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This latest post from Steve Rachui's Manageability blog walks you through the steps required to use a third party cert with System Center Updates Publisher – specifically a cert from Verisign...
http://blogs.msdn.com/steverac/archive/2009/03/31/using-third-party-certificate-with-scup.aspx
.NET Framework 2.0
961864 FIX: Web clients may have several problems when you access an ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX-enabled Web site
969548 ASP.net 2.0 : Event validation failure when post back occurs before page is rendered completely
969388 The leak of marterial on DTMF feature of the speech synthesis class
967114 FIX: Error message when you use the System.Data.DataTable.InsertRow method or any other overload method in a .NET Framework 2.0-based application to insert rows into a table: "Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow"
949918 If you cancel the credentials dialog box, Outlook 2003 silently enters Offline mode, and you are not connected to your mailbox
969375 Outlook 2007: ShowSenderPhoto OutlookAddin.Connect is listed in the Disabled Items dialog box after installing the February 24, 2009 Cumulative Update
963060 FIX: An error message is logged, and the synchronization may take a long time to finish when you synchronize a merge replication that contains a SQL Server Compact 3.5 subscriber: "UpdateStatistics Start app=CPWerx mobile.exe"
960142 FIX: A merge replication synchronization with SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition subscribers takes a long time to complete, and an "UpdateStatistics Start app=CPWerx mobile.exe" error message is logged in the Client Agent log file
969596 OpsMgr 2007: Files and Folders starting with "Program" causing unmonitored Agent
969383 OpsMgr Cannot add Management Group after authentification failed once
969382 Recovery process of a DFS Namespace in Windows 2003 and 2008 Server
969523 Installers running in Terminal Server may not copy all per-user Default settings to each user's HKCU hive.
969365 The Cluster icon is missing in the Computer Management window on Windows Server 2003 x64
969594 Windows 2003 Service Pack 2 forces Mutual Authentication with MSDTC
967787 Stop error message when you have the TCP Chimney feature enabled and the TCP transfer buffer size is set to 32 MB in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, or Windows Server 2003: "Stop 0x00000040 TARGET_MDL_TOO_SMALL"
969368 The Windows Deployment Services (WDS) Server service terminated with service-specific error message 3238332162 (0xC1050702)
969496 Profile path not applied to users when logging across cross forest
967198 You cannot manage Windows Deployment Service (WDS) images from a Windows Server 2003-based server that has a localized admin pack installed
969500 Server 2003 x64 diskpart unable to import dynamic foreign RAID set
969457 How to prevent profile creation on server even when an encypted file is copied in plain text mode
967222 When you take some Windows HPC Server 2008 nodes offline, these nodes remain in the Draining state
967208 You receive a Stop error message some time after you use a 32-bit installer to install an NDIS intermediate driver on a computer that runs a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003
961716 A memory leak occurs every time that an application submits an SOA job to a Windows HPC Server 2008 cluster
961776 You receive a "duplicate UUID" error message when you compile a COM-based program for Windows HPC Server 2008
968225 Account lockout policy does not work correctly for ADAM user accounts when the password expires, and the wrong password is entered during the bind process
967758 You experience a delay during startup on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 when the computer has certain devices connected
959482 Horizontal black stripes are displayed in the print output when you print an image to a PCL printer from a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008
961707 You may be not able to use a VPN connection again on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista if you log off the computer without disconnecting the VPN connection
953602 Vulnerabilities in Windows Services for UNIX and the Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (SUA) could allow for remote code execution
953152 The algorithm for the Encrypting File System (EFS) smartcard certificate implementation in Windows Vista may cause data loss
965494 Stop error when a registry management problem occurs on a Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1-based computer: "0x0000007E"
961918 Audio-related applications may experience exception or function failure in Terminal sessions in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista Service Pack 1
969547 Error code after enabling Bitlocker in Task Sequence when deploying image by using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008: "-2147467259"
969402 Users unable to override Color Management settings for a network printer
969397 DPI Scaling (font size adjustment) does not work on display resolutions lower than 600 pixels vertical
957473 A scheduled task is suspended unexpectedly, and the operating system resumes sleep when you select the "Wake the computer to run this task" option in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008
961080 Event ID: 19 occurs on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based computers that use Intel Nehalem processors
967353 Description of the pre-scan version of System Update Readiness Tool for Windows Vista and for Windows Server 2008
963044 On a computer that runs Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, after you rename, delete, or move the files in a network share that is hosted on a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based computer, files are still listed in the network share
967584 Two options are missing on the shortcut menu that is opened from the Bluetooth Agent icon if you use an Arabic Language Pack that is preinstalled on your Windows Vista-based computer
967657 You cannot access a CD or DVD disc on a shared optical drive after you replace one disc with another on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008
968486 On a Windows XP-based computer, icons are displayed as a red X
There’s still time to save over $300!
Reserve your place now at the premiere technical event of the year for IT Management Professionals. Register before Friday April 3rd 2009 and you’ll save more than $300 on the regular price.
Announcing the MMS 2009 Partner Technical Showcase This year MMS 2009 is offering an additional set of IT Management sessions presented by key Microsoft Partners in the Partner Technical Showcase. These presentation topics are hosted in parallel with the main breakout sessions during the week, offering additional insights into the solutions, products and best practices provided by top industry experts attending MMS 2009. The topics being offered are listed below, with full details including session abstracts on the dedicated Partner Technical Showcase page at the MMS 2009 website:
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Topic
Company
TS31
Efficiently Managing Your Desktop Strategy for Application Virtualization
Acresso Software
TS32
Accelerate Your Remote Office Performance of Systems Center Applications
Blue Coat Systems, Inc.
TS33
Integrating Microsoft Systems Management into Cross-Silo Infrastructure Management
CA Inc.
TS34
Best of Both Worlds: Configuration Manager Operating System Deployment and Vendor Configuration Centers
CDW
TS35
Architecting Hyper-V Disaster Recovery Configurations for 1-to-many Distribution Over Low Speed IP WANs
Data Core Software
TS36
Scaling IT Management From On-premise Private Clouds to the Public Cloud Using Windows Azure
FullArmor Corporation
TS37
Securely Managing Local Administrator and Cross-platform Root Accounts in Microsoft System Center for GRC compliance
Lieberman Software
TS38
Leveraging Configuration Manager for Software License Compliance and Management
ManageSoft Corporation
TS39
Solving Real-world Mobile Device Management Challenges with Configuration Manager 2007
Odyssey Software
TS40
ISV Solutions for Cross-platform Monitoring, Regulatory Auditing and Advanced Visualizations
Secure Vantage
TS41
Automated Discovery and Dependency Mapping for Operations Manager
Tideway
TS42
Monitoring VMware Systems Using Microsoft System Center Operations Manager
Veeam
TS43
Optimizing Your Infrastructure
Veloxum
TS44
Managing Cross Platform LOB Applications in Virtualized Environments with Operations Manager 2007 R2
Xandros
With the addition of these presentations by key IT Management partners in the Partner Technical Showcase at MMS 2009 there are 14 more reasons to join us at this year’s event.
Full Session Schedule Full details of all Breakout, Self-paced and Instructor-led Lab sessions are provided on the event site Sessions Page and in a downloadable Session Details PDF. In addition a grid view of all the Breakout and ILL schedules is available in two page formats: Week on a page (11”x17”) and Day on a page (8.5"x14").
Registration This year the summit is returning to The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. You may choose to purchase accommodation separately from your registration or during the on-line registration process. The MMS 2009 Event Team has negotiated a special rate at the Venetian Hotel, available only through the registration web site. Details of the accommodation on offer are provided on the MMS 2009 Registration Page. And remember – if you book 4 hotel nights accommodation at the Venetian Hotel you are eligible for a fifth night at no extra charge!
Don’t miss out on the top IT management event of 2009. Register now! www.mms-2009.com
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The final part of this now available from the TechNet Edge site:
“This screencast walked through the steps to install Self-Service Portal followed by presenting the user experience in creating a VM using an assigned template and operating the created VM via Self-Service Portal UI.
The demo environment included MYHOST (my laptop running Windows Server 2008 Enterprise with Hyper-V Server Role) and 2 running virtual machines were APEX (the domain controller of contoso.corp) and SC (a member server with SCVMM installed) while MYHOST also joined the domain.
The following screencasts present the user experience and walk through the operations carried out from steps 5 to 11:...”
http://edge.technet.com/Media/SCVMM-Self-Service-Portal-with-Laptop-Part-4-of-4-Running-Self-Service-Portal-Rapid-Prototyping-of/
Part 3 of 4 is now available:
“This screencast walked through the steps to add MYHOST into the SCVMM as a Library Server and the processes to create profiles, templates, and User Roles.
The following screencasts present the user experience and walk through the operations carried out from steps 5 to 11: ...”
http://edge.technet.com/Media/SCVMM-Self-Service-Portal-with-Laptop-Part-3-of-4-Adding-Library-Server-Rapid-Prototyping-of/
969189 How to override .NET connectionManagement settings in an application configuration file
961902 FIX: Error message when you compile an ASP.NET project that contains many application resource files: "A first chance exception of type 'System.ArgumentException' occurred in mscorlib.dll"
969190 Executing a stored procedure on a linked server through a synonym using SqlCommand returns "A severe error occurred on the current command"
963676 FIX: The CLR fails with a fatal execution engine error, and a crash occurs when you run an application by using the .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2
969305 Memory Optimizing Tools That Rebase DLL Load Addresses Cause .NET Applications to Crash with FatalExecutionEngineException
969214 System.Drwaing.Color type is not supported for marshaling in late bind usage
969218 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about the structure of .NET Framework-specific configuration options in Internet Explorer
969236 Internet Explorer does not display the Windows Live Family Safety block page when a Web site is blocked by Family Safety
961817 Description of the Outlook 2003 hotfix package (Nldmui.msp, Olkintl.msp): February 24, 2009
961821 Description of the Outlook 2003 hotfix package (Hunmui.msp, Olkintl.msp): February 24, 2009
961819 Description of the Outlook 2003 hotfix package (Esnmui.msp, Olkintl.msp): February 24, 2009
961820 Description of the Outlook 2003 hotfix package (Olkintl.msp, Svemui.msp): February 24, 2009
961822 Description of the Outlook 2003 hotfix package (Danmui.msp, Olkintl.msp): February 24, 2009
961818 Description of the Outlook 2003 hotfix package (Framui.msp, Olkintl.msp): February 24, 2009
961823 Description of the Outlook 2003 hotfix package (Plkmui.msp, Olkintl.msp): February 24, 2009
969273 Error message when attempting to perform VDI backup: "The system cannot find the file specified"
968749 SQL Server 2005 setup fails when MSXML Core Services 6.0 Service Pack 2 has already been installed
969200 How to return uniqueidentifier initialized with NEWSEQUENTIALID() function to the .Net client
969159 SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008 Websync Internet timeouts may not show any symptoms in Replication Monitor
958254 You receive multiple "WMI Probe Module Failed Execution" alerts from Windows 2000-based computers after you install System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1
955523 Web console hotfix package for System Center Operations Manager 2007
963005 The Add Object Wizard displays only 500 objects even if more objects exist in System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1
969270 OpsMgr R2: ProcessMonitor: Unwanted process & InstanceCount Monitor are not working correctly on Windows 2000
960712 A monthly recurring advertisement skips November in Systems Management Server 2003 Service Pack 3 systems if the scheduled day is after the first Sunday in November
960713 The command bar, tab bar, and Favorites Center do not appear in the Internet Explorer window if the Internet Explorer 7 window is set to full-screen mode by the application and then is restored to windowed mode
969302 Certificate Server Service does not start and you receive the error: The Data is invalid. 0xd (Win32:13) on a Windows 2003 based certificate authority
968969 Error message when you try to install Forefront Security for Office Communications Server: "Unable to verify that the account is a member of the RTCUniversalServerAdmins and RTCProxyUniversalServices domain groups"
959994 A Windows-based server running IIS does not respond to POST requests that have the "Expect: 100-Continue" header
969304 Windows Time Synchronization does not work on the PDC Operations Master role Domain Controller of the Forest Root Domain
969264 Error message on a Windows Server 2003 or a Windows XP computer trying to join a Windows Server 2003 domain: "Access is denied"
969197 Cannot access shares from a different forest
967327 Shadow copies that you create in Windows Server 2008 cannot be detected in Windows Server 2003
959998 In Windows Server 2003, an Office 2003 document that contains ASCII words enclosed in non-ASCII quotation marks is not searchable in the Indexing service if you search files by using the word immediately after the first quotation mark
966321 The TCP receive window size cannot be changed by configuring the registry on the passive open side when a TCP/IPv6 connection is used on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
959996 PowerPoint 2003 presentations larger than 4,297 KB are not searchable in the Indexing service and by other search providers that rely on the Office iFilter in Windows Server 2003
969250 The RSoP console may show multiple languages on a computer that has the .NET Framework 2.0 installed
956594 An indexed Excel worksheet that contains cells with a large comment field is not searchable in the Indexing service and by other search providers in Windows Server 2003
967586 When you run a 16-bit application on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer that has the Desktop Window Manager Session Manager service installed, some controls are not painted correctly
967159 Many events that have a Source attribute of Microsoft-Windows-SpoolerWin32SPL and an event ID of 4 are logged in Windows Vista SP1 and in Windows Server 2008
969267 Error message when requesting a user certificate on a Windows Server 2008 or a Windows Vista client: "The certificate request cannot be created. The profile for the user is a temporary profile."
969205 Printing performance over Wan Networks in Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008 systems
955076 Stop error message on a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based computer that has multiple processors installed: "STOP: 0x00000101 CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT"
969097 Dialog box incorrectly instructs users to reinstall Windows Media Player
959219 FIX: Windows Media Player crashes when you play a video for a long time on a Windows Vista-based computer
969298 The "Repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console" is not available on OEM recovery media
Book 4 Nights at the Venetian Hotel and stay for a 5th night free!
We are pleased to announce a new benefit to MMS attendees: Attendees booking and paying for at least four (4) hotel nights at the Venetian Hotel are eligible for an additional night (valued at $227.81) at no additional cost!
Staying at the Venetian allows you to network with other attendees 24/7 and truly immerse yourself in the MMS experience. Plus, you can take advantage of the newly reduced room rate of $209 per night plus tax, plus additional discounts at many restaurants within the hotel.
As MMS 2009 runs from Monday to Friday, 4 nights of accommodation are needed to attend the entire event. However with all the new Hands-on Labs and Breakout sessions being added to Monday’s schedule this year, many attendees may wish to arrive on Sunday and stay for a 5th night to be able to attend sessions on Monday, 27th April. Alternatively a 5th night of accommodation on Friday would allow attendees whose departure flights are in the morning to attend all sessions up to the close of the event.
To take advantage of this complimentary 5th room night benefit at the Venetian Hotel:
If you have not yet registered for MMS 2009 Please visit the Registration Overview page and click on the appropriate link to register.
· If you choose the "Registration Only" option, during the registration process you will have the option to book your hotel accommodation. Simply book at least five nights, and your 5th night will be free.
· If you choose the "Registration Package" option, which includes four nights, you will have the opportunity to extend your reservation to five nights at no additional cost during the registration process.
If you have already registered for MMS but have not yet booked your hotel Please return to your MMS 2009 registration record via the Return Visit Services link. Log in with your username and password, and navigate to the "Hotel" page. You can add then add a Venetian Hotel reservation to your event registration.
If you already booked a Venetian Hotel reservation of four or fewer nights You may still take advantage of this promotion. Please return to your record via Return Visit Services. Log in with your username and password, and navigate to the "Hotel" page. You must extend your reservation to at least five (5) nights to receive the complimentary night.
If you already booked a Venetian Hotel reservation of five or more nights No action is required. The Registration Team will communicate directly with the Venetian to ensure that your fifth room night will be complimentary. However, you can also elect to extend your existing stay further by returning to your record via Return Visit Services. Log in with your username and password, and navigate to the "Hotel" page.
Eligibility Requirements and Promotion Details
· The additional complimentary room night must be contiguous with a reservation for MMS 2009, occurring between April 22 and May 2, 2009.
· This benefit requires that the attendee to stay for at least five (5) consecutive nights. Attendees electing to stay four or fewer nights cannot receive a discount on their existing reservation.
· All incidental charges and additional fees outside of the room rate and tax are the responsibility of the attendee.
· Only General Attendees and Package Attendees are eligible for this benefit. Sponsor/Exhibitor Attendees are not eligible for this promotion.
· Reservations for the additional night must be made through the MMS registration website.
· Limit one complimentary night for standard suite reservations only on a per attendee bases.
Part 2 has now been posted on the TechNet Edge site:
“This screencast walked through the steps to add MYHOST into the SCVMM as a host.
http://edge.technet.com/Media/SCVMM-Self-Service-Portal-with-Laptop-Part-2-of-4-Adding-Host-Rapid-Prototyping-of/
This looks like the first of a series of 4 really cool presentations posted on the TechNet Edge site:
“A Self-Service Portal is basically a Web site to be installed on a web server with ASP.NET, IIS6 Metabase Compatibility, and IIS6 WMI Compatibility Server Role Services. By accessing the Self-Service Portal, authorized users can create and operate their own virtual machines (VMs) as permitted by each user's User Roles, while the created VMs are placed in a Library Server managed by the System Center Virtual Machine Manager, or SCVMM. A User Role here is essentially a policy with membership, authorized hardware and software profiles, allowed scope of operations, and assigned templates applicable for creating and manageing VMs using Self-Service Portal. In a Self-Service Portal session, an authorized user sees only those virtual machines that the user owns or is authorized to operate upon. And as a VM is created or deleted by a user, the user's quota points are subtracted or regained with the amount of quota points that the VM is assigned in an employed template. Once a user has quota points fewer than what are needed for creating a new VM, the user has reached the maximal number of VMs allowable for the applicable User Role to create...”
http://edge.technet.com/Media/SCVMM-Self-Service-Portal-with-Laptop-Part-1-of-4-Overview-Rapid-Prototyping-of/
Microsoft Web Technologies Unveiled at MIX09 Help Businesses Deliver Return on Experience Microsoft announces Silverlight 3 Beta, new features in Expression Blend and continued progress in the cloud with updates to the Azure Services Platform.
LAS VEGAS — March 18, 2009 — Today at MIX09, Microsoft Corp. announced a set of platform investments to help companies more efficiently and affordably engage with their customers through a rich, interactive presence on the Web. This includes the release of Microsoft Silverlight 3 Beta and Expression Blend 3 Preview, and continued progress in the cloud with updates to the Azure Services Platform. The company also pointed to strong momentum in platform adoption and demonstrated a number of solutions from key partners including Netflix Inc., Bondi Digital Publishing, StackOverflow.com and KEXP. Additionally, building on Silverlight’s success during the Beijing Games, NBC Universal has again chosen Silverlight to deliver the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games on its official Web site, NBCOlympics.com.
The Business Imperative of a Return on Experience Organizations that create more intuitive, more engaging experiences on the Web are able to reduce costs and increase sales. Their visitors find the information they want faster, their customers make fewer calls to support help desks, and the number of impulse purchases made by customers generated grows dramatically. The integrated and interoperable offerings from Microsoft, composed of software and services for desktop, datacenters and the cloud, help organizations deliver richer, more compelling experiences that they require both in and out of the browser, and give them enhanced “return on experience” that the current economic climate demands.
Silverlight 3 Beta Released Silverlight 3 empowers Web developers and designers to build the best experiences for their customers through the creation of cutting-edge Web applications. Silverlight 3 helps rich Internet application (RIA) developers work faster with new graphics, animation and 3-D features, and more than 60 controls. Silverlight 3 also ushers in a new generation of high-quality and high-definition video experiences with true high-definition video in full-screen mode, with stutter-free live and on-demand video. Silverlight 3 also gives users more video format choices than ever before, including H.264, along with enhancements such as deep linking, to improve navigation in Silverlight content and automate search engine optimization (SEO) tasks. Finally, Silverlight 3 enables developers to create lightweight Web application experiences that can exist outside the browser. This enables Web sites to deliver more persistent relationships with their customers.
Microsoft also announced Expression Blend 3 Preview, designed to dramatically improve designer and developer workflow and productivity. In the MIX09 keynote address, Microsoft demonstrated SketchFlow, a new capability that allows designers to quickly prototype the flow and composition of applications. Now, for the first time, designers can easily receive annotated feedback on prototypes from stakeholders and rapidly iterate on a project from concept to completion. In addition, Expression Blend directly supports the import of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator files (including layers and paths), integration of live preview sample data, and a comprehensive set of rich behaviors. “In the short time since we launched Silverlight and Expression Blend, Microsoft has rapidly introduced new features and functionality that enable customers to deliver outstanding Web sites,” said Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president of the .NET Developer Platform at Microsoft. “We are working closely with the community to deliver software that helps businesses provide customer experiences on the Web that go beyond ‘good enough’ and drive real business results.”
Microsoft also announced that Soyatec, a France-based IT solutions provider and Eclipse Foundation member, is making available a community technology preview (CTP) of Eclipse Tools for Silverlight (Eclipse4SL) support for Macintosh. With this Eclipse plug-in, Mac developers can create RIAs for the Silverlight platform. This project is funded by Microsoft as part of Microsoft’s continued commitment to openness and interoperability.
Silverlight Customer Adoption Silverlight has made significant progress since it was launched at MIX07. Hundreds of thousands of developers and designers are using Silverlight, and leading organizations such as AOL LLC, eBay Inc., BSkyB Ltd., Netflix Inc., CBS Sports Online, the European Commission, CareerBuilder.com, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Yahoo! Japan are building their next-generation rich applications and media experiences using Silverlight.
“Netflix chose Silverlight because it makes a faster and more agile development environment possible, allowing Netflix to quickly deliver a superior instant watching experience to our subscribers,” said Steve Swasey, vice president of corporate communications at Netflix. “When Netflix deployed Silverlight last fall, Netflix members realized a richer experience of access and quality to instantly watch movies and TV episodes from Netflix on their PCs and, for the first time, were able to instantly watch the same content on their Intel-based Macintosh computers.” At Microsoft, more than 200 products and Web sites are now using Silverlight, including Microsoft.com, MSN, Live Search, Windows Live, Microsoft Office Online, Virtual Earth and the live preview release of the Silverlight-based WorldWide Telescope application.
Easier Access to Developer Tools, Platforms, and Applications Today, Microsoft also released several components of the Microsoft Web Platform, an integrated set of tools, servers and frameworks that work seamlessly together and interoperate with popular open source applications and products that are used in the community. Included in the Microsoft Web Platform vision is the Web Platform Installer 2.0 Beta, a tool that simplifies the installation and update of Microsoft’s free Web products and other free Web components. This release allows users to download both PHP and the final release of ASP.NET MVC 1.0. Microsoft also launched the Windows Web Application Gallery, which allows developers to discover, explore and download applications and components that will help them build Web applications. Developers can submit free applications into the Gallery, offering communities, partners and independent software vendors access to millions of Windows developers worldwide for promoting their Web solutions. The Gallery includes links to popular applications such as Acquia Drupal, DotNetNuke and WordPress.
Finally, Microsoft also announced the availability of Microsoft Commerce Server 2009, which allows businesses to create improved user experiences across e-commerce channels.
Deepening Cloud Investments With the Azure Services Platform In addition to platform investments to enable front-end experiences, enhancements to the back-end platform include updates to the Azure Services Platform. Today Microsoft announced new capabilities in Windows Azure including support for full trust to increase the level of flexibility for developers through support of native code, non-.NET language support via FastCGI, and geolocation to provide developers with the capability to host data and code across two U.S.-based datacenters; this enables customers to store data in multiple locations while helping ensure business continuity, and delivers enhanced performance benefits through reduced network latency.
Summary The following bulletins have undergone a minor revision increment. Please see the appropriate bulletin for more details. * MS09-004 - Important * MS08-040 - Important
Bulletin Information: * MS09-004 - Important - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-004.mspx - Reason for Revision: V1.2 (March 18, 2009): Corrected product instance names from "ADMT" and "ADS" to "MS_ADMT" and "MicrosoftADS", respectively. These are instance names referenced in the Security Update Deployment section for the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (WMSDE). This is an informational change only that does not affect the files contained in the update. Customers who have successfully updated their systems do not need to reinstall this update. - Originally posted: February 10, 2009 - Updated: March 18, 2009 - Bulletin Severity Rating: Important - Version: 1.2
* MS08-040 - Important - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-040.mspx - Reason for Revision: V1.9 (March 18, 2009): Corrected product instance names from "ADMT" and "ADS" to "MS_ADMT" and "MicrosoftADS", respectively. These are instance names referenced in the Security Update Deployment section for the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (WMSDE). This is an informational change only that does not affect the files contained in the update. Customers who have successfully updated their systems do not need to reinstall this update. - Originally posted: July 8, 2008 - Updated: March 18, 2009 - Bulletin Severity Rating: Important - Version: 1.9
Register by April 3rd and save over $300!
Reserve your place now at the premiere technical event of the year for IT Management Professionals. Register before April 3rd 2009 and you’ll save more than $300 on the regular price.
Early-bird registration for MMS 2009 is still open, and can be accessed from the event web site at www.mms-2009.com. The site provides an overview of the event as well as the complete event schedule.
Event Agenda MMS 2009 will offer more deep technical breakout sessions than ever before, covering a broad range of IT Management topics and technologies. Daily Q&A slots also allow attendees to meet the presenters of that day’s sessions and discuss specific session content informally in a 1:1 format. In addition, the event will provide over 9,000 Hands-On Lab places during the week, including more Instructor-led Lab topics than in any previous year, as well as the usual “walk-up” self-paced lab area. All of Microsoft’s management solutions, together with those provided by Partners, will be on show at the MMS 2009 Expo where you’ll have the opportunity to review the latest solutions and discuss your specific requirements with leading industry experts and your peers within the IT industry.
Session Schedule Full details of the Breakout, Self-paced and Instructor-led Lab sessions are provided on the event web site Sessions Page and in a downloadable Session Details PDF. In addition a grid view of all the Breakout and ILL schedules is available in two page formats: Week on a page (11”x17”) and Day on a page (Legal).
Deep Technical Content Only at MMS 2009 can you find both the breadth and the depth of information you need on current IT Management issues and solutions. Topics covering areas such as "Systems Management", "Operations Management", "Virtualization" and "Solution Accelerators" quickly drill from overviews of the latest features and solutions into detailed troubleshooting and performance optimization topics. Whether you need to optimize IT service availability or plan cost-effective OS and software deployments for your organization, you'll find everything you need to know at MMS 2009.
Registration This year the summit is returning to The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. You may choose to purchase accommodation separately from your registration or during the on-line registration process. The MMS 2009 Event Team has negotiated a special rate at the Venetian Hotel, available only through the registration web site. Details of the accommodation on offer are provided on the MMS 2009 Registration Page.
"Error. Status code 207" in Smsts.log [18/03/09] Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP ConfigMgr] If you're seeing this error in the Smsts.log on SMS 2003 Clients when you send them a Package from a ConfigMgr SP1 BITS-enabled DP running on Windows 2008 then you should look at applying this hotfix...
Make sure you get in before 3rd April to get your discount...
Just a reminder that System Center Virtual User group are having their next meeting tomorrow at 12 noon central daylight time (CDT) as Pete points out below:
“Just a reminder that next System Center Virtual User group meeting #5 will be Thursday, March 19th at 12 noon central daylight time (CDT). We have an excellent line up for this meeting so join us by registering here.
Meeting Agenda
Scott Moss - Introductions - 12:00 - 12:05
Jason Sandys - Desired Configuration Management (DCM): Objectives and Strategies - 12:05 - 12:30
Harold Dyck - Extending DCM in ConfigMgr 2007 - 12:35 - 1:00
Marco Shaw - Powershell v2 - 1:05 – 1:30
Kevin Holman - Improving Console Performance in Operations Manager 2007 - 1:35 - 2:00
Scott Moss - Closing - open for questions - 2:00 - 2:20
Detailed agenda and international dial-in number HERE.
Cheers,
Pete”