March 2009 - Technical Rollup Mail - Internet
News
Biztalk Server
New Case Studies
Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital - Japanese Regional Hospital Boosts Efficiency with Enhanced Data Integration
https://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000003702
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisianna
Health Plan Company Gains Confidence in Technology Choice with Advice from Experts
https://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000003700
Unilin
UNILIN integrates business unit processes from around the world
https://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000003697
New Zealand Health IT Cluster
New Portal Gives New Zealand Healthcare a Booster Shot
https://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000003605
Score Group plc
Engineering Firm Uses Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to Automate Inspections
https://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000003581
Microsoft Internet information Server
Beta Release of Smooth Streaming Now Available
It is my pleasure to announce that the Smooth Streaming Beta is now available. Get it here for x86 , x64 , or using the Web Platform Installer (see below for details). In case you’re hearing about Smooth Streaming for the first time here... the technology...
https://blogs.iis.net/jboch/archive/2009/02/24/beta-release-of-smooth-streaming-now-available.aspx
More Tips and Troubleshooting Help for Classic ASP Developers
Back in May of 2007 I posted a tips for Classic ASP developers post which has since received more than 50 comments and 85,000 views. Robert McMurray just posted a set of fabulous tutorials for Classic ASP developers. If you’re out there and...
Dynamic IP Restrictions for IIS 7.0 - Beta
Today IIS team has released the Dynamic IP Restrictions Extension for IIS 7.0 - Beta. The Dynamic IP Restrictions Extension provides IT Professionals and Hosters a configurable module that helps mitigate or block Denial of Service Attacks or cracking...
https://blogs.iis.net/ruslany/archive/2009/02/17/dynamic-ip-restrictions-for-iis-7-0-beta.aspx
IIS7 request routing and load balancing module released!
The Application Request Router (ARR) has reached final release and is now available as a free, fully-supported download for IIS7! ARR enables Web server administrators and hosting providers and to increase Web application reliability and scalability...
Improvements to FastCGI in IIS 7.5
Following improvements have been made to FastCGI module in Win7 (and Win2K8 R2). 1. Monitor changes to a file We have added ability to monitor changes to a file for each FastCGI process pool. Module will recycle FastCGI processes for the process pool...
https://blogs.iis.net/ksingla/archive/2009/01/22/improvements-to-fastcgi-in-iis-7-5.aspx
SharePoint Technologies
Maxwell virtual ops center becomes AF 'Best Practice'
February 17, 2009: Air University Public Affairs
Using existing Sharepoint software, Maj. Scott Loller, 42nd Air Base Wing Plans and Programs Office deputy chief, developed a virtual method to manage information during emergency situations and base exercises.
https://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123135763
Microsoft Unveils New Enterprise Search Road Map
February 10, 2009: Microsoft
Microsoft Corp. today disclosed a detailed road map for its enterprise search products, including the introduction of FAST Search for SharePoint and FAST Search for Internet Business.
https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/feb09/02-10NewEnterpriseSearchPR.mspx
Communication is key: Getting everyone in the loop
February 10, 2009: ITWorld
Is inefficient communication plaguing your organization? Learn how to get everyone on the same page with SharePoint.
https://www.itworld.com/software/62364/communication-key-getting-everyone-loop?page=0%2C0
Microsoft will beef up SharePoint search when Office 14 ships
February 10, 2009: ComputerWorld
Microsoft plans to formally integrate enterprise search technology from its $1.2 billion (£811 million) acquisition of Fast Search and Transfer (FAST) a year ago into its popular SharePoint content management platform.
https://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?newsid=13272
Documents
Biztalk Server
Installing and Configuring UDDI Services 3.0
BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Documentation
Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack Documentation
Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack Readme and Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack Installation Guide
Downloads
Microsoft Internet information Server
IIS DownloadCENTER
This is your single source for finding Microsoft Internet Information Services tools, samples, extensions, filters and modules created by Microsoft and the IIS community.
SharePoint Technologies
Site Administrator Repository Query Tool
This tool allows you to run simple and quick queries from the Site Administrator repository, which includes information gathered about systems, as well as configuration information on Recovery Manager for SharePoint and Migration tools.
https://sharepointforall.com/media/p/8.aspx
SharePoint PowerShell PowerPack v1 Feb 2009
This download includes 4 PowerPacks.
SharePoint PowerPack - List the SharePoint Webs, folders, and List, and monitor the SharePoint usage.
SharePoint Farm PowerPack - Monitor your SharePoint farm servers, services, web services and web applications
SharePoint Remove Access PowerPack - PowerPack which connects to SharePoint over its webservices
SharePoint Navigator PowerPack - allows you to display the properties of the local farm, get a list of servers running in your farm, list SharePoint services and monitor the status and which services needs upgrade, and list the web services and web applications.
https://sharepointforall.com/media/p/38.aspx
SmartTools for SharePoint
The SmartTools for SharePoint project is a collection of SharePoint extensions to make your life as a SharePoint user, developer or administrator a little bit easier!
https://smarttools.codeplex.com/
Dive in with our latest free training
Download our new training right to your desktop or have your team download it to your SharePoint Server.
https://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/HA102488011033.aspx
Events/Webcasts
SharePoint Technologies
Edenbrook presents 360 Degree View of Microsoft’s SharePoint Platform
Free of charge
Date: 5 March 2009, 08:30
Location: London
Event Category: Onsite Event
Audience: Business Decision Maker, Developer, IT Professional, Technology Decision Maker
Products: Microsoft Content Management Server, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=1032402357
Corporate Project Solutions presents Understand the possibilities of Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM)
Free of charge
Date: 11 March 2009, 09:30
Location: London
Event Category: Onsite Event
Audience: Business Decision Maker, Business PC User, Business Professional, Developer, Education, Government, IT Professional, Partners, Technology Decision Maker
Products: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management Solution, Microsoft Office Project, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft technologies, Windows, Windows Server
https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=1032405696
Technology Associates International presents The 2007 Microsoft Office Project & Microsoft Office EPM Solutions - How to Put the WOW Factor Back into Your Programme and Project Management.
Free of charge
Date: 11 March 2009, 09:30
Location: Reading
Event Category: Onsite Event
Audience: Business Decision Maker, Business PC User, Business Professional, Developer, Education, Government, IT Professional, Partners, Technology Decision Maker
Products: Microsoft Internet Information Services, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management Solution, Microsoft Office Project, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft technologies, Windows Server
https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=1032394597
Corporate Project Solutions presents Discover the potential of Microsoft Office SharePoint (MOSS).
Free of charge
Date: 11 March 2009, 14:00
Location: London
Event Category: Onsite Event
Audience: Business Decision Maker, Business PC User, Business Professional, Developer, Education, Government, IT Professional, Partners, Technology Decision Maker
Products: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Windows, Windows Server
https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=1032405708
Technology Associates International presents The 2007 Microsoft Office Project & Microsoft Office EPM Solutions - How to Put the WOW Factor Back into Your Programme and Project Management.
Free of charge
Date: 17 March 2009, 09:30
Location: Stratford-upon-Avon
Event Category: Onsite Event
Audience: Business Decision Maker, Business PC User, Business Professional, Developer, Education, Government, IT Professional, Partners, Technology Decision Maker
Products: Microsoft Internet Information Services, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management Solution, Microsoft Office Project, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft technologies, Windows Server
https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=1032394598
BSG Ltd presents Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Masterclass - an introduction to SharePoint 2007
Free of charge
Date: 19 March 2009, 09:15
Location: London
Event Category: Onsite Event
Audience: Architect, Business Decision Maker, Developer, Partners, Technology Decision Maker
Products: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=1032398663
Getting the most of the Partner Portal
Free of charge
Date: 24 March 2009, 14:00
Location:
Event Category: Live Meeting
Audience: Business Decision Maker, Developer, IT Professional, Partners, Technology Decision Maker
Products: Other
Effective Backup and Restore Strategies for Your SharePoint Service (Recorded Past Event)
Chaos in SharePoint backup and recovery arises when you’re not sure where your data is or when to back it up. When this occurs, users have to wait weeks for IT to retrieve their lost data. Join SharePoint expert Joel Oleson to learn how following a consistent backup and recovery governance plan can streamline processes, help you meet SLAs, and keep users productive. He and other special guests review goals for developing the plan, provide you with prescriptive guidance to achieve them, and describe native and third-party tools that can help along the way.
https://www.quest.com/events/ListDetails.aspx?ContentID=9075
All upcoming Events\Webcasts
https://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/learning/events.mspx
New KB's
Biztalk Server
BizTalk Server Ent 2006 EN: FIX: You do not see any messages that pass through the ordered send port when you run some message queries in Health and Activity Tracking in BizTalk Server 2006 or in BizTalk Server 2006 R2
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/959315/EN-US
BizTalk Server Std 2006 R2 EN: FIX: BizTalk does not consume messages when the Ordered Delivery feature is enabled
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/950878/EN-US
BizTalk Server Std 2006 R2 EN: FIX: The response message from the Web service is not tracked in BizTalk Server 2006 R2
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/954276/EN-US
BizTalk Server Std 2006 R2 EN: FIX: Transactions remain active for a long time when you use a WCF-Custom adapter in BizTalk Server 2006 R2
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/960731/EN-US
BizTalk Server Std 2006 R2 EN: FIX: Message type MT051 and message type MT081 fail the BRE validation when you use Microsoft BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT Message Pack 2008
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/960910/EN-US
Microsoft Internet information Server
Internet Info Services 7.0 EN: Error message when you try to set the value of the "Regular Time Interval" property of an application pool to zero in IIS 7.0: "Property value is not valid"
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/954871/EN-US
Internet Info Services 7.0 EN: FIX: The FastCGI module does not work if you are using the HWC functionality of IIS 7.0 and the process that hosts the HWC is part of a Windows job object
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/967131/EN-US
Internet Info Svr 6 AL: Changes to the IP restriction list of an FTP site are not applied until you restart the FTP service in IIS 6.0
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/948660/EN-US
Internet Info Svr 6 AL: FIX: The host process of the application crashes when the CounterExists method or the Exists method is called on a multiprocessor computer in IIS 6.0
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/960718/EN-US
Internet Info Svr 6 AL: FIX: The Inetinfo.exe process terminates unexpectedly under high stress when IIS hosts many application pools
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/960827/EN-US
SharePoint Technologies
Office SharePoint Server 2007 ML: Performance is poor when you try to generate a custom audit report for a SharePoint Server 2007 site
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/958127/EN-US
Office SharePoint Server 2007 ML: Error message when you add a new variation label and try to create the hierarchy: "The variation system failed to pair up pages https://<Server>/en-US/web/Pages/default.aspx and /ja-JP/web/Pages/default.aspx because their Content Types do not match"
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/958302/EN-US
Office SharePoint Server 2007 ML: Description of the SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package (Coreserver.msp): January 27, 2009