News
ISA Server
What’s New at the ISA Server TechCenter
Microsoft ISA Server 2006 – Operations
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/isa/2006/operations/default.mspx
Learn about ISA Server 2006 operations tasks, such as administration, monitoring, performance, and troubleshooting to maintain your ISA Server system for optimal service delivery.
Recently added documents to this section of the website are:
Troubleshooting VPN over IPsec
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/isa/2006/ts_vpn_ipsec.mspx
Troubleshooting Web Access for Internal Clients
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/isa/2006/ts_access_policy.mspx
Troubleshooting Outbound FTP Access
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/isa/2006/ts_outbound_ftp.mspx
Troubleshooting HTTP 502: The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) does not use a recognized protocol
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/isa/2006/502_protocol_issue.mspx
How to Back Up and Restore an ISA Server Enterprise Configuration (Enterprise Edition)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/isa/2006/backup_restore.mspx
Please note that if you have feedback on documentation or wish to request new documents - email isadocs@microsoft.com.
ForeFront Edge Security forums at http://forums.microsoft.com/ForeFront/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=384&SiteID=41
Forefront Edge Security - General
A forum for the discussion of general issues and ideas regarding Forefront Edge Security (ISA Server).
Forefront Edge Security - Installation, Upgrade, and Setup
A forum for the discussion of issues and ideas regarding Forefront Edge Security (ISA Server) installation, upgrade, and setup.
Forefront Edge Security - Internet Access
A forum for the discussion of issues and ideas regarding Internet access through Forefront Edge Security (ISA Server).
Forefront Edge Security - Publishing
A forum for the discussion of issues and ideas regarding publishing of Web and other servers through Forefront Edge Security (ISA Server).
Forefront Edge Security - Monitoring, Logging, Reporting
A forum for the discussion of issues and ideas regarding monitoring, logging, and reporting for Forefront Edge Security (ISA Server).
Forefront Edge Security – Virtual Private Networks
A forum for the discussion of issues and ideas regarding VPN site-to-site connectivity and roaming client VPN access in Forefront Edge Security (ISA Server).
Forefront Edge Security - Firewall Client
A forum for the discussion of issues and ideas regarding the Forefront Edge Security (ISA Server) Firewall client.
ISA Server Blog
The ISA Server Product Team Blog (http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/)is updated on a regular basis. Latest entries include:
Comparing access rules and publishing rules
Using ISA Server 2006 Link Translation to Improve Branch Access to SharePoint Documents
16 Rules for Deploying Access Rules
ISA Server and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
Installing ISA Server 2006 Configuration Storage Server on a Domain Controller
Troubleshooting: ISA Server Reports Show No Traffic
Troubleshooting an ISA Server Enterprise Edition Upgrade: What if I forget to export user permission settings?
Manually Assign DNS and WINS Setting for Remote Access Connections
IIS
Try IIS.com Campaign launched to bolster IIS 6.0 Adoption
http://entmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=6237
ENT News (May 18, 2004): Scott Bekker reports that Microsoft is starting a marketing campaign to single out the Internet Information Services 6.0 Web server component as a strong reason to upgrade to the server OS.
Reliability Experts Help Ensure Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Other Technologies are Dependable for Customers
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2004/may04/05-03Reliability.asp
Microsoft PressPass (May 3, 2004): Windows Server 2003 customers attest to its strengths in reliability, availability and overall performance—and IIS 6.0 plays a key role.
IIS 6.0 Helps Windows Server 2003 Win e-Business Foundation Award from eWeek
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1559921,00.asp
Citing improved security features, including a "faster, more reliable and more secure" IIS 6.0, eWeek judges award top honors in the e-Business Foundation category to Windows Server 2003. They also recognized IIS 6.0 for its improved development platform.
FTP7 Server (x86)
Microsoft has created a new FTP service that has been completely rewritten for Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn". This new FTP service incorporates many new features that enable web authors to publish content better than before, and offers web administrators more security and deployment options. For additional information, please see our documentation.
This new FTP service is only for Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn" and Internet Information Services 7.0; it will not work on Windows Server 2003 and Internet Information Services 6.0.
http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=34&g=6&i=1454
Process monitor 1.2 released.
Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity. It combines the features of two legacy Sysinternals utilities, Filemon and Regmon, and adds an extensive list of enhancements including rich and non-destructive filtering, comprehensive event properties such session IDs and user names, reliable process information, full thread stacks with integrated symbol support for each operation, simultaneous logging to a file, and much more. Its uniquely powerful features will make Process Monitor a core utility in your system troubleshooting and malware hunting toolkit.
Process Monitor runs on Windows 2000 SP4 with Update Rollup 1, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1, and Windows Vista as well as x64 versions of Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 SP1 and Windows Vista.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/processmonitor.mspx
SharePoint
Internet World Host SharePoint Pavilion
Internet World are running a sharepoint pavilion happening next week from 1st – 3rd of May, showcasing solutions from some of our best SharePoint ECM partners.
You can register for free on the Internet World Site.
For a full agenda take a peek here : http://www.internetworld.co.uk/microsoft-sharepoint-pavilion.html
SharePoint Online Labs
Skill up on SharePoint. There are over 70 SharePoint related labs for anyone to take for free. You get 90 minutes to run through the lab tasks and manual in PDF for reference. You then follow step by step instructions to complete tasks on different clients and servers.
See the full list here:
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/SearchResults.aspx?culture=en-US&evtTyp=4&kwdAny=sharepoint
Enjoy - and let us know what you think of them.
Downloads
SharePoint
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Application Template Documents: All Application Template datasheets
This download combines all of the datasheets for the Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 into one convenient package.
Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Installation Guide
The most current version of the Installation Guide for Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server and Team Explorer.
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Document: Tips and Tricks - Using Wikis in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
This document provides answers to commonly asked questions and includes useful tips and tricks for using wikis in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Document: Tips and Tricks - Using Blogs in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
This document provides answers to commonly asked questions and includes useful tips and tricks for using blogs in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.
SharePoint Document: Microsoft Office Programs and SharePoint Products and Technologies Integration – Fair, Good, Better, Best
This white paper describes how different versions of Microsoft Office programs work together with the 2003 and 2007 versions of Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies.
Project 2007 SDK: Software Development Kit
The Microsoft Office Project 2007 SDK contains documentation, code samples, "How to" articles, and programming references to help customize and integrate the Project 2007 clients and Project Server 2007 with other applications for enterprise project management. The download also contains the Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 database schema references.
Office SharePoint Server 2007 Guide: Setting up the Role-Based My Site Template for Sales Account Managers
This setup document provides step-by-step instructions to initialize the Sales Account Manager template for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
Office SharePoint Server 2007 Guide: Setting up the Role-Based My Site Template for Controllers-Financial Analysts
This setup document provides step-by-step instructions to initialize the Controller-Financial Analyst template in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
User's Help for SharePoint Portal Server
User's Help is designed to assist you in the day-to-day tasks of managing the workspace, the folder structure, and documents by using SharePoint Portal Server.
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Sample: Example Master Pages
Microsoft has made available four sample master page sets compatible with the Application Templates for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 to showcase some of the customization options master pages provide.
Microsoft Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino
Microsoft Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino is used for interoperability and migration from Lotus Domino to Active Directory, Exchange Server 2007, and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.
SharePoint Server 2007 Presentations: Enterprise Search Deep Dives
This download provides six detailed presentations on enterprise search in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
2007 Office System Document: Compliance Features in the 2007 Microsoft Office System
This white paper describes compliance-related features and extensibililty opportunities within the 2007 Microsoft Office system that can assist you to meet the demands of regulatory compliance.
Events/WebCasts
SharePoint
Fri, 04 May 2007 TechNet Webcast: SharePoint Products and Technologies Security from Service Accounts to Item-Level Access (Level 200)
In this session, we describe effective techniques that can help you secure Windows SharePoint Services version 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Learn about the benefits and limitations of several different authentication methods, in addition to the management and role of permissions in SharePoint groups. We also discuss different permission levels and highlight the new levels 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.
Wed, 09 May 2007 Microsoft Enterprise Search Solutions Webcast – Exposing Data from within Line of Business Applications
Join us for the Microsoft Enterprise Search Solutions Webcast – Exposing Data from within Line of Business Applications where you will learn more about how to address some of the challenges you’re facing including:
· Creating one view of search across many sources
· Reducing your people's effort to get comprehensive results
· Getting new answers from your range of systems
· Finding results through people and their expertise
· Running a solution ready for growth
· Managing privacy and compliance issues
Organizations today are faced with the ever growing challenge of empowering employees with search tools that allow them to discover content from a multitude of sources. Although users have access to many repositories, the sheer amount of information makes it so difficult to find information, that it may as well be unavailable. Microsoft’s Enterprise Search Solutions address this by delivering enterprise-grade features and seamless access to content in repositories like files shares, Lotus Notes Databases, and Line of Business Applications.
Fri, 25 May 2007 TechNet Webcast: Technical Overview of Forefront Security for SharePoint (Level 200)
Join this webcast to learn how Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint can help secure Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services environments. Forefront Security for SharePoint includes multiple antivirus scan engines from industry-leading security firms integrated into a single solution to help you protect Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies against the latest viruses and other malicious software. We show how Forefront Security for SharePoint also provides a content control solution that offers comprehensive collaboration security using layered defenses, corporate content policy enforcement, and optimization of SharePoint Products and Technologies to help keep document libraries secure and available. We also discuss how a Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) Management Pack empowers IT administrators to monitor the health of Forefront Security for SharePoint as part of corporate operational management practices. Do not miss this chance to discover the advantages Forefront Security for SharePoint provides in antivirus protection and content control, and to see how it fits into the enterprise topography.
Fri, 25 May 2007 TechNet Webcast: Controlling Your SharePoint Server 2007 Sites with IT Governance (Level 200)
In this session, we show you how to manage shared service providers, including using profiles, personalized sites, and audiences, to deliver customized content to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 users. We demonstrate the security, policy, and auditing features available to you and other administrators of your SharePoint sites. Learn how you can maintain a high level of control over site content and securely delegate content management with SharePoint Server 2007. We explore the powerful auditing capabilities that enable you to see who does what throughout the SharePoint Server 2007 farm. Join this webcast to see how you can keep your SharePoint Server 2007 farms secure and available by controlling and auditing your SharePoint Server 2007 deployment and performing a variety of administrative tasks.
New KB’s
ISA
ISA Server Knowledge base support articles
Error message in response to some HTTP requests on client computers that are running ISA Server 2004 as a proxy server: "400 Bad Request"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920913
ISA Server 2006 indefinitely displays the report status as "Generating" on the "Reports" tab
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933617
Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) storage may not work correctly in an ISA Server 2004 installation after you install Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934608
Throughput for an ISA Server that is running on a Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2)-based multiprocessor computer may be greatly reduced or completely blocked
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934809
Description of the Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 hotfix package that is dated March 21, 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933718
The Web Proxy filter in ISA Server 2006 logs requests that reference an incorrect access rule when you use overlapped HTTP protocols
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933716
New Warning event message that occurs in ISA Server 2004 SP3 to notify delay in logging
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919468
Disruption of service to all remote sites and high CPU utilization by Lsass.exe and Netsh.exe processes in IPsec tunnel mode site-to-site VPN scenario in ISA Server 2006
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934410
Description of the ISA Server 2006 hotfix package: March 30, 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934587
ISA Server 2006 cannot delegate authentication to a back-end server from a published Web server
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934583
SharePoint
Error message when you try to add a user to the portal site in SharePoint Portal Server 2003: "Unable to validate data"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930013
You experience issues with portal alerts in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 or with search performance in SharePoint Server 2007 after you create SQL Server 2005 maintenance plans
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930887
Description of the Windows SharePoint Services post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: January 3, 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930103
Message in the Information bar in Internet Explorer 7 when you browse to a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site or to a SharePoint Server 2007 site: "The Web site wants to run the following add-on: 'Name ActiveX Control'
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931509
Error message when you try to migrate content from Content Management Server 2002 to SharePoint Server 2007: "Unable to connect to the database server"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930462
Search results include draft documents in SharePoint Server 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928623
SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard does not start after you install SharePoint Server 2007 and Project Server 2007 on a computer that is running Windows SharePoint Services 2.0
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928621
The "Operation in Progress" message remains visible after the page is loaded when you try to use Excel Web Access in Internet Explorer to view an Excel 2007 workbook
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928752
Percentage-formatted data in an Excel 2007 chart data table has a value that is 100 times larger than the actual value when you view the chart data table in Excel Web Access
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928325
Excel Web Access stops responding when you try to open a large Excel worksheet that resides on a SharePoint Server 2007 server
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928756
Description of the supported method to upgrade from MCMS 2002 to SharePoint Server 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930007
The "Get Filter Values From" command is not displayed in the Connections menu when you try to edit an Excel Web Access Web Part in Excel Services
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928739
You cannot create a new document or check out an existing document in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 document library when you have multiple versions of Office installed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929360
You receive an error message when you deactivate or remove a form from a form server
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923522
Error message when you open a Web page that uses Excel Web Access in SharePoint Server 2007: "You do not have permissions to open this file on Excel Services" or "Excel cannot load the workbook that you requested"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925713
The Verify button and the Upload button stop working when you try to verify a file name on the Upload Form Template page in Microsoft Office Forms Server 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923312
More than one item is returned in the search results when you use the "item:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923899
You cannot create new Outlook calendar items when you click "Connect to Outlook" in a calendar that resides on a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929359
You cannot create a new document or check out an existing document in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 document library when you have multiple versions of Office installed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929360
Mobile browsers and devices that are supported in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and in SharePoint Server 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930147
Cannot view a SharePoint Services 3.0 Web site after you migrate a Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 content database
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929320
How to install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 side-by-side with Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 on a computer that is running Windows Small Business Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928095
Message in the Information bar in Internet Explorer 7 when you browse to a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site or to a SharePoint Server 2007 site: "The Web site wants to run the following add-on: 'Name ActiveX Control'" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931509
You cannot create new Outlook calendar items when you click "Connect to Outlook" in a calendar that resides on a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929359
You cannot create a new document or check out an existing document in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 document library when you have multiple versions of Office installed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929360
Mobile browsers and devices that are supported in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and in SharePoint Server 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930147
Cannot view a SharePoint Services 3.0 Web site after you migrate a Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 content database
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929320
How to install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 side-by-side with Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 on a computer that is running Windows Small Business Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928095
Error message when you try to create a site collection by using a site template in the top-level site template gallery in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: "The template you have selected is invalid or cannot be found" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928617