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System Center Mobile Device Manager (MDM) 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Client Tools provides tools to help administrators troubleshoot connections and monitor device synchronization for Windows Mobile devices as part of an MDM system.

Overview

MDM Client Tools provides tools to help administrators troubleshoot connections and monitor device synchronization for Windows Mobile devices as part of an MDM system. The following are tools included in this download:

• MDM Connect Now Tool
• MDM VPN Diagnostics Tool
• MDM Managed Device Status Viewer

MDM Connect Now Tool enables users of Windows Mobile 6.1 managed devices to download new software updates queued since the managed device last synchronized with the MDM system. The tool initiates a session between MDM Device Management Server and a managed device. Once the tool establishes a connection, new software updates are downloaded to the managed device.
MDM VPN Diagnostics Tool helps users diagnose VPN issues between the MDM and the devices it manages. The tool allows users to see the VPN configuration and status on the managed Windows Mobile device and to diagnose any VPN-related problems. The tool also allows the managed device user to collect device logs and send them to a diagnostics team for further analysis.
MDM Managed Device Status Viewer is a troubleshooting tool that enables managed device users to browse through values of Open Mobile Alliance Device Management (OMA DM) management objects, device synchronization information, and a list of all managed programs installed on the managed device.
To learn about additional MDM tools, see System Center Mobile Device Manager Resource Kit Tools.
MDM Client Tools Release History
4/1/2008 – Initial release, Version 1.0
5/1/2008 – Minor release, Version 1.01
5/14/2008 – Updated, Version 1.1
12/15/2008 – Updated, Version 2.0

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Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 SP1 Resource Kit Tools - Best Practices Analyzer

Brief Description

Best Practices Analyzer Tool for System Center Mobile Device Manager (MDM) 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) helps you analyze a group of servers to determine if the prerequisites and best practices are met for MDM deployment.

Overview

Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) Tool for MDM 2008 SP1 helps you to analyze the prerequisites for MDM setup and deployment. Because each MDM server component has different prerequisites, the tool helps you to plan and build a successful deployment environment by assessing each server's readiness for MDM before you run MDM Setup.
In addition to analyzing each server's individual readiness, BPA Tool helps you to verify the firewall configuration that MDM requires between servers running MDM Device Management Server and servers running MDM Gateway Server.
Finally, after you deploy MDM, you can run a post-deployment scan to help make sure your installation works properly and follows MDM best practices.
To learn about additional MDM tools, see System Center Mobile Device Manager Resource Kit Tools.
MDM 2008 SP1 Best Practices Analyzer Tool Release History
4/1/2008 – Initial release, Version 1.0
5/14/2008 – Updated, Version 1.1
12/15/2008 - Updated, Version 2.0

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Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 SP1 Resource Kit Tools - Server Tools

Brief Description

System Center Mobile Device Manager (MDM) 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Server Tools provides tools to help administrators manage deployment and cleanup tasks in an MDM system.

Overview

MDM Server Tools includes a set of tools to help administrators configure, deploy, and manage System Center Mobile Device Manager (MDM) 2008 and its components.
The following are tools included in this download:

• MDM Certificate Tool
• MDM Bulk Pre-Enrollment Tool
• MDM Cleanup Tool
• MDM Device Enrollment Cleanup Tool
• MDM Application Hash Code Tool
• MDM Device Records Synchronization Tool
• MDM Additional Group Policies
• MDM Group Policy Models
• MDM Blocked Device Cleanup Tool
• MDM Security Configuration Wizard Templates
• MDM Active Directory Upgrade Helper
• MDM Set-MDMInstance Cmdlet
• MDM Gateway Bootstrapping Tool
• MDM Active Directory Configuration Tool (ADConfig) for MDM 2008

System Center Mobile Device Manager (MDM) 2008 SP1 Evaluation Edition is a system that enables Windows Mobile devices to become managed and authenticated members of the IT infrastructure of an organization.

Overview

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Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 SP1 Resource Kit - Password Reset Client

Brief Description

System Center Mobile Device Manager (MDM) Password Reset Client provides a .cab file that you install on Windows Mobile 6.1 devices enrolled in MDM so that users can use the password reset feature in MDM.

Overview

MDM Password Reset Client provides a .cab file that you install on Windows Mobile 6.1 devices enrolled in MDM so that users can use the password reset feature in MDM. Password reset in MDM 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) enables a user who has forgotten his or her Windows Mobile device password to reset it by using MDM.
Password reset is supported on Windows Mobile 6.1 devices, starting with version 6.1.4. To use the feature, you must install the .cab file on the user’s Windows Mobile device as well as enable the feature in MDM by using Group Policy.
To reset the device password, the user chooses the password reset option, resets the device password, and then enters a one-time recovery password on the device to complete the process. The recovery password is stored on MDM servers and retrieved by the user when she or he has forgotten the device password.
To learn about additional MDM tools, see System Center Mobile Device Manager Resource Kit Tools.
MDM Password Reset Client Application Release History
12/15/2008 – Initial release, Version 1.0

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System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 Service Pack 1 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007

Brief Description

This Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager Service Pack 1 (MDM SP1) 2008 Management Pack provides proactive monitoring of your Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 SP1 environment.

Overview

Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager Service Pack 1 2008 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 provides proactive monitoring of your Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 SP1 environment. This management pack includes:

Detection and monitoring of all MDM SP1 servers and dependent services
The alert-driven state
Performance and backlog monitoring and configuration

Before you install the MDM SP1 management pack, read the MDM Management Pack Guide document, which includes instructions for properly deploying and configuring the management pack.
Feature Summary
The System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 SP1 (MDM SP1) Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 provides capabilities for MDM SP1 monitoring, including the following:

Collection of events from MDM Device Management Server, MDM Enrollment Server, MDM Gateway Server, and MDM Self Service Portal.
Health state monitoring and alerting for MDM service errors requiring administrative intervention.
Collection of MDM performance counters from MDM Device Management Server, MDM Enrollment Server, MDM Gateway Server, and MDM Self Service Portal.
Events indicating service outages.
Alerts indicating configuration and data source connectivity issues.
Verification that all dependent services are functioning properly.

Release History

12/15/2008 - Version 1.0.2430.0, Subsequent release of the Management Pack for MDM SP1
6/30/2008 - Version 1.0.2300.0, Original release of the English version of the Management Pack

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Brief Description

This management Pack monitors DNS 2000/2003/2008 infrastructure health, availability and performance.

Overview

The Windows Server DNS 2000/2003/2008 Management Pack includes monitors, rules, views, tasks and knowledge for the monitoring of your DNS infrastructure. By not only proactively monitoring servers but also DNS zones, DNS global zones and DNS domains, small problems can be detected and corrected before outages occur.
Note: This package includes library MP, 2000 and 2003 MPs, and DNS 2008 MP. DNS 2008 MP can only be installed on System Center OpsMgr 2007 SP1. Others can be installed on either OpsMgr 2007 RTM or OpsMgr 2007 SP1.
Feature Bullet Summary:

DNS 2003/2008
- Native Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 MP
- DNS Global Zone Support
- Windows 2008 DNS Server Support
- Updated Health Logic
- New context sensitive tasks
- Updated Knowledge Base Information
- Coexists with the included DNS 2000 MP
DNS 2000
- Converted Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 MP
- Coexists with new native DNS 2003 / 2008 MP

Management Pack Release History:

10/23/2007 - Original release of DNS 2000/2003 MP for OpsMgr 2007, version 6.0.5000.0
8/14/2008 - Updated version 6.0.6278.27. Added support for Windows DNS 2008.
12/19/2008 - Updated vesion 6.0.6480.0. Fixed high CPU utilizations and DNS servers disappeared from the discovery.

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Windows Server 2003/2008 Group Policy Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007

Brief Description

Windows Server 2003/2008 Group Policy Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 monitors the health, availability, and performance of the Microsoft group policy client component of Microsoft Windows Server 2008.

Overview

The Windows Server 2008 Group Policy Management Pack includes monitors, rules, views, and knowledge for the monitoring of the application of group policy settings on Windows Server 2008. It provides a knowledge base of useful information to help administrators resolve an issue when group policy fails to process.
The Windows Server 2003 Group Policy Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2007 includes monitors, rules, views, and knowledge for the monitoring of the proper application of Group Policy included in Windows Server 2003.
Feature Summary
Windows Server 2008 Group Policy MP

Native Operations Manager 2007 management pack
Windows Server 2008 Support
Updated Health Logic
Updated Knowledge Base Information
Dashboard Views

Windows Server 2003 Group Policy MP
The Group Policy Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 monitors Group Policy infrastructure and in-scope client side extensions. Specifically, it provides Group Policy health monitoring for:

Group Policy core infrastructure/registry client-side extension
Scripts client-side extension
Software installation client-side extension
Security client-side extension
Folder redirection client-side extension
Disk quota
Provides a knowledge base of useful information to help administrators resolve an issue when Group Policy fails to process.

Release History

12/19/2008 - Combined Windows Server 2008 and 2003 Group Policy MP, version 6.0.6278.22
7/28/2008 - Initial release of Windows Server 2008 Group Policy MP, version 6.0.6278.22
7/28/2008 - Updated release of Windows Server 2003 Group Policy MP, version 6.0.6278.22
6/1/2007 - Initial Release of Windows Server 2003 Group Policy MP, version 6.0.5000.0

Protection of Hyper-V™ virtualization platforms, including both Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V and the Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008. Note: For more information about the list of required updates to protect a Hyper-V Server, visit the following Microsoft Web site: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=132612.
SQL Server 2008 protection and seamless mirrored DB protection for SQL Server 2005 and 2008 as well as capability for parallel database backups within a single instance of SQL Server and enabling data migration from SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 index protection, catalog optimization, and support for mirrored content databases.
Exchange Server 2007 Standby Cluster Replication (SCR) protection.

Other Capabilities Introduced:

Local data source protection enables the DPM 2007 SP1 server to act as a branch office server offering self-protecting File Services and virtualization hosting within one platform.
Cross-Forest protection with two-way trust enables flexibility in DPM deployments across multiple Active Directory® forests.

Included Capabilities from the DPM 2007 Feature Pack (KB949779):

Protection of virtual machines on clustered Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 hosts
Protection of tape libraries shared between multiple DPM servers.
Improved utilization of tape capacity by collocating data from multiple protection groups with similar retention range.
Windows Server 2008 System State protection.
SQL Server 2008 protection.

New Options Available:

Installing DPM 2007 SP1 adds functionality relevant to the new Data Protection Client Management License offering.
Cloud (or Internet) based backup and recovery: DPM 2007 SP1 now provides an integrated approach for backing up DPM data to the cloud.

Release Details:

For release details please refer to Knowledge Base article KB959605: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=137147.
Release Notes can be found here: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135756 .
For new features available in DPM SP1, please visit https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=132612.

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System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (64bit)

Brief Description

Overview

Protection of Hyper-V™ virtualization platforms, including both Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V and the Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008. Note: For more information about the list of required updates to protect a Hyper-V Server, visit the following Microsoft Web site: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=132612.
SQL Server 2008 protection and seamless mirrored DB protection for SQL Server 2005 and 2008 as well as capability for parallel database backups within a single instance of SQL Server and enabling data migration from SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 index protection, catalog optimization, and support for mirrored content databases.
Exchange Server 2007 Standby Cluster Replication (SCR) protection.

Other Capabilities Introduced:

Local data source protection enables the DPM 2007 SP1 server to act as a branch office server offering self-protecting File Services and virtualization hosting within one platform.
Cross-Forest protection with two-way trust enables flexibility in DPM deployments across multiple Active Directory® forests.

Included Capabilities from the DPM 2007 Feature Pack (KB949779):

Protection of virtual machines on clustered Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 hosts
Protection of tape libraries shared between multiple DPM servers.
Improved utilization of tape capacity by collocating data from multiple protection groups with similar retention range.
Windows Server 2008 System State protection.
SQL Server 2008 protection.

New Options Available:

Installing DPM 2007 SP1 adds functionality relevant to the new Data Protection Client Management License offering.
Cloud (or Internet) based backup and recovery: DPM 2007 SP1 now provides an integrated approach for backing up DPM data to the cloud.

Release Details:

For release details please refer to Knowledge Base article KB959605: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=137147.
Release Notes can be found here: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135756 .
For new features available in DPM SP1, please visit https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=132612.

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System Center Essentials 2007 Operations Guide

Brief Description

Best practices for using System Center Essentials 2007

Overview

This guide discusses best practices for everyday use of System Center Essentials 2007. The guide includes the following:
• Getting Ready to Operate Essentials 2007
• Managing Computers
• Monitoring Network Devices
• Deploying Software and Updates

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Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 Documentation

Brief Description

This download contains documentation for System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1.

Overview

This download contains the following documentation for System Center Operations Manager 2007:

Operations Manager 2007 Operations Guide:
This guide is a comprehensive resource that can be used to understand and use your Operations Manager 2007 implementation to your best advantage. It teaches the Operations Manager administrator what to do after successfully deploying Operations Manager for the first time as well as serving as a reference for ongoing maintenance.
Operations Manager 2007 Deployment Guide:
This guide steps you through the deployment process for System Center Operations Manager 2007.
The Operations Manager 2007 Design Guide:
This guide takes the reader through the necessary steps to develop a complete architectural plan for their OpsMgr2007 implementation.
Operations Manager 2007 Migration Guide:
This guide is intended to help you understand the migration process from Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 (MOM 2005) to Operations Manager 2007 and the tools that are used in the process.
Operations Manager 2007 Report Authoring Guide:
This guide provides an overview of the Operations Manager reporting feature, including procedures for generating pre-populated reports and authoring custom reports. There is also reference information for users looking to create custom reports.

You use System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 to perform an offline physical to virtual (P2V) conversion. The computer that is running System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 is located on a different subnet from the source computer. However, both computers are configured to use an IP address range, such as 10.x.x.x. The offline P2V conversion fails with the following error message:
Error (3133) Virtual Machine Manager could not connect to source computer servername.domainname.com after it restarted into Windows PE (temporary computer name is p2v-ldjj). Automatic restart to the original operating system is scheduled to occur within 15 minutes. Recommended Action If servername.domainname.com does not restart in 15 minutes, manually restart it back into the original operating system using the boot menu
You convert a physical computer to a virtual machine by using VMWare VirtualCenter. One of the disks on the physical computer is larger than 256 gigabytes (GB). You add the VMWare VirtualCenter server to System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008. When you try to create a virtual machine, the operation fails with the following error message:
VMM Cannot find VirtualHardDisk object. Ensure the library object is valid, then try the operation again. ID: 801

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Solutions & Solution Development

Unity Application Block 1.2 for Silverlight - December 2008

Brief Description

The Unity Application Block (Unity) is a lightweight, extensible dependency injection container. This release of Unity is a port of Unity Application Block 1.2 to Microsoft Silverlight™ 2.0.

Overview

The Unity Application Block (Unity) is a lightweight, extensible dependency injection container. It facilitates building loosely coupled applications and provides developers with the following advantages:

simplified object creation, especially for hierarchical object structures and dependencies.
abstraction of requirements; this allows developers to specify dependencies at run time or in configuration and simplify management of crosscutting concerns.
increased flexibility by deferring component configuration to the container.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Add-in for SharePoint Technologies (Reporting Services Add-in) allows you to take advantage of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 (SP3) report processing and management capabilities within Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. The download provides the following functionality:

A Report Viewer Web Part that provides report viewing capability, export to other rendering formats, page navigation, search, print, and zoom.
Web application pages so that you can create subscriptions and schedules, and manage reports, models, and data sources.
Support for using standard Windows SharePoint Services features including document management, collaboration, security, and deployment with report server content types.

The Reporting Services Add-in works together with SP3, which is required on the report server. SP3 provides the following functionality for a report server that is configured for SharePoint integrated mode:

Synchronization from SharePoint content database to the report server database.
A custom security extension that uses SharePoint permissions to control access to report server operations.
A new delivery extension that you can use in subscriptions to deliver reports to SharePoint libraries.
A revised Reporting Services Configuration tool that you can use to configure a report server for SharePoint integrated operations.
A new SOAP endpoint for managing report server content in SharePoint integrated mode.

Warning: No automatic upgrade support
Pre-release (CTP) versions of the Reporting Services Add-in cannot be upgraded to this released version.

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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Data Mining Add-ins for Microsoft Office 2007

Brief Description

Download SQL Server 2005 Data Mining Add-ins for Office 2007. This package includes two add-ins for Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (Table Analysis Tools and Data Mining Client) and one add-in for Microsoft Office Visio 2007 (Data Mining Templates).

Overview

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Data Mining Add-ins for Microsoft Office 2007 (Data Mining Add-ins) allow you take advantage of SQL Server 2005 predictive analytics in Office Excel 2007 and Office Visio 2007. The download includes the following components:

Table Analysis Tools for Excel: This add-in provides easy-to-use tasks that leverage SQL Server 2005 Data Mining to perform powerful analytics on your spreadsheet data.
Data Mining Client for Excel: This add-in allows you to go through the full data mining model development lifecycle within Excel 2007 using either your spreadsheet data or external data accessible through your SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services instance.
Data Mining Templates for Visio: This add-in allows you to render and share your mining models as annotatable Visio 2007 drawings.

If you choose, you can install each of these components separately.
Note: If you downloaded and installed this package prior to March 21, you should download it again and follow the steps in the Instructions section on this page to remove the older version and reinstall.

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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Service Pack 3

Brief Description

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition is a free, easy-to-use, lightweight version of SQL Server 2005. It is fast and easy to learn, allowing you to quickly develop and deploy dynamic data-driven applications.

Overview

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition (SQL Server Express) is a free, easy-to-use, lightweight version of SQL Server 2005. It is fast and easy to learn, allowing you to quickly develop and deploy dynamic data-driven applications. SQL Server Express provides powerful and reliable data management tools along with rich features, data protection, and fast performance. It is ideal for embedded application clients, light Web applications, and local data stores. Designed for easy deployment and rapid prototyping, SQL Server Express is available at no cost, and you are free to redistribute it with applications. If you need more advanced database features, you can upgrade SQL Server Express seamlessly to more sophisticated editions of SQL Server.
Free to download, free to deploy, and free to redistribute as an embedded part of an application, SQL Server Express is the fast and easy way to develop data-driven applications.
For more information about SQL Server Express, including other editions and downloadable components now available, see the SQL Server Express page on MSDN.
For a list of new features and improvements that are included in SQL Server 2005 SP3, review the What's New document.

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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Toolkit Service Pack 3

Brief Description

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Toolkit provides additional tools and resources for SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services.

Overview

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Toolkit (SQL Server Express Toolkit) provides additional tools and resources for SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services. The SQL Server Express Toolkit contains SQL Server 2005 Management Studio Express, a graphical management tool, and Business Intelligence Development Studio, a creation and editing environment for reports using SQL Server Reporting Services.
The SQL Server Express Toolkit contains these two components:

SQL Server 2005 Management Studio Express (SSMSE) – Easily manage SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services database instances with this free, easy-to-use graphical management tool.
Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) – Create and edit reports for SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services (SSRS). BIDS provides the ability to create and edit Reporting Services projects that are reporting on local relational data in local SQL Server Express databases.

For more information about SQL Server Express Toolkit, including other editions and downloadable components now available, see the SQL Server Express page on MSDN.
For a list of new features and improvements that are included in SQL Server 2005 SP3, review the What's New document.

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Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express Service Pack 3

Brief Description

Overview

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express (SSMSE) is a free, easy-to-use graphical management tool for managing SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services. SSMSE can also manage instances of the SQL Server Database Engine created by any edition of SQL Server 2005.
Note: SSMSE cannot manage SQL Server Analysis Services, Integration Services, Notification Services, Reporting Services, SQL Server Agent, or SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition.
For more information about SQL Server Express, including other editions and downloadable components now available, see the SQL Server Express page on MSDN.
For a list of new features and improvements that are included in SQL Server 2005 SP3, review the What's New document.

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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services Service Pack 3

Brief Description

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services is a free, easy-to use version of SQL Server Express that includes more features and makes it easier than ever to start developing powerful data-driven applications for web or local desktop development.

Overview

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services (SQL Server Express) is a free, easy-to-use version of SQL Server Express that includes a graphical management tool and powerful features for reporting and advanced text-based searches. SQL Server Express provides powerful and reliable data management tools and rich features, data protection, and fast performance. It is ideal for embedded application clients, light Web applications, and local data stores.
SQL Server Express with Advanced Services has all of the features in SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, plus you can:

Easily manage and administer SQL Server Express with an easy-to-use graphical management tool -- SQL Server 2005 Management Studio Express (SSMSE).
Issue full-text queries against plain character-based data in SQL Server tables. Full-text queries can include words and phrases, or multiple forms of a word or phrase.
Run SQL Server Reporting Services reports on local relational data.

The Feature Pack is a collection of standalone install packages that provide additional value for SQL Server 2005. It includes:

Latest versions of redistributable components for SQL Server 2005
Latest versions of add-on providers for SQL Server 2005
Latest versions of backward compatibility components for SQL Server 2005

For a list of new features and improvements that are included in SQL Server 2005 SP3, review the What's New document.

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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3

Brief Description

Download Service Pack 3 for Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

Overview

Service Pack 3 for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is now available. SQL Server 2005 service packs are cumulative, and this service pack upgrades all service levels of SQL Server 2005 to SP3. You can use these packages to upgrade any of the following SQL Server 2005 editions:

Enterprise
Enterprise Evaluation
Developer
Standard
Workgroup

Download an updated version of Books Online for Microsoft SQL Server 2005. Books Online is the primary documentation for SQL Server 2005. The December 2008 update to Books Online contains new material and fixes to documentation problems reported by customers after SQL Server 2005 was released. Refer to "New and Updated Books Online Topics" for a list of topics that are new or updated in this version. Topics with significant updates have a Change History table at the bottom of the topic that summarizes the changes. Beginning with the December 2008 update, SQL Server 2005 Books Online includes documentation updates for the SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 (SP3) release.
Books Online includes the following types of information:

Setup and upgrade instructions.
Information about new features and backward compatibility.
Conceptual descriptions of the technologies and features in SQL Server 2005.
Procedural topics describing how to use the various features in SQL Server 2005.
Tutorials that guide you through common tasks.
Reference documentation for the graphical tools, command prompt utilities, programming languages, and application programming interfaces (APIs) that are supported by SQL Server 2005.
Descriptions of the sample databases and applications included with SQL Server 2005.

Application Request Routing can be used to:

Increase application availability and scalability.
Better utilize content server resources.
Facilitate application deployment including pilot management and A/B testing.
Lower management costs and create opportunities for shared hosters.

The installation package includes several additional components and hotfixes required by Application Request Routing:

Microsoft URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7.0
Microsoft Web Farm Management for IIS 7.0
Microsoft Application Request Routing for IIS 7.0
Microsoft External Cache for IIS 7.0
Hotfix (KB 954438)

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Microsoft Application Request Routing for IIS 7 Release Candidate (x64)

Brief Description

Microsoft Application Request Routing for IIS7 is a proxy based routing module that forwards HTTP requests to content servers based on HTTP headers and server variables, and load balance algorithms.

Overview

Application Request Routing can be used to:

Increase application availability and scalability.
Better utilize content server resources.
Facilitate application deployment including pilot management and A/B testing.
Lower management costs and create opportunities for shared hosters.

The installation package includes several additional components and hotfixes required by Application Request Routing:

Microsoft URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7.0
Microsoft Web Farm Management for IIS 7.0
Microsoft Application Request Routing for IIS 7.0
Microsoft External Cache for IIS 7.0
Hotfix (KB 954438)

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Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Family Update for Windows Vista x64, and Windows Server 2008 x64

Brief Description

Install this update to address a set of known application compatibility issues with Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1.

Overview

Install this update to address a set of known application compatibility issues with Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
Please confirm that the system requirements listed below match your particular OS platform and architecture before you install these updates.

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Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Family Update for Windows Vista x86, and Windows Server 2008 x86

Brief Description

Install this update to address a set of known application compatibility issues with Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1.

Overview

Commerce Server 2009 (formerly known as Commerce Server 2007 code name “Mojave”) delivers the ability to increase your business reach by making it possible to sell via multiple channels using an out-of-the-box shopping site, SharePoint Commerce Services, and the Multi-Channel Commerce Foundation. The new out-of-the-box shopping site leverages SharePoint Commerce Services, which provides a gallery of ASP.NET 3.5 Web Parts, a comprehensive e-commerce shopping feature-set, and technology integration between Commerce Server and SharePoint technologies. The Multi-Channel Commerce Foundation provides a new unified, extensible run-time programming model for Commerce Server, including new run-time e-commerce capabilities. The December CTP adds the following capabilities over previous Commerce Server 2007 code name “Mojave” releases:

Update package from Commerce Server 2007, allowing for seamless in-place upgrade of existing deployments.
Complete out-of-the-box e-commerce shopping site in SharePoint with new search functionality, new shopping features, and what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) content management and design experiences. This helps to facilitate rapid assembly and maintenance of e-commerce Web sites by business users and creative professionals.

Important We invite you to install this pre-release version of Commerce Server 2009 into a non-production environment, preferably on a clean machine, to learn more about the run-time Multi-Channel Commerce Foundation and the SharePoint Commerce Services. This release is for evaluation purposes only and is not intended to be used in a production environment.

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WS-Dev Remote Extensions for Windows 7 Beta Documentation - English

Brief Description

Overview

Compliance documentation for the Windows 7 Beta release of the WS-Dev Remote Extensions for WSDAPI.

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Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Family Update for Windows XP x86, and Windows Server 2003 x86

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Install this update to address a set of known application compatibility issues with Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1.

Overview

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Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service pack 1 (Full Package)

Brief Description

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 service pack 1 is a cumulative update that contains many new features building incrementally upon .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, and includes .NET Framework 2.0 service pack 2 and .NET Framework 3.0 service pack 2 cumulative updates.

Overview

.NET Framework version 3.5 Service Pack 1 provides the following new features and improvements:

ASP.NET Dynamic Data, which provides a rich scaffolding framework that allows rapid data driven development without writing code, and a new addition to ASP.NET AJAX that provides support for managing browser history (back button support). For more information, see What’s New in ASP.NET and Web Development.
Core improvements to the common language runtime that include better layout of .NET Framework native images, opting out of strong-name verification for fully trusted assemblies, improved application startup performance, better generated code that improves end-to-end application execution time, and opting managed code to run in ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization) mode if supported by the operating system. Additionally, managed applications that are opened from network shares have the same behavior as native applications by running with full trust.
Performance improvements to Windows Presentation Foundation, including a faster startup time and improved performance for Bitmap effects. Additional functionality for WPF includes better support for line of business applications, native splash screen support, DirectX pixel shader support, and the new WebBrowser control.
ClickOnce application publishers can decide to opt out of signing and hashing as appropriate for their scenarios, developers can programmatically install ClickOnce applications that display a customized branding, and ClickOnce error dialog boxes support links to application-specific support sites on the Web.
The Entity Framework is an evolution of the existing suite of ADO.NET data access technologies. The Entity Framework allows developers to program against relational databases in terms of application-specific domain models instead of the underlying database models. For more information see Getting Started with the Entity Framework. The Entity Framework introduces some additional features, including support for new SQL Server 2008 types, default graph serialization of Entities, and the Entity Data Source. With this release, the Entity Framework supports the new date and file stream capabilities in SQL Server 2008. The graph serialization work helps developers who want to build Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services that model full graphs as data contracts. The Entity Data Source provides a traditional data source experience for ASP.NET application builders who want to work with the Entity Framework.
LINQ to SQL includes new support for the new date and file stream capabilities in SQL Server 2008.
The ADO.NET Data Services Framework consists of a combination of patterns and libraries, which enable data to be exposed as a flexible REST (Representational State Transfer)-based data service that can be consumed by Web clients within a corporate network or across the Internet. The ADO.NET Data Services Framework makes data service creation over any data source. A conceptual view model of the underlying storage schema can easily be exposed through rich integration with the ADO.NET Entity Framework. Services created using the ADO.NET Data Services Framework, as well as compatible Windows Live (dev.live.com) services, can be easily accessed from any platform. For client applications running on Microsoft platforms, a set of client libraries are provided to make interaction with data services simple. For example, .NET Framework-based clients can use LINQ to query data services and a simple .NET Framework object layer to update data in the service.
Windows Communication Foundation now makes the DataContract Serializer easier to use by providing improved interoperability support, enhancing the debugging experience in partial trust scenarios, and extending syndication protocol support for wider usage in Web 2.0 applications.
The .NET Framework Data Provider for SQL Server (SqlClient) adds new support for file stream and sparse column capabilities in SQL Server 2008.

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Microsoft Exchange Server MAPI Client and Collaboration Data Objects 1.2.1

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Application Life Cycle Management Build Management Jumpstart Datasheet

Brief Description

This is Microsoft Services APO datasheet.

Overview

The Application Lifecycle Management Build Management Jumpstart from Microsoft Services provides you with the necessary platform, tools, and practices to efficiently manage build cycles for software development. In this offering, Microsoft Services extends Microsoft Visual Studio Team System with the processes and automation necessary to help deliver the results that you need.

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Step-by-step procedures for deploying Active Directory Rights Management Services with Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Overview

This step-by-step guide walks you through the process of deploying Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 together in a test environment. Specifically, this guide shows you how to add an Office SharePoint Server 2007 to an existing AD RMS environment.

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Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Step-by-Step Guide - Deploying Firewall Policies

Brief Description

This step-by-step guide illustrates how to deploy Active Directory® Group Policy objects (GPOs) to configure Windows Firewall with Advanced Security in Windows Vista® and Windows Server® 2008.

This package contains the Microsoft® Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" (ILM "2") Release Candidate client and server components.
ILM "2" offers a comprehensive solution for managing identities, credentials, and identity-based access policies across heterogeneous environments. Users can create their own security and email distribution groups and decide who to include in those groups. They can reset their passwords without calling their help desk. IT Pros can use ILM "2" to manage certificates and smart cards. ILM “2” also embeds self-help tools in Office so users can manage routine aspects of identity and access, gives IT professionals rich administrative tools and enhanced automation, and delivers .NET and Web Services–based extensibility for developers.

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Microsoft Office Outlook Connector 12.1

Brief Description

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

Overview

Read and send your Office Live Mail/Windows Live Hotmail e-mail messages.
Manage your contacts in Windows Live Hotmail.
Use advanced options for blocking junk e-mail messages.
Manage multiple e-mail accounts in one place.
Manage, and synchronize multiple calendars, including shared calendars to Windows Live Calendar from Outlook.

Note to Premium Subscribers: If you are currently using MSN Calendar service, the Outlook Connector 12.1 will automatically migrate your calendar to the new Windows Live Calendar service. Once upgraded to Windows Live Calendar, you will be able to synchronize multiple calendars, including shared calendars to Outlook! However you will no longer be able to access MSN Calendar through Microsoft Office Outlook.
In order to make sure that all of your calendar items on the MSN Calendar service are correctly migrated to the Windows Live Calendar, you should follow these steps:

With Outlook Connector 12.0 installed, synchronize your calendar in Microsoft Office Outlook with the MSN Calendar service one last time.
After synchronization is complete, do not create new items on the MSN Calendar site. If you do, you will have to synchronize again using Outlook Connector 12.0 before migrating to Outlook Connector 12.1.
Install Outlook Connector 12.1.
Start Outlook. At this point, the Outlook Connector 12.1 will upload all of your appointments and meetings to your new Windows Live Calendar.

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Brief Description

HealthVault Connection Center, free software from Microsoft, allows you to import data from compatible health and fitness devices to your computer for upload to HealthVault.

Overview

What’s New in this Release
HealthVault Connection Center 2.01 provides quick and easy upload of device data to HealthVault and helps you use the data with Web sites and applications that work with HealthVault. This most current release includes:

A simpler, more engaging user interface
Guided setup to find and install compatible devices
Ability to select multiple records for upload (for multi-user devices)
Ability to set upload preferences for each device you use
Improved support to prevent upload of duplicate data

SLPS Product Fact Sheet

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