November 2006 - Technical Rollup Mail - Internet
News
BizTalk
BizTalk 2004 SP2 has now released
Microsoft BizTalk Adapters for Host Systems offer efficient development tools and native runtime protocol engines that allow enterprise IT to connect BizTalk Server 2006 to existing line-of-business programs and data on IBM mainframe zSeries and midrange iSeries computers, preserving the integrity and performance of vital line-of-business systems, while extending those investments to new solutions. The adapters integrate BizTalk with MQ client-based solutions, DB2 and host file data sources, as well as IBM CICS, IMS and AS/400 programs.
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D20B4510-E5A6-4D7B-87A1-4BD52BDD57B8&displaylang=en
SharePoint
Office System Techcenters Launch on Technet
Visit the TechCenters for the latest documentation for the 2007 Office system beta, plus solutions, virtual labs, webcasts, and more.
https://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=XT101642801033&Origin=HH101938771033&CTT=5
2007 Office Resource Kit now available
The Office Resource Kit is a collection of information designed to support the Microsoft Office system, covering topics such as deployment, security, and migration.
https://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/9df1c7d2-30a9-47bb-a3b2-5166b394fbf51033.mspx
Introducing the 2007 Microsoft Office system
Watch a video presentation about new features of the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Learn about innovations in the client-side user interface, XML-based file formats, and server-based SharePoint site capabilities.
https://www.microsoft.com/emea/itsshowtime/sessionh.aspx?videoid=200
Differences between the 2007 Office system and Office 2003
https://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/a9189734-e303-4d7d-93eb-3584c358d1c91033.mspx
Learn about the Office Planning Migration Manager
This collection of tools allows you to prepare for migration to the 2007 Office system
https://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/d0373697-31f5-4fc5-8dd1-1b9d7f35842f1033.mspx
IIS
Visit IIS.net for the latest News
https://www.iis.net/
Volodarsky aims at "spreading the word" with his new Blog - MVolo.com
https://www.iis.net/Modules/1205/ItemPermalink.ashx
Staples blogs about Detailed Errors facelift in IIS7
https://www.iis.net/Modules/1201/ItemPermalink.ashx
The IIS Team announces preview of updated Failed Request Tracing XSL
https://www.iis.net/Modules/1202/ItemPermalink.ashx
Survey Says… More Fortune 1000 Sites Are Running IIS6
https://www.iis.net/Modules/1199/ItemPermalink.ashx
New IIS7 Article- Extending IIS7 Schema and using Microsoft.Web.Administration
https://www.iis.net/Modules/1193/ItemPermalink.ashx
Get the Facts- Windows Vista Editions & IIS7
https://www.iis.net/Modules/1197/ItemPermalink.ashx
Downloads
Sharepoint
SharePoint Utility Suite Updated
The purpose of the SharePoint Utility Suite is to provide a packaged collection of Tools and Utilities showcasing the rich Object Model that is delivered with the SharePoint Product and Technologies SDK (which includes Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 and SharePoint Portal Server 2003). This package includes code and tool examples that SharePoint Developers and SharePoint Administrators might find useful
https://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/downloads/components/detail.asp?a1=724
2007 Office System Beta Resources
Download documentation to help you deploy the beta version of 2007 Office system products in your organization. The product documentation files are Word files in a compressed executable (.exe) format. Click a link to download the compressed file, and then choose Run to extract the Word documents, or click Save to save the compressed format for extraction later
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/office/beta.mspx
Microsoft IT Showcase whitepaper (1st of 6) on Microsoft's internal use of Office SharePoint Server and 2007 Office system
Migrating from Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) 2002 to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 has enabled the Microsoft Information Technology group to improve its self-help support portal, called ITWeb. The ITWeb site now provides more personalized content to users, improved search features, improved content creation, and streamlined workflow. The new solution also requires less support effort.
https://download.microsoft.com/download/5/1/6/5168D3AD-1031-4D19-A5D9-8DF2DC2042EB/ITWeb_TCS.doc
ISA
Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 Software Development Kit (SDK)
The ISA Server 2006 SDK includes documentation, tools, and samples to enable developers and system administrators to deploy, configure, customize, and extend their ISA Server environment.
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=16682c4f-7645-4279-97e4-9a0c73c5162e&DisplayLang=en
DNS Cache Tool for ISA Server 2004
Run the DNS Cache Tool (Dnstools.exe) an ISA Server computer to display the contents of the Domain Name System (DNS) cache and to delete entries in the DNS cache.
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b46838d-1674-4d6d-9974-0e5e80e77045&DisplayLang=en
Automatic Proxy Discovery Package for Co-Located Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server and Internet Information Services (IIS)
Use the files in this package to solve the problem of implementing automatic proxy discovery when Internet Information Services (IIS) and Microsoft® Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server are installed on the same computer.
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0ccded0c-7730-4506-b2c3-f6d32355d36c&DisplayLang=en
BizTalk
Backing up and restoring BizTalk Server
Learn best practices for backup and restore, disaster recovery, and more.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/BTS06CoreDocs/html/fe03a75a-1ea6-4ccc-9543-7989ec6b1cff.asp
More BizTalk Server 2006 operations
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/biztalk/2006/library/operations/default.mspx
Microsoft Virtual Lab Express: What's new in BizTalk Server 2006
Get a hands-on overview of BizTalk Server including quick setup instructions, importing an application, and Business Activity Monitoring.
https://www.microsoftvirtuallabs.com/express/registration.aspx?LabId=e423099b-b71b-44f6-bd63-b11170f1e0cf
Download BizTalk Server 2006 trial software
https://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/evaluation/trial/default.mspx
BizTalk Server 2006 installation and upgrade guides
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=B273269C-97E0-411D-8849-5A8070698E4A&displaylang=en
Deploying BizTalk Server with the Best Practices Analyzer
The Best Practices Analyzer examines a BizTalk Server 2006 deployment and generates a list of best practices issues it discovers.
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/biztalk/downloads/bpa.mspx
Microsoft E-learning clinic: Deploying and managing applications with BizTalk Server 2006
https://www.microsoftelearning.com/eLearning/offerDetail.aspx?offerPriceId=77178
Performance comparison: BizTalk Server 2004 and BizTalk Server 2006 adapters
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fdae55db-184b-4d93-ad79-a113b5268ee2&DisplayLang=en
Archiving and Purging the BizTalk Tracking Database in BizTalk Server 2004 SP2
This white paper describes how you can configure BizTalk Server 2004 SP2 to take advantage of automated archiving and purging of the BizTalk Tracking database. It also describes factors to consider during configuration to achieve and maintain high performance.
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/biztalk/biztalk2004/planning/archiving.mspx
Events/WebCasts
SharePoint
Wed, Oct 25, 2006 Overview of Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 (Level 200)
In this webcast, we explore the new features and capabilities of Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. We cover the new system architecture and server-side application programming interface (API). Join this session to learn about the improved timesheet capabilities, new project and program management functionality, and sophisticated reporting capabilities in Project Server 2007 that enable your organization to capture and understand project and work details more effectively.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032309359&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
Wed, Oct 25, 2006 Best Practices for Developing, Deploying, and Maintaining Forms Solutions (Level 200)
In this webcast, we provide best practices for effectively developing a forms solution in an organization. Deploying an application is a vital part of the development process, and it is often overlooked. Join us as we look at the different strategies for deploying forms solutions, and how deploying a forms solution requires thorough testing and refinement. Applications need maintenance once they are deployed in a production environment. We also explain how to update a forms solution application based on change management requests, and how to ensure continual stability within an application through regression testing.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?eventID=1032310392&Culture=en-US
Fri, Oct 27, 2006 Microsoft Office Excel Services Technical Overview (Level 200)
In this webcast, we look at the new Excel Services, which is part of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. We show how Excel Services extends the capabilities of Microsoft Office Excel 2007 by allowing broad sharing of spreadsheets, in addition to improved manageability and security. Attend this session to learn how Excel Services enables you to reuse spreadsheet models through a scalable server-based calculation service and an interactive Web-based user interface. We illustrate how Excel Services provides a Web-based user interface for browser-based access and a Web services API for programmatic access, both of which have robust options for controlling what data is available to users and applications. Excel Services also takes advantage of the other capabilities of SharePoint Server 2007, including enterprise content management features like check-in/check-out, auditing, and versioning capabilities.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?eventID=1032309817&Culture=en-US
Wed, Nov 1, 2006 An In-Depth Look at Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 200)
Tune in to this webcast for a technical overview of Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. We begin with a look at SharePoint Server 2007 goals. Learn about the functional architecture of the product, and join us as we examine each of the new feature areas in detail. We also explore the new portal design and features, and show how the latest release of Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies
https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?eventID=1032312690&Culture=en-US
Thurs, Nov 2, 2006 Using the 2007 Office System as a Business-Productivity Platform
In this webcast, we focus on the capabilities of the 2007 Microsoft Office system from the perspective of IT managers. We discuss how the 2007 release is not limited to the desktop application suites, but encompasses an integrated system of programs, servers, and services that enable business intelligence collaboration and enterprise content management. Join this session to see relevant demonstrations illustrating the powerful capabilities of the Microsoft Office system that can help you manage your IT environment and address your business needs. We also share the planning considerations you need when designing a comprehensive business-productivity platform. Discover how the 2007 Microsoft Office system, Windows Vista, and Exchange Server 2007 work better together.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?eventID=1032309436&Culture=en-US
Fri, Nov 3, 2006 Microsoft Unified Communications Overview (Level 100)
In this webcast, we introduce the current Microsoft unified communications products, including Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 SP1, Communicator 2005, and Live Meeting. We also demonstrate the upcoming UC products, including Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Communicator 2007, Exchange Server 2007, and RoundTable. Join this presentation to get an overview of the Microsoft unified communications vision and product offerings.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?eventID=1032313385&Culture=en-US
Wed, Nov 8 , 2006 Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint (Level 100)
Companies use Microsoft SharePoint products and technologies to improve collaboration and share information in the workplace. However, this can also introduce new avenues for threat propagation and inappropriate content sharing. Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint offers server-level antivirus protection, document-filtering, and policy management features for SharePoint document libraries. With multiple scan engines and content-filtering options, Forefront Security for SharePoint proactively detects and cleans infected files, making it easier for you to enforce corporate policy and provide comprehensive security for your collaborative environment. In this session, we provide an overview of the features and functions in Forefront Security for SharePoint, and we share deployment and usage scenarios.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?eventID=1032312732&Culture=en-US
Fri, Nov 10, 2006 Build Great Looking Sites Using Web Content Management Features in Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 200)
Join this webcast for a technical review of the new Web content management features in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. We show you how to build a rich publishing site with a consistent, customized look and feel. Discover how you can create Web pages in context, using applications like Microsoft Office Word, that stay in synch with the look and feel of your Web site. We also demonstrate how site managers can control the content that is published using features like workflow and scheduling, and we discuss how to customize the authoring interface and experience.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?eventID=1032311865&Culture=en-US
Tue, Nov 14, 2006 How Microsoft IT Deployed and Architected SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 300)
Are you considering the upgrade to or deployment of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007? Are you wondering how Microsoft deployed the product themselves? In this webcast, you have an opportunity to talk with two of the key contributors to the deployment of Office SharePoint Server 2007 at Microsoft. Join this session for a discussion of the architecture, design decisions, lessons learned, and planning that went into the upgrade and rollout of Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?eventID=1032313966&Culture=en-US
Mon, Nov 27, 2006 SharePoint Security from Service Accounts to Item-Level Access (Level 200)
In this session, we describe effective techniques you can use to secure Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Learn about the benefits and limitations of several different authentication methods, and the management and role of permissions in SharePoint groups. We also discuss different permission levels and highlight the new permissions that are available in SharePoint Server 2007. Other topics we cover include access rights, the configuration and topology of a typical Web farm, secure topology and communication, and security hardening.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?eventID=1032313269&Culture=en-US
Wed, Nov 29, 2006 TechNet Webcast: Keeping Control of Your Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Sites with IT Governance (Level 200)
In this session, we show you how to manage shared service providers, including the ability to use profiles, personalized sites, and audiences to deliver customized content to users of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. We also demonstrate the security, policy, and auditing features available to administrators of SharePoint sites. Learn how Office SharePoint Server gives administrators a high level of control over content and site management, in addition to the ability to securely delegate content management. We explore the powerful auditing capabilities that enable SharePoint site administrators to see who does what throughout the entire Office SharePoint Server farm. Join this webcast to learn how to manage your Office SharePoint Server farms more effectively, control and audit your Office SharePoint Server deployment, and perform a variety of important administrative tasks to help keep your Office SharePoint Server farms secure and available.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?eventID=1032314004&Culture=en-US
New KB’s
ISA
Virtual memory allocation for the Microsoft Firewall service increases by as much as 512 MB in ISA Server 2004
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/923324
Data that is contained in the Filter Information column may be truncated when you turn on HTTP Compression in the Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004 log viewer
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/921363
How to block MSN Messenger traffic and Windows Live Messenger traffic by using ISA Server
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/925120
Client requests to access a published Web site are blocked when you configure ISA Server 2006 to use pass-through authentication to access a published Web server
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/924374
You receive a "Setup failed while registering Wspadmin.dll" error message when you try to install ISA Server 2006 or ISA Server 2004
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/884494
A large file download fails when an ISA Server 2004 SOCKS client computer uses passive mode FTP
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/923322
How to install ISA Server hotfixes and updates
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/885957
Client computers cannot download attachments when you use ISA Server 2004 forms-based authentication and run a third-party OWA add-in program to manage attachments
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/924405
Error message when you try to access a Web site that is published through ISA Server 2004 SP2: "HTTP 400 - Bad Request" or "Error Code: 500 Internal Server Error"
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/925882
Link translation causes an endless loop when you use Web servers that redirect HTTP requests as HTTPS requests in ISA Server 2006
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/924373
User authentication does not work after you select the RSA SecurID option in ISA Server 2006
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/925165
A client computer may not be authenticated by ISA Server 2004 when you use integrated Windows authentication
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/923766
Error message when a client computer tries to access an FTP site through ISA Server 2004: "Error Code: 502 Proxy Error"
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/925880
BizTalk
Mapper unable to find schemas when map is opened
https://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?qu=926344
Support KeepAlive option in HTTP Adaptor
https://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?qu=924638
Schema with import works in BTS2004 but fails on BTS2006
https://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?qu=922431
The output of a map executed inside an orchestration is different in BizTalk 2004 and BizTalk 2006.
https://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?qu=922825
BizTalk 2004 SEED TPMAddress regkey value gets set to nothing by hotfix MSI install (of 904844)
https://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?qu=904844
HTTP adapter cannot send the response message to the client. IISRESET should be done to send back the response to the client
https://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?qu=925618
Subscription for send port group wouldn't change host when some send ports in the group changed their hosts
https://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?qu=926769
XLANG uncaught UnexpectedMessageTypeException exception suspends orchestration instance intermittently
https://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?qu=925502
XSL transform error when test a map in BizTalk Server 2004 Mapper
https://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?qu=925062
"MessageBox Message ManageRefCountLog BizTalkMsgBoxDb" is failing with Arithmetic overflow error
https://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?qu=919230
Regression in 1989 causing dehydrated Orchestrations to fail to rehydrate
https://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?qu=918758
The SQL transaction log growing unbounded
https://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?qu=924007
SOAP/HTTP Adapter leak handles when using Client certificates
https://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?qu=923056
BizTalk Stops Hangs if a large number of MQSeries Rcv Locations are loaded
https://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?qu=916851
Heap Corruption in DllHost when processing MQCIH headers
https://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?qu=925063
Message Lost Handling DB Failure event
https://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?qu=926584
Context properties not poulated when receving from Unicode SAP
https://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?qu=925852
SAP Adaptor needs to timeout if the send is not completed within a time limit
https://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?qu=923732
SharePoint
You receive a "The database this server is using does not support search" error message when you configure full-text search for a Windows SharePoint Services virtual server
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/823377/en-us
Description of the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: October 2, 2006
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/926224/en-us
Description of the update for Office 2003: October 10, 2006
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/923097/en-us