Microsoft Teams & Staff

Exchange Server 2003 Intelligent Message Filter update

You Had Me At EHLO... — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:55:00 GMT

This is just a quick note that the regularly scheduled Exchange Server 2003 Intelligent Message Filter update that was set to be released on 1/7/2009 will not be happening. The next release for this update will be on 1/14/2009. For those that might not...(read more)

Troubleshooting Outlook Web Access Logon Failures in Exchange Server 2007

You Had Me At EHLO... — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:26:00 GMT

Despite our attempts at documenting various break/fix scenarios, it can often be frustrating when trying to locate the information you need to resolve an issue as quickly as you would like. I decided to share this information in an attempt to help you...(read more)

Information on Microsoft Security Advisory 961509

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:08:00 GMT

Hi everyone. This is Maarten Van Horenbeeck. I just joined the Microsoft Security Response Center a few months ago, and am the program manager working on the issue described in Microsoft Security Advisory (961509) , which we just released. Earlier today, two researchers presented at a security conference...(read more)

I am not in the office at the moment...

You Had Me At EHLO... — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:07:34 GMT

Mike, one of our readers, sent us the link of a funny story how an out of office reply got printed on a bi-lingual traffic sign. Thought that it was pretty funny: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7702913.stm That got me thinking of some of funny OOF messages...(read more)

Questions about Vulnerability Claim in Windows Media Player

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:02:00 GMT

Happy holidays to everyone. While it’s been a snowy holiday season for us in the Pacific Northwest (some of us are still snowed in), the MSRC never closes and we are always working to help keep customers safe. In that vein, we’ve received some questions about a vulnerability report that was initially...(read more)

Tuesday 12/23 Update: Microsoft Security Advisory 961040

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:51:00 GMT

Hello, Bill here, I want to provide you with a quick update regarding our recently released security advisory . In the advisory we provide a workaround to help customers protect themselves from attackers trying to exploit this vulnerability. Customers have told us that it ’ s helpful when we provide...(read more)

Microsoft Security Advisory 961040

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:34:00 GMT

Hello, Bill here, I wanted to let you know that we have just posted Microsoft Security Advisory (961040) . This advisory contains information regarding public reports of a vulnerability in SQL Server that could allow for remote code execution. We are aware that exploit code has been published on the...(read more)

Where did all the posts go?

The WSUS Support Team Blog — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:49:02 GMT

Many of us are beginning to pack things up and head out for the holidays so I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that I'm doing the same. I'm going to be out until January 5th so if the posts start to dry up then that's probably...(read more)

Here is your citation, Wikipedia

You Had Me At EHLO... — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:14:16 GMT

We noticed the following in the Wikipedia article about ESE : Well, here's your citation for you - and we added a few names: Developers who have contributed towards the success of JET Blue include Cheen Liao, Stephen Hecht, Matthew Bellew, Ian Jose...(read more)

MS08-078 Released

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:28:00 GMT

Hello, Mike here, Today we released security update MS08-078 , protecting customers from active attacks against Internet Explorer. This update will be applied automatically to hundreds of millions of customers through automatic updates over the next few days. And, for our enterprise customers - with...(read more)

Tips for installing clients to Windows SteadyState PCs

The WSUS Support Team Blog — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:34:07 GMT

The post below was something I submitted to my SMSandMOM blog but I thought you might also like to see it since it'll help you make any kind of update you wanted to make permanent on a SteadyState PC. ----- We've received a couple calls on this...(read more)

Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for December 2008

The WSUS Support Team Blog — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:07:25 GMT

Just an FYI that we're releasing an out-of-band security bulletin to address 961051 tomorrow at 10:00am PST: ======== Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification issued: December 16, 2008 Microsoft Security Bulletins to be issued: December 17...(read more)

Advance Notification for December 2008 Out-of-Band Release

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:28:00 GMT

Hi this is Christopher Budd, We’ve just published our Advance Notification for an out-of-band security bulletin release. We plan to release the security update tomorrow, Dec. 17, 2008 to address the vulnerability we’ve discussed in Microsoft Security Advisory 961051 . Our target time, as always, is 10...(read more)

Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) Program Now Offers 30% Limited Time Discount to Get Trained and Certified

You Had Me At EHLO... — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:03:23 GMT

I got a lot of great feedback for the recent post I wrote about the Microsoft Certified Master Program, and not unsurprisingly there were some comments posted about the price. Given the state of the world's economy, and knowing that costs for things...(read more)

SUSFP detects that MS08-062 patches are needed even though IIS is not installed on target machine

The WSUS Support Team Blog — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:37:59 GMT

Here's another issue you may want to be aware of if you're still using the old SUSFP scan engine to detect updates. This one is from Clifton Hughes in our Las Colinas, Texas office: ======== Issue: In SMS 2003, if you are using SUSFP you...(read more)