Some provisioning requests do not work, and you receive a "0xc220140b" error message after you install Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 on a server that is running Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration

After you install Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) on a server that is running Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration, some provisioning requests do not work. Additionally, you receive an error message that resembles the following error message:Additionally, you may receive an error message that resembles the following error message:

This problem occurs for one of the following reasons:

• You install Windows Server 2003 SP2 on the server that is running the Microsoft Provisioning Server (MPS) engine.
• You install the Windows Server 2003 update that is described in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  936021  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936021/ ) Description of the security update for Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0: August 14, 2007

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, submit a request to Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.