Technical RollUp : October

October 2009 – Technology Rollup Mail - Internet

conuktrm — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:01:00 GMT

News

Biztalk Server

American Apparel - Retailer Boosts Sales 14%, Cuts Inventory Management Costs 35% with RFID Solution

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?casestudyid=4000005318

RBT - Council Transforms Revenues and Benefits Service Delivery with Enterprise Service Bus

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?casestudyid=4000005298

Skandia - Online Banking and Insurance Provider Dramatically Enhances Web Performance

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?casestudyid=4000005294

Fred IT Group - Electronic Prescription Exchange Boosts Productivity and Reduces Medication Errors

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?casestudyid=4000005221

Powerco - Power distributor switches server infrastructure and cuts costs

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?casestudyid=4000005244

4 Different ways to process an XLANGMessage within an helper component invoked by an orchestration Part 1

http://blogs.msdn.com/paolos/archive/2009/09/10/4-different-ways-to-process-an-xlangmessage-within-an-helper-component-invoked-by-an-orchestration.aspx

Microsoft Internet Information Server

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

New IIS Web Extensions for Web Site Developers and Web Server Administrators

I am very proud to announce our September 2009 release of IIS Web extensions! This September launch includes the RTW release of Web Deploy 1.0 , Web Platform Installer 2.0 , and IIS Database Manager 1.0 , as well as the pre-release versions of Application...

http://blogs.iis.net/mailant/archive/2009/09/24/launch.aspx

A big day for Web pros: WebsiteSpark, Web PI and more!

Today we’re launching a number of really cool things for Web developers. WebsiteSpark WebsiteSpark is a program designed to jumpstart Web development for individuals or small companies who make a living on the Web. The program is free to...

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2009/09/24/a-big-day-for-web-pros-websitespark-web-pi-and-more.aspx

Six Ways to Help Customers Extend their Web Sites

Wow – do we have a bunch of announcements for you! If you care about Web sites, read on. From really cool media scenarios, to making it easy getting started on the Microsoft Web Platform, to advanced tweaks to your Web site – we have something for all...

http://blogs.iis.net/windowsserver/archive/2009/09/24/six-ways-to-help-customers-extend-their-web-sites.aspx

Microsoft Launches New Open Source CodePlex Foundation

Microsoft’s strategy with open source has evolved over the past several years as we strive to make Windows the platform of choice for customers. My team has participated in that process first hand, we’ve worked hard with the PHP community to ensure...

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2009/09/10/microsoft-launches-new-open-source-codeplex-foundation.aspx

Download the New Windows Cache Extension for PHP Beta

Download the New Windows Cache Extension for PHP Beta Perhaps you are a Web Developer or a Web Hoster who on the one hand likes PHP. But on the other hand you like Windows. It’s OK. It’s not a contradiction. Now you can run your PHP applications even...

http://blogs.iis.net/windowsserver/archive/2009/09/01/download-the-new-windows-cache-extension-for-php-beta.aspx

Windows Cache Extension 1.0 for PHP – Beta

Today IIS team has released the beta of the Windows Cache Extension 1.0 for PHP . The Windows Cache Extension for PHP is a PHP accelerator , that is used to increase the speed of PHP applications running on the Windows operating systems. Any PHP application...

http://blogs.iis.net/ruslany/archive/2009/09/01/windows-cache-extension-1-0-for-php-beta.aspx

SharePoint Technologies

U.S. Government's Official Website Powered by SharePoint

http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/Pages/Default.aspx

The Forrester Wave: Collaboration Platforms, Q3 2009: Microsoft Continued as a Leader

http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/Pages/Default.aspx

Webcast Oct 8: Use Bing Maps with SharePoint Server for a Better View of Your Business

http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/Pages/Default.aspx

SharePoint 2010 Gets a Thumbs-up

http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/Pages/Default.aspx

To Secure SharePoint, Make Sure You Get User Authorization and User Management Right

http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/Pages/Default.aspx

AvePoint Introduces Free Tool for Item-Level SharePoint Restores from SQL Server and DPM Backups

Free module delivers full fidelity, item-level restore capability from SQL Server and DPM backups, providing customers with granular SharePoint content recovery

http://www.avepoint.com/news/2009/07/01/avepoint-introduces-free-tool-for-item-level-sharepoint-restores-from-sql-server-and-dpm-backups/

Documents

Biztalk Server

Scaling a Production BizTalk Server Environment

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee377067(BTS.10).aspx

SharePoint Technologies

Deploy software updates for Office SharePoint Server 2007

This article has been updated with information about the August Cumulative Update.

Updated: 2009-09-24

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263467.aspx

Configure a server farm for minimal downtime during software updates (Office SharePoint Server 2007)

This article describes how to update Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 farms with minimal downtime. By following the procedures in this article, you can update servers to add the latest service pack or cumulative update without incurring significant downtime for users.

Updated: 2009-09-17

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee514459.aspx

SharePoint intranet portal governance (white paper)

This sample governance plan helps users outline the administration, maintenance, and support of an Office SharePoint Server 2007 deployment in an enterprise. The plan is based on a fictitious company that is implementing collaboration, Web content management, and an intranet portal that includes departmental portals.

Updated: 2009-09-17

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee476991.aspx

Monitor and troubleshoot storage performance

This article lists the performance counters that we recommend that you use to monitor the performance of the SQL Server databases that are running in your Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 environment. Also listed are approximate healthy values for each counter.

Updated: 2009-09-03

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd723635.aspx

SharePoint Internet presence governance plan (white paper)

This sample governance plan is designed to help illustrate how to use the functionality of Office SharePoint Server 2007 for a public Internet site. The fictitious company in this paper plans to use the functionality to ensure that site content is consistent, updated in a timely manner, branded in line with corporate standards, and tightly controlled.

Updated: 2009-08-27

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee449547.aspx

Downloads

Biztalk Server

Microsoft BizTalk Server Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=389FCB89-F4CF-46D7-BC6E-57830D234F91&displaylang=en&displaylang=en

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

ProcDump v1.5

Proc Dump, a general process dump utility great for capturing worker process (w3wp.exe) hang\crash dumps. Includes hung window monitoring and unhandled exception monitoring.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/dd996900.aspx

Disk2VHD **Coming Soon**

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/default.aspx

DocAve v5 for SharePoint 2007:

Free module delivers full fidelity, item-level restore capability from SQL Server and DPM backups, providing customers with granular SharePoint content recovery

http://www.avepoint.com/resources/free-trial-downloads/

Events/Webcasts

Biztalk Server

Business Process Integration Videos

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

SharePoint Technologies

October 2009

Webcast Oct 8: Use Bing Maps with SharePoint Server for a Better View of Your Business
September 18, 2009: Microsoft

http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/Pages/Default.aspx

Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2009

The SharePoint Conference 2009 will be the first time Microsoft will publically share all of what SharePoint 2010 has to offer. Get to listen, talk and network with Microsoft Product experts, SharePoint MVPs, Customers, top Industry Analysts and over 140 SharePoint Partners.

http://www.mssharepointconference.com/Pages/default.aspx

November 2009

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

All upcoming Events\Webcasts

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

New KB's

Biztalk Server

BizTalk 2006 Adapters Host Sys: FIX: Error message when you use the BizTalk Adapter for DB2 to process an updategram message against an IBM DB2 database in Host Integration Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968985/EN-US

BizTalk Server Dev 2006 EN: A hotfix is available that enables you to clear the BAM data from the BAMPrimaryImport database instead of having to archive the data to the BAMArchive database in BizTalk Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971984/EN-US

BizTalk Server Ent 2006 EN: FIX: BizTalk Server 2006 or BizTalk Server 2006 R2 experiences low performance when you execute an SQL query that refers to the "ActivityID" field in the bam_ActivityName_CompletedRelationships table

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973770/EN-US

BizTalk Server Ent 2006 R2 EN: A hotfix is available for BizTalk Server 2006 R2 that enables support for AS2 File name preservation

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951203/EN-US

BizTalk Server LOB Adapters 2006: FIX: Error message when you use BizTalk Adapter for J.D.Edwards EnterpriseOne in BizTalk Server: "Error occurred during initialization of VM"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974617/EN-US

BizTalk Server Std 2006 EN: FIX: Error message in BizTalk Server 2006 in the Application Event log when you use a SOAP send port and messages are not sent successfully: "OutOfMemoryException: Exception of type 'System.OutOfMemoryException' was thrown"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971799/EN-US

BizTalk Server Std 2006 EN: FIX: An Acknowledgement (ACK) is not sent back to the source application when you use BizTalk Server Accelerator for HL7 v1.3 in a BizTalk Server 2006 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974836/EN-US

BizTalk Server Std 2006 R2 EN: FIX: MDNs are not sent to the sending party in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952202/EN-US

BizTalk Server Std 2006 R2 EN: FIX: Message type MT941 and message type MT942 fail XML validation when you use Microsoft BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT Message Pack 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969147/EN-US

BizTalk Server Std 2006 R2 EN: FIX: The tracking data is not moved as expected from the BizTalkMsgBoxDb database to the BizTalkDTADb database in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969870/EN-US

BizTalk Server Std 2006 R2 EN: FIX: Description of a hotfix that enables Microsoft BizTalk Adapter 3.0 for mySAP Business Suite to support user impersonation and logon tickets while connecting to SAP systems

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973683/EN-US

BizTalk Server Std 2006 R2 EN: FIX: Per-instance pipeline configuration in a request-response MLLP receive location is not executed correctly for a custom send pipeline when you use BizTalk Accelerator for HL7 2.0 in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974265/EN-US

BizTalk Server Std 2006 R2 EN: FIX: BizTalk host instances may crash with a System.OutOfMemoryException exception message in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975118/EN-US

BizTalk Server Std 2009 EN: FIX: Error message when you set the Service Name to "eba.step2!pu1" when you configure the FileAct transport properties in BizTalk Server 2009: "Service Name Format is Incorrect"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972624/EN-US

BizTalk Server Std 2009 EN: FIX: Error message when you receive EDI interchanges by using the EDI receive pipeline in BizTalk Server 2009: "Fatal error encountered in EDI Disassembler, error information is GetTempFileName Failed"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973387/EN-US

BizTalk Server Std 2009 EN: FIX: Event ID: 4119 is logged in the Application log or the whole batch is suspended if any message in the batch contains a parsing error in Microsoft BizTalk 2009 Accelerator for HL7

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973910/EN-US

BizTalk Server Std 2009 EN: FIX: Enabling tracking on an MLLP receive port or BTAHL72XReceivePipeline fails to save the inbound message when you use Microsoft BizTalk 2009 Accelerator for HL7

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973911/EN-US

BizTalk Server Std 2009 EN: FIX: A Request Response Receive Location that uses an MLLP adapter does not work correctly if you configure the per-instance pipeline properties for the custom send pipeline when you use Microsoft BizTalk 2009 Accelerator for HL7

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974728/EN-US

SA for BizTalk SWIFT Ent 2.3 EN: FIX: MT54x messages are not validated correctly when you use the BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT 2008 Message Pack

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973230/EN-US

SA for BizTalk SWIFT Ent 2.3 EN: FIX: SWIFT messages that contain an invalid 19A field may not be validated as expected when you use BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT 2008 Message Pack

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973242/EN-US

Microsoft Internet Information Server

Internet Info Services 7.0 EN: FIX: The isolated configuration file for an application pool contains configuration data for Web sites of other application pools in IIS 7.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971047/EN-US

Internet Info Services 7.0 EN: Event ID 9000 and Event ID 9006 are logged when you restart the Application Host Helper Service on Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975340/EN-US

Internet Info Svr 6 AL: The file change notifications are lost when the FTP service that is installed in Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 runs on MSCS

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975306/EN-US

SharePoint Technologies

Office SharePoint Server 2007 ML: Information about the Office Server Search topology in Pre-Upgrade Checker in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957408/EN-US

Office SharePoint Server 2007 ML: Error message when you try to run a search query in SharePoint Server 2007 by using the SOME ARRAY clause: "Your Query Malformed"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973101/EN-US

Office SharePoint Server 2007 ML: Description of the SharePoint Server 2007 Cumulative Update Server Hotfix Package (MOSS server-package): September 9, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973399/EN-US

Office SharePoint Server 2007 ML: The value of the PluggableSecurityTrimmerId registry key is not updated after you register a custom security trimmer in SharePoint Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973408/EN-US

Office SharePoint Server 2007 ML: When you run a search in a custom scope in SharePoint Server 2007, no result is returned for a multiple value lookup field

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973872/EN-US

Office SharePoint Server 2007 ML: An incremental crawl does not obtain moved items and moved folders if you use the SPFolder.MoveTo method to move the items and the folders in SharePoint Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973875/EN-US

Office SharePoint Server 2007 ML: You cannot change the name of an Active Directory security group in SharePoint Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974550/EN-US

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: Information about the Windows SharePoint Services Search topology in Pre-Upgrade Checker in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957407/EN-US

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: Error message when you try to run a query in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: "The search request was unable to connect to the Search Service"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972955/EN-US

October 2009 – Technology Rollup Mail - Manageability

conuktrm — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:01:00 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

Announcing System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3

Today, the System Center team is excited to share with you our plan to release System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3. This new release of the ConfigMgr is packed with some extremely cool features, which over the coming months we plan to share with you in different ways.

http://blogs.technet.com/systemcenter/archive/2009/09/08/announcing-system-center-configuration-manager-2007-r3.aspx

SCCM AMT Provisioning Flowcharts from Steve Rachui

http://blogs.msdn.com/steverac/archive/2009/09/02/sccm-amt-provisioning-flowcharts.aspx

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 Now Available

MDT 2010 includes custom actions and task sequence templates for your System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 RC environment, enabling you to start deploying Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 quickly and cost effectively.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee376932.aspx

WSUS 3.0 SP2 released

WSUS 3.0 SP2 has been released. Find out more information and where to download it in the following blogpost

http://blogs.technet.com/carlossantiago/archive/2009/09/01/wsus-3-0-sp2-released.aspx

Paul Thompson new OSD tools beta

As part of our deployment of Windows 7 to Microsoft IT's users we developed some tools to enhance the experience. In case you have similar needs, we're pleased to be able to share them with you.

http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/pthomsen/archive/2009/09/07/141124.aspx

The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog

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

The Deployment Guys

http://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys

System Center Configuration Manager Solutions

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

Carlos Santiago's Manageability Blog - SCCM/Softgrid

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

Michael Niehaus' Windows and Office deployment ramblings

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

Paul Thomsen at myITforum.com

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

Jeff Gilbert's Web blog at myITforum.com

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

Operations Manager & MOM

Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 7 Support

Support is now available for running Operations Manager 2007 SP1 & R2 on Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 7

http://blogs.technet.com/momteam/archive/2009/09/18/opsmgr-2007-sp1-and-r2-now-officially-support-windows-server-2008-r2-and-windows-7.aspx

Operations Manager PowerShell Survey

Operations Manager being one of the first products to ship with a PowerShell Snapin of 80+ cmdlets is looking for feedback on that very subject. Please complete a quick 10 question survey on connect at the following link.

http://connect.microsoft.com/opsmgr

Common Issues the Operations Manager team get in product support

Common issues by OpsMgr Admins all over the globe and suggested fixes from the product team.

http://blogs.technet.com/operationsmgr/archive/2009/09/23/some-common-operations-manager-issues-we-get-here-in-product-support.aspx

Guide: Opening Console Views and executing tasks from reports

SCOM 2007 reporting infrastructure has an ability to invoke a view or execute a task defined in a Management Pack from a report. Learn how to leverage this functionality.

http://blogs.msdn.com/eugenebykov/archive/2009/08/14/opening-console-views-and-executing-tasks-from-reports.aspx

The Operations Manager Support Team Blog

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

Other

System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2008 R2 RTMs, Evals Available

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 has RTM’d. Please experience for yourself what the 10,000+ people who have previously downloaded our ‘Release Candidate’ plus organizations such as Continental Airlines, Lionbridge Technologies, and Indiana University have seen with VMM 2008 R2! A 180-day evaluation version is now available, too, on the Microsoft Download site.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=292de23c-845c-4d08-8d65-b4b8cbc8397b&displaylang=en

System Center Virtual Machine Manager

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

The App-V Blog

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

Documents

Operations Manager & MOM

Operations Manager 2007 R2 Sizing Helper

The sizing helper is an interactive document designed to help assist customers with planning their OpsMgr infrastructure. A typical recommendation will include minimum hardware specification for each server role, topology diagram and storage requirement

http://blogs.technet.com/momteam/archive/2009/08/12/operations-manager-2007-r2-sizing-helper.aspx

Visio 2007 Add-in for Operations Manager 2007 R2 Released

This was released at the end of last month. If you missed it, be sure to head over to the MOMTeam blog for an overview of this great addin.

http://blogs.technet.com/momteam/archive/2009/07/31/visio-2007-add-in-for-operations-manager-2007-r2-released.aspx

Downloads

Configuration Manager & SMS

BDD and MDT Archive

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 is the recommended process and toolset to automate desktop and server deployment. The support status of earlier versions is outlined here.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=02a2605d-51e8-469f-be4a-1dd2af580502

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 is the newest version of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, a Solution Accelerator for operating system and application deployment. MDT 2010 supports deployment of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 in addition to deployment of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP.

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

Operations Manager & MOM

BizTalk Server MP for OpsMgr 2007

The BizTalk Server Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 provides monitoring for BizTalk Server 2006, BizTalk Server 2006 R2, and BizTalk Server 2009.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=389fcb89-f4cf-46d7-bc6e-57830d234f91

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

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

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

Windows Key Management Service MP for System Center OpsMgr 2007

The KMS MP monitors core Key Management Service offered by Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 and Vista

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=a330d876-c965-4433-afdf-7c61a9126fb3

Windows Server Operating System MP for OpsMgr 2007

The Windows Server Operating System Management Pack provides the fundamental monitoring basics for computers running the Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 and 2008 Operating System.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=3529d233-5e3e-4b51-8f66-5d6f27005ec3

Events/Webcasts

Configuration Manager & SMS

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

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

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

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

TechNet Webcast: Asset Intelligence with Configuration Manager 2007 (Level 300)

Wednesday, October 07, 2009 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 collects asset information that can be used for license and asset management reports. In this webcast, we explain the asset management reporting that comes out of the box in Configuration Manager 2007 R2, we describe what Configuration Manager reports can be built with customizations, and we tell you about partner add-ons for reporting that are available. You also learn how to import license information and how to compare the license information with the software that is installed and currently used in your organization. If you have an asset manager in your organization who is asking you for asset management reports, or if you want to know if you are over or under licensed and are uncomfortable with a possible software compliancy audit, then this webcast is for you.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032425485&culture=en-US

Operations Manager & MOM

TechNet Webcast: Optimizing Operations Manager for Monitoring, Auditing, and Dashboards (Level 300)

Friday, October 09, 2009 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Learn how to optimize Microsoft System Center Operations Manager for cross-platform devices, applications, and regulatory auditing requirements, and see how to create advanced line-of-business (LOB), geographic, and executive-level dashboards in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. This webcast includes more than 40 minutes of demonstrations, and we provide customer examples of:

* Monitoring Oracle and Apache applications using BridgeWays

* Supporting Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) and PCI audit requirements using Secure Vantage Technologies.

* Building intelligent views across solutions using Savision Live Maps.

* Integrating solutions with SharePoint Server.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032425621&culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Understanding Operations Manager 2007 Performance and Scalability (Level 300)

Wednesday, October 07, 2009 1:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

In this webcast, we discuss the fundamental concepts around the architecture and design of Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007, and we cover the various factors that affect the overall performance and scalability of an Operations Manager deployment. We also describe ways to configure and tune an Operations Manager deployment to adjust the level of scale.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032424650&culture=en-US

Other

TechNet Webcast: Announcing Data Protection Manager 2010 Beta (Level 300)

Thursday, October 08, 2009 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

This month, Microsoft released the public beta for Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010. Before you download the software, attend this webcast to learn about Data Protection Manager 2010 and the product features that are causing excitement in the IT community. We deploy a DPM 2010 server and walk you through most of the new features in DPM 2010 and the enhancements that were made to the Data Protection Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) solution, which is protecting Windows-based application servers and file servers today.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032426727&culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Monitoring Datacenter Service Health and Performance (Level 300)

Thursday, October 15, 2009 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Proactive management of the applications and IT services running in your data center is challenging, particularly when you have inadequate or disparate tools, are interrupted with other projects, and have to complete the necessary daily or weekly tasks. While there are many activities that impact IT service performance and availability, a comprehensive monitoring capability makes it possible to identify situations early—before they create an IT incident—by providing the time and knowledge for you to rapidly respond.

Join us to discover how System Center delivers a comprehensive and extendible monitoring capability, and how its many features, such as task automation and schedulable reporting, can reduce your time and effort in assuring IT services running across the Windows, UNIX, and Linux servers in your data center.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032427590&culture=en-US

New KB's

Configuration Manager & SMS

Sys Center Config Mnger 2007 AL: High CPU usage during MIF file processing on System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 site servers

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973065/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

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

Operations Manager & MOM

MOM Ops Mgr Serv Ent Ed 2005 EN: Error message when you try to download a file by using the Background Intelligent Transfer Service: "Content file download failed" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922330/EN-US

Sys Center Operation Mgr 2007 EN: Operations Manager 2007-based agents consume 100 percent of CPU resources for the Monitoringhost.exe process (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974051/EN-US

Sys Center Operation Mgr 2007 EN: One or more management servers and their managed devices are dimmed in the Operations Manager Console of Operations Manager 2007 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975057/EN-US

Sys Center Ops Mgr 2007 SP1: Support for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 in System Center Operations Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974722/EN-US

Sys Center Ops Mgr 2007 SP1: You receive an HTTP Error 403 page when you access the Reporting Services virtual directory for System Center Operations Manager 2007 after you upgrade to Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975439/EN-US

Other

Sys Center DataProtect Mgr 07 EN: Protection jobs for various protected servers fail with errors in System Center Data Protection Manager 2007: 0x80990A51, 0x809909B0, or 0x800706BA (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971411/EN-US

Sys Center Essentials 2007 SP1: When you install System Center Essentials 2007 Service Pack 1 on an x64 Edition of Windows Server 2008, no options on the System Center Database page of the installation wizard are enabled

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975344/EN-US

October 2009 – Technology Rollup Mail - Platforms

conuktrm — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:01:00 GMT

News

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

The sooner you sign up, the more you save.

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

Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 2

Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 delivers updates to corporate environments from Microsoft Update. Some of the features and improvements include integration with Windows Server 2008 R2, support for the BranchCache feature in Windows Server 2008 R2, support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 clients and Compliance Report. Additionally, Windows Update Agent (WUA) offers a collection of performance enhancements, user experience improvements and bug fixes.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=a206ae20-2695-436c-9578-3403a7d46e40&displaylang=en

Windows 7 Podcast Series

Learn more about DirectAccess, planning and deployment tools, data protection and desktop optimisation with free podcasts.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetwindows7.aspx?tab=podcasts&topic=&audience=&view=&pageId=x4826&seriesID=series-acd4d6bf-efe0-4f7e-a1f6-13eecb0b28d6.xml

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 : MDOP 2009 R2: What's New in MDOP for Windows 7

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

RDS Team Blog

http://blogs.msdn.com/ts

The Hot Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/hot

Downloads

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

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

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

Windows Internet Explorer 8 for Windows XP

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

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

Update for Windows XP (KB932823)

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

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

DirectX End-User Runtime

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

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

.NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package (x86)

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

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

Windows Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP

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

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

Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Beta

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

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

Windows Installer 3.1 Redistributable

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

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

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

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

Windows Media® Components for QuickTime

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

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

Windows® Defender

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

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

Windows Search 4.0 for Windows XP (KB940157)

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

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

.NET Framework 3.5

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

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

The 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2 (SP2)

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

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

.NET Framework 3.5 Service pack 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PowerPoint Viewer 2007

Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer 2007 lets you view full-featured presentations created in PowerPoint 97 and later versions.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=048dc840-14e1-467d-8dca-19d2a8fd7485

Windows Internet Explorer 8 for Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

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

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

.NET Framework Version 1.1 Redistributable Package

The .NET Framework version 1.1 redistributable package includes everything you need to run applications developed using the .NET Framework.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=262d25e3-f589-4842-8157-034d1e7cf3a3

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010

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

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

BDD and MDT Archive

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 is the recommended process and toolset to automate desktop and server deployment. The support status of earlier versions is outlined here.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=02a2605d-51e8-469f-be4a-1dd2af580502

Windows Easy Transfer for transferring from Windows Vista (32 bit) to Windows 7

Use Windows Easy Transfer to copy your files, photos, music, e-mail, settings, and more from a computer running Windows Vista to a computer running Windows 7. You can transfer data using an Easy Transfer Cable, removable media, or across a network.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=09d80814-2a73-4245-a63b-8e780d0430cb

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

2 October 2009, 11.00 a.m.: Server 2008 R2 and Why it Matters to Your Business

Windows Server 2008 R2 is focused on helping you as an IT Manager reduce some of the costs of running IT in your company, particularly around server and desktop virtualisation, improving the remote user’s experience in a branch office, or giving mobile users secure controlled access to your corporate network without having to buy and manage a VPN. This session will run through these benefits and talk about other UK customers who are using them already. Join us after the presentation for a live online Q and A.

02 October 2009 11:00 GMT, London

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032423286&EventCategory=4&culture=en-GB&CountryCode=GB

7 to 8 October 2009, Earls Court, London: Microsoft at IP Expo

http://www.ipexpo.co.uk/IP-Expo/Register-for-the-Events/?WT.mc_id=IP09415MSFWS

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

The sooner you sign up, the more you save.

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

Windows XP to Windows 7 Migration Using MDT 2010 - Part 1: Building the Deployment Environment

(9 minutes, 56 seconds)

Learn how to build media that will automatically migrate computers from Windows XP to Windows 7 with user data, customised applications and drivers. This demonstration will walk you through the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) Deployment Workbench and how it works.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/ee410767.aspx

Windows XP to Windows 7 Migration Using MDT 2010 - Part 2: Initiating the Installation and Migrating the PC

(9 minutes, 33 seconds)

Explore the user experience for migrating the Windows XP computer to Windows 7 and how brief - or '"lite touch' - interaction is required up-front to automate the entire process of data migration, OS installation, driver and application customisation and domain joining.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/ee410769.aspx

New KB's

Windows Client

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: Description of the Platform Update for Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971644/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: Your computer may freeze or it may restart to a black screen that has an 0xc0000034 error message after you install a Windows Vista service pack

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975484/EN-US

Win Vista Enterprise 32bit AL: When a user, belonging to Network Configuration Operators group, installs a networking component, bindings that involve filter drivers may not be created.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975608/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: IPv6 network adapters are reinstalled when network connectivity is restored on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960670/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: On a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista, you cannot add one or more servers to the securelist of a DNS service instance that is hosted on a server that is running Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973245/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: Write error when you upload files into a shared folder that is hosted on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973246/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: 0x80004005 (E_FAIL) error is returned when you call the IFsiDirectoryItem::AddTree method in Windows Vista Service Pack 2 or Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974209/EN-US

Win Vista Home Prem 32bit AL: A computer that is running Windows Server 2008 SP2 or Windows Vista SP2 stops responding when an application uses the NTFS sparse files

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974646/EN-US

Win Vista SP2 AL: PhysicalDisk counters contain invalid and duplicate entries when you use Microsoft Multipath I/O (MPIO) to control one or more storage devices

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974878/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Cannot uninstall software updates on a computer that is running Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967764/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: The Printbrm.exe command-line tool restores printers that are associated with USB ports as FILE ports on computers that are running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971428/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: Stop error message on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008: "STOP: 0x0000007F"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972907/EN-US

Win Vista Ultimate 32bit AL: How to enable waking of a Windows Vista computer using Bluetooth HIDs

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975182/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: Error message when you try to access a DFS Namespace from a Windows XP-based computer: "Configuration information could not be read from the domain controller"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975440/EN-US

Windows XP Professional EN: A non-administrator user can schedule a task that runs under another user's account by using Task Scheduler

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975551/EN-US

Windows XP SP3 AL: Files that are copied from a Windows Server 2008-based remote computer to a Windows XP SP3-based client computer by using the Remote Desktop Connection 6.1 client are corrupted

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972828/EN-US

Windows Server

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Users cannot open or create content that is protected by Active Directory Rights Management Services, and an error code 12057 is logged

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969608/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: FIX: You are incorrectly prompted to format the volume when a formatted volume is mounted on a NTFS folder that is located on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971254/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: You cannot assign a LUN device that is larger than or equal to 2 terabytes to a Failover Cluster by using the "Share and Storage Management" MMC snap-in window

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971365/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: The memory usage of the Svchost.exe process for Windows Deployment Services keeps increasing after you install hotfix 960489 or install Windows Server 2008 SP2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971372/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Error message when you create one or more network printers in a Windows Server 2008-based terminal server session: "Printers cannot be installed"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973356/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: An Automated System Recovery backup of the system state fails on a Windows Server 2008 failover cluster node if the database of an application is saved on a shared disk

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973553/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: The Fax Service crashes when a fax server receives a fax on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973640/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: You receive an error message when you try to remotely view the printer Security tab on a print server from x64-based client editions of Windows 7 or from x64-based or IA-64-based client editions of Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975274/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: The startup parameters of a generic service resource are wrong, and this prevents the resource from starting in a Windows Server 2008 cluster

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975383/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL: Error message when you try to upgrade an iSCSI-booted server from Windows 2008 to Windows 2008 R2: "There is not enough free space on partition (C:)"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975694/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Ent R2 AL: How to configure FTP 7.5 for IIS 7.0 in a Windows Server 2008 failover cluster

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974603/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Two warning messages are logged for the Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) data when you run the "gpupdate /force" command on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 Server Core

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967166/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: You may encounter an SIS data loss issue after SIS links that were backed up on a computer that is running Windows Storage Server 2003 are restored on a computer that is running Windows Storage Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971191/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: The memory usage of the DFS Replication service keeps increasing on a PDC emulator or on a writable domain controller that is running Windows Server 2008 during the SYSVOL share replication process

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971203/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: You receive a blank screen when you log on to a terminal server that is running Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971253/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: A hotfix is available that adds support for various models of Quantum LTO-3 tape drives, of Quantum LTO-4 tape drives, and of Quantum LTO-5 tape drivers for Windows Server 2003, for Windows Server 2008, and for Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971649/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: A hotfix is available that adds support for IBM LTO-5 tape drivers for Windows Server 2003, for Windows Server 2008, and for Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971650/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: The Distributed File System Replication service may stop responding in the initial replication on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973123/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Stop error 0xD1 may occur on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973196/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Only the first character appears for some strings in the event messages when you query the DFS Replication event log on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973275/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: The size of the Ntds.dit file becomes larger on one or more domain controllers that are running Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008 after you enable the credential roaming feature for the domain

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973502/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std AL: Properties contain invalid characters when an application that uses the Cdosys.dll module sets these properties to DBCS characters on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973843/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std R2 AL: When a Stop error occurs on a Windows Server-based server that is connected to an iSCSI storage, no memory dump files are generated

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974922/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std R2 AL: An iSCSI image created by installing OS on a local disk first and then deploying to an iSCSI target may fail to boot.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975606/EN-US

Windows Svr 2008 Std R2 AL: Windows may fail to boot from an iSCSI drive if the drive is deployed with an image created by installing Windows on a local disk first or is configured post-Installation for iSCSI boot off of multiple network adapters.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976042/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: You cannot start transactions for an application that is running without Administrative privileges in a Windows Server 2003 cluster environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971013/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: A COM+ application crashes on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 that has hotfix 970659 applied

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973252/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: On a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 and that has the SMTP service installed, messages may be delayed after you set certain properties to a message to control the time that the message is delivered

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973760/EN-US

Windows Svr Ent 2003 EN: An ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED error is returned in Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008 when you call the DeviceIoControl function together with the FSCTL_LOCK_VOLUME control code

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974127/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: The applications that call the disk quota API functions may stop responding, may crash, or may encounter other function failure when the current user loads a roaming profile in a Windows Server 2003-based domain

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971387/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: The SNMP service does not respond to all SNMP requests on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 after the Group Policy settings are refreshed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972840/EN-US

Windows Svr Std 2003 EN: When you open Add or Remove Programs on a computer that is connected to one or more large hard disks, Add or Remove Programs seems to stop responding in Windows XP or in Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974172/EN-US

October 2009 – Technology Rollup Mail - Security

conuktrm — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:01:00 GMT

News

Introducing the Microsoft Security Update Guide http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12486253&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Better understand how to use Microsoft security release information, processes, tools, and communications to help manage organizational risk and develop a repeatable, effective deployment mechanism for security updates. In this guide, you will find a convenient glossary of terms, an overview of the Microsoft Security Bulletin process, and a stage-by-stage review of Microsoft Security Updates.

Download the Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server Release Candidate http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12486254&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

This next-generation version of Forefront Security for Exchange Server provides fast and effective detection of malware and spam, blocks out-of-policy content, and integrates with Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange to offer the defense-in-depth benefits of hosted and on-premises filtering in a single solution.

Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP2 RTM Now Available http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12486255&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

WSUS 3.0 SP2 supports the latest operating systems, including Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 clients. WSUS 3.0 SP2 is more robust and features significant improvements in client performance, reliability, and increased server usability.

Download a 90-Day Trial of Windows 7 Enterprise http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12486256&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Brought to you by the Springboard Series, a 90-day trial is now available to help you test and evaluate the RTM version of Windows 7 Enterprise. Designed specifically for IT professionals, this 90-day trial is offered in English, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. (Note: If you already have Windows 7 through MSDN, TechNet, or Software Assurance, you do not need to download this trial.)

Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials

Microsoft Security Essentials is a free* download from Microsoft that is simple to install, easy to use, and always kept up to date so you can be assured your PC is protected by the latest technology. It’s easy to tell if your PC is secure — when you’re green, you’re good. It’s that simple. *Your PC must run genuine Windows to install Microsoft Security Essentials.

Windows Server 2008: Granular Password Setting http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12444171&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for September, 2009

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

Forefront Edge Security

Download Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway Release Candidate 0 today
Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) provides an easy and secure remote access solution with a focus on application intelligence and granular access control. Forefront UAG is the one solution to fit all of your remote access needs, as it provides centralized management and policy control across all users, devices, and network resources. When you download the latest software, you're automatically registered to access valuable resources assembled in one convenient location.

http://technet.microsoft.com/evalcenter/dd183100.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:

Time Matters - When ISA Server is affected by Windows Time settings

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/09/03/time-matters-when-isa-server-is-affected-by-windows-time-settings.aspx

Web Publishing Test Button and KCD in TMG

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/09/07/web-publishing-test-button-and-kcd-in-tmg.aspx

Change Tracking in TMG

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/09/07/change-tracking-in-tmg.aspx

TMG Network Inspection System (NIS) – “Attention Required” Feature

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/09/07/tmg-network-inspection-system-nis-attention-required-feature.aspx

Behavioral Change on IE7 can affect Outbound access through ISA Server 2006 that is using Redirect on a Deny Rule

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/09/09/behavioral-change-on-ie7-can-affect-outbound-access-through-isa-server-2006-that-is-using-redirect-on-a-deny-rule.aspx

Forefront TMG Network Inspection System Gets Its First 0-Day Signature Release

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/09/10/forefront-tmg-network-inspection-system-gets-its-first-0-day-signature-release.aspx

The Road to RC Needs Telemetry

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/09/14/the-road-to-rc-needs-telemetry.aspx

ISA CSS and Arrays in a Nutshell

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/09/15/isa-css-and-arrays-in-a-nutshell.aspx

Forefront TMG User Experience: UI Improvements

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/09/22/forefront-tmg-user-experience-ui-improvements.aspx

Forefront TMG and Windows® 7 DirectAccess

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/09/23/forefront-tmg-and-windows-7-directaccess.aspx

Forefront TMG User Experience: The Navigation Tree

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/09/24/forefront-tmg-user-experience-the-navigation-tree.aspx

The Momentum is Building for TMG RTM

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/09/27/the-momentum-is-building-for-tmg-rtm.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:

Deep Dive Into DirectAccess – NAT64 and DNS64 In Action

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2009/09/08/deep-dive-into-directaccess-nat64-and-dns64-in-action.aspx

Forefront UAG RC0 is on its way…

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2009/09/22/forefront-uag-rc0-is-on-its-way.aspx

Forefront UAG Release Candidate 0 (RC0) is here!

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2009/09/25/forefront-uag-release-candidate-0-rc0-is-here.aspx

Documents

Security Compliance Management Toolkit Series http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12486257&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

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

How to Use the Microsoft Security Response Center Exploitability Index http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12486258&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

The Microsoft Exploitability Index <http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12486193&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474> makes an assessment on the likelihood that code will be released that exploits the vulnerability or vulnerabilities addressed in a security bulletin within the first 30 days after that bulletin’s release. Learn how to take advantage of this tool in your organization.

Implementing Patch Management to Improve Web Application Security http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12486259&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Learn how to keep single or multiple servers up to date, and improve your knowledge of the processes required to create a sound patch management system.

Deploying FCS Definition Updates with a Shared System Center Configuration Manager WSUS Infrastructure http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12486260&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

Microsoft Forefront Client Security uses the WSUS engine to deploy definition updates to all the clients that Forefront Client Security manages. Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 uses WSUS to provide metadata to the scanning engine on Configuration Manager clients that facilitate software updates. This document provides guidance on how to configure Forefront Client Security definition updates to use an existing Configuration Manager WSUS infrastructure while ensuring that Configuration Manager and Forefront Client Security function properly and work together in harmony.

How Do I: Change Default Work Items in the SDL Process Template? http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12486261&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474

The Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) Process Template was developed to ease the integration of security into the software development process. This four-minute video will show you how to modify the default work items that are created in your new SDL Process Template team project, and how to modify the default work item types, such as Task or Bug.

Downloads

KMS Setup in Windows 7

Learn how to set up the KMS host on Windows® 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 computer, activate KMS clients with the KMS host, and review activation status.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=fda49c1f-475e-42d0-92ae-6f7edb802f3e

Troubleshooting activation

Understand volume activation in windows vista and windows server 2008, learn how to troubleshoot volume activation.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=78fcf22e-b243-4ee1-bc42-9110feae8b82

Best Practices in Planning for and Deploying Volume Activation

View this webcast to learn about the best practices for integrating Volume Activation into your enterprise deployment and management efforts. Read about lessons learned from dealing with license activation in a variety of environments, including networked, isolated, roaming, branch office, development, and test.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=e8d137dc-2fdb-4bf9-a3b9-fc079e4b4609

Understanding Activation and Validation in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Learn how volume activation supports new types of license keys and several new modes of activation for customers in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=e0525726-fe17-45bf-8b3a-04c30fcfdd6c

VAMT 1.2 Reporting

Using VAMT to customize reports, troubleshoot and help manage volume activated systems

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=7871cfbc-ddbd-4ad9-8616-c3ca3a9c7b46

Top 5 Product Key Activation Challenges IT Pro Encountered and Solved

Windows Vista® and Windows Server® 2008 include some significant changes relating to product activation over Windows® XP and Windows Server 2003. These changes, while simple, often caused concerns and operational challenges for IT Pros in deploying Windows.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=8300a9c7-48c0-4ca8-9f1e-91d8ce02abd8

VAMT 1.2 MAK Activation

MAK independent proxy and Confirmation ID activation using VAMT

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=2b6c36ef-06db-4dd5-a216-5ec057e29fd6

Top 10 Things You Should Know About Genuine Windows

Microsoft is educating customers and partners on Genuine software, in effort to protect them from counterfeit and pirated software. Are you familiar with the concepts of 'Genuine Windows' or 'Genuine Microsoft Software'? Learn more about what it means to become 'Genuine' and get an overview of product activation, validation, licensing and compliance.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=f6990722-9943-459b-9a73-aea9369251b6

VAMT 1.2 Overview

VAMT 1.2 features and capabilities

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=b66798b8-6b4e-45f6-a16c-0a8c1e60f0c6

VAMT 1.2 Firewall Setup

Configuring Windows client firewall to allow volume activation management tool (VAMT) access

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=c73fe063-c9d7-4bfe-aab1-ef475834610f

Volume Activation Operations Guide Windows 7

Get operational guidance around management tools, troubleshooting, recovering from unlicensed states, resolving non-genuine software issues, and managing each method of Volume Activation.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=83279f06-79b0-404e-addd-2473567c126e

Volume Activation in Disconnected Environment Guide Windows 7

This guide is for IT pros maintaining the Windows® 7 and Windows Server® 2008 R2 operating systems in disconnected environments. It describes activation techniques for operating systems in environments with no Internet connectivity

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=6e6c2553-e3da-4bd4-bef3-ffcd80e7cc56

Notifications Experience in Windows 7 for End Users

Learn about Windows activation notifications experience in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 for enterprise customers and ways to resolve them.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=26617560-7d12-4f7e-a7b9-a78c3e582d18

Windows 7 Improvements in Volume Activation Datasheet

Learn about the latest improvements in volume activation in Windows ® 7, including enhanced user experience, improved efficiency and activation process as part of deployment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=d3956d05-8666-42db-87a5-6883953059a1

Product Activation in Development Environment in Windows 7

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=737aa964-f6f5-43bd-94e7-4d9cae674537

Top 7 Things You Need to Know About Activation BDM

Two page overview guide on top 7 things you need to know about volume activation in Windows 7 for business decision makers.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=e096ef67-752e-40df-8a26-766a70d2b5cb

Activation Technologies in Windows 7 Overview Guide

This document outlines the activation and validation experience in Windows 7 and provides more information for customers interested in learning about activation, validation, and genuine Windows.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=7c7ffab9-c63b-4ae2-8315-937d2b60d2c5

Volume Activation Planning Guide Windows 7

Learn how incorporate activation in your deployment plans for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2—as well as Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=730dc152-bf13-4cce-80a2-c3bff60b4cbd

Volume Activation Changes for Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

This document summarizes the changes to Volume Activation implemented in Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=2bcbeaa2-bc7a-41bd-a3fd-5f12fd6c5dc1

Volume Activation Deployment Guide Windows 7

Use this guide to systemically deploy Volume Activation, including establishing a KMS host or using MAK within your environment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=bf11bbf3-5e2e-4f6b-aa39-965af07751c1

Microsoft Hosted Volume Activation Guide in Windows 7

Microsoft® Volume Activation helps Volume Licensing customers automate and manage the activation process of Volume Licensing media. Volume Licensing customers and special program subscribers such as the Microsoft Partner Program, MSDN®, and Microsoft TechNet are eligible for Volume Licensing software and media.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ad86d693-d4fb-4d5a-af1a-4199fd31b3a7

Fundamentals of Volume Activation in Windows 7

Watch this 5-minute demo to get insight into the Volume Activation process while deploying Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=b7ddf8ba-2f36-43f3-b153-8ed786fcb3c7

Activating with MAK in Windows 7

Learn how to deploy Windows using a Multiple Activation Key (MAK) process.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=9bfb69ab-d5f7-4fa1-be6c-b81c550db45d

Activating with KMS in Windows 7

Learn how to deploy Windows with a Key Management Service (KMS) process.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=be688342-4f8a-4a15-bfa6-33b0d73c6a59

IT Pro at Home Demonstration: Security On Your Terms

Part of the Springboard Series IT Pro at Home: Tips and Tricks series, this screencast demonstrates the security changes in Windows 7.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=cc112f49-4afc-4447-b2be-ff0121018c36

Microsoft Online Services Sign In

Use this Sign In application to access Microsoft Online Services.

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

Cross-forest Certificate Enrollment with Windows Server 2008 R2.doc

This paper explains how cross-forest certificate enrollment works. It also provides deployment guidance for cross-forest certificate enrollment in new and existing Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) deployments.

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

Security on Your Terms Walkthrough

Provides a brief tour of new security features in Windows 7.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=def39f0f-695f-4c27-b912-15c2d5a0367f

Security Frequently Asked Questions

Answers questions about security in Windows 7.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=cde8ceac-ccef-4d72-8dc7-fe8e39306e79

Security on Your Terms

Describes some of the new or changed security features in Windows 7.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=1bfd698a-0c45-4348-a80b-0ca02becf84b

Group Policy Settings References for Windows and Windows Server

These spreadsheets list the policy settings for computer and user configurations included in the Administrative template files delivered with the Windows operating systems specified. You can configure these policy settings when you edit Group Policy objects (GPOs).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=18c90c80-8b0a-4906-a4f5-ff24cc2030fb

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB973515)

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=63bf0d12-165b-4fee-ac96-9bad91ddb264

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (KB973514)

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=1586dc82-3422-4801-874b-e6c38868945c

Feature Pack 1 for Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (KB973236)

This Feature Pack adds a feature that you can use to adjust the security settings in Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) in Windows Essential Business Server (EBS). The feature helps you manage Forefront TMG and diagnose firewall issues.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=40274ca7-9f0d-4152-b090-3980442e7222

Geneva Interop Whitepapers

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=9eb1f3c7-84da-40eb-b9aa-44724c98e026

Microsoft Forefront Security for Office Communications Server Best Practices Analyzer

The Forefront Security for Office Communications Server (FSOCS) Best Practices Analyzer compares your existing FSOCS deployment against recommended best practices to identify configuration setting changes that could help you improve FSOCS performance and malware detection rates.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=62f9fb8e-1f08-4a94-b21b-9cc7fe4550de

Microsoft® Forefront™ codename "Stirling" VHDs

An integrated security system that is easier to manage and control

Forefront codename “Stirling” is an integrated security suite. This download comes as pre-configured VHDs. This download enables you to evaluate Microsoft Forefront Codename "Stirling". It includes Forefront Client Security, Forefront Security for Exchange Server, Forefront Security for Sharepoint Server, The Central Management Server and Threat Management Gateway.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=d4c3410f-11f0-42b8-9da7-b826d243536b

Security Features in Microsoft Online Services

The Business Productivity Online Suite is a set of subscription-based enterprise software services hosted by Microsoft and sold with partners. The services operate within a complete ecosystem of features and capabilities designed to meet and in many cases to exceed the security and availability goals that you have for your business applications.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=5736aaac-994c-4410-b7ce-bdea505a3413

Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter [September 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 [September 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)

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

September 2009 Security Release ISO Image

This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on September 8th, 2009.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=fab6b8f8-b766-4146-b86d-0953d19d95ab

Microsoft Global Security Showcase: Physical Security at Microsoft

Microsoft Global Security Showcase: Physical Security at Microsoft. Taking Advantage of Strategic IT Convergence. Technical White Paper

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=95384b9d-8ec0-4dfb-96a9-7a61c2f81888

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

Security and Authentication in Microsoft Dynamics CRM: The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Security Model

This white paper, The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Security Model, serves as the core architectural component of a larger "nuts and bolts" article on Security and Authentication in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=fb4bb16b-586f-4aae-aa4b-790023e95b61

Certificate Enrollment Web Services in Windows Server 2008 R2

This paper explains how certificate enrollment Web services work in Windows Server 2008 R2. It also provides deployment guidance for certificate enrollment Web services in new and existing Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) deployments.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=28b910f8-6374-48dd-a897-11fff62ab795

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

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

Microsoft Anti-Cross Site Scripting Library V3.1

AntiXSS 3.1 helps you to protect your current applications from cross-site scripting attacks, at the same time helping you to protect your legacy application with its Security Runtime Engine.

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

Security Features in Microsoft Online Services

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=5736aaac-994c-4410-b7ce-bdea505a3413

Advanced Group Policy Management 2.5 Documents

These guides provide step-by-step guidance for installing Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) 2.5 and managing Group Policy objects (GPOs) by using AGPM 2.5

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ba69e774-f0d1-4b6d-be81-a8c5f27d1b8a

Advanced Group Policy Management 4.0 Documents

These guides provide an overview of Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) 4.0 and step-by-step guidance for installing AGPM 4.0, managing Group Policy objects (GPOs) by using AGPM 4.0, and planning and deploying AGPM 4.0.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=58fd6cda-0210-4da0-91d2-8c3cc2817df8

Advanced Group Policy Management 3.0 Documents

These guides provide step-by-step guidance for installing Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) 3.0, managing Group Policy objects (GPOs) by using AGPM 3.0, and planning and deploying AGPM 3

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=80bb67f2-864c-4f4c-9f0d-a118ef607f1a

MiniFuzz File Fuzzer

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=b2307ca4-638f-4641-9946-dc0a5abe8513

BinScope Binary Analyzer

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=90e6181c-5905-4799-826a-772eafd4440a

Whitepaper: Manual Integration of the SDL Process Template

This paper outlines the steps for manually extracting the key elements of the SDL Process Template and integrating them into an existing Team Project.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=639a3784-a6f4-4d47-9750-b79bd789ba58

BranchCache Security Guide

This document provides guidance to help organizations understand and manage the security of the Microsoft® BranchCache™ feature introduced in Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 R2 and Microsoft Windows® 7.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=449be4b1-5f87-47f1-945b-ccd4b196b34f

Microsoft Windows Key Management Service Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007

The KMS MP monitors core Key Management Service offered by Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 and Vista

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=a330d876-c965-4433-afdf-7c61a9126fb3

Using the Autogen Annotator

Autogen is a patented technology uses to procedurally place default 3D objects throught a simulated world.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=30b16a77-1ce9-475e-8072-0748656e2513

Autogen Annotator Pictorial Reference

Autogen is a patented technology uses to procedurally place default 3D objects through a simulated world.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=0f6ab9ff-392f-46e4-a604-5a68078107bf

Active Directory Certificate Services Upgrade and Migration Guide for Windows Server 2008

This document discusses the planning and implementation of a Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) upgrade and migration from an existing Windows public key infrastructure (PKI), including scenarios and step-by-step instruction.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=c70bd7cd-9f03-484b-8c4b-279bc29a3413

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: Design Considerations for Internal Public Key Infrastructures (Level 200)

Monday, October 05, 2009 10:00 A.M.-11:00 A.M. Pacific Time

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

Wednesday, October 07, 2009 10:00 A.M.-11:00 A.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Announcing Data Protection Manager 2010 Beta (Level 300)

Thursday, October 08, 2009 9:00 A.M.-10:00 A.M. Pacific Time

IT Manager Webcast: Information Security Using HBI Information Classification and Automation (Level 200)

Thursday, October 08, 2009 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Secure Endpoint Solution (Level 200)

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 12:00 P.M.-1:00 P.M. Pacific Time

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

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 11:00 A.M.-12:30 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Secure Collaboration Solution (Level 200)

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 1:00 P.M.-2:00 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 Internet Security and Acceleration Server

A memory leak occurs in the Wspsrv.exe process when you use the Negotiate (NTLM/Kerberos) delegation in ISA Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973731

Some Web servers do not recognize the "Accept-Encoding:gzip" header in the requests that are forwarded by ISA Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973732

ISA Server 2006 does not pass the last server cookie to the client computer when HTML form authentication is used in the Web-publishing rule

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973737

Description of the ISA Server 2006 hotfix package: July 19, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973738

ISA Server 2006 Management Console crashes when you click the Schedule tab of a firewall policy rule

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973734

The users cannot change the password when they use ISA Server 2006 Forms-Based authentication in an active directory forest with multiple domain trees

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974662

A user cannot send e-mail messages by using Outlook Web Access server that is published by ISA Server 2006 when the delegation is set to NTLM

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974663

Description of the ISA Server 2006 hotfix package: August 16, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974665

Forefront TMG and ISA Server

Blank page or page cannot be displayed when you view SSL sites through ISA Server or Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway, Medium Business Edition

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283284

October 2009 – Technology Rollup Mail - SQL Server

conuktrm — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:01:00 GMT

News

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.”

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

Forrester Research

New Independent Study Finds 162% Risk-Adjusted ROI for SQL Server 2008 Deployment in Total Economic Impact™ of SQL Server 2008 Upgrade study.

Gartner, Inc.

Microsoft is positioned in Leaders Quadrant for Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms, 2008.

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.

Technical RollUp

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

Documents

Other

Microsoft® SQL Server® StreamInsight CTP2

Microsoft® SQL Server® StreamInsight is Microsoft’s new Complex Event Processing technology to help businesses derive better insights by correlating event streams from multiple sources with near-zero latency.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=a3faa562-b6dc-4702-90c6-bf8e08df3b8b

SQL 2000

Excel 2002/2003 Add-in for SQL Server Analysis Services

The Excel Add-in for SQL Server Analysis Services has been removed to avoid customer confusion about support for this component.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=dae82128-9f21-475d-88a4-4b6e6c069ff0

SSABI

The Microsoft SQL Server™ Accelerator for Business Intelligence (SQL Server Accelerator for BI) has been removed to avoid customer confusion about support for this component.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=a370fbc9-98b1-4f5c-b09b-6f1bf08e9292

SQL 2005

Excel 2002/2003 Add-in for SQL Server Analysis Services

The Excel Add-in for SQL Server Analysis Services has been removed to avoid customer confusion about support for this component.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=dae82128-9f21-475d-88a4-4b6e6c069ff0

Events/Webcasts

Momentum Webcast: Emerge Stronger with Business Intelligence: Finance and Cost Management (Level 100)

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Join us for part two of our four-part Emerge Stronger webcast series to learn how a Microsoft total business intelligence solution can help you maximize your technology investment during the economic downturn. In this webcast, we build on the overview provided in the first webcast by providing a detailed look into how you can identify cost-cutting opportunities and improve your financial visibility.

Presenter: Dana Straw, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation

View other sessions from Momentum: Drive Your Midsize Business Forward

If you have questions or feedback, contact us.

In addition to Momentum webcasts, Microsoft offers a complimentary e-newsletter with real-world examples of how to align IT with your business strategy. You get tips and techniques on using Microsoft technologies and straight talk about solutions that work for mid-sized businesses. If you would like to receive the Business Insights newsletter, click here.

Regardless of any contact preferences you might have previously made on this Microsoft site or on other Microsoft sites or services, by registering for this webcast or virtual lab, you consent and agree to allow Microsoft or one of its third-party agents to contact you no more than three (3) instances for the purpose of soliciting feedback on the webcast or virtual lab or to supply you with special discounts and offers related to products and services presented in the webcast or virtual lab. Any other use of the personal information in your Microsoft Passport profile is subject to the Microsoft Privacy Statement. You can learn more about the privacy and security of Microsoft Passport Network at www.Passport.net

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032426069&culture=en-US

New KB's

Other

SQL Svr Compact Edtn 3.5 AL: FIX: Error message when an application inserts a value into a foreign key column in SQL Server Compact 3.5: "No key matching the described characteristics could be found within the current range"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974068/EN-US

SQL 2000

SQL Svr Enterprise Edtn 2000 EN: How to impede Windows NT administrators from administering a clustered instance of SQL Server (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263712/EN-US

SQL 2005

SQL Svr Express Edtn 2005 EN: Error message when you try to uninstall a SQL Server 2005 Express Edition hotfix package: "1731 The source installation package for the product [2] is out of sync with the client package" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955250/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: A query that involves an outer join operation runs very slowly in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942444/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard Edtn 2005 EN: FIX: Error message when you perform an update operation by using a cursor in SQL Server 2005: "Transaction (Process ID <SPID>) was deadlocked on lock resources with another process and has been chosen as the deadlock victim" (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953948/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 2008

SQL Svr Enterprise 2008 EN: INF: Understanding and resolving SQL Server blocking problems (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/224453/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise 2008 EN: How to configure an instance of SQL Server to listen on a specific TCP port or dynamic port (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823938/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise 2008 EN: How to uninstall an instance of SQL Server 2008 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955499/EN-US

SQL Svr Enterprise 2008 EN: When you delete maintenance plans on a server instance that is restored from a SQL Server 2008 MSDB database backup, maintenance plans are deleted from the server instance on which the MSDB database was backed up (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955800/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: Support policy for Microsoft SQL Server products that are running in a hardware virtualization environment (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956893/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 memory usage of a SQL Server service increases quickly when you run a query that uses a linked server in SQL Server 2008 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971622/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: A performance issue in which SQL Server 2008 Management Studio checks the fragmentation data of an index in a large database

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972937/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: A validation error is returned when you use the MSOLAP10 provider to connect to a SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services server and set the value of the SubQueries property to 2 in the connection string

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972939/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: You cannot synchronize data for a peer-to-peer replication after you perform a dummy update operation in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973223/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: When you run a query that uses the MIN or MAX function against a partitioned view in SQL Server 2008, the query runs much slower than when you run the same query in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973255/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you use Microsoft Connector 1.0 for SAP BI in a SQL Server 2008 Integration Services package to extract data from SAP BW: "System.OutOfMemoryException: Exception of type 'System.OutOfMemoryException' was thrown"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973292/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you resize a Chart control in the Report Designer in SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence Development Studio on a computer that is running Windows 7: "Chart Exception: Parameter is not valid."

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973300/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: A query that uses the WITH CUBE aggregation incorrectly returns NULL values when you set the ANSI_WARNINGS option to "ON" in SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973580/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: You receive various error messages when you open a SQL Server Reporting Services report whose data source uses the HTTP protocol to connect to SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973588/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: Cumulative update package 4 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973602/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Change tracking cleanup does not clean up the sys.syscommittab system table in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973696/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: The Database Mirroring session is disconnected when you manually perform a failover in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973897/EN-US

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

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974036/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you use the DTExec.exe or DTExecUi.exe utility to run a SQL Server 2008 Integration Services package by specifying a configuration file: “The package path referenced an object that cannot be found”

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974076/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Some files are not rolled back to the original file versions after you uninstall a SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 hotfix that is applied when you use a slipstream installation

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974231/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you preview a report in Report Builder 2.0 when the Report server uses Basic Authentication: "The request failed with HTTP status 401: Unauthorized."

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974276/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: A subreport does not appear if you set the MergeTransactions property of the subreport to "True" in SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974404/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you use the BCP utility with the -R option in SQL Server 2008 to load a file that contains the dates of the non-English format: "[Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 10.0]Invalid date format"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974712/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when two or more merge agents are trying to adjust a publisher identity range in parallel in SQL Server 2008: "Msg 548, The insert failed. It conflicted with an identity range check constraint"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975037/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: Error message when you install SQL Server 2008 on a computer that is running Windows 7: "Invoke or BeginInvoke cannot be called on a control until the window handle has been created."

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975055/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: You cannot synchronize binary large object data by using a transactional replication when you set the SubscriptionStreams parameter of the Distribution Agent to a value that is larger than 1 in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975171/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: An access violation occurs when you run a MDX query that involves a calculated member that uses the SUM({set of measures}) function where the set contains measures from different measure groups in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975272/EN-US

SQL Svr Standard 2008 EN: FIX: The connection information is incorrect after you use "Change Connection" to connect to another server before the initial connection is completed in SQL Server Management Studio in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975414/EN-US

October 2009 – Technology Rollup Mail - Unified Communications

conuktrm — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:01:00 GMT

News

Antigen & Forefront

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

Antigen & Forefront

Privacy statement for Forefront Codename "Stirling"

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

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

Exchange

Infrastructure Planning and Design

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 SharePoint Products and Technologies Protocol Documentation

The Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies protocol documentation provides technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols that are implemented and used in SharePoint Products and Technologies.

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

Microsoft Office Protocol Documentation

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

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

Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Protocol Documentation

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

Outlook

Other

Downloads

Antigen & Forefront

Forefront™ Codename "Stirling" VHDs

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=d4c3410f-11f0-42b8-9da7-b826d243536b

Exchange

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP2 Unified Messaging Language Packs

This download contains pre-recorded prompts and text to speech data for languages supported by Exchange unified messaging.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=9eb9725a-affc-4051-99c7-1936e8c21031

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP2 Unified Messaging Language Packs

This download contains pre-recorded prompts and text to speech data for languages supported by Exchange unified messaging.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=735518c5-acb1-4f9d-a973-80695dd0913e

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 Shell Help

This download contains the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) version of the Exchange Management Shell Help.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=ab3523a9-d502-420d-9719-9373fa2427ba

Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

Communicator Mobile for Java

Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile for Java is an enterprise client software for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 optimized for Java enabled cell phones. The client allows you to view colleagues availability using presence status, initiate single/multi-party IM sessions and get updated contact information from your company directory.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=dcb3ae06-ed5f-4430-943c-3445709c2801

Communicator Mobile for Java

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=1feeab9b-02fc-44cf-99b4-75782c6e139a

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

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB973515)

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=63bf0d12-165b-4fee-ac96-9bad91ddb264

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (KB973514)

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=1586dc82-3422-4801-874b-e6c38868945c

Events/Webcasts

Antigen & Forefront

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Secure Messaging Solution (Level 200)

Thursday, October 08, 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.

Presenter: Cristian Mora, Solution Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation

Cristian Mora is the solution product manager within the Identity and Security Division at Microsoft. Before joining the Identity and Security Division, Cristian was a senior security consultant at the Microsoft Security Center of Excellence (SCOE) and had served in consulting roles in Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) for more than eight years, working primarily on Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS), Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and network security engagements. He is one of the authors of the AD RMS Offering solution.

View other sessions from Microsoft Forefront: Integrate and Simplify with Greater Protection and Control

If you have questions or feedback, contact us.

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

Exchange

MSDN Webcast: Exchange Server 2010 Development (Part 1 of 6): Migrating Applications to Exchange Web Services (Level 300)

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 offers the most powerful platform Microsoft Exchange Server has ever provided to developers, further bolstering the capabilities of the Microsoft Exchange Web Services API. However, at the same release of Exchange 2010, several APIs (like WebDav, Store Events, Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) 3.0, and the Exchange OLE DB Provider) were removed, and others (like MAPI and CDO 1.2.1) were deemphasized and went into Extended Support. In this webcast, Jason Henderson, the lead program manager of the Exchange Web Services team, gives an overview of what to consider when migrating applications that rely on Exchange Server and highlights the resources that are available on the Web to help you.

To get an overview of the Exchange Web Services API and the Exchange Web Services Managed API, watch the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2008 session introducing the APIs.

Presenters: Jason Henderson, Principal Program Manager Lead, Microsoft Corporation and Albert Kooiman, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation

View other sessions from: Unified Communications: Control Your Infrastructure

If you have questions or feedback, contact us.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032427565&culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Exchange Server 2010 Development (Part 2 of 6): A Deep Dive into Using Autodiscover Service in Exchange Web Services, (Level 400)

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Microsoft Exchange Web Services offers an extremely powerful API and algorithm to easily let users log on to Microsoft Exchange Server. In this webcast, David Claux, the responsible program manager in the Exchange Web Services team, provides a deep dive into the Autodiscover service, explains how you—as a developer—can use it to your advantage for your custom Exchange Server application, and highlights the resources that are available on the Web to help you.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032427588&culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Exchange Server 2010 Development (Part 3 of 6): A Deep Dive into Impersonation and Delegation in Exchange Web Services (Level 400)

Thursday, October 15, 2009 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

When your Microsoft Exchange Server application needs to act on behalf of users, you can either use Exchange Impersonation in Microsoft Exchange Web Services or let users set up delegation of permissions. In this webcast, Alice Tang, the responsible program manager in the Exchange Web Services team, provides a deep dive into which mechanism to use when, explains what to consider when implementing these features, and highlights the resources that are available on the Web to help you.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032427593&culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Exchange Server 2010 Development (Part 4 of 6): A Deep Dive into Exchange Web Services Notifications (Push/Pull) (Level 400)

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Many applications built on the Microsoft Exchange Server platform are depending on events that happen in the mailboxes. Microsoft Exchange Web Services includes an event notification subsystem to notify server and client applications of such events. In this webcast, the responsible program manager, Andrew Salamatov, gives an overview of your options to either implement push event notifications or pull notifications in a scalable fashion and highlights the resources that are available on the Web to help you.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032427597&culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Exchange Server 2010 Development (Part 5 of 6): A Deep Dive into the Exchange Web Services Managed API (Level 300)

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

New in Microsoft Exchange Server is the Microsoft Exchange Web Services (EWS) Managed API 1.0. In this webcast, David Claux, the responsible program manager in the Exchange Web Services team, provides a deep dive into the EWS Managed API and describes how it can help you, even if you develop applications that are not based on the Microsoft .NET Framework.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032427601&culture=en-US

MSDN Webcast: Exchange Server 2010 Development (Part 6 of 6): Best Practices for Building Scalable Exchange Server Applications (Level 400)

Thursday, October 22, 2009 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Exchange Server 2010 Development (Part 6 of 6): Best Practices for Building Scalable Exchange Server Applications

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032427605&culture=en-US

New KB's

Antigen & Forefront

Antigen 9.0 for Exchange AL: How to make sure that a high level of anti-spam detection occurs during Cloudmark Engine Updates in Antigen 9 with Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974883/EN-US

Forefront Sec Off Comm Svr EN: You cannot send an instant message that contains a clickable hyperlink when the Office Communications Server 2007 server is running Forefront Security for Office Communications Server (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971480/EN-US

Forefront Sec SharePoint EN: In Forefront Security for SharePoint, some default deletion messages may lead a user or an administrator to assume mistakenly that an error occurred or that a virus was found (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968268/EN-US

Exchange

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

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

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Event 9874 is logged frequently after you install Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967081/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Error message occurs on a server that is running Exchange Server 2007 and that has the mailbox server role installed (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970311/EN-US

Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: Error message when a user who has View Only Administrator permissions runs commands on an Exchange server that has the Client Access Server (CAS) role installed: "Access is denied"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973620/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange 2000 Server information store maintenance and online defragmentation (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324358/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

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

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

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

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: E-mail message attachments are not viewable in Outlook 2003 if you use the AddProps method of the ITnef interface to add properties to the TNEF message that contains multiple embedded attachments

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961978/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: Storage Quota Warning messages that are sent to the user will bypass the restriction if a user configures an auto-forward rule or an auto-reply rule to send e-mail messages to a restricted distribution group (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967223/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: The "at" sign (@) in an RFC-822 address is sent from Exchange Server 2003 without being converted to another symbol (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971337/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2003 EN: The received message on the next hop may not contain the changes that were made by the "IMailTransportOnPostCategorize::OnMessagePostCategorize" event sink in an RFC2822 P2 header on Exchange 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974604/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2007 AL: Active Directory contacts based on SMTP addresses are not recognized when you use the Move-DominoGroup command to migrate from Lotus Domino to Exchange 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958777/EN-US

Exchange Svr Ent 2007 AL: Microsoft Transporter Suite for Exchange Server 2007 directory synchronization overwrites custom proxy addresses

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973483/EN-US

Exchange Svr Std 2003 EN: How to troubleshoot when the Microsoft Exchange Server database or transaction log grows too rapidly (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894966/EN-US

Exchange Svr Std 2003 EN: A stub object is left behind in the source database for certain users after a move mailbox operation is complete in Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940012/EN-US

Exchange Svr Std 2007 AL: You receive an NDR message when you send an e-mail message by using an Exchange Server 2007 Edge server (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945046/EN-US

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

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

Exchange Svr Std 2007 AL: The Exchange Server 2007 installation fails during the PrepareSchema step, and you receive an error message in the Setup log (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949526/EN-US

Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: The delegate permissions feature in Office Communicator 2007 R2 is unavailable to non-unified communications users (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971845/EN-US

Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: Network performance issues that are caused by Global address list (GAL) file downloads or by GAL delta file downloads in Office Communicator 2007 R2 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972403/EN-US

Office Communicator 2007 EN: The "Share Information Using Live Meeting" option is unavailable in Office Communicator 2007 and in Office Communicator 2007 R2 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971719/EN-US

Office Live Meeting 2007 AL: A local recording cannot capture audio from a telephone conference call when you create the local recording in Live Meeting 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975029/EN-US

Outlook

Outlook 2003 Win32 AL: A hotfix is available for Outlook 2003 that enables certain MAPI applications to create new items in a .pst file after the PstDisableGrow registry entry is configured (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953672/EN-US

Outlook 2003 Win32 AL: Description of the Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter update: September, 08, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973515/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: You receive a "This distribution list has reached the maximum size for your network e-mail server" error message when you try to add many items to a contact distribution list in Outlook (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/238569/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: A hotfix is available for Outlook 2007 that enables certain MAPI applications to create new items in a .pst file after the PstDisableGrow registry entry is configured (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954268/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Description of the Outlook 2007 hotfix package (Outlook-x-none.msp): August 25, 2009 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973404/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Description of the Outlook 2007 Junk E-mail Filter update: September 08, 2009

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973514/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: When you reply to or forward a signed or an encrypted e-mail message, the message is sent without encryption in Outlook 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974334/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: When you delete a meeting request in Outlook 2007 without responding to the request, there is no message that states that the corresponding calendar item is deleted

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974370/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Read receipts are not related to sent messages when you use a draft message as a template to send e-mail messages in Outlook 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974413/EN-US

Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Description of the Outlook 2007 hotfix package (Outlook-en-us.msp, Outlook-x-none.msp): August 25, 2009 (Updated)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974489/EN-US

October 2008 - Technology Rollup Mail - Security

conuktrm — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:01:45 GMT

News

End-to-End Trust: What We've Learned So Far http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480785

At the RSA Conference 2008 in April, Microsoft proposed a vision for End-to-End Trust and began an internal effort to identify scenarios that would realize this vision in a concrete form. This communication shares some of the feedback we have received to date from governments, industry partners, customers, industry analysts, and public interest groups. The article expresses our thoughts on that feedback and provides an update on our efforts around in-person-proofing (IPP) as the basis for authenticating identity attributes on the Internet.

Microsoft Code Name “Zermatt” http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480786

The Federated Identity team is excited to offer a public beta of Microsoft Code Name "Zermatt." “Zermatt” is a .NET developer framework and SDK that helps developers build claims-aware applications to address today’s application security requirements. “Zermat” uses a simplified model that is open and extensible, can improve security, and boosts productivity for developers. Developers can build externalized authentication (authN) capabilities for “relying party” applications and build custom “identity providers,” often referred to as Security Token Services (STS).

Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) beta 2 http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9569283

IE8 beta 2 has just been released and at the core of its feature set is a strong focus on security. You will find ActiveX improvements including per site and per user activation, malware, phishing and cross site scripting

(XSS) prevention as well as a brand new In-Private browsing mode. IE8 makes using the web a safe and productive experience. You can read more about these security features and much more on the IE8 team blog. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9569364

Forefront Client Security Service Pack 1 Now Available http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9446396

Forefront Client Security SP1 provides new support for Windows Server 2008 roles and the ability to run both the FCS agent and management console on Hyper-V. Forefront Client Security customers will be automatically prompted to install Forefront Client Security SP1 via Microsoft Update. New customers who download the evaluation software will be prompted to upgrade to SP1 after installing.

Proactive Security Management for Your Business http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9446397

Discover a free security assessment tool that leads you through a series of questions to help you confidently harden your security.

Webcast: Microsoft Security Intelligence Report 4 - Latest Trends in Vulnerabilities, Exploits, and Malicious Software (Level 200) http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9522162

With data gathered from more than 450 million computers worldwide, the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report offers a unique insight into the IT threat landscape.

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for September, 2008

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

Announcing: Forefront Threat Management Gateway, Medium Business Edition

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/09/16/announcing-forefront-threat-management-gateway-medium-business-edition.aspx

ISA Administrative Roles - NTFS and Registry Permissions

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/09/08/isa-administrative-roles-ntfs-and-registry-permissions.aspx

New Articles on Tales from the Edge

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2008/09/04/new-articles-on-tales-from-the-edge.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:

How IAG 2007 Can Mitigate Against SQL Injection Attacks – Demo Scenario

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2008/09/19/how-iag-2007-can-mitigate-sql-injection-attacks-demo-scenario.aspx

ISA 2006 SP1 and IAG 2007 Supportability Statement

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2008/09/18/isa-2006-sp1-and-iag-2007-supportability-statement.aspx

Certificates on IAG 2007

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2008/09/17/certificates-on-iag-2007.aspx

Performance Degradation in eGap 3.6 after apply Windows Server 2003 SP2

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2008/09/04/performance-degradation-in-egap-3-6-after-apply-windows-server-2003-sp2.aspx

Documents

Security Tip of the Month: Planning for Hyper-V Security http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480787

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

Hyper-V Planning and Deployment Guide http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480788

Gain an initial understanding of the considerations you should take into account when planning to deploy Hyper-V, and find installation and configuration details that will help you deploy it. Learn about virtual networking basics and how to configure the Hyper-V role for remote management on a full installation of Windows Server 2008.

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480789

Download this free tool to identify servers for Hyper-V virtualization. This tool also offers migration assessment for Windows Vista, the 2007 Microsoft Office system, Windows Server 2008, and Microsoft SQL Server.

Ensure Safe Compliance of Your Offline Virtual Machine Library http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480790

Download the new Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool Solution Accelerator, which automates software updates for virtual machines stored in a library managed by Virtual Machine Manager. This solution works with either System Center Configuration Manager 2007 or Windows Server Update Services.

Protecting Virtualized Environments with System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480791

This document discusses how Data Protection Manager offers comprehensive data protection for organizations of all sizes, helping to maintain the business value of your Virtual Server infrastructure by making it better protected and more available.

Deployment Cookbook: Microsoft Data Protection Manager and Virtual Machine Manager http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480792

This step-by-step guide covers installing Microsoft Virtual Server and System Center Virtual Machine Manager; converting a workload to a virtual machine; installing Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager; and backing up a running virtual machine.

Downloads

Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint with SP1 Documentation

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

Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console

Documentation

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

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

Microsoft Antigen SP1 Documentation

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

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

Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server with SP1 Documentation

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

Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications

Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications is a tool to help reduce software piracy. This tool will confirm that the copy of Windows installed on the PC is genuine and properly licensed. If it is not genuine, the tool will provide periodic reminders to help you take the appropriate action.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f89b6508-bf26-4a5e-84eb-11c35a249d7a&DisplayLang=en

Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 180-Day Trial Version

ISA Server 2006 is the integrated edge security gateway that helps protect your IT environment from Internet-based threats while providing your users with fast and secure remote access to applications and data. ISA Server 2006 is available for download in both Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=84504cad-893b-4212-9ab2-999ad1d8fe68&DisplayLang=en

Managing Compliance with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009

Learn how Microsoft Dynamics AX can help organizations manage compliance adoption and turn them into business benefits.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2d60ea0e-79a2-4700-802a-84d790fa10b7&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server with SP1 Documentation

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

Microsoft Antigen 9 with SP1 Readme

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7793ba73-50c0-4e07-9cd9-211558cbd890&DisplayLang=en

Podcasts: How Microsoft IT Manages Physical Security through Strategic IT Convergence

The purpose of World Wide Security Operations is to protect Microsoft’s assets in a manner consistent with corporate culture.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b72ea3fb-6905-48b6-a987-cc4c032de7e1&DisplayLang=en

Visio 2007 Connector for Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) 2.1

The Microsoft Office Visio 2007 Connector for Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) lets you view the results of an MBSA scan in a clear, comprehensive Microsoft Office Visio 2007 network diagram.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=95e0f821-9c2c-4287-9157-49c1205e08ef&DisplayLang=en

September 2008 Security Release ISO Image

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e15ba462-d99e-4129-a050-e9e3617a332a&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830)

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

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

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

Update for Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB956077)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=50b2f49e-5c5e-40a9-b59b-ff3ec147334c&DisplayLang=en

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (KB956080)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2065e3dd-0af9-4333-bc8d-331ddb0fe906&DisplayLang=en

Extended Security Update Inventory Tool

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

Windows XP Common Criteria Administrator Guide 3.0

This document is the Microsoft Windows XP Evaluated Configuration Administrator’s Guide that was used in the Common Criteria security evaluation of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9a7f0b16-72ce-4675-aec8-58785c4e37ee&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server 2003 SP2 R2 Common Criteria Administrator Guide 3.0

This document is the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 R2 Evaluated Configuration Administrator’s Guide version 3.0 that was used in the completion of the Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 SP2 R2 Common Criteria security evaluation.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=39598841-e693-4891-9234-cfd1550f3949&DisplayLang=en

Windows Client Springboard Series: BitLocker Drive Encryption

Paul Cooke, Director in the Windows Client division specializing in security, discusses BitLocker Drive Encryption, and how it has been extended in Windows Vista SP1.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4607a585-df7f-4940-b956-5ae3d2815055&DisplayLang=en

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) for Security Solutions Datasheet

This offering uses the customer’s existing investments in Microsoft technologies to create an internal PKI solution that corresponds to the customer’s needs.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4832cf1f-7dfa-4ca3-b92a-7fd121b22703&DisplayLang=en

Events/WebCasts

Visit TechNet Spotlight: www.microsoft.com/technetspotlight

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

Microsoft Security Webcast Series: Upcoming and On-Demand

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

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

Upcoming Security Webcasts

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

Register for the following Webcasts on the link above

TechNet Webcast: Deploying Forefront Client Security in the Enterprise Using Virtualization (Level 300)

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:00 A.M.-9:00 A.M. Pacific Time

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

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Pacific Time

On-Demand Security Webcasts

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

New or updated KB’s

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server

Error message when you try to copy a Web proxy log record to a clipboard in ISA Server 2004: "Error message 0x8007013d: ERROR_MR_MID_NOT_FOUND"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951957

The compression and caching functionalities of ISA Server 2004 and ISA Server 2006 may cause file corruption in files that are larger than 64 KB

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954264

Description of the ISA Server 2006 hotfix package: July 28, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956269

An Outlook Anywhere client continually uses the wrong credentials every time that it tries to authenticate itself on an Exchange server after you install ISA Server 2006 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956192

The Firewall service (Wspsrv.exe) may crash intermittently after you apply ISA Server 2006 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956268

After you apply hotfix 955151, ISA Server 2006 supports the Secure/MIME feature in Exchange Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955127

Packets from the branch office may not reach the destination servers in the central office in ISA Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955118

The Outlook Web Access logon form does not display the "This is a private computer" option when you publish an Outlook Web Access site by using ISA Server 2006 with Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955112

Description of the ISA Server 2006 hotfix package: July 6, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955151

The logon page does not appear correctly if you select French for the Internet Explorer language when you try to log on to an Outlook Web Access site that is published by using ISA Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955122

A request fails from a VPN client if the user who is dialed in belongs to a remote domain that has one-way trust in ISA Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955113

External clients cannot access the published server when you use a server publishing rule in ISA Server 2006 to publish one or more services

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955110

Packets from a branch office may not reach the destination servers in the central office after you use ISA Server 2006 to create a site-to-site VPN connection between a central office and a branch office

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955150

Intelligent Application Gateway 2007

Description of Update 5 for Intelligent Application Gateway 2007 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956927

A.O.B

Join the Discussion on End-to-End Trust http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480793

Microsoft believes the time is ripe for a broad public dialog about how to build a roadmap for bringing Trustworthy Computing to the Internet. To that end, we have established a public discussion forum where anyone concerned about online security and privacy can let their voice be heard.

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

Midsize Business Security Center http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480847

Sign-Up for the Microsoft Security Notification Service http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480848

Security Bulletin Search Page http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480849

Home Users: Protect Your PC http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480850

MCSE/MCSA: Security Certifications http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480851

Subscribe to TechNet http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9480852

October 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Platforms

conuktrm — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:01:40 GMT

News

Windows Virtualization Team Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/

The World Simplified is a Virtual World

http://blogs.technet.com/virtualworld/

Ask the Directory Services Team

http://blogs.technet.com/askds/

Ask the Performance Team

http://blogs.technet.com/askperf/

Microsoft Enterprise Networking Team

http://blogs.technet.com/networking/

Ask the Core Team

http://blogs.technet.com/askcore/

Microsoft Advanced Windows Debugging and Troubleshooting

http://blogs.msdn.com/ntdebugging/

Terminal Services Team Blog

http://blogs.msdn.com/ts/

The Hot Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/hot/

Downloads

Microsoft Network Monitor 3.2

Tool to allow capturing and protocol analysis of network traffic.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df4db40af-1e08-4a21-a26b-ec2f4dc4190d%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB938464)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise a Windows-based system that uses GDI+ and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dac03f138-eca4-46e1-9782-e811820e547f%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 Update 1

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2008 Update 1 is the recommended process and toolset to automate desktop and server deployment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3bd8561f-77ac-4400-a0c1-fe871c461a89%26displaylang%3den

F# September 2008 CTP

F# is a type-safe, scalable language for the .NET platform that supports both functional and object-oriented programming. This CTP release includes the F# compiler and tools, as well as Visual Studio 2008 integration for F# development.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d61ad6924-93ad-48dc-8c67-60f7e7803d3c%26displaylang%3den

Infrastructure Planning and Design

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dad3921fb-8224-4681-9064-075fdf042b0c%26displaylang%3den

Volume Activation 2.0 Technical Guidance

Technical documentation for planning, deployment, and operations of Volume Activation 2.0 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Includes the Volume Activation 2.0 Overview Guide, Planning Guide, Deployment Guide, Operations Guide, Resources, FAQ and Technical Attributes.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9893f83e-c8a5-4475-b025-66c6b38b46e3%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2008 Step-by-Step Guides

These step-by-step guides help IT Professionals learn about and evaluate Windows Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d518d870c-fa3e-4f6a-97f5-acaf31de6dce%26displaylang%3den

Group Policy ADM Files

This page provides a complete set of current and previously shipped Administrative Template files (.adm files) included by default in Windows operating system and service pack releases, beginning with Windows 2000.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d92759d4b-7112-4b6c-ad4a-bbf3802a5c9b%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Media Encoder 9 Series for Windows Server 2003 (KB954156)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Media Encoder 9 Series that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d54ce1080-94cf-4e4f-8e09-a7dbab2757c5%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB954154)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dcaf8a45e-a9f8-4e91-98fd-87eddbeae64c%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB938464)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise a Windows-based system that uses GDI+ and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc5d26771-1f49-4bbf-902c-bf92e527cadb%26displaylang%3den

HPC Server

Windows HPC Server 2008 (HPCS) provides enterprise-class tools, performance, & scalability for a highly productive HPC environment. HPCS provides a complete & integrated cluster environment including the OS, Job Scheduler, Message Passing Interface v2 (MPI2) support, cluster management & monitoring.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2c6db4f3-b604-461f-9170-43e9cee062c5%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB938464)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise a Windows-based system that uses GDI+ and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d93f1451b-5b62-47e5-8f0c-b720b957999a%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for 32-bit Windows Media Encoder 9 Series for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB954156)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Media Encoder 9 Series that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d18efea9e-b103-46de-90d9-5e295854cec3%26displaylang%3den

BDD and MDT Archive

Business Desktop Deployment is a previous version of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT). For customers still using a version of BDD (BDD 2007, BDD 2.5) or a previous version of MDT, the downloads are available below.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d02a2605d-51e8-469f-be4a-1dd2af580502%26displaylang%3den

Ultrasound - Monitoring and Troubleshooting Tool for File Replication Service (FRS)

Ultrasound is a monitoring and troubleshooting tool for the File Replication Service (FRS).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=16&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d61acb9b9-c354-4f98-a823-24cc0da73b50%26displaylang%3den

ADMT v3.1 Guide: Migrating and Restructuring Active Directory Domains

Guidance on performing migration of domains using the Active Directory Migration Tool.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d6d710919-1ba5-41ca-b2f3-c11bcb4857af%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB954154)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d72fc6028-6af4-44ec-8d2a-28c53807d6bc%26displaylang%3den

Windows HPC Server 2008 Technical Overview

Read about benefits and features of Windows HPC Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=19&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7a4544f0-81f2-4778-8a59-35c43ba49875%26displaylang%3den

HPCS Overview Datasheet

Learn more about Windows HPC Server 2008, and how it brings the power of high-performance computing (HPC) to mainstream while enhancing end users' and cluster administrators' productivity.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=20&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d360b83fb-4000-43e2-b6e8-be4373ad9c94%26displaylang%3den

Hypervisor Functional Specification

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=21&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d91e2e518-c62c-4ff2-8e50-3a37ea4100f5%26displaylang%3den

Administrative Templates (ADMX) for Windows Server 2008

This download details page provides the complete set of Administrative templates (ADMX) for Windows Server 2008. Additionally, there is a separate download that includes the ADMX and ADML files for Group Policy preferences.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=22&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d927fc7e3-853c-410a-acb5-9062c76142fa%26displaylang%3den

Virtualization with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

Virtualization with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=23&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dcb1d7753-6631-4ed3-b642-4cbff4d33ccf%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Media Encoder 9 Series for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB954156)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Media Encoder 9 Series that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=24&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3debc1737c-6e78-4244-a1b2-a56d031f16e9%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB938464)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise a Windows-based system that uses GDI+ and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=25&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d23bd3be5-cc66-46f8-9420-49d65d8afe1d%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Media Encoder 9 Series for Windows Server 2008 (KB954156)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Media Encoder 9 Series that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=26&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5434ca66-5a6b-4517-92fb-72dea0a172ec%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Media Encoder 9 Series for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB954156)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Media Encoder 9 Series that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=27&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd8f1b782-136b-443f-b5f2-63aa4d1fd94a%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB938464)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise a Windows-based system that uses GDI+ and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=28&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7f1e0f05-6c9d-4ad1-9b19-50ee4fa7bd7e%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for 32-bit Windows Media Encoder 9 Series for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB954156)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Media Encoder 9 Series that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=29&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc83011cd-90b8-494c-9cad-fa055e101992%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2003 SP2 R2 Common Criteria Administrator Guide 3.0

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=30&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d39598841-e693-4891-9234-cfd1550f3949%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB954154)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=31&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3906512b-26db-473e-b522-3883ff34a21c%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems (KB938464)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise a Windows-based system that uses GDI+ and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=32&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d14e99f8a-cdd4-40d7-8cfc-73ae6bd6dfad%26displaylang%3den

Windows Essential Business Server Preparation and Planning Wizards

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=33&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de3906025-00e3-407d-bf5b-99d546021923%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB956710)

Install this update to enhance Hyper-V role's support for processors and virtual machines to now support up to 24 logical processors and 192 virtual machines.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=34&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dfe36823a-7e5a-4262-9bf5-d6b3ae3ad375%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB956697)

Install this update to resolve an issue in which the Hyper-V Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) does not back up virtual machines properly.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=35&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5eb76bda-8794-412a-9fd4-1bccbbc34c82%26displaylang%3den

Hyper-V Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB956589)

Install this update to resolve potential issues when you manage Hyper-V with System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=36&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dfd44b4e3-2dcc-4299-b345-bc09a9a37b60%26displaylang%3den

Fedora Samba for Windows AD

Learn how to install Linux Fedora 8 Samba server for compatibility with Windows Active Directory.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=37&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1c2c91a8-6d81-4bc2-94e9-448d68a7d06d%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Media Encoder 9 Series for Windows Server 2008 for x64 Edition (KB954156)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Media Encoder 9 Series that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=38&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de30f9427-26d0-4e86-b9b8-bc637c3b5734%26displaylang%3den

ASP.NET Hosting Deployment Guide

The ASP.NET Deployment Guide is a reference for web hosters who are interested in adding ASP.NET 3.5 to their existing Windows hosting service.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=39&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9e33ea25-666c-47fa-ac52-8d04785c4bd2%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Antigen for Exchange with Antigen Spam Manager with SP1 Trial Software

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=40&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d866b63bf-6207-4197-9c5d-511b7212e40c%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB956774)

Install this update to resolve the scenario where a Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) client cannot handle files that have paths that contain the volume GUID in Windows Server 2008.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=41&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d28dfde7f-3b65-4a0e-bc06-05b23d241019%26displaylang%3den

Troubleshooting replication with repadmin

This document describes how to use the Repadmin.exe tool to monitor, diagnose, and troubleshoot common replication problems in your Active Directory environment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=42&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc6054092-ee1e-4b57-b175-5aabde591c5f%26displaylang%3den

HPCS System Management Overview

Learn more about Windows HPC Server 2008, and how it brings the power of high performance computing to mainstream while enhancing end users' and cluster administrators' productivity.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=43&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8b2231fa-80c2-4994-bbfc-12da56964c75%26displaylang%3den

Windows HPC Server Job Scheduler

Learn how Windows HPC Server 2008 and its new Job Scheduler provide greater scalability and support advanced policies.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=44&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3ddab977d5-2311-4b80-9257-477838c0eb6f%26displaylang%3den

ILM 2007 Getting Started

The Getting Started Collection introduces users to various features and functionality of ILM 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=45&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d11fb01bc-94a9-4404-bb90-ceca1a206e32%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (KB938464)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise a Windows-based system that uses GDI+ and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=46&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5159bdba-3825-4816-a2be-ab035332b9e2%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft/Cray Press Release

Cray CX1 Supercomputer with Windows HPC Server 2008 And Intel Xeon Processors Starts At $25,000 and Provides "Ease-of-Everything" For New Users of HPC

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=47&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9aa5b8ba-d721-4062-a54c-c07bffda4c16%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB954920)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=48&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d32d4e3a7-8cc1-4975-94f4-2b04603d0208%26displaylang%3den

Delivering the next generation web with Silverlight

Delivering the next generation web with Silverlight

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=49&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d5ddb2eb9-0d99-4448-baf3-44aa49c37c77%26displaylang%3den

BOIS

The Branch Office Infrastructure Solution version 3 (BOISv3) provides guidance to design and implement Microsoft’s branch infrastructure solution. This solution, previously Branch Office Infrastructure Solution for Windows Server 2003 R2, has been updated to support the features and functionality in Windows Server 2008 that support branch infrastructure.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=50&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d02057405-49af-4867-bf1d-e0232b5c59e3%26displaylang%3den

GDI+ Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 SP1 (KB938464)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise a Windows-based system that uses GDI+ and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da860d2d9-653d-4ddb-bbff-323d3ccdb866%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Media Encoder 9 Series for Windows 2000 (KB954156)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Media Encoder 9 Series that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0cabfbc0-db5d-4a6a-a4cd-e6df89ac2b25%26displaylang%3den

Troubleshooting replication with repadmin

This document describes how to use the Repadmin.exe tool to monitor, diagnose, and troubleshoot common replication problems in your Active Directory environment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc6054092-ee1e-4b57-b175-5aabde591c5f%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP (KB938464)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise a Windows-based system that uses GDI+ and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de0bd6fbe-f46e-4961-9a79-49ec77d39439%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows XP (KB954154)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd5891180-5dd1-49ec-bcc6-3030a544202c%26displaylang%3den

SyncToy v1.4

This version is no longer available. Please download SyncToy 2.0.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de0fc1154-c975-4814-9649-cce41af06eb7%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Media Encoder 9 Series for Windows XP (KB954156)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Media Encoder 9 Series that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d57bcb3c2-49d3-4f18-8d03-36abd03d7403%26displaylang%3den

Update for Root Certificates

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df814ec0e-ee7e-435e-99f8-20b44d4531b0%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows XP (KB954920)

In some instances, applications using WDAC may return errors and lose connections to SQL Server 2008 servers if they try to access data in the new collations.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d16332629-da01-4763-8abc-5243286db3b3%26displaylang%3den

BDD and MDT Archive

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d02a2605d-51e8-469f-be4a-1dd2af580502%26displaylang%3den

Windows XP Common Criteria Administrator Guide 3.0

This document is the Microsoft Windows XP Evaluated Configuration Administrator’s Guide that was used in the Common Criteria security evaluation of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9a7f0b16-72ce-4675-aec8-58785c4e37ee%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2003 SP2 R2 Common Criteria Administrator Guide 3.0

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d39598841-e693-4891-9234-cfd1550f3949%26displaylang%3den

IE7 dependency update for Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs

Software update to correct autocomplete failure in IE7 running on WinFLP

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d76651135-9390-4168-9c9f-a08d6f783279%26displaylang%3den

Overcoming Your Company's Growing Pains

This white paper reviews business intelligence challenges and trends, demonstrates how the right BI solution can help, and explores how Microsoft Dynamics AX solves BI challenges.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3debc35869-9982-4acf-bfd6-8923c9464465%26displaylang%3den

Windows XP Common Criteria Configuration Guide 3.0

This document is the Microsoft Windows XP Security Configuration Guide version 3.0 that was used in the completion of the Windows XP and Server 2003 x64 with ADFS and WSUS Common Criteria Evaluation.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d165da57d-f066-4ddf-9462-cbecfcd68694%26displaylang%3den

Windows XP Common Criteria User Guide 3.0

This document is the Microsoft Windows XP Evaluated Configuration User Guide version 3.0 that was used in the completion of the Windows XP and Server 2003 x64 with ADFS and WSUS Common Criteria Evaluation.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7c1a4761-9b9e-429c-84eb-cd7b034c5779%26displaylang%3den

Windows Server 2003 SP2 R2 Common Criteria Configuration Guide 3.0

This document is the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 R2 Security Configuration Guide version 3.0 that was used in the completion of the Windows XP and Server 2003 SP2 R2 Common Criteria security evaluation.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4f7b6a93-0307-480f-a5af-a20268cbd7cc%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit

The Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) version 5.0 contains the necessary tools and documentation to evaluate and mitigate application compatibility issues before deploying Microsoft® Windows Vista, a Windows Update, or a new version of Windows® Internet Explorer® in your environment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d24da89e9-b581-47b0-b45e-492dd6da2971%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Pro Photo Tools

Tools for editing metadata in photographs including latitude, longitude, and other location details.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d184075d2-40b5-4172-88ae-878f81896d4d%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 Update 1

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2008 Update 1 is the recommended process and toolset to automate desktop and server deployment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3bd8561f-77ac-4400-a0c1-fe871c461a89%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista (KB954154)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2f4118fd-1ffb-46da-b922-cd4ca4f9d84e%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista (KB938464)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise a Windows-based system that uses GDI+ and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d16f3ad21-ed77-4c32-93df-3b650b2b32a5%26displaylang%3den

Infrastructure Planning and Design

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dad3921fb-8224-4681-9064-075fdf042b0c%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Media Encoder 9 Series for Windows Vista (KB954156)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Media Encoder 9 Series that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d99beebc4-553a-46f8-8245-e3d932306c93%26displaylang%3den

Volume Activation 2.0 Technical Guidance

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9893f83e-c8a5-4475-b025-66c6b38b46e3%26displaylang%3den

Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows Vista

This page provides the complete set of Administrative Template (.admx) files for Windows Vista

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d05d0598b-95f9-4bdd-af36-b365d68ec5f6%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB954154)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d334352e7-d41f-494f-866d-f1f1745ffd17%26displaylang%3den

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

Multiple Group Policy Preferences have been added to the Windows Server 2008 Group Policy Management Console (which are also available through the Remote Server Administration Toolset (RSAT) for Windows Vista SP1).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dab60dc87-884c-46d5-82cd-f3c299dac7cc%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB938464)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise a Windows-based system that uses GDI+ and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3daa47d016-f5c9-4586-8876-f1f4f255f54d%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB956774)

Install this update to resolve the scenario where a Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) client cannot handle files that have paths that contain the volume GUID in Windows Vista Service Pack 1.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de8d89c80-3d82-4c7b-b63e-bfaf77dc394f%26displaylang%3den

Dictation Resource Kit (DRK)

Tool to allow for the creation of custom speech recognition dictation language models.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=16&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db5920ef3-ff03-453f-902c-eae618987ff9%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB953582)

Install this update to register extensions under the IQueryForm registry entry.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df0a5c139-1bfe-47f1-a7e1-0adb7c25faf9%26displaylang%3den

Windows Home Server Technical Brief for Remote Access

This Technical Brief provides an in-depth look at the features and functionality of Windows Home Server Remote Access.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d8505e3a8-bbbc-445d-ba65-13782661dcb0%26displaylang%3den

Security Update for Windows Media Encoder 9 Series for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB954156)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Media Encoder 9 Series that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=19&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d54d1279a-7f26-4727-a39d-5505bcd4fc53%26displaylang%3den

Windows Speech Recognition Macros

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=20&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dfad62198-220c-4717-b044-829ae4f7c125%26displaylang%3den

Windows Vista SP1 Guides for IT Professionals

These guides provide instructions for evaluating and deploying Windows Vista SP1.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=21&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de71f0083-1013-4f9c-a3f9-c56e7120a5e9%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter for x64-based Systems [September 2008] (KB905866)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=22&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d749e10cd-f40c-4f94-8e38-d4221ded7652%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB953582)

Install this update to register extensions under the IQueryForm registry entry.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=23&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc7ec2134-f154-4440-a9d2-6a6d799a779a%26displaylang%3den

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=24&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db10a7af4-8bee-4adc-8bbe-9949df77a3cf%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB954920)

In some instances, applications using WDAC may return errors and lose connections to SQL Server 2008 servers if they try to access data in the new collations.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=25&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2be8e665-77e1-46db-971c-17258595a37a%26displaylang%3den

Windows Vista Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

Fei Lu describes the Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure technology in Windows Vista, and scenarios where organizations can take advantage of the flexibility this technology offers.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=26&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dbf4c9c7d-4028-4801-8e35-d20051b8f245%26displaylang%3den

AppV™ Application Virtualization

Karri Alexion-Tiernan, Director in the Windows Client division, unveils the latest version of this technology for virtualizing applications to reduce application-to-application conflicts and improve manageability.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=27&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d23a85688-7c04-4379-930e-e4422f8246a6%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB956774)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=28&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1f7ea7f4-c28d-4358-bdf1-92f345147a13%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista (KB951308)

Install this update for increased functionality and virtual machine control in the Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster Management console for the Hyper-V role.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=29&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3df6ebfcc4-1f87-4d67-af91-e80d91f9d99f%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) Demonstration By Christopher Perez Estonina, MDOP Specialist, Microsoft Asia Pacific Presentation Deck

Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) Demonstration By Christopher Perez Estonina, MDOP Specialist, Microsoft Asia Pacific Presentation Deck

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=30&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2d566529-fd6b-49dd-afb8-3217ff8995ce%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB954920)

In some instances, applications using WDAC may return errors and lose connections to SQL Server 2008 servers if they try to access data in the new collations.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=31&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da8a0d9c2-3c41-47c4-8706-3b18806dcf25%26displaylang%3den

BitLocker Drive Encryption

Paul Cooke, Director in the Windows Client division specializing in security, discusses BitLocker Drive Encryption, and how it has been extended in Windows Vista SP1.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=32&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4607a585-df7f-4940-b956-5ae3d2815055%26displaylang%3den

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB951308)

Install this update for increased functionality and virtual machine control in the Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster Management console for the Hyper-V role.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=33&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d297947b7-b0d3-4863-8fa6-bb78e538b75a%26displaylang%3den

The Microsoft Optimized Desktop Strategy by Jeff Johnson, Enterprise Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation Presentation Deck

The Microsoft Optimized Desktop Strategy by Jeff Johnson, Enterprise Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation Presentation Deck

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=35&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2ffa666d-fe97-46b8-8439-6b9e89bce9cf%26displaylang%3den

Windows Springboard Series: Microsoft User State Virtualization

Jason Leznek, Senior Product Manager in the Windows Client division, discusses User Roaming Profiles and Folder Redirection in Windows, highlighting the differences between Windows Vista and Windows XP.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=36&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d41250198-7edb-4087-90fb-af354f6cabaa%26displaylang%3den

Straight From the Source - Optimized Desktop Deployment by Microsoft Services Lutz Seidemann

Straight From the Source - Optimized Desktop Deployment by Microsoft Services Lutz Seidemann, Lead Architect, Microsoft Asia Pacific (Presentation Deck)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=37&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7a468c1e-f0b0-4599-bf56-ba7e25c772fc%26displaylang%3den

Realize Value - Microsoft 2007 Office Deployment and Adoption by Alan Dias (Presentation Deck)

Realize Value - Microsoft 2007 Office Deployment and Adoption by Alan Dias, Solution Specialist, Information Worker, Microsoft Singapore

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=38&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d28f25862-595d-4e42-a618-5a316c280e09%26displaylang%3den

Vista with the TCS Difference Rajesh R. Bharthi Tata Consultancy Services

Vista with the TCS Difference Rajesh R. Bharthi Tata Consultancy Services (Presentation Deck)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=39&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d13b48f73-44e1-4a1a-b811-dc46d307e7da%26displaylang%3den

Welcome Address & Keynote - Haresh Khoobchandani, Director, Business and Marketing Organization, Microsoft Singapore

Welcome Address & Keynote - Haresh Khoobchandani, Director, Business and Marketing Organization, Microsoft Singapore Presentation Deck

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=40&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d003f1c88-0094-41dc-a5f3-fae87252a2aa%26displaylang%3den

Events/Webcasts

TechNet Presents: MCS Talks Enterprise Architecture Session 6 – Desktop Deployment
Free of charge
Date: 15 October 2008, 16:00
Location:
Event Category: Live Meeting
Audience: IT Decision Maker, Technology Decision Maker
Products: Windows Server, Windows Server 2008

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032390854&EventCategory=4&culture=en-GB&CountryCode=GB

Windows Server 2008 – What’s new and exciting
Free of charge
Date: 16 October 2008, 09:45
Location: Edinburgh
Event Category: Onsite Event
Audience: IT Professional
Products: Microsoft technologies, Windows PowerShell, Windows Server

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=1032384617

TechNet: Security Improvements with Windows Server 2008 and Bitlocker
Free of charge
Date: 22 October 2008, 13:30
Location: Bradford
Event Category: Onsite Event
Audience: IT Professional
Products: Security, Windows Server
https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=1032386290

Virtualisation Unplugged in association with Esteem Systems Ltd
Free of charge
Date: 11 November 2008, 09:30
Location: Edinburgh
Event Category: Onsite Event
Audience: IT Professional
Products: Windows Server
https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=1032389933

TechEd EMEA

Barcelona

3 - 7th November 2008

http://www.microsoft.com/emea/teched2008/itpro/default.aspx

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

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

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

New KB's

Windows XP

value of the PATH environment variable if the variable consists of more than 1,024 characters on a Windows XP-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955988/en-us

A user name that contains Unicode characters is not handled correctly in Windows XP Service Pack 3 during the EAP authentication

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957218/en-us

MS08-052 and MS08-055: Description of the security update for Office XP: September 9, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953405/en-us

The installation process may stop responding when you try to install some software on a Windows XP-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957217/en-us

The installation process may stop responding when you try to install some software on a Windows XP-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955147/en-us

Data corruption may occur when you try to append data to a FILESTREAM varbinary (max) column in SQL Server 2008 on a Windows XP-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955567/en-us

Error message when you try to run an application that you developed by using the "return quickly" feature of the Windows COM port driver: "Error reading comm device"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957264/en-us

The action controls in Sound Recorder are missing or only partly visible if you set the font size to Large or to Extra Large in a non-English version of Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957495/en-us

Windows Server 2003

Windows Explorer in Windows XP or in Windows Server 2003 leaks handles when you browse shared folders on the remote computers by using network shortcuts

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953323/en-us

An ADO-based application may stop responding when it uses the adAsyncExecute option to open a Recordset object in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955843/en-us

The Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in sets incorrect ISO country codes for Jersey, for Guernsey, and for the Isle of Man on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952312/en-us

FIX: The Lsass.exe process may use a high percentage of CPU resources when you run Message Queuing on a domain controller with global catalog

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934318/en-us

Recommended hotfixes for Windows Server 2008-based server clusters

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957311/en-us

Kerberos tickets are issued even though the time difference between the client clock and the domain controller clock is greater than the "Maximum tolerance for computer clock synchronization" value

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956627/en-us

When you start the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in or the Active Directory Sites and Services snap-in on a Windows Server 2003-based computer, the snap-in closes unexpectedly the next time that you open it

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956826/en-us

After you run Internet Explorer 7 for a long time on a computer that is running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, Internet Explorer becomes unstable or crashes

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956625/en-us

Group Policy objects are removed from Windows Server 2003-based clients if the WMI filter evaluation fails

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953663/en-us

SCSI hardware-mirrored disks may be corrupted on a Windows Server 2003-based cluster node

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957419/en-us

Stop error if you use some OpenType fonts on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008: "Stop 0x00000050"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957187/en-us

You cannot connect to an ADAM instance in Windows Server 2003 by using the Secure Sockets Layer 3 protocol together with a certificate that is larger than 1024 bytes

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955610/en-us

Vista

Offline file icons randomly change to different icons every time that you refresh the desktop on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952585/en-us

Offline files that are ghost items on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 cannot be synchronized with the corresponding files on a file server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949671/en-us

A Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based client computer may stop responding when you try to log on to a domain if roaming profiles, folder redirection, and the offline folder feature are enabled

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949552/en-us

You cannot access a WebDAV site whose SSL setting for client certificates is set to Accept if you cancel the Select Certificate dialog box on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954809/en-us

In Windows Vista, Windows Meeting Space may be unable to detect the peer computer and may be unable to establish the connection over a private ad hoc wireless network

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955804/en-us

An access violation occurs during system startup when the pen service (Wisptis.exe) is configured on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957405/en-us

The RSoP snap-in does not display some file security policies, and Event ID 1109 is logged on domain member computers that are running Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955248/en-us

A Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based computer cannot negotiate the security mode with the partner if you use a subnet address as a source address or as a destination filter address when you configure IPsec policy to use tunnel mode
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946887/en-us

When an application requests a result set from new SQL Server 2008 collations, you may receive an "MSG 40242" or "MSG 40205" error when the ODBC driver for SQL Server is used or an "MSG 40234" error when the SQL OLE DB provider is used

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954920/en-us

The "Slow network connection time-out for user profiles" Group Policy setting does not work for a Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based or a Windows Server 2008-based client computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957802/en-us

Windows Server 2008

Recommended hotfixes for Windows Server 2008-based server clusters

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957311/en-us

DHCP server log files may be corrupted in Asian language versions of Windows Server 2008, such as in the Japanese, Chinese, or Korean editions of Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955386/en-us

A Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) client cannot handle files that have paths that contain the volume GUID in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956774/en-us

Error message when you create a cluster on a Windows Server 2008-based computer that uses a third-party DNS server: "The network name {0} is already used in the network"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956891/en-us

Error message when you try to install the Ultrasound tool on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2008: "Error 1720 There is a problem with this Windows Installer package"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954737/en-us

The Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Session Broker service incorrectly balances the load among terminal servers after it runs for a while

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955365/en-us

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V VSS writer is not used during a backup job because of corrupted or invalid virtual machine configuration files

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956697/en-us

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 now include support for Structured Exception Handling Overwrite Protection (SEHOP)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956607/en-us

Recommended settings for event log sizes in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957662/en-us

An application that is running on a Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Vista SP1-based system may corrupt files on a local file share when these files are scanned

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956550/en-us

MS08-054: Vulnerability in Windows Media Player could allow remote code execution

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954154/en-us

Event 1004 is logged even though a user successfully logs on to a Windows Server 2008-based terminal licensing server that has "Per User" terminal licenses installed: "The terminal server cannot issue a client license"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957068/en-us

You may encounter a long delay when you try to visit a secure Web site on a Windows Vista SP1-based computer or on a Windows Server 2008-based computer that has a certificate with the SIA extension installed

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955805/en-us

Memory corruption may occur with the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954563/en-us

A Hyper-V update is available to increase the number of logical processors and virtual machines on a Windows Server 2008 x64-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956710/en-us

File System Auditing option in the Security Templates in MMC is confusing

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958002/en-us

Description of the Hyper-V update for issues that may occur when you manage the Hyper-V role on the 64-bit editions of Windows Server 2008 by using SCVMM

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956589/en-us

Description of the Hyper-V update for issues that may occur when you manage the Hyper-V role on the 64-bit editions of Windows Server 2008 by using SCVMM

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956589/en-us

October 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Internet

conuktrm — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:01:30 GMT

News

Microsoft Internet information Server

Web Playlists Release Candidate (RC) Released

The Web Playlists Release Candidate (RC) release is ready for you to download and deploy. This release supports upgrade from the previous Go Live release.

http://blogs.iis.net/vsood/archive/2008/09/12/web-playlists-release-candidate-rc-released.aspx

URL Rewrite Module - Go Live release

The IIS team has made the Go Live release of URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7.0 available for download. This release contains significant functionality and performance improvements and it is believed to have a quality level suitable for production deployments.

http://blogs.iis.net/ruslany/archive/2008/09/11/url-rewrite-module-go-live-release.aspx

BizTalk Server

SDTimes - Microsoft talks BizTalk 2009 and beyond

http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=32815

Q&A: What’s Next for BizTalk Server

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2008/sep08/09-05BizTalk.mspx

Updated BizTalk Roadmap

http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/en/us/roadmap.aspx

SharePoint Technologies

InformationWeek 500 Trends: Web 2.0, Globalization, Virtualization, and More
September 16, 2008: InformationWeek
Implementing new collaboration tools, such as Microsoft SharePoint, is cited more often than any other (48%) as a technology leveraged to improve productivity.

InformationWeek 500: Monsanto's Collaborative Growth Plan
September 16, 2008: InformationWeek
By combining unified communications, IM, SharePoint, and blogs and wikis while protecting its IP, Monsanto is advancing teamwork.

InformationWeek 500: Orion Builds Efficiency Into Eli Lilly's R&D System
September 16, 2008: InformationWeek
In late 2006, the R&D department came to IT for help devising a better way. Orion, which was developed in less than a year at a cost of about $10 million, encompasses a data warehouse; Microsoft's PerformancePoint business intelligence software for delivering reports, charts, and graphics; Microsoft SharePoint as a system portal; and features and functions built by Lilly's own developers.

InformationWeek 500: Microsoft IT is 'First And Best' Customer of Microsoft Products
September 15, 2008: InformationWeek
Microsoft uses SharePoint internally to layer collaboration capabilities on top of enterprise applications. For example, salespeople use an SAP-based application called PCWeb to find the best deals for their customers; IT added a shell of collaboration capabilities on PCWeb to allow salespeople to compare notes on the process, said Briggs, the CTO and chief architect at Microsoft.

SharePoint Scores with Web Developers
September 15, 2008: SDTimes
Microsoft has forecast that SharePoint will hit US$1 billion in revenue for 2008 and some analysts are predicting that it will steamroll the Web 2.0 market. SD Times interviewed several experts to discuss what is drawing enterprises to use SharePoint as a development platform and how it should evolve going forward.

Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS)
September 10, 2008: Microsoft.com
Microsoft has collaborated with EMC, IBM, and other leading software vendors to create the Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) specification. The jointly developed specification is designed to simplify interoperability with Enterprise Content Management (ECM) systems.

EMC, IBM, and Microsoft Jointly Create First Web Services Interface Specification for Greater Interoperability of Enterprise Content Management Systems
September 10, 2008: Microsoft PressPass
Trio joined by Alfresco, OpenText, Oracle, and SAP in Development of The Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) Specification. Learn more about CMIS.

Loyalty to launch SharePoint-based website: Deployment time was cut through a platform approach
September 10, 2008: ComputerWorld
Loyalty New Zealand, the operator of the FlyBuys programme, says it was able to roll-out a new website in a matter of weeks using the Microsoft SharePoint platform.

Governance Key for SharePoint Implementations
September 9, 2008: CMS Wire
Governance is the key for a successful SharePoint implementation today and we have an interview with a consulting firm specializing in SharePoint to tell us why.

Making the Most of SharePoint
September 5, 2008: CIO Australia
How do you manage the reams of paper and complicated project management timeline related to a multimillion dollar building expansion? SharePoint proved the answer to staying on time and on budget for the Van Andel Institute's construction effort.

Downloads

Microsoft Internet information Server

IIS DownloadCENTER

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

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

Microsoft URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7.0 Go Live (x86)

URL Rewrite Module provides a rule-based rewriting mechanism for changing request URL’s before they get processed by web server. The module can be used to express URL rewriting logic that can use regular expressions or wildcards and can make rewriting decisions based on HTTP headers and server variables. While the primary purpose of the module is to rewrite requested URL’s, it also has functionality to perform redirects, send custom responses or abort requests based on the logic expressed in the rewrite rules.

http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=34&g=6&i=1691

Web Playlists for IIS 7.0 Release Candidate (RC)

Web Playlists let you deliver server-controlled media playlists from your Web server infrastructure rather than using a dedicated streaming server. They enable you to control whether clients can Seek or Skip for each media asset, which lends itself very well to monetizing your content with pre-roll and in-stream ads.

32 Bit (x86) Download http://www.iis.net/1725/ItemPermalink.ashx

64 Bit (x64) Download http://www.iis.net/1726/ItemPermalink.ashx

SharePoint Technologies

PerformancePoint Monitoring SDK Documentation

The PerformancePoint Monitoring Software Development Kit (SDK) documentation contains overview topics, how-to topics, and code examples for developing custom PerformancePoint Monitoring Server extensions. Monitoring Server builds upon the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) infrastructure, and takes advantage of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 technologies and features.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb848116.aspx

Best Practices Resource Center for SharePoint Server 2007
To avoid common pitfalls and keep your Office SharePoint Server 2007 environment available and performing well, follow these best practices based on real-world experience from Microsoft Consulting Services and the product team.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb736746.aspx

Performance and Capacity Planning Resource Center for SharePoint Server 2007
This page contains resources to help you with performance and capacity planning for your SharePoint Server deployment—map your solution design to a farm size and set of hardware that supports your business goals.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb736741.aspx

BizTalk Server

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Documentation

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

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Hyper-V Guide

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5c5d86ad-5e17-4ff2-abc9-5a81177f4b30&DisplayLang=en

BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT 2008 Message Pack

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1af19d56-042f-4b90-9d9a-3b12a34dfdb3&DisplayLang=en

SWIFT 2008 Message Pack Install

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/results.aspx?freetext=&productID=0A98C8B2-EF77-4C42-B382-34EC5E1BF50F&categoryId=&period=30&sortCriteria=popularity&nr=20&DisplayLang=en

Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) Training Kit

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=401227e2-3e24-4cbf-8514-361a4cb8e116&DisplayLang=en

ING - ING Improves File Transfer and Interoperability with Business Process Management Solution

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002695

The Civil Status and Passport Department of Jordan - Jordan Agency Provides Data Within Seconds, Compared to Three Days Previously

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002605

Ministry of Health New Zealand - Microsoft Technology Helps Cure Healthcare

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002720

NuStar Energy - Company Benefits from Licensing Agreement as It Rebrands and Expands Operations

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002661

Homecare Homebase - Home Care Clinicians Use Synchronized Mobile Solution to Coordinate Patient Care

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002647

Events/WebCasts

Microsoft Internet information Server

URL Rewrite Module - Video Walkthrough

This video demonstrates how Microsoft URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7.0 can be used to accomplish common URL manipulation tasks.

http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/506/url-rewrite-module---video-walkthrough/

BizTalk Server

MSDN Webcast: Add Business Intelligence to Service Oriented Architecture Applications (Level 100) Oct 01 2008

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032387285&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

SharePoint Technologies

Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference

October 6-8, 2008: Seattle, WA
This exciting and informative conference will showcase Microsoft's market-leading business intelligence (BI) products, solution expertise and customer successes. The event is designed to educate customers and partners on every aspect of Microsoft's BI offering. You can also expect even more educational tracks and sessions by Microsoft product and industry experts, customer best practices sessions, the second-annual Microsoft BI Customer Awards presentation, hands-on labs, and much more!

http://www.microsoft.com/bi/conference

Microsoft TechEd EMEA 2008

November 3-7, and November 10-14, 2008: Barcelona, Spain
Whether you want to get deeper content than ever before, take a sneak preview of the latest tools, meet with top Microsoft and industry experts, get face time with Microsoft partners or socialize at one of the many structured or informal Tech·Ed community gatherings... then Microsoft Tech·Ed 2008 EMEA is for you!

http://www.microsoft.com/emea/teched2008/

SharePoint Connections 2008

November 10–13, 2008: Las Vegas, NV
Last year this event sold out; register early to avoid missing out on the hottest event of the year. What made Connections the largest Microsoft developer event in our industry? It's the 75+ Microsoft architects and the world's top IT experts in one place at one time presenting, training and networking.

http://www.devconnections.com/shows/FALL2008SP/default.asp?s=123

New or updated KB’s

Microsoft Internet information Server

FIX: If the requested file already exists on the local IIS proxy server, a request is rejected, or the performance is decreased in IIS 7.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954438

FIX: Clients cannot use Folder View to connect to a Web folder when they use the out-of-band WebDAV module for IIS 7.0

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957001

FIX: You cannot use an ISAPI filter to change the uri-stem field or the cs-user field in an IIS 7.0 log

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956120

FIX: Localized characters appear as question marks (?) in the IIS 7.0 log file when you access an ASP page or an ASPX page

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953968

BizTalk Server

FIX: The messages in an IBM WebSphere MQ queue are not deleted after the BizTalk Adapter for WebSphere MQ that is included in Host Integration Server 2006 processes the messages

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=932523

How to maintain and troubleshoot BizTalk Server databases

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952555

FIX: The .NET Framework Data Provider for mySAP Business Suite returns an error in the Report Project wizard

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=954233

FIX: The "Encode all parts" option does not work in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=955705

FIX: The Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) based SAP adapter from BizTalk Server 2006 Adapter Pack v1.0 does not support the SAP TABLE type

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=956635

FIX: The Log Shipping feature may not restore database backup files in BizTalk Server 2006 or in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=944838

FIX: A CPU usage spike occurs on all the BizTalk hosts after you install security bulletin MS07-040 on a server that is running Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 or Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=943165

FIX: The BizTalk Server native EDI functionality swaps the GS02 field and the GS03 field in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=954557

SOAP requests or WSE requests may time out in BizTalk Server 2004 or in BizTalk Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952567

SharePoint Technologies

SharePoint Portal Server 2003

Description of the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 hotfix package: August 19, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956947

Windows Sharepoint Services Version 3

Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 hotfix package: August 7, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956248

Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 hotfix package: August 26, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957109

Error message when you try to attach a file in a custom form on the Web site in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: “This form was customized not working with attachment"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953271

October 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Manageability

conuktrm — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:01:28 GMT

News

SMS&MOM

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

The Deployment Guys

http://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys/

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 IPD Guide - Now Available for Download

https://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0&rpsnv=10&ct=1221678237&rver=4.0.1534.0&wp=MBI_SSL&wreply=https:%2F%2Fconnect.microsoft.com%2FInvitationUse.aspx%3FProgramID%3D1587%26InvitationID%3DIPDM-QX6H-7TTV%26SiteID%3D14&lc=1033&id=64416

Now released to Connect, this guide leads the administrator through the process of planning a Configuration Manager infrastructure. The guide addresses the following fundamental decisions and tasks: identifying which Configuration Manager features will be needed; designing the components, layout, security, and connectivity of the Configuration Manager infrastructure. Following this guide will result in a design that is sized, configured, and appropriately placed to deliver the stated business benefits, while considering the user experience, security, manageability, performance, capacity, and fault tolerance of the system.

.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 is now supported on Configuration Manager 2007 RTM and SP1

The .NET Framework 2.0 is a dependency for the Admin Console and the Desired Configuration Manager (DCM) feature of the client. Typically the .NET Framework is a side-by-side (SxS) installation so compatibility is not a concern. However, the .NET Framework 3.5 install performs an upgrade to the .NET Framework 2.0 and .NET Framework 3.0 behind the scenes, this is now fully supported.

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V is now supported for Configuration Manager 2007 RTM and SP1

Support will be provided for client management, site server roles, and the administrator console running within a Hyper-V environment. There are no hotfixes required for the release to support configuration scenario. This applies to customers running Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V RTM installed.

System Center Configuration Manager platform support update

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (RTM and SP1) now supports the use of SQL Server 2008 as a site database. In order to upgrade a site-server database to SQL 2008 there are 2 hot fixes required:

· ConfigMgr 2007 RTM customers must apply hot fix KB955229

· ConfigMgr 2007 SP1 customers must apply hot fix KB955262

The following are requirements when performing a clean install on a SQL Server 2008 database:

· A clean install of ConfigMgr 2007 RTM on a SQL Server 2008 database is not supported. You must first install SQL Server 2005, upgrade to SQL Server 2008 and then apply hot fix KB955229

· A clean install of ConfigMgr 2007 SP1 on a SQL Server 2008 database is supported, but should apply hot fix KB955262

System Center Configuration Manager R2 Availability

With the release of Configuration Manager R2, customers with an SA gain access to some incredibly powerful capabilities. To date this is the strongest release of Configuration Manager, with platform support now for Vista SP1, Windows Server 2008, as well as a collection of new capabilities. Application Virtualization, SQL Reporting Services, Client Status Reporting and Forefront Client Reporting all are now available to SA customers. Configuration Manager R2 RTM'd (Release to Manfacturing) on August 28th, with evaluation bits and content releasing to the public. As with other System Center (and Microsoft) releases, this is not the date that the product is widely available. We use this RTM date as an announcement for when Engineering has signed off the quality of the product as acceptable for release to the public.

Documents

Operations Manager

System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 Documentation

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

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

Downloads

Configuration Manager

BDD and MDT Archive

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d02a2605d-51e8-469f-be4a-1dd2af580502%26displaylang%3den

SC Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 ICPs

International Client Packs (ICPs) contain international-language clients to use with System Center Configuration Manager (SC Config Mgr) 2007 SP1. ICP downloads contain only the Config Mgr client files, not the English-language SC Config Mgr 2007 SP1, which is required.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d76739d39-50a9-436f-9c3b-32a1aafb9154%26displaylang%3den

Operations Manager

Office Communications Server 2007 MP for OpsMgr 2007

The Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Management Pack for SCOM 2007 monitors the health of computers running Office Communications Server 2007 on Windows Server 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da1832431-54b7-4070-9b10-14efb231ff0c%26displaylang%3den

UNIX Interoperability Management Pack for MOM 2005

The Microsoft Windows Server 2008 UNIX Interoperability Management Pack monitors the performance and availability of the Windows Server 2008 version of Subsystem for UNIX based Applications component and Identity Management for UNIX component.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d24da7d43-e6e0-4428-bd9f-c10635ed7478%26displaylang%3den

BizTalk Server MP for OpsMgr 2007

The BizTalk Server Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 provides monitoring for BizTalk Server 2006 and 2006 R2.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d389fcb89-f4cf-46d7-bc6e-57830d234f91%26displaylang%3den

Windows 2008 Message Queuing MP for MOM 2005

The Message Queuing MP monitors core Message Queuing components in the Windows Server 2008 operating system.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d3264d7d9-80be-4552-b2c3-c0b738255aa5%26displaylang%3den

Events/Webcasts

Manageability Webcast Home

A list of all archived and upcoming Manageability Webcasts is available at:

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

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

New KB's

Configuration Manager

The SMS_EXECUTIVE service process restarts unexpectedly when a limit is set for the maximum transfer rate between two sites in System Center Configuration Manager 2007

http://vkbexternal.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/VKBWebService/ViewContent.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;956465

The "Delete Aged Configuration Management Data" site maintenance task may take a long time to finish in System Center Configuration Manager 2007

http://vkbexternal.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/VKBWebService/ViewContent.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;956918

The SMS_Executive service process may crash when the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 Hierarchy Manager handles the site control (.ct2) file from child sites that are running the RTM version of Configuration Manager 2007

http://vkbexternal.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/VKBWebService/ViewContent.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;955114

Operations Manager

The e-mail notifications may contain garbled subject lines if you enable the "Generate subject line with no encoding" option in System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1

http://vkbexternal.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/VKBWebService/ViewContent.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;956446

The connection settings for connectors in tiered management groups are configured incorrectly after the OpsMgr SDK Service restarts in a System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 environment

http://vkbexternal.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/VKBWebService/ViewContent.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;956423

Error message when you try to run a Service Level Dashboard report after you install Service Level Dashboard Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007: "EXECUTE permission is denied on SL_Dashboard_DashboardGroupGet"

http://vkbexternal.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/VKBWebService/ViewContent.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;956444

Health Service problems occur when an active Root Management Server is targeted as an agent from other Management Groups

http://vkbexternal.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/VKBWebService/ViewContent.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;956471

A Run As account that is configured for proxy authentication in a Web application monitor is not used in System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1

http://vkbexternal.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/VKBWebService/ViewContent.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;956689

Mobile Device Manager

Attempts to validate Windows Mobile device certificates and to authenticate System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 fail

http://vkbexternal.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/VKBWebService/ViewContent.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;951840

October 2007 - Technical Rollup Mail - Manageability

Justin Zarb — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:08:03 GMT

News

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Now Available

The next release of Systems Management Server (SMS), entitled System Center Configuration Manager 2007, is now available for download. With major investments in simplicity, configuration, deployment and security, Configuration Manager 2007 dramatically simplifies system deployment, task automation, compliance management, and policy based security management allowing for increased business agility.

Download a trial version here

Downloads

System Center Trial Software

With the new release of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 adding to the System Center family, why not evaluate the capabilities of some of the other Microsoft System Center family of products with these downloadable trial and Beta software versions.

http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/evaluation/trial/default.mspx

Events/WebCasts

TechNet Virtual Lab: Deploying Forefront Client Security Virtual Lab - Part 1

After completing this lab, you will be better able to install software and client prerequisites. 2/27/2007 12:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 8/25/2008 11:59 PM | Duration:90 Minutes

Primary Language: English

Primary Target Audience: IT Professionals

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032332157&culture=en-US

TechNet Virtual Lab: Managing Exchange and Active Directory with Microsoft Office Management (MOM) 2005

After completing this lab you will better understand how to configure and take advantage of some of the key features in the Microsoft Active Directory management pack.

11/17/2005 12:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 4/1/2010 11:59 PM | Duration:90 Minutes

Primary Language: English

Primary Target Audience: IT Professionals

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032305338&culture=en-US

TechNet Virtual Lab: System Center Operations Manager 2007- Advanced Topics

After completing this lab, you will be able to learn: Role-based Security Active Directory Integration Distributed Application Modeling Notifications Client Monitoring Reporting Introduction to the Command Shell

6/11/2007 12:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 12/31/2009 11:59 PM | Duration:90 Minutes

Primary Language: English

Primary Target Audience: IT Professionals

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032343965&culture=en-US

TechNet Virtual Lab: System Center Operations Manager 2007- Introduction

After completing this lab, you will be better able to: Deploy an Agent Import a Management Pack Create and use Views Create and use Tasks Monitor and Override Create Rules Use the Web Console Use Management Pack Templates

6/11/2007 12:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 12/31/2009 11:59 PM | Duration:90 Minutes

Primary Language: English

Primary Target Audience: IT Professionals

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032343974&culture=en-US

Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Technical Overview with Forefront Client Security Virtual Lab

After completing this lab, you will be better able to review the MOM architecture, configure MOM with the Administrator console, monitor with MOM consoles, and utilize reporting features.

3/8/2007 12:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 8/25/2008 11:59 PM | Duration:90 Minutes

Primary Language: English

Primary Target Audience: IT Professionals

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032333389&culture=en-US

TechNet Virtual Lab: Deploying Forefront Client Security Part 2

After completing this lab, you will be better able to install management, collection, and reporting roles, install the reporting database, install the distribution role, create and deploy a policy, and install Forefront Client security clients.

4/3/2007 12:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 8/25/2008 11:59 PM | Duration:90 Minutes

Primary Language: English

Primary Target Audience: IT Professionals

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032336832&culture=en-US

TechNet Virtual Lab: Monitoring Web Applications with the MOM 2005 Web Sites and Services Management Pack

After completing this lab, you will be better able to monitor a Web page, understand how to configure requests to monitor different aspects of a Web page like checking link validity, monitor a Web application.

1/16/2007 12:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 8/25/2008 11:59 PM | Duration:90 Minutes

Primary Language: English

Primary Target Audience: IT Professionals

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032325778&culture=en-US

TechNet Virtual Lab: Troubleshooting Forefront Client Security

After completing this lab, you will be better able to troubleshoot Forefront Client Security, as well as server and client problems.

4/3/2007 12:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 8/25/2008 11:59 PM | Duration:90 Minutes

Primary Language: English

Primary Target Audience: IT Professionals

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032336833&culture=en-US

TechNet Virtual Lab: Using Microsoft Operations Manager in an Exchange Server 2007 Environment

After completing this lab, you will be better able to: Import Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 Install MOM agents on multiple Exchange Server 2007 servers Use the MOM 2005 Operator Console.

6/29/2007 12:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 12/31/2009 11:59 PM | Duration:90 Minutes

Primary Language: English

Primary Target Audience: IT Professionals

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032345533&culture=en-US

New KB’s

KB940182: The Windows Update Agent version is not inventoried after the hardware inventory runs on Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Service Pack 2 or on SMS 2003 Service Pack 3-based clients

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940182/en-us

KB935898: A problem has been identified in System Center Operations Manager 2007 Web console. The URL view type is not currently supported and this generates an exception when trying to build the Operations Manager tree which contains a URL view type. This way that hotfix resolves the issue is to ignore the exception and to display the following message in place of the view “Unfortunately the “URL” view cannot be displayed.”

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935898/en-us

KB937470: In Operations Manager 2007, for a Notification Subscription, if user customizes the Alert Criteria by clearing any checked category (such as Performance Collection, Configuration Health, or Performance Health) using the Administration pane in Operations Console, the subscription information in the system gets corrupted. This causes the Alert subscription filter to be applied incorrectly. No alerts for that subscription are generated.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937470/en-us

KB935896: A problem has been identified when running timed scripts in an Operations Manager 2007 Management Pack converted from a MOM 2005 Management Pack. When affected by this issue, an agent running the scripts can experience abnormally high memory utilization that may lead to the Operations Manager Agent being restarted.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935896/en-us

KB936838: A problem has been identified with agents reporting to multiple Management Groups. The discovery data is not created in any subsequent Management Group once the data is send over to the first Management Group. When affected by this issue, agent discovery data is not available in Management Groups that the agent needs to report to after it having already posted data to a Management Group. After applying this fix the issue should go away and the agents will start reporting to multiple Management Groups.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936838/en-us

KB939799: The Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 agent monitors its processes to make sure that they do not consume too many system resources. When one of its processes does consume too many system resources, the agent tries to restart itself. Process\Private Bytes; Process\Handle Count.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939799/en-us

KB936339: A problem has been identified in the Group Calculation Query Module that affects the population of Windows computers into subnet group in the Network Topology diagram view. After discovering network routers in Essentials 2007, the Network Topology diagram view in the Monitoring space will be populated with subnet groups that contain network devices, but no Windows-based computers. After applying this hotfix, computers running Windows will be correctly populated into subnet groups and will appear in the Network Topology diagram view.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936339/en-us

KB936481: You cannot install the Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 Reporting feature in a disjointed namespace environment. For example "The specified domain does not exist or cannot be contacted." from the setup log.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936481/en-us

KB938505: You use the Reporting Space option in the Japanese version of Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 to view certain reports. However, when you view these reports, you find that the information about a report is not in Japanese. Instead, the report information is in English. You experience this problem with the reports that appear in the following nodes under Reporting: Client Monitoring Views Library; Microsoft ODR Report Library.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938505/en-us

KB939364: Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 cannot find some network devices by using the network device discovery process. Therefore, you cannot manage these network devices in Operations Manager 2007. This problem occurs even though the network devices respond to the "GET" packets that the Snmputil.exe tool sends. This problem occurs because Operations Manager 2007 supports only version 2 of the SNMP protocol (SNMPv2). Devices that do not support SNMPv2 ignore the "GET" packets that Operations Manager sends. Therefore, the network device discovery process cannot detect these devices. For example, this situation occurs when the devices support only version 1 of the SNMP protocol (SNMPv1) or version 3 of the SNMP protocol (SNMPv3). The Snmputil.exe tool uses both SNMPv1 and SNMPv2. These devices respond to the "GET" packets that the Snmputil.exe tool sends even if the devices support only SNMPv1.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939364/en-us

KB937831: The installation of System Center Essentials 2007 fails during the Reporting part of Setup and the following information is logged: "The specified domain does not exist or cannot be contacted"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937831/en-us

KB940122: How to use the Microsoft Group Policy Diagnostic Best Practice Analyzer (GPDBPA) tool to collect and to analyze data.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940122/en-us

KB941461: How to manually determine the license and sale origin channel information for a software product when the Asset Intelligence reports in SMS 2003 with Service Pack 3 do not report the correct channel information.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941461/en-us

KB939872: Reports that use the v_Add_Remove_Programs view stop responding and cause high CPU use in SMS 2003 SP3.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939872/en-us

KB937330: Users may unintentionally start the installation process and lose data after you deploy an SMS 2003 OSD image to client computers.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937330/en-us

KB941462: On a computer that has Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007, Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003, or Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 installed, a layered window is not displayed in the remote client session.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941462/en-us

KB938504: Error message when you try to run the DMInstaller_CE4.2_ARM.exe file on a Windows CE 4.2-based device: "DMInstaller_ce4.2_arm is not a valid Windows CE application"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938504/en-us

October 2007 - Technical Rollup Mail - Unified Communications

Justin Zarb — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:06:22 GMT

News

Microsoft Unveils Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 in Technology Preview

New software builds on Exchange Server 2007’s anywhere access* to information, operational efficiency and built-in protection.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/aug07/08-13Exchange2007NewPR.mspx

Exchange Team Blog

http://msexchangeteam.com/default.aspx

Outlook Team Blog

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

Unified Communications Team Blog

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

Downloads

Intermass Fischer Asia Pte Ltd case study

Case study featuring how Intermass Fischer benefited from Upgrade existing Windows NT Server to Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 (SBS 2003 R2) which comes with Exchange Server 2003

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d244f88db-e5c2-4e01-8759-9840d378641f%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Shell Help

This download contains the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) version of the Exchange Management Shell Help.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d0e14dd15-bb52-4b3f-9756-5146179a0809%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SDK July 2007

This release of the Exchange Server 2007 Software Development Kit (SDK) Documentation and Samples provides new and updated documentation and samples for building applications that use Exchange 2007. Use this SDK to help you develop collaborative enterprise applications for Exchange 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d7a44a56a-1dfd-4c26-b99a-1e680e914444%26DisplayLang%3den

Unified Communications and Collaboration:Pervasive Capabilities for Where and How People Work

This whitepaper describes the Unified Communications and Collaboration platform from Microsoft and how Microsoft's approach to unified communications and collaboration delivers the capabilities for people to collaborate on-demand – anywhere, anytime.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d37fd3106-a063-4308-b48e-a1184d9c3c81%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Help

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d5eb0f9a0-2c49-4f2a-8a09-b981ed667821%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino

Microsoft Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino is used for interoperability and migration from Lotus Domino to Active Directory, Exchange Server 2007, and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d35fc4205-792b-4306-8e4b-0de9cce72172%26DisplayLang%3den

VIDEO: Using the Time Zone Data Update Tool for Microsoft Office Outlook v2.0

This video will aid customers in using the Time Zone Data Update Tool for Microsoft Office Outlook.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d1a511c92-a45b-46ed-9848-64349eebd040%26DisplayLang%3den

VIDEO: Using the Time Zone Data Update Tool for Microsoft Exchange Server v2.0

This video will aid customers in using the Time Zone Data Update Tool for Microsoft Exchange Server.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3da05519ef-b698-4a60-8292-d22d35393e43%26DisplayLang%3den

VM for Exchange Calendar Update Configuration Tool

The Exchange Calendar Update Configuration Tool enables administrators to update, using the Time Zone Data Update Tool for Microsoft® Office Outlook®, multiple user mailboxes, thereby avoiding the challenges involved with broadly deploying the Outlook Time Zone Data Update Tool to all end-users.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d42b3bf77-7a2d-4454-9e77-5bf6e579116f%26DisplayLang%3den

Security White Papers

Security white papers that address the specific security needs of particular industries, such as the professional services and financial services industries.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d4cd29b01-eed8-45f5-ab1e-ff1e1aef7b22%26DisplayLang%3den

Exchange Management Shell Quick Reference

This download contains a quick reference sheet that can be used to access frequently used Exchange Management Shell cmdlets and syntax.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d01a441b9-4099-4c0f-b8e0-0831d4a2ca86%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Transport Server Role Architecture Diagrams

This download contains architectural diagrams of the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 transport server roles.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d612f811d-2953-4c08-945e-833c17150083%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console Release Candidate

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3df9b669c6-6f9f-4c09-8457-c00b5b6ebd7a%26DisplayLang%3den

TimeChangeType Extension Sample

The TimeChangeType Extension Sample extends the TimeChangeType that implements IXmlSerializable to create an IXmlSerializable partial class.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3da662c591-b6d7-44de-9085-821a3f8be90f%26DisplayLang%3den

Exchange Calendar Update Tool

The Exchange Calendar Update Tool enables administrators to update multiple user mailboxes and adjust calendars and meetings for daylight savings times.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d27bb0ee2-03ac-4e5b-aec5-3e878490fce1%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Antigen for Exchange with Service Pack 1 Beta Software

Antigen for Exchange provides server-level protection against the latest e-mail threats.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=16&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3db1d3f9bc-97d4-40e1-8902-ce49ea4d579f%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Antigen for Exchange with Antigen Spam Manager with Service Pack 1 Beta Software

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3dd9c7b9e7-f0e5-4468-b29b-e388bd643a62%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console Release Candidate User Guide

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3dae4ce23b-9e1e-455c-87a4-36167fe43107%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Quality of Experience

This document introduces Microsoft UC Quality of Experience, an innovative approach that aims to provide all users with the best possible quality anytime anywhere.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d05625af1-3444-4e67-9557-3fd5af9ae8d1%26DisplayLang%3den

Office Communicator Mobile (2007 Release)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d2eea3e24-f216-4887-92b0-f37d942e26e0%26DisplayLang%3den

Communicator Mobile (2007 Release) Release Notes

The Communicator Mobile release notes document describes known issues about Communicator Mobile (2007 release) and suggested resolutions.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d6de9c753-5c89-4fa5-924f-a9cf8e877394%26DisplayLang%3den

Communicator Mobile (2007 Release) Frequently Asked Questions

The Communicator Mobile Frequently Asked Questions document provides answers to the most frequently asked questions about Communicator Mobile (2007 release).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d96346923-bb96-4558-908f-d11195832565%26DisplayLang%3den

Communicator Mobile (2007 Release) Planning and Deployment Guide

The Communicator Mobile Planning and Deployment Guide describes server and client requirements and procedures for installing Communicator Mobile.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d892e9c25-1a0b-436d-b112-033d9993e034%26DisplayLang%3den

Communicator Mobile (2007 Release) Troubleshooting Guide

The Communicator Mobile Troubleshooting Guide describes the resolutions to issues that some users of Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile encounter under particular circumstances.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3dcfd79278-ac9d-4755-ae98-5922561927b9%26DisplayLang%3den

Communicator Mobile (2007 Release) Quick Reference Card - Instant Messaging (IM) and Presence

The Communicator Mobile Quick Reference Card for Instant Messaging (IM) and Presence describes the most commonly used Communicator Mobile (2007 release) features.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d83e972a8-81a1-4d51-bbef-74396b0f2641%26DisplayLang%3den

Communicator Mobile (2007 Release) User's Guide

The Communicator Mobile User's Guide describes how to use Communicator Mobile (2007 release) features.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d739ce707-2a35-4714-95f6-1d9f394ccae2%26DisplayLang%3den

Communicator Mobile (2007 Release) Quick Reference Card - Installation and Configuration

The Communicator Mobile Quick Reference Card for Installation and Configuration describes the minimum tools and procedures required to install and configure Communicator Mobile (2007 release).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3db185ddc6-b67b-43a1-8bbb-2cc59fa4a46d%26DisplayLang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Document: Enterprise Voice Planning and Deployment Guide

This document provides information to help you plan and deploy Enterprise Voice in your Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 infrastructure.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d24e72dac-2b26-4f43-bba2-60488f2aca8d%26DisplayLang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Best Practices Analyzer

The Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Best Practices Analyzer is designed for administrators who want to determine the overall health of their Office Communications Server 2007 servers and topology.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d1b90993c-072a-4c84-b385-b76d23b2f27c%26DisplayLang%3den

Multilingual User Interface Package for Microsoft Office Communicator 2007

This package adds Multilingual User Interface (MUI) functionality to Microsoft Office Communicator 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d86de1e77-3406-475a-9271-24f507e20972%26DisplayLang%3den

Language Pack for Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access (2007)

This package adds multilingual user interface (MUI) functionality to Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access (2007 release).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d82fb56f5-1dff-4b35-be2e-b60bdc60bd96%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Web Conferencing Choices White Paper

Compare Microsoft Web Conferencing Choices

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d250c2446-14dc-4f16-8c0a-38a0aad055b2%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Datasheet

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Datasheet

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=16&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d6306ae9c-6ede-4908-800f-256a75bebc75%26DisplayLang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Software Update Service

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Software Update Service provides an automated way to update all unified communications devices deployed in an organization.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d889c542e-8b09-46c2-bd86-671c21668830%26DisplayLang%3den

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Update Service Deployment Guide

This document describes how to deploy Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Software Update Service.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d83ef9159-e446-4d13-b05f-7e328b3cb4ad%26DisplayLang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 Document: Backup and Restoration Guide

This document provides information to help you backup and restore service in your Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 infrastructure.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=19&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d5c6e6ac7-079a-4326-b517-3c117fadb44e%26DisplayLang%3den

Events/Webcasts

Exchange Unplugged Series

Exchange Unplugged gives you the inside scoop on Exchange Server 2007, Office Communications Server 2007 and the rest of the Unified Communications platform. Microsoft UK’s specialists will show you how Exchange 2007 has changed due to customer feedback, how to migrate from your existing solution to a unified communications solution and how Office Communications Server 2007 can help your users communicate better.

24 October 2007, London: Exchange Unplugged in Association with BT

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032350037&Culture=en-GB

25 October 2007, London: Exchange Unplugged in Association with Dimension Data

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032350057&Culture=en-GB

26 October 2007, London: Exchange Unplugged in Association with Fujitsu

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032349432&Culture=en-GB

30 October 2007, Chesterfield: Exchange Unplugged in Association with Lynx Technology

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032349424&Culture=en-GB

31 October 2007, Manchester: Exchange Unplugged in Association with Lynx

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032350056&Culture=en-GB

01 November 2007, Maidenhead: Exchange Unplugged in Association with Nortel

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032350071&Culture=en-GB

02 November 2007, Gaydon: Exchange Unplugged in Association with Post CTI

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032349336&Culture=en-GB

05 November 2007, Glasgow: Exchange Unplugged in Association with Capito

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032349344&Culture=en-GB

05 October 2007, TechNet Webcast: Message Security, Active Protection, and Compliance with Exchange Server 2007 (Level 200)

This session covers three main topics. We start with a look at message hygiene. Your e-mail system is constantly being bombarded with unwanted messages, and as a messaging administrator, it is your job to prevent that. Next, we discuss messaging policies. Following recent accounting scandals and the global terrorism threat, governments and their agencies require organizations to store, and produce upon request, pertinent e-mail messages. Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 provides policies to achieve this goal with policies that are simple to set up and administer. Finally, we look at how messages can be made secure while in transit through your organization, between organizations, and across untrusted networks, such as the Internet.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032352474%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

19 October 2007, TechNet Webcast: Introduction to Windows PowerShell Scripting in Exchange Server 2007 (Level 200)

Discover how you can use Windows PowerShell to perform day-to-day administrative tasks. In this session , we provide an overview of Windows PowerShell commands and describe how to construct them. Next, we demonstrate how you can build more complex scripts in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. We conclude the webcast with a review of the reporting facilities available in Windows PowerShell.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032352635%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

24 October 2007, Momentum Webcast: Early Preview of Exchange Server 2007 SP1 (Level 100)

Join this webcast for a preview of the newly announced Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1). The enhanced features of this service pack include support for the Windows Server 2008 operating system, enhanced integration with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, and improved mobile device management and advanced security technology. Exchange Server 2007 SP1 also includes features that can help enhance the user experience in Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access (OWA), provide greater functionality in the Exchange Server 2007 Management Console, and deliver improved disaster recovery capabilities through Standby Continuous Replication.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032350850%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

26 October 2007, TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 Client Access and Web Services (Level 200)

In this webcast, we explore Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Client Access Services. The overall goal of Client Access Services is to add value to the data in your inbox by enabling you to access that data from wherever you are. In addition to access from Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access (OWA), and mobile devices, we cover some new client access features introduced in Exchange Server 2007. We look at the various underlying components of Exchange Server 2007 Client Access Services and we describe improvements to calendaring functionality, the new Unified Messaging, Exchange Web Services, and programmatic access to messaging data. We conclude this webcast with a look at enhancements to Exchange Server ActiveSync.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032352684%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

Premier Soundbytes and Workshops (Ask your TAM for more details)

08/10/07 : Soundbyte : Introduction to Exchange 2007 Powershell

19/11/07 : Soundbyte : Exchange 2007 Messaging Records Management
17/12/07 : Soundbyte : Exchange 2007 Autodiscover

11/10/07 : Exchange 2007 Upgrade and Migration

26/11/07 : Exchange 2007 Upgrade and Migration

26/11/07 : Exchange 2003 Clustering

New KB’s

KB933261: The nickname of a mail user must be unique in a forest if you use the original release version of Exchange 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933261

KB941169: You cannot use a Windows Mobile 5.0-based device or a Windows Mobile 6.0-based device to send an e-mail message to Exchange 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941169

KB938657: Duplicate Global Object IDs may appear in Exchange 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938657

KB940757: The Exchange Management Console crashes when you redraw a mailbox in the Recipient Configuration node in Exchange 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940757

KB940632: The last instance of a recurring meeting request is missing when a mailbox is migrated from Lotus Notes to Exchange 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940632

KB940764: Certain IMAP commands may cause the CPU usage to increase to 100 percent on an Exchange 2007 server that is running the Client Access Server (CAS) role

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940764

KB935202: You cannot move a mailbox across forests in an Exchange 2007 organization

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=935202

KB941146: Error message when users try to log on to Outlook Web Access in Exchange 2007: "A problem occurred while trying to use your mailbox"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941146

KB924955: The "From" field in a meeting request displays the wrong user when two Exchange 2003 organizations are connected by using an SMTP connector

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924955

KB941265: The HeOABUpdate tool does not update the offline address book when you upgrade a user to a MAPI-enabled customer plan in Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration (HMC) version 3.5

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941265

KB939216: Some provisioning requests do not work, and you receive a "0xc220140b" error message after you install Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 on a server that is running Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939216

KB941856: Event ID 7514 is logged when a custom word list file is larger than 128 KB on an Exchange 2003 server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941856

KB941385: A mailbox store in a recovery storage group cannot be dismounted, and the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service cannot be shut down on an Exchange 2003 server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941385

KB940048: E-mail messages in the Drafts folder display incorrect sent dates after you use Microsoft Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino to migrate a mailbox to Exchange 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940048

KB942691: The Exchange 2003 Setup program deletes all empty folders and empty subfolders in the Exchange 2003 installation folder when you remove an Exchange 2003 component

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942691

KB940631: After you recover the clustered mailbox server in an Exchange Server 2007 single-copy cluster configuration, the expected registry entries are not created

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940631

KB940056: Microsoft Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino cannot migrate mailboxes from Lotus Domino to Exchange Server 2007 if the mailboxes in Lotus Domino contain a folder that has a blank name

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940056

KB941704: The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service stops responding on an Exchange 2007 server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941704

KB936734: You receive a NDR message after you send an e-mail message that contains a .zip file attachment by using an Exchange 2007 Edge server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936734

KB942179: You experience problems in Exchange 5.5 after daylight saving time (DST) starts in New Zealand in 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942179

KB942119: The basic version of Outlook Web Access for Exchange 2007 generates an exception when you click "Next Page" to view more search results in the address book

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942119

KB940053: Error message when a user tries to access a mailbox and download e-mail messages by using a DAV e-mail client program: "HTTP 500: Internal server error"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940053

KB934716: Error message when a user tries to double-click the Mail.prf file to start Office Outlook 2007 in a Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 3.5 environment: "PICS Rule file"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934716

October 2007 - Technical Rollup Mail - SQL

Justin Zarb — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:58:49 GMT

News

SQL Server 2008 Solutions – Your Data, Any Place, Any Time

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 provides a trusted, productive, and intelligent data platform that enables you to run your most demanding mission critical applications, reduce time and cost of development and management of applications, and deliver actionable insight to your entire organization.

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/2008/default.mspx

SQL Server 2008 Solutions – Redefining Pervasive Insight

SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence platform provides a scalable BI platform optimized for data integration, reporting, and analysis enabling organizations to deliver intelligence where users want it.

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/2008/solutions/bi.mspx

Welcome to the Microsoft SOA & Business Process Conference 2007 Website

Microsoft is pleased to announce the 2007 Microsoft SOA & Business Process Conference to be held from October 29th through November 2nd, 2007 at the Microsoft Conference Center on the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, WA. During 4 days of breakout sessions, chalk talk discussions, hands-on-labs, peer networking, and social events you will learn about both Microsoft’s current portfolio and long-term strategy for SOA & Business Process initiatives. Whether you are a developer, architect, or business decision maker we will have something for you with tracks spanning technology, architecture, and business value topics.

http://www.mssoaandbpconference.com/

SQL Server 2005 is the Data Platform Leader

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a comprehensive, integrated data management and analysis software that enables organizations to reliably manage mission-critical information and confidently run today’s increasingly complex business applications. SQL Server 2005 allows companies to gain greater insight from their business information and achieve faster results for a competitive advantage.

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/overview/default.mspx

Documents

Scale-Out Querying with Analysis Services Using SAN Snapshots

This SQL Server Best Practices white paper describes the use of virtual copy SAN snapshots in a load-balanced scalable querying environment for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services to increase the number of concurrent queries to Analysis Services servers with a rapid response time per query. Load-balanced querying distributes the load of all queries among the available servers. The use of the virtual copy SAN snapshots eliminates the need to copy data between an Analysis Services processing server and one or more dedicated Analysis Services query servers. This paper supplements the Scale-Out Querying with Analysis Services white paper.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7ac8e03d-bf1f-4733-93e0-bc0f6e567608&DisplayLang=en

National Aquarium Case Study

The National Aquarium in Baltimore had 16,000 animals, 2.2 million gallons of water—and too much data. At least, too much for it was locked away in isolated databases, where it was inaccessible and unable to be used for timely decision making. Now, by using Microsoft Business Intelligence, all-important attendance data is available in near real time rather than after a week’s delay, so it can be used to make marketing decisions that enhance attendance. A range of key performance indicators is immediately accessible to staff through business scorecards, with drill-down reports just a click away. Staff members regain up to 30 percent of their time by not having to create reports manually. And the solution can be easily extended to provide new analysis capabilities to functions and departments throughout the organization.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=691ad043-a5a0-4101-ab45-66ae8acca262&DisplayLang=en

Hewlett Packard Case Study

This case study discusses how Microsoft technology is helping HP consolidate its online storefront presence. It is also helping the company capture more revenue per order; the company estimates that the new solution has increased revenues on logistical services by about 14 percent per order. Customer service is also streamlined through the changes to real-world business processes.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5f00a849-12f3-4465-be07-a83ab2e4c254&DisplayLang=en

Kopitiam Group Case Study

To support an aggressive expansion strategy the Kopitiam Group's IT department selected Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft SQL Server 2000 operating system to improve its operations and provide quality, innovative service to increase customer satisfaction, productivity and profitability.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e7e124b9-6850-4c97-a7c4-a81c75018420&DisplayLang=en

Empowering Enterprise Solutions with SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition

This whitepaper describes how Microsoft’s scalable and integrated database platform can help companies of all sizes securely store and manage ever-increasing amounts of data from disparate sources. Microsoft's solution can also help ensure that business-critical systems and applications stay up and running.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=927b0b3a-d510-4742-a982-be801d204063&DisplayLang=en

Reducing Costs through Better Data Management

Discover how you can gain faster results, generate better decisions on a proven, enterprise strength, high performance database and analysis platform with lower total cost of ownership by downloading this brochure on Microsoft Data Management.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5cad951b-4883-4c8a-98b7-6e3eecf7b0d0&DisplayLang=en

High Performance Data Warehouse with SQL Server 2005

This document discusses things to consider when architecting a large, high-performance relational data warehouse, especially one that is host to unpredictable ad hoc queries. The discussion includes some of the new features of SQL Server 2005 and considerations to take into account when using these features. It also includes methodologies for creating and storing pre-aggregated result sets to facilitate mainstream queries and reports.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8d708350-4867-4447-af69-b9af2c2769f9&DisplayLang=en

Case Study: Crossmark: Three Terabyte Data Warehouse Set for Growth with SQL Server 2005

Based in Plano, Texas, CROSSMARK serves some of the biggest names in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry. It assists CPG manufacturers in making sure that products are in stock, properly displayed, and priced correctly. As CROSSMARK planned for its biweekly feeds into its data warehouse to grow to 4 billion rows, it needed a robust extract, transform, and load (ETL) solution and a powerful reporting environment. CROSSMARK upgraded its data warehouse using Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 running on Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 Enterprise Edition. The solution uses SQL Server 2005 Integration Services for ETL and SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=de34207b-74f1-4e8f-8654-724ef35770b8&DisplayLang=en

EMEA Case Study Resources

Word documents and PowerPoint presentations for GCRP

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7cbc1d01-bdfb-46af-acc1-8ce17ff50bcb&DisplayLang=en

SQL Server 2008 Manageability

Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2008 builds on the management capabilities of previous versions and provides a variety of tools and frameworks to help you manage your enterprise data environment. The comprehensive management automation capabilities of SQL Server 2008 reduce the administrative overhead that is required to maintain data services and ensure compliance with change management policies. A new end-to-end performance monitoring and analysis suite helps you to optimize the responsiveness and scalability of your SQL Server services across the enterprise, and the scalable management interfaces and tools help you to reduce server management effort and focus on higher value activities.

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/whitepapers/sql_2008_manageability.mspx

SQL Server 2008 Performance and Scale

Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2008 incorporates the tools and technologies that are necessary to implement relational databases, reporting systems, and data warehouses of enterprise scale, and provides optimal performance and responsiveness. With SQL Server 2008, you can take advantage of the latest hardware technologies while scaling up your servers to support server consolidation. SQL Server 2008 also enables you to scale out your largest data solutions.

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/whitepapers/sql_2008_perfandscale.mspx

Delivering Location Intelligence with Spatial Data

The growing ability of businesses and consumers to quickly absorb large volumes of data, together with the increased availability of digital maps and spatially-enabled applications has created an unprecedented opportunity to incorporate geographic factors into decision making processes and analysis. The new spatial support in Microsoft SQL Server™ 2008 can help you to make better decisions through visual analysis of location data that can be stored and manipulated in a SQL Server database.

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/whitepapers/spatialdata.mspx

Reporting Services in SQL Server 2008

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services provides a complete server-based platform that is designed to support a wide variety of reporting needs including managed enterprise reporting, ad-hoc reporting, embedded reporting, and web based reporting to enable organizations to deliver relevant information where needed across the entire enterprise. Reporting Services 2008 provides the tools and features necessary to author a variety of richly formatted reports from a wide range of data sources and provides a comprehensive set of familiar tools used to manage and secure an enterprise reporting solution.

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/whitepapers/sql_2008_ssrs.mspx

What's New for XML in SQL Server 2008

Microsoft introduced XML-related capabilities in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with the FOR XML and OPENXML Transact-SQL keywords, which enabled developers to write Transact-SQL code to retrieve a query result as a stream of XML, and to shred an XML document into a rowset. SQL Server 2005 extended these XML capabilities significantly with the introduction of a native xml data type that supports XSD schema validation, XQuery-based operations, and XML indexing. SQL Server 2008 builds on the XML capabilities of previous releases and provides enhancements to meet the challenges that customers have faced when storing and manipulating XML data in the database.

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/whitepapers/sql_2008_xml.mspx

Managing Unstructured Data with SQL Server 2008

The proliferation of digital content has significant implications for the way in which organizations store and access business data. Increasingly, databases that are at the core of business applications must be integrated with unstructured data in the form of documents, images, video content, and other multimedia formats. Organizations increasingly need to be able to store and manage digital data of all formats in order to manage the information lifecycle, meet compliance requirements, and implement content management solutions.

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/whitepapers/sql_2008_unstructured.mspx

Downloads

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 CTP 4

SQL Server 2008, the next release of Microsoft SQL Server, will provide a comprehensive data platform that is more secure, reliable, manageable and scalable for your mission critical applications, while enabling developers to create new applications that can store and consume any type of data on any device, and enabling all your users to make informed decisions with relevant insights.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6a39affa-db6e-48a9-82e4-4efd6705f4a6&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver 1.2 Community Technology Preview August 2007

In its continued commitment to interoperability, Microsoft has released a new Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) driver with SQL Server 2005. The SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver 1.2 CTP August 2007 download is available to all SQL Server users at no additional charge, and provides access to SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 from any Java application, application server, or Java-enabled applet. This is a Type 4 JDBC driver that provides database connectivity through the standard JDBC application program interfaces (APIs) available in J2EE (Java2 Enterprise Edition). This release of the JDBC Driver is JDBC 3.0 compliant and runs on the Java Development Kit (JDK) version 1.4 and higher. It has been tested against all major application servers including BEA WebLogic, IBM WebSphere, JBoss, and Sun.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f914793a-6fb4-475f-9537-b8fcb776befd&DisplayLang=en

SC Ops Mgr 2007 Resource Kit – Active Directory Integration Sample Script

A sample script that enables you to extract a list of computer names from your custom SQL Server database and add them to an Active Directory security group. The security group can then be referenced in the Agent Assignment and Failover Wizard to automate agent assignments to Management Servers.
1. Queries customer SQL asset database.
2. Populates custom security group with computer accounts of computers returned by the SQL query.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b3aa2d5a-b56c-40e8-8b63-139865a1749b&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Codename "Astoria" - Sept 2007 Community Technology Preview

The goal of Microsoft Codename Astoria is to enable applications to expose data as a data service that can be consumed by web clients within corporate networks and across the internet. The data service is reachable over regular HTTP requests, and standard HTTP verbs such as GET, POST, PUT and DELETE are used to perform operations against the service.
The payload format for the data exchanged with the service can be controlled by the client and all options are simple, open formats such as plan XML and JSON. The use of web-friendly technologies make it ideal as a data back-end for AJAX-style applications, Rich Interactive Applications and other applications that need to operate against data that is across the web.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0fa1413c-cb55-4577-960e-0f3491847f58&DisplayLang=en

.NET Rocks! - Donald Farmer on Data Mining

Donald Farmer has worked in the Microsoft Business Intelligence team for 6 years. He has worked on both the Analysis Services and Integration Services product teams. Donald is now Principal Program Manager for SQL Server Data Mining, working to build a seamless integration of predictive and exploratory analytics with the Microsoft business intelligence offering. Mr. Farmer is a popular speaker at international events for both business and technical audiences, with a wide range of interests including data integration, information quality, metadata intelligence, master data management and predictive analytics. He is the author of a number of books and articles. Prior to joining Microsoft, Donald worked not only in business intelligence but in fields as varied as medieval archaeology and fish-farming.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=79f0cb7a-99a0-46f8-bd23-77529a5c8758&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver 1.1

In its continued commitment to interoperability, Microsoft provides a Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) driver for use with SQL Server 2005. The SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver is available to all SQL Server users at no additional charge, and provides access to SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 from any Java application, application server, or Java-enabled applet. This driver is a Type 4 JDBC driver that provides database connectivity through the standard JDBC application program interfaces (APIs) available in J2EE (Java2 Enterprise Edition). SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver 1.1 is JDBC 3.0 compliant and runs on the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.4 and later versions. It has been tested against all major application servers, including BEA WebLogic, IBM WebSphere, JBoss, and Sun.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6d483869-816a-44cb-9787-a866235efc7c&DisplayLang=en

Events / WebCasts

SQL 2005 Webcasts and Virtual Labs

SQL Server 2005 is data management and analysis software that delivers enhanced security, availability, and scalability to mission-critical data applications—while making them easier to develop, deploy, and manage. Choose from a wide range of live and on-demand webcasts. Or take part in a virtual lab, which allows you to cut your teeth on the new platform by experimenting with its different capabilities.

SQL Server 2005 Webcasts

Tuesday Teasers Webcast Series - Windows Server 2008 – Tuesday, October 02, 2007 9:00 AM Central Time (US & Canada)

Please join Microsoft and our strategic partners each Tuesday for a weekly series of webcasts which will provide an overview of some of the new and exciting products and technologies set to be released for the coming year. In this series, you will hear from experts about how these new products can be leveraged in your enterprise to deliver great value within the Microsoft Optimization Models.

Tuesday Teasers Webcast Series - Windows Server 2008

Tuesday Teasers Webcast Series - SQL Server 2008 – Tuesday, October 09, 2007 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Tuesday Teasers Webcast Series - SQL Server 2008

TechNet Webcast: Advanced Manageability for SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services (Level 300) – Wednesday, October 10, 2007 9:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

With Microsoft SQL Server 2008 comes the next release of Analysis Services, which offers advanced features for manageability. One such feature is Dynamic Management Views. These views enable the administrator to query for information regarding connections, sessions, and server performance. In this webcast, we introduce these views and drill down into many examples of their usage. Join us to learn not only which views are available, but also how to build effective queries, reports, and even cubes that you can use to understand and monitor the behavior of your Analysis Services servers.

TechNet Webcast: Advanced Manageability for SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services (Level 300)

Podcasts: How Microsoft IT Streamlined the SAP Unicode Conversion Process to Minimize User Impact and Enhance Performance

Join this webcast to find out how Microsoft, like many large organizations, relies on SAP AG enterprise resource planning (ERP) products to manage the day-to-day operations of its business. Newer SAP releases require the use of the Unicode codepage. In an effort to cause the least impact to SAP users and interfaces, minimize downtime, and equal pre-conversion SAP system performance, Microsoft IT developed a process that streamlined the conversion process requirements from one week to 22 hours. Only 15 of those hours were required for the actual conversion process. This process included exporting data through multiple servers, minimizing export and import times, and splitting large tables into as many as 13 packages. As a result, critical import and export times improved, and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 log space requirements were minimized during data imports.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3b402a29-f5cc-406c-b96b-21c0cbb1521f&DisplayLang=en

Further on-demand webcasts are available here: http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetsqlserver2005.mspx

New KB’s

SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition

You cannot upgrade the named instance of SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine Service Pack 3a that is installed together with Application Center 2000 Service Pack 2 to SQL Server 2000 SP4

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941825

SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition

Some or all SQL Server 2005 services are not listed in SQL Server Configuration Manager, or you receive a "No SQL Server 2005 components were found" error message when you perform operations in SQL Server 2005 Surface Area Configuration

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941823

Error message when you run a distributed query against a loopback linked server in SQL Server 2005: "Transaction context in use by another session" or "MS DTC has cancelled the distributed transaction"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941152

How to use a stored procedure to monitor traces in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=912914

FIX: Transactions that are being committed on the principal server may not be copied to the mirror server when a database mirroring failover occurs in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940961

FIX: On a computer that is running SQL Server 2005 and that has multiple processors, you may receive incorrect results when you run a query that contains an inner join

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=935789

FIX: An access violation may occur intermittently when you run an Integration Services package that contains a Data Flow task in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942087

FIX: Some changes from subscribers who use SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition or Web synchronization are not uploaded to the publisher when you use the republishing model in a merge publication in Microsoft SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940933

FIX: A memory leak occurs when you call the Initialize method and the Terminate method of the SQLDistribution object in a loop in an application that you develop by using Microsoft ActiveX replication controls in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940719

FIX: An access violation may occur when you run a query that uses a hash join hint in the x64 version of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=937521

FIX: A SQL Server Agent job fails when you run the SQL Server Agent job in the context of a proxy account in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938086

FIX: Error message when you use SQL Native Client to connect to an instance of a principal server in a database mirroring session: "The connection attempted to fail over to a server that does not have a failover partner"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936179

FIX: Error message when you run a query that references a temporary table in SQL Server 2005: "Internal error. Buffer provided to read column value is too small. Run DBCC CHECKDB to check for any corruption"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938697

FIX: In a maintenance plan, the databases that you selected are no longer selected when you edit a Back Up Database task in SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938912

FIX: Error message when you run a maintenance plan that contains a Back Up Database task in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2: "0x80004003: Object reference not set to an instance of an object"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938913

FIX: Event ID: 21421 occurs when you use the Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 agent to monitor a clustered instance of SQL Server 2005 in a clustered environment

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938911

SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

FIX: The performance of the MDX queries may be very slow when you run many MDX queries in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941611

SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

FIX: The calendar control in a SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services report may display incorrect values

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940382

FIX: The Report Designer or the Report Manager stops responding when you try to export a SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services report to a PDF file or a TIFF file

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=937090

October 2007 - Technical Rollup Mail - Internet

Justin Zarb — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:57:02 GMT

News

BizTalk Server

BizTalk Server Database Optimization

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb743398.aspx

New Case Studies

6 new case studies published this month

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/search.aspx?ProTaxID=1265&NoDays=30

Microsoft Internet Information Server

The Tasty Morsels Found In Dogfood… MSCOM OPS Top 10 Changes In IIS7.0

http://blogs.technet.com/mscom/archive/2007/09/07/the-tasty-morsels-found-in-dogfood-mscom-ops-top-10-changes-in-iis7-0.aspx

The .NET Show: IIS 7.0

(Shipping with Windows Vista will be the latest version of Internet Information Services (IIS), which includes a broad collection of features and capabilities that have been anxiously awaited by both developers and IT Pros. Scott Guthrie and Bill Staples describe and demo new features in IIS 7.0. )

http://msdn.microsoft.com/theshow/episode.aspx?xml=theshow/en/episode056/manifest.xml

Sharepoint Technologies

Correction for last month where we missed the URL off from this post

The great Office Server smorgasbord: SharePoint 2007 - Microsoft's five new Office Servers give Office 2007 users a wealth of new features and capabilities. We examine how in this four-part series, starting with SharePoint 2007

So here it is: http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/13/33TCmoss_1.html

Gartners Summit 2008

Gartners Summit hear about Dow Jones and Linklaters moving to Sharepoint 2007

http://info-architecture.blogspot.com/2007/09/gartner-pcc-summit-2007-part-8.html

and http://info-architecture.blogspot.com/2007/09/gartner-pcc-summit-2007-part-7.html

SharePoint Designer

Microsoft SharePoint Designer team looking for customer needs for data design, view and functionality. Copies of Office Professional are available in a sweepstake for all entrants.

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepointdesigner/archive/2007/09/19/sharepoint-designer-data-team-survey.aspx

Latest Product test Drive

Test Drive Microsoft Office and SharePoint 2007 in a new online package

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/HA101687261033.aspx

DST Comes around again

Daylight Savings Time comes around again, make sure you are up to date.

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2007/09/19/important-hotfixes-for-upcoming-daylight-savings-time-dst-change.aspx

Introducing the Performance Point Developer Portal

Performance Point Server 2007 provides all the functionality that is needed for performance management. Performance Point offers features that not only help analysts monitor and analyze organizational performance, but also do critical planning, forecasting, and financial reporting. In addition, Performance Point features make it possible for you to assign tasks such as data input and quality review to other users.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/bb660518.aspx

Office and SharePoint Conferences

Bill Gates will deliver keynote sessions at the Office and SharePoint Conferences in 2008. See the links for registration details

Office System Developer Conference 2008: https://microsoft.crgevents.com/ODC2008/Signup.aspx

SharePoint Conference 2008: http://www.mssharepointconference.com/Pages/SPC2008.aspx

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server

What’s New at the ISA Server TechCenter

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 Supportability Update

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939455

Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 Supportability Update provides enhanced troubleshooting tools, and improved log viewer functionality to ISA Server 2006 Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition. We strongly recommend customers install this supportability update on all computers running ISA Server 2006.

ISA Server 2006 Supportability Update can be installed directly on computers running ISA Server 2006, and includes:

• All software updates issued since ISA Server 2006 was released to manufacturing.

• Improved log viewer functionality, including an enhanced details pane view, text coloring, and new log filtering functionality.

• Updated ISA Server Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in functionality that provides access to troubleshooting tools and options available directly from the ISA Server Management console.

• Integration with the Microsoft ISA Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool. For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=79754.

• New diagnostic logging functionality.

Microsoft ISA Server Diagnostic Logging Viewer

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=81315

Configuring and Troubleshooting the Password Change Feature in ISA Server 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/isa/2006/operations/passwordchange.mspx

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

ForeFront Edge Security Forums at http://forums.microsoft.com/ForeFront/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=384&SiteID=41

Discuss ISA Server at the new Microsoft Forefront™ Edge Security forums, available at TechCenter

Internet Security and Acceleration Server Blog

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

ISA Server 2006 Supportability Update

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2007/09/17/isa-server-2006-supportability-update.aspx

Certificates with Multiple SAN Entries May Break ISA Server Web Publishing

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2007/08/29/certificates-with-multiple-san-entries-may-break-isa-server-web-publishing.aspx

Diagnostic Improvements in ISA Server 2004 Service Pack 3

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2007/08/26/diagnostic-improvements-in-isa-server-2004-service-pack-3.aspx

Password Change with FBA

http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2007/08/23/password-change-with-fba.aspx

Downloads

Sharepoint Technologies

SharePoint Portal Server 2003 SP3

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3dab086d48-1148-48de-b4ec-a6298367e5f0%26DisplayLang%3den

Windows SharePoint Services v2 SP3

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2BBFC89B-EB59-49FF-B58F-684693CB25A7&displaylang=en

Security white papers that address the specific security needs of particular industries, such as the professional services and financial services industries.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d4cd29b01-eed8-45f5-ab1e-ff1e1aef7b22%26DisplayLang%3den

This download contains the base setup and step-by-step instructions for the deployment and customization of a custom business application designed for a Microsoft Office Live Essentials or Premium subscription. This application is designed to manage the reservations for an inn

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2bfe8554-e59b-428c-a73c-0de7e1e159bc&DisplayLang=en

BizTalk Server

BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT 2007 Message Pack

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1c49149f-4b1a-4a2f-aab4-dcc0c09f90d3&DisplayLang=en

BizTalk 2006 R2 Datasheet

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e4d97ff7-c037-4171-a4e5-332596809bcf&DisplayLang=en

BizTalk 2006 R2 Capabilities posters

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=34f41573-c552-466f-b531-32cb09a57cdd&DisplayLang=en

Introducing BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8352c9a0-99c5-4f63-a793-6e6decf6223a&DisplayLang=en

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Documentation (CHM)

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

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Installation and Upgrade Guides

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=df2e8a88-fb23-49a4-9ac7-d17f72517d12&DisplayLang=en

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Evaluation (2 links)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=54ea1e0c-937a-45db-b51e-d0c602543ec8&DisplayLang=en

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a8bc3962-8932-4c73-a659-7cb1769f5841&DisplayLang=en

Canadian General Tower II

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8a5cac5c-8fe9-468d-a660-b1e6a36ad646&DisplayLang=en

Hewlett Packard Case Study

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5f00a849-12f3-4465-be07-a83ab2e4c254&DisplayLang=en

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Help (HxS collection update)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=938d5e7f-fb74-4c0c-9b6e-31e2d1ee7cbb&DisplayLang=en

Improving Ordered Message Delivery in BizTalk Server 2006 R2 During Concurrent Processing

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=02c5fd53-fee9-44fc-a780-5d1d34ee8754&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft BizTalk RFID Documentation Downloads

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=22b2e8d9-8cda-44f8-8f4e-b372c7660989&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft BizTalk Server and Microsoft Dynamics: A Line of Business Management and Integration

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=41ab3b0a-d752-42c3-a3ed-412b3be2e7b3&DisplayLang=en

Events/WebCasts

SharePoint Technologies

Momentum Webcast: Discover the Benefits of SharePoint Server 2007: Presented by Microsoft and CDW (Level 100)

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 provides a single, integrated platform to help you manage intranet, extranet, and Internet applications across your enterprise. Bridging the gap between a deluge of information and business action is becoming increasingly essential to succeed in the new world of work. Join this webcast to discover how Microsoft's information management solutions can help empower people and organizations to make better business decisions, be more productive, and achieve greater business success by enabling them to find, use, and share information more quickly, easily, and securely. Do not miss this chance to see how Microsoft information management solutions can help you.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032352464%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

MSDN Webcast: MSDN geekSpeak: Using SharePoint Server as a Development Platform with Paul Stork (Level 200)

MSDN geekSpeak is a new kind of webcast series hosted by Glen Gordon and Lynn Langit from the MSDN Events team. Dispensing with slide decks and scripted demonstrations, geekSpeak webcasts bring you industry experts in a "talk-radio" format. These experts share their knowledge and experience around a particular developer technology. Hear about industry trends, new technology, real-world experiences, and more. Have your questions answered in real time, hear lively discussions and debates, and add your comments to the fray. Who knows, you might even see a whiteboard sketch or an off-the-cuff demonstration. In this installment of geekSpeak, we hear from Microsoft Office SharePoint Server expert Paul Stork on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 as a developer platform, so get those questions ready! To have a question or comment addressed during the webcast, visit the geekSpeak blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/geekspeak and ask it now!

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032352323%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

Momentum Webcast: Microsoft Enterprise Search Solutions in SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 100)

Providing the people in your organization the ability to find, use, and share the right information quickly is critical to helping them make better business decisions, be more productive, and achieve greater business success. Information workers need to locate other experts and access information on their desktop computers, the company network, and application databases. Join us for this webcast on Microsoft Enterprise Search capabilities in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Learn how Enterprise Search can help reduce the time people spend looking for information by providing business-ready search solutions that enable users to quickly, securely, and seamlessly find, use, and share information using familiar, easy-to-use, integrated interfaces

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032350852%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

New KB’s

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server

A Web client may receive incorrect responses from a Web site that is published in ISA Server 2006 when multiple Web clients access the published Web site

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937451

Error message when you try to visit a Web site that is published in ISA Server 2004: "HTTP error 500: network name no longer exists"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940659

Description of the ISA Server 2004 hotfix package: July 25, 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940709

Error message when you access a Web site through ISA Server 2006: "HTTP 400 - Bad Request"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941293

Description of the ISA Server 2006 hotfix package: August 15, 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941297

Description of the Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 Supportability Update package

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939455

BizTalk Server

BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT 2007 Message Pack is available

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925731/en-us

FIX: BizTalk Server 2006 suspends the orchestration and logs event 10033 in the Application log when BizTalk Server 2006 detects a schema version mismatch

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938483

FIX: A long-running orchestration may be suspended when a schema-version mismatch is detected in BizTalk Server 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925502

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 installation or configuration fails when you download the CAB files that contain the dependency software

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942181

FIX: BizTalk Accelerator for RosettaNet 3.3 incorrectly returns an HTTP status code 202 response to your trade partner after you receive a RosettaNet Implementation Framework (RNIF) 1.1 document from your trade partner

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921474

FIX: Event 4096 is logged in the Application log when you use Microsoft BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT 2.3 to process a valid MT103PLUS SWIFT message in BizTalk Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922716

Error message when you try to start the Microsoft BizTalk RFID service in BizTalk Server 2006 R2: "Could not start the Microsoft BizTalk RFID service on Local Computer"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942521

You may receive an error message when you try to start a provider in RFID Manager in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942467

A software update is available that improves the tracing capabilities of Transaction Integrator Windows Initiated Processing internal tracing when you use persistent connections in Host Integration Server 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929900

How to troubleshoot a memory leak or an out-of-memory exception in the BizTalk Server process

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918643

SharePoint Technologies

Windows Sharepoint Services Version 2

You receive error messages after you install security update 931212 (MS07-040) on a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web front-end server or on a SharePoint Server 2007 Web front-end server

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=941789

How to point to a custom 404 error Web page in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=941329

How to automate the deletion of backups in SharePoint Server 2007 and in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 by using a Visual Basic script

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=941330

Description of Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 3

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=923643

Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server 2003

Issues that are fixed in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 by SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Service Pack 3

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=938795

Description of SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Service Pack 3

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=923644

Windows Sharepoint Services Version 3

You receive error messages after you install security update 931212 (MS07-040) on a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web front-end server or on a SharePoint Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=941789

The ItemUpdating event or the ItemUpdated event occurs two times when you enable the Require Check Out option for a document library in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=939307

How to point to a custom 404 error Web page in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=941329

How to automate the deletion of backups in SharePoint Server 2007 and in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 by using a Visual Basic script

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=941330

Description of the update that addresses the issue in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 in which items that use the Date and Time fields are off by one hour

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=939809

Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 hotfix package: August 24, 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=941422

Microsoft office Sharepoint Server 2007

How to point to a custom 404 error Web page in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=941329

How to automate the deletion of backups in SharePoint Server 2007 and in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 by using a Visual Basic script

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=941330

How to add a custom Web Part that was created by using Visual Basic to a SharePoint Server 2007 Web site

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=939306

The Scheduling End Date page field on a SharePoint Server 2007 Web site displays Immediately instead of Never

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=940957

No items are returned in the search results when you run an SQL query that contains an OR clause to search for items in document libraries in SharePoint Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=939309

You receive error messages after you install security update 931212 (MS07-040) on a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web front-end server or on a SharePoint Server 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=941789

October 2007 - Technical Rollup Mail - Platforms

Justin Zarb — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:44:09 GMT

News

Technical Rollup Mail Blog

The TRM mail that you get monthly is now on line. This will make it easier and faster for you to search for core article and information as well as going back through archives. Each month the Technical Rollup Mails will get posted up to this site to keep you onto of all your technology needs.

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

Windows Server 2008 RC0 Enterprise

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0818d425-cd47-4279-be8d-24aba14530a3&DisplayLang=en

Improving opportunities with Office OpenXML

Whether it is a shorter development cycle when creating new opportunities to fulfil customer needs, or the enablement of a rich client component for your Office Business Applications, the adoption of Open XML formats will enhance your ability to boost revenues, lower development cost, and scale successfully. In fact, it lets you effectively turn into reality the development ideas you may have been considering, but never got round to doing because of the investment in time and cost required. Download the paper 'Improving Opportunities with Ecma Office Open XML Formats' and learn how the Open XML formats can help lower barriers to developer adoption, enabling integration with business data whilst still allowing room for innovation.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7303645
Join the Beta for the 2007 Microsoft Office Security Guide

When released this fall, the 2007 Microsoft Office Security Guide will provide best practices, preconfigured security settings, and automation tools to help you quickly and easily deploy security configurations for the 2007 Microsoft Office system release across your organisation. The beta programme for the guide is launching in mid-September. Reserve your place now.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7464595

Get Best-Practice Guidance for Managing Windows Vista Desktop Operations

Windows Vista Service Life Cycle Management provides concise guidance to help minimise total cost of ownership of desktop infrastructure. Process guidance and document templates help make service management concepts from the IT Infrastructure Library and the Microsoft Operations Framework tangible and easily implementable by focusing on a single and common IT service.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7464596
Windows Server 2008 in Branch Offices
Among the critical challenges faced by administrators of branch office environments are cost control, security and agility. See how enhancements in Windows Server 2008 help businesses overcome these challenges in a cost-effective way.
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7464541
Get an Extra Shot at Microsoft Certification

For a limited time, you can get an extra chance to pass any Microsoft IT Professional or Microsoft Dynamics Certification exam - free. Register for this offer before your first exam and you'll get two shots at success. Register now.
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7464537

Windows Vista TechCenter

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/default.aspx

Documents

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta Whitepaper

Windows Vista SP1 is an update to Windows Vista that addresses feedback from our customers. In addition to previously released updates, SP1 will contain changes focused on addressing specific reliability and performance issues, supporting new types of hardware, and adding support for several emerging standards. SP1 also addresses some management, deployment, and support challenges.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=090deaf6-2eaa-4aaa-8b3b-2e199db4a97d&DisplayLang=en

Get Best-Practice Guidance for Managing Windows Vista Desktop Operations

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7464596
Windows Server 2008 in Branch Offices

Among the critical challenges faced by administrators of branch office environments are cost control, security and agility. See how enhancements in Windows Server 2008 help businesses overcome these challenges in a cost-effective way.
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7464541

Windows Vista Step-by-Step Guides for IT Professionals

These step-by-step guides will assist IT Professionals in deploying or migrating to Windows Vista. These guides will also provide step-by-step information on how to control device installation using Device Management and Installation (DMI) and manage ADMX files. There are also step-by-step guides to help you protect data using BitLocker Drive Encryption, to administer the TPM Security Hardware in a computer using Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Services, and to help deploy better-managed desktops and mitigate the impact of malware using User Account Control (UAC).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=311f4be8-9983-4ab0-9685-f1bfec1e7d62&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate: System Requirements and Installation Documentation

Release documentation containing known issues for the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating system.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1087a498-40ad-46ba-9ada-f32a58a94a85&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server 2008 Step-by-Step Guides

These step-by-step guides help IT Professionals learn about and evaluate Windows Server 2008. These documents are downloadable versions of guides found in the Windows Server 2008 Technical Library. (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=86808)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=518d870c-fa3e-4f6a-97f5-acaf31de6dce&DisplayLang=en

Changes in Functionality from Windows Server 2003 with SP1 to Windows Server 2008

This document describes new features and technologies, which were not available in Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1), that will help to increase the security of computers running Windows Server 2008, increase productivity, and reduce administrative overhead. These topics apply to the next release of Windows Server 2008, based on the functionality expected to be included in the Beta releases in 2007. They do not describe all of the changes that are included in Windows Server 2008. Instead, they highlight changes that will potentially have the greatest impact on your use of Windows Server 2008 and provide references to additional information.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=173e6e9b-4d3e-4fd4-a2cf-73684fa46b60&DisplayLang=en

Download the Architecture Journal: Infrastructure Architecture

You can now download Journal 11 which covers Infrastructure Architecture, and includes articles on Test Driven Infrastructures, Versioning in SOA and Mass Hosting High Availability Architecture.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7137202

Free Subscription to Architecture Journal

Composite Applications is the topic under discussion in the current edition of the Architecture Journal with articles on 'Building Office Business Applications' and a profile of Scott Guthrie from Microsoft Corporation. Register today for your free print or online subscription.
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6500756

Downloads

Windows Server 2008 RC0 Enterprise

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0818d425-cd47-4279-be8d-24aba14530a3&DisplayLang=en

SC Ops Mgr 2007 Resource Kit – Sample Vista Gadget

A Vista Gadget that enables you to view the active alerts and health states for a specified set of objects from a computer running Windows Vista.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0f5a060b-635d-4355-b0ac-32ee2943bfd9&DisplayLang=en
Microsoft Baseline Configuration Analyzer

Microsoft Baseline Configuration Analyzer (MBCA) provides the ability to analyze/benchmark a system’s configuration with respect to a predefined baseline configuration.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=db70824d-abae-4a92-9aa2-1f43c0fa49b3&DisplayLang=en

Group Policy Management Console Sample Scripts

The Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) provides a comprehensive set of COM interfaces that you can use to script many of the operations supported by the console. Included in this download is a set of sample scripts that make use of these interfaces.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=38c1a89b-a6d2-4f2a-a944-9236999aee65&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Office Outlook Connector

With Microsoft Office Outlook Connector, you can use Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 or Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 to access and manage your Microsoft Windows Live Hotmail or Microsoft Office Live Mail accounts, including e-mail messages and contacts for free!

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7aad7e6a-931e-438a-950c-5e9ea66322d4&DisplayLang=en

Events/WebCasts

Licensing
Licensing can be confusing - but it needn't be. Attend this course to understand Microsoft Licensing and how best to apply it in your company to fit in with your business needs. This session is aimed at IT professionals who wish to gain a better understanding of Microsoft's software licensing. The briefing assumes no previous or in-depth technical licensing experience.

21 November 2007, Reading: An Introduction and Overview of Microsoft Licensing

Virtualisation and Windows Server 2008 (Level 300)

Get an overview of the virtualisation role, the scenarios, and the features that make server virtualisation an important pillar of Windows Server 2008. We also cover the longer-term strategy and road map for Microsoft virtualisation technologies.

Video Series: Building an Office Communications Server 2007 Architecture

Watch the recent Office Communications Server 2007 Ignite Tour on demand in high-resolution video and learn how to deploy Office Communications Server 2007 voice communications, conferencing, instant messaging and enhanced presence across the enterprise.

New Windows Server 2008 Webcast Express Demo Videos
Let our IT Pro Evangelists take you on a quick tour of different features in Windows Server 2008 in these demo videos:
- Windows Server 2008 Initial Configuration
- User Account Controls
- Server Manager
- Granular Password Setting
- Everything You Need to Know About System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 in 15 Minutes

TechNet Podcast: An Interview with Bill Staples on Windows Server 2008 Web and Application Platforms
WMA (5 MB) | MP3 (10 MB)
Windows Server 2008 is a powerful web application and services platform. Join Bill Staples as he talks about the release of Microsoft Internet Information Services 7.0 in Windows Server 2008, which delivers a completely modular, extensible web server with expanded application hosting, while retaining excellent compatibility and solving key customer challenges.

TechNet Podcast: An Interview with Bob Visse on the Benefits of Windows Server 2008 Features
WMA (6MB) | MP3 (12MB)
Learn how Windows Server 2008, with its built-in web and virtualisation technologies, is one of the most robust, secure and reliable foundation on which to develop, deliver and manage rich user experiences and applications; provides a secure network infrastructure; and reduces costs while increasing technological flexibility and value within your organisation.

TechNet Podcast: An Interview with Bryon Surace on Windows Server Virtualisation Scenarios and Architecture
WMA (5MB) | MP3 (9MB)
Tune in for the interview with Bryon Surace as he provides a brief overview of the new virtualisation technologies incorporated in Windows Server 2008. He will provide an overview of the scenarios, architecture and key features.

Internet Information Services 7.0 in Windows Server 2008

Learn about some of the new benefits and features in Internet Information Services 7.0 on Windows Server 2008 as experienced during the deployment of IIS 7.0 as the web and application platform for Microsoft.com.

Windows Server 2008 Virtual Labs
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/windowsserver2008.aspx?tab=virtuallabs

Test drive the new features of Windows Server 2008, which include improvements to management, network protection and Terminal Services. Sign up for a free 90-minute block of time, download a manual, and step through a lab today. Labs include:
Centralised Application Access with Windows Server 2008 Beta 3
Deployment Services in Windows Server 2008 Beta 3
Fine Grained Password Settings in Windows Server 2008 Beta 3
Managing Network Security Using Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Beta 3
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Failover Clustering
Managing TS Gateway and RemoteApps in Windows Server 2008 Beta 3
Managing Windows Server 2008 Using New Management Technologies Beta 3
Managing Windows Server 2008 Beta 3 and Windows Vista using Group Policy
Managing Network Bandwidth using Windows Quality of Service (QOS) in Windows Server 2008 Beta 3 and Windows Vista
Network Access Protection with IPSec Enforcement
Using APPCMD Command Line or UI with IIS 7 in Windows Server 2008 Beta 3

On-Demand Microsoft IT Webcasts for IT Managers

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7281008

On-Demand Microsoft IT Webcasts for IT Pros

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7281009

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

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

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

New KB’s

After you encrypt resources by using the PACE Anti-Piracy InterLok system on a Windows Vista-based computer, some applications may work incorrectly

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939750

Error message when you try to install a new hardware device on a Windows Vista-based computer: "Windows encountered a problem installing the driver software for your device"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940199

The updates that you apply to a Multilingual User Interface (MUI) Language Pack are lost when you restart a computer that is running Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=932243

The link for the Documents folder may be redirected to the Desktop folder on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939021

Several problems occur on a Windows Vista-based computer when you work in a wireless network environment

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=932063

An audio device outputs PCM audio instead of DTS audio from the S/PDIF connection in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940685

Error message when you try to manually start the Telephony service: "Windows could not start the Telephony service on Local Computer"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941144

Error message when you use Windows Media Center to play music in Windows Vista: "Audio Error: An unknown audio error has occurred"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941234

Error message when you use an IPsec tunnel mode connection to communicate from a Windows Vista-based computer to another computer: "STOP 0x000000D1 DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=931365

Stop error message when the computer resumes from hibernation in Windows Vista: "STOP 0x0000000A"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941492

Members of the Power Users group and of the Print Operators group cannot install local printers on a Windows Server 2003-based member server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940724

A hotfix is available that adds support for various models of IBM LTO3 tape drives and IBM LTO4 tape drives in Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941140

The Single Instance Storage Groveler service stops unexpectedly during startup on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939383

An update is available for the Windows Remote Management feature in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936059

You receive a Stop error message and a Windows Server 2003-based computer restarts unexpectedly

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940720

A hotfix rollup package is available for Microsoft Management Console (MMC) in Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940848

A WMI query that uses the GroupComponent property does not return information about domain local groups in a native Windows Server 2003 domain

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940527

How to add scanner support to Windows 200x Terminal Server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555969

Volume Shadow Copy Service snapshots may be unexpectedly deleted after you restart a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940041

FIX: When you use an application to play DRM-protected video content in Windows XP, the application may fail

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939209

Empty message box appears when you do not have administrative credentials and you use the Certificate Import Wizard to try to install a root certificate on a Windows XP SP2-based computer that has security update MS07-021 installed

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940275

You receive an error message when you send a web page using Outlook Express.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555971

You cannot use an internal SD card reader to create a bootable SD card that uses the FAT32 file system on a Windows XP-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941037

Error message when you use IRM functionality to create or to open an Office document: "Your Information Rights Management configuration is invalid"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940474

When you use DFS together with the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) in Windows Vista, VSS does not show whether the DFS path is the same as the physical path

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936469

The EQUAL SIGN key does not work on a USB PC98 keyboard that is connected to a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941137

You may be unable to delete the cache of offline files from the client-side caching (CSC) cache on an offline Windows Vista-based client computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938092

Error message when you repeatedly restart a Windows Vista-based computer: "Stop 0x0000007E"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941021

A Mastering dialog box appears when you try to copy files to an Iomega REV drive that contains a write-protected disk in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938098

After you add the CopyFileBufferedSynchronousIo registry entry in Windows Vista, a file copies only slightly more quickly when you use Windows Explorer to copy the file to another computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941673

When you watch Live TV or Recorded TV in Windows Media Center on a computer that is running Windows Vista, the picture may appear distorted or pixilated

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941102

You experience a 45-second delay when you try to start the Windows Remote Assistance component in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940856

An Ultra DMA Mode 5 transfer mode may be listed as an Ultra DMA Mode 2 transfer mode in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941311

Error message when you try to access a WebDav shared file from a Windows Vista-based computer: "System error 1397 has occurred. Mutual Authentication failed"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941298

After you resolve an offline files synchronization conflict by using the "Keep both versions" option, the conflict occurs again on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938091

The Chinese (Traditional) Language Pack is described as "Chinese (Hong Kong S.A.R.)" on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938952

An update to prevent a Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) crash on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939159

After you set the value of the EventMask parameter to WTS_EVENT_FLUSH in the WTSWaitSystemEvent function, no pending calls to the function return on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941561

Error message in Windows Vista when you use Registry Editor to load a registry hive file that is on a shared network resource: "Cannot load \\HivePath\filename: Access is denied"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936756

The wrong language is applied when you restart a Windows Vista-based computer after you run the Out Of Box Experience (OOBE) Wizard

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941698

You cannot adjust the volume for a USB speaker after you resume the Windows Vista-based computer from sleep or from hibernation

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941283

You receive occasional Stop errors after you install a driver that manages on-board flash memory on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941020

Misleading error message when you install an update package in Windows Vista or in Windows Server code name "Longhorn": "Not enough storage is available to process this command"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941384

When you try to connect a Windows Vista-based computer to a network printer whose name is not a UNC path, the connection fails

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941542

Error message when you try to access a DFS root on a Windows Server 2003-based member server: "The specified DFS root does not exist"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940840

Messages that are sent from multiple domains are not delivered to Exchange Server 2003 installations that are running on Windows Server 2003-based computers

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=937753

The downloaded files do not inherit permissions from the parent folder when you use the Ftp.exe program to download files in Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941253

Event ID 6032 is logged if a clustered share resource fails over or is moved to another cluster node in a Windows Server 2003-based server cluster

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=935648

A registry entry is available to turn off processing of metafiles

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941835

A client computer that held a DHCP reservation is not resolvable by using DNS after you delete the reservation on a DHCP server that is running Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940722

The computer may stop responding when you run the disk quota-related functions that are provided by the File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) component on a Windows Server 2003 R2-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939446

VSS cannot create a volume snapshot even when VSS has sufficient memory space in Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940239

Error message when you run the “ipconfig /renew” command on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941147

On a Windows XP-based computer, you cannot access subfolders and files in a share folder in Windows Explorer if Access-based Enumeration is enabled for the share folder

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941598

Unwanted wake-up events may occur when you enable the Wake On LAN feature in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941145

All the contents are pinned and are filled in a redirected folder when the "Folder Redirection" policy setting is applied to a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941067

The logon screen is not available after you remove a second monitor when Windows Vista is asleep or in hibernation

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939805

The fingerprint reader may not be available for use at the Welcome screen on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941996

A Bluetooth device no longer works correctly, and you receive a Code 43 error in Device Manager when you wake a Windows Vista-based computer from sleep

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941997

Private Branch Exchange (PBX) software obtains only half of the telephone number of a call in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936713

When you press a keyboard button to start a program, there is a delay before the program starts on a portable computer that is running Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941025

Stop error message when you start a portable Windows Vista-based computer that has the lid closed: "STOP: 0x0000000A"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941507

Error message when you use a migrated user account to log on to a migrated computer that is running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, or Windows XP: "Windows cannot find the local profile and is logging you on with a temporary profile"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941339

You cannot change the TCP/IP settings of an operating system that is built with the Windows XP Embedded runtime even if you belong to the Network Configuration Operators group

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941915

MMC stops responding, or you cannot access VDS-dependent tools after you install the Storport storage driver from Microsoft Knowledge Base article 932755 in Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940467

The Windows Time service in Windows Server 2003 does not synchronize time with a time server if the precision value of the NTP response is less than -30

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940742

Event ID 1046 may be logged when a Windows Server 2003-based DHCP server is running on a domain controller in a child domain

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941464

An application may experience slow performance if the application frequently uses binary string (BSTR) data types to manage large chunks of data on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=937360

You cannot log on to a computer in the Windows Server 2003 trusting domain by using a user account in the Windows Server 2003 trusted domain

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941761

A hotfix is available to change the daylight saving time for the (GMT+02:00) Cairo time zone in the year 2007 for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940427

A Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2-based computer seems to stop responding when the Lsass.exe process consumes lots of memory and uses 100% of the CPU

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939268

The DHCP Server service may stop responding during the shutdown process on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939212

Error message when you try to access shared resources after a VPN connection is established from a Windows Vista-based computer to a Windows Server 2003-based server: "System error 2148074324 has occurred"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936358

On a file server that is running Windows Server 2003, CPU utilization for the System process increases to 100 percent

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941756

Stop error message when you run a filter driver that calls the "CmRegisterCallback" routine to register a "RegistryCallback" routine on a Windows XP SP2-based computer: "STOP: 0x0000000A"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936456

Detection and deployment guidance for the September 11, 2007 security release

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942399

The Command Prompt window is locked when you run certain tools in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941415

Overview of Windows Vista desktop search Changes in Windows Vista Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941946

Error message when you run the NetProj.exe utility on a Windows Vista-based computer to connect to a network projector: "The network projector is unable to display your desktop at the current screen resolution."

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938906

You are prompted to type your user credentials when you use Internet Explorer to access files on a Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDav) site on a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941853

Stop error message when you run a Device Path Exerciser test on a full-speed USB device in Windows Vista: "STOP: 0x000000FE" or "STOP: 0x000000D1"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939609

You receive a Stop error message when you put a Windows Vista-based computer to sleep or into hibernation, or when you resume the computer from sleep or from hibernation: "0x0000009F DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941858

A roaming user profile does not load as expected when a domain user logs on to the domain from a Windows Vista-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941797

The wrong time zone may be applied after you select a time zone on a Windows Vista-based computer that has the Croatian Language Pack installed

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941277

MS07-051: Vulnerability in Microsoft Agent could allow remote code execution

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938827

How to recover from a computer virus infection and how to prevent future infections from computer viruses in Windows operating systems

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940831

A GDI object handle is leaked on a Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2-based computer when you print a rotated picture by using Internet Explorer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941973

Error message when you try to connect to a file server by using an alternative NetBIOS name in Windows Server 2003: "No network provider accepted the given network path"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940684

A Windows Server 2003-based domain controller may restart unexpectedly when it handles an LDAP query

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=927342

Availability of a Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) hotfix rollup package for Windows Server 2003 to resolve some VSS snapshot issues

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940349

Error message when a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based multiprocessor computer is running on battery power: "STOP 0x000000D1 DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939780

The number of physical hyperthreading-enabled processors or the number of physical multicore processors is incorrectly reported in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936235

Error message when you perform a surprise removal of a USB device on a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer: "STOP 0x000000CE DRIVER_UNLOADED_WITHOUT_CANCELLING_PENDING_OPERATIONS"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938512

An application stops responding when you use a tablet pen to mark items or to drag items on a Windows XP Tablet PC Edition-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941975

SPNs are not registered in an Active Directory site that contains only read-only domain controllers

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942304

The TCP/IPv4 default gateway address is deleted when you use the Netsh tool to configure the network interface IP address for DHCP in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942275

When you press a Windows HotStart button to start a program on a Windows Vista-based computer, the program may not be started as a topmost window

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942355

An error message occurs when you try to run a Microsoft speech-based application in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942400

You cannot connect to a Cisco ASA Series VPN server by using an L2TP/IPsec-based VPN connection in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942429

Beta versions of the Windows Server 2008 schema extensions are available on the Windows Vista installation discs

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933585

Windows Vista displays the incorrect dedicated video memory size for certain display adapters

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938838

You may experience display issues when you use certain NVIDIA GeForce FX Series video cards to view images in Windows Photo Gallery

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942634

Error message when you try to copy files from a Windows Vista-based computer to another computer by using Windows Explorer: "Out of memory There is not enough memory to complete this operation"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942435

The operation fails when you obtain, rotate, or publish high-definition MPEG-2 video content from Windows Live Photo Gallery in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942633

Group Policy Troubleshooting - Basic and Advanced Check

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555982

How to Delegate Basic Server Administration To Junior Administrators.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555986

Configuring Time Service - A short explanation.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555985

GPO to close off all the applications before taking backup.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555983

Disaster recovery plan for Roaming Profiles (Without clustering in effect).

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555984

Checking Operating System Version and Copying Customized MSGINA.dll file.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555988

Windows Update Not Working.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555989

Group Policy Object (GPO) Rules.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555991

The Server for Network File System service may stop responding on a Windows Server 2003 R2-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941812

Event 1008 is logged in the Application log after you uninstall the Quality of Service Packet Scheduler service on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942393

On a Windows Server 2003-based computer, the Virtual Disk Service and the Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service may stop responding after you unmount volumes that are created for transportable snapshots

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941692

A VPN client computer that is running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 may be unable to access resources on the remote network

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942436

A hotfix is available to add a new time zone in Venezuela (GMT-4:30) for the year 2007 in Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938977

FIX: The UNIX-enabled objects in some containers are not updated with the latest Windows Server 2003 R2 schema-defined attributes

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=921589

FIX: A COM+ application that is running on a Windows Server 2003-based computer stops responding and some work items that are queued in the MTA thread pool are not completed

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934849

When you point to "All Programs" on a Windows XP-based computer, the list of programs does not appear, or the list of programs is empty

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941248

You may be unable to access the network when name resolution is performed through a VPN connection on a Windows XP-based or on a Windows Server 2003-based client computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942440