Stay on Top of Other Technologies - Great Rollup by UK PFE Team

As an MVP, or a technologist in general, it is important to stay on top of other technologies other than just your break and butter.   The UK Premier Team put out this awesome rollup that is definitely worth a look if you are wondering what is going on in other areas of the Microsoft technology stack. The UK PFE team has a blog.  Check it out: http://blogs.technet.com/b/

trm/

 

Security

Forefront TMG and ISA Server Forefront Security TechCenter http://technet.microsoft.com/

en-gb/forefront/default.aspx

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

Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 homepage

http://technet.microsoft.com/

en-gb/forefront/ee807302.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:

TMG Services Stopping Unexpectedly

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

isablog/archive/2012/06/29/
tmg-services-stopping-unexpectedly.aspx

Forefront Unified Access Gateway & Intelligent Application Gateway 2007

Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 Technical Resources

http://technet.microsoft.com/

en-gb/forefront/edgesecurity/
ee907407.aspx

For comments, feedback, and requests, contact the Forefront UAG User Assistance team at uagdocs@microsoft.com.

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:

When configuring the Array Manager, you see multiple Array Managers

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

edgeaccessblog/archive/2012/
06/28/when-configuring-the-array-manager-you-see-multiple-array-managers.aspx

Forefront Edge on the Wiki

The home of community-generated content about Microsoft technologies — that anyone can edit! Read the latest wiki articles about TMG and UAG.

TMG - http://social.technet.

microsoft.com/wiki/contents/
articles/tags/tmg/default.aspx.

UAG - http://social.technet.

microsoft.com/wiki/contents/
articles/tags/UAG/default.aspx

The latest entries include:

Microsoft ISA/TMG/UAG Version History

http://social.technet.

microsoft.com/wiki/contents/
articles/6458.microsoft-isatmguag-version-history-en-us.aspx

DirectAccess: Forcing Encryption for ICMPv6 Traffic

http://social.technet.

microsoft.com/wiki/contents/
articles/tags/UAG/default.aspx

Windows Platform

News Windows 8 will be available on….. Steven Sinofsky announced at Microsoft’s annual sales meeting that customers will be able to get Windows 8 – whether in upgrade fashion or on a new PC – starting on October 26th http://windowsteamblog.com/

windows/b/bloggingwindows/
archive/2012/07/18/windows-8-will-be-available-on.aspx

Building Windows 8 Blog

Building the next release of Microsoft Windows is an industry-wide effort that Microsoft approaches with a strong sense of responsibility and humility. Windows 8 reimagines Windows for a new generation of computing devices, and will be the very best operating system for hundreds of millions of PCs, new and old, used by well over a billion people globally. We've been hard at work designing and building Windows 8 and you can read all about it here

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/

Windows Server

http://blogs.technet.com/

forefront  

http://blogs.technet.com/

fssnerds  

Windows Client

Other

http://blogs.technet.com/

virtualization  

http://blogs.technet.com/

virtualworld  

http://blogs.technet.com/

softgrid  

http://blogs.technet.com/mdop  

http://blogs.technet.com/askds  

http://blogs.technet.com/

askperf  

http://blogs.technet.com/

networking  

http://blogs.technet.com/

askcore  

http://blogs.msdn.com/

ntdebugging  

http://blogs.technet.com/hot  

Downloads

MSIT Plans, Deploys, and Manages Windows 8

Windows 8 is reimagined and reinvented from a solid core of Windows 7 speed and reliability with an all-new touch interface. MSIT has created a seamless user experience with improved image creation, deployment processes and a community based support model called //Pointers.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/download/details.aspx?id=
30182

Windows 8 Camp in a Box, Release Preview Edition

Hands-on-labs, presentations, samples and resources from the Windows 8 camps.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/download/details.aspx?id=
29854

Microsoft DirectAccess Connectivity Assistant 2.0 RC

DirectAccess Connectivity Assistant (DCA) 2.0 RC can be used by computers running Windows 7 when connecting to internal corporate networks with DirectAccess in Windows Server 2012 RC. It improves the DirectAccess connection experience, supports...

http://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/download/details.aspx?id=
29039

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit makes it easy to assess your current IT infrastructure for a variety of technology migration projects. This Solution Accelerator provides a powerful inventory, assessment, and reporting tool to simplify the migration planning process.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/download/details.aspx?id=
7826

Office 2013 Preview Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) and Office Customization Tool

This download includes Group Policy Administrative Template (ADMX/ADML) and Office Customization Tool (OPAX/OPAL) files for Microsoft Office 2013.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/download/details.aspx?id=
30341

Microsoft Office 2013 Preview Volume License Pack

Volume license editions of Office 2013 Preview client products require activation. This download enables IT administrators to set up a Key Management Service (KMS) or configure a domain for Active Directory-Based activation. Either of these volume activation methods can locally activate all Office 2013 Preview clients connected to an organization’s network.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/download/details.aspx?id=
30342

Private Cloud at Microsoft

Microsoft IT implemented their first Private Cloud for hosting the development and test environments internally for Microsoft. Their Private Cloud infrastructure supports their internal businesses, giving them the flexibility, scale and cutting edge technology to serve some of the most important product teams.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/download/details.aspx?id=
30183

Windows PowerShell 3.0 and Server Manager Quick Reference Guides

Quickly learn tips, shortcuts, and common operations in the new Windows Powershell 3.0, Windows PowerShell Workflow, Windows PowerShell ISE, Windows PowerShell Web Access, Server Manager for Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate, WinRM, WMI, and WS-Man.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/download/details.aspx?id=
30002

Events/Webcasts

Microsoft Events:

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

events/default.mspx

Interactive Webcast Calendar

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

http://www.microsoft.com/

events/webcasts/calendar/
monthview.aspx

Monthly Archived Webcasts:

http://www.microsoft.com/

events/webcasts/library/
default.mspx

New KB's

Windows Client

Windows 7 Enterprise: You cannot download more than 50 MB or upload large Files when the upload takes longer than 30 minutes using Web Client in Windows 7

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2668751/en-US  

Windows 7 Enterprise: Japanese characters in file names are displayed as garbled text after you decompress a .zip file in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2704299/en-US  

Windows 7 Enterprise: "0x000000D1" Stop error when you run a Windows Logo Kit 1.6 common scenario test in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2712561/en-US  

Windows 7 Enterprise: Driver installation fails even when a compatible driver is found in the local driver store in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2715992/en-US  

Windows 7 Enterprise: "0xc0000005" error message and Windows Explorer stops responding on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2718841/en-US  

Windows 7 Enterprise: "0x00000050" Stop error in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2719594/en-US  

Windows 7 Enterprise: "0x0000009F" Stop error when you resume a computer from Hibernate mode in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2720599/en-US  

Windows 7 Enterprise: "0x000000F4" Stop error when you run the Device Fundamental tests in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2722392/en-US  

Windows 7 Enterprise: You receive a "80072EE6" error code when you download an update from Windows Server Update Services in Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2724184/en-US  

Windows 7 Enterprise: Windows 7 restarts automatically after installing windows updates

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2725311/en-US  

Windows 7 Enterprise: Print Job Fails to Print when Printed from WPF Application to XPS Printer Pool

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2733143/en-US  

Windows 7 Home Basic: You are prompted to enter credentials when you try to access a SharePoint server on a Windows 7 SP1-based or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2718654/en-US  

Windows 7 Home Basic: CBS error 0x800f0842 may be logged when installing a Windows 7 image

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2737485/en-US  

Windows 7 Professional: "Windows is not genuine" error in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2704233/en-US  

Windows 7 Service Pack 1: MS12-049: Vulnerability in TLS could allow information disclosure: July 10, 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2655992/en-US  

Windows 7 Service Pack 1: MS12-048: Vulnerability in Windows Shell could allow remote code execution: July 10, 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2691442/en-US  

Windows 7 Service Pack 1: MS12-045: Vulnerability in Microsoft Data Access Components could allow remote code execution: July 10, 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2698365/en-US  

Windows 7 Service Pack 1: MS12-047: Vulnerability in Windows Kernel-Mode drivers could allow elevation of privilege: July 10, 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2718523/en-US  

Windows 7 Service Pack 1: Microsoft Security Advisory: Unauthorized digital certificates could allow spoofing

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2728973/en-US  

Windows 7 Ultimate: Audio output stops intermittently on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2721341/en-US  

Windows Server

Windows Home Server: Information about the automatic router configuration feature in Windows Home Server

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/944993/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 Datacenter: Cannot establish an SSL connection to a server that is running Windows Server 2008 SP2

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2721254/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 Datacenter: Published Citrix application starts and then exits immediately on a Windows 2008 SP2-based Citrix server

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2721802/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 Datacenter: Computer description column is empty when you run the Net View command in a Windows Server 2008-based domain

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2722138/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 Datacenter: SAN targets should reply to PR_IN commands within 3 seconds on Windows Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2733575/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 Datacenter: When you run an LDAP query against a Windows Server 2008-based domain controller, you obtain a partial attribute list

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/976063/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise: Importing a GPO using GPMC fails with "The Directory is not empty"

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2667462/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise: Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controller delayed response to LDAP or Kerberos requests

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2668820/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise: Error 1359 and the Cluster service stops in a Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster environment

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2710487/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise: "Security Configuration Wizard has stopped working" error when you add a rule to Network Security on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2718389/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter: Network Device Enrollmet Service depends on Web Enrolment Service to Work

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2671814/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter: "0x0000003B" Stop error when you use a Citrix XenApp application in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2705742/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter: "1101" error code when you run an esentutl /g command on a Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2712286/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter: MPIO disk is removed unexpectedly when a PR_IN command fails in a Windows Server 2008 R2 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2718576/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter: Stop error when a Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer crashes randomly

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2719347/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter: "0x80070490 Element Not found" error when you enumerate a cluster disk resource by using the WMI MSCluster_Disk class query in a Windows Server 2008 R2-based failover cluster

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2720218/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter: Windows Server 2008 R2 Cluster validation indicates unsigned acpipmi driver 

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2738482/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter: Slow performance when you try to print, when you open the printer properties, or when you open the printer preferences

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/979394/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: The List Running Processes test fails when you run the Failover Cluster Validation Wizard on a Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based cluster node

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2559392/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: "0xC0000142" or "-1073741502" Stop error when many PowerShell scripts call the Console.Write method or when you try to start many console applications on a PowerShell console in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2701373/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: FIX: IIS 7.5 configurations are not updated when you use the ServerManager class to commit configuration changes

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2708075/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: DHCPv4 IP address cannot be obtained after you restart a Hyper-V virtual machine that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2710870/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: A new file that has the same file name as a ghost file can be created without displaying a prompt on a Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based client computer

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2714030/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: Keyboard shortcuts for the Shut down and Hibernate commands are unexpectedly set to the R key in the German version of Windows 7 or in the German version of Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2715078/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: Home folder is not mapped to a client computer when multiple users are logged on to a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2715922/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: A duplicate SPN is registered when you run the setspn command together with the –a switch in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2717045/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: Number of user objects and GDI objects increases when an application displays new animated controls in an Aero theme in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2719248/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: "0x0000003B" or "0x000000D5" Stop error in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2719704/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: Security tab is not displayed in the Properties dialog box for a file on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2720345/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: You cannot enable the BitLocker Drive Encryption feature on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2720568/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard: GPRESULT does not show MemberOf setting in reports

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2667873/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2: GPMC reporting error “The given Key was not present in the dictionary”

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2692409/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 Standard: Hyper-V virtual machines cannot reach the network when the vLan tagging is enabled on a Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2739081/en-US  

Windows Server 2008 Standard: Error message when you run the ChkDsk.exe utility in read-only mode on a Windows-based computer: "The Volume Bitmap is incorrect" or "Error detected in index $I30 for file 5"

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/976329/en-US  

Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate: An upgrade to Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate is not completed successfully on a server that is running the domain controller role or the DNS server role

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2734222/en-US

Internet

News SharePoint Technologies June 2012 CU for SharePoint 2010 has been released The product group released the June 2012 Cumulative Update for the SharePoint 2010 product family. Be aware that the June Cumulative Update for SharePoint 2010 is a Post-SP1 hotfix. That means that you should ensure that SP1 is installed before the June CU. http://blogs.technet.com/b/

stefan_gossner/archive/2012/
07/03/june-2012-cu-for-sharepoint-2010-has-been-released.aspx

Office and SharePoint Server 2013 Preview has arrived

Microsoft has now released the public beta for Office 2013 and SharePoint Server 2013. Download the preview and get started with the new training material.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

stefan_gossner/archive/2012/
07/17/office-and-sharepoint-server-2013-preview-has-arrived.aspx

Developer trainings for Office 2013 and SharePoint 2013

Developer-focused how to training and walkthrough videos about Office 2013 and SharePoint 2013 including changes and new features for search, social, ECM, WCM, and REST are now available on MSDN.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

stefan_gossner/archive/2012/
07/19/developer-trainings-for-office-2013-and-sharepoint-2013.aspx

A slew of new SharePoint 2013 postings by the SharePoint development team.

Since SharePoint 2013 beta has been made public, a slew of new postings by the SharePoint product development team have been made available to highlight the most important points of this new release. Check out the team's blog at.....

http://sharepoint.microsoft.

com/blog/Pages/default.aspx

This week on Channel 9.....SharePoint 2013!

This week on Channel 9, Nic and Brian discuss the week's top developer news, including.....how to build apps for Build apps for Office and SharePoint.

http://channel9.msdn.com/

Shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/
TWC9-July-20-2012

Premier

OpsVault — Operate and Optimize IT

http://www.opsvault.com/  

Microsoft Premier Support UK - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

mspremuk/  

Documents

SharePoint Technologies

SharePoint 2013 Links, Downloads and Resources

This single page contains links to most important SharePoint 2013 (Wave15) resources we currently know about.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/

ragnarh/archive/2012/07/16/
sharepoint-2013-links-downloads-and-resources.aspx

Downloads

SharePoint Technologies

SharePoint Server 2013 Preview

http://technet.microsoft.com/

en-US/evalcenter/hh973397

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

Events / Webcasts

SharePoint Technologies

None this month

New KB's

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

MS12-050: Description of the security update for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: July 10, 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2596911

              

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

MS12-050: Description of the security update for Office SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (xlsrvwfe): July 10, 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2596942

                              

                              
              

SharePoint: Sites Collections under managed paths are not crawled

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2728313

              

SharePoint Designer 2007

None this month

SharePoint Server Foundation 2010

Description of the SharePoint Foundation 2010 hotfix package (Wss-x-none.msp): July 2, 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2598348

                              

                             

SharePoint 2010 Kerberos Configuration Troubleshooter

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2732019

MS12-050: Description of the security update for SharePoint Foundation 2010: July 10, 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2553365

                              

                              
                             

Saving the site as a template does not retain navigation settings

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2716884           

SharePoint Server 2010

MS12-050: Vulnerabilities in SharePoint could allow elevation of privilege: July 10, 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2695502

                              

                              
                             

MS12-050: Description of the security update for SharePoint Server 2010: July 10, 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2598239

                              

                              
                             

MS12-050: Description of the security update for SharePoint Server 2010 (wosrv): July 10, 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2553424

                              

                              
                             

MS12-050: Description of the security update for SharePoint Server 2010 (coreserverloc): July 10, 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2553194

SharePoint 2010 - Performance issue on external BDC lists

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2672574

                             

SharePoint Designer 2010

None this month

Microsoft SharePoint Workspace 2010

None this month

SQL Server

News SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 Now Available http://blogs.technet.com/b/

dataplatforminsider/archive/
2012/07/26/sql-server-2008-r2-sp2-now-available.aspx

New Reality Show Starring SQL Server

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

dataplatforminsider/archive/
2012/07/24/check-out-the-latest-from-the-be-the-next-microsoft-employee-contest.aspx

Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2012:  SQL Server Partner of the Year Awards

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

dataplatforminsider/archive/
2012/07/12/microsoft-worldwide-partner-conference-2012-sql-server-partner-of-the-year-awards.aspx

Microsoft and Dell Release Mid-Market Data warehouse Appliance

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

dataplatforminsider/archive/
2012/07/11/microsoft-and-dell-release-mid-market-data-warehouse-appliance.aspx

Hy-Vee boosts performance by up to 100X, increases competitiveness with Parallel Data Warehouse deployment

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

dataplatforminsider/archive/
2012/06/14/hy-vee-boosts-performance-by-up-to-100x-increases-competitiveness-with-parallel-data-warehouse-deployment.aspx

New SQL Services in Windows Azure

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

dataplatforminsider/archive/
2012/06/13/new-sql-services-in-windows-azure.aspx

Events/Webcasts

Strata Conference + Hadoop World

http://strataconf.com/

stratany2012

Documents

The Fantastic 12 of 2012

http://download.microsoft.com/

download/0/8/6/086EF32A-9A74-
4978-AA76-89113AE58493/Fantastic-12-of-2012-Booklet-FINAL.pdf

New KB Articles

SQL 2012

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Business Intelligence

FIX: "An error occurred when loading the <DimensionName> dimension, from the file <DirectoryPath>.dim.xml" error message when you perform some operations in SSAS 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2724881

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Business Intelligence

The MDS Validate Version command fails with a server error in SQL Server 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2711671

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Developer

You experience slow synchronization between primary and secondary replicas in SQL Server 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2723814

SQL 2008

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Developer

FIX: Access violation when you use Database Engine Tuning Advisor to tune a table in SQL Server 2008 if you enable the "Include filtered indexes" check box

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2713151

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Developer

FIX: fFalse assertion error when you try to convert the value from an XML column to an XML variable in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2644794

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Developer

FIX: Corrupted codes are recorded in Application log or Security log when you audit an instance of SQL Server 2008 that is running on an IA-64 computer

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2720940

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Developer

You may encounter a 'result == LCK_OK' assertion on a SQL Server mirror server

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2729953

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services

Error during data refresh in PowerPivot instance of SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services: "Unexpected Error"

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2706551

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Datacenter

The merge agent may fail during merge replication synchronization in SQL Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2733630

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2

Cumulative update package 11 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2715951

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2

FIX: "[Teradata Database] [3737]" error when you click "Count" in the Aggregation Design Wizard in SSAS 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2406666

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3

Cumulative update package 6 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2715953

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2

FIX: Incorrect results are returned when you run a query that uses parallelism in the query execution plan in SQL Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2727322

SQL 2005

Microsoft SQL Server 205 Service Pack 2

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

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/970896

Microsoft SQL Server 2005Service Pack 2

MS09-004: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft SQL Server could allow remote code execution

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/959420

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

MS08-052: Description of the security update for GDI+ for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 Hotfix: September 9, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/954607

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

MS08-040: Description of the security update for SQL Server 2005 QFE: July 8, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/948108

Microsoft SQL Server Standard Edition

SQL Server databases are not supported on compressed volumes

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/231347

Unified Communications

News Premier OpsVault — Operate and Optimize IT http://www.opsvault.com/   Microsoft Premier Support UK - Site Home - TechNet Blogs http://blogs.technet.com/b/

mspremuk/  

Antigen & Forefront

http://blogs.technet.com/

forefront  

http://blogs.technet.com/

fssnerds  

Exchange

Exchange Team Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

exchange/

MCS UK Unified Communications Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

msukucc  

Microsoft Online Services Team Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

msonline/  

Establishing Exchange Content Index Rebuild Baselines – Part 3

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

exchange/archive/2012/07/02/
establishing-exchange-content-index-rebuild-baselines-part-3.aspx

Remote Connectivity Analyzer gets an updated CAPTCHA experience

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

exchange/archive/2012/07/03/
remote-connectivity-analyzer-gets-an-updated-captcha-experience.aspx

Crazy About Dogfood and Dogfooding Hybrid

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

exchange/archive/2012/07/06/
crazy-about-dogfood-and-dogfooding-hybrid.aspx

Everything You Need to Know About Exchange Backups* - Part 3

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

exchange/archive/2012/07/09/
everything-you-need-to-know-about-exchange-backups-part-3.aspx

Announcing a licensing change for Multi-Mailbox Search

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

exchange/archive/2012/07/13/
announcing-a-licensing-change-for-multi-mailbox-search.aspx

The New Exchange

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

exchange/archive/2012/07/23/
the-new-exchange.aspx

Microsoft Security Advisory 2737111 and Microsoft Exchange

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

exchange/archive/2012/07/25/
microsoft-security-advisory-2737111-and-microsoft-exchange.aspx

Update on Multi-Mailbox Search Licensing

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

exchange/archive/2012/07/27/
update-on-multi-mailbox-search-licensing.aspx

Dirsync Database keeps on Increasing…

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

msukucc/archive/2012/07/23/
dirsync-database-keeps-on-increasing.aspx

Hosted Messaging Collaboration

Lync, Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

NextHop - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

nexthop/  

DrRez: Microsoft Lync Server Technical Reference Hub

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

drrez/

TechEd Europe 2012: Lync Sessions

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

nexthop/archive/2012/06/29/
teched-europe-2012-lync-sessions.aspx

Lync Firewall Rules Viewer

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

nexthop/archive/2012/07/03/
lync-firewall-rules-viewer.aspx

Lync Online: Troubleshooting Sign-In Issues

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

nexthop/archive/2012/07/06/
how-to-troubleshoot-sign-in-issues-in-lync-online.aspx

Lync Online: Presentation Tips and Tricks

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

nexthop/archive/2012/07/10/
lync-online-presentation-tips-and-tricks.aspx

Get the New Office Preview

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

nexthop/archive/2012/07/17/
get-the-new-office-preview.aspx

Integrating Exchange 2013 Preview and Lync Server 2013 Preview

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

nexthop/archive/2012/07/23/
integrating-exchange-2013-preview-and-lync-server-2013-preview.aspx

Lync Online Preview: Get the Latest Information from Office 365

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

nexthop/archive/2012/07/24/
lync-online-previews-get-the-latest-information-from-the-office-365-wiki-portals.aspx

Client Virtualization in Microsoft Lync 2010 White Paper Update: July 2012

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

nexthop/archive/2012/07/26/
update-client-virtualization-in-microsoft-lync-2010-white-paper.aspx

Lync Server 2010 Multitenant Pack for Partner Hosting Deployment Guide Update: July 2012

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

nexthop/archive/2012/07/30/
updates-to-the-lync-server-2010-multitenant-pack-for-partner-hosting-deployment-guide.aspx

Outlook

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

default.aspx  

Other

http://blogs.technet.com/

themasterblog  

Documents

Antigen & Forefront

Test Lab Guide: Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010

Extend the Base Configuration and System Center Configuration Manager 2007 test lab to include Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010

http://www.microsoft.com/

downloads/en/details.aspx?
familyid=9587db25-13c4-4e90-9d1d-98cb366ec2d4  

Exchange

Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook Standards Documentation

The Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook standards documentation describes how Exchange and Outlook support industry messaging standards and Requests for Comments (RFCs) documents about iCalendar, Internet Message Access Protocol – Version 4 (IMAP4), and Post Office Protocol – Version 3 (POP3).

http://www.microsoft.com/

downloads/en/details.aspx?
familyid=6fa94dc9-d4b6-402b-8c22-8a52acea2284  

Microsoft Exchange Server Protocol Documentation

The Microsoft Exchange protocol documentation provides detailed technical specifications for the Microsoft protocols that are implemented and used by Microsoft Exchange to interoperate or communicate with other products. It also provides technical specifications for extensions to industry-standard and other published protocols that are used by Microsoft Exchange.

http://www.microsoft.com/

downloads/en/details.aspx?
familyid=a9aae935-ad23-4117-a3d9-9ed6093d6d7f  

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/en/details.aspx?
familyid=ad3921fb-8224-4681-9064-075fdf042b0c  

Exchange Web Services Managed API Version 2.0 - Technical Preview

The Microsoft Exchange Web Services (EWS) Managed API 2.0 Technical Preview provides a managed interface for developing client applications that use Exchange Web Services.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/download/details.aspx?id=
30391

Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Preview License Terms

This file contains the Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Preview license terms. These files are included with Exchange Server 2013 Preview and are available here for your reference. The license terms are available in English, French, Japanese, and Spanish in rich text (RTF) and HTML formats.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/download/details.aspx?id=
30337

Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Preview Help

This download contains the Help content for the Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Preview, Exchange Online Preview, and Exchange Server 2013 Preview Hybrid Deployments release.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/download/details.aspx?id=
30338

Hosted Messaging Collaboration

Lync, 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/en/details.aspx?
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/en/details.aspx?
familyid=e7a23d42-0835-440f-9400-badfe9672b21  

Outlook

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/en/details.aspx?
familyid=e7a23d42-0835-440f-9400-badfe9672b21  

Other

Downloads

Antigen & Forefront

Test Lab Extension: FEP 2010 Definition Update Automation Tool

Test Lab Extension: FEP 2010 Definition Update Automation Tool

http://www.microsoft.com/

downloads/en/details.aspx?
familyid=ff200152-cdb0-4e88-b5ae-1b3dfccf1bf5  

Exchange

Lync, Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

Unified Communications Managed API 4.0 (Preview) Runtime

Unified Communications Managed API (UCMA) 4.0 Preview is a managed-code platform that developers use to build applications that provide access to and control over Microsoft Enhanced Presence information, instant messaging, telephone and video calls, and audio/video conferencing.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/download/details.aspx?id=
30349

Microsoft Lync 2013 SDK (Preview)

Microsoft Lync 2013 SDK (Preview) is the client-side API set that enables the integration and extension of Lync experiences.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/download/details.aspx?id=
30350

UCMA 4.0 SDK (Preview)

Unified Communications Managed API (UCMA) 4.0 is a managed-code platform that developers use to build applications that provide access to and control over Microsoft’s Enhanced Presence information, instant messaging, telephone and video calls, and audio/video conferencing.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/download/details.aspx?id=
30351

Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Persistent Chat Server SDK (Preview)

Lync Server 2013 Persistent Chat SDK (Preview) includes the pre-requisites needed to build applications that target Persistent Chat Server, the API and documentation to build the applications, and PersistentChatSDKRuntimeSetup.

exe which is the redistributable you ship with your applications.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/download/details.aspx?id=
30352

VHD Test Drive - Lync Server 2010 (Dev) - Part 3 of 3

This download comes as a pre-configured set of VHD's. This download enables you to fully evaluate the Microsoft Lync 2010 and Microsoft Exchange 2010 developer platform including the Microsoft Lync 2010 SDK, the Exchange Web Services Managed API 1.1 as well as the Microsoft Lync Server 2010 SDK and the Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API 3.0.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/download/details.aspx?id=
30330

Outlook

Update for Microsoft Outlook 2013 Preview (KB2737132) 64-bit Edition

Microsoft has released an update for Office 2013 Professional Plus (Preview). This update addresses an issue in Outlook related to the unintentional deletion of mails from the Exchange Server. All users who are running the Office 2013 Professional Plus (Preview) version of Outlook should install this patch.

http://www.microsoft.com/

downloads/en/details.aspx?
familyid=7938423f-f99e-4130-8d79-000268af72dc  

Update for Microsoft Outlook 2013 Preview (KB2737132) 32-Bit Edition

Microsoft has released an update for Office 2013 Professional Plus (Preview). This update addresses an issue in Outlook related to the unintentional deletion of mails from the Exchange Server. All users who are running the Office 2013 Professional Plus (Preview) version of Outlook should install this patch.

http://www.microsoft.com/

downloads/en/details.aspx?
familyid=406fc4ba-cdd4-4dfc-a9da-3a31e9db218d  

Calendar Checking Tool for Outlook

The Calendar Checking Tool for Outlook (CalCheck) is a program that checks the Microsoft Outlook Calendar and items for problems or for potential problems.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/download/details.aspx?id=
28786

Outlook Hotmail Connector 32-bit

With Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector 32-bit, you can use Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 or Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 to access and manage your Microsoft Windows Live Hotmail or Microsoft Office Live Mail accounts, including e-mail messages, contacts and calendars for free!

http://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/download/details.aspx?id=
24677

Outlook Hotmail Connector 64-bit

With Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector 64-bit, you can use Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 64-bit to access and manage your Microsoft Windows Live Hotmail or Microsoft Office Live Mail accounts, including e-mail messages, contacts and calendars for free!

http://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/download/details.aspx?id=
21305

Events/Webcasts

New KB's

Antigen & Forefront

Microsoft Antigen 9.0 for Exchange: How to manually rebuild the antivirus scan engine in Microsoft Antigen 9.0 for Exchange

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/920304/en-US  

Exchange

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition: General troubleshooting for transport issues in Exchange 2000 Server and in Exchange Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/257265/en-US  

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition: Event ID 623 occurs when you deploy Outlook 2010 in an Exchange 2003 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2721098/en-US  

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition: New naming schema for Exchange Server software update packages

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/817903/en-US  

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition: How to change the publishing settings for free and busy information on Outlook client computers by using Group Policy

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/867504/en-US  

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Standard Edition: You cannot configure Integrated Windows (NTLM) authentication on a Send connector in Exchange 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/931742/en-US  

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Coexistence: Error message when you are connected to a mailbox that is hosted on Exchange Server 2010: "The Microsoft Exchange administrator has made a change that requires you quit and restart Outlook”

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2701522/en-US  

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Enterprise: Error message when you run the "Let us help you troubleshoot your calendar" utility in Exchange 2010: "LogLocation is not specified"

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2604978/en-US  

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Enterprise: Outlook Anywhere clients cannot connect to a CAS server after you apply Exchange Server 2010 SP RU3

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2725008/en-US  

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Standard: Conflicted messages are not visible when a deleted message is recovered in Exchange Server 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2733921/en-US  

Lync, Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2005: How to share control of the desktop or of an application with an attendee in Live Meeting 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/938781/en-US  

Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2005: Error message when you upload a PowerPoint presentation by using the Live Meeting 2005 Windows-based console: "Error converting the PowerPoint presentation to the Live Meeting 2005 Document Format (.lmp)"

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/944641/en-US  

Outlook

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: How to move Outlook meetings without losing the option to "Send Update"

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2167170/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Policy and user setting to force Outlook to use the default digital certificate

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2734219/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: How to install updates to an administrative installation of Office 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/829197/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: September 9, 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/839647/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: September 9, 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/883915/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: September 2, 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/883942/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: September 9, 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/885227/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: September 13, 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/885243/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the English version of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: September 13, 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/885244/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: September 27, 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/885872/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: October 12, 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/886803/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: October 13, 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/886804/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: November 2, 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/887568/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: November 12, 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/888616/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Microsoft Outlook 2002 Connector post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: March 4, 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/888991/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: November 19, 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/889097/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: November 29, 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/890050/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: December 4, 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/890342/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: December 20, 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/891007/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: December 18, 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/891115/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: December 16, 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/891196/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: December 18, 2004

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/891519/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: January 7, 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/891576/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: January 7, 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/892057/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: January 20, 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/892299/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: January 25, 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/892404/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: January 24, 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/893050/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: February 1, 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/893052/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: February 4, 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/893305/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: February 22, 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/894317/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: February 26, 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/894539/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: March 11, 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/895318/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: March 11 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/895679/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: March 30, 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/896253/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: March 29, 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/896261/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the updates for Outlook 2003 and for Office 2003 MUI Pack: March 15, 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/924423/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Error message when you try to add a delegate in Outlook 2003: "The Delegates settings were not saved correctly"

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/946208/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2007: Description of the Outlook 2007 update: July 10, 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2596598/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2007: Description of the Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter update: July 10, 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2687310/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2007: How to change the Cancel Request dialog box behavior in Outlook

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/293650/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2007: The options to prevent addition of an Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or Other Server Types accounts are not available in Outlook

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/317819/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2007: MS08-015: Description of the security update for Outlook 2007: March 11, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/946983/en-US  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2007: Error message when you try to add a delegate in Outlook 2007: "The Delegates settings were not saved correctly"

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/950794/en-US  

Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition: New Outlook Today customization options in Outlook 2000

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/192478/en-US  

Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition: OL2000: (CW) New User Prompted to Make Outlook the Default Mail Client

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/218381/en-US  

Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition: OL2000: You Cannot Set the Default Archive Folder Path with the System Policy Editor

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/222237/en-US  

Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition: How to install Outlook on a Terminal Server

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/222303/en-US  

Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition: Sample Outlook.prf file with Internet E-mail service options

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/259957/en-US  

Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition: The Modprof utility only works with Outlook 2000

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/271786/en-US  

Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition: MS08-015 Description of the security update for Outlook 2000: March 11, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/946986/en-US  

Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition: How to disable Instant Messaging by using a system policy in Outlook 2002

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/312985/en-US  

Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition: OL: Embedded OLE Object Does Not Open in the Preview Pane

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/815354/en-US  

Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition: MS08-015: Description of the security update for Outlook 2002: March 11, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/946985/en-US  

Microsoft Outlook 2010: How to back up and restore the Outlook 2010 Auto-Complete cache

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2679568/en-US  

Microsoft Outlook 2010: Outlook 2010 does not display folders moved in a shared mailbox

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2730669/en-US  

Microsoft Outlook 2010: Outlook does not prompt the meeting organizer to send updates only to added or deleted attendees

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2732379/en-US

Manageability

News

Premier

OpsVault — Operate and Optimize IT

http://www.opsvault.com  

Microsoft Premier Support UK - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

mspremuk/  

General

Steve Rachui's Manageability blog - ConfigMgr/OpsMgr - Site Home - MSDN Blogs

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/

steverac/  

MSDN Blogs

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/

rslaten/  

TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

manageabilityguys/  

Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

server-cloud/  

Insufficient data from Andrew Fryer - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

andrew/  

Configuration Manager & SMS

The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

configurationmgr/  

The Deployment Guys - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

deploymentguys  

System Center Configuration Manager Solutions - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

mwiles/  

Carlos Santiago's Manageability Blog - Configuration Manager - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

carlossantiago/  

Michael Niehaus' Windows and Office deployment ramblings - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

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

The System Center Operations Manager Support Team Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

operationsmgr/  

Kevin Holman's System Center Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

kevinholman/  

Jonathan Almquist on Operations Manager - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

jonathanalmquist/  

Jimmy Harper's Operations Manager Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

jimmyharper/  

Emre's OpsMgr Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

emreguclu/  

MPAuthor - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

mpauthor/  

Orchestrator

System Center: Orchestrator Engineering Team Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

orchestrator/  

Other

System Center: Virtual Machine Manager Engineering Team Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

scvmm/  

The Microsoft Application Virtualization Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

appv/  

The Out Of Band Management Support Team blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/

oob/  

Tweets

Operations Manager & MOM

@OpsMgr

Tweets from the Ops manager team

@MPReleases

Notification of new Management Pack Releases as they happen.

@MS_SystemCenter

We are the System Center Support team. We support App-V, ConfigMgr, DPM, MED-V, Opalis, OpsMgr, Server App-V, Service Manager, SCE, SCVMM, WSUS and more.

@system_center

The folks at Microsoft who work on the System Center family of products and solutions.

Downloads

None This Month

Events/Webcasts

None This Month

New KB's

Configuration Manager & SMS

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007: A Configuration Manager 2007 backup doesn't backup the database files even though the backup logs show that it was successful

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2733915/en-US  

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2: The SMS Host Agent service crashes on a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 client computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2724939/en-US  

Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: New naming schema for Microsoft Systems Management Server software update packages

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/823419/en-US  

Operations Manager & MOM

Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005: "Failed to create MOM database" error when you try to install MOM 2005 on a computer that has been upgraded to Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/885734/en-US  

Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005: You may receive an "A management pack script was unable to complete successfully" error message on a Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Operator Console that has Windows DNS Management Pack installed

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/906515/en-US  

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007: OpsMgr: Monitoring Alerts may not auto-resolve

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2709521/en-US  

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2: System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Cumulative Update 1 Release Notes

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/974144/en-US  

Other

Microsoft System Center Service Manager 2010: Description of Cumulative Update 4 for System Center Service Manager 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/

kb/2719826/en-US

Huge Collection of Awesome Free Microsoft E-Books

Found about this today.  It seems that Microsoft is giving everyone access to a whole bunch of really good free ebooks on development topics and other Microsoft technologies.

Check it out here:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mssmallbiz/archive/2012/07/27/large-collection-of-free-microsoft-ebooks-for-you-including-sharepoint-visual-studio-windows-phone-windows-8-office-365-office-2010-sql-server-2012-azure-and-more.aspx

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Getting the Text Value of an OptionSetValue Using LINQ in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011

I have seen some interesting things historically when trying to get at the text value of an OptionSetValue in code.  Many times this means making a metadata RetrieveAttributeRequest or something of that nature to get the metadata for the OptionSet.  This is pretty cumbersome in many instances, but the other day I saw an interesting way of doing this put out in a forum question here.

The basics are as follows.

1. Use CrmSvcUtil.exe (comes with the SDK) to get a context that you can use with the CRM LINQ provider.

2. Use LINQ to pull the entity attribute FormattedValues for a specific attribute of type OptionSetValue.  The example below is pulling based on a specific entity ID so it pulls the specific text value of the optionset in this instance.

var strstringvalue = (from ca in context.CreateQuery<CampaignActivity>()
        where ca.ActivityId == campaignResponse.new_CampaignActivityId.Id
        select ca.FormattedValues["new_campaignactivitytype"]);

This should help somebody out. :) - Happy Friday!