Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com

[MS KBs] New KB Articles At Microsoft 6 Jan 2009 - Weekly Summary

.NET Framework 2.0

954832 FIX: You cannot use the mouse to resize a control if you open many forms in Visual Studio 2005 or in Visual Studio 2008 on a computer that is running the .NET Framework 2.0 SP1

959633 When you try to print multiple copies of an e-mail message in Outlook 2003, all the copies of the e-mail message are stapled together

960791 Error message when you run the DBCC CHECKDB command on a computer that contains a SQL Server database: "Error 8967"

958157 Inaccurate software metering reports may be generated from Systems Management Server 2003 Service Pack 3-based primary site servers

959441 The "GetFileVersionInfo" function for localized binary files may return incorrect file-version information in Windows Server 2008 and in Windows Vista Service Pack 1

960037 When a 32-bit process tries to update a string value with a new value that contains the %ProgramFiles% string, the %ProgramFiles% string is converted to the %ProgramFiles(x86)% string in a 64-bit environment

959200 Applications or services that use the NFS redirector may crash when a Linux-based client or a UNIX-based client disconnects from a Windows Server 2003 terminal server without logging off

958353 After you install Windows Server 2003 SP2, you cannot obtain correct data from a database by using indexes that are based on the Serbian Latin collation or the Serbian Cyrillic collation

955549 When you open an .rtf file that contains a MergeField field in a paragraph, indents that are added to the paragraph are not displayed in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows XP Professional x64 edition

958147 The Member ID field is logged incorrectly in the audit event on a Windows Server 2003 domain controller if you add a user of a different domain to a universal group

961640 Nonpaged pool kernel memory leak on Windows 2003 clusters with Multipathing solution installed

958860 Some unrecoverable hardware errors are not reported as expected on a computer that runs a 32-bit version of Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

955857 The "Create symbolic links" Group Policy setting is not displayed in GPMC on a Windows Server 2008-based computer or a Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based computer

960644 When you click a file protocol-based hyperlink that points to a 2007 Office system file in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008, an application that is associated with the file may not start

956840 A memory leak may occur in an application that uses the MS-FASP API to open and close policy store handles in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008

960251 Error message when you run a Borland MS-DOS based application: "The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running"

960758 You receive an error when you use the Add a Network Location Wizard to connect to a WebDAV site that uses certificate-based authentication on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer

960375 You receive an ERROR_HANDLE_NOT_CLOSABLE error code and the Lsass.exe process crashes when an application calls the LsaLogonUser function together with the KERB_TICKET_LOGON structure in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1

955560 Handle leaks and memory leaks occur on the Printer Spooler service when a Windows Vista SP1-based computer or a Windows Server 2008-based computer installs and uninstalls network printers

957569 FIX: An application that uses the WASAPI may crash when you call the GetBuffer function

[Security] Researchers hack Intel vPro security system

To be honest I thought it would only be a matter of time before someone tried hacking vPro – not good news:

http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsid=109058&pagtype=all

Quite funny that this ad was displayed at the top of the page containing the article:

[ConfigMgr] KB 956944 5th Jan 09 - Error message when you use the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 console to connect to a Configuration Manager 2007 site server that is not running Service Pack 1

SYMPTOMS

Consider the following scenario:

• You open a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) console and use it to connect to a site server that is running Configuration Manager 2007 without SP1.
• You open the Site Settings\Discovery Methods item, and then you double-click the Network Discovery item.

AdminUI.Console.dll
MMC has detected an error in a snap-in and will unload it.

After you receive this message, you have the following options:

• Option 1: Report this error to Microsoft, and then shut down Microsoft Management Console (MMC).
• Option 2: Unload the snap-in.

Unhandled Exception in Managed Code Snap-in

FX:{6de537a5-7a1c-4fa4-ac3a-1b6fc1036560}
The given key was not present in the dictionary.

Exception Type:
System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException

Exception stack trace:
at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowKeyNotFoundException()
at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.get_Item(TKey key)
at Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.AdminConsole.NetworkDiscovery.NetworkDiscoveryGeneralControl.UpdateUI()
at Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.AdminConsole.NetworkDiscovery.NetworkDiscoveryGeneralControl.InitializePageControl()
at Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.AdminConsole.SmsPropertyPage.OnInitialize()
at Microsoft.ManagementConsole.PropertyPage.InternalInitialize()
at Microsoft.ManagementConsole.PropertySheet.ProcessNotificationMessage(PropertyPageNotification pageNotif)
at Microsoft.ManagementConsole.SnapInBase.ProcessNotification(Notification notification)
at Microsoft.ManagementConsole.NamespaceSnapInBase.ProcessNotification(Notification notif)
at Microsoft.ManagementConsole.Internal.SnapInClient.Microsoft.ManagementConsole.Internal.IMessageClient.ProcessNotification(Notification notification)
at Microsoft.ManagementConsole.Internal.IMessageClient.ProcessNotification(Notification notification)
at Microsoft.ManagementConsole.Executive.SnapInNotificationOperation.ProcessNotification()
at Microsoft.ManagementConsole.Executive.Operation.OnThreadTransfer(SimpleOperationCallback callback)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956944/en-us?spid=2890

[SMS 2003] KB 961726 5th Jan 09 - Available command line switches for PatchInstall.exe

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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961726/en-us?spid=2890

[MS KBs] Keeping You Up to Date

I’ve made a few New Year’s Resolutions and one of them is to to try to keep up-to-date (and keep all of you updated), on all new and updated KBs coming out of Microsoft as soon as I get to hear about them (something I’ve failed a bit to do of late). So keep your eyes and Inboxes peeled…

[ConfigMgr][OpsMgr] Coming Soon: Specialized OpsMgr 2007 and ConfigMgr 2007 blogs

In case you missed J.C. Hornbeck’s blog post, effective today the SMS&MOM Team’s Manageability Team Blog is going to be split into dedicated tracks for ConfigMgr/ SMS and OpsMgr/ MOM/ SCE (links below). Don’t panic though, you’ve got a few weeks to update your feed, more details in this post.

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

MOM/OpsMgr/SCE: http://blogs.technet.com/operationsmgr/

Congratulations 2009 Microsoft MVP!

As well as marking the start of the New Year the 1st of January is always a time I get nervous and excited at the same time in checking my email to see if my MVP has been re-awarded.

Well as you can see from the mail below I’ve been very fortunate in being re-awarded my ConfigMgr MVP  award for the 6th consecutive year.

I feel very humbled and honoured by this award as to me I’m just trying to “do my bit” in promoting and making ConfigMgr the best product it can be whilst at the same time helping folks get the most out of it.

So please don’t forget this is not just about me relaying information from Microsoft it’s also giving YOU the users and community a mechanism for giving YOUR feedback to Microsoft.

So before I go off and pop the cork on some Champagne to celebrate I just want to say a BIG thank you to Microsoft and everyone involved in the MVP Program and the ConfigMgr Product Groups. I also want to thank my fellow MVPs and of course YOU the community who have helped me out so much again this past year.

Happy New Year to you all and I wish you and your loved a Happy, Prosperous and Peaceful New Year in what I fear will be a difficult times for a lot of people but together I hope we can work  through these.

Cliff

---------------------------------

From: support@mvpaward.com

Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 2:18 PM

To: cliff@faqshop.com

Subject: Congratulations 2009 Microsoft MVP!

Dear Cliff Hobbs,

Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2009 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others.

The Microsoft MVP Award provides us the unique opportunity to celebrate and honor your significant contributions and say "Thank you for your technical leadership."

Toby Richards
General Manager
Community Support Services

Happy New Year from London

How Necy and I spent New Year’s Eve – Happy 2009 everyone.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8POeYMnJY6U

[SMS 2003] Inaccurate software metering reports may be generated from Systems Management Server 2003 Service Pack 3-based primary site servers

SYMPTOMS

The software metering processor on a Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 Service Pack 3-based primary site server may return an invalid file size when it handles the software metering summarization data (.sum file) from a child site server.

The issue causes duplicate file entries in the SoftwareFile table. Additionally, one entry has an invalid file size (most likely 0). Inaccurate software metering reports are generated because of this issue.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;958157&sd=rss&spid=2890

[MS KBs] New KB Articles At Microsoft 30 Dec 2008 - Weekly Summary

Expression Web

961472 How to insert video using Expression Web

961444 How to Convert Expression Web 1.0 Trial Version to a Full Version

961471 Expression Web does not Have Option to Remove Shared Borders from Site

957714 A File Download dialog box appears unexpectedly after you install the Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer MS08-045

960103 Description of the Outlook 2003 hotfix package (Engmui.msp, Olkintl.msp): December 16, 2008

961100 Error message when you start Outlook 2007: "Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook Cannot open Outlook window"

959199 FIX: Windows Media Player seems to crash when you click an Outlook 2007 link to a local file or a UNC path

961040 Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerability in SQL Server could allow remote code execution

959505 Display problems occur in Windows Server 2003 when you move a window between monitor borders in a multi-monitor configuration if the monitors are not configured in a straight-line layout

960007 FIX: Error message when you run an application that makes "burst load" style activation requests and calls a server component through DCOM: "0x800706ba" or "0x800706bf"

960266 Error message when you call the CreateProcess function to start a process of a console application by using an account other than the current logon account in Windows Server 2003: "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000142)"

959398 The WINS MMC snap-in stops responding when you try to stop, start, or restart the WINS service in the WINS MMC snap-in on a clustered WINS server instance in Windows Server 2003

960253 You encounter issues when you create shortcuts in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008, and then you try to use these shortcuts in an earlier version of Windows

961433 How to configure a Windows Vista client to obtain an IPv6 DHCP address

960954 When you open a network share by using a previously created shortcut in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008, a newly created file or folder in the network share does not appear until you update the screen

960470 The pointer position behaves incorrectly when you use RDC to connect to a terminal server from a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based client computer, and you run an application that calls the "SetCursorPos" function

959442 The edges of a document are truncated when you try to print the document by using Terminal Services Easy Print from a client computer that is running Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP1, or Windows Server 2008

960519 Windows Vista does not use all the bandwidth of a PPPoE connection when you download a file from an FTP server

959816 Applications or services that use sockets may stop responding in Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1

959886 Error reports are printed when you print an image to a PostScript printer from a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

[MS Security Advisory Notification] Issued: December 30, 2008

[MS KBs] New KB Articles At Microsoft 23 Dec 2008 - Weekly Summary

.NET Framework 2.0

958481 List of the breaking issues with the .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 after you upgrade to the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

958252 FIX: When you use the Msdatasetgenerator custom tool in the .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1), the scale value and the precision value in the generated code for a third-party .NET data provider differ from the values that you set

960714 MS08-078: Security update for Internet Explorer

960421 Description of the Outlook 2003 hotfix package (Riched20.msp): December 16, 2008

961081 How to remove the Live Search Maps Add-in for Outlook

959628 Description of the Outlook 2003 hotfix package (Outlook.msp): December 16, 2008

958232 Messages that are opened in Outlook do not contain disclaimers that were configured on a server that has Antigen 9.0 with Service Pack 1 installed

960501 Description of the Outlook 2007 hotfix package (Cpao.msp): December 16, 2008

960535 Description of the Outlook 2007 hotfix package (Mso.msp, Outlook.msp): December 16, 2008

959642 Description of the Outlook 2007 hotfix package (Mso.msp,Outlook.msp): December 16, 2008

959632 Outlook 2007 may stop responding when you select an e-mail message that is restricted by Information Rights Management

960570 FIX: A maintenance plan that contains a Rebuild Index task takes much longer to run in SQL Server 2005

960283 FIX: You may encounter a deadlock scenario when you use table variables in SQL Server 2005

959019 FIX: You receive an incorrect result when you run a query that uses the LIKE operator in SQL Server 2005

959006 FIX: Database mirroring sessions may stop intermittently in SQL Server 2005

960574 FIX: Error message when you run the Snapshot Agent for a transactional replication that uses an Oracle 11g publisher in SQL Server 2005: "Msg 21613, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_IHsyncmetadata, Line 223"

959008 FIX: Error message when you start database mirroring in SQL Server 2005 on a database that is restored or upgraded from SQL Server 2000: "The Service Broker ID for the remote copy of database "" does not match the ID on the principal server"

959015 FIX: A conflict with the foreign key constraint occurs when you update the case of the column values in the primary key table or you pad column values in the primary key table in SQL Server 2005

959024 FIX: When the Merge Agent synchronizes multiple batches of changes, the synchronization may take a long time to finish or the synchronization may expire unexpectedly in SQL Server 2005

959007 FIX: Error message when you use SQL Server Service Broker in SQL Server 2005: "Failed Virtual Allocate Bytes: FAIL_VIRTUAL_RESERVE 589824"

959012 FIX: When you shrink a database that has the SNAPSHOT transaction isolation level enabled in SQL Server 2005, the shrink operation is not completed successfully

959025 FIX: Error message when you call a stored procedure that returns a rowset which have the DBPROP_MAXROWS rowset property or the SSPROP_MAXBLOBLENGTH rowset property specified: "The incoming tabular data stream (TDS) protocol stream is incorrect"

959016 FIX: Rows that include a NULL column may not be deleted when you delete rows from a table by using " is NULL" as the condition in the WHERE clause in SQL Server 2005

959004 FIX: When a process that is running on an instance of SQL Server 2005 consumes a large amount of memory, dump files are generated in the folder that contains the SQL Server error log

960320 Error message when you install SQL Server 2005 SP3 on Windows Vista: "Visual Studio 2005 has a known compatibility issue with this version of Windows"

959017 FIX: You receive an incorrect result when you query a column of the varchar(max) data type that contains only one character from a table in SQL Server 2005

959893 FIX: Some changes may not be replicated to the subscriber correctly in SQL Server 2005 when the sum of the parameters exceeds 2,100

959013 FIX: The synchronization process is slow, and the CPU usage is high on the computer that is configured as the Distributor in SQL Server 2005

959823 How to customize the quota for the TokenAndPermUserStore cache store in SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3

960542 FIX: When you run the ALTER TRIGGER statement for a trigger in a merge publication in SQL Server 2005, a change is not replicated to the subscriber database

959020 FIX: When you use a CASE function that returns constants of the binary data type, some constants are trimmed incorrectly even after you run the SET ANSI_PADDING ON statement in SQL Server 2005

959010 FIX: Error message when an application that uses Service Broker sends messages in SQL Server 2005: "The conversation endpoint is not in a valid state for SEND"

959003 FIX: Only the first command in a transaction is replicated to the subscriber when you set the MaxCmdsInTran parameter of Log Reader Agent to 1 in SQL Server 2005

959023 FIX: A blocking issue occurs when you run the Merge Agent in SQL Server 2005

959009 FIX: Target endpoints in Service Broker of SQL Server 2005 leak in the valid message exchange pattern where the target sends only the end conversation message

957924 Description of the cumulative update rollup for the Visual Basic 6.0 Service Pack 6 Runtime Extended Files

961256 The DNS PTR record might be deleted if you change the DNS server order on a Windows 2003 machine

959338 You receive a PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA Stop error when you print a document from a Windows Server 2003 server that is running as a terminal server

960228 You receive a Stop error when you click the arrow to scroll down an application pop-up menu on a Windows Server 2003 SP1 or SP2-based computer

959753 How to customize the default local user profile when you prepare an image of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003

960417 When you run an application that uses the SystemTimeToTzSpecificLocalTime function in certain Windows installations, the application performance is very poor

959873 You cannot send Start TLS requests from a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition to a server that is running OpenLDAP Software

961293 Unable to access Shares "The specified network name is no longer available"

960680 A hotfix is available to update the Slovak koruna currency symbol (Sk) to the Euro currency symbol (€) and to update the Turkish currency symbol from Yeni Türk Lirasi (YTL) to Türk Lirasi (TL)

961304 Removable Storage Service Event 15 when running NTBackup

958939 The DHCP MMC snap-in stops responding when you try to stop, start, or restart the DHCP service on a clustered DHCP server instance in Windows Server 2003

960071 An access violation occurs when you use an application that calls the SQLExecDirect function of the SQL Server ODBC driver to run a long query in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows XP

961298 Auto enrollment does not work in the Cross Forest environment

959505 Display problems occur in Windows Server 2003 when you move a window between monitor borders in a multi-monitor configuration if the monitors are not configured in a straight-line layout

959438 On computers that are running Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1, RSAT GPMC has long delays in domain environments that have many GPOs

958865 A Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 portable computer does not automatically re-enter sleep mode after you undock the computer when it is asleep

959465 Write protection does not always work on SD memory cards that are plugged into a computer that runs Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008

961223 “No Disk” popup when opening some Office applications, Notepad or Wordpad in Vista

961186 NDIS 5.x USB network adapters do not appear in Performance Monitor

960841 You cannot restart the computer after you restore the system to a point that was created before Windows Disk Protection was turned on

961302 Vista and Windows Server 2008 clients are unable to access cluster names with AES-encrypted Kerberos tickets

960334 The Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista Failover Cluster Validation process fails, and you receive an error message when the "System cryptography: Use FIPS compliant algorithms for encryption, hashing and signing" policy is enabled

960044 An audio application cannot play the latest non-Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) or encrypted PCM and non-PCM audio formats even after you install a High Definition Audio function driver on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer

957390 A hotfix is available for Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications users to incorporate DST changes in Pakistan and in Morocco in 2008

959660 Stop error message if you use two USB streaming-video cameras at the same time on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008: "STOP 0x0000000A"

960723 Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2008 stops responding (hangs) during startup

961433 How to configure a Windows Vista client to obtain an IPv6 DHCP address

959199 FIX: Windows Media Player seems to crash when you click an Outlook 2007 link to a local file or a UNC path

959237 FIX: Internet Explorer may crash when you browse a Web page that constantly fetches a recordset asynchronously and filters the recordset at the same time from an instance of SQL Server

957319 You receive a "Stop 0x00000050" or "Stop 0x0000008E" error message when you restart a Windows XP-based computer

959439 After you upload encrypted files from a Windows XP-based computer to a WebDAV share, the files remain encrypted

961375 Using System Restore to restore a Windows XP based computer that has an encrypted system drive may lead to boot failure

[Events] SQLBits session submission open - 23rd Dec 08

[ConfigMgr] System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 systems cannot provision AMT 2.2/2.6 clients in PKI mode and AMT 2.1/2.5 clients in PSK mode

Symptom

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1)-based systems cannot provision clients that have the AMT 2.2 or AMT 2.6 chipset in the PKI mode. The provision process fails in the SetTLSCertificateWithKeyPair() function.

Additionally, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1-based systems cannot provision clients that have the AMT 2.1 or AMT 2.5 chipset in the PSK mode.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;959040&sd=rss&spid=12769

[MS Security Advisory Notification] Issued: December 22, 2008

[ConfigMgr] Operating System Deployment (OSD) tasks may fail randomly in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1-based systems

Symptoms

Consider the following scenario:

• You perform an Operating System Deployment (OSD) task in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1(SP1)-based systems.
• In this OSD task, you use User State Migration Tool (USMT) to capture user state information and store it on Sate Migration Points (SMP).

<![LOG[signature verification failed]LOG]!><time="" date="" component="OSDSMPClient" context="" type="2" thread="6068" file="libcrypt.cpp:351">
<![LOG[signature check failed: ]LOG]!><time="" date="" component="OSDSMPClient" context="" type="3" thread="6068" file="libsmsmessaging.cpp:2476"> 
<![LOG[ClientRequestToMP::DoRequest failed (0x80004005).]LOG]!><time="" date="" component="OSDSMPClient" context="" type="3" thread="6068" file="smpclient.cpp:1160"> 
<![LOG[ExecuteCaptureRequestMP failed (0x80004005).]LOG]!><time="" date="" component="OSDSMPClient" context="" type="3" thread="6068" file="smpclient.cpp:2688"> 
<![LOG[ExecuteCaptureRequest failed (0x80004005).]LOG]!><time="" date="" component="OSDSMPClient" context="" type="3" thread="6068" file="smpclient.cpp:2762"> 
<![LOG[OSDSMPClient finished: 0x00004005]LOG]!><time="" date="" component="OSDSMPClient" context="" type="1" thread="6068" file="main.cpp:120">

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;959812&sd=rss&spid=12769

[Virtualisation] FREE System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Training

Many thanks to Duncan for pointing this offer out in his FREE System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Training blog post BUT make sure you use the link/ promo code in his UPDATE: Hyper-V Training Offer post.

The cool think I like about this (other than of course it being FREE), is that you can download and run the courses (you’ll need the E-Learning Offline Player that will get installed if it isn’t the first time you try to download any of the courses or you can install it by going here).

Enjoy and let me know how you get on with the exam – something for my 2009 “To Do” list ;-)

[ConfigMgr] New FAQShop Article 22nd Dec 08

What do all the icons in ConfigMgr mean? [22/12/08]
Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP ConfigMgr/ SMS]
All of the different icons in ConfigMgr can sometimes be bewildering so wouldn't it be good to have a table of their meanings?  Well here is such a table...

[Misc] Seasons Greetings from FAQShop and WMUG

Folks,

before everyone disappears off to their holidays I just want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone for their help and support over this past year be you a sponsor, an article writer, question poster, question answerer, visitor, blogger, WMUG attendee, etc.

In 2009 I hope to continue to play a part in whatever form it takes in continuing to build and strengthen the ConfigMgr and wider System Center community. There’s some exciting stuff coming down the pipe from Microsoft as well as from myself on the FAQShop front and of course from WMUG itself (our first event of 2009 is well into the planning stages, just need to confirm dates with one of our speakers then we’ll announce the details).

So whoever you are and wherever you are, whether you use ConfigMgr or not, I’d like to wish you, your loved ones and family a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Peaceful and Prosperous New Year.

Cliff

[MS Security Bulletin] Minor Revisions Dec 19th 08

[Events] Tonights SQL UG Meeting London - 19th Dec 08

[SMS 2003]Link to SQL 2005 SP3 added to SMS 2003 SQL Page

Download link to SQL 2005 SP3 added to SQL page [18/12/08]
Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP ConfigMgr/ SMS]
I've added a link to SQL 2005 SP3 to the SQL Page...

[SQL 2005] SP3 Now Released

Microsoft has released SQL 2005 SP3 which you can download from:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ae7387c3-348c-4faa-8ae5-949fdfbe59c4&displaylang=en

[MMS] 2009 - Registration Now Open

Registration for MMS 2009 is now open! Early-bird Rates Currently Available There's no time like the present to come learn how the latest IT management products, solutions and technologies from Microsoft can help reduce costs and maximize availability for your organization. This year's content will focus on how integrated management solutions can help minimize the cost of planning, deploying and operating IT Services while maximizing their availability within your organization. IT Professionals and Technical Decision Makers—like you—can take advantage of the increased number of Hands-on Labs and breakout sessions at MMS 2009, with extended session and lab hours during the week. Register today for MMS 2009 and get ready to: • Learn about the latest IT management solutions from Microsoft and Partners in more than 120 breakout sessions. • Test-drive new products and technologies in the Hands-on Labs, offering over 9,000 lab places, most led by expert instructors! • Meet face-to-face with Microsoft and Industry experts, and your peers—in the Expo Hall and at networking events throughout the week. Learn from the Experts The sessions at MMS 2009 will again be presented by the top experts in Windows IT Management. Staff from the Microsoft product teams representing the System Center, Windows Server, Windows Client, Security and Solution Accelerator teams will be covering the latest releases, updates and solutions available for IT Management. In addition, many industry experts and consultants will be presenting the latest best practices and real-world tips and tricks they have developed on customer sites. This includes topics presented by the internal Microsoft IT team, who are typically the first to deploy and manage all Microsoft IT solutions in a live environment. Finally, you will also be able to hear from your peers – other members of the IT community who have advice, real world lessons and powerful shortcuts to share. Customers actively using Microsoft products to manage their IT environment will be presenting real-world case studies based on their own experiences. Hands-on Labs Hands-on Labs, always one of the most popular offerings at MMS each year, return with even more topics in 2009. A wide range of both self-paced and instructor-led lab topics will be provided, allowing attendees to try out a variety of products, solutions and technologies live. Lab topics will cover scenarios such as deployment, upgrade, configuration and administration across a wide range of environments. This year new lab topics are being added to demonstrate how to integrate multiple products to implement solution scenarios such as "Data Protection and Disaster Recovery" and "End-Point Security Management". In addition new labs topics will explain how to manage a variety of heterogeneous platforms and applications in your environment. Bring Your Questions to MMS 2009! Join us at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas for a week of deep technical information and tips on how to run your IT infrastructure at maximum efficiency—knowledge you'll get nowhere else! Learn more about session content, Hands-on Lab topics, and Registration options at http://mms-2009.com/. Future Emails This is the first in a series of emails from the MMS Event Team providing news about the upcoming MMS 2009 event. Future emails will provide more information the session content, lab opportunities and key event dates and opportunities.  If you do not wish to receive further emails please follow the instructions below. Useful Links • Event Web Site • Content Overview • MMS 2008 Sessions • Registration Options • Sponsor & Exhibitor Info Content Tracks • Client Management Technologies • Community Topics • Microsoft IT • Operations Management • Performance Management • Security Management • Server Management Technologies • Solution Accelerators • Systems Management • Virtualization You have been sent this email either because you registered via the email address mmsnotfy@microsoft.com to receive updates about the MMS 2009 event or because you asked to be notified about future MMS events when registering for MMS 2008. If you no longer wish to receive these emails about the MMS 2009 event simply reply to this message with a subject line of Unsubscribe. Legal Information. © 2008 Microsoft Corporation  Terms of Use | Trademarks | Privacy Statement

[ConfigMgr] December Update to the ConfigMgr Documentation

In case you missed Carol’s post on the ConfigMgr Writers blog on the 4th December, the Documentation Team have released a couple of updates to the ConfigMgr documentation.

The first  is the documentation that’s been updated since R2 was released back in August (seems like yesterday), a list of which you can find in the What's New in the Configuration Manager Documentation Library for December 2008 link.

But no that’s not all.

As a result of customer issues from the forums the Doc Team have updated the following topics:

· How to Configure the WSUS Web Site to Use SSL

· Ports Used in Software Updates

· How to Configure the Active Software Update Point Component to Use an NLB Cluster

Then there’s also this couple of new additions:

· Creating Custom Reports by Using Configuration Manager 2007 SQL Views

· Configuration Manager 2007 Client Status Reporting

Don’t forget you can provide feedback to the documentation by simply emailing it to SMSDocs@Microsoft.com or your friendly neighbourhood MVP (that’s me), is more than happy to pass anything along.

[MS Security Bulletin] Minor Revisions - December 17, 2008