#Exchange2010 … You have got to be joking what happened to January? …
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New Downloads available in January 2010
Quick Start Guide for Outlook Voice Access 2010 Outlook Voice Access lets UM-enabled users to access their Exchange 2010 mailbox using analog, digital, or cellular telephones. By using the menu system found in Outlook Voice Access, UM-enabled users can read e-mail, listen to voice messages, and interact with their Outlook calendar. This quick reference sheet shows the navigational tree and the options that are available to UM-enabled users when they are using Outlook Voice Access. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=77f1f82e-5da1-4ab5-9969-d1eb72b2ee0f
Microsoft Exchange Server MAPI Client and Collaboration Data Objects 1.2.1 The Messaging API is a COM-like API that provides access to the contents of messaging stores. CDO 1.2.1 (Collaboration Data Objects, version 1.2.1) is a package providing access to Outlook-compatible objects through a COM-based API. Using either CDO or MAPI, a program can connect to a MAPI store, and then perform operations against that store. Starting with Exchange 2007, Microsoft will distribute the MAPI client libraries and CDO 1.2.1 as a Web download. File Name: ExchangeMapiCdo.EXE Version: 6.5.8153.0 Date Published: 1/12/2010 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=94274318-27c4-4d8d-9bc5-3e6484286b1f
Collaboration Data Objects, version 1.2.1 CDO 1.2.1 (Collaboration Data Objects, version 1.2.1) is a package providing access to Outlook-compatible objects through a COM-based API. Using CDO, a program can connect to a MAPI store, and then perform operations against that store, including creating and processing calendar items, and resolving and handling mail recipients. Starting with Exchange Server 2007 and Outlook 2007, Microsoft will distribute CDO 1.2.1 as a Web download, separated from the two products. File Name: ExchangeCdo.EXE Version: 6.5.8153.0 Date Published: 1/12/2010 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=2714320d-c997-4de1-986f-24f081725d36
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Momentum Webcast: Top Five Reasons to Upgrade to Exchange Server 2010 and Why You Should Care (Level 200) Organizations want their communication tools to be cost-effective and flexible. Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 helps you achieve new levels of reliability and performance by delivering features that simplify your administration, help protect your communications, and delight your users by meeting their demands for greater business mobility. Microsoft Exchange is the cornerstone of the Microsoft unified communications solution, and it has long been the choice of organizations that want to enable rich and productive collaboration among their users. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032432844&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
TechNet Webcast: Get Ready for Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010 Release Candidate (Level 300) Hopefully you have been enjoying the DPM 2010 beta since September, but we are almost finished with the Release Candidate and our last milestones towards delivery. In this webcast, we will demonstrate the pre-RC that our early adopters have been running in production. We’ll demonstrate the new Windows client protection capabilities, the new SQL/SharePoint/Exchange protection and recovery features, as well as the enhanced Disaster Recovery scenario. We’ll also update you on our auto-healing/auto-scaling features, as well as a few surprises that weren’t in the beta. Come join us to see what is coming in DPM 2010. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032437133&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
TechNet Webcast: Introducing Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 (Level 200) In a time when your organization requires its communication tools to be cost-effective and flexible, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 enables you to achieve new levels of reliability and performance by delivering features that can simplify your administration, help protect your communications, and delight your users by meeting their demands for great business productivity. In this webcast, we introduce you to Exchange Server 2010 and we highlight and demonstrate key investments made in this latest release. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032438992&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
TechNet Webcast: Addressing E-Mail Archiving and Retention with Exchange Server 2010 (Level 300) As e-mail volume continues to grow, Microsoft recognizes users' desires for an infinite inbox and IT administrators' goals to preserve and discover these mailboxes in a cost-effective matter. Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 introduces integrated archiving along with message retention and multi-mailbox discovery capabilities to help address these needs. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032433806&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
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Tuesday, February 02: TechNet Webcast: Network Considerations for Deploying Communications Server 2007 R2 (Level 300) Deploying and scaling Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 in your enterprise network requires thoughtful consideration to ensure the quality of experience for end users. In this webcast, we discuss the features of Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 R2 that are relevant to the network administrator, including codecs, quality monitoring, quality of service (QoS), and virtual local area network (VLAN) support. Discover how large enterprises have used these features, along with network right-provisioning and bandwidth planning, for their own successful OCS deployments, and learn how to apply these techniques to your enterprise network. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032439126
Thursday, February 04: TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2010 Upgrade and Coexistence with Exchange Server 2007 and 2003 (Level 200) In this webcast, we walk you through the process for introducing Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 into an organization that already has Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 or Exchange Server 2003. Learn the prerequisites, steps required, and the impact to client access for MAPI, Outlook Anywhere, Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access (OWA), ActiveSync, and POP/IMAP clients after the upgrade to Exchange Server 2010 has occurred. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032438995
Tuesday, February 09: TechNet Webcast: Voice Administration and Monitoring for Communications Server 2007 R2 (Level 300) If you have deployed Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 or are about to start your deployment, it is critical that you have the right monitoring and administration approach. Attend this this webcast to learn about the Microsoft Quality of Experience approach to voice quality monitoring and how you can incorporate this approach into your deployment.
This webcast covers the fundamentals of the various voice-related administration and monitoring capabilities within Communications Server 2007 R2. We discuss voice-related monitoring theory and practice, how to ensure your Communications Server deployments are set up for successful monitoring, and how to integrate Communications Server monitoring with other management products so that you can fix problems before they affect your users. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032440396
Thursday, February 11: TechNet Webcast: Information Protection and Control in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 (Level 300) Are you worried about employees accidentally leaking valuable corporate e-mail? In this webcast, we introduce new methods of information protection and control powered by Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, including a new transport rule for moderation, dynamic signatures, and application of rights management. We also discuss the use of Active Directory Rights Management Service in parallel with Exchange Server, and we explain how new features in Exchange Server 2010 can be applied to real-world messaging control scenarios. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032440402
Friday, February 12: TechNet Webcast: Protecting Exchange Server 2010 Using Hybrid Forefront Protection for Exchange (Level 300) Attend this webcast to learn how Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 work better together. Discover how Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (FPE) and Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE) facilitate the protection of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 from malware, unsolicited e-mail, and other security threats. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032433626
Tuesday, February 16: TechNet Webcast: Voice Architecture and Planning for Communications Server 2007 R2 (Level 300) Do you want to know the architecture behind the voice features in Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2, and what it would take to deploy the product? In this webcast, we present the deployment scenarios for enterprise voice functionality, including sizing and topology considerations, call routing and management, and interoperability with existing telephony infrastructure. Whether you are interested in blending voice features and functionality with your enterprise IP-PBX or exploring how Communications Server 2007 R2 can be used as a peer voice platform, this webcast provides you with the framework and knowledge to confidently move forward with your Communications Server deployment. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032440404
Thursday, February 18: TechNet Webcast: Getting the Most Out of Exchange Server 2010: Performance and Scalability (Level 300) Selecting the right server hardware for a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 deployment becomes much easier when you know the product team's scalability and performance guidelines. In this webcast, we review the product team's guidance for the processor and memory requirements of each server role in Exchange Server 2010. We discuss a number of key performance enhancements from this release, and we explain how to use related tools like the Exchange Storage Calculator, Exchange Profile Analyzer, Loadgen, and Jetstress to take the guesswork out of server sizing. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032441261
Thursday, February 25: TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 High Availability (Level 300) Welcome to the future of Microsoft Exchange high availability. In this webcast we reveal the changes and improvements to the built-in high-availability platform in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, including a unified solution for high availability and disaster recovery that is quick to deploy and easy to manage. Join us to learn about all of the new features in Exchange Server 2010 that make it the most resilient, highly available version of Microsoft Exchange yet. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032441265
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Exchange Server 2010 Deployment Assistant: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/exdeploy2010/default.aspx#Home
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January 29, 2010 977968 Users cannot use Outlook Anywhere to open a shared mailbox that was moved to Exchange Server 2010
January 27, 2010 979176 An HTTP 401.3 Error occurs when you configure the RPC over HTTP/S feature on an Exchange Server 2003 server that is running Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 978777 Office Outlook 2003 does not connect to two or more additional mailboxes in a mixed Exchange Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2010 environment
January 26, 2010 973299 The contact name appears incorrectly in an Exchange Server 2007 environment if you set the language to Spanish in OWA 977919 The "Get-StorageGroupCopyStatus" command incorrectly shows that the storage group of a SCR on Exchange Server 2007 is disabled
January 22, 2010 975990 Messages that have duplicate message IDs are deleted when they are archived to an Exchange 2007 mailbox 976787 The Calendar Month View displays a numeric date and not an abbreviated month name when you set the Regional Settings to Japanese or to Korean in Outlook Web Access for Exchange Server 2007 974775 The EdgeTransport.exe process crashes intermittently on an Exchange Server 2007 server 971889 When a Unified Messaging-enabled user calls Outlook Voice Access on Exchange Server 2007 to play a voice mail message, there is a delay before the voice mail message is played 974161 Some attendees do not receive a meeting cancellation notification when the appointment recurrence pattern is changed by using EWS in Exchange Server 2007 970817 An appointment is displayed incorrectly as an all-day event if you use a mobile device to synchronize the calendar in Exchange Server 2007 974155 OWA does not highlight misspelled words in an Exchange Server 2007 CAS proxy environment 974312 Unread messages are marked as "read" when Exchange Server 2007 processes the EXAMINE command 977355 Non-ASCII characters in a display name of a forwarded message are shown with a "?" when the display name of a contact is in East Asia characters in an Exchange Server 2007 environment 976106 Microsoft Exchange Transport services crashes and a "StackOverflowException" error is logged when Message Journaling is enabled on Exchange Server 2007 977085 An incorrect value for DumpsterMessagesDeleted is reported in an Exchange Server 2007 environment 969230 The "age limits" function of a public folder do not work as expected in an Exchange Server 2007 environment 973486 Some message parts are not readable when Exchange Server 2007 must convert the message part encoding from binary or from 8 bit to 7 bit 969948 A Computer that is running the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Client Access Server role becomes slow when a user tries to open a folder that contains many items 974843 The Exchange Server 2007 "Messages queued for submission" performance counter displays an incorrect value 974401 Store sessions are not released when you run the "Add-PublicFolderClientPermission" cmdlet or the "Remove-PublicFolderClientPermission" cmdlet in public folders on a computer that is running Exchange Server 2007 977091 The time for an updated meeting request is shown incorrectly in an exception instance of a recurring meeting request in an Exchange Server 2007 environment 974450 A new accepted domain that is added does not work in an Exchange Server 2007 organization 974946 Exchange Server 2007 OWA users receive an error message when the users change the display line for the search results on the address books 976946 The message delivery time is incorrect when you send e-mail messages by using an IMAP4 client together with the APPEND command in Exchange Server 2007 977412 Error message when a client that uses the WebDAV protocol to connect to an Exchange Server 2007 server: "Error 1000" 975918 When an IMAP4 client sends a FETCH (bodystructure) request to a server that is running the Exchange Server 2007 IMAP4 service, a corrupted response is sent as a reply
January 4, 2010 977953 In Exchange Server 2010 you cannot forward a signed S/MIME message by using forwarding rules in Exchange Control Panel
doh what happened to bing?
Learnt a funky tip yesterday from my mate Bungy … if you need to log on locally to a PC and can’t remember the name of it, use
.\<username>
in the logon box .Cool hey!
#Exchange2010
Source: http://kennethvanditmarsch.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/vmotion-and-exchange-2010/
Now this is very very interesting and may explain why my DAG databases keep failing over..
… vSphere Update 1 states:
Enhanced Clustering Support for Microsoft Windows – Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) for Windows 2000 and 2003 and Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering is now supported on an VMware High Availability (HA) and Dynamic Resource Scheduler (DRS) cluster in a limited configuration. HA and DRS functionality can be effectively disabled for individual MSCS virtual machines as opposed to disabling HA and DRS on the entire ESX/ESXi host
Just an FYI, this webcast was has been rescheduled for:
Date: 02/12/2010 Time: 01:00 PM-02:30 PM U.S. Pacific Time
… Attend this webcast to learn how Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 work better together. Discover how Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (FPE) and Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE) facilitate the protection of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 from malware, unsolicited e-mail, and other security threats.
I received this email today … from Mark Parris who run the UK Active Directory User Group
Towards the end of last year Mark Wilson and I had a conversation around combining the Active Directory User Group with the Windows Server Team user group that Mark had been looking after in Scotty McLeod's absence.
The reasoning behind our conversation is that Active Directory touches almost every component of Windows Server and the division between Windows Server content and Active Directory content was becoming very blurred - so we agreed to merge the two user groups and become collectively known as the Windows Server User Group.
I have set up what is by no means perfect, a WordPress website and forums at:
http://wsug.co.uk.
The website and forums share credentials and support normal user authentication and OpenID credentials.
The Active Directory User Group will still exist - but will now be found at the WSUG website.
Please let me know what you would like to see on the forums and if you would like to get more involved, please drop me a line at mark.parris@wsug.co.uk
for the community.
Mark Parris MVP-DS
Mark Wilson MVP-VM
#Exchange2010 … Happy New Year to you all and lets get this party started …
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Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online E-mail Router The E-mail Router is an interface between Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online and one, or more, Microsoft Exchange servers, or POP3 servers, for incoming e-mail, and one or more SMTP servers for outgoing e-mail. E-mail messages come into Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online through the E-mail Router. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=261a17f6-72c9-45a3-b19a-75ae844b9dd0
Microsoft Exchange Server MAPI Client and Collaboration Data Objects 1.2.1 The Messaging API is a COM-like API that provides access to the contents of messaging stores. CDO 1.2.1 (Collaboration Data Objects, version 1.2.1) is a package providing access to Outlook-compatible objects through a COM-based API. Using either CDO or MAPI, a program can connect to a MAPI store, and then perform operations against that store. Starting with Exchange 2007, Microsoft will distribute the MAPI client libraries and CDO 1.2.1 as a Web download. File Name: ExchangeMapiCdo.EXE Version: 6.5.8147.0 Date Published: 12/9/2009 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=94274318-27c4-4d8d-9bc5-3e6484286b1f
Infrastructure Planning and Design The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides are the next version of Windows Server System Reference Architecture. The guides in this series help clarify and streamline design processes for Microsoft infrastructure technologies, with each guide addressing a unique infrastructure technology or scenario. New! Forefront Unified Access Gateway http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ad3921fb-8224-4681-9064-075fdf042b0c
Collaboration Data Objects, version 1.2.1 CDO 1.2.1 (Collaboration Data Objects, version 1.2.1) is a package providing access to Outlook-compatible objects through a COM-based API. Using CDO, a program can connect to a MAPI store, and then perform operations against that store, including creating and processing calendar items, and resolving and handling mail recipients. Starting with Exchange Server 2007 and Outlook 2007, Microsoft will distribute CDO 1.2.1 as a Web download, separated from the two products. File Name: ExchangeCdo.EXE Version: 6.5.8147.0 Date Published: 12/10/2009 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=2714320d-c997-4de1-986f-24f081725d36
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TechNet Webcast: What's New in Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010? (Level 300) Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 is the new and much improved version of Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server. In this webcast, we cover the new features and improvements that have been introduced in Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010, including new protection mechanisms (Edge Malware Protection, Network Inspection System, URL filtering, and HTTPS inspection), improved management, multiple Internet service provider (ISP) support, e-mail protection, and more. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032433940&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Secure Messaging Solution (Level 300) Join for this webcast as we walk you through the best practices and technologies that are available to protect your e-mail platform from virus, malware, and information leakage. Learn how to protect your e-mails from malware and inappropriate content, protect your e-mails from leaking into the wrong hands, and secure publish your Microsoft Exchange server for access from virtually any device. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032433615&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
TechNet Webcast: What's New in Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server? (Level 200) Attend this webcast to learn about Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server and the new capabilities you have for protecting your Microsoft Exchange Server environment. Join us as we walk you through anti-spam, anti-malware, and hybrid protection scenarios that benefit from a Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server security solution. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032433620&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
TechNet Webcast: Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server and Exchange 2010 Better Together (Level 300) Attend this webcast to learn how Microsoft Forefront and Exchange Server 2010 work better together. We explain how Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server facilitates the protection of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 from malware, unsolicited e-mail, and other security threats. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032433623&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
TechNet Webcast: Forefront Threat Management Gateway: Deployment, Migration, and Licensing (Level 300) Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 is the newest version of Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server. In this webcast, we discuss Forefront TMG deployment, including how to install and configure Forefront TMG in different scenarios, and we explain how to migrate to Forefront TMG from previous versions of ISA, and how Forefront TMG licensing works. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032433924&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2008 R2 AD RMS and Exchange Server 2010 Better Together (Level 300) Windows Server 2008 R2 and the new wave of 2010 server products introduce powerful new usage scenarios, features, and tools for AD Rights Management Services (AD RMS). In this webcast, you learn how AD RMS integrates with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 for information protection and compliance. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032433735&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010: Momentum Webcast: Top Five Reasons to Upgrade to Exchange Server 2010 and Why You Should Care (Level 200) Organizations want their communication tools to be cost-effective and flexible. Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 helps you achieve new levels of reliability and performance by delivering features that simplify your administration, help protect your communications, and delight your users by meeting their demands for greater business mobility. Microsoft Exchange is the cornerstone of the Microsoft unified communications solution, and it has long been the choice of organizations that want to enable rich and productive collaboration among their users. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032432843
Wednesday, January 13, 2010: TechNet Webcast: Information About Microsoft January Security Bulletins (Level 200) Join us for a brief overview of the technical details of the January security bulletins. We intend to address your concerns in this webcast, therefore, most of the webcast is devoted to attendees asking questions about the bulletins and getting answers from Microsoft security experts. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032427677
Thursday, January 14, 2010: TechNet Webcast: Announcing Data Protection Manager 2010 Beta (Level 300) This month, Microsoft released the public beta for Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010. Before you download the software, attend this webcast to learn about Data Protection Manager 2010 and the product features that are causing excitement in the IT community. During the webcast, we deploy a DPM 2010 server and walk you through most of the new features in DPM 2010 and the enhancements that were made to the Data Protection Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) solution, which is protecting Windows-based application servers and file servers today. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032437132
Friday, January 15, 2010: TechNet Webcast: Protecting Exchange Server 2010 Using Hybrid Forefront Protection for Exchange (Level 300) Attend this webcast to learn how Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 work better together. Discover how Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (FPE) and Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE) facilitate the protection of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 from malware, unsolicited e-mail, and other security threats. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032433626
Thursday, January 21, 2010: TechNet Webcast: Introducing Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 (Level 200) In a time when your organization requires its communication tools to be cost-effective and flexible, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 enables you to achieve new levels of reliability and performance by delivering features that can simplify your administration, help protect your communications, and delight your users by meeting their demands for great business productivity. In this webcast, we introduce you to Exchange Server 2010 and we highlight and demonstrate key investments made in this latest release. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032438991
Wednesday, January 27, 2010: TechNet Webcast: Monitoring, Backing Up, and Restoring Exchange Server 2010 with System Center (Level 300) Microsoft System Center helps you get the most from your mission-critical messaging infrastructure with management solutions that enhance the availability features built into Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. In this webcast, we look at how System Center can improve the health and availability of your servers running Exchange with the Exchange Server 2010 Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2007 and Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007. System Center has application awareness built into its management solutions to help deliver guidance and best practices to Exchange administrators, ensuring service level agreements (SLAs) are met and saving organizations money. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032437151
Thursday, January 28, 2010: TechNet Webcast: Addressing E-Mail Archiving and Retention with Exchange Server 2010 (Level 300) As e-mail volume continues to grow, Microsoft recognizes users' desires for an infinite inbox and IT administrators' goals to preserve and discover these mailboxes in a cost-effective matter. Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 introduces integrated archiving along with message retention and multi-mailbox discovery capabilities to help address these needs. In this webcast, we take a technical deep dive into e-mail archiving and retention in Exchange Server 2010, we demonstrate the archiving experience in Microsoft Office Outlook and Outlook Web Access (OWA) from the user and IT professional perspectives, and we demonstrate Exchange Management Console and Windows PowerShell. We also highlight the message retention capabilities using Move and Delete policies in Outlook, OWA, and Windows PowerShell. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032433805
Thursday, January 28, 2010: IT Manager Webcast: Maintaining High Availability for Microsoft.com (Level 200) Managing a Web infrastructure is not an easy task. Learn how Microsoft IT maintains one of the highest availability in the industry while supporting 300 million/month unique users, 200 million daily page views, and an average of 555,000 connections to a total of 112 Web servers. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032437888
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December 30, 2009 977968 Users cannot use Outlook Anywhere to open a shared mailbox that was moved to Exchange Server 2010
December 29, 2009 977965 You cannot edit a transport rule in Exchange Server 2010 Management Console after you import the rule from Exchange Server 2007
You cannot edit a transport rule in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Management Console after you import the rule from Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2010
This hotfix is scheduled to be included in Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1.
December 28, 2009 975978 When you recover an Exchange Server database on an Exchange Server 2003 server, the Exchange Server database cannot be mounted
977964 Error message occurs when you move a mailbox from an Exchange Server 2003 server to an Exchange Server 2007 or Exchange Server 2010 server
977967 Single Sign-On does not work when you log on to Exchange Control Panel by using Office Outlook Web App for Exchange Server 2010
978776 The Exchange Mailbox role installation process fails when you install the Exchange Server 2010 Mailbox role
977966 You cannot manage OWA, ActiveSync, ECP, or OAB virtual directories from Exchange Management Console in Exchange Server 2010
You receive an error message that resembles the following:
The task wasn't able to connect to IIS on the server <CAS server name>. Make sure that the server exists and can be reached from this computer. The RPC server is unavailable. It was running the command 'Get-OwaVirtualDirectory'.
December 23, 2009 978385 December 2009 cumulative DST update for Exchange Server 2003 Connector for Lotus Notes, Exchange Server 2003 Calendar Connector for Lotus Notes, and Exchange Server 2003 Migration Wizard for Lotus Notes
December 18, 2009 977957 The message tracking task does not work in the Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant tool on an Exchange Server 2010 edge server
When you use the message tracking task in the Microsoft Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant tool (Extra.exe) on a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 edge server, you receive the following error message:
977956 Event ID 9771 is logged when you try to restore a Volume Shadow Copy Service backup by using an Exchange-aware application that supports the Volume Shadow Copy Service writer for Exchange Server 2010 Standard version
Consider the following scenario. On a computer that is running Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Standard version, you have five mounted mailbox databases and one mounted recovery database on an Exchange Server 2010 Standard server. In this scenario, you try to restore a Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) backup to the Exchange Server 2010 Standard server by using an Exchange-aware application that supports the VSS writer for Exchange Server 2010 Standard version. However, the following event is logged in the Application log:
977962 You cannot a remote connection to a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010-based server when you use the remote feature in Windows PowerShell 2.0
977960 You cannot create a new Exchange Server 2010 database in a multiple domain environment
December 9, 2009 [KBs for Exchange Server 2010 Update Rollup 1] 976573 Description of Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2010
The worst kept secret in F1
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8427552.stm
Seven-times Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher will come out of retirement to race for Mercedes next year, BBC Sport understands.
The German, who will be 41 on 3 January, has signed a contract and the deal will be announced imminently.
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wanted to thank Stu for pointing me at this …
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/productbulletin.html#CD_Files
The HP Product Bulletin provides you with the latest QuickSpecs at all times
#Exchange2010 #HP
This looks interesting … http://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/getdocument.aspx?docname=4AA2-0689ENW.pdf
This white paper provides a brief introduction to the HP BladeSystem Matrix with a focus on the HP Insight Dynamics infrastructure orchestration capability. The paper also discusses Microsoft’s new email platform Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 (Exchange) and looks at some investments that have been made around deployment flexibility and high availability. The core theme of this white paper is how the convergence of the Matrix service-driven application deployment model facilitates a whole new paradigm for Exchange application deployment. A model designed around Exchange building-blocks and standardized tiers of service based on the HP Exchange tiered solutions program and service framework definitions. This approach enables companies to realize the benefit of the HP BladeSystem Matrix architecture, while further realizing cost benefits through service template standardization for Exchange.
Along with these:
This made me laugh and it was put up by a Chruch!!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8417963.stm
… A dejected-looking Joseph lies in bed next to Mary under the caption, "Poor Joseph. God was a hard act to follow" ..
Ooops
This is a good use of 20 mins .. I quite like the format too. Not 100% sure that this is exchange version specific. Dunno if you need to have FPE installed on an Exchange 2010 server.
http://edge.technet.com/Media/Forefront-Protection-2010-for-Exchange-Deployment-and-Performance/
Alexander Nikolayev joins us again to dive deep into the deployment and some performance for Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange
http://files.flaphead.com/v/FPEDeploymentPerformance_edge.zip
http://files.flaphead.com/v/FPEDeploymentPerformance_edge.mp4
How funky is this
Source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-nz/sysinternals/ee656415%28en-us%29.aspx
Disk2vhd is a utility that creates VHD (Virtual Hard Disk - Microsoft’s Virtual Machine disk format) versions of physical disks for use in Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs). The difference between Disk2vhd and other physical-to-virtual tools is that you can run Disk2vhd on a system that’s online. Disk2vhd uses Windows’ Volume Snapshot capability, introduced in Windows XP, to create consistent point-in-time snapshots of the volumes you want to include in a conversion. You can even have Disk2vhd create the VHDs on local volumes, even ones being converted (though performance is better when the VHD is on a disk different than ones being converted).
#Exchange2010 … Bit late this month
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Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and Outlook Standards Documentation The Exchange Server and Outlook Standards Documents describe Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and Outlook support for industry messaging standards and Requests for Comments (RFCs) related to iCalendar, IMAP4, and POP3. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=6fa94dc9-d4b6-402b-8c22-8a52acea2284
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Beta Protocol Documentation The Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Protocol technical documentation set provides detailed technical specifications for Microsoft protocols and extensions to industry-standards or other published protocols that are implemented and used in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. This allows the user to interoperate or communicate natively with Microsoft Office client and other server products.
The documentation is designed to describe each protocol in detail as it is used by the Microsoft Exchange Server. Each protocol specification documents the technical requirements, limitations, dependencies, and Microsoft-specific protocol behavior.
The documentation set includes a set of companion overview and reference documents that supplement the technical specifications with conceptual background, overviews of inter-protocol relationships and interactions, and technical reference information. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=d2e6d2b0-ffe9-41d6-a48f-6d84cf17e235
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Protocol Documentation The Microsoft Exchange Server protocols documentation provides detailed technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols (including extensions to industry-standard or other published protocols) used by Microsoft Exchange Server to communicate with other Microsoft products. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=a9aae935-ad23-4117-a3d9-9ed6093d6d7f
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 Help The Exchange Server 2007 SP2 Help can help you in the day-to-day administration of Exchange. Use this information to guide you through Exchange Server 2007 SP2 features, tasks, and administration procedures. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=85c5ef71-6a1f-4eb0-9ff3-3feee6057e96
Exchange Server 2010 Release Notes This download contains a stand-alone version of the Exchange Server 2010 Release Notes. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=884b5e4c-912c-4335-8b35-432aba919535
Microsoft Exchange Server Inter-Organization Replication Use the Inter-Organization Replication tool to replicate free and busy information and public folder content between Exchange organizations. The tool allows for the coordination of meeting, appointments, contacts, and public folder information between disjointed Exchange organizations. The tool consists of two programs: the Replication Configuration program (exscfg.exe), and the Replication service (exssrv.exe). The Replication Configuration program creates a configuration file for setting the replication frequency, logging options, folders to be replicated, and accounts to be used. The Replication service continuously updates information from one server (designated as the Publisher) to one or more Exchange servers (designated as Subscribers). http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=e7a951d7-1559-4f8f-b400-488b0c52430e
IT Compliance Management Series The IT Compliance Management Series is intended for IT managers, professionals, and partners who must configure Microsoft products to address specific IT governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) requirements. Successful implementation of the recommendations in this series will allow organizations to shift the enforcement and management of IT GRC requirements onto underlying Microsoft technologies. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=bd930882-0d39-4900-9a79-b91f213ed15d
Exchange Server 2010 UM Language Packs These downloads contain pre-recorded prompts, grammar files, text to speech data, Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) files, and Voice Mail Preview capabilities for a specific language that is supported by Exchange 2010 Unified Messaging. Warning: This UM language pack must only be installed as an add-in to Exchange Server 2010 Unified Messaging. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=3fdf49db-cb84-4dfe-8b8b-b30178b1a514
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Language Pack Bundle This download is available to customers who would like to install the most recent languages packs for Exchange 2010. This bundle does not include language packs for Unified Messaging. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=4ba91cf8-dafa-4328-9edc-2052fe8347fc
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Management Tools (32-Bit) Exchange Server 2007 is a native 64-bit application that includes 64-bit management tools. You can use the management tools to administer your Exchange Server environment remotely. If the remote computer is running a 32-bit operating system, you will need to download the 32-bit management tools. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=6be38633-7248-4532-929b-76e9c677e802
Infrastructure Planning and Design The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides are the next version of Windows Server System Reference Architecture. The guides in this series help clarify and streamline design processes for Microsoft infrastructure technologies, with each guide addressing a unique infrastructure technology or scenario.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ad3921fb-8224-4681-9064-075fdf042b0c
TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Information Protection Solution (Level 200) Your organization's data seems to be located everywhere, and you need to make sure the data is readily accessible to everyone who needs it but not to anyone else. This isn't an easy task, but Microsoft Forefront business-ready security can help. Attend this webcast to learn about Microsoft information protection solutions and how to best encrypt and protect data—files, SharePoint sites, e-mails, whether data is at rest, in motion, or in use. Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS), Windows Server 2008 R2 File Classification Infrastructure, and RSA's Data Loss Prevention Suite are all at your disposal. We showcase the newest features in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 for data protection and describe how to easily federate access using Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) and AD RMS. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032425312&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Virtualization Best Practices for Exchange Server (Level 300) Virtualizing business critical applications delivers significant benefits, including cost savings, enhanced business continuity, and an agile and efficient management solution. In this webcast, we focus on virtualizing Microsoft Exchange Server using Microsoft solutions, we discuss the benefits of using Microsoft virtualization technologies instead of technologies from key competitors such as VMware, and we provide technical guidance and best practices for virtualizing Exchange Server in various production scenarios. We also discuss results from lab deployment tests. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032428204&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Secure Messaging Solution (Level 200) Join us for this webcast as we walk you through the best practices and technologies available to secure e-mail in your organization. After this webcast, you should know how to protect your Microsoft Exchange Server from malware and inappropriate content, how to protect your data from leaking into the wrong hands, and how to easily and securely publish your Exchange Server for access. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032425494&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
Microsoft Office System Webcast: Managing E-Mail Overload (Level 100) E-mail is a powerful business tool in a fast paced, always-on environment. E-mail allows us to quickly and effectively communicate to a broad audience. That's the good news. The bad news is that many people are being managed by e-mail instead of them managing it. In this webcast, we look at several strategies for you to "take back your life" as it relates to e-mail. We explore how to reduce e-mail; how to be crystal clear on what you are doing and, maybe more importantly, what you are not doing; how to ensure that things are not slipping through the cracks; how to quickly find and file information; and how to write e-mail that helps you get what you want. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032429204&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
Momentum Webcast: Reduce Your IT Costs with Microsoft (Level 100) IT departments are under intense pressure to reduce costs while continuing to enable new business scenarios and help the business compete in difficult market conditions. To achieve this, customers must drive down the operational cost of running their IT infrastructure and align more resources to delivering business value http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032429510&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
Microsoft Software+Services Webcast: Computing in the Cloud Overview Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Services (BPOS) delivers hosted communication and collaboration services, offering a streamlined experience with high availability, comprehensive security, and simplified IT management. During this webcast you will have the opportunity to hear Microsoft’s strategy for Software + Services, and see a demonstration of Exchange Online & SharePoint Online. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032431922&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
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December 03: TechNet Webcast: What's New in Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010? (Level 300) Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 is the new and much improved version of Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server. In this webcast, we cover the new features and improvements that have been introduced in Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010, including new protection mechanisms (Edge Malware Protection, Network Inspection System, URL filtering, and HTTPS inspection), improved management, multiple Internet service provider (ISP) support, e-mail protection, and more. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032433940
December 04: TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Secure Messaging Solution (Level 300) Join for this webcast as we walk you through the best practices and technologies that are available to protect your e-mail platform from virus, malware, and information leakage. Learn how to protect your e-mails from malware and inappropriate content, protect your e-mails from leaking into the wrong hands, and secure publish your Microsoft Exchange server for access from virtually any device. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032433615
December 09: TechNet Webcast: Maximizing Hyper-V iSCSI Performance with Microsoft and Intel (Level 200) Intel and Microsoft solutions give IT organizations the means to maximize the value of iSCSI as they implement storage area networks (SANs). In this webcast, we explore how the combination of Intel Ethernet Server Adapters, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, and Intel Xeon processor 5500 series-based servers provide an optimized, integrated solution that delivers excellent iSCSI connectivity using a Microsoft native iSCSI initiator. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032432956
December 10: TechNet Webcast: Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server and Exchange 2010 Better Together (Level 300) Attend this webcast to learn how Microsoft Forefront and Exchange Server 2010 work better together. We explain how Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server facilitates the protection of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 from malware, unsolicited e-mail, and other security threats. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032433622
December 11, 2009: TechNet Webcast: Protecting Exchange Server 2010 Using Hybrid Forefront Protection for Exchange (Level 300) Attend this webcast to learn how Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 work better together. Discover how Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (FPE) and Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE) facilitate the protection of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 from malware, unsolicited e-mail, and other security threats. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032433626
December 15, 2009: TechNet Webcast: Forefront Threat Management Gateway: Deployment, Migration, and Licensing (Level 300) Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 is the newest version of Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server. In this webcast, we discuss Forefront TMG deployment, including how to install and configure Forefront TMG in different scenarios, and we explain how to migrate to Forefront TMG from previous versions of ISA, and how Forefront TMG licensing works. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032433923
December 16, 2009: TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2008 R2 AD RMS and Exchange Server 2010 Better Together (Level 300) Windows Server 2008 R2 and the new wave of 2010 server products introduce powerful new usage scenarios, features, and tools for AD Rights Management Services (AD RMS). In this webcast, you learn how AD RMS integrates with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 for information protection and compliance. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032433734
December 17, 2009: TechNet Webcast: Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010: Protection Features and Underlying Technologies (Level 300) In this webcast, we provide an overview of protection features introduced in Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010, including malware inspection, URL filtering, Network Inspection System (NIS), and HTTPS inspection. Join us to learn about the underlying technologies and relevant implementation details that can help you understand how to deploy, fine tune, and troubleshoot these protection features. We also cover back-end services, including Microsoft Reputation Service, Microsoft Telemetry, and Microsoft Updates, which provides definition updates for malware inspection and NIS modules. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032433927
No Updates
Nothing New
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Updates to the Exchange Supportability Matrix With the release of Exchange 2007 SP2 we provided a Supportability Matrix which outlined the supported configurations for Exchange 2000 SP3, Exchange 2003 SP2, and Exchange 2007 (RTM, SP1, and SP2). But as many are aware, with the release of Windows Server 2008 R2 there have been a variety of questions raised about our support policies and a multitude of feedback. Two pieces of feedback occurred numerous times - the need to support Exchange 2007 on Windows Server 2008 R2 and the need to support Exchange 2003 against Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory servers. http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/11/30/453327.aspx
Whole load of Exchange 2007 SP2 Update 1
November 23, 2009 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958617 E-mail messages are blocked at the local delivery queue in an Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 environment if a user has Outlook client-side rules totaling more than 32 kilobytes (KB) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958617 958617 E-mail messages are blocked at the local delivery queue in an Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 environment if a user has Outlook client-side rules totaling more than 32 kilobytes (KB)969487 A Public Folder Hierarchy replication fails, and then event errors 3079 and 9669 occur in Exchange Server 2007
November 19, 2009 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971641 After you synchronize your mobile device to work with an Exchange Server 2007 server, the synchronization time and the request time are shown in UTC http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958617 E-mail messages are blocked at the local delivery queue in an Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 environment if a user has Outlook client-side rules totaling more than 32 kilobytes (KB)974640 The whole calendar view is broken and an error message is returned when you view an exception occurrence of a private recurring meeting in OWA http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973761 When an Exchange Server 2007 user sends a meeting request to external recipients with the Reminder turned off, the default 15 minute Reminder pop-up window still appears http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972278 Update of Private status in a meeting request is not reflected in an Exchange Server 2007 environment http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967174 The User account is not logged in Event ID 566 after the user makes changes to a mailbox http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970104 When you install an Exchange Server 2007 update rollup by using a user account that has no Exchange Server Administrator permissions, the installation program fails http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972473 Outlook Web Access (OWA) removes the Calendar items for a recurring meeting when you delete the meeting request from the Deleted items folder in Exchange Server 2007 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972426 Error message when you save a filter as default in the Exchange Management Console (EMC) and then restart the EMC: "The search filter is invalid" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973190 The wrong attendee is removed in Scheduling Assistant when you remove attendees from a meeting request in Outlook Web Access server light version http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941775 An error message occurs when you run the "Isinteg" command on a newly created Exchange 2007 database http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973253 Message delivery times are stamped with the current date and time when Exchange Server 2007 users submit messages by using an IMAP4 client and the APPEND command http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971431 The IMAP service crashes and event error 4999 occurs on a computer that is running Exchange Server 2007 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969046 E-mail messages are queued when you use the DNS round robin feature on multiple Exchange Server 2007 hub servers http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974242 The abbreviation sequence is incorrect when an Outlook Web Access Light user checks the calendar in Weekly view after the user sets the language to "Basque" in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971857 The storage limit does not affect the managed custom folder if you copy messages into this folder by using Outlook Web Access (OWA) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973490 Error message in Exchange Management Shell in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 when you run the "new-dynamicdistributiongroup" command: “You must provide a value expression on the right-hand side of the '-and' operator.†http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972357 You cannot view a clear-signed e-mail message in Exchange Server 2007 SP2 when you open the message by using a non-MAPI client http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972103 The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service crashes during move-mailbox operations and event error 4999 occurs in Exchange Server 2007 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974010 Recipients cannot see the attendee entry for Domino Room resource after an Exchange Server 2007 user sends a meeting request that includes a Domino room resource to the recipient http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972172 The "Display sender’s name on messages" option in the Exchange Management Console of Exchange Server 2007 does not work for Message Delivery Notifications (MDNs) that are to remote domains http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972115 A transport rule is not applied to MDNs in Exchange Server 2007 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972272 A new download method is available for HTTP offline address books on Exchange Server 2007 servers that has the Client Access Server role installed http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970118 The IMAP4 service crashes, and then event error 4999 occurs on a computer that is running Exchange Server 2007 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973293 The Edge Transport server's transport process fails during an e-mail address rewrite on an Exchange Server 2007 server
November 3, 2009 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976591 Error message when a user who has the Recipient Management role tries to manage distribution groups in the Exchange Management Console: "A parameter could not be found that matches the parameter 'bypasssecuritygroupmanagercheck'"
yeah Baby but what is with the need for MAPI/CDO?
BlackBerry® Enterprise Server v5.0 with Service Pack 1 and Maintenance Release 1 is now fully certified with Microsoft® Exchange 2010 and BlackBerry® Technical Support Services are readily available.
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Microsoft has released Update Rollup 1 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Release to Manufacturing
Source: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976573
Interesting error on the Microsoft webpage this morning:
Your current User-Agent string appears to be from an automated process, if this is incorrect, please click this link:United States English Microsoft Homepage
Dunno if its my companies firewall or what
#Exchange2010 - Found this and it’s damm handy and what's cool is that its a Windows Powershell v2 thing and you don't need Exchange :-|
Source: http://www.howexchangeworks.com/2009/11/send-emails-easily-using-powershell-v2.html
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Source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd347693.aspx
The Send-MailMessage cmdlet sends an e-mail message from within Windows PowerShell.
Send-MailMessage –From Rajith@chakka.local –To Deepak@chakka.local –Subject “Test Email” –Body “Testing the cmdlet” –SmtpServer exch07.chakka.local
This is a bit scary
When attempting to upgrade ESX 4.0 to ESX 4.0 Update 1 (U1), you may experience these symptoms:
#Exchange2010 … Last day …
Check it link for more details around RBAC and role assignments .. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd298183(EXCHG.140).aspx
I love this cmdlet: Get-ManagementRoleAssignment –role “Mailbox Search” –GetEffectiveusers | FL Name, RoleAssigneeName, EffectiveuserName, AssignmentChain
As for certs you need to change the script to get it to work: Import-ExchangeCertificate -FileData ([Byte[]]$(Get-Content -Path c:\certificates\IssuedCert.p7b -Encoding byte -ReadCount 0))
This script will check a DAG and compare the current database owner with the activationpreference. The first script will just report the status, while the second one will move the database
Get-MailboxDatabase | Sort Name | FOREACH {$db=$_.Name; $xNow=$_.Server.Name ;$dbown=$_.ActivationPreference| Where {$_.Value -eq 1}; Write-Host $db "on" $xNow "Should be on" $dbOwn.Key -NoNewLine; If ( $xNow -ne $dbOwn.Key){Write-host " WRONG" -ForegroundColor Red; }ELSE{Write-Host " OK" -Foregroundcolor Green}}
This will actually move the databases too Get-MailboxDatabase | Sort Name | FOREACH {$db=$_.Name; $xNow=$_.Server.Name ;$dbown=$_.ActivationPreference| Where {$_.Value -eq 1}; Write-Host $db "on" $xNow "Should be on" $dbOwn.Key -NoNewLine; If ( $xNow -ne $dbOwn.Key){Write-host " WRONG" -ForegroundColor Red; Move-ActiveMailboxDatabase $db -ActivateOnServer $dbOwn.Key -confirm:$False}ELSE{Write-Host " OK" -Foregroundcolor Green}}
The installation / Transition steps I used:
Software Requirements for Exchange 2010
Description
Tools Only
Mailbox
UM
Client Access
Edge
HT
.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (No R2)
Yes
Power Shell 2.0
Windows Remote Management
MS Filter Pack
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Server
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Metabase
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Basic-Auth
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Windows-Auth
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Net-Ext
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Digest-Auth
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Dyn-Compression
ServerManagerCmd -i NET-HTTP-Activation
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-ISAPI-Ext
ServerManagerCmd -i RPC-over-HTTP-proxy
ServerManagerCmd -i Desktop-Experience
ServerManagerCmd -i ADLDS
ServerManagerCmd -i RSAT-ADDS
Here is a script to check Inherited permissions on an OU: http://flaphead.dns2go.com/archive/2009/05/07/inherited-ou-rights.aspx
#Exchange2010 .. I Like it !! .. this is well funky
http://www.howexchangeworks.com/2009/11/finding-users-who-have-out-of-office.html
You can even change the message, set the audience (internal or external), turn it off etc with the shell.
To get a list of users who have out of office scheduled, run the following command.
Get-Mailbox | Get-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration | Where-Object { $_.AutoReplyState –eq “scheduled” }
The above command gives you much more than you need, including the actual message, start time, end time etc.
If you are only interested in the list of users, run
Get-Mailbox | Get-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration | Where-Object { $_.AutoReplyState –eq “scheduled” } | fl identity
Bl00dy Live writer overwrote my notes .. so if anyone has them all please let me know .. here is day 2
#Exchange2010 .. Some links from today
http://loadbalancer.org/
Updates to the Exchange Supportability Matrix: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/11/30/453327.aspx
Upgrading ESX 4.0 to 4.0 Update 1 on HP Proliant systems can fail or time out and leave the host in an unusable state if the host has HP Insight Management Agents running http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1016070
How Are Messages Routed Between Active Directory Sites
To modify the default message flow, you can:
#Exchange2010 … For the guys on the training here.
When you use the GUI wizard to create a new mailbox, there is a check box that says “Specify the mailbox database rather than using a database automatically selected” .. How does the database get automatically selected? What criteria gets used?
For #2 Set-MailboxDatabase <name> -IsExcludedFromProvisioning:$True
The IsExcludedFromProvisioning parameter specifies that this database is permanently not considered by the mailbox provisioning load balancer. If the IsExcludedFromProvisioning parameter is enabled, new mailboxes aren't added automatically to this database. You can manually add a mailbox if your role permits.
Funky
Even though installing pre-requisites on Windows Server 2008 R2 is simple and straight forward as described here, it makes it even faster if you were to use a script to do so.
MVP Anderson Patricio recently published a script for the same. What the script did not do is what I took liberty to add. I am publishing entire script below with credit to Anderson where it is due.
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