IT Professionals and Hosters a configurable module that helps mitigate or block Denial of Service Attacks or cracking of passwords through brute-force by temporarily blocking Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of HTTP clients.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=78a75004-42fb-4510-8525-b0bb5b33fc67

Microsoft Dynamic IP Restrictions for IIS 7.0 - Beta (x64)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=937fba06-2338-4394-8c20-228806c498ed

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?displaylang=en&FamilyID=712704a6-82a9-4bd1-96c6-83b2c9522dfd

Security, Identity, and Access Management Datasheet

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

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

Microsoft Online Services Sign In

Use this Sign In application to access Microsoft Online Services.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=5c2ca866-4107-4ae5-98d5-76bf1b18ff87

Security Compliance Management Toolkit Series

Monitor the Security Compliance State of Your IT Environment for Computers Running Windows

This toolkit series provides IT professionals with an end-to-end solution to help your organization plan, deploy, and monitor security baselines of Windows® operating systems and 2007 Microsoft® Office applications.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=5534bee1-3cad-4bf0-b92b-a8e545573a3e

SDL Threat Modeling Tool 3.1

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

Defense in Depth: Securing Windows Server 2003 Datasheet

This is Microsoft Services Defense in Depth: Securing Windows Server 2003 datasheet

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=af323f48-8134-4eba-b2e6-1f973dcb96a8

Creating a Systemized Approach to Regulatory Compliance at Microsoft

Detailed discussion of some of the processes and tools that the Microsoft Information Technology (Microsoft IT) group currently uses to systemize the approach of supporting regulatory compliance activities at Microsoft.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=89f7b1ec-b04c-4ccc-b133-efaeeb038f41

Events/WebCasts

Visit TechNet Spotlight: www.microsoft.com/technetspotlight

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

Microsoft Security Webcast Series: Upcoming and On-Demand

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

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

Upcoming Security Webcasts

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

Register for the following Webcasts on the link above

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

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

IT Manager Webcast: How Microsoft Does IT: Rapid Deployment of Applications on the Microsoft Extranet (Level 200)

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

On-Demand Security Webcasts

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

New or updated KB’s

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server

FIX: An incorrect result is returned when you test a Web publishing rule by using the Traffic Simulator feature in ISA Server 2006 with Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955604

FIX: The IP address is reversed in a diagnostic log event when you use the Traffic Simulator feature to test a Web publishing rule in ISA Server 2006 with Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955603

FIX: The access rule for a URL set does not work as expected in ISA Server 2006 with Service Pack 1 if the URL set contains adjacent IP addresses as the hosts

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955529

Description of the ISA Server 2006 hotfix package: July 15, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955605

The log query returns no results in the Japanese version of ISA Server 2006 Management Console when the logging filter contains a string parameter and the logging is not live

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958428

SMTP traffic between an Edge Transport server and an internal Hub Transport server is blocked if the Hub server is published by using ISA Server 2006 and if SMTP filtering is enabled

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959311

Microsoft Intelligent Application Gateway 2007

Endpoint detection fails when a client computer connects to IAG

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955105

March 2009 - Technical Rollup Mail - Manageability

conuktrm — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:38:00 GMT

News

Dell Announces Release of Dell Deployment Pack (DDP) for Configuration Manager

http://blogs.technet.com/configurationmgr/archive/2009/02/26/the-dell-deployment-pack-for-configmgr-2007-is-now-available.aspx

The Dell Deployment Pack (DDP) is an easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI)-based tool that integrates directly into the Microsoft® System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007 (ConfigMgr) console. It eliminates the need for command-line tools and scripts normally used in the Dell™ OpenManage™ Deployment Toolkit (DTK) software. To configure and deploy your Dell systems, you need to select configuration options and commands on the GUI using drop-down lists and check boxes (see "Using The Dell Deployment Pack"). These selections make your system deployment an easy, automated task.

Announcing the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 Technology Adoption Program

https://connect.microsoft.com/SelfNomination.aspx?ProgramID=3005&pageType=1&SiteID=16

Microsoft is currently building an update to System Center Configuration Manager 2007 entitled Service Pack 2. The ConfgMgr Technology Adoption Program (TAP) team is pleased to announce that we are now soliciting participation in the System Center Configuration Manager Service Pack 2 Product Validation program. Click the link for more information and TAP enrollment instructions.

Hyper-V Security Guide Beta Release Available – Download Now

https://connect.microsoft.com/InvitationUse.aspx?ProgramID=2699&InvitationID=TET-MDQK-7XBV&SiteID=715

This security guide provides IT professionals like you with guidance, instructions, and recommendations to address your key security concerns around server virtualization: hardening Hyper-V; virtual machine management and delegation; and protecting virtual machines. The beta release is available for your review through March 4, 2009. After joining the beta review program, bookmark this link to the program site to get the latest information about upcoming events.

New System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 Virtual Machine Released

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

A new version of System Center Configuration Manager R2 is now available for download and evaluation through the Microsoft VHD program. This new virtual machine evaluation edition allows you to quickly evaluate the latest version of System Center Configuration Manager on a preconfigured virtual hard disk (VHD). You can download the VHD and evaluate for free in your own environment without the need for dedicated servers or complex installations.

Microsoft Management Summit 2009

http://www.mms-2009.com/

The MMS 2009 Registration Web site has gone live, kicking off the project to host this year’s event at the Venetian in Las Vegas from April 27 to May 1, 2009. We are pleased to announce that Premier Hours can now be used toward Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) 2009 registration. For more information and instructions on how to use Premier Hours for MMS 2009 registration, contact your Technical Account Manager.

SMS&MOM

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

The Deployment Guys

http://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys

System Center Configuration Manager Solutions

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

Carlos Santiago's Manageability Blog - SCCM/Softgrid

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

Steve Rachui's Manageability blog - ConfigMgr/OpsMgr

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

System Center WebLog by Russ Slaten

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

Michael Niehaus' Windows and Office deployment ramblings

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

Jeff Gilbert's Web blog at myITforum.com

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

Paul Thomsen at myITforum.com

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

Downloads

Configuration Manager & SMS

Security Compliance Management Toolkit

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=5534bee1-3cad-4bf0-b92b-a8e545573a3e

Operations Manager & MOM

Window Client 2000/XP/Vista OS MP for OpsMgr 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=f55f1803-eae6-4ed5-b2d2-9e1adf98e325

The Microsoft Windows Client 2000/XP/Vista Operating System Management Pack provides fundamental monitoring basics for computers running Windows Client 2000, XP, or Vista operating systems. 2/16/2009 937

Windows Server IIS for SC OpsMgr 2007

The Internet Information Services Management Pack provides proactive and reactive monitoring of your Internet Information Services (IIS) environment. 2/23/2009 1429

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=d351bca8-182b-4223-8c9e-627e184ba02b

Server Network Load Balancing MP

The NLB Management Pack monitors NLB clusters. This management pack detects, sends, alerts, and automatically responds to critical events.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=78d8c93a-bae6-4c5d-90af-b0bf2ce12998

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

New KB's

Configuration Manager & SMS

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: Recurring advertisements or maintenance windows start to run an hour later or earlier than expected when the time is changed because of DST in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956259/EN-US

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959257/EN-US

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: A hotfix rollup package addresses issues that involve the Out of Band Management (OOB) feature in Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960804/EN-US

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: If a Configuration Manager 2007 offline task sequence media is used to deploy an operating system on a client that does not have a network connection, the operating system is not registered (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961663/EN-US

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: The state of the check box for the maintenance window that you double-click is changed when System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 is installed on a Windows Server 2003 x64-based system or on a Windows Server 2008 x64-based system

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961960/EN-US

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: Client push fails when the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Management Point is installed in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967506/EN-US

Sys Mgmt Svr Ent Ed 2003 EN: Software metering information is not added to the database in Systems Management Server 2003 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841901/EN-US

Sys Mgmt Svr Ent Ed 2003 EN: The SMS_HIERARCHY_MANAGER component of Systems Management Server 2003 may log Event ID 3304 and the following error message in the System event log: “Cannot update the Sites table, try this later” (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922359/EN-US

Sys Mgmt Svr Ent Ed 2003 EN: The Windows Update Agent version is not inventoried after the hardware inventory runs on Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Service Pack 2 or on SMS 2003 Service Pack 3-based clients (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940182/EN-US

Operations Manager & MOM

MOM Ops Mgr Serv Ent Ed 2005 EN: Error message when you use the SetActionAccount.exe utility to update the action account password or to change to a new action account in a MOM 2005 Service Pack 1 environment: "Unable to set credentials. Verify the Management Group name is correct"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961046/EN-US

Sys Center Operation Mgr 2007 EN: Antivirus software blocks script execution in System Center Operations Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967503/EN-US

Sys Center Operation Mgr 2007 EN: Frequent state changes on Operations Manager 2007 agents for computer objects may severely impact management server performance.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967537/EN-US

Sys Center Ops Mgr 2007 SP1: The System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 SDK service may stop unexpectedly, and you may receive an error message: "Specified argument is out of the range of valid values"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959497/EN-US

Sys Center Ops Mgr 2007 SP1: Charts in a performance report are incorrectly scaled, or a report that contains multiple charts does not display the charts in the correct order in System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960363/EN-US

Other

Sys Center DataProtect Mgr 07 EN: Description of System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (Updated)

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

Sys Center DataProtect Mgr 07 EN: A replica may be listed as inconsistent after you install System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 on a computer that is running an x64-based version of Windows Server 2003 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961502/EN-US

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

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

March 2009 - Technical Rollup Mail - Unified Communications

conuktrm — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:36:00 GMT

News

You Had Me At EHLO...

http://msexchangeteam.com/default.aspx

Microsoft Office Outlook Team Blog

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

Office Communications Server Team Blog

http://communicationsserverteam.com

Documents/Downloads

Antigen & Forefront

Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint with Service Pack 2

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=e06453b8-b2dd-4177-969c-2f89aa841e11

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?displaylang=en&FamilyID=2ceb14d4-404b-4d8f-8a21-ebfc71b2e82b

Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console Documentation

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ae4ce23b-9e1e-455c-87a4-36167fe43107

Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server with SP1 Documentation

Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server with SP1 Documentation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=5cd4e36e-2dab-44d6-990e-3b8184b1cb1b

Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint with SP1 Documentation

Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint with SP1 Documentation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=125efb1e-7ff8-4cc8-934a-28fc7c7e59f0

Microsoft Antigen SP1 Documentation

Microsoft Antigen SP1 Documentation

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

Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console Trial Version

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=f9b669c6-6f9f-4c09-8457-c00b5b6ebd7a

Privacy statement for Forefront Codename "Stirling"

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=d34c6d9c-a555-4432-bb32-af21f5a6feab

FSOCS

Microsoft Forefront Security for Office Communications Server provides fast, effective protection against malware and out-of-policy content for instant messaging environments.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=d128fd1a-42a2-47cb-9de8-e4ea8ba2382d

How Microsoft Deployed and Manages Microsoft Forefront Client Security

Microsoft IT details the planning, deployment, and ongoing management of the largest currently deployment of Forefront Client Security with a supported node population of 40,000.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=4664e8b7-5eca-4ea1-ae69-898f9d6503bc

Exchange

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 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/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=a59e41bd-5760-45ef-8299-1dc57601d9bd

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Help

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=5eb0f9a0-2c49-4f2a-8a09-b981ed667821

Exchange Server 2007 Protocol Documentation Set

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

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

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/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=25350815-5c57-441a-b7fb-329ff5fe14b3

Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB959241)

Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB959241)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=93cb3f66-ae72-4356-bdbf-35029cff6df1

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/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=94274318-27c4-4d8d-9bc5-3e6484286b1f

Infrastructure Planning and Design

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ad3921fb-8224-4681-9064-075fdf042b0c

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/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=18426838-7733-4712-8b98-d6d1fd8c2310

Hosted Messaging Collaboration

Microsoft Exchange Online Standard

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=6bef06c7-3ae6-40a7-a78e-eea670b4f605

Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

Microsoft Unified Communications Client API SDK

Microsoft Unified Communications Client API SDK provides a powerful and flexible API for building client applications for Office Communications Server 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=82c468da-3294-4ca9-bbcc-d455cfd06af2

Microsoft Office Protocol Documentation

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=e7a23d42-0835-440f-9400-badfe9672b21

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Speech Server Developer Edition

With Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Speech Server, you can develop and deploy interactive voice response (IVR) applications. Speech Server combines speech technologies, Voice over IP (VoIP), and telephony capabilities into a single system and a single code base.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=bb183640-4b8f-4828-80c9-e83c3b2e7a2c

Group Chat Administration Tool

Administration of users and chat rooms.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=8c1b742c-48a8-45ef-beaa-d6340b97bdb7

Group Chat client

User client for persistent topic-based chat rooms.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=2ac20539-5b4f-4fd0-88b3-b343a439d576

Office Communications Server Attendant

Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Attendant is an intuitive, integrated call management application that facilitates accurate and rapid call handling and routing for front-line business professionals.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=3d619c8c-6540-4f2d-b78e-5b4c25780adb

Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile 2007 R2

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

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

Group Chat server

Group Chat is a server role of Office Communications Server 2007 R2, which enables persistent topic-based chat rooms.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=284e27ee-28a3-4fd5-9515-b90b609cedc4

Outlook

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (KB959634)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=28004934-9c7f-4b53-a49d-d54a02d150eb

Update for Microsoft Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB959614)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=b8d53026-4c79-43b0-8f20-b7dacb5412f4

Microsoft Office Protocol Documentation

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=e7a23d42-0835-440f-9400-badfe9672b21

Events/Webcasts

Exchange

26/03/2009 - TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 Labcast (Part 1 of 4) (Level 200)

Join us for the first labcast in the four-part Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 labcast series. Receive practical technical information and proven techniques by watching demonstrations and trying exercises yourself on hands-on virtual labs that require no complex installations. This lab covers the following topics: installing Exchange Server 2007 SP1 on Window Server 2008 and transitioning from Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032405722

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

05/05/2009 - Edinburgh - Exchange 2003 to 2007 SP1 Migration Workshop

19/05/2009 - SKU - Exchange 2003 Database Recovery

Unified Communications

04/03/2009 - MSDN Webcast: Adding Instant Messaging, Voice, and Video Communication to Your Applications with Office Communicator 2007 R2 (Level 200)

The Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 software development kit (SDK) helps you build client applications with rich communication features. Integrate contact presence into your application so users know who is available to discuss information in your application. Build communication features so users can launch instant messaging (IM), voice, or video communications and conferences from your application. Build application data into those conversations to build context-rich conversations. In this webcast, we use the Office Communicator 2007 SDK to show you how to build all these features into your clients.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032402845

11/03/2009 - MSDN Webcast: Unified Communications Development with Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Web Services (Level 200)

The new Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Web Services managed API provides managed code access to Microsoft Exchange whether you are running on premise or in the cloud. This powerful, productive Microsoft .NET API provides full access to Microsoft Exchange mail, calendaring, scheduling, contacts, eventing, synchronization, permissioning, and public folders by programmatically using the Exchange Web Services protocol, a standards-based HTTP-SOAP interface. Join us for this webcast, and learn how using this cutting-edge, software-plus-services solution can dramatically accelerate your development times, substantially increase code quality, reduce test and maintenance costs, and prepare your company for a move to a service offering.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032402870

MVP Event

11-12/03/2009 - Unified Communications Expo 09 at Olympia in London

The aim of this community event is to show how today’s latest collaboration platforms work closely together from a communication as well as collaboration aspect. The event is split into two unique days with day one being more a solution based day (look what this technology can do) and day two being a technical how we got there day. See the agenda page for more details of the session breakdowns. Products being demonstrated include Exchange 2007, OCS 2007 R2, SharePoint 2007 and Office 2007 all by recognised experts in the relevant fields.

http://www.communitiescollaborating.org/Agenda.html

New KB's

Antigen & Forefront

Antigen 9.0 for Exchange AL: How to remove Antigen 9.0 together with Antigen 9.0 Service Pack 1 from a server cluster (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946340/EN-US

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

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

Forefront Sec Exchange Svr EN: How to install a service pack or a software update on an Exchange Server computer that is running Forefront Security Applying Exchange Service Packs and Hotfixes (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929080/EN-US

Forefront Sec Svr Mgt Cnsl EN: After uninstalling the Forefront Server Security Management Console you cannot create a new database when you reinstall it

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967508/EN-US

Exchange

Exchange Svr 2000 EN: The Move-Mailbox operation is not successful when you move a mailbox from Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2007 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953611/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2003 SP2 EN: MS09-003: Description of the security update for Exchange 2000 Server SP3 and Exchange Server 2003 SP2 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959897/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: A downloaded .xls file attachment is empty when you open the file by using Outlook Web Access on Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950675/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Some free/busy messages are not replicated from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2003 servers after some mailboxes are migrated from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955443/EN-US

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

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

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: The Microsoft Exchange File Distribution service uses lots of memory and processor time when Exchange Server 2007 processes many OABs (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956536/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: The Microsoft Exchange Transport service crashes continuously after you enable journal rule or deploy an antivirus application on an Exchange Server 2007 server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956624/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: The custom message class of contact object is overwritten by the normal IPM.Contact class when an Exchange 2007 server replicates the contact object to any other public store

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957748/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: MS09-003: Vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange could allow remote code execution (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959239/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Description of Update Rollup 6 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959241/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Event IDs 9567 and 9874 are logged after you install Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967518/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: Installing, configuring, and using the InterOrg Replication utility (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/238573/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: The "Perform Reverse DNS Lookup for Incoming Messages" Option Is for Host Name Resolution (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297412/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: A MAPI application crashes on an Exchange Server 2003 server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943127/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: The Wmiprvse.exe process crashes on an Exchange Server 2003 server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947485/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: A meeting request is displayed as a standard e-mail message when a Domino 7.x user sends a meeting request to an Exchange 2003 user

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948451/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: Messages stay in the local delivery queue on an Exchange Server 2003 server if the References field of those messages is larger than 8 KB

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951558/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: The spelling checker in Outlook Web Access recommends that the word Tosco be changed to Tesco

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951707/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: A malformed thread-topic field is shown if a message is sent from a mobile device that is using Exchange ActiveSync

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954727/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2007 AL: How to obtain the latest service pack or update rollup for Exchange 2007 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937052/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2007 AL: After you reply to a message, or you forward it, the message is downloaded again to the POP3 client when you reconnect to a mailbox that is hosted by Exchange Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947333/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2007 AL: Duplicate calendar items may appear when you use Entourage to access a calendar on an Exchange 2007 server (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949114/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2007 AL: When you move mailboxes from an Exchange Server 2003 computer to a continuous cluster replication (CCR) Exchange Server 2007 environment, all mail for some users may be put in the Deleted Items folder

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959960/EN-US

Exchange Svr Std 2007 AL: Exchange Server 2007 managed code services do not start after you install an update rollup for Exchange Server 2007 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944752/EN-US

Exchange Svr Std 2007 AL: A meeting reminder is still active when you configure Outlook to send no reminders to an Exchange Server 2007 user (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945854/EN-US

Exchange Svr Std 2007 AL: Exchange services cannot be started, and event ID 7024 is logged after you install Symantec Mail Security on a Windows Server 2008-based computer that is running Exchange Server 2007 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954204/EN-US

Hosted Messaging Collaboration

Hosted Messaging & Collab 3.5 EN: The Microsoft Provisioning Server (MPS) Engine consumes more and more virtual memory in Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 3.5

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959503/EN-US

Hosted Messaging & Collab 4.0 EN: An error message is returned when you run an ImportOfflineAddressBook request after you migrate Microsoft Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 3.5 to HMC 4.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955856/EN-US

Hosted Messaging & Collab 4.0 EN: You encounter problems when you create Exchange Resource Mailboxes in Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 4.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957088/EN-US

Hosted Messaging & Collab 4.0 EN: Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 4.0 does not balance the workload across all Offline Address Book servers

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960073/EN-US

Hosted Messaging & Collab 4.0 EN: Exchange 2007 Provider in Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 4.0 has a memory leak in high-stress situations

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961899/EN-US

Hosted Messaging & Collab 4.5 EN: Description of Update Rollup 2 for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 4.5 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957584/EN-US

Hosted Messaging & Collab 4.5 EN: The execution time for the FindAutoAllocateOrgMailStores_ method in Exchange 2007 Provisioning System grows exponentially as the number of available mail stores increases in the ResourceManager database

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961900/EN-US

Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 EN: A new mediation server or pool that you add to Office Communications Server 2007 Quality of Experience (QoE) Monitoring Server does not write data to the computer that is running SQL Server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954505/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 EN: How to move the archiving database in Communications Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961950/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 EN: Description of the update package for Communications Server 2007 Audio Video Conferencing Server: February 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960160/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 EN: Participants who use Communicator 2007 R2 or Live Meeting 2007 hear short noise spurts through the Audio Video Multipoint Conferencing Unit in multipoint calls

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961563/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 EN: The state in the conference is inconsistent with the state in the roster in the Audio Video Multipoint Conferencing Unit in Communications Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961564/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: Inbound early media functionality is unsupported when you deploy Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 together with the Nortel CS 1000E IP PBX

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963126/EN-US

Office Communicator 2007 EN: You are repeatedly prompted to enter your authentication credentials to download the corporate address book when you sign in to Office Communicator 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961949/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: You are prompted to open or to save a file that is named "Launch.rtc" when you try to join a meeting in Live Meeting 2007 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947613/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: Description of the administrative template (.adm) file for the Windows-based Live Meeting 2007 client and the Conferencing Add-in for Outlook (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948741/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: You cannot record data from a session when video and telephone conferencing are disabled in Live Meeting 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962929/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: Error message when you try to join a meeting in Live Meeting 2007: "Page could not be displayed" or "Page could not be opened" or "The page you requested cannot be displayed"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967039/EN-US

Outlook

Outlook 2003 Win32 EN: You are prompted unexpectedly for credentials after you start Outlook 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954882/EN-US

Outlook 2003 Win32 EN: You cannot read a plain text e-mail message that contains Japanese text in Outlook 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955609/EN-US

Outlook 2003 Win32 EN: Description of the Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter update: February 10, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959614/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Error message when you try to change a meeting occurrence after you cancel previous occurrences in Outlook 2007: "Changes to the meeting cannot be saved" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955450/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Not all files are attached when you try to attach many files to an e-mail message by using the Attach File feature in Outlook 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956646/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Error message when you try to open an appointment in the calendar after you apply hotfix 955572: "Cannot open this item"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959456/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Description of the Outlook 2007 Junk E-mail Filter update: February 10, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959634/EN-US

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

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

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: The "Recover Deleted Items" option in Outlook 2007 is still available after you set the DumpsterAlwaysOn registry entry to 0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959878/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Lotus Notes links are not clickable in Outlook 2007 or in Word 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961812/EN-US

March 2009 - Technical Rollup Mail - SQL Server

conuktrm — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:34:00 GMT

News

Technical RollUp

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

Documents

Database Encryption in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc278098.aspx

Protecting SQL Server with System Center Data Protection Manager 2007

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=123896

Predictive Analysis with SQL Server 2008

http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/9/D/69D1FEA7-5B42-437A-B3BA-A4AD13E34EF6/SQL2008PredictAnalysis.docx

Managing Unstructured Data with SQL Server 2008

http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/c/d/acd8e043-d69b-4f09-bc9e-4168b65aaa71/SQL2008UnstructuredData.doc

SQL Server 2008 Compared to Oracle Database 11g

http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/9/d/69d1fea7-5b42-437a-b3ba-a4ad13e34ef6/SQL2008_vs_Oracle11g.docx

Downloads

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

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

Using Analysis Services with the Project Server 2007 Cube Building Service

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

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

SQL Server Data Mining Add-ins for Office 2007

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

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

Microsoft SQL Server Protocol Documentation

The Microsoft SQL Server protocol documentation provides technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols that are implemented and used in Microsoft SQL Server 2008.

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

System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 Documentation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Events/Webcasts

MSDN Webcast: Building Applications with SQL Server 2008 (Level 100)

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 adds numerous new capabilities for developers, from support for spatial data types to a mechanism to store SQL BLOB data using the NTFS file system and several things in between.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032402868&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

TechNet Webcast: Governing Your Enterprise with Policy-Based Management (Level 300)

Policy-Based Management is an essential new feature to maintain configuration consistency across large distributed environments, enforce strict regulatory requirements, and manage the complexity of Microsoft SQL Server instances throughout the enterprise

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032402179&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

TechNet Webcast: SQL Server 2008 Capabilities for Meeting PCI Compliance Needs (Level 200)

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) is a preventative standard intended to reduce the risk of payment card fraud and information theft.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032404173&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

Microsoft Certification Coaching Session: Preparing for your Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Implementation and Maintenance Exam (70-432) (session 1)

Take advantage of this coaching session hosted by a Microsoft Certified Trainer to help prepare for your Microsoft Certification exam.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032404570&EventCategory=2&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

Microsoft Certification Coaching Session: Preparing for your Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Implementation and Maintenance Exam (70-432) (session 2)

Take advantage of this coaching session hosted by a Microsoft Certified Trainer to help prepare for your Microsoft Certification exam.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032404571&EventCategory=2&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

New KB's

Other

SQL Svr Compact Edtn 3.5 AL: FIX: Error message when you run a "LINQ to Entities" query that uses a string parameter or a binary parameter against a SQL Server Compact 3.5 database: "The ntext and image data types cannot be used in WHERE, HAVING, GROUP BY, ON, or IN clauses"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958478/EN-US

SQL Svr Compact Edtn 3.5 AL: After you execute the SqlCeEngine.Compact method against a SQL Server Compact 3.5 client database that is synchronized to a central database server, some changes to the client database may not be uploaded

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967502/EN-US

SQL 2000

SQL Svr 2000 Desktop Engine: INF: New Switches in MSDE Service Pack 3 Setup (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810826/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise Edtn 2000 EN: How to impede Windows NT administrators from administering a clustered instance of SQL Server (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263712/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2000 EN: BUG: Database maintenance plan on system databases fails on integrity check if "Attempt to repair minor problems" is selected (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290622/EN-US

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

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

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

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960082/EN-US

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

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

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2000 EN: You cannot apply security update 960082 in a Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967092/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2000 EN: ISA Server 2004 and ISA Server 2006 may be affected by the security updates in Microsoft Knowledge Base articles 960082 and 960083

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967094/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2000 EN: SharePoint users are incorrectly offered a SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (Windows) update when they try to install the security update in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 960082

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967096/EN-US

SQL 2005

SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2: MS09-004: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft SQL Server could allow remote code execution

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959420/EN-US

SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2: MS09-004: Description of the security update for SQL Server 2005 GDR: February 10, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960089/EN-US

SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2: MS09-004: Description of the security update for SQL Server 2005 QFE: February 10, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960090/EN-US

SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2: The Windows Internal Database (WYukon) is removed when you use the Add or Remove Programs item in Control Panel to uninstall a security update for SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967095/EN-US

SQL Svr 2005 Analysis Svcs EN: How to configure SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services to use Kerberos authentication (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917409/EN-US

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SQL Svr 2005 Analysis Svcs EN: FIX: Error message when you run some Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) queries that reference some calculated members in many connections at the same time in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services: "An unexpected error occurred"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960971/EN-US

SQL Svr 2005 Analysis Svcs EN: FIX: Error message when you run a Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) query that contains a calculation in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services: "An unexpected exception occurred"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960977/EN-US

SQL Svr 2005 Analysis Svcs EN: FIX: You cannot connect to an instance of SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services through HTTP when you configure Internet Explorer to use a .pac file

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961146/EN-US

SQL Svr 2005 Analysis Svcs EN: FIX: A syntax error occurs when you try to use the lift chart to validate a mining model that uses an Oracle data source in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961920/EN-US

SQL Svr 2005 Analysis Svcs EN: FIX: Error message when you synchronize a database in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services: "Errors in the metadata manager. The dimension with ID of '<Dimension ID>', Name of '<Dimension Name>' referenced by the '<Cube Name>' cube, does not exist"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967625/EN-US

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

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

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

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

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

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

SQL Svr 2005 Reporting Svcs EN: FIX: You are prompted to provide the credentials when you view a history snapshot for a SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services report if you use stored credentials for the data source of the report

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967180/EN-US

SQL Svr 2005 Reporting Svcs EN: Error message when you try to print a SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services report on a client computer: "Unable to load client print control"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967511/EN-US

SQL Svr 2005 Reporting Svcs EN: FIX: Error message when you try to export a report to a PDF file in SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services: "Non-negative number required"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967618/EN-US

SQL Svr Developer Edtn 2005 EN: How to use Kerberos authentication in SQL Server (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319723/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise Edtn 2005 EN: How to resolve permission issues when you move a database between servers that are running SQL Server (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240872/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise Edtn 2005 EN: How to change the SQL Server or SQL Server Agent service account without using SQL Enterprise Manager in SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server Configuration Manager in SQL Server 2005 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283811/EN-US

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SQL Svr Enterprise Edtn 2005 EN: How to configure an instance of SQL Server to listen on a specific TCP port or a dynamic port (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823938/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise Edtn 2005 EN: You may not be able to connect to an instance of SQL Server by using an anonymous login (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839569/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise Edtn 2005 EN: SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 is not successfully updated when you try to install or to uninstall a security update (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957008/EN-US

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

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

SQL Svr Express Edtn 2005 EN: Error message when you use the SQL Server Error and Usage Reporting tool on a 64-bit Windows operating system: "The Error Reports Location path name cannot be empty"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967598/EN-US

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

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

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: The SQL Server service cannot start when you change a startup parameter for a clustered instance of SQL Server 2000 or of SQL Server 2005 to a value that is not valid (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912397/EN-US

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

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

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: How to use the Sqldumper.exe utility to generate a dump file in SQL Server 2005 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917825/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: You may experience a decrease in query performance after you perform certain database maintenance operations or regular transaction operations in SQL Server 2005 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917828/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: Error message when you install SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server 2008: "The file C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\[version_number]\mscorlib.tlb could not be loaded" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918685/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: The use of third-party detours or similar techniques is not supported in SQL Server (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920925/EN-US

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

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

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

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

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: How to make unwanted access to SQL Server 2005 by an operating system administrator more difficult (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932881/EN-US

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

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

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: Description of the SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) service and of alternatives to clustering the SSIS service (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942176/EN-US

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: You cannot restore a database from a backup file when you use a SQL Server login ID that has the dbcreator server role to connect to an instance of SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950891/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: Cumulative update package 8 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951217/EN-US

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Error message when you install Cumulative Update 10, Cumulative Update 9, or security update 954606 (security bulletin MS08-052) for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 on a drive that uses the FAT32 file system: "Unexpected Error Occurred" (Updated)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: The SQL Server service stops when you run one of the DBCC CHECK commands on a SQL Server 2005 database or when you create a database snapshot for a SQL Server 2005 database

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961123/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: You cannot kill a session that is running a query on a linked server in SQL Server 2005 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961237/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: When you insert a string to a table by using the SQL Native Client (SNAC) OLE DB provider or the SNAC ODBC provider in a SQL Server 2005-based application, the string is truncated

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961396/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: An unresolved deadlock occurs when you perform an online reindex operation that runs on parallel threads in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961479/EN-US

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

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

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: The tempdb database is corrupted when you start some transactions that use the snapshot isolation level on a database that has row versioning enabled in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961739/EN-US

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

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961930/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: A query notification is not fired correctly if the query contains inner joins and the IS NULL clause in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961935/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Error message when you synchronize data for a SQL Server Compact Edition subscriber in SQL Server 2005: "A call to SQL Server Reconciler failed. Try to resynchronize. HRESULT 0x80004005 (29006)"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962003/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Error message when you run an UPDATE statement on a database that has the SNAPSHOT or READ COMMITTED SNAPSHOT isolation level enabled in SQL Server 2005: "The Database ID <Database ID>, Page (<N>:<N>), slot <N> for LOB data type node does not exist"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962209/EN-US

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

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

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: Cumulative update package 12 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962970/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: The execution plan does not use the forced index when you use the INDEX optimizer hint in a query that runs against a synonym in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963684/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: When you run an UPDATE statement against a table that has a FOR UPDATE trigger that joins the DELETED and INSERTED tables, the query takes a long time to finish

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967169/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Error message when you open Replication Monitor for a transactional publication in SQL Server 2005: "Initial snapshot for publication <PublicationName> is not available"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967192/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: The values of some SQL Server 2005 SSIS pipeline counters are always 0 when you try to view them in a terminal session

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967316/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Error message when you apply a snapshot file that is exactly divisible by 1 MB in SQL Server 2005: "The process could not bulk copy into table dbo.<tablename>. (Source: MSSQLServer, Error number: 20253)"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967527/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: An empty result set is returned when you run an SSIS package that contains an Execute SQL task in SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967570/EN-US

SQL Svr Std Edtn 2005 64Bit EN: The "SQL Server:SSIS Pipeline" performance object does not appear in the "Performance object" list after you install Integration Services from a 64-bit version of SQL Server 2005 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941154/EN-US

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

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

SQL 2008

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

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

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

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

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

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955963/EN-US

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

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

SQL Svr Enterprise 2008 EN: Where you can find more information about the SQL Server 2008 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 and about the SQL Server 2005 builds that were released after SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 and after SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (Updated)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SQL Svr Enterprise 2008 EN: Microsoft SQL Server Database Engine Input/Output Requirements

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967576/EN-US

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: When you attempt to install SQL Server 2008 from DVD, the Full Text Search Installation may fail if you have installed SQL Server 2008 Express Edition previously

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967103/EN-US

March 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Manageability

Justin Zarb — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:59:15 GMT

News

SMS&MOM

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

Nexus SC: The System Center Team Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/systemcenter/

System Center Configuration Manager SP1 and R2 Betas - Available Now!

On February 8th, Microsoft made available the anticipated beta Configuration Manager, SP1 and R2 releases, for download. The SP1 release supports the upcoming releases of Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008. Additionally, SP1 integrates support for Intel’s vPro hardware while providing an online connection for live asset intelligence updates. The R2 release integrates Microsoft Application Virtualization distribution and streaming technology. R2 also provides SQL Reporting Services, a deeper integration with Forefront, as well as extra product enhancements

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=109598

Microsoft System Center Capacity Planner 2007 Released!

SCCP 2007 is a pre-deployment capacity planning and post-deployment change analysis solution for Microsoft Server products including Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. SCCP employs state of the art modelling technology to bring unprecedented functionality and flexibility to the process of performance analysis and planning of distributed application deployments. It provides IT professionals with the tools and guidance to deploy efficiently, while planning for the future by allowing for “what-if” analyses. View the System Center Capacity Planner website for a complete list of the new capabilities in the new version. Unlike the previous versions, SCCP 2007 doesn’t require a Microsoft TechNet Plus or MSDN Premium subscription and is available for anyone to download now on the Microsoft Download Center

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E754F35D-59DB-4BC4-8386-E83E66A16FAD&displaylang=en

System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 now available

Service Pack 1 (SP1) is an update to Operations Manager 2007 that addresses feedback from our customers. The high level themes of Operations Manager 2007 SP1 are to make the product easier to deploy, easier to use, and easier to support. Click to find out what’s new, what’s fixed and visit the recently published SP1 Training Videos to learn about some of the enhanced and new features.

What’s New: http://connect.microsoft.com/SystemCenter/content/content.aspx?ContentID=6859

What’s Fixed: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/944443

SP1 Training Videos: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/opsmgr/bb986763.aspx

New Ops Mgr 70-400 Exam Available 1/21!

The new Microsoft Certified Professional exam for Operations Manager 2007 (70-400) will be going live on Jan 21st, 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcpexams/status/new.mspx

Documents

SMS and Configuration Manager

Windows Server 2008 and System Center Datasheet

Find out how System Center solutions can work together to provide an integrated, end-to-end management solution for your Windows Server 2008 environment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4ce50d5f-72ff-4c25-bd2d-eb0191bf3b7f&DisplayLang=en

MOM and Operations Manager

System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 Documentation

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

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

Ops Manager 2007 and Windows Server 2008 Datasheet

Read this datasheet to find out how Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 delivers best-of-breed, end-to-end monitoring and management of your Microsoft Windows infrastructure.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=75cea55b-204f-497e-b75f-ec57c4b27aa0&DisplayLang=en

Implementing System Center Operations Manager 2007 at Microsoft

Describes how the System Center Operations Manager (Ops Mgr) 2007 was implemented to improve the efficiency of infrastructure management and system health.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=120c0d6f-38bf-482b-bb15-421d66403430&DisplayLang=en

Creating Network-Aware Service Management

Read this short white paper on the integration of EMC Smarts and System Center Operations Manager 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6c86353f-a6c8-45a1-afa4-e52f135b0629&DisplayLang=en

Other

SharePoint 2007 and System Center Datasheet

Read this datasheet and find out how System Center solutions can help deploy, monitor, and protect Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e9e7033d-d032-48b0-8fce-79956acb9b44&DisplayLang=en

Exchange 2007 and System Center Datasheet

Read this datasheet and find out how System Center benefits planning for, deployment of, and management of Exchange Server 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e63d0f58-969c-4e17-b691-55688a44f981&DisplayLang=en

System Center and SQL Server Datasheet

Get better management, standardized deployments, and data protection by using System Center products and solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ecd62879-800b-4d14-aa14-60bac5590b5d&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server 2008 and System Center Datasheet

Find out how System Center solutions can work together to provide an integrated, end-to-end management solution for your Windows Server 2008 environment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4ce50d5f-72ff-4c25-bd2d-eb0191bf3b7f&DisplayLang=en

System Center VMM Datasheet

Read this datasheet to find out about the benefits of Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f10fb470-47d1-4808-833d-4ce79cd7e403&DisplayLang=en

Downloads

SMS and Configuration Manager

Managing Windows XP Embedded Systems with ConfigMgr 2007

The ConfigMgr 2007 Advanced Client pre-requisites macro component for Windows XP Embedded installs components that support the ConfigMgr 2007 Advanced Client.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7e7128f7-43d8-48d0-85bc-ca971e2fbc8a&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Windows Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your Windows 2000 servers in order to support your Gramm-Leach Bliley Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9fe205c9-dff6-4acd-b437-e33df2a991cd&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Assessment Configuration Pack for Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your Windows 2003 servers in order to support your Federal Information Security Management Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b6f61bdf-cb9c-4a1b-960d-3d99fca87837&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Assessment Configuration Pack for European Union Data Protection Directive (EUDPD)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your Windows 2003 servers in order to support your European Union Data Protection Directive compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=65dfe5d8-e867-4945-bb7d-e19b7e7e820f&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Assessment Configuration Pack for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your Windows 2003 servers in order to support your Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliance efforts

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=71c5619c-3b48-4fb5-91da-bd0ae8db63f1&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Assessment Configuration Pack for Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7d86c340-03cb-4f3a-895e-d5a8dff7a440&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Windows Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=639100ae-6cfc-4812-882d-a3d718ff2d48&DisplayLang=en

MOM and Operations Manager

Antigen 9.0 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007

This Antigen 9.0 management pack for Operations Manager 2007 supports the 9.0 versions of Microsoft Antigen for Exchange or Microsoft Antigen for SMTP Gateways. Requires OpsMgr 2007 MOM 2005 Backward Compatibility MP Update 6.0.5000.16

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=72cda2c2-6dbd-4c70-bfcc-d2c8c6e459d3&DisplayLang=en

Rights Management Services 2003 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007

This RMS management pack for Operations Manager 2007 supports monitoring for Right Management Services 2003. Requires OpsMgr 2007 MOM 2005 Backward Compatibility MP Update 6.0.5000.16

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9bac6b25-eae9-4cbd-9912-4b67d20e8adb&DisplayLang=en

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

Windows Server Automated Deployment Services 2003 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007.

This management pack for Operations Manager 2007 supports monitoring for Server Automated Deployment Services 2003. Requires OpsMgr 2007 MOM 2005 Backward Compatibility MP Update 6.0.5000.16

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c3c32aae-7995-4fd4-9f81-d87133f8d167&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Commerce Server 2007 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007

This management pack for Operations Manager 2007 supports monitoring for Commerce Server 2007. Requires OpsMgr 2007 MOM 2005 Backward Compatibility MP Update 6.0.5000.16

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=62acfddb-3152-4ab7-92f0-43b5fd96fef2&DisplayLang=en

Server Performance Advisor 2003 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007

This SPA management pack for Operations Manager 2007 supports monitoring for Server Performance Advisor 2003. Requires OpsMgr 2007 MOM 2005 Backward Compatibility MP Update 6.0.5000.16

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5e7f575b-14c9-48f3-b76a-c839242727f4&DisplayLang=en

Password Change Notification Service 2003 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007

This PCNS management pack for Operations Manager 2007 supports monitoring for Data Password Change Notification Service 2003. Requires OpsMgr 2007 MOM 2005 Backward Compatibility MP Update 6.0.5000.16

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=56c96f3b-3f89-4adc-b469-2d96d4e2efce&DisplayLang=en

Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1

The high level themes of Operations Manager SP1 are to make the product easier to support, easier to use, and easier to deploy. Using this package you can upgrade an existing OpsMgr 2007 installation to Service Pack 1.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ede38d83-32d1-46fb-8b6d-78fa1dcb3e85&DisplayLang=en

Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 Eval

System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 is the end –to-end service management solution that is the best choice for Windows because it works seamlessly wit Microsoft software and applications helping you

increase efficiency while enabling greater control of your IT environment

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c3b6a44c-a90f-4e7d-b646-957f2a5fff5f&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007

This management pack for Operations Manager 2007 supports monitoring for Server Update Services 3.0.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5913af83-965a-4db1-b657-25bbccddcf7d&DisplayLang=en

Data Protection Manager 2006 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007

This DPM management pack for Operations Manager 2007 supports monitoring for Data Protection Manager 2006. Requires OpsMgr 2007 MOM 2005 Backward Compatibility MP Update 6.0.5000.16

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a3e0a46d-aad9-4ebf-9ce8-c5242d0e596c&DisplayLang=en

Events/Webcasts

Manageability Webcast Home

A list of all archived and upcoming Manageability Webcasts is available at:

http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts

Installation and Management Pack Migration of Operations Manager 2007 (Level 200) - Friday, March 07, 2008, 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

In this session, we discuss the installation and management pack migration of Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007. Join us to learn how to properly plan your deployment of Operations Manager 2007. We also look at common Operations Manager 2007 topologies, how to install each of the components, and some new Operations Manager 2007 deployment features. Finally, we look at how to migrate from Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 and leverage your current investment.

Installation and Management Pack Migration of Operations Manager 2007 (Level 200)

System Center Advanced Application Management (Level 300) - Monday, March 10, 2008, 9:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Microsoft System Center Wave 2 brings a collection of new and enhanced capabilities for application management. As our customers and partners begin to think about more advanced solutions in their environments, applications now have new options for packaging, delivery, and management. In this session, we highlight the new capabilities for application management from packaging and delivery, to configuration and performance management. We cover the System Center family of products, Microsoft SoftGrid and associated application virtualization technologies, as well as areas such as Terminal Server in the Windows Server 2008 operating system.

System Center Advanced Application Management (Level 300)

Assure the Availability and Performance of Your SharePoint Environments (Level 300) - Monday, March 10, 2008, 1:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies continue to see widespread adoption as the solution of choice to deliver collaboration capabilities, content management, business processes, and business intelligence (BI). How can you help ensure that your SharePoint environment is available and performing as expected? Join Sacha Dawes, Luis Camara Manoel, and Oleg Glubochansky in this informative webcast to discover how Microsoft System Center delivers centralized, effective monitoring and management of your SharePoint environments. We cover the features and benefits of using Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 and the new SharePoint Monitoring Toolkit, and show how together they can help assure the health, availability, and performance of your Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 deployments.

Assure the Availability and Performance of Your SharePoint Environments (Level 300)

Deploying Operating Systems with Configuration Manager 2007 (Part 1 of 2) (Level 300) - Friday, March 14, 2008, 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

This is the first of two webcasts on Microsoft System Center operating system deployment. Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 is the successor to Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003. In this session, we start with a look at how Configuration Manager 2007 provides control over the operating system for the enterprise. With an architecture that allows for granular control over deployment, Configuration Manager 2007 can help you get the right desktop image, applications, and configuration to the right hardware. Next, we manage the deployment server, and discuss the details of how to use the System Center Configuration Manager Microsoft Management Console (MMC) to set up a deployment task sequence. This is also an opportune time to talk about securing Configuration Manager 2007. Finally, we show you how to create a task sequence and deploy an operating system in a bare metal installation.

Deploying Operating Systems with Configuration Manager 2007 (Part 1 of 2) (Level 300)

TechNet Webcast: Deploying Operating Systems with Configuration Manager 2007 (Part 2 of 2) (Level 300) - Friday, March 21, 2008, 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

In this second half of this webcast series, we employ additional tools that make Microsoft System Center operating system deployment even more useful to the administrator. First, we integrate Windows Deployment Services (WDS) with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 to utilize PXE booting. Then, using the Microsoft Deployment Solution Accelerators, we plan and execute a large-scale deployment. We also show you how to track the deployment, using the reporting capabilities in Configuration Manager 2007.

Deploying Operating Systems with Configuration Manager 2007 (Part 2 of 2) (Level 300)

Advanced Operating System Deployment with Configuration Manager 2007 (Level 300) - Monday, March 24, 2008, 9:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Operating system deployment in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager contains a broad range of capabilities and scenarios for both desktop and server deployments. This new series builds on the introductory content delivered at previous Tech Ready events. Here, we focus on task sequence design, image capture methodologies, complex disk and image configurations, as well as integration with disk encryption technology such as Windows BitLocker. This session assumes a base level of knowledge of System Center Configuration Manager operating system deployment.

Advanced Operating System Deployment with Configuration Manager 2007 (Level 300)

New KB's

SMS and Configuration Manager

SMS 2003: Only one of the multiple distribution points is added to a package in a multi-tier SMS 2003 hierarchy

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=907311

SMS 2003: The new collection that you created by using the Distribute Software wizard in SMS 2003 does not appear in the user interface

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945639

SMS 2003: The server locator point of Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 is reinstalled every time that the SMS 2003 server restarts

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947680

SMS 2003: The preboot execution environment (PXE) boot images do not appear in the SMSPXEIMAGES$ share in Systems Management Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947683

SMS 2003: Support information for the SMS security update scan tools

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947688

SMS 2003: The operation fails on some client computers when you try to distribute software updates by using Systems Management Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947690

MOM and Operations Manager

MOM 2005: How to extract an SQL statement from a Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 report

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947678

MOM 2005: Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 reports run slowly or never finish

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947679

MOM 2005: Event IDs 21245 and 21300 are generated after you install Microsoft Operations Manager Web Sites and Services Management Pack for MOM 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947687

ConfigMgr 2007: You cannot install the mobile device management client on a mobile device in System Center Configuration Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947693

OpsMgr 2007: The DPM protection agent service cannot start in System Center Data Protection Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947682

OpsMgr 2007: You cannot approve pending actions for servers in the "Agent License Limit Exceeded" state even after you add more server licenses in System Center Essentials 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938509

OpsMgr 2007: Report scheduling fails in System Center Operations Manager 2007 when the regional settings on the client computer differ from the regional settings on the server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938507

OpsMgr 2007: You cannot obtain elevated user rights in management servers and in agents in System Center Operations Manager 2007 or System Center Essentials 2007 environments

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938510

OpsMgr 2007: You experience a delay in fetching "Actions for Tasks" and "Actions for Reports" for a selected row in System Center Operations Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939769

OpsMgr 2007: The Optimized Performance Counter Collection rule collects multiple values of 0 (zero) in System Center Operations Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940224

OpsMgr 2007: The "Columns to display," "Sort columns by," and "Group items by text" values in the Inventory View properties are not localized in System Center Operations Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941017

OpsMgr 2007: User roles, accounts, and profiles are not translated into Japanese in the Japanese version of System Center Operations Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941045

OpsMgr 2007: A health monitor may display state changes in an incorrect order in System Center Operations Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941307

OpsMgr 2007: The HealthServiceStore.edb file size grows to several gigabytes over time in an agent that is running System Center Operations Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941943

OpsMgr 2007: You receive error messages when you try to edit the Web application monitoring settings in System Center Operations Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941977

OpsMgr 2007: The Health service does not start after you install the RemotelyAnywhere program on the Root Management Server in System Center Operations Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942168

OpsMgr 2007: You cannot use Active Directory integration for untrusted domains in System Center Operations Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943211

OpsMgr 2007: Error message when you try to run reports in System Center Operations Manager 2007: "Cannot open Database 'OperationsManagerDW' requested by the login"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948069

March 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Unified Communications

Justin Zarb — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:58:32 GMT

News

You Had Me At EHLO...

http://msexchangeteam.com/default.aspx

Microsoft Office Outlook Team Blog

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

Office Communications Server Team Blog

http://communicationsserverteam.com/

Downloads

Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB945684)

Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB945684)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc29a6aa8-ca44-43ea-a88f-7500c4bd3d31%26displaylang%3den

Application Analysis Envisioning Process for Lotus Domino Applications

This guide discusses the Application Analysis Envisioning Process (AAEP) for Lotus Domino applications. The AAEP provides you with a process to identify and classify Lotus Domino infrastructure, understand their core components and functionality, and guidance for a recommended target solution.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d75157bea-1cab-4962-8ca4-a12b3b14669f%26displaylang%3den

Exchange 2007 and System Center Datasheet

Read this datasheet and find out how System Center benefits planning for, deployment of, and management of Exchange Server 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de63d0f58-969c-4e17-b691-55688a44f981%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Administration Tool

The Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Administration tool is designed for administrators who want to manage the process of remotely erasing lost, stolen, or otherwise compromised mobile devices.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de6851d23-d145-4dbf-a2cc-e0b4c6301453%26displaylang%3den

Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2007 (KB942846)

Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2007 (KB942846)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0b2993a3-d290-453e-85fe-108867865731%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Transporter Suite

Microsoft Transporter Suite is a set of interoperability and migration tools to migrate content from Lotus Domino servers or Generic POP/IMAP servers.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d35fc4205-792b-4306-8e4b-0de9cce72172%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Transporter Suite Release Notes

This download contains the most current Release Notes information for Microsoft Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d362db2ca-b254-4301-b506-749f90ad8669%26displaylang%3den

Courtesy Computers Video 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=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0a1e5745-7fd3-4aec-8847-bc16420a8f57%26displaylang%3den

Courtesy Computers Case Study

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3ddc56f640-2b0d-4ef6-ad67-f3ed007e2bfe%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=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5cd4e36e-2dab-44d6-990e-3b8184b1cb1b%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint with SP1 Documentation

Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint with SP1 Documentation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d125efb1e-7ff8-4cc8-934a-28fc7c7e59f0%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=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5770bd59-376e-42ec-b940-be6225cd97ff%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console Documentation

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dae4ce23b-9e1e-455c-87a4-36167fe43107%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Antigen SP1 Documentation

Microsoft Antigen SP1 Documentation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7d00160e-4d15-4459-98a3-89f393ac008e%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=15&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0e14dd15-bb52-4b3f-9756-5146179a0809%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 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=17&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2ceb14d4-404b-4d8f-8a21-ebfc71b2e82b%26displaylang%3den

EHS Filtering Datasheet

This datasheet outlines the Filtering service from Exchange Hosted Services.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df6d42f30-503c-48c4-bd9d-19ee31b6533f%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Antigen 9.0 with SP1 Readme

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=19&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7793ba73-50c0-4e07-9cd9-211558cbd890%26displaylang%3den

How Microsoft IT Implemented New Storage Designs for Exchange Server 2007

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).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=20&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d53a99e27-98a3-4f27-a35f-e0bceb3f50f1%26displaylang%3den

HMC 4.0 - Exchange 2007 SP1 White Paper

HMC 4.0 - Exchange 2007 SP1 White Paper

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=21&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3daa5b83fd-e7f3-4c30-be07-6bec5d9859a3%26displaylang%3den

EHS Archive Datasheet

This datasheet provides an overview of Exchange Hosted Archive.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=22&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4331f6b3-6399-476f-a27b-7ae07ae04cba%26displaylang%3den

EHS Continuity Datasheet

Microsoft® Exchange Hosted Continuity is a business continuity solution that helps protect and provide continuous access to e-mail for a business and its employees.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=23&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dbf770a70-01b0-4687-8be4-f1ebb7b5c32a%26displaylang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Software Update Service

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Software Update Service provides an automated way to update all unified communications devices deployed in an organization.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d889c542e-8b09-46c2-bd86-671c21668830%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Presence Controls

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

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

Office Communications Server 2007 QoE Monitoring Server Guide

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7b490758-ef9a-4442-9f0f-a5aeb4935c46%26displaylang%3den

Unified Communications Enhanced Presence Schemas for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007

The Unified Communications Enhanced Presence Schemas provide technical reference to the presence data used by the 2007 versions of Microsoft Office Communications Server, Microsoft Office Communicator, and Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d05f6bfc9-b51a-414f-a928-a8fb137b9bab%26displaylang%3den

Office Communicator 2007 Quick Reference Card for Contact Management, Presence, and Instant Messaging

This document provides a visual quick reference card for the tasks most commonly performed when managing contacts, managing your presence information, and contacting others using Office Communicator 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de0c77b42-b7ee-4392-822b-7d82ccaaadb9%26displaylang%3den

Overview of the Microsoft RTAudio Speech codec

This document provides an overview of the Speech codec used in Microsoft Real Time Communication platforms.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5d79b584-79c9-42a8-90c4-4ab3f03d19c4%26displaylang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Supportability Guide

This document provides information about supported configurations in Office Communications Server 2007 environments.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df8cc9b59-225f-425d-bd3a-e506396c6207%26displaylang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Document: Technical Overview

This document provides a technical overview of the architecture and new features of Office Communications Server 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d09b218ea-6ff6-4679-a117-9767ab98990a%26displaylang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Document: Planning Guide

This guide describes how to plan a successful Office Communications Server 2007 deployment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d723347c6-fa1f-44d8-a7fa-8974c3b596f4%26displaylang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Security Guide

The security guide provide guidelines for assessing and managing security risks to your Office Communications Server 2007 deployment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2d1ea693-25e0-43d9-8c5c-0822ef83955a%26displaylang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Visio stencil

The Office Communications Server 2007 Visio stencil contains icons for Office Communications Server 2007 server roles and components.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d543705f6-d02a-436e-8b34-5c796550022a%26displaylang%3den

Update for Microsoft Office Language Pack 2007 (for Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager) (KB946307)

This update ensures that Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2007 and the Office Language Pack 2007 for Business Contact Manager are compatible after the Update for Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2007 (KB 946140) is installed.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d28db1d53-85ee-40bb-b405-a1d13d8a2dc1%26displaylang%3den

Update for Outlook 2003 (KB924423)

This update provides holidays for the Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 calendar for the years 2007 through 2012.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d32c24709-50b5-4698-b5cb-be7d6765fe3a%26displaylang%3den

Update for Business Contact Manager for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 (KB 946140)

This update changes the database service (SQL Server service) to start only when Business Contact Manager for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 is started.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d91b81292-5d96-4438-b8b0-d9197d40b173%26displaylang%3den

Update for Outlook Junk Email Filter 2007 (KB944965)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d42ff4caa-83c3-4958-baf8-8067bb215270%26displaylang%3den

Update for Outlook Junk Email Filter 2003 (KB944941)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df2c36bb2-0111-48ef-be0b-505457a4cde1%26displaylang%3den

Update for Office 2003 Multilingual User Interface Pack (KB924423)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc23ae5be-a99f-4e0a-b3b6-3325a58bc679%26displaylang%3den

Events/Webcasts

14-03-08 - TechNet Webcast: Capacity Planning for Office Communications Server 2007 (Level 300)

Capacity planning for any product deployment is integral to the success of the rollout in an enterprise, as many problems are caused by inadequate capacity planning. The goal of this session is to provide the person(s) involved in deploying Microsoft Office Communications Server an in-depth look at sizing the planned environment that is to be architected. We talk about the multiple topologies for internal and external scenarios and using instant messaging (IM), Web conferencing, and audio\video conferencing.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032372032%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

20-03-08 - TechNet Webcast: Lessons Learned from Live Communications Server 2005 Migration (Level 300)

More often than not, a migration from an earlier version of the product to the latest one is fraught with problems if not properly planned and executed. In this webcast on migration, we provide the knowledge and understanding of what to look out for and areas to pay close attention to when deploying Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. We look at some real-world scenarios that you may encounter, and also discuss different approaches to migration. Throughout this session, we cover important items that you may encounter when migrating Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 to Communications Server 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032372042%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

26-03-08 - TechNet Webcast: Identifying Audio Quality Issues Pre-Deployment with the Communications Server 2007 Deployment Validation Tool (Level 300)

A common problem in voice over IP (VoIP) deployments is that administrators find out about problems with audio quality only after a user reports a problem. The Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Deployment Validation Tool simulates audio traffic so that you can detect and diagnose audio problems on a regular basis. The Deployment Validation solution consists of an answering agent and a deployment validation tool. In this webcast, we look at how to install and set up this tool.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032372044%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

31-03-08 - TechNet Webcast: Resource Kit Tools to the Rescue in Communications Server 2007 Deployment (Level 200)

Are you deploying Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and wondering what tools exist to assist you in the deployment process? In this session, we look at Communications Server 2007 Resource Kit tools and how they provide a set of deployment and technical reference information for Communications Server 2007. There is a suite of tools available from the Resource Kit that can be used to compliment Communications Server documentation, or as standalone tools as well. We discuss a few tools in depth, and provide scenarios and demonstrations of when and how to use these tools.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032372046%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

New KB's

The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service stops responding intermittently on a server that is running Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943413

When you try to install Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 on an Exchange Server 2007-based computer, Setup fails

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947281

Event ID 1000 is logged when you move a mailbox on a server that is running Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947174

Error message when you try to install Exchange Server 2007: "Internet Explorer Script Error"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947283

You cannot start the Microsoft Exchange Transport service on an Exchange Server 2007 Hub server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948000

The Exchange 2007 Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) setup process is unsuccessful if the replication of the computer account is not completed in the scheduled time

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947345

You may receive duplicate Out of Office messages in Outlook 2003 after your mailbox is migrated to Exchange Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942227

You cannot connect to a clustered Exchange 2007 server through a server that has the Client Access Server (CAS) role installed by using the /exchange virtual directory

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947802

Event 104 is logged after you create a new database in Exchange Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944554

Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: January 23, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948075

Error message when you try to add a contact in Outlook 2003: "There is not enough memory to perform the operation"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948077

After you obtain an S/MIME certificate, no button is available to sign or to encrypt e-mail messages in Outlook 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948076

When you try to use the spelling checker on selected text in an Outlook HTML e-mail message, the spelling is not checked

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941231

Description of the update for Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2007: February 12, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946140

Error message when you try to install Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1: "The E-mail Address Policy object must have exactly one primary e-mail address with the prefix 'FAXMAKER'"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948211

You may receive an "error code 8202" error message when you try to install Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948214

Description of the Outlook 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for the daylight saving time changes in 2008 for the Australian time zones

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947700

Description of the Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter update: February 12, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944941

Description of the Outlook 2007 Junk E-mail Filter update: February 12, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944965

Description of Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942846

Only the entries in the MailSubmission log are returned when you run the Get-MessageTrackingLog cmdlet against an Exchange 2007 server that hosts both the Hub Transport role and the Mailbox role

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944451

Error message when you try to schedule a yearly recurring appointment on the 31st day of certain months: "The recurrence date is invalid"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941805

Error message when you try to access a mailbox by using a MAPI CDO-based application in Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2: "0x8004011D: Fail on Provider"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=932985

Double-coded characters in the address stamp that Exchange Server 2007 stamps on an e-mail message may appear incorrectly

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948212

After you synchronize directory information from Exchange Server 2007 and from Lotus Domino 7.0.2 , error messages may be logged

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948213

Legacy free/busy information no longer appears for appointments that are booked against a mailbox in Exchange Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942374

An e-mail message is in disorder and is unreadable in a Exchange Server 2007 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945428

The Store.exe process uses almost 100 percent of CPU resources, and the size of the public folder store increases quickly in Exchange 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=925252

The account test process is failed when you try to configure an Outlook 2007 client to connect to an Exchange Server 2007 mailbox by using a POP3 connection or an IMAP4 connection

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942814

The Test-OwaConnectivity cmdlet and the Test-ActiveSyncConnectivity cmdlet do not run successfully on a computer that is running Exchange Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943163

IMAP4 clients may experience latencies or slowness when the clients are running against Exchange Server 2007-based servers

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945141

You receive an NDR message when you send an e-mail message by using a Exchange Server 2007 Edge server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945046

The GetItem operation in Exchange Web Service obtains duplicate strings in Exchange 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938957

The Edgetransport.exe process may stop unexpectedly on an Exchange 2007-based edge server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944321

The Subject line of a delegate e-mail message is corrupted in Outlook 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942418

March 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - SQL

Justin Zarb — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:57:43 GMT

News

Microsoft SQL Server 2008

SQL Server 2008, the next release of Microsoft SQL Server, provides a comprehensive data platform that is secure, reliable, manageable, and scalable for your mission-critical applications. SQL Server 2008 enables developers to create new applications that can store and consume any type of data on any device, and enables all your users to make informed decisions with relevant insights. Microsoft is releasing a Community Technology Preview (CTP) version of SQL Server 2008 in conjunction with the Microsoft Tech-Ed 2007 conference.

http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/default.aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/bb895880.aspx

Try SQL Server 2008 Today

Are you responsible for installing, configuring, administering, or troubleshooting database platforms and business intelligence applications? Do you manage IT resources and implement databases? Download the latest SQL Server 2008 CTP from the TechNet Trial Software Center and receive technical resources delivered straight to your inbox. These resources will be timed to help you make the most of your evaluation as you move through the three stages of evaluation - discovery, assessment, deployment. Download the latest SQL Server 2008 Community Technology Preview (CTP) and try out the latest features for 180 days! The SQL Server development team uses your feedback to help refine and enhance product features. Download the newest CTP today and share your feedback.

http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/trial-software.aspx

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

SQL Server 2008 launched today, with great performance and scalability

Our team has been heads down, working to ensure SQL Server 2008 is delivered to you with great performance and scalability. You’ll see signs of this in the new SQL Server February 2008 Community Technology Preview, which includes great new performance features in the engine, SSRS, SSAS, and SSIS, as well as just thumping good performance. Here’s a quick round-up of the industry standard benchmark results our partners published today, Feb 27, 2008, using Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008. Details of the Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) results can be found on www.tpc.org. More information on the SAP SD result is available on SAP’s web site.

http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlperf/archive/2008/02/27/sql-server-2008-launched-today-with-great-performance-amp-scalability.aspx

http://www.tpc.org/tpce/tpce_result_detail.asp?id=9

Comparing SQL Server 2005 and Oracle

SQL Server 2005 on Microsoft Windows Server provides a platform for enterprise-class relational database and analysis solutions that outstrip Oracle 10g in security, availability, integration with Microsoft Visual Studio, and scalability from small businesses to the largest, and at lower costs. Save with SQL Server. Because you do not have to purchase expensive add-ins to obtain benefits such as security features, management tools, and reporting and analysis services, the initial cost advantages of SQL Server 2005 over Oracle 10g carry through the entire life of the deployment. Multicore pricing from Microsoft further increases the cost advantage of choosing SQL Server. Unlike Microsoft, Oracle has a policy of charging per core, which can make Oracle database licenses more than four times as expensive as SQL Server licenses.

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/compare/oracle/default.mspx#E4G

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

Documents

White Paper: Running SQL Server 2008 on Windows Server 2008

The combination of SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 offers enterprise IT administrators and professional developers a superlative platform for mission-critical applications together with enhanced end-to-end security, management, and development capabilities.

http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/wp-run-sql-2008-on-windows-server-2008.aspx

White Paper: New Data Warehouse Scalability Features

With the 2008 release, SQL Server makes a major advance in scalability for data warehousing. It meets the data warehouse needs of the largest enterprises more easily than ever. SQL Server 2008 provides a range of integrated products that enable you to build your data warehouse, and query and analyze its data. These include the SQL Server relational database system, Analysis Services, Integration Services, and Reporting Services. This paper introduces the new performance and manageability features for data warehousing across all these components. These features contribute to improved scalability.

http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/wp-sql-2008-data-warehouse.aspx

White Paper: SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Overview

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services builds on the value delivered with the significant investments in Analysis Services 2005 around scalability, advanced analytics, and Microsoft Office interoperability. Through substantially improved performance, scalability, and developer productivity, you can build enterprise-scale Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) solutions. The Unified Dimensional Model consolidates data access and provides a wide range of analytical capabilities, while deep integration with the Microsoft Office system and an open, embeddable architecture allows you to reach every user with familiar tools and drives actionable insight to users across the enterprise.

http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/wp-sql-2008-analysis-services.aspx

White Paper: Predictive Analysis with SQL Server 2008

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 offers predictive analysis through a complete and intuitive set of data mining tools. Seamless integration with the Microsoft Business Intelligence platform provides rich insight at every step of the data life cycle. Furthermore, the flexible platform empowers you to extend prediction into any application.

http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/wp-sql-2008-predictive-analysis.aspx

White Paper: 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 that 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/sqlserver/2008/en/us/wp-sql-2008-business-intelligence.aspx

White Paper: Reporting Services in SQL Server 2008

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

http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/wp-sql-2008-reporting-services.aspx

White Paper: 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/sqlserver/2008/en/us/wp-sql-2008-integration-services.aspx

Downloads

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack CTP, February 2008

The Feature Pack is a collection of stand-alone install packages that provide additional value for SQL Server 2008. It includes the latest versions of:

· Redistributable components for SQL Server 2008

· Add-on providers for SQL Server 2008

· Backward compatibility components for SQL Server 2008

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d68de3c9-60a9-49c9-a28c-5c46bbc3356f&DisplayLang=en

Readme File for SQL Server 2008 Community Technology Preview

Before installing the SQL Server 2008 Community Technology Preview (CTP), please review the readme file. The readme file contains late-breaking information about installation and functionality issues that may affect your installation.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=298c5443-cc7c-4c22-8d73-fb70c96b5b04&DisplayLang=en

Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 Documentation

This download contains the following documentation for System Center Operations Manager 2007:
• Operations Manager 2007 Deployment Guide:
This guide steps you through the deployment process for System Center Operations Manager 2007.
• Active Directory Management Pack Guide for Operations Manager 2007:
This document includes a Management Pack overview, deployment procedures, and monitoring scenarios for the two Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Management Packs
• Exchange Management Pack Guide for Operations Manager 2007: This guide includes a Management Pack overview, deployment procedures, and monitoring scenarios for the Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007.
• SQL Management Pack Guide for Operations Manager 2007:
The SQL Server Management Pack provides both proactive and reactive monitoring of SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 for an enterprise environment.
• Windows Server Operating System Management Pack Guide for Operations Manager 2007:
The Microsoft Windows Server Management Packs monitor the performance, health, and availability of Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
• Windows Client Operating System Management Pack Guide:
The Windows client operating system Management Packs are intended for use in gathering data on client computers or individually monitoring designated mission-critical client computers.

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

Microsoft 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/details.aspx?FamilyID=8c0f970e-c653-4c15-9e51-6a6cadfca363&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Performance and Scalability - User Scalability for the Enterprise

Microsoft Dynamics™ CRM business software is designed to help enterprises achieve a 360-degree view of their customers across marketing, sales, and service. Engineered to scale efficiently to the needs of the largest global deployments, Microsoft Dynamics CRM has been tested for user scalability, data scalability, and wide area network performance. This white paper focuses on user scalability. Microsoft, together with Unisys Corporation, completed benchmark testing of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 running on Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 operating system and Microsoft SQL Server® 2008 database software. Benchmark results demonstrate that Microsoft Dynamics CRM can scale to meet the needs of an enterprise-level, mission-critical workload of 24,000 concurrent users while maintaining performance at sub-second response times. Test results were achieved without customizations to simulate an out-of-the-box Microsoft Dynamics CRM deployment. Standard optimization was applied using guidelines published in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Optimizing Performance toolkit. Extensive customer research formed the basis of the test design, test scenarios, database sizing, and record counts used in the testing.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5852b14a-394c-4898-8374-caf5e6479eb0&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and System Center

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 delivers a safe, secure, and reliable platform for running your most mission critical, line-of-business applications. It is the platform for building scalable business intelligence, data warehousing, and transaction processing that allows your business to grow and expand. Learn how System Center Operations Manager 2007, System Center Configuration Manager 2007, and System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 can benefit your SQL Server deployments.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ecd62879-800b-4d14-aa14-60bac5590b5d&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.NET Books Online

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

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

Large Linux Hoster Incorporates Windows Technologies, Quadruples Subscription Rate

Toronto-based Netfirms has been offering Linux-based Web-hosting services for years, but increasingly its customers—including many Web developers—were asking for additional services that the hoster could not deliver. Some customers wanted to use Microsoft® SQL Server® to power their sites; others wanted Web pages that could take advantage of Microsoft ASP.NET technologies. So Netfirms decided to roll out a Web hosting service based on Microsoft Windows Server® 2003. But rather than rolling out a parallel service offering that would force customers to maintain different accounts and separate hosting environments for their Windows and Linux-based sites, Netfirms worked closely with Microsoft to build the Netfirms MultiPlatformTM service that delivers access to both Microsoft Windows®- and Linux-based services at once. For customers, it’s the best of both worlds—and service subscription rates reflect their enthusiasm.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=721bc284-3a28-4a83-a094-e5bf61f4fbf4&DisplayLang=en

SQL Server 2005 Report Packs

SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services is a comprehensive, server-based reporting solution designed to help you author, manage, and deliver both paper-based, ad hoc, and interactive Web-based reports. Each report pack consists of a set of predefined reports, a sample database, a readme file, and an End User License Agreement (EULA). You can use these sample reports as templates to quickly author and distribute new interactive reports. Note: The software is licensed "as-is." It is not supported, and you bear the risk of using it. Microsoft gives no express warranties, guarantees, or conditions. For peer-to-peer support and collaboration on the SQL Server Report Packs, join the GotDotNet CodeGallery by visiting http://codegallery.gotdotnet.com/sqlrptpack (membership is free).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d81722ce-408c-4fb6-a429-2a7ecd62f674&DisplayLang=en

SQL: Migration Service for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (Oracle) Datasheet

Gets you up and running by using a migration engagement with a robust new data management platform with its advanced data analysis and reporting. You can benefit from all that SQL Server 2005 offers, such as higher availability, improved scalability, and increased security.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8700ca76-d083-402d-8edf-fb46762e0d91&DisplayLang=en

SQL: Migration Service for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (Sybase) Datasheet

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f2e28132-f199-4106-bcbf-9e816d8c0ddf&DisplayLang=en

SQL: Upgrade Service for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Datasheet

Gets you up and running by using an upgrade engagement with a robust new data management platform with its advanced data analysis and reporting. You can benefit from all that SQL Server 2005 offers, such as higher availability, improved scalability, and increased security.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1cb3b217-38a1-403f-b5dc-0d444d9ff16e&DisplayLang=en

SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP Community Technology Preview (February 2008)

In its continued commitment to interoperability, Microsoft has released a new SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP. The SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP Community Technology Preview (CTP) download is available to all SQL Server users at no additional charge. The SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP is a PHP 5 extension that allows for the reading and writing of SQL Server data from within PHP scripts. The extension provides a procedural interface for accessing data in all editions of SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2000. This CTP release has been made available for general testing purposes only. Do not deploy the CTP software in production. Peer-to-peer support is available in the SQL Server 2005 Data Access forum.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=85f99a70-5df5-4558-991f-8aee8506833c&DisplayLang=en

SQL Server 2008 Books Online Community Technology Preview (February 2008)

SQL Server 2008, the next release of Microsoft SQL Server, provides a comprehensive data platform. Books Online is the primary documentation for SQL Server 2008. Download a pre-release preview of Books Online for SQL Server 2008. If you were looking for the latest released version of Books Online, visit the SQL Server 2005 Books Online page on the Microsoft Download Center.
Books Online includes the following types of information:

· Setup and upgrade instructions.

· Information about new features and backward compatibility.

· Conceptual descriptions of the technologies and features in SQL Server 2008.

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

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 CTP, February 2008

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=749bd760-f404-4d45-9ac0-d7f1b3ed1053&DisplayLang=en

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

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

· Server Explorer successfully connects to SQL Server 2008, and database objects such as stored procedures and table data can be viewed and edited. Note that table schemas still cannot be viewed or edited in this release.

· SQL CLR projects that target SQL Server 2008 can be created and deployed to the server.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a999c84f-0fe5-4926-a1bf-4730d1caa98c&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft® Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition Power Tools

This release updates the Power Tools for the Database Edition to work with Visual Studio 2008 and provides several new features. The new features include two custom unit test conditions, a new Data Generation Wizard, and new MSBuild tasks to support running TSQL Static Code Analysis from the command line. The updated features include 5 refactoring types, a dependency viewer, additional data generators and editors, 2 MSBuild tasks for Schema and Data Compare and the TSQL Static Code Analysis feature
New Test Conditions for Database Unit Tests
• ChecksumCondition – You can use this test condition to verify that the checksum of the data set returned by a database unit test matches the checksum of an expected data set.
• ExpectedSchemaTestCondition – You can use this test condition to verify that the column names and data types of the returned data set match expected values.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=73ba5038-8e37-4c8e-812b-db14ede2c354&DisplayLang=en

Update for Business Contact Manager for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 (KB 946140)

Business Contact Manager for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 uses SQL Server to store the data. This update modifies the startup behavior of SQL Server service so that the service is started only when Business Contact Manager for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 requires it. For further information about this update, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 946140: Description of Update for Business Contact Manager for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
This update combines following previously released updates:

· KB 941652: Description of Business Contact Manager for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Service Pack 1

· KB 935569 : Error message when you start a 2007 Office program on a computer that is running Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager: "Office application version does not match".

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=91b81292-5d96-4438-b8b0-d9197d40b173&DisplayLang=en

ILM 2007 Getting Started Collection

The Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manger 2007 Getting Started Collection is a set of documents that are designed to walk you through various features within ILM 2007. This document set is designed to be a learning aid for users that would like to learn or expand their ILM 2007 skills. Each document within the Getting Started Collection explains a collection of features or some functionality of ILM 2007 in a simplified environment. The environment is designed to help the user become familiar with ILM 2007 and its features in a time efficient manner. After reviewing and using the documents in the Getting Started Collection you should feel more comfortable with the identity features presented in ILM 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=11fb01bc-94a9-4404-bb90-ceca1a206e32&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 Beta for ADO.Net Entity Framework Beta 3

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 Beta release for the ADO.Net Entity Framework Beta 3 enables the following scenarios:

· Applications can work in terms of a more application-centric conceptual model, including types with inheritance, complex members, and relationships

· Applications are freed from hard-coded dependencies on a particular data engine or storage schema

· Mappings between the conceptual application model and the storage-specific schema can change without changing the application code

· Developers can work with a consistent application object model that can be mapped to various storage schemas, possibly implemented in different database management systems

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=68539fae-cf03-4c3b-aeda-769cc205fe5f&DisplayLang=en

SQL Server 2008 Brochure

SQL Server 2008 Brochure

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b9c02714-189f-474f-9567-63b700a0430e&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft CRM 3.0: Additional Setup Tasks Required if Reporting Services Is Installed on Different Server

Describes tasks required if Microsoft SQL Reporting Services is set up on a different computer than the ones used for Microsoft CRM or Microsoft SQL Server. These configurations require double-hop Kerberos authentication, which requires setting trust for delegation on the middle servers.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=51bf9f20-bd00-4759-8378-b38eefda7b99&DisplayLang=en

Events / Webcasts

SQL 2005 Webcasts and Virtual Labs

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

SQL Server 2005 Webcasts

MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Using the Microsoft Data Platform for Easy Data Access with SQL Server 2008 (Level 100) – Monday, March 03, 2008 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Join this series as we look at Microsoft SQL Server 2008 as a productive data platform. Throughout this series, we use Contoso (Container Overseas Shipping Operation) LTD as our scenario customer while we explore the features that make SQL Server 2008 this platform. Contoso is a shipping company; they arrange the shipping of all kinds of items around the globe, from small individual items to large manufactured items. Contoso has seen growth in its business over the past years, especially in the movement of goods from China around the world. While Contoso is happy with their in-house applications and believe they provide significant business advantage over competitors, Contoso wants to ensure that these applications are running on the best productive platform to maintain this advantage, especially as their business grows worldwide. In this webcast, we look at how Contoso LTD can take advantage of the Microsoft data platform to extend their applications. We concentrate on Microsoft .NET Language-Integrated Query (LINQ) and the ADO.NET Entity Framework with examples of how Contoso can use these technologies to access their data. Join us as we go into detailed coverage of data platform features, LINQ, and ADO.NET Entity Framework.

MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Using the Microsoft Data Platform for Easy Data Access with SQL Server 2008 (Level 100)

BI PerformancePoint Server Webinar – Tuesday, March 04, 2008 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Description. Learn Microsoft BI.

BI PerformancePoint Server Webinar

MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Reach Your Data with SQL Server 2008 (Level 100) – Wednesday, March 05, 2008 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008:Reach Your Data with SQL Server 2008 (Level 100)

MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Streamline Data Access with SQL Server 2008 (Level 100) – Monday, March 10, 2008 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Join this series as we look at Microsoft SQL Server 2008 as a productive data platform. Throughout this series, we use Contoso (Container Overseas Shipping Operation) LTD as our scenario customer while we explore the features that make SQL Server 2008 this platform. Contoso is a shipping company; they arrange the shipping of all kinds of items around the globe, from small individual items to large manufactured items. Contoso has seen growth in its business over the past years, especially in the movement of goods from China around the world. While Contoso is happy with their in-house applications and believe they provide significant business advantage over competitors, Contoso wants to ensure that these applications are running on the best productive platform to maintain this advantage, especially as their business grows worldwide. In this session, Contoso developers have identified a number of features that can assist them in improving the applications that Contoso field employees rely on. We explore the new features in SQL Server 2008 that the developers are excited about and we focus on T-SQL improvements, such as MERGE, the Table Valued Parameters feature that lets data rows be passed as parameters to stored procedures, in addition to Date/Time, Intellisense, and multi server T_SQL.

MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Streamline Data Access with SQL Server 2008 (Level 100)

Upgrade SQL Now - Live Meeting Series – Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Partitioning in the form of partitioned views has been part of SQL Server for years. While this approaches very helpful in solving the problems of separating data, it is not very easy to setup and maintain. True Table Partitioning is now part of SQL Server 2005 and allows better control of data placement on disks as well as enabling new data management scenarios. Join us to discuss this new feature that makes managing large tables easier.

Upgrade SQL Now - Live Meeting Series

MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Manage Your Unstructured Data with SQL Server 2008 (Level 100) – Wednesday, March 12, 2008 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Join this series as we look at Microsoft SQL Server 2008 as a productive data platform. Throughout this series, we use Contoso (Container Overseas Shipping Operation) LTD as our scenario customer while we explore the features that make SQL Server 2008 this platform. Contoso is a shipping company; they arrange the shipping of all kinds of items around the globe, from small individual items to large manufactured items. Contoso has seen growth in its business over the past years, especially in the movement of goods from China around the world. While Contoso is happy with their in-house applications and believe they provide significant business advantage over competitors, Contoso wants to ensure that these applications are running on the best productive platform to maintain this advantage, especially as their business grows worldwide. The recent growth at Contoso has been mirrored with the growth of its data, from client voice mails to scanned and e-mail documents. These documents are now common as part of insurance claims or parts of quotes. This growth in unstructured data has led Contoso to look at options for its storage, access, security, and searching needs. Join this session as we look at the FILESTREAM attribute and Remote BLOB Store API features in SQL Server 2008 as potential solutions to this problem. We cover the differences from large unstructured data storage in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and then explore the new SQL Server 2008 features in detail, while explaining how to implement them.

MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Manage Your Unstructured Data with SQL Server 2008 (Level 100)

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Business Intelligence for SAP Netweaver (Level 200) – Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 includes the integrated Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services solution to easily create and manage reports on information inside any SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) data warehouse. An updated data provider and a new query designer enable you to take advantage of the data in SAP BW (now called SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence). Join this webcast to learn how to set up, configure, deploy, and use these new capabilities.

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Business Intelligence for SAP Netweaver (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Simplify Management of Your SQL Server 2008 Data Platform (Level 200) – Monday, March 17, 2008 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

In the next two webcasts of this series, we look at the management side of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and focus on challenges that database administrators face. See how Contoso's business in the Far East has grown rapidly, and as such, their major operations at ports in Los Angeles, Tacoma, Rotterdam, and Tilbury have grown too. This has resulted in an increase in SQL Server deployments to handle the data required to deliver up-to-date information to sales teams and customers. Contoso is looking to SQL Server 2008 to assist in the management of this environment. We cover topics including managing complex and high-value tasks, proactively monitoring and tuning system health, scaling management to multiple data centers, and gaining insight into historical trends and real-time activities.

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Simplify Management of Your SQL Server 2008 Data Platform (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Simplify Management with the Declarative Management Framework (Level 200) – Wednesday, March 19, 2008 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Following on from the previous session, in this webcast we focus on the Declarative Management Framework (DMF) and its use to define policies that apply to servers, databases, and other objects in Contoso's data environment. This session is solely focused on DMF and covers the scope, definition, and deployment of policies.

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Simplify Management with the Declarative Management Framework (Level 200)

MSDN Webcast: Map Your Data with SQL Server Spatial Features (Level 100) – Monday, March 24, 2008 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Join us as we look at Microsoft SQL Server 2008 as a productive platform. We use Container Overseas Shipping Operation (Contoso) as our scenario customer while we work our way through the features that make SQL Server 2008 this platform. Contoso is a shipping company that arranges shipping of all kinds of items around the globe, from small individual to large manufactured items. Contoso has seen growth in its business over the past years, especially in the movement of goods from China around the world. While Contoso is very happy with their in-house applications and believes they provides a significant business advantage over competitors, they want to ensure these applications are running on the most productive platform to maintain this advantage--especially as their business grows worldwide. Contoso now wants to implement a mapping feature into its systems. It sees a number of benefits to this, from assisting in pickup and delivery of consignments by providing maps to the local transports teams, in addition to providing data on consignment locations to customers, and re-routing options for agents. Join us to learn how to use spatial data types within SQL Server to create these mapping features using Microsoft Virtual Earth.

MSDN Webcast: Map Your Data with SQL Server Spatial Features (Level 100)

MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server: Synchronize Your Data Using the Microsoft Sync Framework (Level 100) – Wednesday, March 26, 2008 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Join this series as we look at Microsoft SQL Server 2008 as a productive data platform. Throughout this series, we use Contoso (Container Overseas Shipping Operation) LTD as our scenario customer while we explore the features that make SQL Server 2008 this platform. Contoso is a shipping company; they arrange the shipping of all kinds of items around the globe, from small individual items to large manufactured items. Contoso has seen growth in its business over the past years, especially in the movement of goods from China around the world. While Contoso is happy with their in-house applications and believe they provide significant business advantage over competitors, Contoso wants to ensure that these applications are running on the best productive platform to maintain this advantage, especially as their business grows worldwide. In this session , we look at how Contoso is empowering its mobile workforce to work and synchronize data when away from the office. Contoso has agents and employees out in the field, either delivering or collecting consignments, inspecting consignments, or visiting customers to quote jobs. These field employees use a variety of devices, from Pocket PCs to tablet PCs. To ensure that these employees have the latest information, Contoso is updating its applications to take advantage of the Microsoft Sync Framework to let these devices store data locally, run executables, and sync the data later. Join us as we cover the Sync Framework and describe how to best create these types of applications.

MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server: Synchronize Your Data Using the Microsoft Sync Framework (Level 100)

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

New KB's

SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition

FIX: A query takes longer to finish in SQL Server 2005 than in SQL Server 2000 when you open a fast forward-only cursor for the query

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945443

FIX: The "SQLMoreResults" function returns incorrect results when you use it to retrieve a result set

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945909

FIX: Error message when you start a database mirroring session in SQL Server 2005: "Communications to the remote server instance 'TCP://<ComputerName>:<PortNumber>' failed before database mirroring was fully started"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947462

FIX: Error message when you run a stored procedure that references a linked server that is linked to the local server itself in SQL Server 2005: "Transaction context in use by another session"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947486

FIX: A stored procedure cannot finish its execution in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947463

FIX: The CONTEXT_INFO function returns the old value of the context information after you call a stored procedure that contains a TRY-CATCH block from a SQL Server CLR function

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947414

FIX: A query that you run by using a FORWARD_ONLY cursor takes a longer time to run in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 than in SQL Server 2000

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946793

FIX: Some rows are not returned when you run a complex query that uses the DISTINCT keyword in Microsoft SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948658

FIX: When you run a query against a table that contains Traditional Chinese characters, the incorrect result is returned in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948567

FIX: A blocking issue occurs when you update rows in a table in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948445

FIX: The %TEMP% folder is not cleaned up after you use database mail to send an e-mail message that has an attachment in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948657

You cannot install SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 on a SQL Server 2005 failover cluster if the failover cluster is behind a firewall

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947988

Error message when you use a symmetric key to decrypt data in a SQL Server 2005 database: "The decryption key is incorrect"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948209

Error message when you install SQL Server 2005 on a Windows Server 2008-based RODC: "Failure creating local group SQLServer2005SQLBrowserUser$<ServerName>"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947986

Problems occur in Windows Server 2008 after you uninstall a SQL Server 2005 failover cluster, or after you install SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 or a Service Pack 2-based hotfix on a SQL Server 2005 failover cluster

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948210

FIX: A query performance issue occurs when you run a query against a column of the bigint data type in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948248

FIX: The columns of the XML data type are replicated as empty strings in a merge replication that uses a merge filter of the logical record relationship type in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948628

FIX: Some changes are not synchronized between subscribers of a merge publication in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948578

You cannot remove the GUEST account after you install the SQL Server 2005 client tools on a computer that has the SQL Server 2000 client tools installed

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948578

FIX: CPU utilization of a CPU in a single node increases to 100 percent when you use SQL Server 2005 on a multiprocessor computer that uses NUMA architecture

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948450

FIX: Some data on the publication may be lost when you set the @use_partition_groups parameter to false and you create subset filters and join filters for the tables in the publication in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948464

FIX: Error message when you run a query against a view in SQL Server 2005: "An error occurred while executing batch"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945892

FIX: A distribution database may grow continuously on one of the nodes when you configure a peer-to-peer transactional replication in SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947008

FIX: The change may be undone during the later synchronizations when you change an article on the subscriber in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942908

You cannot install SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 when the database file of the Resource database is not in the same folder as the log file of the Resource database

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947989

An additional resource group that contains no resources is created after you install a second failover clustered instance of SQL Server 2005 on a Windows Server 2008-based server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948208

FIX: Error message when you run a query against a table that does not have a clustered index in SQL Server 2005: "A severe error occurred on the current command"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948525

FIX: The used space in the tempdb database increases continuously when you run a query that creates internal objects in the tempdb database in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947204

Cumulative update package 7 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=949095

FIX: Error message when you run the sp_MSenum_distribution stored procedure for a transactional replication in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948622

SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

FIX: The data in a text box is truncated when you input more than 32000 characters in the text box in a SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services report

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948456

FIX: A report has a dual file name extension when you send the report though e-mail subscriptions in the Excel format or in the PDF format in the SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services SharePoint integrated mode

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947007

SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services

FIX: A handle leak issue occurs when you connect to an instance of Analysis Services that uses dynamic security

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943001

SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

FIX: Error message when you run an MDX query that contains calculated members in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services: "Internal error: An unexpected exception occured"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946741

FIX: Error message when the workload demand on the server is high in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services: "Internal error: An unexpected exception occured"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947197

Error message when you try to save a SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services database and a dimension in the database contains a parent/child hierarchy: "Dimension 'DimensionName' cannot be saved"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936078

You cannot connect to SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services on a server that is running a 64-bit instance of SQL Server 2005 and a 64-bit instance of SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947512

Error message when you run an MDX query against an instance of SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services: "The set in the WHERE clause cannot contain multiple measures"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947511

You may obtain an incorrect result when you run an MDX query against an instance of SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services if the WHERE clause contains a set

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947509

FIX: An MDX query that uses the VisualTotals function returns an incorrect empty value in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947179

FIX: A calculation script that calculates the same cells several times may return an incorrect result in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945641

FIX: Error message when you perform a processing operation or a query operation in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services: "Error 0xC1020034. The following file is corrupted"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948920

Error message when you use the Rowset Viewer sample to obtain the MDSCHEMA_PROPERTIES rowset of the dimension in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services: "The " string cannot be converted to the unsignedShort type"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947510

March 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Internet

Justin Zarb — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:57:12 GMT

News

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server

The ISA Server Best Practices Analyzer (IsaBPA) version 6 has released!

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=D22EC2B9-4CD3-4BB6-91EC-0829E5F84063&displaylang=en

The ISA Server Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) is a diagnostic tool that automatically performs specific tests on configuration data collected on the local ISA Server computer from the ISA Server hierarchy of administration COM objects, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) classes, the system registry, files on disk, and the Domain Name System (DNS) settings.

The resulting report details critical configuration issues, potential problems, and information about the local computer. By following the recommendations of the tool, administrators can achieve greater performance, scalability, reliability, and uptime.

The ISA Server Best Practices Analyzer is supplied with two supplemental tools.

The ISA Data Packager enables you to create a single .cab file containing ISA Server diagnostic information that can be easily sent to Microsoft Product Support Services for analysis.
BPA2Visio generates a Microsoft Office Visio® 2003 or Visio 2007 diagram of your network topology as seen from an ISA Server computer or any Windows computer based on output from the ISA Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool.

What’s new in Version 6 of IsaBPA?

New Checks – 15+ new rules have been added. More than 1000 settings are currently checked, and they are compared against 229 rules. The focus of this release was targeting (1) NLB-related issues; (2) issues related to 3rd party software.
More documentation –IsaBPA help file has been augmented to over 100 pages. You can easily find information about how to operate IsaBPA, information about specific checks, and how to fix issues that IsaBPA has detected.

Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server TechCenter

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

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

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

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

Internet Security and Acceleration Server Blog

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

Walk-through for RSA SecurID Authentication for ISA Server 2006 Part 1: RSA Authentication Manager Server Configuration

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/02/07/walk-through-for-rsa-securid-authentication-for-isa-server-2006-part-1-rsa-authentication-manager-server-configuration.aspx

Walk-through for RSA SecurID Authentication for ISA Server 2006 Part 2: ISA Array Members Preparation

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/02/07/walk-through-for-rsa-securid-authentication-for-isa-server-2006-part-2-isa-array-members-preparation.aspx

Walk-through for RSA SecurID Authentication for ISA Server 2006 Part 3: Configure ISA Authentication and Delegation

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/02/07/walk-through-for-rsa-securid-authentication-for-isa-server-2006-part-3-configure-isa-authentication-and-delegation.aspx

Windows Server 2008 DNS Block Feature

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/02/19/windows-server-2008-dns-block-feature.aspx

Publishing Microsoft CRM 3.0 through ISA Server 2006

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/02/19/publishing-microsoft-crm-3-0-through-isa-server-2006.aspx

Microsoft Internet information Server

Web Playlists, WMS 2008, and a new IIS Media Page

Today was a big day for IIS and WMS! As you may have seen among the many announcements, today we announced the launch of several media technologies: IIS 7.0 in Windows Server 2008 IIS Media Pack Web Playlists Customer Technology Preview (CTP) Windows Media Services 2008 ..and the launch of IIS.NET 2...

by chriskno on 02-28-2008, 2:00 AM

http://blogs.iis.net/chriskno/archive/2008/02/27/web-playlists-wms-2008-and-a-new-iis-media-page.aspx

Windows 2008 and IIS7 Now Available

Today marks the official product launch of Windows 2008 and IIS7, a capstone to 5 years of engineering work to create the best Web server on the planet. IIS7 is the foundation of Microsoft's Web platform, and offers many exciting new advancements in Web serving technology: Easier to Manage: IIS7 provides...

by bills on 02-27-2008, 2:53 PM

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2008/02/27/windows-2008-and-iis7-now-available.aspx

FTP7 for Windows Server 2008 RTM is released!

Earlier today Microsoft released the RTM version of the Microsoft FTP Service for IIS 7.0 for Windows Server 2008! Listed below are the links for the download pages for each of the individual installation packages: FTP 7 (x86) Installation Package http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=87847 FTP 7 (x64...

by Robert McMurray's Blog [MSFT] on 02-27-2008, 2:52 PM

http://blogs.iis.net/robert_mcmurray/archive/2008/02/27/ftp7-for-windows-server-2008-rtm-is-released.aspx

FPSE 2002 RTM for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista (x86/x64)

I'm happy to announce that earlier today Microsoft and Ready-to-Run Software released to web the RTM version of the FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions for IIS 7.0 on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista. Listed below is the link for the download page for the combined 32-bit/64-bit installation package...

by Robert McMurray's Blog [MSFT] on 02-27-2008, 1:59 PM

http://blogs.iis.net/robert_mcmurray/archive/2008/02/27/fpse-2002-rtm-for-windows-server-2008-and-windows-vista-x86-x64.aspx

Introducing the new IIS.NET web site

So...notice anything different today? :-) Thanks to the efforts of a whole team of people here in Redmond, Telligent, Goldman Design and ORCS Web, we have significantly overhauled our www.IIS.net web site. As you can tell from the depth of the content and the participation of the product group in forums...

by mailant on 02-27-2008, 11:26 AM

http://blogs.iis.net/mailant/archive/2008/02/27/introducing-the-new-iis-net-web-site.aspx

IIS 7.0 is the number one reason people want Windows Server 2008

According to an InformationWeek study, IIS 7.0 is the feature that most interests customers in Windows Server 2008. More at http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2008/02/22/IIS-7.0-_2D00_-the-number-one-reason-customers-want-Windows-Server-2008.aspx . Thanks, Mike

by mvolo on 02-22-2008, 12:24 PM

http://blogs.iis.net/mvolo/archive/2008/02/22/iis-7-0-is-the-number-one-reason-people-want-windows-server-2008.aspx

What to expect from IIS7 custom error module

IIS7 custom error module work in SendResponse stage with priority high (priority high in send response actually means lowest priority) which makes it one of the last modules to run in the pipeline. It produces custom errors only if current statusCode > 400. IIS7 custom error module produces four kinds...

by ksingla on 02-18-2008, 5:05 PM

http://blogs.iis.net/ksingla/archive/2008/02/18/what-to-expect-from-iis7-custom-error-module.aspx

MSDN Magazine: Extend IIS 7.0 end-to-end

In this month's launch edition of MSDN magazine, we celebrate the release of Windows Server 2008. It's been a long road and we are finally done! Of course, this celebration wouldnt be complete without a juicy article on IIS 7.0 - this time, showing off the complete extensibility of the Web server by...

by mvolo on 02-18-2008, 2:06 PM

http://blogs.iis.net/mvolo/archive/2008/02/18/msdn-magazine-extend-iis-7-0-end-to-end.aspx

How configuration system merges sections

One of the things which was not clear to me when IIS7 configuration system was written was how configuration system merges all the configuration data available and then decide what values are effective for the current request. One of confusions came from the fact that I assumed that IIS modules try to...

by ksingla on 02-11-2008, 8:22 PM

http://blogs.iis.net/ksingla/archive/2008/02/11/how-configuration-system-merges-sections.aspx

Using Microsoft.Web.Administration in Windows PowerShell

A couple of months ago I wrote about using LINQ with Microsoft.Web.Administration to manage and query IIS 7.0 configuration. Somebody came back to me and said that LINQ was very cool but that it was very much Developer oriented and that in a production server without VS or .NET 3.5 it wouldn't be an...

by CarlosAg Blog on 02-10-2008, 7:53 PM

http://blogs.iis.net/carlosag/archive/2008/02/10/using-microsoft-web-administration-in-windows-powershell.aspx

IIS7 is finished

After 4+ years of development, the IIS7 project is now complete. Today we signed off on the final build of Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1, both of which include our final build of IIS7. IIS7 is the biggest and best release of IIS ever, and it would not have happened without the hard work and dedication...

by bills on 02-04-2008, 5:25 PM

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2008/02/04/iis7-is-finished.aspx

BizTalk Server

New Case Studies

Colorado Housing and Finance Authority - Agency Cuts Time to Process Home Loans by 67 Percent, Boosts Quality 300 Percent

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000001418

United Arab Emirates Ministry of Economy – UAE Ministry Exceeds Federal Mandate and Halves Manual Processes Through E-Services

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000001363

Sharepoint Technologies

Centralised resource web site for WSSv3 and MOSS 2007

Feb 28, 2008: CodeJedi.net

The product team has been working on a new website that provides a centralised location for a lot of different types of resources, including downloads, technical whitepapers, articles, community forums, etc pertaining to WSSv3 and MOSS 2007.

http://blogs.msdn.com/williamcornwill/archive/2008/02/28/centralised-resource-web-site-for-wssv3-and-moss-2007.aspx

Downloads

BizTalk Server

Microsoft BizTalk LoadGen 2007 Tool

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c8af583f-7044-48db-b7b9-969072df1689&DisplayLang=en

WCF LOB Adapter SDK SP1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0f8007d7-f0c9-4169-8b9c-ba55f8f4c153&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack Readme and Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack Installation Guide

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d9f588e9-fa3e-4b81-a598-ddd9f471f382&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=58bd17c8-8efa-4b69-ab51-9f5b11a962dc&DisplayLang=en

BizTalk Server 2006 Installation and Upgrade Guides

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b273269c-97e0-411d-8849-5a8070698e4a&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft BizTalk Server Operations Guide

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5251f103-329d-4f8d-95b5-64f99f2f6dfc&DisplayLang=en

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Documentation

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

Sharepoint Technologies

White Paper: Database Maintenance for Microsoft^® SharePoint^® Products and Technologies

This paper describes the recommended maintenance strategies for the databases that host content and configuration settings for SharePoint Products and Technologies.

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=111531&clcid=0x409

SharePoint SDK Downloads Now Live with SP1 Updates

The latest updates to the downloadable SDKs for SharePoint Products and Technologies are now available. The February update is version 1.3 and captures changes made as part of Service Pack 1 (SP1).

Download the MOSS SDK 1.3

Download the WSS SDK 1.3

SharePoint Content Deployment Wizard

Chris O'Brien has shared his SharePoint Content Deployment Wizard - a tool for SharePoint 2007 which provides the means to deploy the following content: site collections; webs; lists; folders; list items (including files):
www.codeplex.com/SPDeploymentWizard

Advanced lectures and white papers

Watch lectures delivered by experts in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and download and read supporting white papers.

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/f27b1c10-aa0f-421b-8c8f-0ed52be863d71033.mspx?mfr=true

The SharePoint Capacity Planning Tool v1.0 is now available
The SharePoint Capacity Planning Tool is a set of free models of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS). The two models use the analysis and simulation features of System Center Capacity Planner 2007 (SCCP) to help you explore suitable IT infrastructure options for your SharePoint deployment, based on the SharePoint usage requirements for your organization that you provide to the tool. It can give you a head start on planning your SharePoint topology by producing a first approximation of the topology your organization needs. Architects, systems integrators, and deployment engineers will find it to be a valuable starting point for further refinements of the topology.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb961988.aspx

Events/WebCasts

SharePoint Technologies

Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2008

Microsoft is pleased to announce the Microsoft Office SharePoint Conference 2008! Expect to attend keynote sessions by senior Microsoft Executives, 60+ sessions across several diverse tracks, and hands-on and instructor led labs. (SOLD OUT)

March 3–6, 2008 | Washington State Trade and Convention Center | Seattle, WA
http://www.mssharepointconference.com/pages/default.aspx

MSDN Webcast: Customizing SharePoint Server 2007

Have you ever wondered how you can use Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, but have your own custom look and feel? In this webcast, we look at the site customization techniques of creating custom MasterPages, Themes, and Layouts to give your Web site your own personalized design.Presenter: Mike Benkovich, MSDN Developer Evangelist, Microsoft CorporationMike Benkovich is a database technology specialist and an MSDN developer evangelist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Focusing on the effective use of relational technologies for scalable, high-performance, and mission-critical applications, Mike has worked as an architect, project manager, developer, and technical writer. He speaks regularly at technical conferences and corporations.View other sessions from: SharePoint Server: Connect People, Processes, and Information.If you have questions or feedback, contact us.

3/6/2008 9:00 AM Central Time (US & Canada)- 3/6/2008 10:00 AM | Duration:60 Minutes

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032370464&culture=en-US

CDW/Microsoft Tech Tuesday Webinar Series - Management of your Servers and Desktops

CDW/Microsoft Tech Tuesday Webinar Series CDW invites you to participate in a series of technical briefings centered around the Microsoft solution suites. This series, exclusively being offered to CDW customers, will highlight the significant enhancements included in the latest version releases and the increased business productivity and business continuity that comes with upgrading to these releases.

3/4/2008 9:30 AM Central Time (US & Canada)- 3/4/2008 10:30 AM | Duration:60 Minutes

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032370155&culture=en-US

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server

Audio is phone dial-in: 866.500.6738 #238383 Learn more about the latest innovations and campus usage of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. This presentation assumes you have a base level understanding of SharePoint.

3/14/2008 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 3/14/2008 10:30 AM | Duration:90 Minutes

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032372060&culture=en-US

Momentum Webcast: Search, Share, Collaborate with SharePoint Server 2007 and Improve Your Business Productivity

Join this webcast to learn about the different enterprise search solutions from Microsoft that build on and integrate with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Understand how these solutions can enhance business productivity at your organization. In this session, we discuss the good, better, and best search solutions from Microsoft. Good: new Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express. The standalone search server from Microsoft is free to download and quick to set up. Search Server 2008 Express is easy to configure and maintain–the free application is simple enough to run unattended, yet has powerful administration, scalability, upgradeability, and connectivity features. Search Server 2008 Express is scheduled to launch in March 2008. Better: Microsoft Search Server 2008. Search Server 2008 helps to extend a standalone solution across your organization, providing you with one unified and simplified system for all your teams and divisions. Best: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Search, share, and collaborate with SharePoint Server 2007.

3/5/2008 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 3/5/2008 12:00 PM | Duration:60 Minutes

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032369922&culture=en-US

New or updated KB’s

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server

A computer that is running ISA Server 2006 may randomly stop routing packets from certain VPN clients or from certain VPN site-to-site networks

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947254

Packets from the branch office may not reach the destination servers in the central office over a site-to-site VPN connection that you create through ISA Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947255

Some Web servers that are published in ISA Server 2006 by using the Web Publishing Load Balancing feature may be incorrectly detected as unavailable at random times

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945524

Microsoft Internet information Server

You cannot resolve the built-in IIS accounts after you set a Windows Server 2008-based server that is running IIS 7.0 as a domain controller

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946139

List of registry keys that are migrated when you upgrade from IIS 5.1 or IIS 6.0 to IIS 7.0
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930907

How to use ADPlus to troubleshoot "hangs" and "crashes"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/286350

Opera browsers may crash if they use TLS to connect to an IIS 7.0 Web server that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949076

Error message when you try to log on to an FTP site that is running IIS 6.0: "Error: 530 User <UserName> cannot log in, home directory inaccessible"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932448

The Managed Pipeline Mode setting is not available after you configure an application pool to use the .NET Framework 1.1 in IIS 7.0
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949353

BizTalk Server

FIX: The BizTalk Administration Console may appear to stop responding on a BizTalk Server 2006-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=937264

An update is available that lets you disable Routing Failure Reports in BizTalk Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=935960

You receive a warning message when you try to install BizTalk Accelerator for RosettaNet 3.3 side by side with BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT 2.3 SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948027

Error message when you try to configure a partner configuration to use a certificate in BizTalk Accelerator for RosettaNet: "Party Signature Certificate should be unique"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942731

FIX: A receive location that uses the file adapter does not retry when a network failure occurs in BizTalk Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943859

FIX: The Log Shipping feature may not restore database backup files in BizTalk Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944838

FIX: The BizTalk Server process may crash after you change the properties of BizTalk Adapters for LOB applications in BizTalk Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945307

FIX: Error message when you try to import DTD schemas into a BizTalk project in BizTalk Server 2006 R2: "There were some errors generated during schema generation"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944320

FIX: You receive an error message when you use BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT 2.3 with Message Pack 2007 to process messages

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945247

FIX: Health and Activity Tracking returns incorrect results in BizTalk Server 2004 (947258)

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947258

FIX: The value of the InstanceIdentifier field is different from the original transmission when you use BizTalk Server 2004 and BizTalk Accelerator for RosettaNet 3.0 to send an RNIF 1.1 message

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924700

FIX: Error message when you use a file adapter on a server that is running BizTalk Server 2006:"The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=928891

SharePoint Technologies

Windows Sharepoint Services Version 3

Issue tracking list data is not saved when you save a site as a template in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or in SharePoint Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948141

A custom column is reordered incorrectly if you add a new item to the list after you upgrade to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943727

Error message when you try to restore the content that you deleted in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 document library: "Access Denied"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943036

The standard Web Parts are not available in a custom .stp template file in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site collection

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942369

Only the first three levels of items can be grouped in a custom data view in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 content

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943548

The SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration wizard does not finish successfully after you apply security update 934525 in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945168

You receive unexpected search results when lots of groups and users access a SharePoint Server 2007 or Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site by using Forms-Based Authentication

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944299

Description of the update for the Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and the 2007 Microsoft Office System: January 22, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942271

A new rule is not applied as expected when you run the Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 tool

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940308

How to use System.NET tracing to troubleshoot content deployment issues and search issues in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and in SharePoint Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947285

A declarative workflow does not start automatically after you install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/9472854

Error message when you install Windows SharePoint Services or SharePoint Server 2007: "This product requires ASP.NET v2.0 to be set to 'Allow' in the list of Internet Information

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947287

How to combine elements from the bug tracking application template with an existing site definition to create a new custom site definition in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940973

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server

You may see duplicate entries in the View Reports feature after you import or export a site collection in SharePoint Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941861

Description of the SharePoint Server 2007 and SharePoint Server 2007 for Search post-2007 Office servers Service Pack 1 hotfix package: January 31, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941274

A Content Query Web Part or Web Query Web Part for an RSS feed in SharePoint Server 2007 content displays unexpected results

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941604

March 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Platforms

Justin Zarb — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:56:11 GMT

News

Windows Virtualization Team Blog

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

The World Simplified is a Virtual World

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

Ask the Directory Services Team

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

Ask the Performance Team

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

Microsoft Enterprise Networking Team

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

Ask the Core Team

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

Microsoft Advanced Windows Debugging and Troubleshooting

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

Terminal Services Team Blog

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

The Hot Blog

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

Downloads

Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP1

Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 (WSUS 3.0 SP1) delivers updates to corporate environments from Microsoft Update. This release fixes issue found since the release of the product.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df87b4c5e-4161-48af-9ff8-a96993c688df%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP1 Overview

This paper introduces Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 (WSUS 3.0 SP1) and provides information about features, and server and client computer requirements.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1b5eac37-bd48-41fd-869b-f9b06fa64a61%26displaylang%3den

Release Notes for Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP1

These release notes describe known issues affecting Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 (WSUS 3.0 SP1) and include recommendations and requirements for installing the application.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8a283ea4-1545-47d5-a86c-5ca379bafb9c%26displaylang%3den

Step-by-Step Guide for Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP1

This guide provides instructions for getting started with Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 (WSUS 3.0 SP1).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc8fa2fd1-72f6-4f19-a1b0-f689dae14be6%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP (KB942830)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2b498065-d682-4227-b23e-d234d7d6a3fe%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB943055)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dcfa0d5c6-a9b0-4c5c-a651-898e9f900799%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB946026)

A security issue has been identified in the mrxdav.sys driver that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db7e725bf-7248-4119-aca5-b7d502c09cfc%26displaylang%3den

Deploying Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP1

This paper describes how to deploy Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 (WSUS 3.0 SP1).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d208e93d1-e1cd-4f38-ad1e-d993e05657c9%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP1 Operations Guide

This paper documents the major tasks involved in administering and troubleshooting Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 (WSUS 3.0 SP1).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d66d250fa-670f-4a49-95ec-2ffda7691f55%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB942830)

A security issue has been identified in Internet Information Services (IIS) 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=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6583e798-d16d-419c-aee1-30c3e6c635b3%26displaylang%3den

Volume Activation 2.0 Technical Guidance

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9893f83e-c8a5-4475-b025-66c6b38b46e3%26displaylang%3den

TCP/IP Fundamentals for Microsoft Windows

This online book describes the fundamentals of TCP/IP in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc76296fd-61c9-4079-a0bb-582bca4a846f%26displaylang%3den

Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework version 3.5

The Windows SDK for Windows Server® 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 provides documentation, samples, header files, libraries, and tools designed to help you develop Windows applications using both native (Win32®) and managed (.NET Framework) technologies.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de6e1c3df-a74f-4207-8586-711ebe331cdc%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB942831)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Internet Information Services (IIS) 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%3d516ef8e8-3cb6-4660-b771-3c7f66917a11%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB943484)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d63d3d784-f057-4686-b85e-ab5fbab5a722%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2008 Step-by-Step Guides

These step-by-step guides help IT Professionals learn about and evaluate Windows Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d518d870c-fa3e-4f6a-97f5-acaf31de6dce%26displaylang%3den

Changes in Functionality from Windows Server 2003 with SP1 to Windows Server 2008

Describes features and technologies in Windows Server 2008 added or changed since Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d173e6e9b-4d3e-4fd4-a2cf-73684fa46b60%26displaylang%3den

Infrastructure Planning and Design

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=19&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dad3921fb-8224-4681-9064-075fdf042b0c%26displaylang%3den

Windows Media Services for Windows Server 2008

These Microsoft Update Standalone Package (MSU) files install the latest version of Windows Media Services and related remote administration tools for the Windows Server 2008 operating system.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=20&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9ccf6312-723b-4577-be58-7caab2e1c5b7%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB931374)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=21&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d60781cf3-7c6d-4795-a9d0-bc18ee356e94%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2008: Release Notes and Installation Information

Release documentation that contains known issues for the Windows Server 2008 operating system.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=22&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1087a498-40ad-46ba-9ada-f32a58a94a85%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft IPsec Diagnostic Tool

Microsoft IPsec Diagnostic Tool assists Network administrators with troubleshooting network related failures, focusing primarily on IPsec. It is applicable on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=23&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1d4c292c-7998-42e4-8786-789c7b457881%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2008 Security Guide

This Solution Accelerator helps organizations efficiently create, deploy, and maintain a secure environment for a variety of servers running Windows Server® 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=24&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dfb8b981f-227c-4af6-a44b-b115696a80ac%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=25&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d13c7300e-935c-415a-a79c-538e933d5424%26displaylang%3den

Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows Server 2008

This spreadsheet lists the policy settings for computer and user configurations included in the Administrative template files (.admx/.adml) delivered with Windows Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=26&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2043b94e-66cd-4b91-9e0f-68363245c495%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB946026)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=27&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d15b7d1c4-4ef4-47b2-9e3b-22eafbdb90d8%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB943055)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system using Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Automation and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=28&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de0a15967-7184-4194-8edb-81760e440604%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB946026)

A security issue has been identified in the mrxdav.sys driver 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=29&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8af82f86-731c-46a0-a025-b62447e2af38%26displaylang%3den

Demonstrate NAP DHCP Enforcement in a Test Lab

Test lab to demonstrate NAP DHCP enforcement

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=30&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dac38e5bb-18ce-40cb-8e59-188f7a198897%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB943055)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system using Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Automation and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=31&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da08e87dc-993b-493b-8af3-be6e98643aeb%26displaylang%3den

Planning and Deploying Group Policy

This guide provides the information needed to successfully plan and deploy Group Policy using Windows Server 2008 and the Group Policy Management Console.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=32&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d73d96068-0aea-450a-861b-e2c5413b0485%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2008 Technical Overviews

These technical overviews provide IT Professionals with information about how a Windows Server 2008 technology works.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=33&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d46dc26d6-af47-43f0-b3de-521831fe09d6%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB942830)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=34&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de8286174-8209-409f-8805-e534715a741c%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB942831)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Internet Information Services (IIS) 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=35&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de24fb33c-67b9-4ed4-9317-b5fd535d005a%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB943484)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=36&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d835d647a-dce6-476e-b7c4-928a67b0acfb%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2008 Standard

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=37&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db6e99d4c-a40e-4fd2-a0f7-32212b520f50%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB931374)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=38&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d36e36e1a-ed0d-45a6-b707-766fabc01fbd%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB942830)

A security issue has been identified in Internet Information Services (IIS) 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=39&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3ddf9875f7-04d6-486e-bdb5-35e9e305fa1d%26displaylang%3den

Demonstrate NAP 802.1X Enforcement in a Test Lab

Test lab to demonstrate NAP 802.1X enforcement

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=40&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8a0925ee-ee06-4dfb-bba2-07605eff0608%26displaylang%3den

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007

This download comes as a pre-configured VHD. This download enables you evaluate Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=41&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd4e8bc52-3c3b-4bae-b937-987da892fad7%26displaylang%3den

Demonstrate NAP IPsec Enforcement in a Test Lab

Test lab to demonstrate NAP IPsec enforcement

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=42&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d298ff956-1e6c-4d97-a3ed-7e7ffc4bed32%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2008 KMS Setup Demonstration

This video demonstrates how to implement the Key Management Service (KMS) in your organization. The demo walks through setting up the KMS host on a Windows Server 2008 computer, how KMS clients activate with the KMS host, and how to review activation status using the slmgr.vbs command.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=43&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dbbf2eb61-2b30-4f2d-bccd-df53e220b8e9%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB942831)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Internet Information Services (IIS) 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=44&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d103a6bc0-034a-443d-b1d4-81117820dcb2%26displaylang%3den

Internet Protocol Security for Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Intenet Protocol security (IPSec) support in Windows Server 2003 allows you to secure network traffic at the Network layer.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=45&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de6590330-d903-4bdd-9655-81b86df655e4%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB931374)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=46&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5e97698d-8150-44f9-9d34-87a0db6ba5a7%26displaylang%3den

IEEE 802.1X for Wired Networks and Internet Protocol Security with Microsoft Windows

This white paper examines and compared 802.1X for wired networks and IPsec.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=47&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd9aef757-f528-41be-a01f-99a60c9a855d%26displaylang%3den

Network Access Protection Policies in Windows Server 2008

You configure NAP health requirements and enforcement behaviors with Network Policy Server in Windows Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=48&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8e47649e-962c-42f8-9e6f-21c5ccdcf490%26displaylang%3den

Demonstrate NAP VPN Enforcement in a Test Lab

Test lab to demonstrate NAP VPN enforcement

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=49&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d729bba00-55ad-4199-b441-378cc3d900a7%26displaylang%3den

Introducing Windows HPC Server 2008

Learn more about Windows HPC Server 2008, and how it brings the power of high-performance computing (HPC) to mainstream while enhancing end users' and cluster administrators' productivity.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=50&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d360b83fb-4000-43e2-b6e8-be4373ad9c94%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB943055)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system using Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Automation and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d93b3d0a3-2091-405e-8dd4-10f20dc2be7f%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB942831)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Internet Information Services (IIS) 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=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db24f34fb-40b9-4aa5-b5ac-e3f0a6062753%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB943484)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9df0875d-0466-4974-b4c0-1ecc777173b1%26displaylang%3den

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 Beta for ADO.Net Entity Framework Beta 3

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 Beta release for the Windows Desktop platform to support the ADO.Net Entity Framework Beta 3 and the ADO.Net Entity Framework Tools December 2007 CTP

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d68539fae-cf03-4c3b-aeda-769cc205fe5f%26displaylang%3den

Windows XP SP3 RC2

Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 is available to the public. Specific registry settings will allow you to be offered SP3 via Windows Update. You can also choose to download standalone update packages.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d114f3599-12af-42b2-aab1-b969a62c68a7%26displaylang%3den

Release Notes for Windows XP Service Pack 3

Release documentation that contains known issues for Windows XP Service Pack 3.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d60807c3a-8969-4ddf-beb2-8bfac9ed416b%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP (KB943055)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system using Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Automation and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5c331a3a-93e0-42e4-9cd1-4e32ebdda38d%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP (KB946026)

A security issue has been identified in the mrxdav.sys driver that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dafeef3ec-6160-4c1d-94bd-0bfce641d0a2%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Assessment and Planning

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d67240b76-3148-4e49-943d-4d9ea7f77730%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP (KB942831)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Internet Information Services (IIS) 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=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d73d24fcf-bea9-4b13-9f1c-4e068c53a4ae%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP (KB931374)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dbff7dcb9-5d00-442e-b03c-ce923d213faa%26displaylang%3den

Deploying Windows Firewall Settings for Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2

Windows XP Service Pack 2 provides Windows Firewall, an enhanced firewall that is enabled by default. This white paper describes the methods used to deploy Windows Firewall settings in a managed environment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4454e0e1-61fa-447a-bdcd-499f73a637d1%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows XP (KB943198)

Install this update to improve the Windows USB driver performance on a system running Windows XP.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df2f0a7c2-3b44-4d2e-9640-e0d21818763e%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows XP (KB946501)

Install this update to resolve an issue where a window with a language bar crashes when exiting on Windows XP Service Pack 2 multi-core machines.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc1ac48ad-f4f9-4b4b-9cb5-460593b052cc%26displaylang%3den

Troubleshooting Windows Firewall in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2

This article describes how Windows Firewall works, the common problems with using Windows Firewall, and the set of tools used to troubleshoot Windows Firewall issues.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=16&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da7628646-131d-4617-bf68-f0532d8db131%26displaylang%3den

GPOAccelerator

The GPOAccelerator creates all the Group Policy objects (GPOs) that you need to deploy recommended security settings for your environment to save you hours of work that you would otherwise need to configure these settings. This Solution Accelerator includes guidance to assist you with this tool.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da46f1dbe-760c-4807-a82f-4f02ae3c97b0%26displaylang%3den

Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions for Windows XP (KB943729)

Multiple Group Policy Preferences have been added to the Windows Server 2008 Group Policy Management Console (which are also available through the Remote Server Administration Toolset (RSAT) for Windows Vista SP1).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=21&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de60b5c8f-d7dc-4b27-a261-247ce3f6c4f8%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft App Virt 4.5 Trial Guides

Trial guide that walks a user through the setup and use of the Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 system in standalone mode or with full infrastructure

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=22&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3daa787491-8d08-4d2f-8960-9e9f00226c7e%26displaylang%3den

Press Release Feb 2008

Prison Sentences for Ringleaders of Global Software

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=23&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dfd862fb2-3561-4210-b688-bb28db2e9b81%26displaylang%3den

Notable changes in Windows Vista SP1

Notable changes in Windows Vista SP1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd69c4e1b-c81a-41be-b1f5-66e615ba5912%26displaylang%3den

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/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da23e4401-74b7-4987-96ab-86735f718a8e%26displaylang%3den

Overview of Windows Vista SP1

Overview of Windows Vista SP1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d39b802ea-b2cf-4585-8cea-2cc6a6247cb3%26displaylang%3den

Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008

The Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) is designed to help corporate IT professionals customize and deploy the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 family of operation systems.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d94bb6e34-d890-4932-81a5-5b50c657de08%26displaylang%3den

Windows Vista SP1 Guides for IT Professionals

These guides provide instructions for evaluating and deploying Windows Vista SP1.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de71f0083-1013-4f9c-a3f9-c56e7120a5e9%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB943302)

Install this update to resolve a set of known application compatibility issues with Windows Vista.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4758433b-11dd-49fc-9529-f8d7a914e1bf%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB937287)

Install this update to enable future updates to install successfully on all editions of Windows Vista.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5639710d-dfbf-4527-806e-9a1634d0cc8e%26displaylang%3den

Release Notes for Windows Vista Service Pack 1

Release documentation that contains known issues for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db5b681f5-f366-4ad2-ba10-6a7d209de7bd%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista (KB946026)

A security issue has been identified in the mrxdav.sys driver 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=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dba7a2b42-1c89-45e5-b8a6-049fa500c03a%26displaylang%3den

Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista (KB947172)

This update addresses issues with Media Center for Microsoft Windows Vista.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d537901fc-b333-4a9c-b6fb-5e5af6a1f687%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista (KB946456)

A security issue has been identified in Vista - DHCP 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=14&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8ce9608b-7049-47cd-adc4-22a803877d33%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista (KB943055)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system using Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Automation and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc67ec357-0f86-4f7d-9af0-d63d8b765f44%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB938371)

Install this update to enable future updates to install successfully on all editions of Windows Vista.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d695d7c32-252c-40e8-a15d-81029bec7d76%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB937287)

Install this update to enable future updates to install successfully on all editions of Windows Vista.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=19&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d54235949-b5db-4fe2-a841-ef938217b285%26displaylang%3den

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

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=20&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3daa029fde-f341-44fc-8b85-0c6f3d3c2d69%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB943899)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=22&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd4106f71-a0c5-4798-a6a8-5cbc7d421c86%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista (KB942831)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Internet Information Services (IIS) 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=24&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8c7018ec-ae80-4a30-93fc-0f7386732514%26displaylang%3den

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 4 (KB944533)

This update addresses the vulnerability discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-010. 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=25&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1032a039-468b-4c5f-8c1c-5e54c2832e41%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB943302)

Install this update to resolve a set of known application compatibility issues with Windows Vista.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=26&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8ac99974-aed1-4a1a-a5a8-849acaccdc82%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB947506)

Install this update to resolve an issue where partially installed language packs may cause installation of update packages to fail on a Windows Vista machine.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=27&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9a0e5a09-927d-44c8-aee5-5f0d140ac17c%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB946041)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=28&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df80fe642-d17c-4462-a67f-9692cd4a32aa%26displaylang%3den

Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB947172)

This update addresses issues with Media Center for Microsoft Windows Vista.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=30&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df0d68bb1-17d9-48b0-acd8-e236274d5cab%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB943055)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system using Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Automation and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=31&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9137108f-e80b-46f1-b547-82da8fb058bf%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB946026)

A security issue has been identified in the mrxdav.sys driver 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=32&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d45962232-af78-42cb-bfa0-9ce7de199585%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB946456)

A security issue has been identified in Vista - DHCP 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=34&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd7b9c3d1-9c23-4e05-bac6-d0b327feaf53%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB938371)

Install this update to enable future updates to install successfully on all editions of Windows Vista.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=35&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d46a4ed53-4000-4d0e-baff-eed79780f9ef%26displaylang%3den

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

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=36&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d749e10cd-f40c-4f94-8e38-d4221ded7652%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization MCS Sequencing Guide

MCS Guidelines on sequencing with Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=40&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1c6a73b8-5da8-4a1a-838b-a41ca492c488%26displaylang%3den

TCP/IP Registry Values for Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 allow you to modify TCP/IP behavior with registry values.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=41&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d12ac9780-17b5-480c-aef7-5c0bde9060b0%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB942831)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Internet Information Services (IIS) 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=43&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4de2fffc-5793-4acf-98ee-1b801e59ae39%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB946041)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=45&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc469044e-acdf-4cc1-92d0-03238684b3ff%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2008 Developer Story

An executable containing the Windows Server 2008 Developer Story

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=46&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d056bb5f7-65ff-4c42-bdae-65754d96b021%26displaylang%3den

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=48&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dab60dc87-884c-46d5-82cd-f3c299dac7cc%26displaylang%3den

Windows AIK 1.1 Readme Document (February 2008 Update)

Updated readme document for Windows Automated Installation Kit 1.1 (Windows AIK) for Windows Vista.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=49&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d051091e8-51ea-4d2c-96b3-dc9863edebd9%26displaylang%3den

Testing Prep and Implementation

Setting up a testing environment, known issues and tools available - 2 page PowerPoint Presentation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=50&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d02e01c4d-49a2-43e6-a9c5-8b174d1f089a%26displaylang%3den

Events/Webcasts

New KB's

COM+ applications that use Thread Local Storage may encounter errors or loss of functionality

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948063

Error message when the CreateIpForwardEntry function fails on a Windows Vista-based computer: "0xa0"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947216

A network adapter is automatically reinstalled after you uninstall the network adapter in Device Manager on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945399

When you use the Extra Large Icons view mode in Windows Explorer to view XML Paper Specification files on a Windows Vista-based computer, horizontal lines may unexpectedly appear in the icons

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940963

Error message when a user uses Internet Explorer 7 to open the certificate enrollment Web page to install an end entity certificate on a Windows Vista-based client computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945121

The SFC.exe command reports Settings.ini file errors in the CBS.log file after you add gadgets to the Windows Vista Sidebar by using the Sysprep tool and an Autounattend.xml file

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947595

A language pack is not available when you click "View available updates" after you install Windows Vista Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947875

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 stand-alone packages do not contain the updated Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Help files

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=937286

Description of security events in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947226

Xbox 360 or Windows 2000 Server-based computers may not read CD-R discs that are burned in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947244

After a Windows Vista-based computer sends a POST request to a Web server, the same request is resent

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947230

Printing the first page of a large document is delayed when the XPSDocument filter is used on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947194

When you redirect the Documents folder on a Windows Vista-based computer to a network share, the folder name unexpectedly changes back to Documents

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947222

A temporary profile is loaded after you log on to a Windows Vista-based system

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947242

Error message when you deploy an image to a Windows Vista-based computer: "The system registry contains invalid file paths. Installation cannot proceed"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947245

Error message when you try to install a network printer on a Windows Vista-based computer: "Windows cannot connect to the printer Operation could not be completed (error 0x0000000d)"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947236

Internet Explorer Maintenance-related Group Policy results are not displayed correctly in Group Policy Management Console on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948030

No services are found when you scan for services on a Windows Vista-based Media Center computer that has a PAL TV tuner

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948182

Error message when you use the Sysprep tool on a Windows Vista-based computer: "A fatal error occurred while trying to sysprep the machine"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947212

Error message when you try to access an administrative share on a Windows Vista-based computer from another Windows Vista-based computer that is a member of a workgroup: "Logon unsuccessful: Windows is unable to log you on"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947232

Message Digest 5 (MD5) and the Data Encryption Standard (DES) have been removed from the default list of IPsec cryptographic algorithms in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947211

Error message when you log on to a Windows Vista-based computer by using a temporary profile: "The User Profile Service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947215

Narrator may not read the detailed information about a folder when you move the focus between folders on a computer that is running Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947810

If Windows Vista is running in audit mode, the NUM LOCK key on a Windows Vista-based portable computer is always on

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947243

The "netsh firewall" command together with the "profile=all" parameter does not configure the public profile on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947213

A user's icon and name are not displayed on the logon screen in Windows Server 2008 after you add the Terminal Server server role

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947708

How to change the computer certificate on a Windows Server 2008-based computer that is running the "Routing and Remote Access" service and SSTP

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947027

Object changes or new objects may be lost when the ADAM Synchronizer tool in Windows Server 2003 synchronizes data from Active Directory to ADAM

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947498

A Windows Server 2003-based computer responds slowly to RDP connections or to SMB connections that are made from a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947773

The query result is corrupted or incomplete when an application uses Microsoft ODBC driver for SQL Server to query a SQL Server database

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945142

Error message on a Windows Server 2003-based computer: "STOP 0x0000008E"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947479

After a COM application handles an access violation on a Windows Server 2003-based computer or on a Windows XP Professional x64 Edition-based computer, the COM application stops responding

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947100

When you start the Create LUN Wizard, and then you scroll down the target list, the Storage Manager for SANs (SMFS) console may crash on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946824

The upload operation may fail when you use APIs in the Background Intelligent Transfer Service SDK to upload a file whose name contains Unicode characters in Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946820

A Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2-based computer may drop packets when the computer is working as a bridge and as a router

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943665

A Windows Server 2003-based computer may restart randomly when you set the System Failure option or you may receive an error message when you set the "Disable automatic restart on system failure" option

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947478

On a Windows Server 2003-based computer that has a TCP Chimney Offload network adapter, the TCP data stream may be corrupted when the network adapter indicates an MDL chain whose starting MDL has a nonzero offset

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947775

The function fails and returns error code 3017 (NMERR_NO_MATCHING_NPPS) when you call the "GetNPPBlobTable" function together with a TAG_INTERFACE_TRANSMIT filter in Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947354

You receive a Stop error message when a computer that is using a TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE)-enabled adapter is running under low resources in Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945466

The user profile may not be correctly unloaded when you log off from a Windows Server 2003-based computer, and event 1517 is logged

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944984

A 32-bit application that calls structured storage APIs on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003 may receive an error code: "0x80030057 (STG_E_INVALIDPARAMETER)"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947634

On a computer that is running an x64-based version of Windows Server 2003, the 64-bit version of the Findstr.exe tool returns no results if the file size is from 2 GB through 4 GB

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944829

How to clone a certificate template from a Windows 2000 CA to a Windows Server 2008 CA

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946406

The KTMRM service may re-enlist every five seconds on a Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947301

The Windows Server Backup feature is not listed in Server Manager on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947305

Description of the failover cluster security model in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947049

The Knowledge Consistency Checker deletes the connection object for a read-only domain controller in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947052

A hotfix is available to add a new time zone in Argentina (GMT -3:00) for 2007 through 2008 in Windows XP and in Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947279

The time stamp of a file's "Modified" box changes to the current time after you use the Encrypting File System to encrypt a file on a Windows XP SP2-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941674

When you try to move files from one network drive to another network drive, the files keep permissions from the source folders on a client computer that is running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945272

Certificate mapping fails on a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer that is running the Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940864

An application that uses the Sxs.dll file crashes when you run the application on a Windows XP SP 2-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943232

Some normalization rules are missing if a location profile contains many normalization rules in Communication Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946761

Error message when you modify the MSFT_SIPPoolSetting WMI class on a computer that is running Communications Server 2007: "0xC3EC7D0F(LC_VALIDATION_E_READ_ONLY_PROP_MODIFIED)"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946762

The Communications Server 2007 WMI event provider stops logging events

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947443

Description of the update package for Communications Server 2007 (Web Components, Admin Tools, Web Conferencing, Audio Video, Mediation, Archiving, and Server): January 31, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946763

The Live Communications Server 2005 MMC snap-in is not available on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948145

A server that is running Live Communications Server 2005 is not removed when you try to remove it from the Live Communications Server 2005 console

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948146

Client connections do not authenticate successfully with a Cisco switch when it takes more than five seconds to generate an NAP SoH message on a Windows Vista-based computer or on a Windows XP Service Pack 3-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947017

Windows Media Player stops responding after you install a third-party product that registers its own version of the Wmp.dll file

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947541

Error message when you try to use the Remote Debugging Monitor in Visual Studio on a Windows Vista-based computer: "The Windows Firewall is currently blocking remote debugging"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947252

The pen may send a double-click message on some Windows Vista-based tablet devices even though you actually perform a single-click

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941642

How to uninstall Windows Vista SP1 as a troubleshooting step

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948537

You receive error messages when you use a computer that is running Windows Vista to remotely install a printer driver on a computer that is acting as a print server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948262

Description of the Receive Window Auto-Tuning feature for HTTP traffic on Windows Vista-based computers

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947239

When a Windows Vista-based computer exits Away mode because of a timed event, the computer's LCD monitor unexpectedly turns on

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940290

The autoenrollment functionality fails when a Windows Vista-based computer uses version 2 (V2) certificates

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947237

Registry entries that are useful in network address translation traversal (NAT-T) security associations in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947234

Error message when you try to establish a dial-up VPN connection that uses EAP-TLS for authentication in Windows Vista: "Error: 0x80420100: There was an unknown error"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947209

On a Windows Vista-based Tablet PC, you cannot type some special characters if you use the on-screen keyboard and a physical keyboard at the same time

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947013

Describes the maximum resolutions that are supported to view or to record content in Xbox 360 or in Windows Vista Media Center

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944994

On a Windows Vista-based computer, Windows Firewall applies local program and port exceptions in the private and public profiles even when the Windows Firewall standard profile settings indicate that these exceptions should not be allowed

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947229

How to let a user apply a Group Policy that has the "Devices: Unsigned driver installation behavior" Group Policy setting from a Windows Vista-based computer to a client computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947250

Remote access clients that are running Windows Vista cannot access Routing and Remote Access Service servers that use IPv6

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947208

You may receive an "Out of Memory" error message because of the desktop heap limitation in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947246

When you use an account from an external MIT Kerberos realm to log on to a Windows Vista-based workstation, the logon fails

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947707

An application that calls the GetThreadContext function may stop responding on a computer that is running an Itanium-based version of Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947504

Windows SideShow services and tasks do not start after you install the Desktop Experience Pack on a Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947731

Information and resources to use when you plan to upgrade Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948070

The data transfer fails when you use a program that uses the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) to transfer data on a Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947732

WSUS-related Web services may stop working when you upgrade a Windows Server 2003-based computer to Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948139

Description of the Microsoft server applications that are supported on Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948680

Event ID 10 may be logged on a computer that is running a clean installation of Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948275

Advanced resource configuration in Windows Server 2008 failover clusters

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947050

Error message when you try to use the Active Directory Service Interfaces extension for Terminal Services to read the properties for a user on a Windows Server 2008-based computer: "The directory property cannot be found in the cache"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947729

How to extend the Windows Server 2008 evaluation period

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948472

Event 1803 may be logged on a Windows Server 2008-based computer after you configure the Windows Deployment Services (WDS) settings

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948274

When the Kerberos ticket expires for a Kerberos-authenticated SMB connection that is created to a Windows Server 2003-based server, the oplock on a file cannot be broken in a timely manner

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943459

Error message in Windows Server 2003 R2 when you use the Dfsmgmt.msc snap-in to create a new DFS namespace that contains a period (.) character

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947137

You may experience performance issues when you have Symantec Veritas Storage Exec installed on a Windows Server 2003-based file server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947472

Error message when you open the Disk Management MMC snap-in in Windows Server 2003 with SP1 after you uninstall Veritas Volume Manager: "Unable to connect to Logical Disk Management Service"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947306

The wireless network connection appears to be disabled, and you receive a message in Windows Server 2008: "Windows tried a repair but a problem still exists"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947307

A replication may fail when you perform the replication among Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) instances on a Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947055

Windows Server Update Services 3.0 does not successfully process software inventory information for some computers or computer groups

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948327

Description of the Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 package

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948014

Software updates are not managed by Windows Small Business Server 2003 Update Services after you upgrade to Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945985

The Live Communications Server 2005 Intelligent Instant Message (IM) Filter does not block URLs for external contacts

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948147

Error message when you try to install System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007: "SetupVM.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947685

Detection and deployment guidance for the February 12, 2008 security release

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948874

A document is removed from an .xps print queue and does not print after you resume a Windows Vista-based computer from standby

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948723

A software update is available for the Windows Vista installation components

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938371

A software update is available for the Windows Vista installation software feature

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=937287

MS08-004: Vulnerability in Windows TCP/IP could allow denial of service

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946456

MS08-005: Vulnerability in Internet Information Services could allow elevation of privileges

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942831

An external hard disk that is based on the IEEE 1394 standard is not detected on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948911

Windows Vista does not detect a DVD-R disc that was formatted two times

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948177

Error message when you view a WAN Miniport (SSTP) network adapter or a WAN Miniport (NDISWANBH) network adapter in Device Manager in Windows Vista: "Error code 39"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948263

MS08-008: Description of the security update for Windows 2000, for Windows XP, for Windows Server 2003, and for Windows Vista: February 12, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943055

You may experience issues with the Windows Aero feature on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945000

Error message when you try to remove more than two images from a .wim file that contains four images in Windows Vista: "The data is invalid"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947247

An update that improves the performance, responsiveness, and reliability of Windows Vista is available

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946041

February 2008 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947172

On a computer that is running Windows Vista, Narrator does not read the additional text after you click the hyperlinks in Help topics in Windows Help and Support

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947811

You may receive an error message when you use certain FTP commands on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947207

The upgrade process stops when you upgrade to Windows Vista by using a customized WIM file

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947210

The WMI query for TCP/IP ports does not work on a computer that is running a non-English version of Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947849

An Audio Streaming Input and Output (ASIO) driver may not work correctly on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945444

GPT disks in a Windows Server 2003 server cluster are not migrated to a Windows Server 2008 failover cluster when you use the "Migrate a Cluster" wizard

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947711

How to use the “netsh advfirewall firewall” context instead of the “netsh firewall” context to control Windows Firewall behavior in Windows Server 2008 and in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947709

Parallel SCSI support in Windows Server 2008 Failover Clusters has been removed

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947710

Failover cluster resource recovery behavior in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947712

The implications of using the /forcequorum switch to start the Cluster service in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947713

Windows Server 2008 will log on the administrator account automatically without displaying the logon dialog box when you set the administrator password as blank

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=949093

You cannot remotely access encrypted files after you upgrade a Windows Server 2003 file server to Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948690

MS08-006: Vulnerability in Internet Information Services could allow remote code execution

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942830

The "Bytes Sent Throughput" and "Bytes Received Throughput" columns do not display IPv6 traffic in Task Manager on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948470

MS08-008: A vulnerability in OLE Automation could allow remote code execution

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947890

MS08-007: Vulnerability in WebDAV Mini-Redirector could allow remote code execution

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946026

MS08-003: Vulnerability in Active Directory could allow denial of service

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946538

Drive letters change automatically in Windows Server 2003 when you use the Diskpart.exe tool to assign drive letters

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947441

On a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 or a 64-bit version of Windows XP, an application that uses the FlushViewOfFile() function stops responding when you manually disconnect a removable storage device

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947848

You experience problems on a Windows Server 2003-based computer that has the Ofmlvdrv.sys Open File Manager driver installed

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947473

Network communication may be unsuccessful when you use Internet Explorer to connect to a service provider that uses WinHTTP component for Basic authentication in Windows XP or in Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936342

Error message when you try to start a Windows Server 2003-based computer: "STOP: 0x0000007B"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947480

How to set the /insite option on the Distributed File System (DFS) root on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947724

Error events are generated when you try to perform a system state backup on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941956

The health state of an incoming VPN connection may appear to be incorrect on a Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947019

Error message when you try to open a mapped DFS folder after the computer comes out of standby in Windows XP Service Pack 2: "<Drive Letter>:\ is not accessible"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947460

The Schema Prep State is incorrectly displayed on a computer that is running the release version of Communications Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948259

You may receive error messages when you run the Validation Wizard on a computer that is running Communications Server 2007 Access Edge Server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948260

Error message when you transfer large files over a slow network link in Communicator 2005 or in Communicator 2007: "Cannot send <file name> to <remote user>"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944362

On a Windows Vista-based computer, a wireless connection that uses an invalid WEP key may incorrectly display a "Connection Successful" message even though the connection is not successful

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948912

Some text in the "Color Management settings" dialog box is not viewable in the Italian version of Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948663

Error message when you resume a Windows Vista-based computer from hibernation after the "Internal wireless device" setting in the BIOS is changed to Enabled: "Hardware Malfunction"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948722

A desktop icon changes location on the screen when you change the monitor mode to extended desktop mode on a Windows Vista-based portable computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948178

The internal display does not function if the display is set to 2 on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948181

When you try to access a local resource over a VPN connection, you are always prompted for authentication in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948067

After you run the "slmgr.vbs –upk" command on a Windows Vista-based computer, you cannot see the licensing information, and the Windows Vista activation status is lost

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947241

Error message when you try to match a set-top box code with a Windows Media Center infrared remote control in Windows Vista: "Code Limit Reached"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948913

Error message when an application has 30 or more processes that call the AddFontResource() function or the RemoveFontResource() function, and the function uses the same fonts at the same time: "STOP: 0x8E"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948037

Windows Server 2008-based and Windows Vista-based clients do not receive Print Job cancelation notifications, and multiple print jobs may be pending in the print queue

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948613

An application does not start in Windows Vista when you drag two or more files onto the application shortcut

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938129

The properties of a file that was recorded on an HD DVD are not displayed, and the file cannot be copied, moved, or deleted in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948471

Information about programs that are known to experience a loss of functionality when they run on a Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=935796

A Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) card is not recognized on a Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=949126

How to use the throttling mechanism to control network performance in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948066

Error message when you try to watch TV after you install Windows Vista SP1 on a Windows Vista Media Center computer that uses a digital cable tuner: “Tuners not configured”

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948847

Windows Vista may disconnect client communications that use TCP port 1723

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946567

Customized information is lost on a Windows Vista-based computer if you restart the computer while you are running the OOBE Wizard for the first time

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947784

The update is not installed successfully, you receive a message, and the computer restarts when you try to install an update in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=949358

Error message when you use Windows Explorer to rename folders on a Windows Vista-based computer: "The file or folder does not exist"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=949109

Regional settings that users make during OOBE may be overwritten by the default settings in the Oobe.xml file after Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is installed

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947880

How to remove the "OEM driver activation" exploit and the "grace timer activation" exploit from a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948253

You receive an error message when you try to upgrade the WSv preview build installed on Windows Server 2008 RC0 or on Windows Server 2008 RC1 to the Windows Server 2008 RC1 build with Hyper-V beta or to the release version of Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939853

Kernel memory dump files may not be generated on Windows Server 2008-based and Windows Vista SP1-based computers when system memory is larger than the size of the page file

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=949052

Error message when you try to log on to a Windows Server 2008-based RODC: "There are currently no logon servers available to service the logon request"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=949048

Event 2019 occurs on an HP computer that is running Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947476

When TrendMicro OfficeScan is installed on a Windows Server 2003-based computer, event ID 2020 occurs, and the computer may stop responding, or the computer may respond slowly

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947475

When you use Remote Desktop Connection to create a Terminal Services session to a Windows Server 2003-based terminal server, the first drive letter of the client is not redirected to the Terminal Services session

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940458

You may receive an error message when you try to access a multilevel entry in an MMC by using the Taskpad view on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948703

Error message on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003 and that has the "File Server for Macintosh" component installed: "0x00000050 (parameter1, 0, parameter3, parameter4) PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945921

The Driver Verifier Manager tool verifies the Msnfsflt.sys file as "Unsigned" when you run the tool to detect the Msnfsflt.sys file on a Windows Server 2003 R2-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948511

A kernel driver cannot be unloaded on a Windows Server 2003-based computer when the Service Control Manager (SCM) incorrectly increases a reference count

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948234

Active Directory objects may not be replicated from the restored server after an authoritative restore on a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943576

Mouse Pointer disappears in Windows Media Center

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=556063

Error message when you try to visit the Windows Update Web site: "0x8ddd0007 You need to restart your computer to finish installing a program or updates"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948065

The FilterKeys feature is not turned off when you click "Cancel" on a Windows XP SP2-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=949098

March 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Security

Justin Zarb — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:35:00 GMT

News

Help your customers securely deploy Windows Server 2008 with the Windows Server 2008 Security Guide! http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=92550

Every day, adversaries attempt to invade your customers’ networks and access their servers—to bring them down, infect them with viruses, or steal information about customers or employees.

Your customers are looking to Microsoft and Windows Server® 2008 to help them address these threats. To assist customers in taking full advantage of the rich security features in Windows Server 2008, Microsoft has developed the Windows Server 2008 Security Guide.

The Windows Server 2008 Security Guide provides IT professionals with best practices, predefined security templates, and an automated deployment tool to help strengthen the security of servers running Windows Server 2008.

Supporting Your Family, Friends, and Neighbours http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8287993

By Steve Riley, Senior Security Strategist, Trustworthy Computing Have you become a support professional outside of the workplace? Read this article and learn how to discuss security with your family, friends, and neighbours to better help them stay safe and secure online.

More Security and Control for Mobile Devices http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8287995

Learn how to add, manage, secure, and update Windows Mobile devices like you do Windows-based laptops and PCs. Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 provides robust security features and a comprehensive device management solution that helps safeguard your corporate data, reduce the cost and complexity of mobile deployments, and centralize and simplify Windows Mobile device management.

Island Hopping: The Infectious Allure of Vendor Swag http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8287996

The technique of island hopping -- penetrating a network through a weak link and then hopping around systems within that network -- has been around for years, but it continues to take on new dimensions. This article discusses the beginning steps of using a USB flash drive to attack a network and why the least privilege approach really matters.

Security Quiz http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8287999

Know a friend or family member with a small business? Help them assess what they know and what they ought to know about protecting their businesses from security risks.

Help Employees Develop Better Security Habits http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8287997

Your biggest vulnerability is not necessarily your computers. It's your users. See how to educate them.

Get a Free Trial of Forefront Security for SharePoint http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8250906

Find out how to help protect your Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 collaboration environments with Forefront Security for SharePoint with SP1, and download free trial software.

Learn About Forefront Edge Security and Get Free Trial Software http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8250907

The Forefront edge security and access products provide enhanced network edge protection and application-centric, policy-based access to corporate IT infrastructure. Find out more by visiting the Forefront edge security Web site. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8250953

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February, 2008

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

Help Friends and Family Prevent Identity Theft, Spyware, and Viruses http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8287998

Microsoft Security at Home provides easy-to-understand guidelines to help people protect their computers, themselves, and their families.

Security Quiz http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8287999

Know a friend or family member with a small business? Help them assess what they know and what they ought to know about protecting their businesses from security risks.

Virus Protection and Security Checklist http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8288000

Virus protection is a two-stage process. First, you need to educate your users, and then strengthen your network's security defenses. Review this checklist to see if your employees and systems are covered.

Strong Passwords: How to Create and Use Them http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8288001

This article discusses what makes a strong password, password strategies to avoid, the importance of keeping passwords secret, and how to create a strong, memorable password in six easy steps.

Password Checker http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8288002

Use this tool to help you gauge the strength of your password.

Malicious Software Removal Tool http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8288003

The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks computers running Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 for infections by specific, prevalent malicious software -- including Blaster, Sasser, and MyDoom. It also helps remove any infection you find. When the detection and removal process is complete, the tool displays a report describing the outcome, including which, if any, malicious software was detected and removed.

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8288004

Detect computer vulnerabilities with the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer, a free tool that you can download and use to scan your stand-alone or networked computers for security vulnerabilities.

Partner Security: Establish a Strategy to Protect Shared Data http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8288005

Although many companies focus on the security of their internal systems, it's important to examine the external supply chain as well. Here's how to work with business partners to establish a comprehensive security strategy.

Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8288006

Learn how to optimize two key encryption technologies already available to you in Windows XP and Windows Vista: the Encrypting File System (EFS) and Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption.

Downloads

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

EHS Filtering Datasheet

This datasheet outlines the Filtering service from Exchange Hosted Services.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7793ba73-50c0-4e07-9cd9-211558cbd890&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Antigen 9 with SP1 Readme

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7793ba73-50c0-4e07-9cd9-211558cbd890&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft IPsec Diagnostic Tool

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1d4c292c-7998-42e4-8786-789c7b457881&DisplayLang=en

Security Configuration Wizard Manifest for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Security Configuration Wizard (SCW) is an attack surface reduction tool introduced with Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0ab396e0-4333-4621-95fa-313230dcd946&DisplayLang=en

ILM 2007 Password Management Collection

The Password Management Collection introduces users to the Password Change Notification Service (PCNS) in ILM 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ae09d2f5-8ac2-4769-ab6a-48fe35a25c63&DisplayLang=en

ILM 2007 Design Concepts

The ILM 2007 Design Concepts document set provides discussions and recommended solutions for specific challenges that are encountered during the design phase of ILM 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=40a52201-a297-4c35-82e9-f0b4ca05daeb&DisplayLang=en

Office Communications Server 2007 Document: Security Guide

The security guide provide guidelines for assessing and managing security risks to your Office Communications Server 2007 deployment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2d1ea693-25e0-43d9-8c5c-0822ef83955a&DisplayLang=en

Office 2007 Security Certificates

This download includes security certificate (.cer) files and a Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 package definition (.sms) file for the Microsoft 2007 Office system.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=590b8eb2-9eda-441b-a972-b38e17883063&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console Documentation

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ae4ce23b-9e1e-455c-87a4-36167fe43107&DisplayLang=en

Internet Protocol Security Enforcement in the Network Access Protection Platform

This white paper describes the Network Access Protection (NAP) platform, how IPsec protects traffic, and how IPsec Enforcement in NAP provides system health policy enforcement for IPsec-secured communication.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=144cc69f-790f-4f52-8846-3f3b8584d7cd&DisplayLang=en

Introduction to Network Access Protection

Read this white paper for an overview of the NAP business scenarios, an outline of the components of NAP, and a description of how NAP works.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5d5e243a-23a8-479c-9f2d-37d6d79153e7&DisplayLang=en

IEEE 802.1X for Wired Networks and Internet Protocol Security with Microsoft Windows

This white paper examines and compared 802.1X for wired networks and IPsec.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d9aef757-f528-41be-a01f-99a60c9a855d&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Antigen SP1 Documentation

Microsoft Antigen SP1 Documentation

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

Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server with SP1 Documentation

Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server with SP1 Documentation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5cd4e36e-2dab-44d6-990e-3b8184b1cb1b&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint with SP1 Documentation

Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint with SP1 Documentation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=125efb1e-7ff8-4cc8-934a-28fc7c7e59f0&DisplayLang=en

Protecting Your Business from Online Threats

Prescriptive advice on how businesses can protect their domains, customers, and assets

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=53903d69-9449-426b-b393-e031716a7368&DisplayLang=en

Committed to Protecting Your IT Infrastructure - Microsoft Investments In Security

Committed to Protecting Your IT Infrastructure - Microsoft Investments In Security

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e4e0d998-ba3e-4865-a4bb-09d812c0244c&DisplayLang=en

Screencast: Deploying SSTP Remote Access

This screencast provides detailed information about how you can use three computers to create a test lab with which to configure and test virtual private network (VPN) remote access with Windows Server® 2008 and Windows Vista® with Service Pack 1 (SP1).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fc4d7d3f-0376-45bf-9544-ec35329a2fc1&DisplayLang=en

Network Access Protection Platform Architecture

Read this white paper for a detailed description of the components of the NAP architecture and how it allows third-party software vendors and system integrators to create complete solutions for system health validated network access.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/4/6/946958ef-7b86-4ddc-bfdb-c7ed2af4ce51/TCPIP_Fund.pdf

Deploying Windows Firewall Settings for Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2

http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/4/6/946958ef-7b86-4ddc-bfdb-c7ed2af4ce51/TCPIP_Fund.pdf

Deploying Windows Firewall Settings for Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4454e0e1-61fa-447a-bdcd-499f73a637d1&DisplayLang=en

Troubleshooting Windows Firewall in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2

This article describes how Windows Firewall works, the common problems with using Windows Firewall, and the set of tools used to troubleshoot Windows Firewall issues.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a7628646-131d-4617-bf68-f0532d8db131&DisplayLang=en

Network Access Protection Policies in Windows Server 2008

You configure NAP health requirements and enforcement behaviors with Network Policy Server in Windows Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8e47649e-962c-42f8-9e6f-21c5ccdcf490&DisplayLang=en

System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 System Requirements

DPM 2007 System Requirements lists the minimum DPM hardware and software requirements for the DPM server and the computers and applications it is going to protect.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=961659c7-a66c-410d-a69d-064888db05b3&DisplayLang=en

Deploying System Center Data Protection Manager 2007

Deploying DPM 2007 provides information about installing and configuring DPM 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2812640f-a4a7-4ff8-b4c9-0d73b828328d&DisplayLang=en

System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Operations Guide - English

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ffa07fd4-bdee-418b-a228-ed8c76c97ab4&DisplayLang=en

Step-by-Step Guide: Demonstrate NAP IPsec Enforcement in a Test Lab

Test lab to demonstrate NAP IPsec enforcement

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=298ff956-1e6c-4d97-a3ed-7e7ffc4bed32&DisplayLang=en

Post Upgrade EFS Recovery Tool 1.0 (KB948690)

This tool can be used by server administrators to recover special user profiles and EFS encryption keys after a Windows file server has been upgraded to Windows Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fd786261-d278-40db-baf8-70f42d786223&DisplayLang=en

Step-by-Step Guide: Demonstrate NAP DHCP Enforcement in a Test Lab

Test lab to demonstrate NAP DHCP enforcement

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ac38e5bb-18ce-40cb-8e59-188f7a198897&DisplayLang=en

Step-by-Step Guide: Demonstrate NAP 802.1X Enforcement in a Test Lab

Test lab to demonstrate NAP 802.1X enforcement

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8a0925ee-ee06-4dfb-bba2-07605eff0608&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft DPM 2006 Management Pack

This DPM management pack for Operations Manager 2007 supports monitoring for Data Protection Manager 2006. Requires OpsMgr 2007 MOM 2005 Backward Compatibility MP Update 6.0.5000.16

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a3e0a46d-aad9-4ebf-9ce8-c5242d0e596c&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server with SP1 Documentation

Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server with SP1 Documentation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5cd4e36e-2dab-44d6-990e-3b8184b1cb1b&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint with SP1 Documentation

Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint with SP1 Documentation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=125efb1e-7ff8-4cc8-934a-28fc7c7e59f0&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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830)

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

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

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

ILM 2007 Getting Started Collection

MIIS 2003 Design Concepts for Implementing Reverse Joins

The Getting Started Collection introduces users to various features and functionality of ILM 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=11fb01bc-94a9-4404-bb90-ceca1a206e32&DisplayLang=en

Deploying System Center Data Protection Manager 2007

Deploying DPM 2007 provides information about installing and configuring DPM 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2812640f-a4a7-4ff8-b4c9-0d73b828328d&DisplayLang=en

System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 System Requirements

DPM 2007 System Requirements lists the minimum DPM hardware and software requirements for the DPM server and the computers and applications it is going to protect.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=961659c7-a66c-410d-a69d-064888db05b3&DisplayLang=en

Backup Operations Service for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 with Data Protection Manager 2007 Datasheet

This offering helps customers to validate, envision, and plan the architecture and the design for an effective, rapid, and reliable recovery of their Office SharePoint Server farms.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d423e7dd-4029-447c-ad26-031adfa41265&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) Tool

The ISA Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool is designed for administrators who want to determine the overall health of their ISA Server computers and to diagnose current problems. The tool scans the configuration settings of the local ISA Server computer and reports issues that do not conform to the recommended best practices.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d22ec2b9-4cd3-4bb6-91ec-0829e5f84063&DisplayLang=en

Step-by-Step Guide: Demonstrate NAP VPN Enforcement in a Test Lab

Test lab to demonstrate NAP VPN enforcement

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=729bba00-55ad-4199-b441-378cc3d900a7&DisplayLang=en

Network Access Protection Platform Architecture

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2f37651e-1749-45c3-996e-53de05d44ef7&DisplayLang=en

Introduction to Network Access Protection

Read this white paper for an overview of the NAP business scenarios, an outline of the components of NAP, and a description of how NAP works.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5d5e243a-23a8-479c-9f2d-37d6d79153e7&DisplayLang=en

Internet Protocol Security Enforcement in the Network Access Protection Platform

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=144cc69f-790f-4f52-8846-3f3b8584d7cd&DisplayLang=en

Events/WebCasts

Microsoft Security Webcast Series: Upcoming and On-Demand

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

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

Upcoming Security Webcasts

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

Register for the following Webcasts on the link above

IT Manager Webcast: Dynamic IT and Security (Part 5 of 5): Data Protection (Level 200)

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Pacific Time

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

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

On-Demand Security Webcasts

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

March 2007 - Technical Rollup Mail - Exchange

Justin Zarb — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:30:00 GMT

News

Preparing for daylight saving time changes in 2007
In August of 2005 the United States Congress passed the Energy Policy Act, which changes the dates of both the start and end of daylight saving time (DST). When this law goes into effect in 2007, DST will start three weeks earlier (2:00 A.M. on the second Sunday in March) and will end one week later (2:00 A.M. on the first Sunday in November) than what had traditionally occurred.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/timezone/dst2007.mspx

Microsoft Makes It Easier for Organizations to Transition to Its Unified Communications and Collaboration Platform

More than ever, organizations worldwide are investing in Microsoft Corp.’s platform for unified communications and collaboration, and they now have an easier way to make the transition with a new set of tools and resources for their IT administrators and employees.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/jan07/01-21LotusDominoTransitionPR.mspx

Downloads

Managed Folder Selector Sample

The Managed Folder Selector sample application can be used to create a managed folder home page that integrates with client applications such as Microsoft Outlook 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d33152d26-d0a5-42ba-b5f4-9d62823362e7%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Help

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d555f5974-9258-475a-b150-0399b133fede%26DisplayLang%3den

Update for daylight saving time in 2007 for Newfoundland for Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 (KB 931915)

Update for daylight saving time in 2007 for Newfoundland for Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3de5dccb9f-02d8-424e-9634-11be39068dd8%26DisplayLang%3den

A Pre-configured Virtual Machine

A Pre-configured Virtual Machine containing Exchange 2007 and Live Communications Server 2005

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d10db8a71-28f8-41d7-8421-39c331d19734%26DisplayLang%3den

Update for Exchange Server 2003 (KB 930241)

After applying a version of Store.exe that is later than 06.05.7651.26 on a computer that is running Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, the Exchange databases may fail to mount if the security descriptor of the database object has been modified to include a well-known user or group and more than one domain exists in the forest.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d2a835a09-8e57-4027-a488-1e61c4b43a10%26DisplayLang%3den

Exchange Calendar Update Tool

The Exchange Calendar Update Tool enables administrators to update, using the Time Zone Data Update Tool for Microsoft® Office Outlook®, multiple user mailboxes, thereby avoiding the challenges involved with broadly deploying the Outlook Time Zone Data Update Tool to all end-users.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3da9336886-4b28-4010-9416-36d38429438d%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Transport Server Role Architecture Diagrams

This download contains architectural diagrams of the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 transport server roles.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d612f811d-2953-4c08-945e-833c17150083%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Network Monitor 3

Tool to allow capturing and protocol analysis of network traffic.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3daa8be06d-4a6a-4b69-b861-2043b665cb53%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console Beta 1 User Guide

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3dae4ce23b-9e1e-455c-87a4-36167fe43107%26DisplayLang%3den

Exchange Load Generator

Exchange Load Generator is a benchmarking, pre-deployment validation, and stress testing tool that introduces various types of workloads into a test (non-production) Exchange messaging system.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3dc7534cb2-4234-41f1-b0b2-ed9f376b4cb2%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Transporter Suite Release Notes

This download contains the most current Release Notes information for Microsoft Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d362db2ca-b254-4301-b506-749f90ad8669%26DisplayLang%3den

Transporter Suite

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d35fc4205-792b-4306-8e4b-0de9cce72172%26DisplayLang%3den

VM for Exchange Calendar Update Tool

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d03d4251d-370f-486d-bb2f-64ff14c546ad%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Release Notes

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d2600cab1-bf60-49bd-bef5-cb80083275ad%26DisplayLang%3den

Exchange Load Generator (32 bit)

Exchange Load Generator is a simulation tool to measure the impact of MAPI clients on Exchange servers.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3dddec1642-f6e3-4d66-a82f-8d3062c6fa98%26DisplayLang%3den

Exchange Load Generator (64 bit)

Exchange Load Generator is a simulation tool to measure the impact of MAPI clients on Exchange servers.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=16&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d0fdb6f14-1e42-4165-bb17-96c83916c3ec%26DisplayLang%3den

Update for Daylight Saving Time changes in 2007 for Exchange 2003 Service Pack 1 (KB 931978)

Update for Daylight Saving Time changes in 2007 for Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d562b5f79-20ac-43e4-b80f-3faf9bac0c89%26DisplayLang%3den

Intelligent Message Filter Operations Guide

This guide provides overall operational information to help optimize the performance of Exchange Server Intelligent Message Filter.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3db1218d8c-e8b3-48fb-9208-6f75707870c2%26DisplayLang%3den

Exchange Best Practices Analyzer Update

Configuration, rule, and help updates for the Exchange Best Practices Analyzer v2.7.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=19&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d4f2f1339-cbcd-4d26-9174-f30c10d7ec4c%26DisplayLang%3den

Deploying a Simple Exchange Server 2007 Organization

This document provides descriptions and overviews of features, guidelines for planning, and steps for deploying a simple Exchange 2007 organization.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=20&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3db7bad09f-6952-4e54-b482-9fcd30d6c245%26DisplayLang%3den

Deploying a Large Exchange Server 2007 Organization

This document provides descriptions and overviews of features, guidelines for planning, and steps for deploying a large Exchange 2007 organization.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=21&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d8ece7461-1d43-49a9-bacb-dedc0ad3ac9f%26DisplayLang%3den

Deploying a Standard Exchange Server 2007 Organization

This document provides descriptions and overviews of features, guidelines for planning, and steps for deploying a standard Exchange 2007 organization.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=22&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d6bd13b0c-88b4-4deb-b55d-7d70916c660c%26DisplayLang%3den

Deploying a Complex Exchange Server 2007 Organization

This document provides descriptions and overviews of features, guidelines for planning, and steps for deploying a complex Exchange Server 2007 organization.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=23&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d32ba768d-9727-464a-b7e2-3e037d61a8d6%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console Beta 1

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=24&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3df9b669c6-6f9f-4c09-8457-c00b5b6ebd7a%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0-Exchange E-mail Router

This update to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0-Exchange E-mail Router provides support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=25&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3df7656f0f-4195-4a7d-b654-2786787e1422%26DisplayLang%3den

Events/WebCasts

24 Hours of Exchange Server 2007

24 x 1 Hour sessions on Exchange 2007.

2 March 2007: TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Exchange Server 2007 (Part 13 of 24): Maintaining Anti-Spam Systems (Level 200)

This is the fourth webcast of six in this webcast series in which we focus on various aspects of security in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. We cover the anti-spam features and review the defense-in-depth approach to anti-spam management in Exchange Server 2007. We discuss Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services and describe how the services work to help protect your organization from malicious software (malware). Join this webcast to learn how to implement the anti-spam features and filtering capabilities in Exchange Server 2007. To complete the homework that is associated with this webcast series, you can register and attend the live Labcast Series, or you can register for a self-paced Virtual Lab. http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032323322%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

7 March 2007: TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Exchange Server 2007 (Part 14 of 24): Maintaining Antivirus (Level 200)

We continue looking at security in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 in this session by introducing the antivirus features and the defense-in-depth approach to antivirus in Exchange Server 2007. We review the integration features in Exchange Server for antivirus software and discuss Microsoft Forefront for Exchange Server 2007. Join this webcast to learn how to implement these features in Exchange Server 2007 and to learn how Forefront for Exchange Server 2007 helps provide greater protection and control over the security of your network infrastructure. To complete the homework that is associated with this webcast series, you can register and attend the live Labcast Series, or you can register for a self-paced Virtual Lab.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032323326%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

9 March 2007: TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Exchange Server 2007 (Part 15 of 24): Using Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 for Secure Exchange Server Publishing (Level 200)

In this session, we explore how you can use Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 to allow a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 environment be exposed to the outside world with little risk. We introduce the topic of our next session, Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access (OWA), by demonstrating ways you can publish Exchange Server 2007 messaging features to a mobile work force. We examine how ISA Server 2006 provides protection for those elements of your network that need to be connected to the outside world. Setting up the correct filters and polices can be tricky; however, we demonstrate how ISA Server 2006 has a number of built-in features that allow you to set up the correct filters and polices using simple wizards. We also describe the polices and filters in ISA Server 2006 and show how you can easily modify them to adapt to any environment. To complete the homework that is associated with this webcast series, you can register and attend the live Labcast Series, or you can register for a self-paced Virtual Lab.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032323328%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

12 March 2007: TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 Guided Labcast Series (Part 5 of 8): Remote Client Access with Exchange Server 2007 (Level 200)

Join this TechNet Labcast to learn about the administrator and client experiences when accessing a server running Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 from nearly any location. Discover many of the new features in Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access 2007 including calendaring, searching, and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services capabilities. Finally, see how mobile devices interact with Exchange Server 2007. A labcast is a blend of webcast and virtual lab in which we provide a guided, hands-on learning environment. Watch and listen as we demonstrate different tasks using Microsoft Office Live Meeting, then we switch to a TechNet Virtual Lab where you can try it first-hand. Experts are standing by to answer any questions you may have along the way http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032323553%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

14 March 2007: TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Exchange Server 2007 (Part 16 of 24): Outlook Web Access in Exchange Server 2007 (Level 200)

In this session, we describe the new and enhanced features in Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access (OWA) in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. We discuss the two versions of OWA, Outlook Web Access Light and Outlook Web Access Premium. Join this webcast to learn about the requirements for deploying and securing OWA and the new features in OWA, such as the integration with Microsoft SharePoint products and technologies. We conclude our presentation by exploring how to manage an OWA environment. To complete the homework that is associated with this webcast series, you can register and attend the live Labcast Series, or you can register for a self-paced Virtual Lab. http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032323559%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

16 March 2007: TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 Guided Labcast Series (Part 6 of 8): Using Local Continuous Replication (Level 200)

In this TechNet Labcast, we step you through the Local Continuous Replication features of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. Learn to enable Local Continuous Replication (LCR) on an Exchange Storage Group and create an initial seed database for LCR by using BackRest.exe. We also show you how to recover from a disk failure by using the copy taken by LCR. A labcast is a blend of webcast and virtual lab in which we provide a guided, hands-on learning environment. Watch and listen as we demonstrate different tasks using Microsoft Office Live Meeting, then we switch to a TechNet Virtual Lab where you can try it first-hand. Experts are standing by to answer any questions you may have along the way. http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032323555%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

19 March 2007: TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Exchange Server 2007 (Part 17 of 24): Unified Messaging (Level 200)

In this webcast, we describe deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging (UM). Learn how deploying UM requires integrating Exchange Server 2007 with your organization’s existing telephony system, which can be a significant challenge to Exchange Server administrators, who may have little telephony knowledge. A successful UM deployment requires careful analysis of your existing telephony infrastructure and proper planning. Join this session for help with this planning stage; we explore the requirements and outline the questions you need to answer before deploying UM yourself or hiring a systems integrator to perform the integration. To complete the homework that is associated with this webcast series, you can register and attend the live Labcast Series, or you can register for a self-paced Virtual Lab.http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032323561%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 March 2007: TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 Guided Labcast Series (Part 7 of 8): Using Cluster Continuous Replication (Level 200)

We provide an overview of the Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) features of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 in this TechNet Labcast. We begin by configuring Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Cluster Services and then installing the active and passive cluster nodes. We conclude by stepping you through the moving of resources between cluster nodes. A labcast is a blend of webcast and virtual lab in which we provide a guided, hands-on learning environment. Watch and listen as we demonstrate different tasks using Microsoft Office Live Meeting, then we switch to a TechNet Virtual Lab where you can try it first-hand. Experts are standing by to answer any questions you may have along the way.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032323557%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 March 2007: TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Exchange Server 2007 (Part 18 of 24): Mobility (Level 200)

In previous sessions in our series, we discussed providing services to remote users by using Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access (OWA) and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging (UM). In this webcast, we explore the support for mobile devices in Exchange Server 2007. We cover Exchange ActiveSync and describe how it enables Windows Mobile powered devices to access information on a server running Exchange Server 2007. Join this presentation to learn how to configure ActiveSync virtual directories and how to create and manage ActiveSync policies for mobile devices. To complete the homework that is associated with this webcast series, you can register and attend the live Labcast Series, or you can register for a self-paced Virtual Lab

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032323563%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

26 March 2007: TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Exchange Server 2007 (Part 19 of 24): Introduction to Exchange Server 2007 Disaster Recovery (Level 200)

In this webcast and the next, we look at disaster recovery in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.

Over the course of these two sessions, we cover:

• Recovering messaging databases.

• Preparing for and recovering from mailbox server failures.

• Preparing for and recovering from non-mailbox server failures.

Join this session to learn about the options for database recovery, backup, and repair, in addition to dial-tone recovery. We also demonstrate the techniques required for these disaster recovery tasks. To complete the homework that is associated with this webcast series, you can register and attend the live Labcast Series, or you can register for a self-paced Virtual Lab.
http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032323565%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

28 March 2007: TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 Guided Labcast Series (Part 8 of 8): Configuring an Edge Transport Server in Exchange Server 2007 (Level 200)
Discover the new features in the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Edge Transport server role. Take part in this TechNet Labcast and learn to implement an edge server and how it can help protect your organization from viruses and spam. Also see how a Microsoft Office Outlook Safe Senders List can propagate out to the edge server. A labcast is a blend of webcast and virtual lab in which we provide a guided, hands-on learning environment. Watch and listen as we demonstrate different tasks using Microsoft Office Live Meeting, then we switch to a TechNet Virtual Lab where you can try it first-hand. Experts are standing by to answer any questions you may have along the way. http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032324014%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 March 2007: TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Exchange Server 2007 (Part 20 of 24): Exchange Server 2007 Disaster Recovery (Level 200)
In this webcast, we expand on the information covered in the previous webcast and further explore disaster recovery for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. Our focus in this session is the server; we describe how to perform a recovery on mailbox servers and the other role servers. We discuss the recovery options you have and the data you need to recover a role server in Exchange Server 2007. We also demonstrate the recovery process and the steps you need to take for a successful recovery. To complete the homework that is associated with this webcast series, you can register and attend the live Labcast Series, or you can register for a self-paced Virtual Lab. http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032324016%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

Premier Soundbytes and Workshops (Ask your TAM for more details)
02/03/07: Soundbyte - Introduction to Exchange 2007 Management Shell
05/03/07: Soundbyte - Introduction to Exchange 2007 Server Roles
19/03/07: Soundbyte - Introduction to Exchange 2007 Mailbox Server Role
23/03/07: Soundbyte – Recovering Exchange Server 2003

01/03/07: Exchange 2007 Upgrade & Migration
01/03/07: Exchange 2003 Storage & Best Practices
06/03/07: Exchange 2003 Security
07/03/07: Exchange 2003 Storage & Best Practices
13/03/07: Exchange 2003: Best Practices
13/03/07: Exchange 2003 Disaster Recovery (Edinburgh)
14/03/07: Exchange 2003 Troubleshooting (Edinburgh)
15/03/07: Exchange 2007 Upgrade & Migration (Edinburgh)
23/03/07: Exchange Mobility
29/03/07: Exchange 2003 Clustering
03/04/07: Exchange 2003: Performance Monitoring
05/04/07: Exchange 2007 Upgrade & Migration
12/04/07: Exchange 2003: Advanced Clustering
27/04/07: Exchange Mobility
08/05/07: Exchange 2003 Storage & Best Practices
17/05/07: Exchange 2003: Best Practices
24/05/07: Exchange 2003 Clustering
29/05/07: Exchange 2007 Upgrade & Migration
15/06/07: Exchange Mobility
18/06/07: Exchange 2003: Advanced Clustering

New KB’s

Common Mistakes When Upgrading Exchange 2000/2003 To a Exchange 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555854

Update for daylight saving time changes in Newfoundland in 2007 for Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/931915

The Exchange 2003 database does not mount, and event IDs 9518 and 9519 are logged in the Application log
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/930241

Exchange System Manager crashes in Exchange Server 2003 after you install Internet Explorer 7
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/932513

You may experience issues when you have many public stores on many different Exchange Server 2003 servers in a large mail organization
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/922894

All-day events are migrated as regular calendar items when you use the "Exchange Server 2003 Migration Wizard for Lotus Notes" to migrate calendar items to Exchange 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/924836

The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service stops responding in Exchange 2003 when a user opens an e-mail message that contains right-to-left Unicode characters
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/929035

You cannot open a SharePoint Server 2007 notification message in Outlook 2007 when your mailbox is on an Exchange 2003 server
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/930807

Update for daylight saving time changes in 2007 for Exchange 2003 Service Pack 1
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/931978

Description of the new feature in Exchange Server 2003 that supports Smart Card authentication to Outlook Web Access
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/920209

You experience difficulties when you use an Outlook client computer to connect to a front-end server that is running Exchange Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/924047

You experience incompatibility issues when you implement some operations in Exchange System Manager or in the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in in Exchange 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/928187

Task data is also migrated when you use "Exchange Server 2003 Migration Wizard for Lotus Notes" to migrate Lotus Notes calendar data to Exchange Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/924833

The PR_MESSAGE_DELIVERY_TIME attribute of embedded messages cannot be displayed when you enable envelope journaling in Exchange 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/931264

The Exchange Migration Wizard stops responding, or e-mail messages are stuck in the Exchange.box file in Exchange Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/925296

A user experiences various errors in Outlook after you move the user's mailbox from Exchange 5.5 or from Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2003 SP1 or to Exchange 2003 SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/926084

The logon process stops responding if you try to reauthenticate when you use a third-party program to log on to Outlook Web Access in Exchange 2003 Service Pack 1
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/926115

You cannot differentiate the attachments after you use the Exchange Server 2003 Migration Wizard for Lotus Notes to migrate calendar attachments
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/924959

Incorrect results are returned when a CDO 1.21 application uses the GetFirst method to query appointments in Exchange 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/929188

Text in messages is displayed in an incorrect language when you log on to your mailbox by using Outlook Web Access
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/929398

Earlier Outlook clients cant connect to Exchange 2007 Server
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555851

Error message when you try to remove an orphaned mailbox after a failed move operation in Exchange 2003: "The Operation cannot be performed because this mailbox was already reconnected to an existing user"
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/930363

You receive an error message when you try to set the storage limits to 2 GB or larger for a mailbox or for a mailbox store in Exchange 2003 or in Exchange 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/930366

New reply content is discarded when you reply to or forward an e-mail message in Exchange Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/929872

March 2007 - Technical Rollup Mail - SQL

Justin Zarb — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:28:00 GMT

News

Now Available – SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 With New Features, Increased Performance

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (SP2) enables all editions of SQL Server 2005 to take advantage of the enhancements within Windows Vista and the 2007 Office System including SQL Server Analysis Services and Reporting Services improvements for Office 2007; increased interoperability; and enhanced manageability and data compression.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/servicepacks/sp2.mspx

SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 Press Release Here:

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/feb07/02-19SQLSP2PR.mspx

What’s New In SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb283536.aspx

A List Of The Bugs That Have Been Fixed In SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

This article contains information about the bugs fixed in SQL Server 2005 SP2. Please note: (1) other fixes that are not documented may be included in the service pack and (2) this list will be updated when more articles are released.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;921896

Documents

SQL Server Questions and Answers From The Latest Technet Magazine

Database Size, Mirroring, Marked Transactions and More…

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/02/SQLQA/default.aspx

Case Study: Denmark Telecom Leader Slashes Costs with 6 Terabyte Data Warehouse on SQL Server 2005

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=200154

Downloads

SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 – Related Downloads

SQL Server 2005 SP2

To update SQL Server 2005 with Service Pack 2, click the link below and download the files most appropriate for you.

Download SQL Server 2005 SP2

SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP2 (February 2007)

Download SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP2

Update For Books Online (February 2007)

Download an updated version of Books Online for Microsoft SQL Server 2005, the primary documentation for SQL Server 2005. The February 2007 update to Books Online contains new material and fixes to documentation problems reported by customers after SQL Server 2005 was released. Refer to "New and Updated Books Online Topics" for a list of topics that are new or updated in this version. Topics with significant updates have a Change History table at the bottom of the topic that summarizes the changes.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/books.mspx

Samples and Sample Databases (February 2007)

The February 2007 release is compatible with SQL Server 2005 SP2. There are several new samples in this release, and many bug fixes. See the SQLServerDatabasesAndSamplesOverview.htm file included with this download for a description of the new samples available in this release.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e719ecf7-9f46-4312-af89-6ad8702e4e6e&DisplayLang=en

SQL Server 2005 Feature Pack (February 2007)

Download the SQL Server 2005 Feature Pack (February 2007)

Reporting Services Add-in for Microsoft SharePoint Technologies (February 2007)

SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Add-in for SharePoint Technologies allows you to take advantage of SQL Server 2005 SP2 report processing and management capabilities in SharePoint. The download provides a Report Viewer web part, web application pages, and support for using standard Windows SharePoint Services.

Download SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Add-in for Microsoft SharePoint Technologies

Data Mining Add-ins for Microsoft Office 2007 (February 2007)

SQL Server 2005 Data Mining Add-ins for Microsoft Office 2007 allow you take advantage of SQL Server 2005 predictive analytics in Office Excel 2007 and Office Visio 2007. The download includes Table Analysis Tools for Excel, Data Mining Client for Excel, and Data Mining Templates for Visio.

Download SQL Server 2005 Data Mining Add-ins for Microsoft Office 2007

Events/WebCasts

SQL 2005 Webcasts and Virtual Labs

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/eval/webcast.mspx?wt.mc_id=sql.ad.01037

SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 Webchat

Join the SQL Server 2005 development team to learn more and ask technical questions about the Service Pack 2 release made available for public download on 2/19/2007.

Add to Calendar

Microsoft Webcast: Selecting the Right SQL Server 2005 Edition to Fit Your Business (Level 200)

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a collection of components, and each component has a number of features to support various aspects of a database application. Microsoft has packaged these components and features into various editions to better accommodate the system availability, performance, and price requirements of different customers. Before you acquire and install SQL Server 2005, attend this webcast to compare editions and find the best match for your application and business needs. We explore the key differences between SQL Server 2005 Enterprise and Standard editions in the areas of availability, scalability, manageability, and business intelligence (BI) to help you determine which edition is right for you.

Thursday, March 8, 2007

11:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M. Pacific Time
Microsoft Webcast: Selecting the Right SQL Server 2005 Edition to Fit Your Business (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: SQL Server 2005 SP2 Tools and Improvements (Level 200)

In this webcast, we discuss the broad range of tools available for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (SP2). If you are a database administrator or IT professional who is new to SQL Server 2005 or would like to see a few of the great scenarios enabled by SP2, you should attend this session. We cover several tools and features that are new or improved in SP2, including Management Studio, Best Practices Analyzer, multi-instance maintenance plans, custom reports, script generation, and the Copy Database Wizard.

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

1:00 P.M.–2:00 P.M. Pacific Time
TechNet Webcast: SQL Server 2005 SP2 Tools and Improvements (Level 200)

MSDN Webcast: Building Data-Driven Web Applications with SQL Server Express (Part 1 of 3) (Level 200)

Join this three-part webcast series as we highlight graphical techniques for building Web sites that create data-bound solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition. In this first presentation, we focus on creating Web sites that use the new Microsoft ASP.NET login controls. Be sure to attend the second installment of our series to learn techniques for displaying and manipulating data from ASP.NET controls on Web pages. In the third part our series, we describe using a single middle-tier data object on multiple Web pages, in addition to master page and site navigation techniques.
Thursday, March 1, 2007

1:00 P.M.–2:00 P.M. Pacific Time

MSDN Webcast: Building Data-Driven Web Applications with SQL Server Express (Part 1 of 3) (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: Introduction to SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (Level 200)

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration Services is a completely redesigned, feature-rich, enterprise data integration platform. In this session, we introduce you to the enterprise-class capabilities of Integration Services, including dedicated management functionality, collaborative development environment, and high scalability and reliability. Also, learn how you can use SQL Server 2005 Integration Services to implement data quality, data profiling, and custom transforms in your organization.

Monday, March 5, 2007

1:00 P.M.–2:30 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Introduction to SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: Measuring the Security Quality of SQL Server 2005 and the Security Development Lifecycle (Level 200)

Every vulnerability in a database infrastructure means attacks are that much more likely to succeed. With that in mind, the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) compiled data to compare security vulnerabilities in Microsoft SQL Server 2005, the first Microsoft product to run through the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL), with those in competing products. Join this webcast as we review the highlights of the SDL, illustrate the process of quantifying security quality, and explain what you can learn from the experiences that Microsoft had.

Thursday, March 8, 2007

1:00 P.M.–2:00 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Measuring the Security Quality of SQL Server 2005 and the Security Development Lifecycle (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: Introducing a New Storage Format for Decimal and Numeric Data in SQL Server 2005 (Level 200)

Do you have an application that depends on a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database? Are there tables in that database with columns that contain decimal values? If so, you may be able to reduce the size of those tables, and thereby reduce the size of the database. This webcast provides the details you need to use a new, more efficient storage format for decimal and numeric data. We also discuss the database size reduction you can expect, and the effect this may have on the performance of your applications.

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

1:00 P.M.–2:00 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Introducing a New Storage Format for Decimal and Numeric Data in SQL Server 2005 (Level 200)

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

New KB’s

SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition

FIX: CPU utilization may approach 100 percent on a computer that is running SQL Server 2000 after you run the BACKUP DATABASE statement or the BACKUP LOG statement

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=930484

SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition

How to schedule a database backup operation by using SQL Server Management Studio in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=930615

SQL Server timing values may be incorrect when you use utilities or technologies that change CPU frequencies

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=931279

BUG: Error message when you use Database Mail in SQL Server 2005: "Error 14667, Severity 16, State 1"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=931175

FIX: You may receive an error message when you run a CLR stored procedure or CLR function that uses a context connection in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=928083

You may be prompted to enter the old password when you try to reset the password of a SQL Server login by using a SQL Server login that is a member of the securityadmin fixed server role in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=931976

FIX: The restore operation may take a long time to finish when you restore a database in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924807

How to prepare SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2000 for changes to daylight saving time in 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=931975

The remote instance of SQL Server 2000 does not stop when you use SQL Server Management Studio on the server that is running SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=930878

Error message when you try to configure SQL Server Agent to interact with Database Mail in SQL Server 2005 64-bit editions: "An attempt was made to send an email when no email session has been established"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=931631

FIX: SQL Server 2005 may not perform histogram amendments when you use trace flags 2389 and 2390

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=929278

FIX: Error message when you use the Bcp.exe utility to import data into a table from a text file in SQL Server 2005: "The memory could not be written"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=923008

FIX: Some rows in the Text Data column are always displayed for a trace that you create by using SQL Server Profiler in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=919243

FIX: Error message when you use SQL Server 2005: "High priority system task thread Operating system error Exception 0xAE encountered"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=922594

FIX: I/O requests that are generated by the checkpoint process may cause I/O bottlenecks if the I/O subsystem is not fast enough to sustain the IO requests in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=929240

FIX: SQL Server Profiler stops monitoring the instance after a time when you use SQL Server Profiler to monitor an instance of SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=930691

FIX: Some search results are missing when you perform a full-text search operation on a Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 site after you upgrade to SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=927643

SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition

FIX: You receive error 1456 when you add a witness to a database mirroring session and the database name is the same as an existing database mirroring session in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=930283

FIX: A "17187" error message may be logged in the Errorlog file when an instance of SQL Server 2005 is under a heavy load

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=929376

BUG: You may receive incorrect results when you run a query against the target partitioned table after you insert data from a partitioned table to another partitioned table in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=931291

SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

FIX: You may receive unexpected results when you run an MDX query in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926515

FIX: The query runs much slower than you expect when you use the InStr function in a calculated member of an MDX query in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=927455

You may unexpectedly receive a NULL value when you run a Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) query in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=930410

You may experience decreased performance when you run queries against a cube that contains linked dimensions in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=931292

FIX: Error message when you run a Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) query that uses a calculated member in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services: "Internal error An unexpected exception occurred"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=930409

FIX: You may receive incorrect results when you run a Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) query that involves a calculated member and the autoexist functionality in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=919955

FIX: Unfiltered results may be generated when you use a drillthrough action on a dimension that is stored in the ROLAP storage mode in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=923477

FIX: The MDX query may never finish when you run the MDX query against a parent/child dimension in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=923476

SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

FIX: You may receive "UnavailableException" and "LogonFailedException" error messages when you perform a stress test on the report server in SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=922577

FIX: Error message when you open a report in Report Manager in SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services: "An error has occurred during report processing. There is already an open DataReader associated with this Command which must be closed first"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=927290

FIX: SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services cannot generate an error message in a report when the data source of the report calls a stored procedure that contains the RAISERROR statement

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=919538

FIX: You cannot select a multivalued parameter from a drop-down list when you view a report in Report Manager in SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=919556

FIX: The Report Server Windows service may stop responding, and you may receive the following error message in SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services: "An internal error occurred on the report server"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=928538

FIX: Error message when you use Report Builder after you install SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services SP1: "Short time pattern does not include hours and minutes"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=923623

March 2007 - Technical Rollup Mail - Internet

Justin Zarb — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:26:00 GMT

News

ISA

Microsoft Forefront Edge Security and Access

ISA Server 2006 is now part of Forefront Edge Security and Access. The Forefront edge security and access products, Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 and Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG) 2007, provide enhanced network edge protection and application-centric, policy-based access to corporate IT infrastructure across the three primary usage scenarios listed below:

• Secure Remote Access, Optimized access for employees, partners, and customers from virtually any device or location

• Branch Office Security, Enhanced connectivity and security for remote sites

• Internet Access Protection, Increased resiliency for IT infrastructure from Internet-based threats

• Learn more about Forefront Edge Security and Access

http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/edgesecurity/default.mspx

• View product tours

http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/edgesecurity/producttours.swf

• Download evaluation software

http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/edgesecurity/trial.mspx

Learn more about Intelligent Application Gateway 2007 here:

http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/edgesecurity/iag/default.mspx

BizTalk

Microsoft Business Process Alliance Enables Mainstream Adoption of Business Process Management
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/feb07/02-26MSBPAPR.mspx

Microsoft and Business Process Management: A Technology Overview
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/feb07/02-26MSBPAPR.mspx

SharePoint

Microsoft launch SharePoint Community Portal
A new Microsoft hosted sharepoint community portal is now ready for access. http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint is introduced by Microsoft Senior Product Manager (Portals) Lawrence Liu and is a great new resource for everyone interested in MOSS and WSSv3

Presentation files from the European SharePoint Conference
A few more presentation files (and sample code!) have been posted to the European SharePoint Conference document library (http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/SPCEU2007) on the SharePoint Community Portal. Many more files will be posted within the next couple of weeks. The best way for you to keep up to date with future file postings is to subscribe to the doclib's RSS feed, which includes direct links to the files as well as the files themselves as RSS Enclosures. So, if your feed reader supports RSS Enclosures, you can configure it to download the files automatically!

This functionality has been brought to you by SharePoint's nifty RSS capabilities, which have been "baked into" all lists and libraries. For the SPCEU2007 doclib, I simply went into its RSS Settings page and enabled the options shown below.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2 Reporting Services integration with WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007
SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (SP2), which will be released any minute now :-), enables deep integration between Reporting Services and SharePoint technologies (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Office SharePoint Server 2007). This integration enables an end-user to view and manage reports completely from within a SharePoint environment.
http://www.microsoft.com/sql

Two extremely useful (and free!) SharePoint addons...
Two "must-have" SharePoint addon products were released earlier this month. The first is a cross browser compatible replacement for the rich text editor in MOSS 2007. The second is an offline reader for WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 sites, which is highly recommended for staying up to date with frequently updated sites such as the SharePoint Community Portal. And yes, they are both available for free!

With the release of the r.a.d.editor for MOSS, Telerik has taken into account the feedback they gathered during the beta period. In addition to the downloadable file on their website at http://www.telerik.com/sharepoint, Telerik has also published a Deployment and Customization manual as well as a Feature Comparison guide for r.a.d.editor for MOSS vs. the OOTB MOSS rich-text editor vs. the full featured r.a.d.editor for ASP.NET.

Colligo Reader for SharePoint (http://www.colligo.com/products/sharepoint/reader_home.asp) enables you to easily download content from SharePoint sites to your laptop, so you can access the content offline rather than having to copy files one by one through a browser. Reader is a client-only application, and no server modifications are required. If you want the ability to add or update SharePoint content offline, Colligo offers a full featured Contributor for SharePoint (http://www.colligo.com/products/sharepoint/reader_home.asp) product.

Announcing the... Windows SharePoint Server 3.0, Configuring and Office SharePoint Server 2007, Configuring exams!
Congratulations and special thanks to those of you who helping us and Microsoft Learning with building the objective domain and exam questions (most of which were SharePoint MVPs). We received a very strong and positive response from our pilot exam takers. I've seen a few blog posts where people have passed either one or both of the IT Pro exams. Congratulations!

These exams give you the opportunity to prove your SharePoint Products & Technologies knowledge to both your companies, peers, and something special for your resume/CV for your future.

IT Pro Exams (Released!):

TS: Office SharePoint Server 2007, Configuring (became available on January 8, 2007)
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-631.mspx

TS: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Configuring (became available on January 8, 2007)
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-630.mspx

Certifications:

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: SharePoint Services 3.0, Configuring

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: SharePoint Server 2007, Configuring

Audience Profile:

A typical candidate for this exam has a minimum of one year of experience in configuring Windows SharePoint related technologies. In addition this exam will assume that the candidate is proficient in configuring the following technologies.

• Web Administration/Internet Information Services 6.0
• General Windows Server 2003 Directory Administration
• General Networking Infrastructure
• General Knowledge of Office SharePoint Server 2007
• General understanding of .NET 2.0 as it relates to SharePoint Services 3.0
• General understanding of Internet Security and Acceleration Server
• Network Load-balancing for applications
• Administering SQL Server 2000 or 2005 for SharePoint Services 3.0
• General Security/Authentication practices
• Back-up/Restoration of data

Dev Exams (ETA: March):

TS: Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 - Application Development
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-541.mspx

The Technology Specialist (TS) Exam 70-541: TS: Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 - Application Development is in development. It is expected to be released in mid-winter 2007.

TS: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 - Application Development
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-542.mspx

The Technology Specialist (TS) Exam 70-542: TS: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 - Application Development is in development. It is expected to be released in March 2007.

Downloads

SharePoint

Completing the "Fantastic 40" – 20 remaining application templates now available, plus more!
As alluded to earlier, the 20 remaining Application Templates of the “Fantastic 40” are now available for download! ( http://www.microsoft.com/sharepointapps) These server admin templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 provide more enhanced functionality than the first 20 templates, including some with built-in workflows, heavily customized lists and libraries, and advanced data views. Moreover, these new templates are available not just in English but 10 additional languages: French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese (BR), Japanese, Korean, Hebrew, Chinese (simplified), and Chinese (traditional). The additional languages will be available within the next few days.

The Community Kit for SharePoint: User Group Edition

The Community Kit for SharePoint: User Group Edition (or CKS:UGE) 1.0 is a site admin template (.STP file) designed for user group websites. The default settings and content of a SharePoint site that's been created with this template can be used with minimal modification by any Microsoft product oriented user group. Nevertheless, a user group of any product will find this template to be a compelling option with which to create a SharePoint site for its members.

You can access the CKS:UGE demo site at http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/cks/uge

ISA

Installing the Windows SBS 2003 R2 Premium Technologies
Use the step-by-step information provided in these documents to help you install ISA Server 2004 with Service Pack 1 and SQL Server 2005 Workgroup Edition on your Windows SBS 2003 R2 network.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=29cb973d-41d8-4a5e-9312-90982a0fc164&DisplayLang=en

Forefront Edge Security and Access Demonstration Toolkit
This demonstration toolkit comprises virtual machine-based demonstrations of Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG) 2007 and Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ec908733-d480-46c1-bcba-2b75219e2a28&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Network Monitor 3
Tool to allow capturing and protocol analysis of network traffic
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=aa8be06d-4a6a-4b69-b861-2043b665cb53&DisplayLang=en

BizTalk

BizTalk Server 2006 Developer Productivity Study
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6ec68631-2b4c-485f-83cf-7c26893839c4&displaylang=en

11 new case studies published this month which reference Biztalk Server. Click the link below any time to see the latest Biztalk case studies.
http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/search.aspx?ProTaxID=1265&NoDays=30

Events/WebCasts

SharePoint

09 Mar 2007 : TechNet Webcast: Planning For and Deploying SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 1 of 2) (Level 200)
In this webcast, we provide a detailed overview of the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 architecture. Learn about the concepts behind the topology, server roles, network conditions, and security topics. We show you the three-tier administration model and how the three components (central administration, shared services, and site settings) are commonly used. Find out about SharePoint Server 2007 deployment options and how to determine the correct topology to use for installation. Join us for scenarios that illustrate four different topologies, progressing from deployment of a single server to various server farm options
http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032330326&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

12 Mar 2007 : TechNet Webcast: SharePoint Server 2007 Search Technical Drilldown (Level 200)
In this webcast, we review the new Search features in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. We look at the challenges you face supporting disparate repositories, and we illustrate how SharePoint Server 2007 can help you address those issues. Discover the new features and enhanced architecture of SharePoint Server 2007 as we explore some specific SharePoint Server 2007 usage scenarios.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032330507&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

14 Mar 2007 : TechNet Webcast: Installing and Configuring Basic Search with SharePoint Server 2007 for Search (Level 300)
In this webcast, we provide an overview of the new Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Search. We show you how to quickly enable basic search across Universal Naming Convention (UNC) file shares, internal Web sites, SharePoint sites, Microsoft Exchange Server public folders, and Lotus Notes databases—all without complex coding.

Attend this session to gain a better understanding of:

• The key feature and installation differences between Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Search and the search features of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
• The steps required to install and configure basic search with Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Search across multiple content stores.
• The upgrade path to Office SharePoint Server 2007

http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032325464&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

16 Mar 2007 : TechNet Webcast: Planning for and Deploying SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 2 of 2) (Level 200)
In this second part of our webcast series, we move beyond the architectural overview provided in the previous session to discuss proper planning for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Learn about advanced settings, scripting tips, and other considerations for successfully installing and maintaining SharePoint Server 2007. We cover topics such as Web load balancing, password management, and authentication settings. We also discuss ways to perform disaster recovery once you have installed SharePoint Server 2007. From the basic Recycle Bin to the backup/restore utility, join us to become familiar with the tools available to secure the data on SharePoint Server 2007 in your organization
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032330088&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

19 Mar 2007 : TechNet Webcast: Security for SharePoint Products and Technologies (Level 200)
We discuss the security methods for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 in this webcast. We review different authentication methods and detail their benefits and limitations. Other topics we cover in this session include:

• Management of permissions.
• Role of permissions with SharePoint groups.
• Permission levels.
• New permissions available in SharePoint Server 2007.
• Access rights.
• Web farm configuration and topology.
• Secure topology.
• Secure communication.
• Security hardening.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032330328&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

21 Mar 2007 : TechNet Webcast: Installing and Configuring Search in SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 300)
In this webcast, we provide a brief overview of the search features in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and show you how to enable basic search across the breadth of disparate data repositories within your enterprise. Learn how to search for data, including people and line-of-business (LOB) applications, without the need for complex coding. We examine installation and configuration of iFilters, content stores, crawl rules, content properties, people search, and search scopes. We also cover the configuration of the Search Center user interface (UI) to provide a tailored user experience specific to your organization.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032325466&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

28 Mar 2007 : TechNet Webcast: Extending Search Capabilities with Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 300)
Join this webcast to learn how protocol handlers extend the capabilities of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 search services by exposing data sources and permitting external content sources to be crawled and indexed. We show you how to use the Office SharePoint Server 2007 protocol handler architecture to extend the search capabilities of SharePoint Server 2007 to additional content sources. Attend this session to gain a better understanding of the architecture of protocol handlers, the software development kit (SDK) and resources you need, and what steps you need to take to develop your own protocol handlers.
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New KB’s

ISA

Authentication fails when client computers use Internet Explorer 7 to authenticate with an upstream ISA Server computer through a downstream ISA Server computer that does not require authentication

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927265

ISA Server 2004 and ISA Server 2006 do not support traffic redirection

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888042

SharePoint

Information about the Maintenance Plan Wizard in SQL Server 2005 and about tasks that administrators can perform against SharePoint databases
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932744

RSS feeds are not updated as expected when you configure them for content in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web site by using an RSS reader
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932741

Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 hotfix package: February 10, 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932621

The data in a workbook is not displayed when you use Excel Web Access to open a workbook that queries a Jet database
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928755

Description of the SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package: January 25, 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931497

Members of the domain local group cannot view a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Web site
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932378

How to configure SharePoint Server 2007 to use a database that is hosted on a server that is running SQL Server in an untrusted domain
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932376

Description of the SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package: February 7, 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931496

Description of the SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package: February 10, 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932620

You cannot crawl case-sensitive Web content in SharePoint Server 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/93261

BizTalk

FIX: You receive an Event ID 5719 error message when you process a message that contains consecutive empty elements in BizTalk Server 2006
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927741

FIX: Side-by-side deployment does not work as expected when convoys are used in orchestrations in BizTalk Server 2004
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911617

You can resume the upgrade process if an unexpected error occurs when you upgrade from BizTalk Server 2004 to BizTalk Server 2006
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930481

FIX: You receive an error message when you use BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT 2.1 to process many SWIFT MT535 messages
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930550

FIX: You receive an error message when you use BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT 2.1 to process many SWIFT MT535 messages
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930949

FIX: Messages may be lost when you use the BizTalk Adapter for MQSeries 2.0 to process messages
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926584

Error message when you use the ADT^A03.txt file in the BizTalk Server Accelerator for HL 7 1.3 tutorial
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931817