Microsoft Teams & Staff

Update Rollup 5 for Exchange 2007 SP1 is now released

You Had Me At EHLO... — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:36:04 GMT

We have now released the Update Rollup 5 for Exchange 2007 SP1 (which we announced a few days ago ). The rollup is available on the Download Center here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=652ED33A-11A1-459C-8FFE-90B9CBFE7903&displaylang...(read more)

Optimize Your Communications Environment with Exchange Server 2007

You Had Me At EHLO... — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:29:00 GMT

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 can help you deliver the advanced protection your company demands to safeguard its messaging environment-anywhere access people require to boost productivity and operational efficiency to cut costs. Tune in to a webcast...(read more)

Explaining the detection logic of MS08-052

The WSUS Support Team Blog — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:03:40 GMT

Mike Johnson , a Senior Support Escalation Engineer for WSUS, recently sent me some interesting info on the detection logic in MS08-052 and why it may be a little confusing. If you noticed that MS08-052 superseded MS08-040 , but that MS08-052 is...(read more)

More on throttling WSUS downloads

The WSUS Support Team Blog — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:52:51 GMT

I know I've touched on this before thanks to WSUS Senior Support Engineer Ellis George , but throttling downloads continues to be a popular discussion topic so I thought I'd add to it a little using some tips from Joe Tindale , also a Senior Support...(read more)

Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 is almost out-the-door

You Had Me At EHLO... — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:07:59 GMT

This is a heads up that Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 is in the final stages of getting released and should be out in a couple of days. The next step for the Exchange team will be to release the Update Rollup onto the Download Center and then...(read more)

Didn't pass that Microsoft Certification exam? Get a free second shot

The WSUS Support Team Blog — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:35:47 GMT

Just an FYI that Microsoft is offering a free second chance to pass that Microsoft Certification exam as well as a 25% discount on an additional exam. You better hurry though as you have to sign up by December 31st. ======== Second Shot now...(read more)

Updated Knowledge Base articles for 11-9 through 11-15

The WSUS Support Team Blog — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:27:00 GMT

We had three updated Knowledge Base articles for the week. One is the old familiar 894199 article but the other two are fairly new additions to the list. Links and titles are below: ======== Microsoft Software Update Svcs 894199 - Description of Software...(read more)

November 2008 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions and Answers

The WSUS Support Team Blog — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:20:50 GMT

Over on the MSRC blog they posted on the availability of this months webcast covering the questions regarding November's security bulletins. If you didn't have the chance to attend then check out the webcast below to see what you missed...(read more)

Security Bulletin Webcast Questions and Answers - November 2008

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:54:00 GMT

Hi, During this month’s webcast we were able to address 12 questions in the time allotted. The questions were spread fairly evenly across both bulletins. We also fielded questions regarding the Exploitability Index and the MS08-067 form the October Out-of-Band Release. Here is the link to the full Q&A...(read more)

Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Launch

You Had Me At EHLO... — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:17:00 GMT

Our friends over at Office Communication server wanted to get the word our on their upcoming release which they are promoting through their website. Here's their announcement, go check it out! Office Communications Server 2007 R2 will launch on February...(read more)

How to Configure Certificate Based Authentication for OWA - Part II

You Had Me At EHLO... — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:42:00 GMT

In my last post I showed how to set up OWA certificate based authentication on a Windows 2003 CAS with ISA 2006. In this post, I will cover how to set this up when your Client Access server is running on Windows 2008 server without being published with...(read more)

WSUS clients install updates properly but don't send any status reports back to the server

The WSUS Support Team Blog — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:05:00 GMT

Here's a cool tip and a cool tool that was sent to me by Joe Tindale , one of the top Support Escalation Engineers in our WSUS group. If you find that your WSUS clients are not sending status updates back to the server then this is something you'll...(read more)

MS08-068 and SMBRelay

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:49:00 GMT

Hi, this is Christopher Budd. We’ve received some questions from customers about MS08-068 and its relationship to an issue that was first discussed in 2001, called the SMBRelay attack. Specifically, we’ve gotten some questions about why, in 2008, we’re releasing an update that addresses an issue first...(read more)

TechNet Webcast: Information About Microsoft November Security Bulletins

The WSUS Support Team Blog — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:21:16 GMT

Just a quick FYI that we have a webcast discussing the November security bulletins tomorrow at 11:00am PST: ======== Language(s): English. Product(s): Security. Audience(s): IT Professional. Duration: 60 Minutes Start Date: Wednesday, November 12...(read more)

November 2008 Bulletin Release

The WSUS Support Team Blog — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:14:16 GMT

Over on the MSRC blog they have a post about the two bulletins included in the November 2008 bulleting release that came out today: ========= • MS08-068 : Vulnerability in SMB Could Allow Remote Code Execution (957097). This has a severity rating...(read more)