News
Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server
*Are you using the NEW SUPPORTABILITY FEATURES for ISA Server 2004 and 2006?*
In addition to the following features listed below, ISA Server 2004 Service Pack 3 and the ISA Server 2006 Supportability Update provide a new diagnostic logging feature.
• Improved log viewer functionality, including an enhanced details pane view, text colouring, and new log filtering functionality.
• Updated ISA Server Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in functionality that provides access to troubleshooting tools and options available directly from the ISA Server Management console.
• Integration with the Microsoft ISA Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool. For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=79754 .
Traditionally, ISA Server logs provide basic information about incoming and outbound traffic traversing the ISA Server computer. For example - whether traffic is allowed or denied, and the name of firewall policy rules handling the traffic. Diagnostic logging traces the flow of specific packets, and captures additional data about traffic flowing through the ISA Server computers. It reports on the progress of packets, and provides information about traffic handling and rule matching issues. Diagnostic logging output appears in a new ISA Server Diagnostics section of the Windows Event Viewer. Diagnostic logging tracks the behaviour of the following ISA Server policy components:
• Firewall policy rules
• Network rules
• Web Chaining rules
• Cache rules
• Rule authentication
For easier log viewing, ISA Server provides the Diagnostic Log Viewer to filter and view the most relevant events. The Diagnostic Log Viewer is a separate tool available from the Microsoft Download Center. It enables you to output diagnostic events at the command line, in a display window, or in HTML format.
After installing ISA Server 2004 Service Pack 3 or the ISA Server 2006 Supportability Update, download and install the Diagnostic Log Viewer tool as follows:
1. Install Log Parser 2.2, used by the Diagnostic Log Viewer, from Log Parser 2.2 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=890cd06b-abf8-4c25-91b2-f8d975cf8c07&displaylang=en . No restart is required after installation.
2. Install the ISA Server Diagnostic Logging Viewer (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=81315). During installation you must specify the location for unpacking the files.
You can download the ISA Server 2004 Service Pack 3 and the ISA Server 2006 Supportability Update from the following locations:
Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 Supportability Update
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939455
Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 Service Pack 3
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/downloads/isa/2004/servicepacks/default.mspx
See the following 2 blog posts on the ISA Server Product Team Blog and stay tuned for more documentation on these features.
http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2007/09/17/isa-server-2006-supportability-update.aspx
ForeFront Edge Security Forums at http://forums.microsoft.com/ForeFront/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=384&SiteID=41
Discuss ISA Server at the new Microsoft Forefront™ Edge Security forums, available at TechCenter
Internet Security and Acceleration Server Blog
The ISA Server Product Team Blog (http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/) is updated on a regular basis. Latest entries include:
Questionable users
http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2007/10/03/questionable-users.aspx
Missing status in logging details panes
http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2007/10/07/missing-status-in-logging-details-panes.aspx
Windows services may fail to start after installing ISA Server 2006 Supportability Pack (KB 939455)
Windows services may fail to start after installing ISA Server 2004 Service Pack 3
When ISA Server Can’t Set Up NLB Parameters
http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2007/10/18/when-isa-server-can-t-set-up-nlb-parameters.aspx
Please note that if you have feedback on documentation or wish to request new documents - email isadocs@microsoft.com
BizTalk Server
Agency for the Modernization of the Public Administration (AMA)
Portugal Creates Interoperability Framework to Simplify Citizen/Government Interaction
http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=201334
Petro-Canada
Petro-Canada Eliminates Redundancies and Cuts Administration Time
http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000000825
Microsoft Internet Information Server
TechNet Radio Interview on IIS Modules
We have released a number of modules that you can download from www.iis.net to run on IIS in Windows Server 2008 RC0, namely: FTP7 GoLive release FrontPage Server Extensions GoLive BitRate Throttling Technical Preview Remote Administration Manager for Windows Server 2008 RC0 (we have x64 bit downloads...
http://blogs.iis.net/mailant/archive/2007/10/09/technet-radio-interview-on-iis-modules.aspx
Microsoft Announces Interoperability Improvements for PHP and Microsoft technologies
Last year at ZendCon 2006, I was invited to be a part of the Microsoft and Zend announcement initiating technical collaboration with the PHP community to significantly enhance the reliability and performance of PHP on Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. As part of this collaboration, the IIS...
FrontPage Server Extensions (FPSE) for IIS7 RC0 Released!
If you're looking for the FPSE extensions for your Vista or Windows 2008 Server and IIS7, look no further than DownloadCenter . The team just released an updated package with support for installing on x64 (note: the FPSE extensions themselves have no been ported to 64-bit. They will, however, install...
TechNet Radio Interview on IIS7 w/ Bill Staples
I did a TechNet radio interview last week and it is now published on the Web. It was a pretty fun interview and we covered a lot of ground including a brief history of IIS and my involvement with the product, some some of the behind the scenes development of IIS7 (project started more than 4 years ago...
http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2007/10/02/technet-radio-interview-on-iis7-w-bill-staples.aspx
"What's New in Microsoft Internet Information Services 7.0 for IT Professionals" TechNet web cast on Tuesday at 11:30
I will giving a TechNet web cast on Tuesday at 11:30 am that provides an overview of IIS7, my favorite topic. I will be focusing on giving you an overview of all the different areas of investment we've made in the Web server for Windows Server 2008. Then you can pick from the subsequent talks for drilldowns...
Sharepoint Technologies
Moss Takes Top Award
Moss wins document management product of the year.
Microsoft/Facebook announcement breaks new ground
While the Microsoft / Facebook expanded partnership announcement made earlier today doesn't have anything to do with SharePoint, the publicity it generated will likely get a lot more people to start thinking or asking about the value of social networking capabilities within an enterprise and between a company and its business partners as well as its customers. Eric Charran (Senior Consultant in Microsoft Consulting Services), Dino Dato-on (SharePoint Ranger), and Greg Lang (Program Manager for Microsoft Enterprise Services Communities Tools and Infrastructure) have written a soon to be published white paper that addresses the topic of the importance of social networking in an organization and how to properly implement MOSS 2007 as a social networking solution. - http://www.techmeme.com/071024/p121#a071024p121
Downloads
Sharepoint Technologies
Excellent new tool developed by Microsoft Premier Customer
http://www.codeplex.com/sharepointloggingspy
Also see here - http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/fromthefield/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=33
White paper: Data protection and recovery for Office SharePoint Server in small to medium deployments
This downloadable white paper explains how administrators managing small to medium-size deployments can protect and recover data. This paper describes data recovery from the item level to the farm level
Community Kit for SharePoint Launched
The Community Kit for SharePoint is a set of best practices, templates, Web Parts, tools, and source code that enables practically anyone to create a community website based on SharePoint technology for practically any group of people with a common interest.
BizTalk Server
BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Poster
WCF LOB Adapter SDK
Microsoft BizTalk LoadGen 2007 Tool
Installing and Configuring BizTalk Adapters for Enterprise Applications
BizTalk RFID Tutorials
Microsoft Dynamics AX AIF BizTalk Adapter Configuration White Paper
Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 MP for MOM 2005
HL7 Schema Generation Tool
Capacity Planning and Performance Tuning
Events/WebCasts
SharePoint Technologies
10/29/2007 11:00 AM Pacific Time : Momentum Webcast: Keeping a Pulse on Your Business with Dashboards and Scorecards (Level 100)
Managing the health of your business and improving business performance requires a comprehensive understanding and analysis of your business data. Join this webcast to learn how executing dashboard technology can enhance decision making and performance by providing superior information to your organization. Learn how you can take advantage of dashboards and scorecards with your existing investment and how their flexibility can accommodate the diverse and growing needs of your organization. In this webcast, we provide: A demonstration of dashboards, visual analytics, and what-if analysis. Examples of successful dashboard implementation. Insight on how you can achieve higher performance with dashboards.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032351536&culture=en-US
10/31/2007 12:00 PM Pacific Time MSDN Webcast: MSDN geekSpeak: Using LINQ to SharePoint with Bart de Smet (Level 200)
In this installment of geekSpeak, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Bart de Smet introduces us to the Microsoft .NET Language-Integrated Query (LINQ) to SharePoint project, and he is available to take your questions. To have a question or comment addressed during the webcast, visit the geekSpeak blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/geekspeak and submit it
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032352641&culture=en-US
11/2/2007 11:30 AM Pacific Time TechNet Webcast: Revenue Forecasting with PerformancePoint Server 2007 (Level 300)
Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 can help organizations improve their business performance by integrating monitoring, analysis, and planning capabilities into one application. The objective of the forecast process is to produce accurate forecasts of sales performance. Long-term sales forecasts are used by manufacturing to invest in manufacturing capacity; shorter term forecasts, commonly monthly, are used to schedule production. The associated sales revenue forecasts are used in communicating expected performance to shareholders and to the investment community. Join this session to gain an understanding of customer pains, learn more about the revenue forecasting process, and see how PerformancePoint Server 2007 supports this process
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032355958&culture=en-US
11/6/2007 9:00 AM Pacific Time Microsoft Office System Webcast: More Tips and Tricks for Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies (Level 300)
You already know the basics; now is your chance to take Windows SharePoint Services version 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to the next level. Join us for this informative webcast to learn how you can personalize your SharePoint user experience, exchange ideas through new SharePoint blogs and wikis, and use document versioning, Excel Services, and Microsoft Office Groove 2007 to share documents and data more effectively.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032355414&culture=en-US
11/6/2007 9:30 AM Pacific Time TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Deploys System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 (Level 300)
In this webcast, we explain how Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2006 can optimize disk-based backup and recovery, deliver consistent data protection, and increase an IT organization's operational efficiencies. Join this session to see how System Center Data Protection Manager version 2.0 delivers business value, integrated archive support and native application support for Microsoft Exchange Server and SQL Server databases, file server protection and restoration, reporting functionality, and scalability
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032355960&culture=en-US
11/8/2007 9:30 AM Pacific Time TechNet Webcast: SAP Enterprise Portal and SharePoint Server 2007 Interoperability (Level 200)
In this webcast, we discuss SAP and Microsoft portal interoperability. We cover how you can integrate Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and SAP Netweaver Portal from front-end integration (iView, Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP), and URL linking) to integrate components and services across the portal (via Web Services, SAP Portal Development Kit for the Microsoft .NET Framework and connectors). We explore approaches for interoperability based on search and the Business Data Catalog feature in SharePoint Server 2007. We also demonstrate the various types of solutions and describe how to approach portal integration
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032352711&culture=en-US
11/16/2007 1:00 PM Pacific Time TechNet Webcast: Monthly Reporting with PerformancePoint Server 2007 (Level 300)
Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 can help organizations improve their business performance by integrating monitoring, analysis, and planning capabilities into one application. The objective of the monthly reporting process is to provide information to managers who are responsible for financial and operational performance. Such information typically includes sales and income, expenses and costs, investments and non-financial performance indicators. This information helps them manage more effectively by enabling them to react to current activity with the best decisions and appropriate action. Join this session to gain an understanding of key challenges, learn more about the monthly reporting process, and see how PerformancePoint Server 2007 supports this process
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032355966&culture=en-US
11/27/2007 1:00 PM Pacific Time TechNet Webcast: Protecting Microsoft SharePoint with Data Protection Manager (Level 200)
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 is designed to help you back up your Windows environment. In this webcast, we focus on how System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 can provide continuous data protection for the latest generation of collaboration services, including Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 introduces a whole new level of Windows data protection and recovery. Join us to see how System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 delivers continuous data protection for your Microsoft application and file servers through a seamlessly integrated secondary disk and tape solution on the Data Protection Manager server. Discover how System Center Data Protection Manager enables better backups and rapid, reliable recoveries for both you and your users, while helping you to significantly reduce the costs and complexities associated with data protection.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032356635&culture=en-US
11/30/2007 1:00 PM Pacific Time TechNet Webcast: Strategic Planning and Scorecarding with PerformancePoint Server 2007 (Level 300)
Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 can help organizations improve their business performance by integrating monitoring, analysis, and planning capabilities into one application. The objective of the strategic planning process is to provide a broad ranging review of all the factors that might impact the company's performance and to finish with the production of a strategic plan. Join this session to gain an understanding of key challenges, understand the strategic planning process, and see how PerformancePoint Server 2007 supports this process.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032355970&culture=en-US
New KB’s
Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server
After an ISA Server 2006 application filter establishes an HTTP connection, the connection closes before it can be used, and a "0x80004001 (E_NOTIMPL)" status code is logged
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941634
You cannot access Outlook Web Access that is published by ISA Server 2006 from a mobile device that runs the Symbian operating system
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942180
The "401 Authentication Required" response that is sent by a Web site is dropped when you use ISA Server 2004 as a Web proxy
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940708
Description of the ISA Server 2004 hotfix package: October 1, 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943202
Error message when you try to open the HTTP compression preferences in the ISA Server Management console after you apply Service Pack 3 for ISA Server 2004: "ISA Server cannot load the property page"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942936
Description of the ISA Server 2006 hotfix package: September 24, 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942639
POST requests that do not have a POST body may be sent to a Web server that is published in ISA Server 2006
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942638
A user cannot access a Web site that is published in ISA Server 2006 by using Kerberos constrained delegation if the user is not in the same domain as the ISA Server computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942637
The Microsoft Firewall service stops unexpectedly on a computer that is running ISA Server 2004
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943200
BizTalk Server
FIX: Orchestration issues with BizTalk 2004 during the fall standard time change
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931960/en-us
FIX: Orchestration issues with BizTalk 2006 related to DST
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931961/en-us
Error message when you try to import a BizTalk application in BizTalk Server 2006: Timeout expired
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941559/en-us
FIX: Error message when you publish an orchestration that is converted from a BizTalk Server 2004 project in BizTalk Server 2006: Failed to create project
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938567/en-us
FIX: Event ID 5799 and Event ID 5677 occur if you have a running orchestration that has a nil value in BizTalk Server 2006
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940457/en-us
How to troubleshoot a memory leak or an out-of-memory exception in the BizTalk Server process
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918643/en-us
FIX: When you use BizTalk Adapter for MQSeries in BizTalk Server 2006 or in BizTalk Server 2004, the BizTalk application may slow down, and the BizTalk application may eventually stop responding
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941494/en-us
FIX: You may receive a NullReferenceException error message when a long-running XLANG orchestration is rehydrated in BizTalk Server 2004
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933396/en-us
FIX: Routing failure reports are not removed from the <BizTalkHostName>Q_Suspended table on a BizTalk Server 2006 server
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941690/en-us
How to use GS segment values to exchange EDI messages with two recipients at the same party in BizTalk Server 2006 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942255/en-us
Error message when you try to view EDI reports in the HAT tool in BizTalk Server 2006 R2: "An error occurred in accessing the EDI database"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942283/en-us
A BizTalk Service service may not start as expected in BizTalk Server 2006 R2 when you restart a computer that is running Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942284/en-us
The outgoing message is suspended when you try to convert an XML message to an EDI format in BizTalk Server 2006 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942280/en-us
Changes that you make to a Windows User custom property do not appear in the BizTalk Server 2006 Administration Console
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942286/en-us
Error message when you try to view the EDI Interchange and Correlated ACK Status report in BizTalk Server 2006 R2: "This operation failed while accessing at least one of the Message Box databases"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942249/en-us
How to use distinguished fields and promoted properties in a BizTalk Server 2006 R2 project
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942282/en-us
How to configure certificates that are used to sign and to encrypt AS2 messages in BizTalk Server 2006 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942253/en-us
Error message when you perform a task in BizTalk Server 2006 R2: "Not Enough storage is available to complete the operation"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942251/en-us
How to use MOM 2005 together with the BizTalk Server 2006 Management Pack to monitor instances of BizTalk Server 2006 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942279/en-us
BizTalk RFID logging data may be lost in BizTalk Server 2006 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942285/en-us
The RFID Print Wizard may appear to stop responding when Tag Printed Notifications are displayed in BizTalk Server 2006 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942287/en-us
The Configuration.exe configuration program cannot be started and no error is recorded in the event log after you install the BizTalk Accelerator for RosettaNet 3.5
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942849/en-us
You receive an Event ID 5683 when you process HL7 messages by using the BizTalk Server Accelerator for HL7
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942690/en-us
Error message when you try to create a new host in the BizTalk Administration console in BizTalk Server 2006 R2: "The parameter is incorrect (WinMgmt)"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942966/en-us
The content in the body of an e-mail message is lost when you process the message by using the BizTalk POP3 adapter in BizTalk Server
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942689/en-us
FIX: An update is available that lets you dynamically configure certain properties on a server that is running BizTalk Server 2006 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942465/en-us
A cumulative hotfix package for Microsoft BizTalk RFID in Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 is now available
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941995/en-us
SharePoint Technologies
Windows Sharepoint Services Version 3
You receive error messages after you install security update 931212 (MS07-040) on a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web front-end server or on a SharePoint Server 2007 Web front-end server
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941789
The ItemUpdating event or the ItemUpdated event occurs two times when you enable the Require Check Out option for a document library in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939307
How to point to a custom 404 error Web page in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941329
How to automate the deletion of backups in SharePoint Server 2007 and in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 by using a Visual Basic script
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941330
Description of the update that addresses the issue in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 in which items that use the Date and Time fields are off by one hour
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939809
Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 hotfix package: August 24, 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941422
The blog posts are not filtered correctly when you click a link to a category on a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 blog site
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939310
When the database status for a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site collection has been set to offline, you may be unable to find items that are saved in the site collection
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938569
A Web Part that contains an ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 UpdatePanel control that uses the _doPostBack() function does not work when the URL of the hosting SharePoint Web site contains international characters
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941955
How version history affects list items that contain attachments in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943136
The SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard does not finish successfully on a computer that also has GroupBoard Workspace 2007 installed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941678
Some SharePoint timer job definitions are not restored successfully when you back up a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web application or a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Web application, and then you restore this application to a new farm
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942989
MS07-059: Vulnerability in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and in SharePoint Server 2007 could result in elevation of privilege within the SharePoint site
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942017
Description of the security update for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: October 9, 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934525
How to defragment Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 databases and SharePoint Server 2007 databases
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943345
You experience performance issues after you install security update 934525 (MS07-059) in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 environment that contains many host-named site collections
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943594
Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007
Error information may be logged in the STSADM export log file after you install Forefront Security for SharePoint on a computer that is running SharePoint Server 2007: "Access Denied"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941005
Unknown Error in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/556031
Description of the Excel Services in Office SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package: October 9, 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943076
How to customize application pages in the Layouts folder in SharePoint Server 2007 and in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
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