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Security

News

The End: A world without borders - SC Magazine, March 2007 http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6662745

Ed Gibson, Microsoft's Chief Security Advisor, began writing a monthly column for SC Magazine in January. We thought you would be interested in reading what Ed has to say each month.

Ed writes, "A routine morning it was not to be ... O-dark-thirty, Bakerloo line to Paddington Station; and the Heathrow Express to Terminal 3 to catch a flight to New York. I was feeling pretty pert and perky like David Beckham must feel just being David Beckham..."

Making Ecma Open XML an ISO international standard http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6662748

In today's connected world, interoperability is as important as security and reliability for IT professionals. To aid interoperability, XML-based file formats can unlock data in documents and help integrate front- and back-office processes. Recognising these benefits, Microsoft has implemented XML-based formats in successive releases of Office. Both public and private sector customers have expressed their preference for making Open XML an open standard so that they have broad rights to use, without cost, any Microsoft patents necessary to implement all or part of the format. If you agree that Open XML should be approved as an ISO standard please sign this petition, which we will send to the Chairman of the British Standards Institution to demonstrate broad support for this initiative in the UK.

Windows Listed As Most Secure Operating System http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6662751

In its latest research report, Symantec noted that when it comes to widely used operating systems, Microsoft is doing better overall than its leading commercial competitors. The information was a part of Symantec's 11th Internet Security Threat Report. The report covered a huge range of security and vulnerability issues over the last six months of 2006 (including operating systems), finding that Microsoft Windows had the fewest number of patches and the shortest average patch development time of the five operating systems it monitored in the last six months of 2006.

Seven New Features That Enhance Security in SharePoint Server 2007 http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6662753

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 provides a number of new features that can help you implement effective security in your organization without adding a lot of management overhead. Even better, the features are very flexible, allowing a lot of customization that ensures users can access just the information they need.

Microsoft Technical Security Notifications http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6491006

Better protect your computing environment by keeping up to date on Microsoft technical security notifications. Notifications are available in RSS, instant message, mobile device, or e-mail format, and are always available online at TechNet on the Security Bulletin Search web page. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6491007

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for April 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-apr.mspx

Search for previous security bulletins http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3992478

Security Bulletin Feed http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3992479 RSS http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3992480

Documents

New Article: Windows Vista Security Enhancements for Developers http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6662758

By Paul Maher, Developer & Platform Evangelist, Microsoft Limited

Windows Vista provides a host of new security enhancements that might affect developers. In this article, I will highlight several of these features and provide a brief introduction to each of them including User Account Control, Internet Explorer Protected Mode and BitLocker Drive Encryption.

Microsoft Technical Security Notifications http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6662759

Better protect your computing environment by keeping up to date on Microsoft technical security notifications. Notifications are available in RSS, instant message, mobile device, or e-mail format, and are always available online at TechNet on the Security Bulletin Search web page.

Security Tip of the Month: Making SharePoint Resources Safe for Remote Workers http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6662761

By Joe Licari, Director, Microsoft Security Product Management

Learn how to safely access SharePoint portals from anywhere at any time by combining the Microsoft Intelligent Application Gateway 2007 with Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint.

Shields Up! Getting Better Protection with Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server and Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6662762

Through tight integration with Exchange Server and SharePoint products and technologies, Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server and Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint offer a number of valuable benefits, including improved manageability, performance, and security. This paper describes these benefits at a high level.

Forefront Security for SharePoint Best Practices http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6662763

This document details the recommended settings to use when configuring Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint (FSSP). Following these recommendations should result in the best possible configuration for your system, thus preventing harm to your infrastructure.

Deploying Windows Rights Management Services with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Step-By-Step Guide http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6662764

This guide provides instructions for deploying Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 in a Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) with Service Pack 2 environment. It includes the necessary information for installing and configuring RMS, installing and configuring Office SharePoint Server 2007 in the newly created RMS infrastructure, and verifying that Office SharePoint Server 2007 documents can be rights-protected and consumed.

Server Farm Security for Office SharePoint Server http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6662765

Explore this technical library for guidance on secure topology design checklists, planning for secure communications with a server farm, and planning for security hardening for server roles within a server farm.

Environment-Specific Security for Office SharePoint Server http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6662766

This article provides server design checklists, including topology and logical architecture, and information on security hardening for server roles and secure configurations for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 features. These features include four environments: an internal team or department, an internal IT-hosted environment, an external secure collaboration environment, and an external anonymous access environment.

Designing Security for Windows SharePoint Services http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6662767

This chapter from the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 technical library provides a methodical approach to building security into your solution design for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Practical, secure configurations for specific server roles are explained. The guidance for each server role includes recommended secure settings for the network, the operating system, and the applications that are installed, including Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft ASP.NET Framework, and Microsoft SQL Server.

Forefront Security for SharePoint 2007 User Guide http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6662768

Forefront for SharePoint is designed to protect servers running Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2007 or Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2007. Both versions run on either the 32-bit or 64-bit version of the SharePoint server and have identical functionality. Read this user guide for installation instructions and information on Forefront Security for SharePoint Services, administration options, scan options, reporting, and much more.

Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint MOM 2005 Management Pack http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6662769

The Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint MOM 2005 Management Pack supplies critical events and alerts on virus and worm activity to MOM 2005.

Security Guidelines for Developing InfoPath Forms http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6662770

InfoPath 2007 helps protect users against potential threats posed by maliciously authored form templates. This MSDN Library article offers best practices for developers of InfoPath forms such as how to sign the CAB files of ActiveX controls, how to sign form templates sent as an attachment to an e-mail message, and how to recognize potential security issues in the XML file associated with a form.

Downloads

Forefront Security for SharePoint: 120-Day Trial Download

Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint integrates multiple scan engines from industry-leading vendors and provides content controls to help businesses protect their Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 collaboration environments from documents containing malicious code, confidential information, and inappropriate content. Experience its features for yourself with this free trial.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6662754

Forefront Server Security Management Console: Beta Trial Download

Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console allows administrators to easily manage Forefront Security for Exchange Server, Forefront Security for SharePoint, and Microsoft Antigen, providing a Web-based console to centralize configuration and operation; automate the download and distribution of signature and scan engine updates; and generate comprehensive reports. Register now to download a free trial.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6662755

Microsoft Management Agent for Certificate and Smart Card Management

Microsoft Management Agent for Certificate and Smart Card Management helps you easily provision and deprovision certificates and smart cards in Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=97297595-46c5-4634-a986-96d9ef49c333&DisplayLang=en

Podcasts: Information Security at Microsoft Overview

Describes the best practices and processes Microsoft IT uses to secure its network and provides a brief overview of the many aspects of network security; including some of the technologies used to protect against viruses, unapproved access attempts and malicious attacks. Also describes the threat analysis and business reasons why certain practices and procedures were put into action.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f4417ddd-8c65-40a4-b41b-d70efd696b00&DisplayLang=en

Office Groove Security Architecture

This white paper presents the fundamentals of Groove security and discusses how the security model is extended in a managed environment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=af3b671b-7ece-4d8d-a3d3-51fde9663cf2&DisplayLang=en

April 2007 Security Releases ISO Image

This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on April 10th, 2007. The image does not contain security updates for other Microsoft products. This DVD5 ISO image is intended for corporate administrators who manage large multinational organizations, who need to download multiple individual language versions of each security update and who do not use an automated solution such as WSUS. Use this image to download multiple updates in all languages at the same time.
Caution: Be sure to check the individual security bulletins at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security prior to deployment of these updates to ensure that the files have not been updated at a later date.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d8e3ac4b-de00-47d8-bc4c-b57cd3b37cf3&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft� Windows�Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830)

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

Note that this download is now a multi-lingual tool. For all supported languages, the same tool will show the correct language depending on the language of the operating system.

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

Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter [April 2007] (KB905866) 

Install this update for Windows Mail to revise the definition files used to detect e-mail messages that should be considered junk e-mail or that may contain phishing content. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
This update is provided to you and licensed under the Windows Vista License Terms.

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

Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter for x64-based Systems [February 2007] (KB905866) 

Install this update for Windows Mail to revise the definition files used to detect e-mail messages that should be considered junk e-mail or that may contain phishing content.
This update is provided to you and licensed under the Windows Vista License Terms.

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

Update for Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (KB932338) 

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

You can get specific information about this update in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article Description of the Update for Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (KB932338).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=32979a50-c6a5-419f-bf6d-c03023f3e826&DisplayLang=en

Update for Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter (KB932330) 

This update provides the Junk E-mail Filter in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 with a more current definition of which e-mail messages should be considered junk e-mail. This update was released in April 2007.

You can get specific information about this update in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article Description of the Update for Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter (KB932330).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3c58627e-c296-4f1e-829c-fdeeda9588fa&DisplayLang=en

Security Update for Microsoft Content Management Server 2001 (KB924430)

This update corrects a security vulnerability in Microsoft Content Management Server 2001 Service Pack 1 that could enable a remote user to execute code on a computer that is running Content Management Server.

You can get specific information about this update in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article Description of the Security Update for Microsoft Content Management Server 2001 (KB924430).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0aac923d-a6b8-4023-9977-aea6782dc1c7&DisplayLang=en

Security Update for Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 (KB924429)

This update corrects a security vulnerability in Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 Service Pack 2 that could enable a remote user to execute code on a computer that is running Content Management Server.

You can get specific information about this update in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article Description of the Security Update for Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 Service Pack 2 (KB924429).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=41d53931-bcf8-43d9-9d16-592ebfb0ac04&DisplayLang=en

Sender ID: "Implementation Tips for the Sender ID Framework—Creating Your SPF Record"

The print-ready brochure describes the benefits of authenticated e-mail and of Sender ID implementation to both senders and recipients.

Follow this step-by-step guide to create your own SPF record, and learn valuable tips for implementing the Sender ID Framework.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b7ce1cac-d884-4216-82fe-379f875663ff&DisplayLang=en

Updating Windows Live Onecare Application or Virus and Spyware Protection Fails

This tool will fix the issue for some customers who have red action items in their OneCare application: either "Update your virus and spyware protection" or "Update Windows Live Onecare".
If "Check for updates" fails, even though the computer has a working internet connection, this tool will attempt to reset OneCare settings and reattempt the download and install fo the pending updates.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4bc2594b-95ab-4235-b5b8-41656b38480f&DisplayLang=en

Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs

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

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=86127

Using Server Isolation to Protect the Key Management Service (KMS)

This whitepaper examines the use of Server Isolation with IPsec and Active Directory to secure access to KMS hosts, and provides step-by-step guidance for deploying such a solution on Windows Vista, Windows Server “Longhorn” or Windows Server 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c13c9d27-a3c9-4626-938b-fed6404d8c5e&DisplayLang=en

Events/WebCasts

Microsoft Security Webcast Series: Upcoming and On-Demand

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

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

Upcoming Security Webcasts

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

Register for the following Webcasts on the link above

TechNet Webcast: ISA Server 2006 Firewall and Proxy Services (Level 200)

Monday, April 30, 2007, 1:00 PM Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Implemented Information Protection with Windows Rights Management Services (Level 200)

Tuesday, May 1, 2007 9:30 A.M.-10:30 A.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Secure Application Publishing with Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 (Level 200)

Wednesday, May 2, 2007 1:00 P.M.-2:30 P.M. Pacific Time

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

Wednesday, May 9, 2007 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Manages Security Knowledge for Better Application Risk Management (Level 300)

Tuesday, May 15, 2007 9:30 A.M.-10:30 A.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Deploying Forefront Client Security (Part 1 of 2) (Level 200)

Wednesday, May 16, 2007 11:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Windows Server "Longhorn": Advancing Network Security (Level 300)

Thursday, May 17, 2007 11:30 A.M.-1:00 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Deploying Forefront Client Security (Part 2 of 2) (Level 200)

Monday, May 21, 2007 11:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Deploys Exchange Server 2007 Edge Transport (Level 300)

Tuesday, May 22, 2007 9:30 A.M.-10:30 A.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: A Technical Overview of Forefront Client Security (Level 200)

Wednesday, May 23, 2007 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Secure Collaboration with Microsoft Antigen (Level 200)

Friday, May 25, 2007 11:30 A.M.-1:00 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Technical Overview of Forefront Security for SharePoint (Level 200)

Friday, May 25, 2007 11:30 A.M.-1:00 P.M. Pacific Time

On-Demand Security Webcasts

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

A.O.B

Protect Your Computer

What's the difference between spyware and a virus? http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6662771

They're both malicious software, or "malware," but they're different. Learn how, and how to help protect yourself from both.           

4 tips for protecting your backup files http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6662772

Once you have safely backed up your data, use these tips to help protect your storage media in a way that is secure and convenient       

Protect Yourself

Why you need antiphishing protection in e-mail and on the Web http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6662773

To protect yourself from phishing scams like the "Microsoft Lottery," you need antiphishing protection in your e-mail program and your Web browser. Learn why.      

What do Windows Defender warnings mean?  http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6662774

You've received a spyware alert from Windows Defender, but what should you do? Learn what Windows Defender alerts mean and what you should do about them.        

Protect Your Family

12 safety tips on blogging http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6662775

Make sure your kids don't post text or pictures that give too much away--and more tips for smarter online journaling.       

Help kids avoid pirating files http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6662776

Get tips for teaching your kids not to illegally download or share music, movies, games, or software.

Platforms

News
Windows Longhorn Beta 3

Microsoft have unveiled the first publicly available test version of Windows Server, code-named “Longhorn” as Beta 3.  The release allows people to evaluate the increased control, flexibility and protection and is available for download today at http://www.microsoft.com/getbeta3.  Please note this public beta is not supported for use in a production environment.  The final version of Windows Server “Longhorn” is on track for release to manufacturing in the second half of 2007.
http://www.microsoft.com/getbeta3

Windows Server "Longhorn": Server Core

Organisations need their servers to be running effectively for as much time as possible. Windows Server "Longhorn" Server Core helps organisations to achieve this goal.

Now, administrators can choose to install Windows Server "Longhorn" with only core server functionality and without any extra overhead. By reducing the roles that can be performed by the server, and removing the graphic user interface (GUI), the organisation can expect improved security and reduced management overhead.

The full list of Server Core roles includes: DNS Server, DHCP Server , Active Directory Domain Controller (including Read Only Domain Controllers), File Server, Print Server, Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services, Media Services and Virtualisation.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6687608

Making Ecma Open XML an ISO International Standard - Sign the Petition Today
In today's connected world, interoperability is as important as security and reliability for IT professionals. To aid interoperability, XML-based file formats can unlock data in documents and help integrate front- and back-office processes. Recognising these benefits, Microsoft has implemented XML-based formats in successive releases of Office. Both public and private sector customers have expressed their preference for making Open XML an open standard so that they have broad rights to use, without cost, any Microsoft patents necessary to implement all or part of the format. If you agree that Open XML should be approved as an ISO standard please sign this petition, which we will send to the Chairman of the British Standards Institute to demonstrate broad support for this initiative in the UK.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6588007

Catch up with the Latest Architect Insight News

Following the successful Architect Insight Conference, which saw over 200 senior architects gather to debate a range of architectural topics, you can read about the latest news and views on the Insight blog.
http://blogs.msdn.com/architectinsight/
Is Your Application Platform People-Ready? Complete the Self-Assessment and Find Out

Take the Application Platform Infrastructure Optimisation assessment to measure the effectiveness of your current infrastructure in platform-agnostic terms, and compare your application platform infrastructure against industry best practices and the latest IT research.
http://www.microsoft.com/business/peopleready/appplat/ac/apio.mspx
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2

The SP2 update illustrates Microsoft’s commitment to continually creating software products with enhanced security, increased reliability, and simplified administration. Learn more about how to download the SP2 update, which can be applied to all Windows Server 2003 products and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsserver/sp2.mspx
Windows Vista TechCenter

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/default.aspx

Documents

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
Windows Vista Policy-based Quality of Service (QoS)
This white paper describes how to prioritize network traffic by configuring Policy-based QoS on Windows Vista. Provides a business-based scenario. Also provides reference for QoS error and event messages.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=59030735-8fde-47c7-aa96-d4108f779f20&DisplayLang=en
Work smarter using the 2007 Microsoft Office system and Windows Vista
These simple, easy-to-use customizable job aids created by Microsoft IT help employees get started with something new, learn more about using a technology or product effectively, select the right product or service, or review best practices.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5637db0a-3436-4607-bf01-3a812dd8fdc0&DisplayLang=en
Internet Explorer 7 Deployment Guide
This guide helps you to plan and carry out a deployment of Windows Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. The guide describes the system requirements and deployment methods, as well as the techniques to maintain and support Internet Explorer 7 after deployment.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e41d8800-d134-4356-a2e7-c01bee790908&DisplayLang=en

Business Desktop Deployment 2007
The Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) is best-practice guidance for desktop deployment. BDD is targeted at companies that want to reduce deployment time, effort, and cost by increasing the level of automation. It allows administrators to deploy desktops with Zero Touch and Lite Touch interaction at the target PCs. This solution also helps organizations move to a managed environment with standardized desktop images.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=13f05be2-fd0e-4620-8ca6-1aad6fc54741&DisplayLang=en

Configuring Active Directory to Back up Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption and Trusted Platform Module Recovery Information
This document describes how to configure Active Directory�to back up recovery information for Windows�BitLocker™ Drive Encryption (BitLocker) and the Trusted Platform Module (TPM). Recovery information includes the recovery password for each BitLocker-enabled volume, the TPM owner password, and the information required to identify which computers and volumes the recovery information applies to. Optionally, you can also save a package containing the actual keys used to encrypt the data as well as the recovery password required to access those keys.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3a207915-dfc3-4579-90cd-86ac666f61d4&DisplayLang=en
How Windows Vista Power Management Features can Help You Reduce your Organisation's Carbon Footprint (PDF 146MB)
An independent study carried out by PC Pro Lab has compared energy usage between Windows XP and Windows Vista and clearly showed that the power management features in Windows Vista could help massively reduce the carbon dioxide generated by an organisation, equal to 45 tonnes per year for a business with 200 desktop PCs. In addition, these features could also deliver savings on energy bills of up to �6 per desktop PC per year.

Release Notes for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
These release notes address late-breaking issues and information about Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating systems with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating system with SP2.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b6fcca62-c291-4303-8cb8-cdb255d849f6&DisplayLang=en

Downloads
Windows Longhorn Beta 3

Microsoft have unveiled the first publicly available test version of Windows Server, code-named “Longhorn” as Beta 3.  The release allows people to evaluate the increased control, flexibility and protection and is available for download today at http://www.microsoft.com/getbeta3.  Please note this public beta is not supported for use in a production environment.  The final version of Windows Server “Longhorn” is on track for release to manufacturing in the second half of 2007.

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.

XPS Essentials Pack Version 1.0

The Microsoft XML Paper Specification Essentials Pack, Version 1.0 (XPS Essentials Pack) contains components that enable you to view, generate and index XPS Documents.

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB930955)

Update for Windows Vista (KB930955)

Install this update to enable the User Profile Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) provider (Win32_UserProfile).

Outlook 2007 Sample: Ribbon Extensibility Add-In

The Outlook 2007 Ribbon Extensibility Add-In, available in both Visual C# and Visual Basic .NET versions, is a learning tool that will help you understand how to customize the Ribbon for Outlook Inspector windows.

Microsoft Experience Pack for Windows Vista

Download these four programs to add fun and functionality to your Tablet PC.

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer v2.1 Beta (for IT Professionals)

The Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer provides a streamlined method of identifying common security misconfigurations. MBSA 2.1 Beta adds Windows Vista compatibility.

Windows Easy Transfer Companion (Beta)

Windows Easy Transfer Companion enables you to automatically transfer your most important programs from your Windows XP-based PC to your new Windows Vista-based PC. This way you can become productive on your new PC as soon as possible. Easy Transfer Companion is designed to be used in addition to Windows Easy Transfer—which transfers your data and settings.
Windows Server 2003 R2 VHD

This download comes as a pre-configured VHD and helps you evaluate the new features of Windows Server 2003 R2, the most productive infrastructure platform for powering connected applications, networks, and Web services from the workgroup to the data center.

VAMT 1.0 (x86)

The Volume Activation Management Tool enables IT professionals to automate and centrally manage the volume activation process using a Multiple Activation Key (MAK). VAMT v1.0 is only available as a US-EN (x86) release.

Fibre Channel Information Tool (fcinfo)

Tool for discovery of SAN resources and configuration information on your Fibre Channel SAN

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.
Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor 1.0
Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor is designed to help Windows XP users identify whether their PCs are ready for an upgrade to Windows Vista, which edition of Windows Vista meets their needs, and which features of Windows Vista will be able to run on their PCs.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=42b5ac83-c24f-4863-a389-3ffc194924f8&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Downloads

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (32-bit x86)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=95ac1610-c232-4644-b828-c55eec605d55&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 for x64 Editions

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=08fec2f5-6e3b-4e0d-9314-646414d0a421&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 MUI Pack Update for x64 Editions

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f074d895-b387-4989-97a3-b813a74e918a&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 for Itanium-based Systems

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c52c9c84-84df-4393-be83-302104506030&DisplayLang=en

System Preparation tool for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Deployment

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=93f20bb1-97aa-4356-8b43-9584b7e72556&DisplayLang=en

System Preparation tool for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Deployment (x64)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c2684c95-6864-4091-bc9a-52aec5491af7&DisplayLang=en

Updated System Preparation tool for Windows Server 2003 SP1 and Windows Server 2003 SP2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=892778

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 32-bit Support Tools

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=96a35011-fd83-419d-939b-9a772ea2df90&DisplayLang=en

926027  Descriptions of Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Support Tools

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;926027

Toolkit to Temporarily Block Delivery of Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fc145b0b-c148-445a-82ba-9b2f3aef6e60&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (32-bit x86) - ISO-9660 CD Image File

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b9fe9e4-1d57-4698-a5cf-db271ed6d90a&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 for Itanium-based Systems - ISO-9660 CD Image File – English

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=803f39ea-50ac-43ca-b564-75c5c080e471&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, x64 Editions - ISO-9660 CD Image File

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8a6ebfb5-833d-44e2-bf92-44648a8bb250&DisplayLang=en

KB Analyzer Tool for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Deployment

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=19661227-3b56-4c75-8a0d-51523ca10c96&DisplayLang=en

KB Analyzer Tool for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Deployment (x64)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7e2e09cc-7944-43f0-9569-ed92e49e889e&DisplayLang=en

KB Analyzer Tool for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Deployment (Itanium)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6f4aa504-53c2-4f18-97d1-34bb31362b85&DisplayLang=en

The Oobmig.exe tool is available to restore trust to out-of-band updates after you install Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=931941

Hotfix scanning tool for Windows Server 2003 SP2 Deployment (x64)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9892a6b9-2ad6-4d7e-a4cf-fcca0c8f5df6&DisplayLang=en

Hotfix Scan Tool for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Deployment (Itanium)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=132ec458-7157-475e-8ec7-5bb16472a4db&DisplayLang=en

SMS Template Files for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Deployment

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=59beda75-753a-4e14-a62a-2bfad20fd1de&DisplayLang=en

Events/WebCasts

1 May 2007, Leeds: Windows Vista After Hours
You may be familiar with Windows Vista at work - whether you have deployed it, or are evaluating it - but have you ever thought about the possibilities of Vista outside of work? This session, aimed at IT professionals, explores not only the built-in elements of Vista, such as Search, Photo Gallery, Windows Movie Maker and the Networking & Sharing Center, but also how you can extend your Windows Vista Experience, with Windows Media Center, Xbox 360 and specific applications to open up a new world of gaming and home entertainment.
01 May 2007, Leeds: An Introduction and Overview of Microsoft Licensing

Licensing can be confusing - but it needn't be. Attend this course to understand Microsoft Licensing and how to best 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 in-depth or technical licensing experience.
3 May 2007, Reading: Windows Vista After Hours

You may be familiar with Windows Vista at work - whether you have deployed it, or are evaluating it, but have you ever thought about the possibilities of Vista outside of work? This session, aimed at IT professionals, explores not only the built in elements of Vista, such as Search, Photo Gallery, Windows Movie Maker, and the Networking & Sharing Center, but also how you can extend your Windows Vista Experience, with Windows Media Center, Xbox 360 and specific applications to open up a new world of gaming and home entertainment.           

22 May 2007, Edinburgh: Vista Deployment Using BitLocker Encryption to Protect Mobile Data - How to Keep Secrets

Windows Vista's BitLocker feature provides the means for you to secure data and ensure the integrity of your mobile systems like never before. In a lab it's a wonderful thing. This session will show you how to take advantage of BitLocker in a production environment.
22 May 2007, Reading: Windows Powershell for IT Administrators

In this session, we'll introduce you to Windows Powershell: what it is and what you can do with it. We'll take a look at how you can use the shell to perform day-to-day administrative tasks. We'll start with a basic overview of shell concepts, commands, cmdlets and how to construct them, then move on to build more complex scripts, before rounding up with ways to administer windows using some of the reporting facilities available in the shell.

29 May 2007, Manchester: Windows Vista System Integrity Technologies

Windows Vista features new system integrity technologies including code integrity, secure start-up, service hardening, mandatory integrity control and Internet Explorer protected mode. In this session, Steve Lamb explains how these technologies work.

31 May 2007, Reading: Vista Deployment Using Group Policy in Windows Vista to Control User Behaviour and Network Security
Ever feel that your existing operating system just didn't have enough Group Policy Objects? For your delectation we've added a whole host more. During this session we'll take a look at the new XML based Administrative Templates and how to gain control of your environment using the powerful new features of Windows Vista.

20 June 2007, Manchester: Everything you Wanted to Know About Imaging Vista But Were Afraid to Ask
At this TechNet event you'll find out how to deploy Windows Vista. We'll look at the new installation processes and tools, and show you how to capture an image, modify it and deploy it onto client computers. Come along and find out just how powerful Windows Vista can be for you.

12 June 2007, Reading: An Overview of Windows Server codename "Longhorn"

In this session, we will look at the new Windows Server operating system, code named 'Longhorn'. Right now this product is in the beta phase, with many of the final features and components present and functional. We'll look at some of the new core operating system features, and see how they enhance productivity and enhance performance. We'll look at some new security improvements. We will also discuss a new feature called Network Access Protection and explain its uses. Finally we will look at the changes Terminal Services has undergone with some significant changes and improvements over previous versions of Windows.
Executive Chat: What's New in Windows Server "Longhorn" with Bill Laing, Iain McDonald, and Colleagues

Tuesday, May 8, 10:00 AM Pacific Time

Join Bill Laing, General Manager for Windows Server; Iain McDonald, Director of Windows Server Program Management; Joseph Landes, Director of Product Management; David Lowe, Senior Product Manager; Ward Ralston, Senior Technical Product Manager; and Eric Rezabek, Product Marketing Manager, to discuss what's new in Windows Server "Longhorn."

TechNet Webcast: Cluster Validation in Windows Server "Longhorn" (Level 300)
Monday, 7 May, 2007

5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. GMT

TechNet Webcast: Internet Information Services 7.0 in Windows Server "Longhorn" Level 300)
Thursday, 10 May 2007

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. GMT

TechNet Webcast: UNIX Interoperability in Windows Server "Longhorn" (Level 200)
Monday, 14 May, 2007

5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. GMT

How Microsoft IT Delivers Mobility Solutions to Microsoft Employees
Thursday, 26 April, 7:00 p.m. GMT

Join this webcast as we outline Microsoft IT operational disciplines of device standardization, Windows Mobile and Exchange Server application service extensions and market procurement strategies, and future service expansion objectives.

IT as a Strategic Business Asset: How Microsoft IT Does It
Friday, 27 April, 7:00 p.m. GMT

IT is fast becoming a strategic partner with the overall business of Microsoft to build better products, test out solid solutions and act as a role model to other IT environments. Gain insight into how we define the role of IT within Microsoft.
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

In Windows Vista, the address for a Web page may not be included when you use the Snipping Tool to capture a Windows Internet Explorer window 

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934549

The number of physical hyperthreading-enabled processors or the number of physical multicore processors is incorrectly reported in Windows XP and in Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=932370

The Print Spooler service may stop sending print jobs to a printer that uses the standard port monitor on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934885

FIX: Stop error message on a Windows Server 2003 R2-based computer that has Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications installed: "000000C2"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=932701

Event ID 2020 error messages are logged in the System log, and you experience decreased performance on a server that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000, 

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933998

DCOM errors occur approximately every 15 minutes after you install Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934704

The Spooler service may crash frequently on a Windows Server 2003-based server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934703

Output is incomplete when you use the Group Membership Evaluation feature of the Ntdsutil.exe tool in Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934185

A computer may use the Offline Files feature to access a shared network resource even though the network connection has sufficient speed in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=927507

Group Policy logon scripts may not run you log on to a Microsoft Windows XP-based computer for the first time

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934642

Error message when you resume a Windows XP-based computer from hibernation after you apply hotfix 918005: "Stop 0x00000044"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=935192

How to troubleshoot a service that crashes in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934650

Stop 0x0000007F error when you print from Windows XP or Windows 2000 with GDI security update 925902 installed

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=935843

You cannot draw an exact polygon when you use the FillPolygon method and the PathGradientBruch class in the .NET Framework 1.1 on a Windows XP-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=907803

You cannot select the first recipient in the nickname list in Outlook 2003 on a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=920889

When you log on to a  Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1-based terminal server from a client computer that is running a Japanese version of  Windows XP, the keyboard layout on the terminal server differs from the IME keyboard layout on the client computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933737

MS07-021: Vulnerability in Windows CSRSS could allow remote code execution

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=930178

You do not receive the certificate selection prompt when you use Internet Explorer 6 to connect to a secured Web site that requires a client certificate on a Windows Server 2003 SP1 or SP2-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=931494

FIX: Error message on a Windows Server 2003 R2-based computer that has the Server for NFS component installed: "STOP 0x0000008E" or "STOP 0x00000024"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934454

FIX: Error message when you try to run many "setuser" function calls at the same time on a computer that is running Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications in Windows Server 2003 R2: "Operation not permitted"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933712

The COM+ Event System service and the Shell Hardware Detection service do not start successfully on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933994

Error message when you try to access a mapped drive in Windows Server 2003: "Access denied"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=935453

MS07-020: Vulnerability in Microsoft Agent could allow remote code execution

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=932168

The USN journal record contains an incorrect file name when you move a file in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2003, or in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933876

When you run the "Ipconfig /displaydns" command in Windows Server 2003, the results are incomplete

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934401

FIX: Error message when you use the ADsSecurityUtility object in VBScript code on a Windows Server 2003-based computer: "Permission denied"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933789

When the Volume Shadow Copy Service performs an import procedure or a delete procedure on a Windows Server 2003-based computer, a SCSI device may not be correctly added to the PNP device tree

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=935460

FIX: You cannot use the Remote Desktop Connection feature or the Remote Desktop MMC to connect to a remote Windows Server 2003-based server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=931656

A user who is logged on to a Windows Server 2003-based Terminal Server cannot configure a printer as the default printer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933996

Microsoft Security Advisory: A vulnerability in RPC in the Windows DNS Server service could allow remote code execution

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=935964

The print server experiences a Stop error when you use the Point and Print feature to print to a shared printer in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=931479

Auto-enrollment is not triggered when you try to use Certutil.exe on a Windows XP-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934576

You cannot disable the AutoRun feature on a mapped network drive in Windows XP and in Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933008

MS07-022: Vulnerability in the Windows kernel could allow elevation of privilege

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=931784

Some registry-based policy settings are lost and error messages are logged in the Application log on a Windows XP-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=930597

All files are unexpectedly removed from the local My Documents folder when you log on to a Windows XP-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933684

You cannot install updates that you download from the Windows Update Web site on a Windows XP-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934648

The Chkdsk tool automatically starts scanning a disk when you start a computer that is running Windows XP Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=929755

The user interfaces of some programs display the first letter of the month or of the day in uppercase when the date format is set to Bulgarian in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=935210

Error message when you try to install a hotfix on a Windows Vista-based computer in a domain: "Installer encountered an error: 0x8007177f. This machine is disabled for file encryption"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933595

You cannot select or format a hard disk partition when you try to install Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933171

The "Upgrade" option is unavailable when you try to upgrade to Windows Vista, and you may receive a hardware-specific error message

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933167

Error message when you start Windows Vista: "Your activation period has expired"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933175

The "Dfsutil /import" command takes a long time to finish when you try to import DFS links to a stand-alone DFS root on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=931323

You experience errors in an application that uses Common Log File System (CLFS) API functions in Windows Server 2003 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=929219

FIX: You cannot migrate a user to Active Directory on a Windows Server 2003 R2-based computer when you use the nis2ad command-line tool or the NIS Data Migration Wizard

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=929143

Cannot save changes to the Distributed File System snap-in on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933783

Applications that use schema information may not work after you install Active Directory on a Windows Server 2003 R2-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934255

WMI returns a NULL value for the ProviderName attribute of the Win32_MappedLogicalDisk WMI class in Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=931953

The HelpSvc.exe process uses approximately 95 percent of the CPU resources on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933993

MS07-017: Vulnerability in GDI could allow remote code execution

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=925902

Error message when you run the "chkdsk" command together with the "/v" switch on a Windows Server 2003-based computer: "Correcting sparse file record segment <number>"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=932021

The Chkdsk.exe tool cannot detect bad clusters or bad sectors  on a Windows Server 2003-based computer when the size of a compressed file is larger than 4 gigabytes (GB)

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=931689

The Windows NT User Data Migration Tool (Shmgrate.exe) may crash when a user logs on to a server that is running an x64-based version of Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=931498

TCP/IP activities that depend on an IEEE 1394 connection are unavailable on a Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=931911

You may experience problems when you use the Add/Remove Windows Components tool after you install a COM+ rollup package or a COM+ service pack in Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=932350

Error message when you wake up a Windows XP-based computer from hibernation or from standby: "Power Surge on Hub Port: A USB Device has exceeded the power limits of its hub port"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934644

No restore points are available when you use Windows Vista or Windows Server "Longhorn" in a dual-boot configuration together with an earlier Windows operating system

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926185

Message when a Windows Vista-based computer takes a long time to restart or to shut down: "Windows is configuring updates"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=932141

You cannot select the Upgrade option when you try to install Windows Vista, and you receive a "Windows cannot determine if another operating system exists on your computer” error message

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933166

How to revert to Windows XP after you upgrade a Windows XP-based computer to Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933170

An update is available for Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications in Windows Server 2003 R2 that addresses daylight saving time changes in 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934110

The versions of some files do not change after you upgrade to Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 2 from Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933706

Why the low fragmentation heap (LFH) mechanism may be disabled on some computers that are running Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=929136

The Service Host process may stop unexpectedly in Windows Server 2003 if a third-party server message block server on the network has a computer description of more than 48 characters

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=932762

An updated Storport storage driver (version 5.2.3790.2880) is available for Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=932755

You cannot prevent EFS from generating a self-signed certificate when you try to encrypt an EFS file on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=930499

Index.dat files are not deleted from the server when a user logs off a Terminal Services session to a Windows Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933562

Standard users cannot turn off the Internet Explorer Enhanced Security feature on a Windows Server 2003-based terminal server

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933991

Error message when you install Active Directory by using the "Install from Media" feature in Windows Server 2003: "Active Directory could not replicate the directory partition"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=930850

How to to enable the iSCSI boot sequence on a network adapter after you install the Microsoft iSCSI Boot Software Initiator

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934235

An access violation occurs when you use Network Monitor 2.0 to examine captured data on a computer that is running an x64-based version of Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=931831

An external monitor does not work when you connect it to a DVI port on a docking station in Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933906

The File Signature Verification utility (Sigverif.exe) may stop responding on a Windows XP-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934019

The Change Analysis Diagnostic tool for Windows XP is available

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924732

Warning message when you start a Windows XP-based computer: “This version of Windows XP is currently not safe”

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933274

Internet

News

ISA Server

What’s New at the ISA Server TechCenter

Microsoft ISA Server 2006 – Operations

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/isa/2006/operations/default.mspx

Learn about ISA Server 2006 operations tasks, such as administration, monitoring, performance, and troubleshooting to maintain your ISA Server system for optimal service delivery.

Recently added documents to this section of the website are:

Troubleshooting VPN over IPsec

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/isa/2006/ts_vpn_ipsec.mspx

Troubleshooting Web Access for Internal Clients

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/isa/2006/ts_access_policy.mspx

Troubleshooting Outbound FTP Access

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/isa/2006/ts_outbound_ftp.mspx

Troubleshooting HTTP 502: The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) does not use a recognized protocol

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/isa/2006/502_protocol_issue.mspx

How to Back Up and Restore an ISA Server Enterprise Configuration (Enterprise Edition)

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/isa/2006/backup_restore.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

Forefront Edge Security - General

A forum for the discussion of general issues and ideas regarding Forefront Edge Security (ISA Server).

Forefront Edge Security - Installation, Upgrade, and Setup

A forum for the discussion of issues and ideas regarding Forefront Edge Security (ISA Server) installation, upgrade, and setup.

Forefront Edge Security - Internet Access

A forum for the discussion of issues and ideas regarding Internet access through Forefront Edge Security (ISA Server).

Forefront Edge Security - Publishing

A forum for the discussion of issues and ideas regarding publishing of Web and other servers through Forefront Edge Security (ISA Server).

Forefront Edge Security - Monitoring, Logging, Reporting

A forum for the discussion of issues and ideas regarding monitoring, logging, and reporting for Forefront Edge Security (ISA Server).

Forefront Edge Security – Virtual Private Networks

A forum for the discussion of issues and ideas regarding VPN site-to-site connectivity and roaming client VPN access in Forefront Edge Security (ISA Server).

Forefront Edge Security - Firewall Client

A forum for the discussion of issues and ideas regarding the Forefront Edge Security (ISA Server) Firewall client.

ISA Server Blog

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

Comparing access rules and publishing rules

Using ISA Server 2006 Link Translation to Improve Branch Access to SharePoint Documents

16 Rules for Deploying Access Rules

ISA Server and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2

Installing ISA Server 2006 Configuration Storage Server on a Domain Controller 

Troubleshooting: ISA Server Reports Show No Traffic

Troubleshooting an ISA Server Enterprise Edition Upgrade: What if I forget to export user permission settings?

Manually Assign DNS and WINS Setting for Remote Access Connections

IIS

Try IIS.com Campaign launched to bolster IIS 6.0 Adoption
http://entmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=6237

ENT News (May 18, 2004): Scott Bekker reports that Microsoft is starting a marketing campaign to single out the Internet Information Services 6.0 Web server component as a strong reason to upgrade to the server OS.
Reliability Experts Help Ensure Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Other Technologies are Dependable for Customers 
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2004/may04/05-03Reliability.asp

Microsoft PressPass (May 3, 2004): Windows Server 2003 customers attest to its strengths in reliability, availability and overall performance—and IIS 6.0 plays a key role.
IIS 6.0 Helps Windows Server 2003 Win e-Business Foundation Award from eWeek
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1559921,00.asp
Citing improved security features, including a "faster, more reliable and more secure" IIS 6.0, eWeek judges award top honors in the e-Business Foundation category to Windows Server 2003. They also recognized IIS 6.0 for its improved development platform.

FTP7 Server (x86)

Microsoft has created a new FTP service that has been completely rewritten for Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn". This new FTP service incorporates many new features that enable web authors to publish content better than before, and offers web administrators more security and deployment options. For additional information, please see our documentation.
This new FTP service is only for Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn" and Internet Information Services 7.0; it will not work on Windows Server 2003 and Internet Information Services 6.0.
http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=34&g=6&i=1454

Process monitor 1.2 released.
Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity. It combines the features of two legacy Sysinternals utilities, Filemon and Regmon, and adds an extensive list of enhancements including rich and non-destructive filtering, comprehensive event properties such session IDs and user names, reliable process information, full thread stacks with integrated symbol support for each operation, simultaneous logging to a file, and much more. Its uniquely powerful features will make Process Monitor a core utility in your system troubleshooting and malware hunting toolkit.
Process Monitor runs on Windows 2000 SP4 with Update Rollup 1, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1, and Windows Vista as well as x64 versions of Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 SP1 and Windows Vista.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/processmonitor.mspx

SharePoint

Internet World Host SharePoint Pavilion

Internet World are running a sharepoint pavilion happening next week from 1st – 3rd of May, showcasing solutions from some of our best SharePoint ECM partners.
You can register for free on the Internet World Site.
For a full agenda take a peek here : http://www.internetworld.co.uk/microsoft-sharepoint-pavilion.html

SharePoint Online Labs

Skill up on SharePoint. There are over 70 SharePoint related labs for anyone to take for free.  You get 90 minutes to run through the lab tasks and manual in PDF for reference.  You then follow step by step instructions to complete tasks on different clients and servers.
See the full list here:
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/SearchResults.aspx?culture=en-US&evtTyp=4&kwdAny=sharepoint
Enjoy - and let us know what you think of them.

Downloads

SharePoint

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Application Template Documents: All Application Template datasheets

This download combines all of the datasheets for the Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 into one convenient package.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d418eb366-2890-439d-a145-08b0f8840483%26DisplayLang%3den

Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Installation Guide

The most current version of the Installation Guide for Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server and Team Explorer.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3de54bf6ff-026b-43a4-ade4-a690388f310e%26DisplayLang%3den

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Document: Tips and Tricks - Using Wikis in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

This document provides answers to commonly asked questions and includes useful tips and tricks for using wikis in Microsoft 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%3dba4b9afb-c06e-4480-b816-26b7e009e35c%26DisplayLang%3den

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Document: Tips and Tricks - Using Blogs in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

This document provides answers to commonly asked questions and includes useful tips and tricks for using blogs in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3dbb18cd26-f7db-4aa6-8fda-f9101aa53c67%26DisplayLang%3den

SharePoint Document: Microsoft Office Programs and SharePoint Products and Technologies Integration – Fair, Good, Better, Best

This white paper describes how different versions of Microsoft Office programs work together with the 2003 and 2007 versions of Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3de0d05a69-f67b-4d37-961e-2db3c4065cb9%26DisplayLang%3den

Project 2007 SDK: Software Development Kit

The Microsoft Office Project 2007 SDK contains documentation, code samples, "How to" articles, and programming references to help customize and integrate the Project 2007 clients and Project Server 2007 with other applications for enterprise project management. The download also contains the Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 database schema references.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d2672f6f9-7028-4b30-99a2-18cb1eed1abe%26DisplayLang%3den

Office SharePoint Server 2007 Guide: Setting up the Role-Based My Site Template for Sales Account Managers

This setup document provides step-by-step instructions to initialize the Sales Account Manager template for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3dc5480d57-6a0b-4a65-a17f-8bea296c0402%26DisplayLang%3den

Office SharePoint Server 2007 Guide: Setting up the Role-Based My Site Template for Controllers-Financial Analysts

This setup document provides step-by-step instructions to initialize the Controller-Financial Analyst template in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3dd69da344-d4e2-49ef-bd44-4c9e8ef761bf%26DisplayLang%3den

User's Help for SharePoint Portal Server

User's Help is designed to assist you in the day-to-day tasks of managing the workspace, the folder structure, and documents by using SharePoint Portal Server.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d5e86e436-197e-41f9-9d1f-2698a4b1b2aa%26DisplayLang%3den

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Sample: Example Master Pages

Microsoft has made available four sample master page sets compatible with the Application Templates for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 to showcase some of the customization options master pages provide.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d7c05ca44-869a-463b-84d7-57b053711a96%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=16&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d35fc4205-792b-4306-8e4b-0de9cce72172%26DisplayLang%3den

SharePoint Server 2007 Presentations: Enterprise Search Deep Dives

This download provides six detailed presentations on enterprise search in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d2751d5cd-8690-44b5-ae5c-d2769b227929%26DisplayLang%3den

2007 Office System Document: Compliance Features in the 2007 Microsoft Office System

This white paper describes compliance-related features and extensibililty opportunities within the 2007 Microsoft Office system that can assist you to meet the demands of regulatory compliance.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3dd64dfb49-aa29-4a4b-8f5a-32c922e850ca%26DisplayLang%3den

Events/WebCasts

SharePoint

Fri, 04 May 2007 TechNet Webcast: SharePoint Products and Technologies Security from Service Accounts to Item-Level Access (Level 200)  

In this session, we describe effective techniques that can help you secure Windows SharePoint Services version 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Learn about the benefits and limitations of several different authentication methods, in addition to the management and role of permissions in SharePoint groups. We also discuss different permission levels and highlight the new levels that are available in SharePoint Server 2007. Other topics we cover include: access rights, the configuration and topology of a typical Web farm, secure topology and communication, and security hardening.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032338339%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

Wed, 09 May 2007 Microsoft Enterprise Search Solutions Webcast – Exposing Data from within Line of Business Applications  

Join us for the Microsoft Enterprise Search Solutions Webcast – Exposing Data from within Line of Business Applications where you will learn more about how to address some of the challenges you’re facing including:

�nbsp;        Creating one view of search across many sources

�nbsp;        Reducing your people's effort to get comprehensive results

�nbsp;        Getting new answers from your range of systems

�nbsp;        Finding results through people and their expertise

�nbsp;        Running a solution ready for growth

�nbsp;        Managing privacy and compliance issues

Organizations today are faced with the ever growing challenge of empowering employees with search tools that allow them to discover content from a multitude of sources.  Although users have access to many repositories, the sheer amount of information makes it so difficult to find information, that it may as well be unavailable.  Microsoft’s Enterprise Search Solutions address this by delivering enterprise-grade features and seamless access to content in repositories like files shares, Lotus Notes Databases, and Line of Business Applications. 

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032337465%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

Fri, 25 May 2007 TechNet Webcast: Technical Overview of Forefront Security for SharePoint (Level 200) 

Join this webcast to learn how Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint can help secure Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services environments. Forefront Security for SharePoint includes multiple antivirus scan engines from industry-leading security firms integrated into a single solution to help you protect Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies against the latest viruses and other malicious software. We show how Forefront Security for SharePoint also provides a content control solution that offers comprehensive collaboration security using layered defenses, corporate content policy enforcement, and optimization of SharePoint Products and Technologies to help keep document libraries secure and available. We also discuss how a Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) Management Pack empowers IT administrators to monitor the health of Forefront Security for SharePoint as part of corporate operational management practices. Do not miss this chance to discover the advantages Forefront Security for SharePoint provides in antivirus protection and content control, and to see how it fits into the enterprise topography.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032338140%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

Fri, 25 May 2007 TechNet Webcast: Controlling Your SharePoint Server 2007 Sites with IT Governance (Level 200)

In this session, we show you how to manage shared service providers, including using profiles, personalized sites, and audiences, to deliver customized content to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 users. We demonstrate the security, policy, and auditing features available to you and other administrators of your SharePoint sites. Learn how you can maintain a high level of control over site content and securely delegate content management with SharePoint Server 2007. We explore the powerful auditing capabilities that enable you to see who does what throughout the SharePoint Server 2007 farm. Join this webcast to see how you can keep your SharePoint Server 2007 farms secure and available by controlling and auditing your SharePoint Server 2007 deployment and performing a variety of administrative tasks.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032338674%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

ISA

ISA Server Knowledge base support articles

Error message in response to some HTTP requests on client computers that are running ISA Server 2004 as a proxy server: "400 Bad Request"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920913

ISA Server 2006 indefinitely displays the report status as "Generating" on the "Reports" tab

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933617

Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) storage may not work correctly in an ISA Server 2004 installation after you install Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934608

Throughput for an ISA Server that is running on a Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2)-based multiprocessor computer may be greatly reduced or completely blocked

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934809

Description of the Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 hotfix package that is dated March 21, 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933718

The Web Proxy filter in ISA Server 2006 logs requests that reference an incorrect access rule when you use overlapped HTTP protocols

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933716

New Warning event message that occurs in ISA Server 2004 SP3 to notify delay in logging

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919468

Disruption of service to all remote sites and high CPU utilization by Lsass.exe and Netsh.exe processes in IPsec tunnel mode site-to-site VPN scenario in ISA Server 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934410

Description of the ISA Server 2006 hotfix package: March 30, 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934587

ISA Server 2006 cannot delegate authentication to a back-end server from a published Web server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934583

SharePoint

Error message when you try to add a user to the portal site in SharePoint Portal Server 2003: "Unable to validate data"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930013

You experience issues with portal alerts in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 or with search performance in SharePoint Server 2007 after you create SQL Server 2005 maintenance plans
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930887

Description of the Windows SharePoint Services post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: January 3, 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930103

Message in the Information bar in Internet Explorer 7 when you browse to a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site or to a SharePoint Server 2007 site: "The Web site wants to run the following add-on: 'Name ActiveX Control'
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931509

Error message when you try to migrate content from Content Management Server 2002 to SharePoint Server 2007: "Unable to connect to the database server"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930462

Search results include draft documents in SharePoint Server 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928623

SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard does not start after you install SharePoint Server 2007 and Project Server 2007 on a computer that is running Windows SharePoint Services 2.0
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928621

The "Operation in Progress" message remains visible after the page is loaded when you try to use Excel Web Access in Internet Explorer to view an Excel 2007 workbook
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928752

Percentage-formatted data in an Excel 2007 chart data table has a value that is 100 times larger than the actual value when you view the chart data table in Excel Web Access
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928325

Excel Web Access stops responding when you try to open a large Excel worksheet that resides on a SharePoint Server 2007 server
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928756

Description of the supported method to upgrade from MCMS 2002 to SharePoint Server 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930007

The "Get Filter Values From" command is not displayed in the Connections menu when you try to edit an Excel Web Access Web Part in Excel Services
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928739

You cannot create a new document or check out an existing document in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 document library when you have multiple versions of Office installed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929360

You receive an error message when you deactivate or remove a form from a form server
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923522

Error message when you open a Web page that uses Excel Web Access in SharePoint Server 2007: "You do not have permissions to open this file on Excel Services" or "Excel cannot load the workbook that you requested"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925713

The Verify button and the Upload button stop working when you try to verify a file name on the Upload Form Template page in Microsoft Office Forms Server 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923312

More than one item is returned in the search results when you use the "item:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923899

You cannot create new Outlook calendar items when you click "Connect to Outlook" in a calendar that resides on a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929359

You cannot create a new document or check out an existing document in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 document library when you have multiple versions of Office installed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929360

Mobile browsers and devices that are supported in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and in SharePoint Server 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930147

Cannot view a SharePoint Services 3.0 Web site after you migrate a Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 content database
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929320

How to install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 side-by-side with Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 on a computer that is running Windows Small Business Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928095

Message in the Information bar in Internet Explorer 7 when you browse to a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site or to a SharePoint Server 2007 site: "The Web site wants to run the following add-on: 'Name ActiveX Control'" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931509

You cannot create new Outlook calendar items when you click "Connect to Outlook" in a calendar that resides on a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929359

You cannot create a new document or check out an existing document in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 document library when you have multiple versions of Office installed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929360

Mobile browsers and devices that are supported in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and in SharePoint Server 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930147

Cannot view a SharePoint Services 3.0 Web site after you migrate a Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 content database
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929320

How to install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 side-by-side with Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 on a computer that is running Windows Small Business Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928095

Error message when you try to create a site collection by using a site template in the top-level site template gallery in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: "The template you have selected is invalid or cannot be found" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928617

SQL Server

News

New Virtualisation Rights Available for SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition

Virtualization can reduce costs and increase performance and now it’s available at no extra cost for SQL Server Enterprise Edition customers. Understand what virtualization can do for your business and review the white paper on how to use SQL Server in a virtual environment.

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/howtobuy/virtualization.mspx

SQL Server 2005 Books Online Scoped Search

See this new link from the SQL Server Books Online team. It allows you a "Windows Live" search format providing a more precise and targeted search format for accessing the most up-to-date content in the SQL Server books online.

http://search.live.com/macros/sql_server_user_education/booksonline

Getting Optimal Performance with Integration Services Lookups – SQL Server Performance Team Blog

Most users see good performance from SSIS packages using out-of-the-box configurations and with little tuning. Sometimes, though, it is necessary to do tuning to get optimal performance. One of the most commonly used transformations is the Lookup transformation. There are several techniques for getting optimal performance from a Lookup transform in SSIS. A few of these are surprising the first time you see them. This article discusses some tuning techniques that we have found can be important in different situations.

View article...

Documents

Comparing Enterprise Development Productivity: SQL Server 2005 versus Oracle Database 10g

This independent productivity study, prepared by 3 Leaf, compares two developers working independently to provide the same added features and functionality to a baseline application. One developer worked with SQL Server 2005, and the other used Oracle Database 10g. By comparing the time required by each developer to perform equivalent development tasks, this study quantifies one instance of improved development efficiency in SQL Server 2005, relative to Oracle Database 10g.

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/compare/oracle/devprodoracle.mspx

SQL Server 2005 Row Versioning-Based Transaction Isolation

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 provides nonlocking, nonblocking read consistency to your users through snapshot isolation and read committed isolation using row versioning. Find out when you can use these features to improve performance and reduce latency in your applications.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345124.aspx

Downloads

Example corrupt SQL 2005 database to play with and some backup/restore things to try – from the SQL Server Storage Engine Team

The WinZip file in the link below contains a backup of a simple 2005 database called 'broken'. It has a simple table called 'brokentable' (c1 int, c2 varchar(7000)) with one row in it.