Technical RollUp : November

November 2009 - Technical Rollup Mail - Unified Communications

conuktrm — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

News

Exchange

You Had Me At EHLO...

http://msexchangeteam.com/default.aspx

Microsoft UK UC Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/msukucc

Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

Office Communications Server Team Blog

http://communicationsserverteam.com

Outlook

Microsoft Office Outlook Team Blog

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

Documents

Exchange

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

Quick Start Guide for Outlook Voice Access 2010

This download contains a quick reference sheet that can be used when navigating the menu system found in Outlook Voice Access.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=77f1f82e-5da1-4ab5-9969-d1eb72b2ee0f

Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

Microsoft Office Live Meeting Service Administrator's Guide

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

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

Outlook

Fact Sheets

Quick overview of the accessibility features of major Microsoft products.

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

Downloads

Antigen & Forefront

FCS 1.0 MS09-062

FCS 1.0 MS09-062

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=c0ce624c-8df3-4223-8a7a-5cba4ac334a8

Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

Microsoft Exchange Online Standard

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

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

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 Hotfix KB 972884

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

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

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Hotfix KB 975611

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

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

Office Communications Server 2007 and 2007 R2 Visio stencils

The Office Communications Server 2007 and 2007 R2 Visio stencils contain icons for Office Communications Server 2007 and 2007 R2 server roles and components.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=543705f6-d02a-436e-8b34-5c796550022a

Outlook

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB974771)

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=1b7acddc-b55c-4a64-a8bc-ee696b2d0eaa

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (KB974810)

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=be9bc30f-8047-433f-bac1-cabc2ab7075b

Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Outlook (On-Premise and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Service Provider Editions)

Install Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 for Outlook and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 for Outlook with Offline Access. For on-premise and Service Provider editions of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 only.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=60c4a6cc-59d7-416e-9f44-0ae8ff249768

Events/Webcasts

Antigen & Forefront

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Secure Messaging Solution (Level 200)

Thursday, November 05, 2009 1:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Join us for this webcast as we walk you through the best practices and technologies available to secure e-mail in your organization. After this webcast, you should know how to protect your Microsoft Exchange Server from malware and inappropriate content, how to protect your data from leaking into the wrong hands, and how to easily and securely publish your Exchange Server for access.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032425493&culture=en-US

Exchange

The U.S. Public Sector Virtual Launch: The New Efficiency (Windows® 7, Windows Server® 2008 R2, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010)

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

The U.S. Public Sector Virtual Launch: The New Efficiency

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032427820&culture=en-US

Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

Momentum Webcast: What's New with Office Communications Server 2007 R2? (Level 100)

Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 helps you deliver streamlined communications to users, so your organization can communicate with the right person, right now, from the applications they use most. Attend this webcast to learn about some of the new features introduced with the latest version of Office Communications Server. We discuss some of the new capabilities of software-powered voice over IP (VoIP), Web and audio/video conferencing, and enterprise instant messaging through Office Communications Server 2007 R2.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032428471&culture=en-US

Momentum Webcast: Reduce Your Training Expense and Increase Technology Adoption (Level 100)

Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Businesses are constantly looking for ways save money, improve efficiency, and innovate. As a result, businesses are turning to their IT departments to help save money by controlling costs, improving efficiency, and increasing revenue streams through innovation. Microsoft offers an integrated set of tools and resources that can help your organization adopt an intuitive and familiar solution that maximizes user productivity and reduces training costs.

Join us to learn how the familiar and intuitive interface associated with Microsoft products—such as Live Meeting, Office Communicator 2007, SharePoint Server, and Office 2010—let you deploy technology solutions more rapidly, reduce training time, and increase the technology adoption rate, allowing you to focus on the business at hand.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032428477&culture=en-US

Momentum Webcast: Save Money and Travel with Integrated and Interoperable Communications (Level 100)

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

In this webcast, you learn how to reduce telecommunication and travel costs by getting the right information to the right people at the right time. Discover how your organization can replace many in-person meetings and training sessions with an immersive Web and video conferencing solution from Microsoft. Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 now gives you in-house audio conferencing capabilities, so you can eliminate your outsourced audio conferencing costs. Long distance and cellular phone charges can also be slashed by using a more cost-effective voice over IP (VoIP) solution and by communicating more effectively with presence and instant messaging technologies.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032428474&culture=en-US

New KB's

Antigen & Forefront

Antigen 8.0 for IM EN: Description of Service Pack 1 for Antigen 8.0 for IM and Service Pack 1 for Antigen version 8.0 for SharePoint

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975850/EN-US

Antigen 9.0 for Exchange AL: Description of the upgrade licensing process for Antigen 9.0 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939417/EN-US

Exchange

Exchange Svr 2000 EN: How To Use MKCOL in WebDAV to Create a New Folder (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289871/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2000 EN: How To Use MOVE in WebDAV to Move a Mail Item to Another Folder (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290197/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2000 EN: How To Use COPY in WebDAV to Copy a Mail Item to Another Folder (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290407/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2000 EN: How To List Public Folders by Using WebDAV (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291171/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2000 EN: How To Get and Set a Property on a Public Folder Item Using WebDAV (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300185/EN-US

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

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

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: The Inetinfo.exe process crashes in the MSExchange.UceContentFilter.dll module on a computer that is running an Exchange Server 2003 server and that has Intelligent Message Filter (IMF) enabled (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958625/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: Exchange Server 2003 users cannot reply to an e-mail message that was sent from Lotus Notes when the Lotus Notes user's e-mail address contains 8-bit ASCII characters (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961892/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2007 AL: Security warning when you start Outlook 2007 and then connect to a mailbox that is hosted on a server that is running Exchange Server 2007 or Exchange Server 2010: "The name of the security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940726/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2007 AL: Proceeding calls may not work when Audio/Video (A/V) Edge Server is specified in the Mediation Server properties for Audio/Video Edge Authentication purposes in an Exchange server 2007 and Office Communication Server 2007 integration environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970891/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2007 AL: A new Exchange 2007 database cannot be mounted, and you receive a "MapiExceptionNoAccess: Unable to mount database, (hr=0x80070005, ec=-2147024891)" error

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976066/EN-US

Exchange Svr Standard 2010 AL: Event ID 9519 "Error 0x80004005" is logged in the Application log when you try to mount a database in Exchange Server 2010 or in Exchange Server 2007 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925825/EN-US

Exchange Svr Standard 2010 AL: Users who use Outlook 2003 cannot publish their free/busy data in Exchange Server 2010 or in Exchange Server 2007 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945602/EN-US

Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: Error message and Create Pool wizard does not complete if you use a default instance of SQL Server that listens on a nonstandard port: "Database installation path must be valid"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975030/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 EN: Description of the update package for Office Communications Server 2007: April 2009 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961569/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: The "Meet Now Options" dialog box for the Windows-based Live Meeting 2007 client does not appear correctly or contain scroll bars

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961604/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: Error message when you play back a recording of a session of the Windows-based Office Live Meeting 2007 client: "(0xc00d11b1): An error occurred in the media player while attempting to play the file"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974416/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: On a computer that is running Windows Vista, you cannot install the Windows-based Live Meeting 2007 client when the "Do not save encrypted pages to disk" setting is enabled for Internet Explorer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974853/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: The sharing of a desktop or a program stops in the Windows-based Live Meeting 2007 client when you start the Application Virtualization client

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974859/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: After you install update 974251, basic authentication for HTTP Proxy is enabled by default in Office Live Meeting 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974860/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: The dialog box that prompts you to delete or to save a recording does not appear when you exit a meeting in the Windows-based Live Meeting 2007 client

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974861/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: Some text is not displayed in PowerPoint when you play back high fidelity presentation format recordings in the Windows-based Live Meeting 2007 client

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974863/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: When the Windows-based Live Meeting 2007 client converts PowerPoint slides to .png files, text from the slides overlays other text or is distorted in the .png files

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974864/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: When you upload a PowerPoint presentation in the Windows-based Live Meeting 2007 client, the file size of the presentation differs from the file size of the presentation in the client log files

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974865/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: You can select or clear the "Enable Meeting Lobby for this meeting" check box in the Windows-based Live Meeting 2007 client

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974900/EN-US

Outlook

Outlook 2002 Win32 EN: MS09-060: Description of the security update for Microsoft Outlook 2002: October 13, 2009 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973702/EN-US

Outlook 2003 Win32 AL: MS08-015: Description of the security update for Outlook 2003: March 11, 2008 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945432/EN-US

Outlook 2003 Win32 AL: MS09-060: Description of the security update for Outlook 2003: October 13, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973705/EN-US

Outlook 2003 Win32 AL: Description of the Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter update: October 13, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974771/EN-US

Outlook 2003 Win32 AL: Description of the Outlook 2003 hotfix package (Outlooknminus1.msp): September 23, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975123/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: How to obtain the latest Outlook Junk E-mail Filter update (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/872976/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: When you use delegates in Outlook 2007, it is recommended that the manager and all the delegates use Outlook 2007 Service Pack 2 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924470/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Error message when you start Outlook 2007 to configure an Exchange 2003 mailbox if the AutoDiscover\'ZeroConfigExchange' policy is set: "The connection to Microsoft Exchange is unavailable" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927481/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: The importance and the sensitivity of e-mail messages can be changed after you set a policy in Outlook 2007 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954228/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: MS09-060: Description of the security update for Outlook 2007: October 13, 2009 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972363/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Description of the Outlook 2007 Junk E-mail Filter update: October 13, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974810/EN-US

November 2009 - Technical Rollup Mail - SQL Server

conuktrm — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

News

Forrester Research

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

Forrester Research

The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Database Management Systems, Q2 2009
This Forrester Wave assesses more than a dozen firms based primarily on their enterprise open source and closed source database management systems. Forrester named Microsoft a ‘leader’ in the DBMS Wave and states that Microsoft is “The most aggressive DBMS vendor with a strong road map.” In this Wave, Forrester categorizes Leaders as offering “broad set of functionality to support any critical transactional application.”

Gartner, Inc.

Gartner 2006 worldwide RDBMS market share reports highest growth rate in market share for Microsoft SQL Server. With 28% growth in market share, growth is almost twice the nearest competitor at 14.8% growth.

Gartner, Inc.

This Magic Quadrant depicts Gartner's analysis of how data warehouse DBMS software-only vendors measure against specific criteria within the marketplace.

Gartner, Inc.

Microsoft is positioned in Leaders Quadrant for Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms, 2009.

IDC

SQL Server is the fastest growing Database and Business Intelligence vendor.

IDC

SQL Server ships more units than Oracle and IBM combined.

The OLAP Report

SQL Server is the #1 OLAP Server on the market

Dark Reading

Study: SQL Server Is Safest DB

NGS Software Insight Security Research

Which database is more secure? Oracle vs. Microsoft. Since July 2003 more than 100 critical Oracle database security vulnerabilities have been identified, compared to zero for SQL Server for that period.

Transaction Processing Performance Council

Microsoft SQL Server and Unisys are the first to publish TPC-E benchmark results.

Winter Corporation

SQL Server Manages the World's Largest Databases.

ChannelWeb: CRN Staff

Microsoft SQL Server recognized as Best Seller and Top Growth Best Seller by CRN Magazine.

Other

Technical RollUp

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

Downloads

Other

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 Beta 2 for Windows Desktop

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 Beta 2 is an embedded database that allows developers to build robust applications for Windows desktops and mobile devices. The download contains the files for installing SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 Beta 2 on Windows desktop.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=411ba1c5-ba57-45b6-9148-91bed6e7a9f1

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 Beta 2 for Windows Desktop

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=411ba1c5-ba57-45b6-9148-91bed6e7a9f1

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 Beta 2 for Windows Desktop

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=411ba1c5-ba57-45b6-9148-91bed6e7a9f1

Security Update for SQL Server Reporting Services 2000 Service Pack 2 (KB970899)

A security issue has been identified in the SQL Server Reporting Services 2000 Service Pack 2 that could allow an attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=33554f96-5af7-4683-a537-9db293b67b8d

SQL 2000

Security Update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (KB970895)

A security issue has been identified in the SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 that could allow an attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=d971a262-1dfb-498c-a4f3-59fdc1b85d23

Security Update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 (KB970892)

A security issue has been identified in the SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 that could allow an attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=0d878f4b-71e8-4170-9a14-1bce684811ce

Security Update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (KB970896)

A security issue has been identified in the SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 that could allow an attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=76d3d653-e9a0-48bc-afae-d3553f7b9235

Security Update for SQL Server Reporting Services 2000 Service Pack 2 (KB970899)

A security issue has been identified in the SQL Server Reporting Services 2000 Service Pack 2 that could allow an attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=33554f96-5af7-4683-a537-9db293b67b8d

Security Update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 (KB970894)

A security issue has been identified in the SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 that could allow an attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=e6f307c1-8b21-406e-9c6f-b1a3a1e9a98f

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 Beta 2 for Windows Desktop

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=411ba1c5-ba57-45b6-9148-91bed6e7a9f1

SQL 2005

How to protect SAP with DPM 2007 sp1

This whitepaper discusses why and how to protect SAP environments running on Microsoft SQL Server with Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 sp1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=aa704f3e-aee5-418d-a63b-0e467b25b58f

Security Update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (KB970895)

A security issue has been identified in the SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 that could allow an attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=d971a262-1dfb-498c-a4f3-59fdc1b85d23

Security Update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 (KB970892)

A security issue has been identified in the SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 that could allow an attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=0d878f4b-71e8-4170-9a14-1bce684811ce

Security Update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (KB970896)

A security issue has been identified in the SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 that could allow an attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=76d3d653-e9a0-48bc-afae-d3553f7b9235

Security Update for SQL Server Reporting Services 2000 Service Pack 2 (KB970899)

A security issue has been identified in the SQL Server Reporting Services 2000 Service Pack 2 that could allow an attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=33554f96-5af7-4683-a537-9db293b67b8d

Security Update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 (KB970894)

A security issue has been identified in the SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 that could allow an attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=e6f307c1-8b21-406e-9c6f-b1a3a1e9a98f

SQL Server Reporting Services Add-in for SharePoint Technologies

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=f4d4d0ae-e5d4-4ed1-8d78-7137578161ce

SQL Server Reporting Services Add-in for SharePoint Technologies

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=648766ac-2a35-4238-a3f4-c26d7077f2a9

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 Beta 2 for Windows Desktop

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=411ba1c5-ba57-45b6-9148-91bed6e7a9f1

SQL 2008

How to protect SAP with DPM 2007 sp1

This whitepaper discusses why and how to protect SAP environments running on Microsoft SQL Server with Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 sp1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=aa704f3e-aee5-418d-a63b-0e467b25b58f

Communications Server 2007 R2 Site Resiliency White Paper

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

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

Events/Webcasts

Momentum Webcast: Emerge Stronger with Microsoft Business Intelligence (Level 100)

Monday, November 09, 2009 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Discover how a Microsoft total business intelligence solution can help your organization emerge stronger from the economic downturn. In this presentation, we discuss how to use your existing technologies to identify cost-cutting opportunities, streamline operations, and strengthen and grow your customer base in today's marketplace.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032429506&culture=en-US

Momentum Webcast: Emerge Stronger with Microsoft BI: Operational Improvement (Level 100)

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Join us for part three of our four-part Emerge Stronger series on how the total Microsoft Business Intelligence solution can enable you to maximize your technology during the economic downturn. This presentation builds on the overview in the first webcast by providing a detailed look into how you can free cash from operations while keeping and growing your operational strength.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032428087&culture=en-US

New KB's

SQL 2000

SQL Svr 2000 Reporting Svcs EN: MS09-062: Description of the security update for GDI+ for SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services Service Pack 2: October 13, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970899/EN-US

SQL 2005

Report Viewer Redistrib 2005 SP1: MS09-062: Description of the security update for Microsoft Report Viewer 2005 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package: October 13, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971117/EN-US

SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2: MS09-062: Description of the security update for GDI+ for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 GDR: October 13, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970895/EN-US

SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2: MS09-062: Description of the security update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 QFE: October 13, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970896/EN-US

SQL Svr 2005 Analysis Svcs EN: FIX: You cannot process an object when you change or delete another unrelated object at the same time in the same database in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975748/EN-US

SQL Svr 2005 Analysis Svcs EN: FIX: You receive an incorrect result when you run an MDX query against a dimension that has a parent/child relationship, and uses the unary operator after you install Cumulative Update 3 for SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services SP3 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975783/EN-US

SQL Svr 2005 Analysis Svcs EN: FIX: Error message after you perform a Process Update on a dimension used on a cube that contains a writeback partition: "Errors in the high-level relational engine. The data source view does not contain a definition for the <tablename> table or view"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976030/EN-US

SQL Svr 2005 SP3 AL: MS09-062: Description of the security update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 GDR: October 13, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970892/EN-US

SQL Svr 2005 SP3 AL: MS09-062: Description of the security update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 QFE: October 13, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970894/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise Edtn 2005 EN: How to shrink the tempdb database in SQL Server (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307487/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: How to monitor blocking in SQL Server 2005 and in SQL Server 2000 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/271509/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: SQL Server Agent jobs may fail after you change the SQL Server Agent service startup account by using the Windows Service Control Manager (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911305/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: Tuning options for SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008 when running in high performance workloads (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920093/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Error message in the database mail log when you try to use the sp_send_dbmail stored procedure to send an e-mail in SQL Server 2005: "Invalid XML message format received on the ExternalMailQueue" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928789/EN-US

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

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

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: The connection to a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services catalog database encounters an error, and the connection is not reset

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972926/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: You use the COUNT function on a column that is returned by a subquery that returns no rows in SQL Server 2005, and an incorrect result is returned

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974067/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: A memory leak may occur if you use a linked server query to retrieve a sql_variant column from a remote server in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974130/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Error message in the SQL Server 2005 Errorlog file after the SQL Server service stops responding: “Timeout occurred while waiting for latch”

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974205/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: A deadlock occurs when you perform an operation that cleans up the security cache in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974296/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Error message when you use database mirroring in SQL Server 2005, and an assertion failure occurs intermittently: "SQL Server Assertion: File: <loglock.cpp>, line=823 Failed Assertion = 'result == LCK_OK'."

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974319/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Database restore operation may fail during the recovery phase when the database uses query notification in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974777/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: An API cursor plan that is created by a plan guide is not reused when the cursor is active

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974785/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: A "DBCC CHECKDB" statement or a "DBCC CHECKTABLE" statement reports errors after you rebuild an XML index in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974985/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: The restore operation takes a long time when you restore a database that has query notification enabled in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975089/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Deadlocks may occur when multiple concurrent query notification subscriptions are fired on same objects in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975090/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Capitalization and accent changes on a column of user-defined data type are not propagated in SQL Server 2005 merge replication

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975134/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: For SQL Server Compact Edition (CE) Subscribers, only schema without data is replicated for newly added articles to an existing Merge Publication using “ExchangeType.Upload” (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975159/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: You receive an incorrect result when you run a query that uses a ranking function on a partitioned table in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975230/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: A SELECT statement returns an incorrect result set if a linked server is being used in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975417/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: The database mirroring session is suspended when you add more than one log transaction file to a folder on the principle server that does not exist on the mirror server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975681/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: You receive an incorrect result when you run a query that uses a parallel execution plan in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976041/EN-US

SQL 2008

Report Viewer Redistrib 2008: MS09-062: Description of the security update for Microsoft Report Viewer 2008 Redistributable Package: October 13, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971118/EN-US

Report Viewer Redistrib 2008: MS09-062: Description of the security update for Microsoft Report Viewer 2008 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package: October 13, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971119/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise 2008 EN: Error messages may be logged in the SQL Server error log after you run a DBCC command in SQL Server (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926070/EN-US

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

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

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: Updates to Microsoft SQL server 2008 will fail after an edition upgrade (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970608/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: The performance decreases when you open the Report Builder (RB) ClickOnce application after you install SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974371/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: The row count is incorrect after you run a "BULK INSERT" statement by using SQL Server JDBC driver 2.0 to insert data into a table

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975565/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: The SQL Server 2008 Books Online shortcuts and the SQL Server 2008 Books Online folder disappear from Start menu after you install the May 2009 version of SQL Server 2008 Books Online

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976115/EN-US

November 2009 - Technical Rollup Mail - Security

conuktrm — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

News

Securing the Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12679063&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

By building on the same security principles used to manage risks to Microsoft software development and operating environments, the Online Services Security and Compliance (OSSC) team at Microsoft has created an online Information Security Program—one that results in continuous improvements to security for the Microsoft cloud computing environment. Find out what cloud computing at Microsoft means today.

Government Requirements for a Secure Cloud http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12679064&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Learn about the U.S. Government’s vision for cloud computing, beginning with Apps.gov, an online marketplace where federal agencies can find and purchase cloud-based IT services.

Updated Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance Planning Guide Now Available http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12679065&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Learn how to meet Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) requirements using standard Microsoft products and technologies.

Filtering (Obfuscating) Sensitive Text in SQL Server http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12594584&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Download Data Protection Manager 2010 Beta http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12667775&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

A key enhancement in the Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010 beta is that it protects virtual machines deployed on Windows Server 2008 R2 using Cluster Shared Volumes clusters as well as stand-alone Hyper-V servers and Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V clusters. Plus, the DPM 2010 laptop feature is completely rebuilt and offers an optimised experience for DPM administrators as well as the laptop user.

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for October, 2009

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

Microsoft Product Lifecycle Information

Find information about your particular products on the Microsoft Product Lifecycle http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12355452&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474 Web site.

See a list of supported service packs http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12355453&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474: Microsoft provides free software updates for security and non-security issues for all supported service packs

Security Bulletin Overview for October 2009

Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) Blog Post http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12679074&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Windows Media Video (WMV) http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12679075&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Windows Media Audio (WMA) http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12679076&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

iPod Video (MP4) http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12679077&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

MP3 Audio http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12679078&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

High Quality WMV (2.5 Mbps) http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12679079&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Zune Video (WMV) http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12679080&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Forefront Edge Security

Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 Release Candidate Now Available

Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 (TMG) allows employees to safely and productively use the Internet for business without worrying about malware and other threats. It provides multiple layers of continuously updated protections – including URL filtering, antimalware inspection, intrusion prevention, application- and network-layer firewall, and HTTP/HTTPS inspection - that are integrated into a unified, easy to manage gateway, reducing the cost and complexity of Web security.

http://technet.microsoft.com/evalcenter/ee423778.aspx

Forefront TMG and ISA Server

Forefront Edge Security TechCenter

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

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

Forefront Edge Security Community

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

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:

Network Load Balancing (NLB) configuration settings in Forefront TMG: to clear or not to clear?

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/09/29/network-load-balancing-nlb-configuration-settings-in-forefront-tmg-to-clear-or-not-to-clear.aspx

Forefront TMG introduces the Preparation Tool to make setup easier

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/09/30/forefront-tmg-introduces-the-preparation-tool-to-make-setup-easier.aspx

Forefront TMG - Dynamic GAPA Engine Updates

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/10/01/forefront-tmg-dynamic-gapa-engine-updates.aspx

Introducing the Forefront Experts Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/10/05/introducing-the-forefront-experts-blog.aspx

Mainstream Support Ending for ISA Server 2004 Standard Edition SP3

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/10/05/mainstream-support-ending-for-isa-server-2004-standard-edition-sp3.aspx

MRS Feedback and Error Reporting Portal (beta) is live

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/10/07/mrs-feedback-and-error-reporting-portal-beta-is-live.aspx

Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 Release Candidate Now Available

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/10/11/forefront-threat-management-gateway-2010-release-candidate-now-available.aspx

Problems with user sets in cross forest scenarios

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/10/14/problems-with-user-sets-in-cross-forest-scenarios.aspx

The ISP Redundancy Feature of Forefront TMG

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/10/14/the-isp-redundancy-feature-of-forefront-tmg.aspx

Understanding HTTP logging in Microsoft Forefront TMG

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/10/15/understanding-http-logging-in-microsoft-forefront-tmg.aspx

Network Inspection System (NIS) in Forefront TMG Release Candidate

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/10/18/network-inspection-system-nis-in-forefront-tmg-release-candidate.aspx

Common Problems while Implementing HTTPS Inspection on Forefront TMG 2010 RC

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/10/19/common-problems-while-implementing-https-inspection-on-forefront-tmg-2010-rc.aspx

Forefront TMG is SIP-aware

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/10/21/forefront-tmg-is-sip-aware.aspx

TMG Client introduces automatic detection using Active Directory

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/10/23/tmg-client-introduces-automatic-detection-using-active-directory.aspx

Error 500 “Not Supported” while browsing Internet through ISA Server 2006

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/10/25/error-500-not-supported-while-browsing-internet-through-isa-server-2006.aspx

Forefront TMG and BranchCache: Which should I deploy in my organization?

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/10/26/forefront-tmg-and-branchcache-which-should-i-deploy-in-my-organization.aspx

Forefront Unified Access Gateway & Intelligent Application Gateway 2007

Intelligent Application Gateway 2007 Technical Resources

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

Forefront Edge Security Community

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

Forefront Unified Access Gateway Product Team Blog

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

Beta 2 Configuration Migration to RC0 - It’s Pretty Simple

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2009/10/06/beta-2-configuration-migration-to-rc0-it-s-pretty-simple.aspx

Authenticating Exchange Mail Applications using UAG RC0

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2009/10/12/authenticating-exchange-mail-applications-using-uag-rc0.aspx

Deep dive into UAG DirectAccess (IPv6 and DirectAccess)

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2009/10/13/deep-dive-into-uag-directaccess-ipv6-and-directaccess.aspx

Insufficient Disk Space Error on e-Gap 3.6 version installation

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2009/10/15/insufficient-disk-space-error-on-e-gap-3-6-version-installation.aspx

Deep dive into UAG DirectAccess (Certificates)

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2009/10/27/deep-dive-into-uag-directaccess-certificates.aspx

Documents

BinScope Binary Analyzer http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12679066&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

This Microsoft verification tool analyzes binaries on a project-wide level to ensure that they have been built in compliance with Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) requirements and recommendations.

MiniFuzz File Fuzzer http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12679067&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

MiniFuzz is a simple fuzzer designed to ease adoption of fuzz testing by nonsecurity people who are unfamiliar with file fuzzing tools or have never used them in their current software development processes.

Security Tip of the Month: Using BinScope Binary Analyzer to Improve Code Security http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12679068&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

As software becomes more vulnerable to attacks, it is important that your team is equipped with tools that effectively help them write more secure code. Learn how to use BinScope to quickly and easily verify that your code complies with the requirements of the Microsoft SDL.

Channel 9 Video: Developing and Deploying Your First Windows Azure Service http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12679069&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Take a tour of the capabilities of the Microsoft cloud platform by building and running a simple service using the platform SDK. This demo-heavy video highlights some of the features of the platform including service management, storage, and an integrated developer experience.

Windows Azure Blob: Programming Blob Storage http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12679070&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Windows Azure Storage provides durable, scalable, available, secure, and performance-efficient storage services for the cloud, and it does this through familiar and easy-to-use programming interfaces. Windows Azure Blob provides a simple interface for storing named files along with metadata for a file. Learn about the Windows Azure Blob programming interface and the advanced blob concepts.

How Do I: Use Smart Encryption Techniques for Cloud Apps? http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12679071&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Get familiar with the encryption algorithms and practices used to create cryptographic schemes for your cloud applications. Learn more about symmetric and asymmetric encryption algorithms, the SHA256 hash encryption algorithms, and how to implement these in a simple application.

Windows Azure Platform Training Kit - October Update http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12679072&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

This comprehensive set of technical content includes hands-on labs, presentations, and demos designed to help you learn how to use and develop for the Windows Azure platform including Windows Azure, SQL Azure, and .NET Services.

Design Considerations for Cloud Computing: Securing the .NET Service Bus http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12679073&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Explore ways to secure the .NET Services Bus and learn about helper classes and utilities to automate many of the details.

Downloads

2007 Office system (SP2) Administrative Template files (ADM, ADMX, ADML) and Office Customization Tool

This download includes updated Group Policy Administrative Template and Office Customization Tool OPA files; an updated Office Customization Tool; and ADMX and ADML versions of the Administrative Template files. This update assumes that you have updated your 2007 Office System applications with the 2007 Office System Service Pack 2 (SP2).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=73d955c0-da87-4bc2-bbf6-260e700519a8

Update for Root Certificates [September 2009] (KB931125)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=c14f8940-71b7-41e3-8749-a00e01e22f17

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?displaylang=en&FamilyID=d34c6d9c-a555-4432-bb32-af21f5a6feab

MAR PC Enforcement Messaging QA

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ebae76f2-deb9-4277-9427-3b73201c706c

MAR PC Products Settlement

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=f3a26af7-6ad0-4b1b-9cc6-ee0214f19ada

Antigen 8.1 Privacy Statement

This document describes the privacy policy for the 8.1 release of Antigen

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=c5b708ec-68c5-468b-9877-f3919c831078

Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) RC0

Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) is a secure application gateway, to manage, control, and optimize remote access for managed and non-managed endpoints, to corporate applications and resources. Forefront UAG RC0 provides a number of new features, including support for migration from Forefront UAG Beta 2.

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

Forefront™ Identity Manager 2010 Release Candidate 1

This download contains the Release Candidate 1 (RC1) version of Microsoft® Forefront™ Identity Manager (FIM) 2010.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=4bb3f16b-27f8-4c1d-922f-2c7b522d9ad6

Forefront™ Identity Manager (FIM) 2010 Datasheet

Two-page overview of FIM 2010

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=1c4214cb-07ab-4fd0-b29e-f226f41244b3

Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant 6.5

The Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant 6.5 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?displaylang=en&FamilyID=5e193cfe-f45a-4e29-b6b7-984e7802c639

How to Protect Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 with System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 sp1

This whitepaper discusses why and how to protect Microsoft Dynamics AX with Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 sp1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=8df9233b-5278-4a3d-837e-780113c6ccc6

How to Protect Essential Business Server (EBS) 2008 and Small Business Server (SBS) 2008 with System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 sp1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=e2768b94-418e-44e8-a6b5-26dfa83ae157

How to protect SAP running on SQL Server with System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 sp1

This whitepaper discusses why and how to protect SAP environments running on Microsoft SQL Server with Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 sp1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=aa704f3e-aee5-418d-a63b-0e467b25b58f

Getting Started with DPM 2010 Client Computer Protection

Overview of DPM 2010 client computer protection - including UI and features

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=b880c90b-60cc-4087-b5e5-308e4ac8c78f

Forefront Online Security for Exchange (FOSE) 9.1 Product Documents

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

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

Internet Safety Education - Model Legislation

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ab7581a3-7744-4d62-b093-f7e92c101d58

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance Planning Guide

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance Planning Guide is designed to help organizations meet Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) requirements.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=d8320df1-d0d0-469f-a6fc-b53987bd74c2

Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint Beta 2

Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint prevents users from uploading or downloading documents containing malware, out-policy content, or sensitive information to SharePoint libraries.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=01bfa7c6-84be-478f-8b78-6875ad71a98b

Windows 2000 Threat Mitigation Guide

The Windows 2000 Threat Mitigation Guide is designed to provide you with the best information available to assess and counter security risks specific to computers running Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4 (SP4) or later in your environment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=3452628c-e559-43cc-89b6-7bd122caf143

Microsoft Threat Management Gateway Privacy Statement

This document describes the privacy policy for Microsoft® Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=625d16c4-2def-4c73-9fdb-9858eef015d6

Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 Release Candidate

Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 allows employees to safely and productively use the Internet without worrying about malware and other threats. Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 is available for download in both Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830)

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

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

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

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

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?displaylang=en&FamilyID=2c93da1d-48a0-4e5c-991f-87e08954f61b

Exchange Hosted Archive Service Description

Microsoft Exchange Hosted Archive (EHA) provides a centralized, easily accessible e-mail and IM repository to assist organizations manage retention, compliance, e-discovery, and regulatory requirements. This whitepaper describes the services and features that are included in Exchange Hosted Archive.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=f67bf2f7-4dc4-4f2d-bb4f-8a447ab89051

Forefront Security for Office Communications Server Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007

Forefront Security for Office Communications Server Management Pack provides real-time insight into the health and performance of key Forefront Security for Office Communications Server (Version 10) components and services.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=f0618e3e-fee2-4415-85d2-5d6c1bba0832

Events/WebCasts

Microsoft SDL – Developer Starter Kit http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12486214&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Security Awareness Materials http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12486215&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

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

Learn Security On the Job http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12486216&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Learning Paths for Security - Microsoft Training References and Resources http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12486217&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

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

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

Upcoming Security Webcasts

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

Register for the following Webcasts on the link above

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Information Protection Solution (Level 200)

Tuesday, November 03, 2009 1:00 P.M.-2:00 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Secure Messaging Solution (Level 200)

Thursday, November 05, 2009 1:00 P.M.-2:00 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Secure Endpoint Solution (Level 200)

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:00 P.M.-1:00 P.M. Pacific Time

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

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

MSDN Webcast: Real-World Solutions: Project Server Security in SQL Server Reporting Services (Level 300)Tuesday, November 24, 2009 1:00 P.M.-2:00 P.M. Pacific Time

Momentum Webcast: Business-Ready Security (Level 100)

Monday, November 30, 2009 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Pacific Time

On-Demand Security Webcasts

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

Visit TechNet Spotlight: www.microsoft.com/technetspotlight

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

New or updated KB’s

Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway, Medium Business Edition & Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Standard

Forefront Threat Management Gateway, Medium Business Edition does not translate URL-encoded links

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973827

Forefront Threat Management Gateway, Medium Business Edition crashes with event ID 14057 when a request is sent to the Web content that is expired in the Threat Management Gateway cache

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973516

Intelligent Application Gateway 2007

Description of Update 2 for Intelligent Application Gateway 2007 Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975491

November 2009 - Technical Rollup Mail - Platforms

conuktrm — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

News

9 to 13 November 2009, Berlin: Tech.Ed Europe

Register today...you can't afford to miss out – PLUS you will also get many giveaways including Windows 7 32-bit Ultimate edition, TechNet Plus Subscription and much more...

http://www.microsoft.com/europe/teched/

Download Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010

The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 provides a common console with the comprehensive tools and guidance needed to efficiently manage deployment of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. MDT 2010 is the recommended process-and tool-set to automate desktop and server deployment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3bd8561f-77ac-4400-a0c1-fe871c461a89&displaylang=en

Download Data Protection Manager 2010 Beta

https://connect.microsoft.com/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?SiteID=840&DownloadID=22070

Updated Virtualization Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides

The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides for Windows Server Virtualization and for System Center Virtual Machine Manager are now updated to reflect the features and functionalities of Windows Server 2008 R2 and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/ee395429.aspx?SA_CE=VIRT-IPD-NWSLR-TNETGLOBAL-2009-10-07

Download the MAP Toolkit for IBM Virtualized Servers

The Solution Accelerators team has just released a version of its Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) toolkit for IBM server virtualization hardware, including the IBM System x and BladeCenter, to help customers deploy Hyper-V virtualization more quickly in those environments.

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

Other

Windows Virtualization Team Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization

The World Simplified is a Virtual World

http://blogs.technet.com/virtualworld

The App-V Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/softgrid

The Official MDOP Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/mdop

Ask the Directory Services Team

http://blogs.technet.com/askds

Ask the Performance Team

http://blogs.technet.com/askperf

Microsoft Enterprise Networking Team

http://blogs.technet.com/networking

Ask the Core Team

http://blogs.technet.com/askcore

Ntdebugging Blog

http://blogs.msdn.com/ntdebugging

Remote Desktop Services Blog

http://blogs.msdn.com/rds

The Hot Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/hot

Downloads

Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor

Download and run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor to see if your PC is ready for Windows 7. It scans your hardware, devices, and installed programs for known compatibility issues, gives you guidance on how to resolve potential issues found, and recommends what to do before you upgrade.

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

Windows Server 2008 R2 VHD

This download comes as a pre-configured VHD. This download enables you evaluate Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=37264b32-c79f-4249-a5d4-b8696772a62a

Step By Step Guide: Demonstrate DirectAccess in a Test Lab

This paper contains an introduction to DirectAccess and instructions for setting up a test lab to demonstrate DirectAccess with a simulated Internet, intranet, and home network.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=8d47ed5f-d217-4d84-b698-f39360d82fac

64-bit Client Installation of Office 2010

Describes and illustrates the 64-bit client installation of Office 2010.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=600c2142-abc3-4fea-9271-0c326c45dc8f

Debug Diagnostic Tool v1.1

The Debug Diagnostic Tool (DebugDiag) is designed to assist in troubleshooting issues such as hangs, slow performance, memory leaks or fragmentation, and crashes in any user-mode process. The tool includes additional debugging scripts focused on Internet Information Services (IIS) applications, web data access components, COM+ and related Microsoft technologies.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=28bd5941-c458-46f1-b24d-f60151d875a3

Deploy Multilanguage Packs for Office 2010

Describes and illustrates how to deploy multilanguage packs for Microsoft Office 2010.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=c37047c3-c7ee-4946-8927-1b2c3ca5f510

EMET

A toolkit to apply security mitigation technologies to arbitrary applications

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=4a2346ac-b772-4d40-a750-9046542f343d

Virtualization Overview, Methods, and Models

Describes and illustrates how to plan virtualization for your organization.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=884e2e2a-e4d5-43c5-aaaf-5c1e6d793d9c

Deploy Office Web Apps

Office Web Apps are online companions to Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft OneNote applications that allows users to access documents from anywhere.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=4ac8442d-0974-4902-84fe-1ade382ab2a1

NSSEC Deployment Guide

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?displaylang=en&FamilyID=7a005a14-f740-4689-8c43-9952b5c3d36f

Events/Webcasts

Live Webcasts:

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

Interactive Webcast Calendar

The interactive calendar will help you quickly find live webcasts that fit your schedule as well as on-demand webcasts to view at your convenience. You can choose your time zone and filter this list by audience, webcast series, product or topic, and presenter.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/webcasts/calendar/monthview.aspx

Monthly Archived Webcasts:

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

Windows 7: Build Innovative Applications Using Familiar Tools

Webcasts, Videos, and Podcasts

Test drive Windows Embedded Standard 2009 and learn how to build a next-generation user interface. Also, see how you can create custom shell and driver components as well as applications from end to end.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/msdnwindows7.aspx

9 to 13 November 2009, Berlin: Tech.Ed Europe

The sooner you sign up, the more you save.

http://www.microsoft.com/europe/teched/

IT Manager Webcast: Technical Talks with Tim Vander Kooi - Windows 7: Application Compatibility (Level 200)

The Windows 7 operating system is very compatible with common applications. Attend this webcast to learn more about the application compatibility changes in Windows 7 and how to get your application portfolio ready for an operating system migration from a Windows XP environment to Windows 7. We address gathering an application inventory, mitigating application compatibility issues, and any questions that you might have. Join Tim Vander Kooi, Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs), and other guests for this discussion about the most exciting client operating system to come from Microsoft in a decade. Presenters: Tim Vander Kooi, Systems Administrator, Explorer Pipeline and Chris Jackson, The App Compat Guy, Microsoft Corporation Tim Vander Kooi has worked in the information technology industry for 15 years. Currently, Tim works for Explorer Pipeline, a fuel transportation company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he has spent the last five years as a Microsoft systems administrator. Tim also shares his expertise in many user forums and online community sites and was named a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager and Microsoft System Center Essentials in 2007. Tim's passion for IT does not stop there. He has been involved in user-group communities for more than 10 years. Tim started the Tulsa IT Pros user group, where he still serves as president. In addition, Tim is the current chairman of the board for the North American board of Culminis. His vision for the IT community is a place where knowledge and real-world solutions are shared to help all of IT succeed. View other sessions from: IT Manager Connections: Build Business and Careers on the Microsoft Platform If you have questions or feedback, contact us. ...

11/4/2009 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 11/4/2009 11:00 AM | Duration:60 Minutes

Primary Language: English

Primary Target Audience: IT Decision Maker

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032430638&culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Virtualization Best Practices for Exchange Server (Level 300)

Virtualizing business critical applications delivers significant benefits, including cost savings, enhanced business continuity, and an agile and efficient management solution. In this webcast, we focus on virtualizing Microsoft Exchange Server using Microsoft solutions, we discuss the benefits of using Microsoft virtualization technologies instead of technologies from key competitors such as VMware, and we provide technical guidance and best practices for virtualizing Exchange Server in various production scenarios. We also discuss results from lab deployment tests. Presenters: Arno Mihm, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation and Rob Simpson, Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation View other sessions from Managing a Microsoft Infrastructure: Improve Reliability and Performance If you have questions or feedback, contact us. ...

11/4/2009 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 11/4/2009 11:00 AM | Duration:60 Minutes

Primary Language: English

Primary Target Audience: IT Generalist

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032428203&culture=en-US

The U.S. Public Sector Virtual Launch: The New Efficiency (Windows® 7, Windows Server® 2008 R2, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010)

Event: The U.S. Public Sector Virtual Launch: The New Efficiency Windows® 7, Windows Server® 2008 R2, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Description: Join Microsoft’s Public Sector Vice President Curt Kolcun and top technology leaders at “The New Efficiency” virtual launch event for government, education, and health. Learn how cost savings and productivity come together with a new wave of Microsoft® products. Be one of the first to evaluate exciting innovations in Windows® 7, Windows Server® 2008 R2, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. Register Today and Learn: - How Windows 7 can help you reduce management costs, raise productivity as part of the Windows Optimized Desktop, and manage risks through enhanced security and control. - How Windows Server 2008 R2 enables dynamic provisioning and management of virtual workloads, reduces energy costs, and combines with Windows 7 to make branch offices more cost-effective and remote workers more productive. - How Exchange Server 2010 can simplify administration and deployment of messaging, improve archiving capabilities, and extend your messaging across multiple access points. Additional Information: Please visit the event website, www.uspsvle.com, to view the government, education and health tracks available and to build your personal agenda. ...

11/10/2009 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 11/10/2009 2:00 PM | Duration:300 Minutes

Primary Language: English

Primary Target Audience: Tech Influencing BDM

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032427820&culture=en-US

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

We focus on automating Windows 7 operating system deployments using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager in this webcast. First, we cover how to automate hardware and software inventory using Asset Intelligence to determine what applications and hardware are needed for deploying Windows 7. Next, we examine deploying Windows 7 packages, and we discuss how to add Windows 7 packages to System Center Configuration Manager and then the deploy packages to bare metal machines and existing Windows Vista clients across the enterprise. Presenter: Kevin Remde, Senior IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation 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 Tech·Ed 2009 Online: Potential Lives Here If you have questions or feedback, contact us. ...

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

Primary Language: English

Primary Target Audience: IT Generalist

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032416867&culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Accelerating Windows 7 Migration with Citrix and Desktop Virtualization (Level 200)

Carefully designing infrastructure architecture is key to a successful desktop virtualization implementation. Virtualizing a user's physical desktop and migrating the image into the data center provides a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution, but a VDI solution requires different management, maintenance, and support than a local desktop to meet the needs of the users. Citrix and Microsoft have joined together to provide customers with the fastest way to deliver desktops and applications on demand, helping customers realize the benefits of increased efficiency and simplified IT management. In this webcast, we discuss core design considerations to accelerate a Windows 7 operating system migration with Citrix and Microsoft virtualization solutions. Presenters: Dan Feller, Lead Architect, Citrix, Robin Brandl, Principle Business Development Manager, Citrix and Michael Cooper, Senior Product Manager - Virtualization, Microsoft Corporation Daniel Feller is a lead architect within the Worldwide Consulting Solutions group at Citrix and has been a Citrix employee since 2000. Daniel has helped numerous organizations assess, design, and build enterprise-level architectures to successfully deliver applications using any number of Citrix solutions. Recently, Daniel has been heavily involved in the identification and creation of solutions-based material focused on identity theft, global redundancy, server virtualization, and desktop virtualization. View other sessions from Windows 7: Increase Productivity, Improve Security, and Streamline PC Management If you have questions or feedback, contact us. ...

11/12/2009 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 11/12/2009 11:30 AM | Duration:90 Minutes

Primary Language: English

Primary Target Audience: IT Generalist

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032429891&culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Plan for and Deploy Volume Activation for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 (Level 300)

Attend this webcast to discover the best practices for integrating Microsoft Volume Activation into your enterprise software deployment and management efforts. Benefit from lessons others have learned from dealing with the license activation of the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems in a variety of IT environments, including networked, isolated, roaming, branch office, development, and test. Presenter: Kim Griffiths, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation Kim Griffiths is a product manager in the Genuine Windows team at Microsoft, and she has more than 15 years of experience working in IT. A former infrastructure consultant specializing in Active Directory, security, and Microsoft Exchange, Kim currently focuses on enterprise and government customers. View other sessions from Windows 7: Increase Productivity, Improve Security, and Streamline PC Management If you have questions or feedback, contact us. ...

11/18/2009 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 11/18/2009 11:00 AM | Duration:60 Minutes

Primary Language: English

Primary Target Audience: IT Generalist

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032428920&culture=en-US

New KB's

Windows Client

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: You may lose some events when you subscribe to some events that are in multiple event logs on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973995/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: You receive an error message that contains the event ID 11 error code when you try to update your Windows Vista-based computer by using Windows Update or Microsoft Update

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976235/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: You cannot rescan the Indexing Service scope that has a full path of over 13 characters on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971258/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: "Internet Explorer" is mentioned in several UI phrases for Windows Media Player even though you disable Internet Explorer in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972145/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: A 0xC0AA0007 error is returned when an application uses IMAPI v2 to burn some data to a recordable disc on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973774/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: The log file size grows larger than the maximum file size limit that was set in Performance Monitor if you select a Comma Separated log format or a Tab Separated log format on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974248/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: Error message when you use the MBSA tool to check for weak passwords or to assess password security on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista: "Some user accounts have blank or simple passwords, or could not be analyzed"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974738/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: Error message when you try to burn a dual-layer Blu-ray disc on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008: "The disc does not have enough free space for all of the files you selected"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974867/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: Some custom-sized pages are printed incorrectly when you print a document on both sides from a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975126/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: Earlier snapshots are deleted after you restore multiple copy-on-write snapshots in consecutive order in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975803/EN-US

Win Vista SP1 AL: Stop 7B After Uninstalling Zetera ZetSFD Filter Driver Following Vista Upgrade or Service Pack Installation

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976386/EN-US

Win Vista SP2 AL: A memory leak occurs when you use a DirectShow-based application to play Motion JPEG-encoded media files on a computer that is running Windows Vista SP2 or Windows Server 2008 SP2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974875/EN-US

Win Vista SP2 AL: The CD drive or the DVD drive is missing from the "Send To" shortcut menu and from the Recording tab of the drive properties after you erase a disc on a computer that is running Windows Vista SP2 or Windows Server 2008 SP2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974913/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: The Network Access Protection Agent service may not start after you restart a Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954373/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: An update that adds RemoteApp support is available for Windows Vista-based virtual machines that are running on Windows 7-based computers

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961741/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: A hotfix for Windows Installer is available for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972397/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: The advanced security settings for Windows Firewall that you deploy by using a Group Policy object (GPO) are not displayed in Windows Vista or in Windows 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973509/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: When you use a VPN connection that uses Smart Card authentication on a client computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, the computer stops responding

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975212/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Error message when you change security settings for a folder that contains a child object for which you do not have access permission: "Access is denied"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975702/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: The capacity of a Secure Digital (SD) card that is larger than 32 GB is reported incorrectly in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975823/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Filter Driver Registry Entries Are Migrated During Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 Upgrade or Service Pack Setup

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976267/EN-US

Windows XP Pro 64-bit Ed EN: You cannot restore large files in the NTFS file system when all the data streams that have sparse attributes are deleted in the 64-bit version of Windows XP SP2 or in Windows Server 2003 SP2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973886/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: The print output displays black rectangles instead of images when you print a document that contains some images on a computer that is running Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971250/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: After you install security update 938464 in Windows XP, you experience slow performance and first chance exceptions in applications that use GDI+ to process GIF files

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971320/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: A Windows XP-based computer stops responding at the "Windows is loading your profile" screen when you connect to the computer by using an RDP connection

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972422/EN-US

Windows Server

Windows Svr 2008 Dtcntr wo HV AL: MS09-053: Vulnerabilities in FTP Service for Internet Information Services could allow remote code execution

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975254/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: A 32-bit Removable Storage application does not load on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2008 or of Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971278/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Event ID 1038 is logged when a failover occurs on a back-end disk controller in a Windows Server 2008 failover cluster

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972797/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: The failover operation takes a long time to fail over a shared disk resource that is located on a cluster node of a Windows Server 2008-based failover cluster if many snapshots are saved on the shared disk

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973763/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: An update is available that allows for a potential power saving in an AMD multicore processor that is running an x64-based version of Windows Vista SP2, of Windows Server 2008 SP2, of Windows 7, or of Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974090/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Stop error message when you retrieve WMI connection statistics for iSCSI after you change the iSCSI configurations on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista: "0x00000019 BAD_POOL_HEADER"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974201/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: The Task Scheduler MMC snap-in stops responding when you view the history tab of a task that has more than 10,000 history events on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974589/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: The Data Collector Set may not start on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974605/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Stop error message on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista: "0x00000027 RDR_FILE_SYSTEM"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974759/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: You cannot install a 64-bit version of SQL Server 2005 on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974848/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: You cannot make a VPN connection successfully by entering a correct PIN after an incorrect PIN is entered when the connection uses a smart card and PEAP authentication on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974924/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Some SMB clients cannot access cluster file shares but they can access non-cluster file shares that are located on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975512/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: The Nslookup.exe utility does not use all the suffixes in the DNS suffix search list if the total length of the DNS suffix search list is longer than 255 characters on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975598/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: A computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista receives various stop codes that cause the system to automatically restart after you enable the NetDMA feature on the new "Crystal Beach" (DMA) chip from Intel

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975698/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: All IP addresses are registered on the DNS servers when the IP addresses are assigned to one network adapter on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 SP2 or Windows Vista SP2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975808/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: File corruption occurs under a stress situation when the CopyFileEx function is used to copy a file between two computers that are running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975815/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Event ID 1, event ID 5, event ID 70, or event ID 113 may be logged in the System log on a computer that uses the iSCSI Software Initiator to connect to an iSCSI target device

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976072/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: BITS jobs are lost when you downgrade from BITS 4.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976159/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent R2 AL: MS09-061: Description of the security update for the .NET Framework 3.5.1 for RC and IDX versions of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2: October 13, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974293/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent R2 AL: You receive a "Stop 0x0000007E" error on the first restart after you enable Hyper-V on a Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974598/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent R2 AL: AD RMS may stop working when it queries Active Directory global catalogs on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974636/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent R2 AL: Lots of SceCli 1202 events are added to the application event log on a domain controller that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 after some domain level group policies are updated

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974639/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent R2 AL: Virtual machines stop responding (hang) during startup and the Vmms.exe process crashes on a Windows Server 2008 R2 computer that has the Hyper-V role installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974672/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent R2 AL: MS09-061: Description of the security update for the .NET Framework 3.5.1 for Windows 7 IDX and Windows Server 2008 R2 IDX: October 13, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974714/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent R2 AL: You receive a "Stop 0x000000CE" error on the restart after you run Windows Update on a virtual machine that is running Windows Server 2000 SP4

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976488/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent R2 AL: The SUSE Linux Enterprise network configurations are lost after a Hyper-V Live Migration

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976724/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent R2 AL: A BitLocker Driver event may be logged for a drive that is not encrypted on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976733/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent R2 AL: How to install Windows PowerShell on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 Core

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976736/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent R2 AL: The Ldp.exe and Ldifde.exe programs do not display the "memberOf" attribute for Active Directory Recycle Bin objects

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976838/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent R2 AL: Error message in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7 when you try to connect to a remote server: "Server Manager cannot connect to <server_name>"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976839/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: MS09-051: Description of the security update for Windows Media Audio Voice Decoder: October 13, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954155/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: You receive a "1402" error when you use RemoteApps to deploy Windows Installer packages to thin clients from a server that is running Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959757/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Print jobs sent to a local printer from a console application do not print completely in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969309/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: A memory leak issue in the Lsass.exe process causes an application or a service to stop responding if the application or the service uses the NTLM authentication on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971265/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Error code 1450 after you transfer data by using the named pipes protocol between a client computer and a server that are running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974178/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: The Windows Remote Manager (WinRM) service does not start after you uninstall WinRM 2.0 on Windows Server 2008 or on Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974504/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Error message when you use the CryptAcquireContext function to request a handle to a third-party CSP on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008: "0x800b0100 (Invalid Signature)"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974971/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Operating system deployment over a network by using WDS fails in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975710/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Converting an active lease to a reservation causes the lease to become inactive on Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976160/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: The performance of DFS Replication in Windows Server 2008 may be slow on a WAN connection without any error message being logged in the DFS Replication log

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976442/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std R2 AL: You cannot uninstall ADMT 3.1 after you perform an in-place upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974625/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std R2 AL: The network connection of a running Hyper-V virtual machine is lost under heavy outgoing network traffic on a Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974909/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std R2 AL: IVdsVolumeShrink::Shrink fails when provided value returned from QueryMaxReclaimableBytes

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976436/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std R2 AL: Known issues that may occur when you use ADMT 3.1 to migrate to a domain that contains Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controllers

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976659/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std R2 AL: You cannot register or manage EMC storage units when you are using the Microsoft DSM

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976694/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std R2 AL: Upgrading a member server to Windows Server 2008 R2 does not fully remove FRS

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976826/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: The Active Directory Application Mode service may crash if the Active Directory Application Mode instance database is of a large scale on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 SP2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972635/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: Error message when the Smb.sys driver unloads on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003: "Stop 0x00000019"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973097/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: An application may encounter an access violation exception when it uses the Hbaapi.dll module to query information from a DVD drive or a CD drive that is attached to an HBA adapter on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 SP2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973871/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: Another service may be unexpectedly also stopped on a node of a Windows Server 2003-based cluster if the ResUtilStopResourceService function is used to stop a service

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974857/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: A process stops responding on a Windows Server 2003-based server that has a very large amount of memory

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976010/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: The migration of hotfixes may fail after the installation of a Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP service pack

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976647/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: A query takes a long time to complete and increases CPU usage to a high level on the domain controllers that are running Windows Server 2003 when you use NSPI API functions to query address book information

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972122/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: A Windows Server 2003-based domain controller may incorrectly return the "NO_SUCH_USER (0xc0000064)" status code in response to logon requests when the domain controller is shutting down or restarting

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973667/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 RDP EN: MS09-051: Description of the security update for Audio Compression Manager: October 13, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975025/EN-US

November 2009 - Technical Rollup Mail - Manageability

conuktrm — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

News

Steve Rachui's Manageability blog - ConfigMgr/OpsMgr

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

System Center WebLog by Russ Slaten

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

Configuration Manager & SMS

ConfigMgr 2007 SP2 is available for download

Service Pack 2 for Configuration Manager 2007 delivers new platform support for Windows 7 client, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2. In addition, Service Pack 2 delivers continued innovation with Intel vPro technology, support for Branch Cache enabled environments, and continued development for 64 bit architectures.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3318741a-c038-4ab1-852a-e9c13f8a8140&displaylang=en

NetworkWorld: Microsoft Turning Configuration Management "on Its Side"

NetworkWorld Magazine reviews the user-centric overhaul of the next release of System Center Configuration Manager.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/100109-microsoft-configuration-management.html

Configuration Manager Documentation Library Update for October 2009

Looks like the Configuration Manager content writers posted their October updates last Friday so in case you missed the announcement here’s the skinny

http://blogs.technet.com/configurationmgr/archive/2009/10/27/configuration-manager-documentation-library-update-for-october-2009.aspx

The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog

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

The Deployment Guys

http://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys

System Center Configuration Manager Solutions

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

Carlos Santiago's Manageability Blog - SCCM/Softgrid

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

Michael Niehaus' Windows and Office deployment ramblings

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

Paul Thomsen at myITforum.com

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

Operations Manager & MOM

New Operations Manager 2007 R2 MP Version 6.1.7533.0 is Released

The new Management Pack includes improved monitoring for excessive agent memory utilisation, more product knowledge added, rule for Console and SDK Connection Count, updated alert suppression criteria for “Alert on Dropped MultiInstance Performance Module” and fixed configuration for the rule “IIS Discovery Probe Module Execution Failure.”

http://blogs.technet.com/momteam/archive/2009/10/07/opsmgr-2007-r2-mp-version-6-1-7553-0-is-released.aspx

The Operations Manager Support Team Blog

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

Other

System Center Virtual Machine Manager

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

The App-V Blog

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

Documents

Operations Manager & MOM

Updated Planning Guidance for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2

Updated to reflect the features and functionalities of System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, the Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for System Center Operations Manager helps our customers and partners effectively design and implement their management infrastructure through the use of simple and step-by-step guidance.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/ee395430.aspx?SA_CE=COREIO-IPD-NWSLR-SYSCENTERNWSLR-2009-10-15

Update to Powershell Script for Maintenance Mode

The script has been updated to support automating the placement of computer objects into maintenance mode for Operations Manager R2, and now accepts the argument of minutes instead of hours for duration of maintenance.

http://blogs.technet.com/mgoedtel/archive/2009/10/29/updated-powershell-script-maintenance-mode.aspx

Guidance on troubleshooting Discovery Wizard failure for multi-homing mixed version Management Groups

if you’re planning to multi-home new agents in this mixed version environment and you’re using the Discovery Wizard, be sure to first discover and install the agent in the SP1 Management Group first.

http://blogs.technet.com/operationsmgr/archive/2009/10/21/opsmgr-2007-discovery-wizard-may-fail-for-multi-homing-mixed-version-management-groups.aspx

Downloads

Configuration Manager & SMS

ConfigMgr 2007 SP2

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3318741a-c038-4ab1-852a-e9c13f8a8140&displaylang=en

Updated Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Management Pack: Now with 64-bit support

The updated Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Management Pack adds support for monitoring Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 in a 64-bit environment with Operations Manager 2007 R2 or Operations Manager 2007 SP1 with hotfix (KB971541) installed. This enables the Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Management Pack to work with either the 32-bit or the 64-bit Operations Manager 2007 agent. Except for the 64-bit support, the other features and guidance for Configuration Manager 2007 Management Packs remain intact.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a8443173-46c2-4581-b3b8-ce67160f627b&displaylang=en

Operations Manager & MOM

Exchange Server 2003 MP for OpsMgr 2007

The Exchange Server 2003 Management Pack monitors Exchange 2003 deployments and monitors Exchange Server Back-end and Exchange Server Front-End systems.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=9ff454f4-6d34-4fb9-9e0b-f5b68c6edc4f

Window Client 2000/XP/Vista/Win 7 OS MP for OpsMgr 2007

The Microsoft Windows Client 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7 Operating System Management Pack provides fundamental monitoring basics for computers running Windows Client 2000, XP, Vista, or Windows 7 operating systems.

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

Updated Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Management Pack: Now with 64-bit support

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a8443173-46c2-4581-b3b8-ce67160f627b&displaylang=en

Keep Mission-Critical Applications Running at Peak Performance

Download the Service Level Dashboard 2.0 for Operations Manager 2007 R2 and track your application performance and availability in near real-time so you can head off problems before they occur.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=1d9d709f-9628-46a8-952b-a78f5dd2bdd9

Download Operations Manager 2007 R2 Cross Platform Update

The System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Cross Platform Update adds fixes for a defunct process issue on Unix/Linux Servers, as well as, adds support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (both 32-bit and 64-bit versions) and Solaris Zone support.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=4a41a8be-0a37-4bd2-b5b1-026468b317fb

System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Authoring Resource Kit Released!

The System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Resource Kit will install the Authoring console, which aids customers in creating and modifying operations management packs (MPs). Optionally, eight tools designed to help improve the MP authoring experience will also be included: the MP Best Practice Analyzer; MP Spell Checker; Visio MP Diagram Generator; Cookdown Analyzer; All References Addin; MP Diff; Workflow Analyzer; and Workflow Simulator.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9104af8b-ff87-45a1-81cd-b73e6f6b51f0&displaylang=en

New Microsoft Windows Server Cluster Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007

The Windows Server Cluster Management Pack monitors the health of the Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 clusters. This management pack is designed to improve the availability, performance, and security of your Windows Server cluster deployment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=AC7F42F5-33E9-453D-A923-171C8E1E8E55&displaylang=en

New DFS Replication Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007

The DFS Replication Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 monitors the health of the DFS Replication service on Windows Server 2003 R2 and Windows Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c97b22a1-1fd6-426f-94ab-2a6e6db4aed0&displaylang=en

New Windows Server 2008 Network Load Balancing Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007

The Windows Server 2008 Network Load Balancing Management Pack monitors the health of the Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 NLB clusters and improves the availability, performance, and security of your Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 NLB deployment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=dc17e093-bdd7-4cb3-9981-853776ed90be&displaylang=en

Other

Microsoft Operations Framework

MOF 4.0 is practical guidance for IT organizations. With the release of version 4.0, MOF now reflects a single, comprehensive IT service lifecycle—it helps IT professionals connect service management principles to everyday IT tasks and activities and ensures alignment between IT and the business.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=457ed61d-27b8-49d1-baca-b175e8f54c0c

Security Compliance Management Toolkit

This toolkit series provides IT professionals with an end-to-end solution to help them plan, deploy, and monitor security baselines of Windows® operating systems and 2007 Microsoft® Office applications. The series was updated to include new security baselines for Windows® 7, BitLocker™ Drive Encryption, and Windows® Internet Explorer® 8.

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

Download System Center Service Manager 2010 Beta 2 Trial Software

Learn about and download System Center Service Manager Beta 2. Service Manager, through the power of its integrated platform, reduces costs and improves IT responsiveness. With built-in processes and workflow for incident, problem resolution, change control and its configuration management database, Service Manager orchestrates activities and connects knowledge from System Center Operations Manager, System Center Configuration Manager, and Active Directory.

http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/en/us/service-manager.aspx

Events/Webcasts

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 On-Demand Webcasts

http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42364#42364

Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) On-Demand Webcasts

http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42363

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 On-Demand Webcasts

http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42365

Configuration Manager & SMS

TechNet Webcast: Technical Overview: System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 and R3 (Level 200)

Tuesday, November 03, 2009 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

With the release of the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems, new capabilities and usage scenarios are emerging for system management. Economic, regulatory, green IT, and security issues continue to be the challenges organizations face. In this webcast, we provide a technical update and overview for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007. We focus on Service Pack 2 and R3 enhancements, market capabilities, and describe our near-term release road map.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032428200&culture=en-US

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

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032416867

TechNet Webcast: Automated and Centralized Deployment, Provisioning, and Updating of Windows Server 2008 R2 with System Center (Level 300)

Thursday, December 03, 2009 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Deploying and upgrading your existing server infrastructure to Windows Server 2008 R2 can be a complex undertaking, particularly considering the various configuration, system driver, and application requirements—let alone the sheer number of servers, both physical and virtual, that you have to manage. Microsoft System Center delivers a highly flexible, automated set of capabilities that can help simplify the deployment and maintenance of your servers running Windows Server with an integrated management system that covers your physical and virtual infrastructure.

Join us to discover how System Center can dramatically reduce your time and effort in deploying and configuring your servers from any previous state (including bare-metal and virtualized deployments), and learn more about the powerful software distribution capabilities, comprehensive software update management, and other capabilities that make System Center a powerful and comprehensive deployment, provisioning, and update solution for Windows Server 2008 R2.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032427595&Culture=en-US

Other

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Virtualization Best Practices for Exchange Server (Level 300)

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032428203&culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Hosters: Foundation for a Partner-Hosted Cloud (Level 300)

Monday, November 16, 2009 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center empower hosters to deliver managed hosting, cloud services, and on-demand virtualized IT infrastructures. The Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Hosters makes it easy for hosters to get on this inevitable path. This free, extensible toolkit provides guidance, sample code, and best practices that make it easy to build and launch on-demand infrastructures and cloud services to your customers. Attend this webcast to see what the toolkit is composed of, how the toolkit works, who is using the toolkit, and how it can help you.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032430665&culture=en-US

New KB's

Configuration Manager & SMS

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: When you use System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 to capture an image of Windows Vista SP2 or of Windows Server 2008 SP2, the image capture process fails during the "Prepare Windows for Capture" stage (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970093/EN-US

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: List of hotfixes and updates that are contained in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971348/EN-US

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: Update rollup for System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 to add support for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 clients (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974236/EN-US

Operations Manager & MOM

MOM Ops Mgr Serv Ent Ed 2005 EN: Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Service Pack 1 support for Windows Server 2008 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953140/EN-US

Other

Sys Center DataProtect Mgr 07 EN: Recommended hotfixes for Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2007 systems (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961659/EN-US

November 2009 - Technical Rollup Mail - Internet

conuktrm — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

News

Biztalk Server

Associated Press - News Cooperative Creates Touch-Friendly Mobile News Service for Windows Phones

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?casestudyid=4000005570

Molina Healthcare - Health Plan Supports Growth, Controls Costs, and Reduces Complexities with Licensing Plan

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?casestudyid=4000005577

Loomis Armored US - Cash Handling Firm Uses Mobile Applications to Deliver Data to Customers and Their Banks

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?casestudyid=4000005549

Petróleos Mexicanos - PEMEX Creates Document Workflow Solution with SQL Server 2008 and BizTalk Server

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?casestudyid=4000005455

Microsoft Internet Information Server

General availability of Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 R2, with IIS 7.5

As of today, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is generally available for purchase. This latest release of the Windows operating system contains IIS 7.5, which provides a set of enhancements and new functionality on top of the IIS 7 Web server platform...

http://blogs.iis.net/mailant/archive/2009/10/22/general-availability-of-windows-7-amp-windows-server-2008-r2-with-iis-7-5.aspx

Windows Cache Extension 1.0 for PHP – RC

The Windows Cache Extension 1.0 for PHP – Release Candidate is available for download. The release contains functionality and stability improvements and it is believed to have the quality level suitable for production deployments. Install the Windows...

http://blogs.iis.net/ruslany/archive/2009/10/20/windows-cache-extension-1-0-for-php-rc.aspx

ASP.NET 4 and Visual Studio 2010 beta 2 are here!

The ASP.NET and Web tools for Visual Studio teams have been cranking away on this release all year long and we’re excited to launch Beta 2 today! MSDN subscribers can download it today …it will be available for everyone on Wednesday. There...

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2009/10/19/asp-net-4-and-visual-studio-2010-beta-2-are-here.aspx

Microsoft Ajax Library Preview 6

The ASP.NET team has been cranking away on more AJAX goodness…this time with a significant update to the Microsoft Ajax Library – Preview 6. This update includes updates to our client-side AJAX library that can be used with any type of Web application...

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2009/10/16/microsoft-ajax-library-preview-6.aspx

Provide a Better Web Site Experience with Faster Response Times

Have you ever hummed the Jeopardy theme song while waiting for a Web site to download - even on a high-speed Internet connection? Sometimes the problem is OUT of your control – whether it is an Internet traffic jam, scheduled maintenance, or some other...

http://blogs.iis.net/windowsserver/archive/2009/10/14/provide-a-better-web-site-experience-with-faster-response-times.aspx

Webinar: How to Deliver True HD with Silverlight and IIS Smooth Streaming

On Thursday, October 15th, we will be presenting a webinar entitled "How to Deliver True HD with Silverlight and Smooth Streaming." During the one-hour webinar, we'll cover the following topics... What Smooth Streaming is and why it is the future of online...

http://blogs.iis.net/chriskno/archive/2009/10/14/webinar-how-to-deliver-true-hd-with-silverlight-and-iis-smooth-streaming.aspx

IIS Media Services 3.0, including IIS Live Smooth Streaming, has been released

What Just Happened? We just released IIS Media Services 3.0, a set of extensions for Internet Information Services 7 (IIS) that provide an integrated HTTP-based media delivery platform. This includes the new IIS Live Smooth Streaming and the separate...

http://blogs.iis.net/chriskno/archive/2009/10/12/iis-media-services-3-0-including-iis-live-smooth-streaming-has-been-released.aspx

Available Jobs: I’m looking for an AWESOME design engineer

I am looking for a super-star designer, to work full time @ Microsoft and report directly to me. This position will oversee the design architecture and visual branding of some of the most important visual assets of the Microsoft Web Platform. I am looking...

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2009/10/07/i-m-looking-for-an-awesome-designer.aspx

IIS Database Manager – Version 1.0 Released!

Today, the IIS team is releasing version 1.0 of the IIS Database Manager. It allows you to administer website and web application databases with the existing connection string or a custom client connection with an IIS UI extension. Major Features: Viewing...

http://blogs.iis.net/rlucero/archive/2009/09/25/iis-database-manager-version-1-0-released.aspx

SharePoint Technologies

Microsoft Unveils SharePoint Server 2010 and Showcases New Functionality

October 19, 2009: Microsoft

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/oct09/10-19MSSharePointConf09PR.mspx

Describing SharePoint 2010 in 1 Sentence, 8 Categories and 40 Feature Areas

October 19, 2009: Microsoft

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/10/19/sharepoint-2010.aspx

Don't be Caught without a SharePoint Recovery Solution

October 12, 2009: InfoWorld

http://www.infoworld.com/d/windows/dont-be-caught-without-sharepoint-recovery-solution-739

Documents

SharePoint Technologies

Five Ways SharePoint Can Save You Money

This paper provides information on how you can use SharePoint Products and Technologies to reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) and maximize the return on investment (ROI) from your expenditure on enterprise solution platforms. These platforms can include portal solutions, collaboration tools, document management platforms, and search tools. This information is relevant to business and technical decision makers who are considering or planning how to consolidate infrastructure, reduce support costs, or streamline business processes.

http://www.microsoft.com/uk/everybodysbusiness/howmany/collaborate.aspx?wt.srch=1

Configure Office SharePoint Server Search to crawl Lotus Notes (Office SharePoint Server 2007)

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 enables shared services administrators to crawl Lotus Notes documents that are stored in Lotus Domino databases and hosted by a Lotus Domino server.

Updated: 2009-10-22

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262927.aspx

Prepare to crawl Lotus Notes (Office SharePoint Server 2007)

This article provides the procedures for preparing Office SharePoint Server 2007 to crawl Lotus Notes content. You must do the procedures in the order listed.

Updated: 2009-10-22

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261820.aspx

Downloads

Biztalk Server

Version 10.15 of MessageBoxViewer Tool is available

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

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

LogViewer Feature

All those log files in the [..]\12\LOGS folder are hard to look at, now you can use a browser-based viewer snapin to simplify the task. This adds a new link to the Central Administration Operations page that lets you pick & filter the log files. http://www.andrewconnell.com/blog/archive/2008/06/11/SharePoint-Debugging-and-Logging-Tips-and-Tricks.aspx

Download: http://www.codeplex.com/features

Disk2VHD v1.2

Disk2VHD enables on-line export of volumes into VHD format for use in VPC or Hyper-V, allowing customers experiencing issues to provide images of their systems so that CSS can diagnose the problem without costly steps attempting to reproduce the issues in-house. It uses shadow copies to obtain consistent images of volumes while the source system continues to operate and possibly modify the volumes.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ee656415.aspx

Events/Webcasts

November 2009

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 - 3 Hour Seminars
Free of charge
Date: Various
Location: Microsoft Reading & Basing stoke

UK's first SharePoint 2010 seminars offering a unique blend of technology, strategy and pragmatic experience. Including live demonstrations of the new features, interactive discussion of the new architecture and in-depth analysis of the business opportunities and challenges

Understanding Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Free of charge
Date: 26 November 2008, 18:00
Location:
Event Category: Live Meeting On-Demand
Audience: Additional Information Worker, IT Decision Maker, IT Generalist, Non-Tech Influencing BDM
Products: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=1032395058

TechNet Presents: MCS Talks Enterprise Architecture Session 9 – SharePoint as the Strategic Platform for the Enterprise
Free of charge
Date: 27 November 2008, 02:00
Location:
Event Category: Live Meeting On-Demand
Audience: IT Decision Maker, IT Generalist
Products: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Windows Server

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=1032393353

December 2009

Deployment Planning Days Overview
Free of charge
Date: 18 December 2008, 13:30
Location:
Event Category: Live Meeting On-Demand
Audience: Additional Information Worker, IT Decision Maker, IT Generalist, Non-Tech Influencing BDM
Products: Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032397205&EventCategory=5&culture=en-GB&CountryCode=GB

Future Event

SharePoint 2010 Evolution Conference
Fee charged
Date: 19-21^st April 2010
Location: London, QEII

This 3 day SharePoint 2010 Evolution Conference, consists of over 50 Sessions dedicated to SharePoint Professionals at every level from IT Pro, Developers, Designers to Project Managers and Executives.

All upcoming Events\Webcasts

http://www.microsoft.com/uk/events/default.aspx

New KB's

Biztalk Server

BizTalk Adapter for mySAP 2.0 EN: FIX: Error message when you use BizTalk Adapter 2.0 for mySAP Business Suite: "Unable to cast object of 'xxxx'"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939885/EN-US

BizTalk Server Ent 2006 EN: FIX: A Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) activity is not rolled back when the send port fails in delivering the output message in BizTalk Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942024/EN-US

BizTalk Server Ent 2006 EN: FIX: BizTalk Server host instance stops unexpectedly and restarts because of a System.OutOfMemoryException exception in BizTalk Server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948238/EN-US

BizTalk Server Ent 2006 R2 EN: FIX: Error message when you receive an MIME/SMIME document in BizTalk Server 2006 or BizTalk Server 2006 R2: "Item has already been added"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937173/EN-US

BizTalk Server Ent 2006 R2 EN: FIX: BizTalk Server 2006 R2 does not display the correct MDN Status in an AS2 message and the correlated MDN status report when the MDN contains the error "unexpected-processing-error"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950673/EN-US

BizTalk Server Ent 2006 R2 EN: FIX: You receive an error message when you configure the "BizTalk EDI/AS2 Runtime" option in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950868/EN-US

BizTalk Server Ent 2006 R2 EN: FIX: The FTP adapter cannot parse a LIST response that is in non-English format in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950980/EN-US

BizTalk Server Ent 2006 R2 EN: FIX: The EDIFACT document is suspended if it contains a UNH2.5 segment in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952195/EN-US

BizTalk Server Ent 2006 R2 EN: FIX: BizTalk Server Administration displays incorrect or blank application name for some orchestration instances after you add a new MessageBox database in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952310/EN-US

BizTalk Server Ent 2006 R2 EN: FIX: You receive a NullReferenceException exception when you use the Call Orchestration shape in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973430/EN-US

BizTalk Server Ent 2006 R2 EN: FIX: Error message when you use the POP3 adapter in BizTalk Server 2006 R2: "The POP3 adapter received a response line from a server that contains more than 512 characters"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975826/EN-US

Microsoft Internet Information Server

Internet Info Services 7.0 EN: POST data is not available for native handlers in IIS 7.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972541/EN-US

Internet Info Services 7.0 EN: How to redirect requests from HTTP to HTTPS or to the OWA virtual directory in IIS 7

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975341/EN-US

SharePoint Technologies

Office SharePoint Server 2007 ML: Description of the update for the Brazilian Portuguese proofing tools in 2007 Office servers: September 08, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972952/EN-US

Office SharePoint Server 2007 ML: Description of SharePoint Server 2007 ASPX page source code access

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976829/EN-US

November 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Security

Justin Zarb — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:52:00 GMT

NEWS

Download the Urgent Security Update for Windows http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200810_oob.mspx

Microsoft released an out-of-band security update on October 23 for all currently supported versions of Microsoft Windows. Download and install the update from Microsoft Update today.

Restore Infected PCs with the Malware Removal Starter Kit! https://partner.microsoft.com/40011132?campaign_type=ms_com_webpage&campaign=securityhomepage&landing_page=SolutionAcc_securitysuite_MSPP

You’ll get free, tested guidance and tools to help you combat malware attacks and restore infected systems—so your customers can safely get back to work.

Microsoft Seeks to End Lottery Fraud http://www.microsoft.com/security/lottery/default.mspx Our new effort to end lottery scams includes a reporting system for victims of identity theft, partnerships with other companies, and providing analyzed data to global law enforcement agencies.

Microsoft Security Assessment Tool http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10773471&s1=3be15275-38db-4726-9c6c-235b08032b7c

Wouldn't it be great if you had a report created for your business that detailed specific actions you should take to further secure your IT environment? Wouldn't it be great if that report was built from an assessment of your current security requirements cross-checked against an assessment of your current security investments? Wouldn't it be great if there was a free tool to do this? Guess what? The Microsoft Security Assessment Tool (MSAT) is that free tool. We've just released a new version (v4) with a new UI and a new extended report. Download MSAT here.

Online Identity Theft: Changing the Game - Protecting Personal Information on the Internet http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10773473&s1=3be15275-38db-4726-9c6c-235b08032b7c

Identity theft is not only a threat faced by consumers but also a significant concern for organisations as they handle growing volumes of personally identifiable information (PII) and use it in more diverse ways. This paper outlines a set of near-term tactics for mitigating online identity theft as well as a longer-range strategic vision for fundamentally 'changing the game' with regard to how people assert their identity on the Internet and how such identity claims are verified by other parties during an online interaction or transaction.

Security Development Lifecycle: Three New Programmes http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10773474&s1=3be15275-38db-4726-9c6c-235b08032b7c

As part of its commitment to make the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) available to every developer, Microsoft is delivering three new SDL programmes and tools in November 2008: the SDL Pro Network, the SDL Optimisation Model, and the Microsoft SDL Threat Modelling Tool. These offerings will enable the industry to create more secure and privacy-enhanced technology for an online world. Learn more about these programmes or watch a demo about the SDL Threat Modelling Tool.

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for October, 2008

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

Search for previous security bulletins http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3992478

Security Bulletin Feed http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3992479 RSS http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3992480

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server

Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server TechCenter

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

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

Forefront Edge Security Community

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

Forefront TMG (ISA Server) Product Team Blog

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

Using a Client Certificate when Bridging SSL traffic from ISA Server

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/10/22/using-a-client-certificate-when-bridging-ssl-traffic-from-isa-server.aspx

A Preview of Exciting Things to Come

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/10/19/a-preview-of-exciting-things-to-come.aspx

ISA Server wins Readers' Choice award

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/10/07/isa-server-wins-readers-choice-award.aspx

Unable to “Check Out” a Document in MOSS 2007 Published Through ISA Server 2006

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/10/02/unable-to-check-out-a-document-in-moss-2007-published-through-isa-server-2006.aspx

Intelligent Application Gateway 2007

Intelligent Application Gateway 2007 Technical Resources

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

Forefront Edge Security Community

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

Intelligent Application Gateway Product Team Blog

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

Publishing SharePoint with IAG 2007 – Part 1: What is SharePoint AAM and why do we need it?

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2008/10/12/publishing-sharepoint-with-iag-2007-part-1-what-is-sharepoint-aam-and-why-do-we-need-it.aspx

Publishing SharePoint with IAG 2007 – Part 2: Common Questions

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2008/10/13/publishing-sharepoint-with-iag-2007-part-2-common-questions.aspx

Publishing SharePoint with IAG 2007 – Part 3: SharePoint Topologies

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2008/10/13/publishing-sharepoint-with-iag-2007-part-3-sharepoint-topologies.aspx

DOCUMENTS

White Paper: Managing a Public Key Infrastructure Using Active Directory Certificate Services and Identity Lifecycle Manager (ILM) http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10773472&s1=3be15275-38db-4726-9c6c-235b08032b7c

This white paper, from Oxford Computer Group explores many of the business drivers for a Microsoft-centric Certificate and Card Management System (CCMS), a term coined to describe the conjoined capabilities of Active Directory Certificate Services and Identity Lifecycle Manager. It explores the challenges and opportunities of implementing a CCMS solution from the perspectives of design, implementation, operations, etc.

Patterns & Practices Security Engineering Update http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10773476&s1=3be15275-38db-4726-9c6c-235b08032b7c

Check out J. D. Meier's overview of the patterns & practices approach to security engineering, which covers - among other topics - the security frame used to perform security code and design inspections.

Security Tip of the Month: Planning for Hyper-V Security http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10773477&s1=3be15275-38db-4726-9c6c-235b08032b7c

How do you know who is accessing what in your IT environment? This vital question is often faced by security administrators, and many IT organisations have challenges identifying and understanding patterns of client access to enterprise resources. This article offers some quick tips and tools to help you understand which users or system accounts have access to which resources, and when.

Windows Vista Security Guide http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10773479&s1=3be15275-38db-4726-9c6c-235b08032b7c

This guide provides you with specific recommendations and automated tools to help strengthen the security of desktop and laptop computers running Windows Vista in a domain with the Active Directory service. You'll also learn how to use the GPOAccelerator tool that accompanies the guide to help you automatically deploy security settings in minutes instead of hours.

WFAS Design and Deployment Guide http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=121&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3de4a6d0d6-c8c3-414a-ad61-abce6889449d%26DisplayLang%3den

This guide helps you design and deploy Windows Firewall with Advanced Security settings and rules that meet your goals for network security.

Full Volume Encryption using Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption Datasheet http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=130&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d7abb19b9-385f-450a-ba25-aa505ca8935c%26DisplayLang%3den

The Full Volume Encryption using Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption offering capitalizes on the Microsoft Solution Framework (MSF) to envision, plan, develop, stabilize (test), and deploy BitLocker in your environment.

Understanding the Servicing Models for Major Microsoft Software http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=138&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d0e39a542-2c07-41e4-868b-6f39762bcbed%26DisplayLang%3den

Understanding the Servicing Models for Major Microsoft Software describes the business and technical reasoning in, and the processes comprising the evaluation and delivery of code changes within security update packages.

Network Access Protection with IPsec Enforcement Datasheet http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=137&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d3d551f59-6318-4244-b3b0-463d33a4e2e3%26DisplayLang%3den

Network Access Protection is designed to protect both remote and local users from viruses, worms, and malicious software by helping to verify and directly update any computer attempting to access the network while restricting the network access of non-compliant clients

Enterprise Data Security Optimization Datasheet http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=136&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3deb91333a-c26b-4a0d-9251-80a494df9e5c%26DisplayLang%3den

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

DOWNLOADS

UrlScan v3.0 Released to the Web http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10773475&s1=3be15275-38db-4726-9c6c-235b08032b7c

UrlScan version 3.0 is a security tool that restricts the types of HTTP requests that Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 will process. UrlScan screens all incoming requests to the server by filtering the requests by rules that are set by the administrator. Filtering the requests helps secure the server by ensuring that only valid requests are processed.

Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10773480&s1=3be15275-38db-4726-9c6c-235b08032b7c

Benefit from tested guidance and powerful tools to help you protect your most vulnerable information - the data residing on your laptops. This toolkit shows you how to use two key encryption technologies: BitLocker Drive Encryption, which is included with specific versions of Windows Vista, and the Encrypting File System, which is included with Windows XP Professional and Windows Vista.

Security Compliance Management Toolkit http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10773481&s1=3be15275-38db-4726-9c6c-235b08032b7c

This toolkit provides you with best practices to plan, deploy, monitor and remediate a security baseline for your organisation. It also offers a proven method that you can use to effectively monitor the compliance state of a security baseline for Windows Vista, Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Windows Server 2003 SP2.

Podcast: BitLocker Drive Encryption http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10773482&s1=3be15275-38db-4726-9c6c-235b08032b7c

In this podcast, Paul Cooke, Director in the Windows Client division specialising in security, discusses BitLocker Drive Encryption, and how it has been extended in Windows Vista SP1.

Podcast: Advanced Group Policy Podcast http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10773483&s1=3be15275-38db-4726-9c6c-235b08032b7c

Learn how to effectively use the new Group Policy objects in Windows Vista to improve manageability and strengthen security with this podcast by Derek Melber, author, IT consultant and Microsoft MVP for Group Policy.

October 2008 Security Release ISO Image http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=60&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=7&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d0a678ca9-5953-44cd-a781-9990d49e5c21%26DisplayLang%3den

This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on October 14th, 2008.

Enterprise Library 4.1--October 2008 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=60&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d1643758b-2986-47f7-b529-3e41584b6ce5%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Enterprise Library is a collection of reusable application blocks designed to assist software developers with common enterprise development challenges. This release includes: Caching, Cryptography, Data Access, Exception Handling, Logging, Policy Injection, Security, Validation, and Unity.

Data Encryption Toolkit http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=84&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d1a99576a-fe67-418f-88b1-81e2055fe977%26DisplayLang%3den

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.

EVENTS/WEBCASTS

Visit TechNet Spotlight: http://www.microsoft.com/technetspotlight

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

Microsoft Security Webcast Series: Upcoming and On-Demand

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

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

Upcoming Security Webcasts

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

How Microsoft does IT: Managing Network Access Protection (Level 300)

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 9:30 AM Pacific Time

Network Access Protection (NAP) is a powerful new Windows Server 2008 feature that can help protect networks from malicious software (malware) and other threats. This webcast explains how organizations can use NAP to institute requirements for accessing a network, create policies that check for compliance with those requirements, and update and manage devices that are not in compliance. Join us to learn how Microsoft IT manages NAP within Microsoft and how organizations can leverage this feature to report on health policy compliance, and to take action to address identified risks.

On-Demand Security Webcasts

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

New or updated KB’s

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server

Error 0x80072020 installing ISA Configuration Storage Server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958895

AOB

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

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

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

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

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