VMware has released several patches that address vulnerabilities in older ESX and ESXi versions. These patches should be installed as soon as possible to preserve the security of VMware installations.

• ESX 3.5-4.1 and ESXi 3.5-4.1 should install available patches to address a ROM Overwrite vulnerability that allows privilege escalation in Windows 2000 through 2003 R2 guests (CVE-2012-1515).
• ESX 4.0 should install available patches to update the service console to kernel-400.2.6.18-238.4.11.591731 and fix multiple inherited vulnerabilities (
  CVE-2011-2482, CVE-2011-3191, and CVE-2011-4348). The patch for ESXi 4.1 is still pending.
• ESX 4.0 should install available updates to patch Kerberos vulnerabilities (CVE-2011-4862).

As always, the easiest way to patch your VMware hosts is with VMware’s vSphere Update Manager. Update Manager, combined with VMware vMotion, lets you safely patch your critical virtual hosts without maintenance windows, service interruptions, or costly downtime.

To be alerted of security advisories as they are released, you can sign up for email notifications. Advisories are also published on the VMware website.

Service Pack 1 for SharePoint 2010 is now available! Get it here!

What’s new for SharePoint Server?

• Improved support for Internet Explorer 9.
• Recycle bin: Lets you restore a site collection or a web that was deleted.
• Remote Backup Systems (RBS) and shallow copy can decrease downtime and increase efficiency by moving pointers to databases instead of moving databases.
• You can see which folders are taking up valuable space with the improved Storage Management feature in site settings.
• Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2011.
• A more robust Search Host Distribution service that improves error recovery and performance during the search crawl.
• Adds backup and restore functionality to recover deleted site collections and webs.

What’s new for SharePoint Foundation?

• Improved support for Internet Explorer 9.
• Recycle bin: Lets you restore a site collection or a web that was deleted.
• Remote Backup Systems (RBS) and shallow copy can decrease downtime and increase efficiency by moving pointers to databases instead of moving databases.
• You can see which folders are taking up valuable space with the improved Storage Management feature in site settings.
• Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2011.

What’s new for Project Server?

• The Project Web App now supports all the SharePoint supported browsers in team member scenarios. The scenarios include timesheeting, my tasks, issues/risks, and the homepage.
• Fixed work and effort driven tasks can now be edited in the schedule Web Part
• Manually scheduled tasks now support timephased edits in the timesheet, and usage views in the Project Web App and Project 2010.

What’s new for Search Server?

• Lets users search within PPSX files.
• Scopes can be displayed in the correct language for non-English tenants, not just in English tenants.
• Lets you use host-header site collections and crawl targets together.
• An Order By clause can return results from multiple query components.
• Turkish locale users who have SharePoint installed can search for any string in offline SharePoint help.

What’s new for Office Web Apps?

All Office Web Apps

• OpenDocument Format (ODF) support:
• Lets you view and edit ODF documents in Office Web Apps.
• Lets you use Office Web Apps with the Google Chrome browser.
• Outlook Web App document attachment viewing (for Exchange Online only):
• Lets you view Office document attachments in the browser directly from Outlook Web App.
• Lets you use Office Web Apps with Internet Explorer 9 in Native mode.

Word Web App

Lets you print Word documents from Edit mode (in addition to View mode).

Excel Web App

• Added a Close button.
• Lets you insert charts in Excel Web App.
• Lets you copy and paste values and formulas by dragging the fill handle.

PowerPoint Web App

• Lets you print presentations from PowerPoint Web App.
• Lets you edit text in more shapes, not just placeholder shapes.
• Lets you insert clip art in PowerPoint Web App. (By default clip art support is disabled. An administrator can decide to enable it.)

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