October 2011 - Technical Rollup Mail -Internet: SharePoint & IIS
News
SharePoint Technologies
Growing SharePoint Business: Exciting Times for Customers and Partners
It’s an exciting time for SharePoint and our customers. We continue to see double-digital growth for the business, and it’s rewarding to see how customers are using SharePoint to truly change the way they share information and work together. We launched Office 365 (including SharePoint Online) in June, and the uptake has been amazing – just two weeks post-launch, more than 50,000 organizations had already signed up to try the service
https://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blog/Pages/BlogPost.aspx?pID=991
SharePoint Server 2010 Business Intelligence Insights Training
Learn how you can lay a deep foundation for your SharePoint Server 2010 Business Intelligence (BI) Insights skills in this training course.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/hh126809
SharePoint Server 2010 Business Composites Training
Learn how you can lay a deep foundation for your SharePoint Server 2010 Business Composites skills in this training course.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/hh126810
New BI Scenario: Self-Service BI With the HP Business Decision Appliance
Learn how the HP Business Decision Appliance can help your business quickly enable self-service Business Intelligence.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/bi/hh428681
MS11-074 - Important : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2451858)
This security update resolves five privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint and Windows SharePoint Services. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if a user clicked on a specially crafted URL or visited a specially crafted Web site
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-074
DSE Scenario - SharePoint Migration
https://blogs.technet.com/b/mspremuk/archive/2011/09/21/dse-scenario-sharepoint-migration.aspx
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https://blogs.technet.com/b/mspremuk/
Documents
SharePoint Technologies
Updated: Configuring Kerberos authentication for SharePoint 2010 Products
Read this updated white paper (with screenshots) for information that helps you understand the concepts of identity in SharePoint 2010 Products.
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=23176
New BI Scenario: Apply Custom Scorecard Transforms to a PerformancePoint Dashboard
By using custom extensions, you can extend the capabilities of PerformancePoint Services in SharePoint Server 2010.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/bi/hh428682
Download a guide to creating SharePoint Composites
Use a SharePoint Composite to combine data, documents, and business process in a useful way to rapidly create business solutions with little or no code.
Estimate performance and capacity requirements for large scale document repositories
Read this article for guidance on performance and capacity planning for large-scale document management solutions in SharePoint Server 2010.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh395916.aspx
Best practices for search in SharePoint Server 2010
This article is one of a series of Best Practices articles for SharePoint Server 2010 and describes the best practices for enterprise search.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc850696.aspx
Best practices for capacity management for SharePoint Server 2010
This article is one of a series of Best Practices articles for SharePoint Server 2010 and describes the best practices for capacity management.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh403882.aspx
Downloads
SharePoint Technologies
None this month
Microsoft Internet Information Server
IIS DownloadCENTER
This is your single source for finding Microsoft Internet Information Services tools, samples, extensions, filters and modules created by Microsoft and the IIS community.
Events / Webcasts
SharePoint Technologies
Watch an interactive presentation for an introduction to SharePoint Online for IT pros
On Demand.
Visit the SharePoint Online Administration page on TechNet to view this interactive presentation for an introduction to SharePoint Online for IT pros.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/gg144571
MSDN Webcast: Technical Chat Series on Windows Azure (Part 05): Windows Azure and SharePoint (Level 200)
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 8:00 AM Time zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
TechNet Webcast: Migrating from Google Apps to Office 365 (Level 200)
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 1:00 PM Time zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Business Insights Webcast: Office 365: Business Utilization of SharePoint Online (Level 200)
Starts: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 10:00 AM Time zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Overview of SharePoint 2010 as a Business Intelligence Platform
On Demand.
This is a recording from an MSDN Live Meeting broadcast from the Microsoft Belgium office on September 27, 2011.
New KB's
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 cumulative update server hotfix package (WSS server-package): August 30, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2553022
Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 hotfix package (Sts-x-none.msp): August 30, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2553019
You experience performance issues after you install security update 934525 (MS07-059) in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 environment that contains many host-named site collections
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/943594
SharePoint Services may not function as expected in the Turkish locale
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/923280
Error message when you try to modify or to delete an alternate access mapping in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: "An update conflict has occurred, and you must re-try this action"
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/939308
MS11-074: Description of the security update for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: September 13, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2493987
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Description of the Office SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package (coreserver-x-none.msp): August 30, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2584041
Description of the Office SharePoint Server 2007 cumulative update package (MOSS server-package): August 30, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2553020
[SDP 3][1033BE70-3EB1-4AD0-A477-C2E7E5D22492]SharePoint 2007 Performance Monitor Wizard
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2608303
Error message when you try to create a new Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web application: "Absolute path information is required"
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/958448
Information about the Maintenance Plan Wizard in SQL Server 2005 and about tasks that administrators can perform against SharePoint databases
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/932744
MS11-074: Description of the security update for Office SharePoint Server 2010 (osrchwfe): September 13, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2494022
MS11-074: Description of the security update for Office SharePoint Server 2007: September 13, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2553001
MS11-074: Description of the security update for Office SharePoint Server 2007 (dlc): September 13, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2553003
MS11-074: Description of the security update for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (coreserver.msp): September 13, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2508964
SharePoint Designer 2007
None this month.
SharePoint Server 2010
Description of the SharePoint Server 2010 hotfix package (Wasrvwfe-x-none.msp): August 30, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2553046
Description of the SharePoint Server 2010 hotfix package (Ifswfe-x-none.msp): August 30, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2553042
Description of the SharePoint Server 2010 hotfix package (Dlc-x-none.msp): August 30, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2553038
Description of the PerformancePoint Services for SharePoint Server 2010 hotfix package (Ppsmawfe-x-none.msp, Ppsmamui-xx-xx.msp): August 30, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2553045
You cannot filter or sort data in a PivotTable that contains a named set that is above a hierarchy on a SharePoint site that is running Excel Services in SharePoint Server 2010
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/982705
Cannot press ENTER to expand or to collapse a PivotTable in an Excel workbook that is saved on a SharePoint site that is running Excel Services in SharePoint Server 2010
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/982706
Cannot change the value of a cell that contains an array formula in a workbook that is saved to a SharePoint site that is running Excel Services in SharePoint Server 2010
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/982707
SharePoint 2010: When inline editing is enabled on a view, duplicate items can be created if the page is refreshed
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2600186
Mssearch.exe stops responding when you perform a search in SharePoint Server 2010
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2553109
You receive an error message when you try to use Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 to open a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Web site
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/981223
A theme may not be applied when you click the Preview theme button in SharePoint Server 2010
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/981234
Any field whose name starts with the "Workflow" string in a SharePoint Server 2010 Web site is ignored when you export the Web site
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/981860
A new user group is created unexpectedly on a target SharePoint Server 2010 site collection after you rename a group and perform an incremental content deployment operation on the source site collection
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/981861
"Forms Server 2010 cannot be upgraded to this product" error message when you upgrade Office Forms Server 2007 to SharePoint Server 2010
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/981911
"Action could not be found using criteria" error messages in SharePoint Server 2010
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/982264
You cannot copy sites in the Site Managers page if you are not a site collection administrator in SharePoint Foundation 2010
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/982359
The “What's New” Web Part property does not have list integration settings when you upgrade from a GroupBoard Workspace 2007 site to a SharePoint Server 2010 site
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/982578
An unexpected error occurs when you try to upload a file that has a long file name to a picture library in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/982588
The Excel Mobile Viewer is not enabled in some BI site templates in SharePoint Server 2010
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/982776
InfoPath Form Web Part page stops responding when you try to use a control on the Web Part on a page of a SharePoint 2010-hosted Web site
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/982246
Error message when you run a data connection to a Web service on a SharePoint server in an InfoPath 2010 form: "401 - Unauthorized"
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/982253
Exception is logged when you create a hub site collection in SharePoint Server 2010
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2553016
A log is not generated when the Managed Metadata Service is restored in SharePoint Server 2010
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2553015
MS11-072: Description of the security update for Excel Services in SharePoint Server 2010: September 13, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2553094
A custom operation that you create for the Stsadm.exe utility in SharePoint Server 2010 or in SharePoint Foundation 2010 is not enumerated
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/979507
You receive two identical results when you search for a user by using the People scope in SharePoint Server 2010
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/979515
A Web Part that is configured to refresh automatically on a SharePoint Foundation 2010 Web page never finishes refreshing
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/979632
You receive one or more error messages when you try to edit a document in a SharePoint 2010 document library in the Firefox browser
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/979634
You cannot add a Web Part that is in a sandboxed solution to a SharePoint Foundation 2010 page
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/979636
Error message when a List Web Part uses connections to consume data from multiple other Web Parts in SharePoint Server 2010: "An unexpected error has occurred"
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/979637
The contents of the cells in the header row and in the first column are bold and centered automatically in SharePoint Server 2010
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/979638
Error message when you create and then deploy a list, a library, or a folder that is named "Forms" on your deployment source in SharePoint Server 2010: "Error: An unexpected error has occurred"
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/980516
Error message when you try to take an external list offline after you uninstall and then reinstall SharePoint Server 2010: "Failed to obtain signing certificate"
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/981224
A content page update notification e-mail message to the content page owner contains an incorrect hyperlink when the SharePoint site uses alternate access mapping on a server that is running SharePoint Server 2010
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/981225
Document conversions do not work after you perform an in-place upgrade to SharePoint Server 2010
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/981233
"404 not found" error message when you use a publishing site on Internet-facing sites in SharePoint Server 2010
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/981235
You cannot retrieve SharePoint 2010 content after you install Remote BLOB Storage on some Web Front End servers in a server farm
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/981244
You cannot upgrade from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010 on a server farm
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/981495
"Visio Services was unable to load this diagram" error message when a user tries to view the Status page of a workflow on a SharePoint site that is running Visio Services in SharePoint Server 2010
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/982702
MS11-074: Description of the security update for SharePoint Server 2010 (wosrv): September 13, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2566960
MS11-074: Description of the security update for SharePoint Server 2010 (ppsmamui): September 13, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2566958
MS11-074: Description of the security update for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010: September 13, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2566456
MS11-074: Description of the security update for SharePoint Server 2010 (dlc): September 13, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2566954
MS11-074: Description of the security update for SharePoint Server 2010 (osrv): September 13, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2560885
The sort order of a report may be different in Access 2010 than when the report is opened in a web browser on a server that is running Access Services in SharePoint Server 2010
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/982783
The Print option is missing in a Safari or Firefox web browser when you try to print an Access 2010 report on a SharePoint site that is running Access Services in SharePoint Server 2010
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/982784
PerformancePoint 2010 Dashboard Designer crashes when the Dashboarddesigner.exe.config file is deleted from a client computer
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/981692
SharePoint 2010: Activity feed generation uses UTC instead of local time
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2600743
Description of the SharePoint Server 2010 cumulative update package (SharePoint server-package): August 30, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2553048
Description of the SharePoint Server 2010 hotfix package (Osrchwfe-x-none.msp): August 30, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2553037
Administrative Timer Jobs not running after upgrade
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2616609
SharePoint Server Foundation 2010
Description of the SharePoint Foundation 2010 hotfix package (Wssmui-xx-xx.msp): August 30, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2553117
Troubleshooting resources for issues that you may encounter when you upgrade to SharePoint Server 2010 or to SharePoint Foundation 2010
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/980328
A wiki page that has content on a SharePoint 2010 site is wider than the browser window when you view the page in Internet Explorer 7
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/981227
Error message when you try to uninstall SharePoint Foundation 2010 or SharePoint Server 2010: "Microsoft SharePoint 2010 uninstall did not complete successfully"
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/981228
An exception is thrown when you run the SPDatabaseServerDiagnosticsPerformanceCounterProvider class after you set up an SQL aliasing
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/981230
Error message when you click the "Back" button in your Web browser after you restore a farm on a server that is running SharePoint Foundation 2010 or SharePoint Server 2010: "System.NullReferenceException"
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/981232
On SharePoint Server 2010, the Performance Counters - Database Servers job does not run, and you receive an error: "The network path was not found"
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/981243
Error message when you try to upgrade a server farm to SharePoint Foundation 2010 or to SharePoint Server 2010: "This upgrade session has been stopped"
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/981487
"Binding Ports" error message when you try to rerun Psconfig.exe to install FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/981491
The port binding information in Internet Information Services (IIS) does not change when you use the “Set-SPWebApplication” cmdlet to change the port binding information in a SharePoint Server 2010 site
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/981492
"Invalid token for impersonation - it cannot be duplicated" error message in SharePoint Foundation 2010 or SharePoint Server 2010
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/982262
You receive a System.NullReferenceException exception when you try to browse an IIS Web site that a SharePoint 2010 Web application extends to
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/979503
The <Type> field in the <Receiver> tag no longer contains a number in a SharePoint solution package
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/979508
Error message when you install a SharePoint Foundation 2010 language pack: "This language pack is not compatible with the currently installed SharePoint Products"
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/979509
You receive a blank page when you visit a SharePoint Server 2010 Web site from the server that is hosting the Web site
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/979512
Error message when you try to uninstall SharePoint Foundation 2010: "Return code: 8"
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/979513
The paste functionality does not work in a SharePoint Foundation 2010 Web site that is opened in the Safari browser
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/979633
The No border function does not work in a SharePoint Foundation 2010 page
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/979635
When you use the “Open” dialog box in an Office client application to open files by connecting to a SharePoint Server 2010 document library, no files are displayed
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/980538
Error message when you add a user into a Farm Administrators group in SharePoint Foundation 2010 or in SharePoint Server 2010: "An unexpected error has occurred"
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/981229
You cannot open a database in the SharePoint Management console of SharePoint Foundation 2010 or SharePoint Server 2010 even though you are a farm administrator who has full administrator rights
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/981490
You cannot save a document in a SharePoint 2010 document library when the document library contains a required Business data field
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/981688
MS11-074: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint could allow elevation of privilege: September 13, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2451858
MS11-074: Description of the security update for SharePoint Server 2010 (pplwfe): September 13, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2560890
MS11-074: Description of the security update for Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010: September 13, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2494001
SharePoint 2010: New discussion board list view runs into exception: Attempted to use an object that has ceased to exist
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2575303
Description of the SharePoint Foundation 2010 cumulative update package (SharePoint Foundation server-package): August 30, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2553050
SharePoint Designer 2010
Description of the SharePoint Designer 2010 hotfix package (Spd-x-none.msp, Spdintl-xx-xx.msp): August 30, 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2553041
Web Parts are left-aligned on a Publishing Site page for a language that is read from right to left
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/980539
Saving changes to an external content type in SharePoint Designer 2010 may result in the loss of custom properties and values
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/982275
You cannot edit an External Content Type update method after you specify an Enum type value as the default value of an input parameter in the External Content Type Update method in Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2010
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/983056
After you edit an External list page in SharePoint Designer 2010, an InfoPath Form Web Part does not display
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/982244
All resource data for a slice is deleted when you save changes to an external content type (ECT) in SharePoint Designer 2010
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/981226
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TRM contributor this month was David Little.