Wednesday 26 February 2014

SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1

The following file is available for download from Microsoft Download Center:
Download the Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1 package

The following workbook is available for download. This workbook lists the issues that are fixed by this service pack.
Download the Microsoft Office and SharePoint 2013 Service Pack 1 Changes.xlsx package

More information can be found here;

List of all Service Pack 1 (SP1) updates for Microsoft Office 2013 and related desktop products

Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1
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2817430 Description of Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Microsoft Office 2013 Language Pack Service Pack 1
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2817427 Description of Microsoft Office 2013 Language Pack Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Microsoft Project 2013 Service Pack 1
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2817433 Description of Microsoft Project 2013 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Microsoft Visio 2013 Service Pack 1
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2817443 Description of Microsoft Visio 2013 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Microsoft Visio 2013 Viewer Service Pack 1
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2817444 Description of Microsoft Visio 2013 Viewer Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2013 Service Pack 1
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2817441 Description of Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2013 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Microsoft Office Proofing Tools 2013 Service Pack 1
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2817435 Description of Microsoft Office Proofing Tools 2013 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Microsoft Office Language Interface Pack 2013 Service Pack 1
See the KB article at the right side.
2817428 Description of Microsoft Office Language Interface Pack 2013 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Microsoft Office ScreenTip Language 2013 Service Pack 1
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2817436 Description of Microsoft Office ScreenTip Language 2013 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Microsoft Office Audit and Control Management Server 2013 Service Pack 1
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2863865 Description of Microsoft Office Audit and Control Management Server 2013 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Office 2013 SP1

Office 2013 SP1. Covers these applications:

Access
Excel
InfoPath
Lync
OneDrive for Business (formerly SkyDrive Pro)
OneNote
Outlook
PowerPoint
Publisher
Word

More information can be found here; download here x32 x64.

Exchange 2013 SP1

Security and Compliance

SP1 provides enhancements improving security and compliance capabilities in Exchange Server 2013. This includes improvements in the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) feature and the return of S/MIME encryption for Outlook Web App users.

  • DLP Policy Tips in Outlook Web App – DLP Policy Tips are now enabled for Outlook Web App (OWA) and OWA for Devices. These are the same Policy Tips available in Outlook 2013. DLP Policy Tips appear when a user attempts to send a message containing sensitive data that matches a DLP policy. Learn more about DLP Policy Tips.
  • DLP Document Fingerprinting – DLP policies already allow you to detect sensitive information such as financial or personal data. DLP Document Fingerprinting expands this capability to detect forms used in your organization. For example, you can create a document fingerprint based on your organization’s patent request form to identify when users are sending that form, and then use DLP actions to properly control dissemination of the content. Learn more about DLP Document Fingerprinting.
  • DLP sensitive information types for new regions – SP1 provides an expanded set of standard DLP sensitive information types covering an increased set of regions. SP1 adds region support for Poland, Finland and Taiwan. Learn more about the DLP sensitive information types available.
  • S/MIME support for OWA – SP1 also reintroduces the S/MIME feature in OWA, enabling OWA users to send and receive signed and encrypted email. Signed messages allow the recipient to verify that the message came from the specified sender and contains the only the content from the sender. This capability is supported when using OWA with Internet Explorer 9 or later. Learn more about S/MIME in Exchange 2013.

 

Architecture & Administration

These improvements help Exchange meet our customer requirements and stay in step with the latest platforms.

  • Windows Server 2012 R2 support – Exchange 2013 SP1 adds Windows Server 2012 R2 as a supported operating system and Active Directory environment for both domain and forest functional levels. For the complete configuration support information refer to the Exchange Server Supportability Matrix. This matrix includes details regarding Windows Server 2012 R2 support information about earlier versions of Exchange.
  • Exchange Admin Center Cmdlet Logging – The Exchange 2010 Management Console includes PowerShell cmdlet logging functionality. Listening to your feedback, we’re happy to announce that this functionality is now included in the Exchange Admin Center (EAC). The logging feature enables you to capture and review the recent (up to 500) commands executed in the EAC user interface while the logging window is open. Logging is invoked from the EAC help menu and continues logging while the logging window remains open.

 

User Experience

We know the user experience is crucial to running a great messaging platform. SP1 provides continued enhancements to help your users work smarter.

  • Enhanced text editor for OWA - OWA now uses the same rich text editor as SharePoint, thereby improving the user experience, and enabling several new formatting and composition capabilities that you expect from modern Web application - more pasting options, rich previews to linked content, and the ability to create and modify tables.

More information can be found here; release notes here; download here.

As always please read comments prior to install!

Exchange 2010 Service Pack 3 Update Rollup 5

Issues that the update rollup resolves:

Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2010 SP3 resolves the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) articles:

- 2887459 Public folder expiry time is set incorrectly in Exchange Server 2010 SP3
- 2892257 Email items are lost when you move items between shared folders by using EWS delegate access
- 2897935 "Cannot save the object '\FolderName'" error when you replicate Exchange Server 2010 public folders
- 2898908 EdgeTransport.exe crashes if the From field is empty in an email message
- 2903831 Only a single character is allowed in the disclaimer content in ECP
- 2904459 RPC Client Access service crashes if you add "Signed By" or "Send From" column in Outlook online mode
- 2913413 RPC Client Access service crashes with an exception in Exchange Server 2010
- 2913999 Meeting request body and instructions are lost in delegate's auto-forwarded meeting request
- 2916836 EdgeTransport.exe crashes when a transport rule sends a rejection message to an empty address
- 2919513 Memory leak or memory corruption occurs in Exchange Server 2010
- 2924971 RPC Client Access service stops when you select an inactive search folder in Outlook 2007 in an Exchange Server 2010 SP3 environment
- 2926057 EdgeTransport.exe crashes if seek operation failed in Exchange Server 2010
- 2927856 Incorrect recurring meeting if disclaimer transport rule is enabled in Exchange Server 2010

More information can be found here; download here.

Friday 7 February 2014

Blue anyone? Microsoft Windows 8.1 2014 MSU

More information can be found here;

FILE: Windows8.1-KB2919442-x86.msu
SIZE: 4,769,616 byte
SHA1: ACA709165CB071A5A111F9915BBF2A696B8D3989
MD5: 4E4C25FE3FDB735B9D5FA7D764B57D68
CRC: 3409F3B2

FILE: Windows8.1-KB2919355-x86.msu
SIZE: 263,777,520 byte
SHA1: 03DF6CDA755932359C5A8F624892A2381A49DF05
MD5: E0D563C71FFA62BD91BD836419CBA227
CRC: 6D0146C1

*Disclaimer and zero responsibility!  You are on your own!

Tuesday 4 February 2014

Microsoft names new CEO Satya Nadella

Personally I think this is a great choice.

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Bill Gates is now Founder and Technology Advisor (no longer Chairman of the board).

Board of Directors and Senior Leaders.


From: Satya Nadella
To: All Employees
Date: Feb. 4, 2014
Subject: RE: Satya Nadella – Microsoft’s New CEO

Today is a very humbling day for me. It reminds me of my very first day at Microsoft, 22 years ago. Like you, I had a choice about where to come to work. I came here because I believed Microsoft was the best company in the world. I saw then how clearly we empower people to do magical things with our creations and ultimately make the world a better place. I knew there was no better company to join if I wanted to make a difference. This is the very same inspiration that continues to drive me today.

It is an incredible honor for me to lead and serve this great company of ours. Steve and Bill have taken it from an idea to one of the greatest and most universally admired companies in the world. I’ve been fortunate to work closely with both Bill and Steve in my different roles at Microsoft, and as I step in as CEO, I’ve asked Bill to devote additional time to the company, focused on technology and products. I’m also looking forward to working with John Thompson as our new Chairman of the Board.

While we have seen great success, we are hungry to do more. Our industry does not respect tradition — it only respects innovation. This is a critical time for the industry and for Microsoft. Make no mistake, we are headed for greater places — as technology evolves and we evolve with and ahead of it. Our job is to ensure that Microsoft thrives in a mobile and cloud-first world.

As we start a new phase of our journey together, I wanted to share some background on myself and what inspires and motivates me.

Who am I?
I am 46. I’ve been married for 22 years and we have 3 kids. And like anyone else, a lot of what I do and how I think has been shaped by my family and my overall life experiences. Many who know me say I am also defined by my curiosity and thirst for learning. I buy more books than I can finish. I sign up for more online courses than I can complete. I fundamentally believe that if you are not learning new things, you stop doing great and useful things. So family, curiosity and hunger for knowledge all define me.

Why am I here?
I am here for the same reason I think most people join Microsoft — to change the world through technology that empowers people to do amazing things. I know it can sound hyperbolic — and yet it’s true. We have done it, we’re doing it today, and we are the team that will do it again.

I believe over the next decade computing will become even more ubiquitous and intelligence will become ambient. The coevolution of software and new hardware form factors will intermediate and digitize — many of the things we do and experience in business, life and our world. This will be made possible by an ever-growing network of connected devices, incredible computing capacity from the cloud, insights from big data, and intelligence from machine learning.

This is a software-powered world.
It will better connect us to our friends and families and help us see, express, and share our world in ways never before possible. It will enable businesses to engage customers in more meaningful ways.

I am here because we have unparalleled capability to make an impact.

Why are we here?
In our early history, our mission was about the PC on every desk and home, a goal we have mostly achieved in the developed world. Today we’re focused on a broader range of devices. While the deal is not yet complete, we will welcome to our family Nokia devices and services and the new mobile capabilities they bring us.

As we look forward, we must zero in on what Microsoft can uniquely contribute to the world. The opportunity ahead will require us to reimagine a lot of what we have done in the past for a mobile and cloud-first world, and do new things.

We are the only ones who can harness the power of software and deliver it through devices and services that truly empower every individual and every organization. We are the only company with history and continued focus in building platforms and ecosystems that create broad opportunity.

Qi Lu captured it well in a recent meeting when he said that Microsoft uniquely empowers people to "do more." This doesn’t mean that we need to do more things, but that the work we do empowers the world to do more of what they care about — get stuff done, have fun, communicate and accomplish great things. This is the core of who we are, and driving this core value in all that we do — be it the cloud or device experiences — is why we are here.

What do we do next?
To paraphrase a quote from Oscar Wilde — we need to believe in the impossible and remove the improbable.

This starts with clarity of purpose and sense of mission that will lead us to imagine the impossible and deliver it. We need to prioritize innovation that is centered on our core value of empowering users and organizations to “do more.” We have picked a set of high-value activities as part of our One Microsoft strategy. And with every service and device launch going forward we need to bring more innovation to bear around these scenarios.

Next, every one of us needs to do our best work, lead and help drive cultural change. We sometimes underestimate what we each can do to make things happen and overestimate what others need to do to move us forward. We must change this.

Finally, I truly believe that each of us must find meaning in our work. The best work happens when you know that it's not just work, but something that will improve other people's lives. This is the opportunity that drives each of us at this company.

Many companies aspire to change the world. But very few have all the elements required: talent, resources, and perseverance. Microsoft has proven that it has all three in abundance. And as the new CEO, I can’t ask for a better foundation.

Let’s build on this foundation together.

Satya

Saturday 1 February 2014

Goodbye InfoPath …

In an effort to streamline our investments and deliver a more integrated Office forms user experience, we’re retiring InfoPath and investing in new forms technology across SharePoint, Access, and Word. This means that InfoPath 2013 is the last release of the desktop client, and InfoPath Forms Services in SharePoint Server 2013 is the last release of InfoPath Forms Services. The InfoPath Forms Services technology within Office 365 will be maintained and it will function until further notice.

If you’re an InfoPath customer, we want to reassure you that we’re working on migration guidance in parallel as we’re building our next generation of forms technology. Until we have more detailed technology roadmap and guidance to share with you, we encourage you to continue using InfoPath tools. We also want to remind you that the InfoPath 2013 desktop client and InfoPath Forms Services for SharePoint Server 2013 will continue to be supported through 2023 as part of our Lifecycle support policy.

More information can be found here;