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When you work with HL7 v2 messages in Microsoft BizTalk Server, you need to understand the systems that you are working with, the varied structure of your messages, and how the HL7 Accelerator complements the already robust capabilities of BizTalk Server. This paper addresses these challenges. It also discusses the functional points of the HL7 Accelerator that help you use basic BizTalk functionality to produce a complete solution.

HL7 v2 Developer Guide

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This Management Pack quickly brings any failures or configuration problems to your attention, which increases the availability and performance of Office SharePoint Server 2007. This Management Pack also provides the knowledge and expertise you need to leverage Operations Manager 2007 and get an immediate return on your investment.

MOSS 2007 Management Pack

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The Microsoft Windows Print Server Management Pack monitors the performance and health of print servers running on Windows 2000 and later Operating Systems. In addition to monitoring the health of print servers, this Management Pack can also provide insight into the status of shared printers.

By detecting, alerting on, and automatically responding to critical events and performance indicators, this Management Pack helps indicate, correct, and prevent possible operating system service outages.

By using embedded expertise, this Management Pack highlights performance, health, and availability conditions that indicate problems. It helps you identify issues before they become critical, thus providing you with a level of customer responsiveness that increases the overall availability and performance of your Windows Operating Systems. As a result, this Management Pack will reduce the cost of ownership by enabling proactive management and reducing resolution times for the issues identified.

Print Server 2000/2003 Management Pack

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Cumulative hotfix 2209 for PRO 6.3 To install this hotfix on a computer running Microsoft ProClarity Professional 6.3:

1. Extract the components of the zip file to your local machine.
2. Browse to the location of the hotfix components.
3. Double-click the PRO63Hotfix2209.exe. You may be prompted to restart the computer after the hotfix has been installed.

To distribute the hotfix from Analytics Server:
1. On a computer running Analytics Server 6.3, Open the Administration Tool. (For detailed instructions, please see the ProClarity Analytics Server Administrator's Guide).
2. In the left pane of the Administration Tool, right-click the Components folder and select New Component.
3. In the New Component dialog box, browse to the location of the hotfix component an select PRO63Hotfix2209.xml.
4. Click OK. The hotfix will display in the details pane of the Administration Tool.

Note: To enable users to download software from Analytics Server you must configure security. For instructions, please see the chapter on distributing software in the ProClarity Analytics Server Administrator's Guide.

PRO 6.3.2209 Hotfix

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The Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Management Pack monitors events placed in the application event log. This Management Pack highlights events that might indicate possible service outages or configuration problems, so you can quickly take corrective or preventive actions. This Management Pack also provides the knowledge and expertise you need to leverage System Center Operations Manger 2007 and get an immediate return on your investment.

WSS 3.0 Management Pack

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Windows Messenger allows real-time communication with other contacts who are using instant messaging (IM) services including those provided by the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) as offered by Microsoft Office Live Communications Server. Windows Messenger also provides connectivity to the Microsoft .NET Messenger service and Exchange 2000 Server Instant Messaging Service.

Windows Messenger 5.1 replaces Windows Messenger 5.0 and is the required version of Windows Messenger to take advantage of certain new features in Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005:

Federation (sharing IM and presence between two or more organizations)
Advanced architecture (higher availability and failover support)

For a complete list of fixes and changes in this version of Windows Messenger 5.1 please see KB article 899283.

If your organization uses Microsoft Windows XP Multilingual User Interface (MUI), download the Windows Messenger 5.1 Multilingual User Interface Package.

Windows Messenger 5.1.0.706

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Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" SDK - June 2007 CTP targets Visual Studio Code Name Orcas Beta 1.

This CTP adds and updates the following features:

1. Run As Normal User (RANU) - when the Visual Studio SDK is already installed on a computer, a user with non-administrator permissions now can create a package by using the wizard, and then press F5 to open the new package in the experimental hive.
2. Changes to DSL Tools include new path editing. In DSL Tools, paths are used in a DSL definition to specify diagram element maps and explorer behavior. This CTP adds richer path editing to the DSL Designer, in the form of a drop-down tree control. You can now either type the path syntax, or you can display a tree view of all the valid paths from the current starting point.
3. Release month, for example 2007.04, is removed from the SDK folder structure and Microsoft? was added to the VS SDK shortcut and root folder name.

Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name Orcas SDK - June 2007 CTP

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Updated MOM 2005 Backwards Compatibility MP (6.0.5000.1) and System Center Internal Library MP (6.0.5000.1).

Update to address fixes and enhancements:
- New Backward Compatibility Threshold monitoring type using in Converted MOM 2005 MPs which exposes Threshold values as overrides.
- Fixes to the Backward Compatibility Cluster discovery to address problem with converted MPs that monitor clustered Applications

Installation: After unpacking of the MSI files import the following MP files:
Folder (default): %ProgramFiles%\System Center Management Packs
- System.Mom.BackwardCompatibility.Library.mp
- Microsoft.SystemCenter.Internal.mp
The MP will replace the existing version of the files

Management Pack Release History:
Initial Release 3/23/2007 Version 6.0.5000.0

OpsMgr 2007 MOM 2005 Backward Compatibility MP Update

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Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 SP3 provides the latest updates to ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition, with increased security, new troubleshooting tools, and improved log viewer functionality. This service pack also adds support for publishing Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 with ISA Server 2004. We strongly recommend customers install ISA Server 2004 SP3 on all computers running ISA Server 2004.

ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition Service Pack 3

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Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 SP3 provides the latest updates to ISA Server 2004 Standard Edition, with increased security, enhanced troubleshooting tools, and improved log viewer functionality. This service pack also adds support for publishing Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 with ISA Server 2004. We strongly recommend customers install ISA Server 2004 SP3 on all computers running ISA Server 2004.

ISA Server 2004 Standard Edition Service Pack 3

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Update Rollup 1.0 for Windows XP Embedded enables OEM customers to use some of the latest Windows Vista components on the Windows XP Embedded platform, including Internet Explorer 7, Windows Media Player 11, User Mode Driver Framework, Remote Desktop Connection 6, and .NET Framework 3.0. It also includes hotfixes for Windows XP Embedded SP2 Feature Pack 2007. The Update Rollup 1.0 for Windows XP Embedded is not a stand alone product; it requires the developer to have Windows

Update Rollup 1.0 for Windows XP Embedded

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WSUS 3.0 delivers new features that enable administrators to more easily manage and deploy updates across the organization. This package installs both the WSUS 3.0 Server and WSUS 3.0 Administration Console components, for all Windows Server 2003 SP1 supported languages. Additionally, the WSUS 3.0 client is included in all supported client platform languages. You must install the server components on a computer running Windows Server 2003 SP1 and later. You may install the Administration Console on a remote computer running Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1, or Windows Vista.

WSUS 3.0 Server Installation on Windows Small Business Server 2003 If you are installing the WSUS 3.0 product on Windows Small Business Server 2003, follow the instructions in Installing WSUS 3.0 on SBS 2003. Top of pageSystem RequirementsSupported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1

Windows Server Update Services 3.0

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The Visual J# Redistributable Package is not intended to run applications that were written with other Java-language development tools. Applications and services built with Visual J# will run only on the .NET Framework and will not run on any Java Virtual Machine. Visual J# has been independently developed by Microsoft and is not endorsed or approved by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Microsoft Visual J# 2.0 Redistributable Package Second Edition (x86)

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The Visual J# Redistributable Package is not intended to run applications that were written with other Java-language development tools. Applications and services built with Visual J# will run only on the .NET Framework and will not run on any Java Virtual Machine. Visual J# has been independently developed by Microsoft and is not endorsed or approved by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Microsoft Visual J# 2.0 Redistributable Package Second Edition (IA64)

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The Visual J# Redistributable Package is not intended to run applications that were written with other Java-language development tools. Applications and services built with Visual J# will run only on the .NET Framework and will not run on any Java Virtual Machine. Visual J# has been independently developed by Microsoft and is not endorsed or approved by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Microsoft Visual J# 2.0 Redistributable Package – Second Edition (x64)

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This download enables you to update the Web Folders component in Microsoft Windows operating systems, and provides additional functionality.

The article describes the Software Update for Web Folders that is dated March 15, 2007. This update fixes various issues that occur when you use Web folders from your client computer to connect to a server that supports Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV). Additionally, this update includes security enhancements to Web folders.

Software Update for Web Folders (KB907306)

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This download contains the latest XML and ExBPA.chm files. Use this package to update your existing installation of the Exchange Best Practices Analyzer. NOTE: If Internet connectivity is available, the Exchange Best Practices Analyzer will attempt to automatically update itself from the Internet. Where updates are being applied automatically, there is no need to download the Web Update Pack.

To find out which version of ExBPA.Config.xml is installed on your computer, click the 'About Exchange Best Practices Analyzer' link within the tool. The upper version number refers to the core application (e.g. 2.7.7830.0), the lower version is for the configuration XML file.

Exchange Best Practices Analyzer Update

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SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (SP2) will upgrade all editions of SQL Server 2005 to SP2 except Express Edition. You must use Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition (SQL Server Express) SP2 to upgrade instances of SQL Server Express to SP2. SQL Server Express SP2 can also be used to install a new instance of SQL Server Express.

Readme Files for SQL Server 2005 SP2 and SQL Server 2005 SP2 Express Editions and Tools

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The MSAT is the revised version of the Microsoft Security Risk Self-Assessment Tool (MSRSAT), released in 2004.

This Risk Assessment is based on accepted standards and best practices for helping reduce risk in IT environments. It uses the "Defense-in-Depth" (DiD) concept, which refers to the implementation of layered defenses that include technical, organizational, and operational controls.After completing an Assessment, you will gain access to a detailed report of your results. You may also compare your results with those of your peers (by industry and company size), provided that you upload your results anonymously to the secure MSAT Web server. When you upload your data the application will simultaneously retrieve the most recent data available. To be able to provide this comparative data, we need customers such as you to upload their information. All information is kept strictly confidential and no personally identifiable information whatsoever will be sent.

Microsoft Security Assessment Tool (Beta)

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The Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 Management Pack provides proactive monitoring of your Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 environment. It includes detection and monitoring of all SMS 2003 servers and dependent services, alert driven state, topology diagram, performance and backlog monitoring and configuration, performance and availability reports.

Feature Summary:
- Detects all SMS 2003 server computers and site systems.
- Monitors the starting and stopping of all SMS 2003 services, including critical dependent services such as Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), Internet Information Server (IIS), and Microsoft SQL Server.
- Provides alerts for SMS service stops, service failures, performance thresholds, status messages, and site system status.
- Presents the state of all roles and computers in the SMS 2003 environment.
- Provides a topology diagram that displays site, site server and site system relationships along with health status.
- Monitors processing rates.
- Monitors backlogs of discovery data records (DDRs), software inventory, hardware inventory, status messages, and software metering on both primary site servers and management points.
- Monitors core system resource usage.
- Includes tasks that enable users of the Operations Manager Operations Console to diagnose and resolve problems on remote computers through the use of SMS Administrator Console.
- Configuration, availability and performance reports. Monitors the performance trends of many SMS performance counters.

Microsoft SMS 2003 Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007

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In this Help Update, you'll find the following content:

Complete documentation for all BizTalk Server Line of Business Adapters, including new tutorials, one for each adapter. See the section Using Adapters.
Troubleshooting guidance for each of the native BizTalk adapters. See the sectionTroubleshooting Adapters.

Troubleshooting Instructions for how to capture a memory dump. See the section How to Capture a Memory Dump of a BizTalk Process.

Disaster recovery instructions for backing up and restoring your BizTalk Server and databases. See the section Backing Up and Restoring BizTalk Server

Updated Tutorials. See the section, BizTalk Server 2006 Tutorials

Information for improving fault tolerance. See the section Planning and Architecture

Updated Developer's Reference that now includes the BAM namespaces that were not included in the RTM documentation. See the section Developer's Reference

Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 Documentation Update

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Microsoft has released a new tool designed to help enterprises detect updates provided with the Microsoft Security Bulletins released May 082007. This tool is a command line scanning tool built for the sole purpose of helping customers determine systems that may need security updates provided with the released bulletins. Users of this tool should have experience in deploying software to corporate environments and with using command line tools.

More information on this tool can be found in the readme.rtf documentation packaged with the tool download.

May 08, 2007 Enterprise Update Scan Tool (standalone version)

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Role-Based Templates for SharePoint My Sites are custom templates designed for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and the My Site functionality and tailored to address the unique needs and requirements of specific roles within an organization. The templates extend the standard My Site functionality, providing a personal portal and dashboard with data relevant to your job role and displaying information in a way that is familiar, easy, and built around the way people in the company work.

The Sales Account Manager template helps managers streamline the process of analysis of sales and opportunity information for their overall decision making. The template assists in customer account tracking against a set of performance metrics, such as quarterly revenue, growth and opportunity. It also provides a graphical view of the geographical distribution of product sales and opportunities. The objective of this Role-Based My Site Template is to help the Sales Manager attain their goals of customer satisfaction and revenue augmentation.

SharePoint Server 2007 Template: Role-Based My Site for Sales Account Managers

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Role-Based Templates for SharePoint My Sites are custom templates designed for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and the My Site functionality and tailored to address the unique needs and requirements of specific roles within an organization. The templates extend the standard My Site functionality, providing a personal portal and dashboard with data relevant to your job role and displaying information in a way that is familiar, easy, and built around the way people in the company work.

The Controller-Financial Analyst template helps Controllers to automate the process of analyzing financial data and information, helping them in their overall decision making process. The template assists in tracking top performing products and opportunities at different geography levels. It also provides a graphical view of product sales and revenue. The objective design of this Role-Based My Site Template is to help the Controller achieve their goals of communicating overall corporate performance, budget and future growth projection to the management, investors and other stakeholders.

SharePoint Server 2007 Template: Role-Based My Site for Controllers-Financial Analysts

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Synchronization Services lets you synchronize data from disparate sources over two-tier, N-tier, and service-based architectures. Instead of only replicating a database and its schema, the Synchronization Services application programming interface (API) provides a set of components to synchronize data between data services and a local store. Applications are increasingly used on mobile clients, such as portable computers and devices, that do not have a consistent or reliable network connection to a central server. It is important for these applications to work against a local copy of data on the client. Equally important is the need to synchronize the local copy of the data with a central server when a network connection is available. The Synchronization Services API is modeled after the ADO.NET data access APIs and gives you an intuitive way to synchronize data. It makes building applications for occasionally connected environments a logical extension of building applications where you can depend on a consistent network connection.

Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.NET Books Online Beta 1

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This service release addresses the top issues that were found through feedback from customers and partners. This release includes the following features:

Cross-database references
By using this feature, you can refer to objects in different databases and reduce or eliminate related warnings for your database project.

Improved support for files and filegroups
If you install this release, you can define the files and filegroups as database project properties instead of within a pre-deployment script.

Variables
With this service release, you can also use database properties to define SETVAR variables for use in your deployment scripts.

In addition, this service release supports the Windows Vista operating system and Service Pack 2 for Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals (CTP2 of SR1)

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With this Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2005 Add-In, you can use IBM Lotus Notes to perform Live Meeting tasks, such as scheduling meetings without logging into the Conference Center.

By using the Live Meeting Lotus Notes Add-In Pack, you can:

Schedule a Live Meeting from Lotus Notes.
Identify individual meeting participants as attendees or presenters.
Send separate invitations for attendees and for presenters.
Specify default meeting options and override those defaults for specific meetings.

Live Meeting 2005 Lotus Notes Add-In Pack

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Updated versions of Times New Roman (regular, bold, italic and bold italic), Arial (regular, bold, italic and bold italic) Trebuchet (regular, bold, italic and bold italic), and Verdana (regular, bold, italic and bold italic) that include six additional characters not available in the Windows XP versions of these fonts. The new added characters are Unicode code-points U+0218, U+0219, U+021A and U+021B used for Romanian and U+040D and U+045D used in Bulgarian.

For Windows Vista, the update will only upgrade the Verdana font family. The other font families do not need to be updated.

European Union Expansion Font Update

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Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 with Service Pack 3 (SP3) brings full Vista support to your organization beyond just OS Deployment, which is already available through the OS Deployment Feature Pack. Now, full lifecycle support of Microsoft's latest platform including software distribution, update services as well as inventory are available to the Vista Client. In addition, SP3 introduces X64 architecture support for your high performance platforms. SMS 2003 SP3 provides an option to augment existing SMS inventory capabilities with deeper asset intelligence, bringing knowledge driven management with over 400,000 software titles in the library.

If you use SMS 2003 Device Management Feature Pack, please install the SMS 2003 Device Management Feature Pack hotfix (DeviceMgmt-Magneto-KB934206-X86-ENU.exe) to correct the device file collection issue after applying SMS 2003 SP3. Please reference KB 934206 for more details (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934206/ )

Systems Management Server 2003 Service Pack 3 Upgrade

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Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 SP3 provides the latest updates to ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition, with increased security, new troubleshooting tools, and improved log viewer functionality. This service pack also adds support for publishing Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 with ISA Server 2004. We strongly recommend customers install ISA Server 2004 SP3 on all computers running ISA Server 2004.

ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition SP3 can be installed directly on computers running ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition, and includes:

- All software updates issued since ISA Server 2004 was released to manufacturing.
- Fixes for common issues reported by customers through Microsoft Customer Service and Support.
- Improved log viewer functionality, including an enhanced details pane view, text coloring, and new log filtering functionality.
- Updated ISA Server Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in functionality that provides access to troubleshooting tools and options available directly from the ISA Server Management console.
- Integration with the Microsoft ISA Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool. For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=79754.
- New diagnostic logging functionality.
- Support for publishing computers running Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 both to receive and send Internet e-mail messages.

ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition Service Pack 3

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Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 SP3 provides the latest updates to ISA Server 2004 Standard Edition, with increased security, enhanced troubleshooting tools, and improved log viewer functionality. This service pack also adds support for publishing Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 with ISA Server 2004. We strongly recommend customers install ISA Server 2004 SP3 on all computers running ISA Server 2004.

ISA Server 2004 Standard Edition SP3 can be installed directly on computers running ISA Server 2004 Standard Edition, and includes:

- All software updates issued since ISA Server 2004 was released to manufacturing.
- Fixes for common issues reported by customers through Microsoft Customer Service and Support.
- Improved log viewer functionality, including an enhanced details pane view, text coloring, and new log filtering functionality.
- Updated ISA Server Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in functionality that provides access to troubleshooting tools and options available directly from the ISA Server Management console.
- Integration with the Microsoft ISA Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool. For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=79754.
- New diagnostic logging functionality.
- Support for publishing computers running Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 both to receive and send Internet e-mail messages.

ISA Server 2004 Standard Edition Service Pack 3

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This patch prevents an error message when you start Excel 2007, PowerPoint 2007, Publisher 2007, or Word 2007 on a computer that is running Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager. The error message is, Office application version does not match

Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager: Prevent error message about version mismatch when certain Office 2007 applications are launched

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The Windows Mobile 6 SDKs add documentation, sample code, header and library files, emulator images and tools to Visual Studio that let you build applications for Windows Mobile 6.

With Windows Mobile 6, we are revising our SKU taxonomy and naming to better align our brand and products with the realities of today mobile device marketplace. The historical form-factor based distinction between Windows Mobile powered Smartphone and Windows Mobile powered Pocket PC Phone Edition is blurring dramatically. We want our taxonomies and terminology to evolve to better reflect the evolution of the mobile device industry.

The list below summarizes the changes and the SDK that must be used when targeting the platforms (Previous Categories = New Categories):

Windows Mobile for Smartphone = Windows Mobile Standard (download the Windows Mobile 6 Standard SDK)
Windows Mobile for Pocket PC = Windows Mobile Classic (download the Windows Mobile 6 Professional SDK)
Windows Mobile for Pocket PC Phone Edition = Windows Mobile Professional (download the Windows Mobile 6 Professional SDK)

The Windows Mobile 6 SDKs reflect these changes in the naming of Project Templates and Emulator Images.

The following emulator images are included in the SDKs:

Windows Mobile 6 Standard SDK
Windows Mobile 6 Standard (176x220 pixels - 96 dpi)
Windows Mobile 6 Standard Landscape QVGA (240x320 pixels - 131 dpi)
Windows Mobile 6 Standard QVGA (320x240 pixels - 131 dpi)
Windows Mobile 6 Professional SDK
Windows Mobile 6 Classic (240x320 pixels - 96 dpi)
Windows Mobile 6 Professional (240x320 pixels - 96 dpi)
Windows Mobile 6 Professional Square (240x240 pixels -
96 dpi)
Windows Mobile 6 Professional Square QVGA (320x320
pixels - 128 dpi)
Windows Mobile 6 Professional Square VGA (480x480
pixels - 192 dpi)
Windows Mobile 6 Professional VGA (480x640 pixels - 192
dpi)

Windows Mobile 6 SDK Refresh

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The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 1 is a preview release of the latest version of the .NET Framework. Many ISVs, enterprises and Microsoft product teams are successfully building on the new features Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Windows CardSpace in the .NET Framework 3.0. Microsoft plans to continue to invest in the .NET Framework developer platform and in support of existing users the .NET Framework 3.5 has a minimal number of breaking changes. So that existing applications built for .NET Framework 2.0 or .NET Framework 3.0 should continue to run without requiring changes.

The .NET Framework 3.5 adds new features in several major technology areas; including:
Deep integration of Language Integrated Query (LINQ) and data awareness
ASP.NET AJAX for quickly creating more efficient, more interactive and highly-personalized Web experiences that work across all the most popular browsers
New web protocol support for building WCF services including AJAX, JSON, REST, POX, RSS, ATOM and several new WS-* standards
Full tooling support for WF, WCF and WPF including the new workflow-enabled services technology
New classes in the base class library (BCL) for the .NET Framework 3.5 address the most common customer requests.

.NET Framework 3.5 is planned to release at the end of 2007 and will ship with Visual Studio code name ?Orcas? and will also continue to be available for separate download from MSDN.

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 1

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This supplement fixes a bug with the ADO.NET EDM Wizard in Visual Studio Code name Orcas Beta1 where empty CSDL, MSL and SSDL files are generated after the wizard completes.

PREREQUISITE:
Visual Studio Code name Orcas Beta1 running on Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or Windows Server 2003 or Windows Vista.

ADO.Net EDM Wizard

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By installing the Compatibility Pack in addition to Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2003, you will be able open, edit, and save files using the file formats new to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007. The Compatibility Pack can also be used in conjunction with the Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003, Excel Viewer 2003, and PowerPoint Viewer 2003 to view files saved in these new formats. For more information about the Compatibility Pack, see Knowledge Base article 924074.

Note: If you use Microsoft Word 2000 or Microsoft Word 2002 to read or write documents containing complex scripts, please see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925451 for information to enable Word 2007 documents to be displayed correctly in your version of Word.

Administrators: The administrative template for the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint converters contained within the Compatibility Pack is available for download.

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats

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If you had previously downloaded the April SDK and were using XACT, you should download this new version. The most up-to-date version of XACT is Windows version 9.18.944.0.

This DirectX SDK release contains updates to tools, utilities, samples, documentation, and runtime debug files for x64 and x86 platforms.
For additional information please see Microsoft DirectX Developer Center along with reviewing the Readme for last-minute updates.

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The CLR Profiler includes a number of very useful views of the allocation profile, including a histogram of allocated types, allocation and call graphs, a time line showing GCs of various generations and the resulting state of the managed heap after those collections, and a call tree showing per-method allocations and assembly loads.

CLR Profiler for the .NET Framework 2.0

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The Microsoft Office Project 2007 SDK is a release for solution providers, value-added resellers, and other developers to learn about the new Project Server 2007 platform, and how to extend and integrate Project Server 2007 with other applications for enterprise project management (EPM). It features conceptual and "How to" articles, sample code, and programming references.

The download file for the Project 2007 SDK is updated from the RTM SDK download. The pj12ProjectSDK.exe download includes two HTML Help files: PJSDK2007.chm (conceptual topics and managed code reference), and pj12ReportingDB.chm (the Reporting Database Schema reference). OLAPCubeSchemas.xls is a Microsoft Office Excel file that lists the dimensions, measures, and properties of the 14 Project Server OLAP cubes. Additional references include the default Project Guide files and the XML schemas for Project 2007 and the ChangeXML parameter for Statusing methods in the Project Server Interface (PSI).

The Project Portfolio Server 2007 schemas include the AccountData and AccountIndex database references. For more information, see the Project Portfolio Server 2007 Developer Reference.

The download also includes the following complete sample projects that relate to topics in the SDK: ChangeXML Utility, Custom Web Parts, two Impersonation samples, Login Demo, OLP Example, Project Workspace, ProjTool (a tool with source code for testing and development), PSI Extensions, Report Pack, and Test Event Handler. The sample projects use Microsoft Visual C# and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. The seven Report Pack samples use Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services.
You can also view the Project 2007 SDK online in the MSDN Library.

Project 2007 SDK: Software Development Kit