October 2011 - Technical Rollup Mail - Platforms
News
Microsoft Reimagines Windows, Presents Windows 8 Developer Preview
https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2011/sep11/09-13FutureofComputingPR.mspx
BUILD Conference Highlights
Download the Windows Developer Preview
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/br229516
Windows 8 Blog | Building Windows 8
Windows Virtualization Team Blog
https://blogs.technet.com/virtualization
The World Simplified is a Virtual World
https://blogs.technet.com/virtualworld
The App-V Product Team Blog
https://blogs.technet.com/appv
The Official MDOP Blog
https://blogs.technet.com/mdop
Ask the Directory Services Team
https://blogs.technet.com/askds
Ask the Performance Team
https://blogs.technet.com/askperf
Microsoft Enterprise Networking Team
https://blogs.technet.com/networking
Ask the Core Team
https://blogs.technet.com/askcore
Ntdebugging Blog
https://blogs.msdn.com/ntdebugging
The Hot Blog
TRM
https://blogs.technet.com/trm/default.aspx
Documents
Microsoft Bitlocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM)
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27555
Optimizing Branch Office Servers by using Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=19383
Windows Server 2008: Planning for Active Directory Forest Recovery
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=16506
Windows Azure Architecture Guide
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27449
Single-Label-Domains (SLD) in Active Directory Domain Services
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27143
Configuring Kerberos Authentication for Microsoft Sharepoint 2010 products
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=23176
Downloads
Windows Azure Platform Training Kit – September Update
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=8396
Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB2545698)
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26589
Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2616676)
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27355
File Server Capacity Tool v1.2
64 bit: https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27284
32 bit: https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27283
Data Classification Toolkit for Windows Server 2008 R2
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27123
Introduction to the Windows Assessment and Deployment kit
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27410
Events
Windows 7 Deployment – Why and How
Date: 25/10/2011
Location: online
Tech.Days Online Returns
Date: 27/10/2011
https://blogs.technet.com/b/uktechnet/archive/2011/09/02/tech-days-online-returns.aspx
Live Webcasts:
Full list can be found at: https://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.
https://www.microsoft.com/events/webcasts/calendar/monthview.aspx
Monthly Archived Webcasts:
https://www.microsoft.com/events/webcasts/library/default.mspx
UK TechNet Events:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/bb945096.aspx
Microsoft Events:
https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/default.aspx?culture=en-US
New KB's
Windows Client
Windows 7 Beta: The Recycle Bin icon does not refresh automatically in Windows Vista or in Windows XP
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/968873/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: Trusted root certificates that are required by Windows Server 2008 R2, by Windows 7, by Windows Server 2008, by Windows Vista, by Windows Server 2003, by Windows XP, and by Windows 2000
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/293781/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: How to configure client proxy server settings by using a registry file
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/819961/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: Differences between the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Internet Explorer that are included in the x64-based versions of Windows Server 2003 and in Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/896457/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: Support boundary to configure the Windows Time service for high accuracy environments
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/939322/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: How to back up or transfer your data on a Windows-based computer
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/971759/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: How can I reset the Hosts file back to the default?
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/972034/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: After performing a new installation of Windows 7 and adjusting the Power Option for "Turn off the Display" to never, the screen will still turn off after 15 minutes
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/974681/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: Error message about hardware-assisted virtualization for Windows XP Mode in Windows Virtual PC on a computer that is running Windows 7
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/977206/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: Error message when you use Windows Easy Transfer to transfer files in Windows 7: “Windows Easy Transfer couldn’t open the file”
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/980870/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: "Could not initialize graphics system" error message when you try to run an application in Windows Virtual PC
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/980872/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: "Stop 0x9F" or "Stop 0xFE" error on a Windows 7-based or Windows Vista-based computer that uses certain AMD USB EHCI host controllers
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/982091/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: You cannot access a shared folder that is located on a Windows 2000 or Windows 98-based computer from a Windows 7-based computer
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/982734/en-US
Windows 7 Home Premium: Uninstalling Windows Media Center from Windows 7 Features may cause installation failures for drivers and other software
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2606237/en-US
Windows 7 Professional: How to manually download the latest definition updates for Microsoft Security Essentials
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/971606/en-US
Windows 7 Ultimate: Some 16-bit DOS-based Programs and the Command Prompt will not run in full-screen mode in Windows Vista and in Windows 7
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/926657/en-US
Windows Server
Windows Home Server: Joining or Creating a Home Group after logging into Windows Home Server Launchpad may override access
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2617522/en-US
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter: How to create an ISO image for UEFI platforms for a Windows PE CD-ROM for Windows Server 2008
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/947024/en-US
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter: FIX: An application cannot read stream data from an encrypted file on a Windows Server 2008-based computer or on a Windows Vista-based computer
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/952696/en-US
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter: How do I enable or disable DEP for Office applications?
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/971766/en-US
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter without Hyper-V: How to configure DFS to use fully qualified domain names in referrals
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/244380/en-US
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter without Hyper-V: A list of the Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) time servers that are available on the Internet
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/262680/en-US
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter without Hyper-V: The Net Logon service on Windows Server 2008 and on Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controllers does not allow the use of older cryptography algorithms that are compatible with Windows NT 4.0 by default
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/942564/en-US
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter without Hyper-V: PS/2 mouse is not connected to a Windows Server 2008-based computer or a Windows Server 2003-based computer when the computer starts
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/949214/en-US
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise: How to install service packs in a cluster
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/174799/en-US
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise: Invalid Boot File Received Error Message When PXE booting from WDS
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2602043/en-US
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise: An update is available that integrates Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 into Server Manager in Windows Server 2008
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/940518/en-US
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems: When I use the Virtual Machine Connection tool to connect to a virtual machine on a Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V-based computer I receive an error message: "A connection will not be made because credentials may not be sent to the remote computer"
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/954357/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter: Windows Server 2008 R2 Reports PerfNet Error in Application Log on machine with more than 64 Processors
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2607486/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter: An update is available for Best Practices Analyzer for the File Services role in x64 editions of Windows Server 2008 R2
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/981111/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter: Reliability Monitor displays no information in Windows Server 2008 and in Windows Server 2008 R2
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/983386/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation: Available Updates for Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services) in Windows Server 2008 R2
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2601888/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1: MS11-070: Vulnerability in WINS could allow elevation of privilege: September 13, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2571621/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1: Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) Simplified
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2593157/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard: Add a fix to improve the logging capabilities of the Storport.sys driver to troubleshoot poor disk I/O performance in Windows Server 2008 R2
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/978000/en-US
Windows Server 2008 Standard: How to troubleshoot Event ID 4683 error for Failover Clustering.
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2615358/en-US
Windows Server 2008 Standard: Folder redirection does not work correctly after I restart a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/951049/en-US
Windows Server 2008 Standard: How to remove administrative shares in Windows Server 2008
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/954422/en-US
Windows Server 2008 Standard: You receive an error message in Windows Server 2008 if you click Roles under the Server Manager console
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/971509/en-US
Windows Server Update Services 2.0: Update for Windows Server Update Services 2.0 Service Pack 1 to implement WSUS client program version 3.0 on client computers
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/936301/en-US
Windows Server Update Services 3.0: How to enable the Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server to distribute Windows Vista Service Pack 1