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Windows Internet Explorer 9 Released to Web
You can now download Internet Explorer 9. Check out the latest features for IT professionals, and get guidance to help you pilot and deploy this enterprise-ready browser in your organization with the Springboard Series for Internet Explorer 9.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/products/ie/home
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/default
Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 now available
Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 includes a host of improvements and fixes based on your feedback, including a local Help Viewer, Silverlight performance tuning, .NET 3.5 unit testing, IntelliTrace for 64-bit and SharePoint, and much, much more.
Microsoft App-V 4.6 Service Pack 1 and MED-V 2.0 Released
Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) 2011, featuring Microsoft App-V 4.6 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and MED-V 2.0, is now available. App-V 4.6 SP1 makes App-V packaging easy, fast, and predictable, and MED-V 2.0 is easier to use than ever, with no dedicated infrastructure required
Windows Virtualization Team Blog
http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization
The World Simplified is a Virtual World
http://blogs.technet.com/virtualworld
The App-V Product Team Blog
The Official MDOP Blog
Ask the Directory Services Team
http://blogs.technet.com/askds
Ask the Performance Team
http://blogs.technet.com/askperf
Microsoft Enterprise Networking Team
http://blogs.technet.com/networking
Ask the Core Team
http://blogs.technet.com/askcore
Ntdebugging Blog
http://blogs.msdn.com/ntdebugging
The Hot Blog
TRM
http://blogs.technet.com/trm/default.aspx
Downloads
Windows Internet Explorer 9 Released to Web
You can now download Internet Explorer 9. Check out the latest features for IT professionals, and get guidance to help you pilot and deploy this enterprise-ready browser in your organization with the Springboard Series for Internet Explorer 9.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/products/ie/home
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/default
Group Policy Settings Reference Windows Internet Explorer 9
This spreadsheet lists the policy settings for computer and user configurations included in the administrative template files (admx/adml) delivered with Windows Internet Explorer 9.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=21e84c24-b967-4d6d-850a-5eb554d18447
Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 now available
Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 includes a host of improvements and fixes based on your feedback, including a local Help Viewer, Silverlight performance tuning, .NET 3.5 unit testing, IntelliTrace for 64-bit and SharePoint, and much, much more.
VMM 2012 Beta Eval (VHD)
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 delivers industry leading fabric managment, virtual machine management and services deployment in private cloud environments.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=76002803-4fe8-4573-a76d-6b2b11adfe58
System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2012 Beta Documentation
This download provides technical documentation for the Beta release of VMM 2012.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=f7c174f2-1d39-4fed-9778-3f41b84f744b
Server App-V Beta Documentation
The beta documentation for Microsoft Server Application Virtualization (Server App-V) is available in this download.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=d24bbf9b-9d9c-4966-90e5-575852c9258b
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Common Criteria Guide
This is the supplemental administrator guidance documentation that was used in the Common Criteria evaluation of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=cb19538d-9e13-4ab6-af38-8f48abfdad08
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 – Evaluation
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 SP1 (VMM) is a comprehensive management solution for the virtualized data center. It enables increased physical server utilization, centralized management of virtual machine infrastructure, and rapid provisioning of new virtual machines by the administrator, delegated administrator, and authorized end users.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=9189bbce-d970-4c6c-9dd3-9e65798ecd70
BranchCache Learning Roadmap
This learning roadmap provides you with links to prerequisite information you need to understand and deploy BranchCache, and also provides links to BranchCache information from level 100 to level 300. In addition there are links to optional information that will enhance your ability to expand and manage your BranchCache deployment.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=cda652cf-c954-4b78-9e1b-7a660dc3b867
Microsoft Desktop Virtualization Data Sheets
Learn how Microsoft Desktop Virtualization Solutions can empower organizations to provide employees with the flexibility to work everywhere on a range of devices, while simplifying compliance and business continuity through a centralized and unified management infrastructure.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=81d1d1b8-e0e2-43c1-be91-6a5382f8ac39
Managing Microsoft Desktop Virtualization
Learn about managing desktop virtualization solutions with Microsoft technologies..
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=59e220ee-e7a1-4f8e-a86a-538b854c5e18
Microsoft RemoteFX for Remote Desktop Virtualization Host Capacity Planning Guide for Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
This white paper is intended as a guide for capacity planning of Microsoft RemoteFX in Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=679193cb-9b74-4590-a2be-00bde429c990
Remote Desktop Session Host Capacity Planning in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft RemoteFX in Windows Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1
This white paper is intended as a guide for capacity planning of RD Session Host in Windows Server 2008 R2 and RemoteFX in Windows Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1 (SP1).
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=ca837962-4128-4680-b1c0-ad0985939063
Events/Webcasts
Live Webcasts:
Full list can be found at: http://www.microsoft.com/events/default.mspx
Interactive Webcast Calendar
The interactive calendar will help you quickly find live webcasts that fit your schedule as well as on-demand webcasts to view at your convenience. You can choose your time zone and filter this list by audience, webcast series, product or topic, and presenter.
http://www.microsoft.com/events/webcasts/calendar/monthview.aspx
Monthly Archived Webcasts:
http://www.microsoft.com/events/webcasts/library/default.mspx
April WebCast Calendar
New KB's
Problems with Windows 7 parsing MCCS information
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2515532
“Access Denied” error trying to rename a file on share available offline
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2457622
Event ID 7000 or 7026 may be logged in the System log on a computer that is running Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933757
Error message when installing RSAT: 'This update is not applicable to your computer'
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2517239
Display Changes Resolution on Windows 7 While Pressing Win+P Hot Key and Select Duplicate When Only One Monitor is Connected
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2518084
The GetGlyphOutline() function incorrectly returns glyphs from the GulimChe font in Windows 7
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2447659
A DNS Update is recorded as failed: Event ID 5774, 1196, or 1578
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977158
Windows 7 stops responding when you print to a Bluetooth printer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2461648
[SDP 3][506d1864-dc2a-493c-be61-defc84fbcd60] Volume License Activation - Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2518799
[SDP 3][10678477-8f52-4968-8848-01305cbcc3c1] Performance - Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2516512
Microsoft inbox DSM may not perform well on system with many processors
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2517251
Using Hyper-V with large sector drives on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2515143
Remote Desktop or RemoteApp session does not terminate due to spawned splwow64.exe process
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2513330
Physical Memory Limits in Crash Dump files for Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2510168
Group Policy Editor incorrectly displays value for drop-down box data in Group Policy settings if opened maximized
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2494205
The DNS Zone Transfer setting is not retained in Windows Server 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2514953
You cannot manage a remote DNS server by using RSAT or the DNS MMC on Window Server-based computers
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2514936
A static record is not updated to a dynamic record as expected in the Windows Server MMC
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2514994
[SDP 3][460be109-5977-4f5b-ba8b-a605415c973e] Directory Services - Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2515358
A hotfix is available to update the Daylight Saving Time for Chile for Windows Operating Systems
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2519231
MS11-015: Description of the security update for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005: March 8, 2011
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2502898
MS11-017: Description of the security update for Remote Desktop client 5.2: March 8, 2011
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2483618
Offline File Synchronization – In Windows 7 the "Work Offline/Work Online" option button disappears from Windows Explorer after an offline / online transition and the Client Side Cache remains offline until the next restart of the computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2512089
A device may be displayed as the default icon on the network map when the network has more than 10 hosts
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2506718
Keys in the CNG user interface are always described as having no description in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2507840
A black screen is displayed when a Windows 7 SP1-based or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1-based computer tries to enter hibernation
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2496744
MS11-017: Vulnerability in Remote Desktop client could allow remote code execution: March 8, 2011
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2508062
MS11-017: Description of the security update for Remote Desktop client 7.0: March 8, 2011
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2483614
MS11-015: Vulnerability in Microsoft DirectShow could allow remote code execution: March 8, 2011
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2510030
Stop D1 (DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL) bugcheck in USBPORT while transferring USB data and selecting USB interface
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2507083
How to fix the FLECS Add-on and Internet Explorer 9 incompatibility
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2520458
How to fix the Superfish Window Shopper add-on and Internet Explorer 9 incompatibility
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2520435
How to fix the Shopping Reports add-on and Internet Explorer 9 incompatibility
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2520397
How to fix the Verification Engine add-on and Internet Explorer 9 incompatibility
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2520408
How to fix the iPlus add-on and Internet Explorer 9 incompatibility
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2520419
How to fix the PC Tools Browser Guard Toolbar and Internet Explorer 9 incompatibility
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2520365
How to fix the Xunlei Thunder Download Manager add-on and Internet Explorer 9 incompatibility
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2520403
Errors occur when using Canon printer drivers to print from Windows Internet Explorer 9
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2522071
MS11-017: Description of the security update for Remote Desktop client 6.1 and Remote Desktop client 6.0: March 8, 2011
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2481109
Windows Management Framework (Windows PowerShell 2.0, WinRM 2.0, and BITS 4.0)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968929
MS11-015: Description of the security update for Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008 for Windows Vista: March 8, 2011
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2494132
How to Compress "Bloated" Registry Hives
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2498915
Adding Simplified Chinese MUI Pack to English Windows Server 2003 SP2 can cause operating system to hang
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2524277
Recovering missing FRS objects and FRS attributes in Active Directory
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312862
IEEE 1394 Asynchronous Request May Time Out Due to Dropped Response from Remote Node
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2519460
An ADO application that is re-compiled on a Windows 7 Service Pack 1-based computer does not run on down-level operating systems
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2517589
Configuring Internet Explorer proxy settings in response to malware
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2522894
Internet Explorer 8 may stop responding when you browse some webpages in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2510901
The XSS Filter in Internet Explorer 8 improperly blocks HTTP response rendered as XML
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2524198
Description for "Turn On ActiveX filtering" Group Policy Setting contains incorrect text
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2522815
Missing or Garbled Text Printing from IE9 to Adobe PDF Printer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2522987
SharePoint 2010: Receiving error: “Security token service is not available”
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2493524
Performance issues are caused by a memory leak on a Windows Server 2008-based print server that has many Windows Vista-based printer clients
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951638
Performance counter 'Redirector-Current Commands' always shows a value of '0'
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2523382
You may experience problems in Windows Explorer or in the Windows shell after you install security update MS06-015
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918165
When a user offers a Remote Assistance invitation to an expert user who is running Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, the expert’s logon attempt forcibly logs off the original user
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2526705
WriteEncryptedFileRaw fails if the file contained a sparse stream
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2525290
PXE Clients do not receive an IP address from a DHCP server
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257579
Various issues may occur on a Windows Server 2003-based computer that is running the Volume Shadow Copy Service
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940032
Configuring opportunistic locking in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296264
[SDP 3][f2567265-e251-4fce-a78a-dd0a01d22182] Repro Recorder
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2520621
Applications that use the Virtual Wi-Fi technology do not work after you restart a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2496820
An update to support the new currency symbol for the Indian Rupee in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2008, in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2496898
Slow response working with WebDAV resources on Windows Vista or Windows 7
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2445570
Error message "Windows SIM was unable to generate a catalog" or "Parameter count mismatch"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2524737
Error when you install an update for Windows: "Error Code FFFFFFFE"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2525311
You have to refresh the web page to load the current page in Internet Explorer 8
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2525067
[SDP 3][a0f578a1-731c-4437-92cf-c246fa98be36] Hyper-V - Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2518791
Clientname and Sessionname enviroment variable may be missing
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2509192
CryptSetProvider function or CryptSetProviderEx fails to change the user’s default cryptographic service provider (CSP).
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2513526
FIX: Error message when you access an NFS share from a computer that is running Windows Vista SP2 or Windows Server 2008 SP2: "Incorrect Function. Access Denied"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978845
QFE1 for Windows Live Essentials 2011
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2520039
All USB Downstream ports are disabled on a EHCI Host Controller after restart or inserting a USB device on Windows Vista or Windows 7
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2521680
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TRM contributors this month were Tracy Gillespie and Justin Zarb.