News
Windows Server 2012 released to manufacturing
Windows Virtualization Team Blog
http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization
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http://blogs.technet.com/virtualworld
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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
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http://blogs.technet.com/askcore
Ntdebugging Blog
http://blogs.msdn.com/ntdebugging
The Hot Blog
TRM
http://blogs.technet.com/trm/default.aspx
Documents
Active Directory Certificate Server Enhancements in Windows Server 2008 R2
This guide provides an overview of new features and improvements in Active Directory Certificate Services
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=541
Migrating your Release Preview app to Windows 8
This paper provides guidance and tips for migrating code assets built using the Windows 8 Release Preview released in May 2012 to Windows 8.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30706
Device Metadata Package Pipeline
This paper describes how to install and use a device metadata package for Windows 7 and Windows 8 device experience features.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30727
Windows Azure Training Kit – August 2012 REFRESH
Windows Azure Training kit includes a comprehensive set of technical content to help you learn how to use Windows Azure
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8396
Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Component Architecture Poster and Companion References
Provides a visual reference for understanding key Hyper-V technologies in Windows Server 2012 and focuses on Hyper-V Replica, networking, virtual machine mobility, storage, failover clustering and scalability.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29189
MSIT Plans, Deploys, and Manages Windows 8
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30182
Guide to Creating and Configuring a Server Cluster Under Windows Server 2003
This guide provides step-by-step instructions for creating and configuring server clusters
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13705
Certificate Enrollment Web Services in Windows Server 2008 R2
This paper explains how certificate enrolment Web services work in Windows Server 2008 R2. It also provides deployment guidance for certificate enrolment Web Services in new and existing Active Directory Certificate Services deployments
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=1746
Solution for Migrating File, Print and Directory Services from Novell Netware to Windows Server 2003
A guide for IT professionals on the process and tools needed to migrate file, print and directory services to a Microsoft Windows Server from Novell Netware platform
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=11259
Active Directory LDAP Compliance White Paper
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30734
Downloads
Update for Best Practices Analyzer for Application Server for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition
Install this update to revise the rules of the Best Practice Analyzer for the Application Server role on Windows Server 2008 R2
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=19225
Server Manager
Server Manager is a Windows 2003 tool you can use to manage NT 4.0 and NT 3.51 domains and computers
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8053
Group Policy Inventory
Group Policy Inventory allows administrators to collect Group Policy and other information from any number of computers in their network
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=14126
Remote Access Quarantine Agent
RQS is a tool that works as part of the Windows Server 2003 Network Access Quarantine Control, which restricts remote access clients from full access to a network until they meet the requirements of the network
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17654
Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol Add-on for Certificate Services
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=2178
Cluster Diagnostics and Verification Tool
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=18479
Port Reporter
Download Port Reporter a logging service for Windows that logs TCP/IP port usage data
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=9964
Account Lockout and Management Tools
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=18465
Active Directory Performance Testing Tool
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=15275
Combined Active Directory Schema Classes and Attributes for Windows Server
Classes and attributes in the Active Directory schema for Windows Server
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=23782
Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2012
This Solution Accelerator provides automated tools and guidance that IT professionals can use to update offline virtual machines, templates, and virtual hard disks efficiently and without exposing them to security risks.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30470
Events
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
UK TechNet Events:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/bb945096.aspx
Microsoft Events:
https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/default.aspx?culture=en-US
Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate Essentials
Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate Essentials prerelease is available for download.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30719
Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate Essentials Assessment and Deployment Kit
The Windows® Server 2012 Release Candidate Essentials Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) is a collection of tools and binaries that you can use to customize, assess, and deploy Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate Essentials on new computers
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30718
New KB's
Windows Client
Windows 7 Enterprise: Access to Session Keys not possible using a restricted Token
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2627903/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: IPsec session takes 5 to 6 minutes to connect to a storage controller on a computer that is running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2695321/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: Handle leak in the MPEG-2 Video Decoder when you play videos multiple times in Windows Media Player in Windows 7
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2704372/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: Handle leak occurs in the MPEG-2 Audio Decoder when you play videos multiple times in Windows Media Player in Windows 7
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2704377/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: Autologon feature repeatedly tries to log on a user after the user's password changes on another computer in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2725279/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: SynchronizeTime task does not start at the time that you scheduled on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2725604/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: Key labels on an on-screen keyboard are displayed incorrectly on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2727998/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: WLAN chipset no longer works after you install KB 2624668 in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2729608/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: BITS performance is slow after you configure the throttling policy on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2732072/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: Data becomes corrupted when a storage miniport driver tries to copy data to RAM in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2732471/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: "0x0000000a" Stop error code when you resume a Windows 7-based computer from sleep or from hibernation
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2732487/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: "E_UNEXPECTED 0x8000ffff" error when you try to restore a system by using System Recovery Options in Windows 7
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2732500/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: Tasklist.exe tool displays no process information on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2732840/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: RDS-based applications crash in Windows 7 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2734642/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: "Warning 1946" message when you install a Windows Installer package in Windows 7
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2745126/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: Same File or Service Name Causes Incorrect FileInUse Dialog
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2745579/en-US
Windows 7 Enterprise: Citrix DNE does not work with the native Windows 7 Mobile Broadband driver
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977999/en-US
Windows 7 Home Basic: Why does free space in Disk C shrink all along?- EeeKB
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2598438/en-US
Windows 7 Home Basic: A Windows 7 machine may encounter Bugcheck 0x000000D1 while reading data in a loop from a USB-Serial device
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2743712/en-US
Windows 7 Home Premium: Information about power management setting on a network adapter
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2740020/en-US
Windows 7 Service Pack 1: MS12-054: Description of the security update for Windows Networking Components: August 14, 2012
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2705219/en-US
Windows 7 Service Pack 1: MS12-054: Description of the security update for Windows Networking Components: August 14, 2012
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2712808/en-US
Windows 7 Service Pack 1: MS12-055: Vulnerabilities in Windows kernel-mode drivers could allow elevation of privilege: August 14, 2012
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2731847/en-US
Windows 7 Service Pack 1: MS12-054: Vulnerabilities in Windows networking components could allow remote code execution: August 14, 2012
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2733594/en-US
Windows 7 Service Pack 1: [SDP 3][5b05367c-8206-4165-8240-bf4cd74a7f6f] WCF Tracing Enabler Package
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2742848/en-US
Windows 7 Ultimate: You cannot change the DPI setting through a Remote Desktop session on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2726399/en-US
Windows Server
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter: KDC interoperability with MIT Kerberos implementations when using Read Only Domain Controllers
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2716037/en-US
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter: Number of DNS records fluctuates on a multihomed DNS server that is running Windows Server 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2725677/en-US
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise: Troubleshooting advanced network performance features (RSS, NetDMA et al)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2643970/en-US
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise: Wscript.exe process or the Cscript.exe process stops unexpectedly when WSH 5.7 exits on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2706530/en-US
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise: Number of incorrect PIN retry attempts is less than expected after you unblock a smart card on a computer that is running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2729670/en-US
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise: Ftp.exe command-line tool crashes when you use it to manipulate files in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2733672/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter: You receive error messages when you try to perform an LDAP bind on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2703811/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter: Kerberos Service Principal Name on Wrong Account
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2706695/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter: Initial synchronization does not replicate updated files to read-only replicas in a Windows Server 2008 R2 environment
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2725170/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter: Lsm.exe service cannot start on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2727118/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter: Alt Gr key does not work on a Red Hat Linux virtual machine after you install the Hyper-V role on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2734056/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter: RPC client application stops responding on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2734410/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: STOP:c00002cb Security Accounts Manager initialization failed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2642837/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: You experience a long startup time or a long logon time when domain controllers are unavailable on a Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based domain member computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2673042/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: Windows does not load a third-party WWAN adapter driver after you resume a Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer from sleep mode
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2688892/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: Some power management features are disabled after you install the NDIS filter driver on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2697537/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: Live migration fails when you perform a live migration of a Hyper-V virtual machine in Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2705759/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: SSIS stops responding when a scheduled job starts in SQL Server 2008 R2 on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2719306/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: Incorrect conversion routines in Calculator in an international-language version of Windows 7 or in an international-language version of Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2721259/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: Embedded file in a Word document becomes corrupted after you copy the file to a computer by using the drag-and-drop feature in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2722727/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: Wrong user name is displayed in the Folder In Use dialog box when you try to open an Excel worksheet in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2723248/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: "550-The process cannot access the file" error message when you run the "literal size" FTP command in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2723776/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: Improvements are available for the Windows Security dialog box that is displayed when you open an encrypted email message in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2724133/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: PIN dialog box appears unexpectedly when you open an encrypted email message after you remove and reinsert a Base CSP smart card in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2724137/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: RemoteApp server starts a duplicate instance of a 32-bit RemoteApp application on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2727101/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: Computer stops responding after you connect to an SMB version 1 server in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2727324/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: Default gateway is set to 0.0.0.0 if you start a Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer from an iSCSI boot device
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2727330/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: You experience a long logon time when you try to log on to a Windows 7-based or a Windows Server 2008 R2-based client computer that uses roaming profiles
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2728738/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: Lsass.exe crashes and error code 255 is generated in Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2732595/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: An update that adds all lowercase Portuguese (Portugal) month names in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 is available
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2732846/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: Incorrect time is displayed in a device that uses ICMP to synchronize time information with a Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2733445/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: You cannot query the Server Work Queues performance counter by using WMI in Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2733563/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: TCP/IP protocol stops responding on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2733994/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation: Remote Desktop Services terminate on startup
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2728032/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1: Exported COM+ Proxy fails to install on 32-bit clients
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2741982/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard: Cannot establish an L2TP VPN connection between an Android device and a TMG server
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2722729/en-US
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard: How to extend the size of the File Classification Infrastructure System Cache
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2744295/en-US
Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2: You cannot log off a terminal server session in a Windows Server 2008 terminal server environment
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2716101/en-US
Windows Server 2012 Datacenter: Remote management features do not work correctly after you apply a security policy by using SCW in Windows Server 2012
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2737271/en-US
Windows Server 2012 Datacenter: Server Manager stops responding on a clustered computer that is running Windows Server 2012
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2737273/en-US
Windows Server 2012 Datacenter: Language bar is not displayed in Windows Server 2012 Server Core
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2741370/en-US
Windows Server 2012 Datacenter: You can only set the domain functional level to Windows Server 2012 when you create a new domain tree on a Windows Server 2012-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2747704/en-US
Windows Server 2012 Datacenter: A Windows Server 2012-based RD Connection Broker server does not process connection requests after the SQL Server database goes offline
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2750808/en-US
Windows Server 2012 Standard: Message "Subsystem needed to support the image type is not present" error when installing or running applications on Windows Server 2008 R2 Core
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974727/en-US