RECOMENDADO - Exchange Management Shell: TFM

Recente, num dia de chuva, passei uma tarde muito agradável a tentar melhorar os meus conhecimentos de PowerShell. Para isso, decidi ler Exchange Management Shell: TFM, um livro da autoria de Ilse Van Criekinge, Exchange MVP e vencedora do concurso Speaker Idol no Tech.Ed EMEA 2007.

"Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 was the first application designed to be managed 100% in Windows PowerShell - so how do you do it?  How can you break the bonds of GUI-based administration, stop clicking buttons, and learn to be more effective and efficient?  Exchange Management Shell: TFM provides the answers in a "cookbook" format that focuses on real-world Exchange Server 2007 management tasks, and how to accomplish them in Windows PowerShell.  This authoritative and comprehensive book includes a standardized "crash course" in Windows PowerShell for newcomers, and dives right into the nuts and bolts of becoming a leading-edge, command-line Exchange administrator."

Enquanto folheava cada página, dei por mim a experimentar cmdlets, a testar novos parâmetros, a revisitar velhos conceitos e a aprender coisas novas.

Depois de terminada a leitura, posso sinceramente afirmar que este é o género de livro que qualquer administrador de Exchange Server devia ter na sua secretária!

Tal como a Ilse diz, este não é o tipo de livro que explica detalhadamente os conceitos técnicos do Exchange Server 2007, é antes de mais um cookbook, uma referência para os profissionais de Exchange em busca de soluções para as tarefas do dia-a-dia.

O livro está particularmente talhado para todos os que se sentem limitados pela Exchange Management Console nas tarefas de gestão e automatização do Exchange Server 2007, e pretendem tirar partido de todos os benefícios do PowerShell, aprendendo através dos inúmeros exemplos incluídos.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Implementing Captcha Validation with OWA 2007 and Forms-Based Authentication
• Domino to Exchange 2007 migration
• 10+ basic Microsoft Outlook support issues
• What I can't Print? The message has been protected.
• Exchange Replication Service (Exchange 2007 SP1) and Windows 2008 Clusters
• Exchange 2007 - reboot from a previous installation is pending
• Uncovering the Exchange 2007 Edge Transport Server (Part 6)
• Protecting a SCR Target using DPM 2007 Sp1
• When you reach design boudaries of a Microsoft Exchange Server ...
• Domain Security in Exchange 2007

ACTUALIZADO: Ferramentas de migração Lotus Notes

A Microsoft actualizou recentemente as suas ferramentas de migração de Lotus Notes:

• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Migration Wizard for Lotus Notes v06.05.8067 - The Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Migration Wizard for Lotus Notes supports the migration of Lotus Domino R5 and R6 mailboxes and associated Domino directory information to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 Active Directory. This tool replaces the Migration Wizard that ships with Exchange Server 2003 (including SP2), and includes improved retention of contents and Unicode characters during the migration from Domino to Exchange Server 2003.
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Connector for Lotus Notes v06.05.8067 - The Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Connector for Lotus Notes supports messaging and calendaring interoperability between Lotus Domino R5/R6 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 Active Directory. This tool replaces the Connector that ships with Exchange Server 2003 (including SP2), and includes several updates to support better message fidelity when routing email between Exchange and Domino, support of iNotes and Domino Web Access clients, enhanced Unicode support and reliability.
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Calendar Connector for Lotus Notes v06.05.8067 - The Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Calendar Connector for Lotus Notes supports the sharing of calendar free/busy schedules between Lotus Domino R5 and R6 and Exchange Server 2003. This tool replaces the Calendar Connector that ships with Exchange Server 2003 (including SP2), and is designed to be used with the Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Connector.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Copy and transfer an Outlook 2007 auto fill list
• Moving Specific Users via the Exchange Management Shell
• Cool Trick: Making Miniature Calendars
• Microsoft Expands Exchange ActiveSync Licensing Program
• My school has Blackberry users, can they listen to Exchange voicemails?
• Disabling LDAP Encryption and Signing for Netmon on an Exchange server
• OAB Generation logs an Event ID 9373 when you update the offline address book in Exchange Server 2007
• Exchange 2007 OAB Generation fails with the following errors: 9369, 9328 and 9328
• Exchange 2007 SP1 UR5 & WSUS
• FreeBusy In/Out Board for Exchange 2007 using EWS and Powershell
• Exchange Server 2007 & Workflow designer for Exchange
• Recommended mailbox size and Exchange Databases
• Managing exchange certificates
• Using the Exchange Server Remote Connectivity Analyzer Tool (Part 2)
• Remove one email-address for all users, using a single EMS line
• Mailbox Size, don't forget the Outlook Today Folder
• Year-End Messaging News Roundup

Exchange Server Remote Connectivity Analyzer

Não se trata propriamente de notícias frescas, esta ferramenta já está disponível há algum tempo, mas era apenas um protótipo. Agora que entrou finalmente em Beta, resolvi blogar sobre o assunto.

Shawn McGrath do Exchange Product Group e Brad Hughes dos Product Support Services criaram uma ferramenta Web chamada Exchange Server Remote Connectivity Analyzer (Ex­RCA), que pode ser bastante útil na validação das ligações remotas que qualquer servidor de Exchange deve disponibilizar:

• Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync Test
  This test will simulate the steps a mobile device uses to connect to an Exchange Server using Exchange ActiveSync.
• Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync AutoDiscover Test
  This test will walk through the steps a Windows Mobile 6.1 device (or another AirSync licensed device) uses to connect to the AutoDiscover Service
• Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 AutoDiscover Connectivity Test
  This test will walk through the steps Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 uses to connect to AutoDiscover
• Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 RPC/HTTP Connectivity Test
  This test will walk through the steps Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 uses to connect via RPC/HTTP
• Inbound SMTP Email Test
  This test will walk through the steps an Internet e-mail server uses to send inbound SMTP email to your domain

Anderson Patricio, MVP de Exchange, escreveu um tutorial sobre a utilização desta ferramenta:

• Using the Exchange Server Remote Connectivity Analyzer Tool (Part 1)
• Using the Exchange Server Remote Connectivity Analyzer Tool (Part 2)

Microsoft Office Outlook Connector 12.1

O Microsoft Office Outlook Connector 12.1 saiu finalmente de Beta e está pronto a ser descarregado do site da Microsoft.

Brief Description
With Microsoft Office Outlook Connector, you can use Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 or Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 to access and manage your Microsoft Windows Live Hotmail or Microsoft Office Live Mail accounts, including e-mail messages, contacts and calendars for free!

Overview
With Microsoft Office Outlook Connector, you can use Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 or Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 to access and manage your Microsoft Windows Live Hotmail or Microsoft Office Live Mail accounts, including e-mail messages, contacts and calendars for free!
Outlook Connector enables you to use your Live Hotmail accounts within Outlook:

• Read and send your Office Live Mail/Windows Live Hotmail e-mail messages.
• Manage your contacts in Windows Live Hotmail.
• Use advanced options for blocking junk e-mail messages.
• Manage multiple e-mail accounts in one place.
• Manage, and synchronize multiple calendars, including shared calendars to Windows Live Calendar from Outlook.

Note to Premium Subscribers: If you are currently using MSN Calendar service, the Outlook Connector 12.1 will automatically migrate your calendar to the new Windows Live Calendar service. Once upgraded to Windows Live Calendar, you will be able to synchronize multiple calendars, including shared calendars to Outlook! However you will no longer be able to access MSN Calendar through Microsoft Office Outlook.
In order to make sure that all of your calendar items on the MSN Calendar service are correctly migrated to the Windows Live Calendar, you should follow these steps:

1. With Outlook Connector 12.0 installed, synchronize your calendar in Microsoft Office Outlook with the MSN Calendar service one last time.
2. After synchronization is complete, do not create new items on the MSN Calendar site. If you do, you will have to synchronize again using Outlook Connector 12.0 before migrating to Outlook Connector 12.1.
3. Install Outlook Connector 12.1.
4. Start Outlook. At this point, the Outlook Connector 12.1 will upload all of your appointments and meetings to your new Windows Live Calendar.

System Requirements

• Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista; Windows XP

• This download works with the following Office programs:
  • 2007 Microsoft Office system
  • Microsoft Office 2003
  • Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
  • Microsoft Office Outlook 2003

Para mais informações, leiam este post da equipa do Microsoft Office Outlook: Microsoft Office Outlook Connector 12.1 is here!

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Monitoring Exchange 2007 With System Center Operations Manager 2007 (Part 2)
• Exchange 2007 Install and Configuration from the command line (Part 3)
• Analyst's report questions value of SANs
• Best Practices Guide: Eliminate .PST files for secure email retention in Exchange 2007
• I want to render OWA inside of a SharePoint webpart without having to type credentials
• Getting a List of Storagegroups in a PowerShell Script
• Cool Trick: Calendar Printing
• Fix for OAB Generation failing on CCR and SCC clusters
• How To: Schedule PowerShell Script for an Exchange Task
• Returning all recipients from the Forest in recipient cmdlets
• Importing and Synchronizing Contacts from a CSV (Outlook Express Export) into Exchange 2007 (private Contacts Folder or Public Contacts Folder) using
• Teaching an Old Dog a New Trick: Exchange 2003 and the File Share Witness
• Exchange ActiveSync Errors and Solutions
• Various Outlook versions : .pst file has different formats & folder size limits
• Jason Henderson: A Brief History and Exciting Future for Exchange Development
• Exchange 2007 and ISA Server 2006: Helpful Docs and Blog Posts
• What you need to know about the OWA Change Password feature of Exchange Server 2007
• DSNConversionMode and You: An Administrator's Guide
• Outlook 2007 MAPI Reference

Actualização do filtro Junk Email do Outlook (Dezembro 2008)

Está disponível uma nova actualização para o filtro Junk E-mail do Outlook 2003/2007.

"This update provides the Junk E-mail Filter in Microsoft Office Outlook with a more current definition of which e-mail messages should be considered junk e-mail."

O download está disponível para as versões Outlook 2003 e Outlook 2007, ou através do Microsoft Update. Como é habitual, está acompanhado pelo respectivo artigo da Knowledge Base:

• Description of the Security Update for Outlook Junk Email Filter 2007 (KB958619)
• Description of the Update for Outlook Junk Email Filter 2003 (KB958620)

Exchange Server 2007 Mailbox Server Storage Cost Calculator v4.0

A equipa de Exchange da Microsoft actualizou recentemente o Exchange Server 2007 Mailbox Server Storage Cost Calculator.

De acordo com o post no blog You Had Me At EHLO, estas são as principais novidades:

• We introduced the capability for you to select the type of backup solution you want to utilize when analyzing the cost of various disk configurations.  You can now choose either VSS Clone, VSS Snapshot, or disable the feature all together.  We also adjusted the language to recommend usage of VSS clones or a solution that can guarantee fast recovery (3 minutes + log replay) in the event that you choose to deploy large mailboxes without continuous replication.
• We allow you to choose as to whether you want to price things out on an individual component perspective (e.g. disk cost) or from an entire solution cost.
• We allow you to enter in the number of storage enclosures and storage controllers, their relevant costs and power consumption as well.
• We simplified the SCC vs. CCR tab.

Para informações detalhadas de utilização da ferramenta, leiam este post.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Is OWA Light Too Light?
• Living in Outlook: Automatically Categorize With Rules
• Exchange 2003 - The end is near...
• Forefront Server for Exchange v2 features
• MAPI documentation moved to Office
• Syncronizing contacts in Exchange 2007 with other things - helper class
• Activesync Tester solution
• Exchange self signed certificates
• Using the Exchange Server Remote Connectivity Analyzer Tool (Part 1)
• A Closer Look at Preparing Active Directory for Exchange 2007 (Part 5)
• Exchange 2007 SCC Clustering in VMWARE using ISCSI for the Masses (the Good Bits) - part 4….
• Exchange Admin's Holiday Gift Guide 2008
• How to Easily Export Message Tracking Results in Exchange Server 2007
• Configuring Interorg Free/Busy in a single server Exchange Server 2007 organization
• How to show & recover the deleted subfolders using PFDAVAdmin tool?
• Various Outlook versions : .pst file has different formats & folder size limits

TechNet Magazine - Janeiro 2009

A edição de Janeiro da TechNet Magazine já está disponível para leitura online ou, se preferirem, podem fazer download em formato  HTML Help (ficheiro .chm) para consulta posterior.

Este número revela algumas das novas funcionalidades do Identity Lifecycle Manager "2", que pode ser utilizado, por exemplo, para sincronizar GALs de Exchange.

A coluna Exchange Queue & A está de volta, por isso não se esqueçam de lê-la.

 

ExclusivelyExchange.com

ExclusivelyExchange.com é um site dedicado ao Microsoft Exchange Server, desenvolvido por J. Peter Bruzzese, com montes de artigos técnicos, clips e vídeos... E o melhor disto é que é tudo *GRÁTIS*!

We are here and we are ready to serve your needs, whether it be making decisions regarding the direction your organization should go in designing your Exchange organization from the ground up, transitioning over from a legacy version of Exchange, migrating over from Lotus or Groupware, or simply for ongoing configuration, maintenance, performance enhancement and support of your Exchange world. Whatever your Exchange need, if we don't have the answers here.... we will lead you in the right direction.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Tutorial- Creating and managing recipients in Exchange Server 2007
• Troubleshooting Apple iPhone and Exchange Server integration issues
• ExchangeLabs Surpasses 1.5M Mailboxes on Exchange 14
• Manual uninstall of Exchange 2k7 Edge server
• Will Microsoft Online Services Cannibalize On-Premises Exchange, SharePoint?
• Getting the Most Out of Your Support Call
• Preparing to be away
• Moving POP3 email to Exchange Online
• OABInteg and certificate testing
• Warning message when you start Outlook 2007 and then connect to a mailbox that is hosted on an Exchange 2007-based server: "The name of the security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site"
• SCRIPT: List Delegates With Send On Behalf Access
• Exchange 2007 Install and Configuration from the command line (Part 2)
• Uncovering the Exchange 2007 Edge Transport Server (Part 5)
• Want to get an overview of all email addresses in your organization?
• Account Does Not Exist Error When Appointment Sent to Another User
• Problems with Exchange 2007 Out of Office Assistant in an Interop Environment and different versions of Outlook.
• Further Out of Office Meandering (When OOF will not send to the Internet)…
• Do you have what it takes to become a Microsoft Certified Master?

Labcasts de Exchange em Dezembro

Não percam estes Labcasts em Dezembro!

What is a labcast? An online presentation with guided video demonstrations where you also get the chance to perform these same exercises on your own hands-on virtual lab that we provide during the session.  As you face challenges in your lab, our instructors virtually take control of your lab to guide you through the tasks, giving you experience-based knowledge on the Microsoft product or topic. (There are no live instructors if you are watching an on-demand version.)

TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 5 of 5): Using Local Continuous Replication and Cluster Continuous Replication (Level 200)
Thursday, December 4, 2008
11:00 A.M.–3:00 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 1 of 5): Installing Service Pack 1 and Transitioning from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007 (Level 200)
Friday, December 5, 2008
11:00 A.M.–3:00 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 2 of 5): Configuring an Edge Server and Compliance and Retention Using Exchange Server 2007 RTM (Level 200)
Thursday, December 11, 2008
11:00 A.M.–3:00 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 3 of 5): Managing and Administering Exchange Server 2007 Using the Management Console and Management Shell (Level 200)
Friday, December 12, 2008
11:00 A.M.–3:00 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 4 of 5): Configuring Unified Messaging and Enabling Remote Client Access (Level 200)
Thursday, December 18, 2008
11:00 A.M.–3:00 P.M. Pacific Time

O Update Rollup 5 para Exchange 2007 SP1 está disponível. E agora?

Agora instala-se, claro está!

*MAS ESPEREM*! Antes de o fazerem, o pessoal do blog You Had Me At EHLO publicou uma informação bastante importante:

1) Service startup issue as described in KB http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944752 as well as our previous blog post.

• The rollup installer will now make the required modifications to the config files, even create new config files if not found. If customers have already modified the config files and have a generatePublisherEvidence setting, it will be left intact. Note that you still need the right version of .NET (see KB 944752) for the fix to take effect.
• Un-installation of the rollup will not rollback the addition of generatePublisherEvidence to config files.

2) Blank OWA logon page after installation of rollups 3 and 4, if you have modified logon.aspx file

• The rollup installer will now overwrite any OWA script files if required to ensure proper operation of OWA. You will need to redo any customization after installation of the rollup.

Já leram com atenção? OK, então agora estão prontos para a instalação do Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB953467). Aqui fica um breve descrição desta actualização:

Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2007 SP1 since the software was released. This update rollup is highly recommended for all Exchange Server 2007 SP1 customers.

For a list of changes that are included in this update rollup, see KB953467.

This update rollup does not apply to Exchange Server 2007 Release To Manufacturing (RTM). For a list of update rollups applicable to Exchange Server 2007 RTM, refer to the section Update rollups for Exchange Server 2007 RTM in the Knowledge Base article KB937052.

This is a cumulative update rollup and replaces the following:

• KB945684 Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB945684)
• KB948016 Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB948016)
• KB949870 Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB949870)
• KB952580 Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB952580)

O tamanho da actualização é aproximadamente 66MB (o UR 4 andava à volta dos 40MB). O processo de instalação é bastante simples, basta fazer download do ficheiro de actualização, de acordo com a arquitectura do sistema (x64 ou x86), fazer duplo clique e já está!

A instalação demorou aproximadamente 10 minutos na minha máquina virtual em Hyper-V. Quando o processo terminou pude constatar que a versão do Exchange Server 2007 é agora a 8.1.336.0, o que confirmei pela observação do event ID 1000 no Application Event Log.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Next Version of Exchange Named Exchange 2010?
• Microsoft Exchange's challenges: Partners, the cloud, and (still) Lotus Notes
• Programming With Exchange Server 2007 (EWS) - Part 2
• Autodiscover, DNS, Certificates, and what you need to know
• get-hotfix.ps1 v1.5 [7 November 2008]
• Send-Mail.ps1 v3.2 [7 November 2008]
• Living in Outlook: Advanced Message Templates
• Find Unused Mailbox Powershell Gui Exchange 2007
• Overview of Namespace Planning
• The Fundamentals of Mobile Access to Exchange 2007
• A Closer Look at Preparing Active Directory for Exchange 2007 (Part 4)
• Using Exchange Server 2007 Built-in Scripts - Part 2: Generating Transport AntiSpam Agent Reports
• Free Scripts from the Migration Community
• Have New Features Made Exchange Server Backups Unnecessary?
• Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 is almost out-the-door

Vídeos do Tech·Ed EMEA IT Pro 2008

Agora que o Tech·Ed EMEA IT Professionals 2008 acabou, é tempo de rever algumas das grandes sessões deste evento. E as boas notícias é que algumas das sessões gravadas estão disponíveis online, mesmo para quem não se tenha inscrito no evento.

Existem algumas que eu gostaria de destacar:

• ESE Internals (Ross Smith IV) - This session provides an in-depth look at the underlying storage technology that is used by Exchange Server. Learn about the changes made in Exchange 2007 SP1 that optimized the Extensible Storage Engine providing the necessary groundwork for enhancements that are coming in future versions of Exchange.
• Windows Mobile as Secure as Blackberry - Are you Joking? (Jason Langridge) - Blackberry is currently seen as the gold standard of mobile security in the enterprise. Windows Mobile devices are as secure (if not even more so). This session covers the key concerns of Enterprise organizations when it comes to deploying Windows Mobile, and how to overcome them.
• Managing Large Infrastructures with PowerShell v2 (Jeffrey Snover) - This session focuses on how to remotely administer both clients and servers throughout your enterprise, using PowerShell V2. Firstly, this session will cover the infrastructure requirements necessary to successfully use PowerShell V2. The session will then introduce and explain PowerShell scripts that solve real world administrative challenges on an enterprise scale.
• PowerShell V2 - the next stage in the IT revolution (Jeffrey Snover) - PowerShell V1 delivered a radically simplified approach to the traditional problem of interactive Shell, Scripting and Admin GUIs. Come and learn how V2 makes it easier to create and debug your scripts with a graphical environment, write production quality scripts using script cmdlets, modules and transactions, manage large distributed environments using WSMAN, improved WMI support and the new Unified Code Execution Model, and write smaller simpler scripts through improvements to the language and new/improved cmdlets.

Não percam outras sessões e vídeos disponíveis no Tech·Ed EMEA TV.

Apresentações da conferência Exchange Connections 2008

Quem não teve oportunidade de assistir à conferência Exchange Connections Fall 2008, vai ficar contente por saber que o Devin Ganger decidiu disponibilizar as apresentações que ele deu durante o evento.

Os links estão disponiveis no seu blog:

• (EXC16) The Collaboration Blender -- This session is adapted from the Outlook and SharePoint: Playing Well Together article I wrote for Windows IT Pro magazine (subscription required). Exchange and SharePoint are both touted as collaboration solutions and have some overlapping functionality, so this session explores some of the overlaps and compares and contrasts what each is good for. (In other words, we spend a lot of time talking about Exchange public folders.) And where does Outlook fit into this mess? There's even a handy summary table!
• (EXC17) Exchange Virtualization -- As I confessed to my attendees, this session was a gamble that paid off. Back when I proposed the topic, there was no official statement of Microsoft support for Exchange virtualization (no, "Don't!" doesn't really count). I guessed that by the time November rolled around, Hyper-V would have finally shipped and they'd have shifted that stance -- and I was right. Because I focus more on the Hyper-V side of things, I invited VMWare to send a representative to the session to present their take on the subject. The resulting session was very good, and I learned a bunch of things too.
• (EXC18) Exchange Protection using Data Protection Manager -- Although a lot of the content here was the same material that I've already presented this year (what, 4-5 times now?), I did have to make some changes thanks to the brilliant curve ball that Jason Buffington and his crew in the DPM team threw me. You see, Connections now has all Microsoft speakers speak on one day (imaginatively named "Microsoft Day" for some reason), and that day was Tuesday. While Jason couldn't be here, Karandeep Anand (who is the DPM bomb!) was -- and I've been trading decks and VMs and material back and forth with Jason and Karandeep for over a year now. Rather than give a less brilliant copy of the session Karandeep had already done, I added in some new material focusing on the internals of the Exchange store and how that affects Exchange protection, removed the demo, and really attacked the topic from the Exchange side of things. I think it worked. Either that or it was people staying to get free copies of the DPM book that my publisher thoughtfully provided.

Obrigado Devin ;-)

SPAM segundo Dilbert - Parte II

Mais 2 tiras fantásticas (não percam a  Parte I):

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• How to Publish Microsoft Exchange Active Sync (EAS) with ISA Server 2006 (Part 2)
• UM (Exchange and OCS) Cert Issue - Post Install of New Cert
• Spammers Mine New Ground
• Exchange 2007 Mail Flow (DNS Records, Connectors, and TLS)
• Recovering from Server 2008 CCR Cluster Failure with Forcequorum
• User behavior will *always* (eventually) trump technology
• Living in Outlook: Message Templates
• TechEd 2008 - post # 4 - Indepth feedback on Exchange databases
• Export-Mailbox Crashes on Windows Vista 32bit
• Part 9 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
• Part 10 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
• Why we should not install Exchange on Domain Controllers
• Uncovering the Exchange 2007 Edge Transport Server (Part 4)
• Monitoring Exchange 2007 With System Center Operations Manager 2007 (Part 1)
• 11th November 2008: Microsoft Messaging & Mobility User Group UK Gathering
• Spam-Be-Gone
• How to Configure Certificate Based Authentication for OWA - Part II

Sessões do PDC 2008 disponíveis

Agora que o PDC 2008 acabou, é bom saber que as gravações das sessões foram disponibilizadas publicamente. É possível fazer download do vídeo de cada sessão (em formatos WMV e WMV-HQ) e dos respectivos slides em formato PowerPoint.

Na lista de sessões, aparecem 3 de Unified Communication que eu gostaria de destacar:

• BB09 Microsoft Office Communications Server and Exchange: Platform Futures

• BB45 Office Communications Server 2007 R2: Enabling Unified Communications

• BB46 Exchange Web Services Managed API: Unified Communications Development for Exchange

Actualização do filtro Junk Email do Outlook (Novembro 2008)

Está disponível uma nova actualização para o filtro Junk E-mail do Outlook 2003/2007.

"This update provides the Junk E-mail Filter in Microsoft Office Outlook with a more current definition of which e-mail messages should be considered junk e-mail."

O download está disponível para as versões Outlook 2003 e Outlook 2007, ou através do Microsoft Update. Como é habitual, está acompanhado pelo respectivo artigo da Knowledge Base:

• Description of the Update for Outlook 2007 Junk E-mail Filter (KB957829)
• Description of the Update for Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter (KB957832)

SPAM segundo Dilbert

Um dos muitos feeds que leio é o Dilbert Daily Strip. Parece que o tema principal desta semana é o spam.

Não resisto a partilhar convosco as tiras de ontem e de hoje:

Exchange Server 2007 Mailbox Server Storage Cost Calculator

Ora aqui está mais uma grande ferramenta disponibilizada pela equipa do Microsoft Exchange: Exchange Server 2007 Mailbox Server Storage Cost Calculator.

Deixo-vos aqui um pequeno excerto tirado do post no blog You Had Me At EHLO:

In order to move forward with various designs like large mailboxes, IT departments need to understand one of the chief costs associated with Exchange mailbox servers, namely storage. To that end, the Exchange 2007 Mailbox Storage Cost Calculator is designed to help you determine a portion of the mailbox server cost, namely the disk cost (purchase price and lifecycle power and cooling costs). The calculator helps in two ways:

1. The calculator takes a series compares a series of storage design configurations and determines their respective costs. The underlying goal here is two-fold:
   1. To show that you can achieve the same capacity and I/O requirements utilizing Small Form Factor SAS disks for relatively the same cost as Large Form Factor FC disks.
   2. To show that there are other disk solutions (e.g., SATA) that can be viable and reduce the disk footprint cost.
2. In the situation where you are unsure whether you want to deploy Single Copy Clusters (SCC) or Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR), the calculator can compare SCC+SAN disk configurations against CCR+DAS disk configurations from a cost perspective.

Hopefully these measurements will show the value from a cost perspective in considering other disk designs, coupled with large mailboxes and continuous replication.

Windows Mobile 6.1 POP and IMAP Send Mail Patch

A Microsoft disponibilizou recentemente o Windows Mobile 6.1 POP and IMAP Send Mail Patch.

Overview
This behavior is associated with a feature that is introduced in Windows Mobile 6.1. The feature allows for mobile operators to specify an alternate SMTP server name that is used if e-mail messages cannot be sent by using the user-specified SMTP server name. If the mobile operator does not specify an alternate SMTP server name and if the Windows Mobile 6.1-based device does not connect, the e-mail account is corrupted and cannot send e-mail messages.

TechNet Magazine - Dezembro 2008

A edição de Dezembro da TechNet Magazine já está disponível para leitura online ou, se preferirem, podem fazer download em formato  HTML Help (ficheiro .chm) para consulta posterior.

O tema principal desta edição é a interoperabilidade, coisas como a interacção com Macs ou com Linux estão bastante bem cobertas nos artigos deste mês.

Boa leitura!

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• IT Worker Let Spammers Into Ex-employer's Servers
• Considerations for virtualizing Exchange 2007 mailbox servers
• Extracting Exchange ActiveSync data from IIS log files
• Get-Hotfixes.ps1 v1.4 [7 November 2008]
• Application Shutdown Changes in Outlook 2007 Service Pack 2 Beta
• SCR Failover Using /RecoverCMS Fails with RU3 Installed
• Custom RSS View
• Autodiscovery makes adding e-mail accounts a breeze!
• How to use Exchange Management Shell to find users based on attributes
• Start Managed Folder Assistant for a single mailbox
• Part 8 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
• Dealing with Non Delivery Reports with Exchange Web Services
• Outlook 2003: Inbox - unable to display folder
• A Closer Look at Preparing Active Directory for Exchange 2007 (Part 3)
• Server Administration in Exchange 2007 using Powershell CmdLets
• Exchange Database Limits
• Exchange 2007 SCC Clustering in VMWARE using ISCSI for the Masses (Getting to the Good Bits) - part 3….
• How to tell which version of Update Rollup you have installed?

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Top Exchange Server performance tools
• How to virtualize Exchange Server 2003
• Setting Exchange mailbox size limits on a group
• Exchange 2007 Server Builds
• Get-AllQueuesGUI.ps1 v1.5 [24 October 2008]
• Exchange 2003 Default Recipient Policy Problems with OMA/EAS
• Living in Outlook
• Living in Outlook: Multi-Day Calendar Views
• Most Enterprises Unprotected Against E-mail Security Risks, Study Says
• Named properties bloat
• Vb.NET sample for getting the number of Unread messages from an inbox using Impersonation with Exchange Web Services
• API's that are not included in Exchange Server 2007 ?
• Interview with the New Owner of OutlookCode.com
• Simple-Talk.com Exchange Server Articles
• Using Exchange Sever 2007 Built-in Scripts - Part 1: Managing Public Folder Replicas and Client Permissions
• Exchange 2007 SCC Clustering in VMWARE using ISCSI for the Masses (and how I STILL went very wrong) - part 2….
• Dude, Where's My Table of Contents?!

4º Aniversário do "subject: exchange"

Pois é, a brincar, a brincar, já lá vão 4 anos de posts neste blog. Estes 4 anos coicidem com a minha experiência de blogging, uma vez que me iniciei precisamente com este blog dedicado ao Exchange Server.

Alguns factos curiosos:

• Nº de posts: 798 (contando com este)
• Versões de Exchange: 2 (quando comecei, estávamos no Exchange Server 2003)
• Empresas onde trabalhei: 3 (ParaRede, Unisys e Microsoft)
• Nº de hits: não tenho dados exactos, mas calculo que andem à volta de 150.000

Obrigado a todos os que lêem regularmente e obrigado por todo o apoio que recebi ao longo destes anos.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Get The OOF Out Of Here
• Microsoft Software + Services and Cloud Computing
• Screencast: How to configure Unified Messaging in Exchange 2007
• Recover Exchange mailbox data with database portability
• Windows Mobile 6.1 SMTP issues
• Strange things that happen to your email when you work on email software
• Ribbon Key Tips
• Exchange Offline Address List
• Part 6 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
• Part 7 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
• Creating Bulk Users in Exchange 2007 part two
• Configuring and Managing Database Size Limit Settings for Exchange 2007 SP1
• A Closer Look at Preparing Active Directory for Exchange 2007 (Part 2)
• Exchange Services fail to start due to Authenticode signature validation
• A funny Exchange Cmdlet, and how to fix it: Set-CASMailbox
• Exchange 2007 SCC Clustering in VMWARE using ISCSI for the Masses (and how I went very wrong) - part 1….
• Scripting Corner Volume 4
• Powershell Tip o' the mornin: Restoring Message Tracking Logs with variable Time Stamps
• Addendum to previous post: When an Outside Caller leaves a voicemail, I get ‘A message from an unrecognized number’ in Outlook Voice Access
• Cached or not?

Labcasts de Exchange 2007

TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 1 of 5): Installing Service Pack 1 and Transitioning from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007 (Level 200)
Friday, October 17, 2008 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Jeff Sparks, Senior Consultant, United Training

TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 2 of 5): Configuring an Edge Server and Compliance and Retention Using Exchange Server 2007 RTM (Level 200)
Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Jeff Sparks, Senior Consultant, United Training

TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 3 of 5): Managing and Administering Exchange Server 2007 Using the Management Console and Management Shell (Level 200)
Friday, October 24, 2008 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Jeff Sparks, Senior Consultant, United Training

TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 4 of 5): Configuring Unified Messaging and Enabling Remote Client Access (Level 200)
Thursday, November 06, 2008 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Jeff Sparks, Senior Consultant, United Training

TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 5 of 5): Using Local Continuous Replication and Cluster Continuous Replication (Level 200)
Friday, November 07, 2008 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Jeff Sparks, Senior Consultant, United Training

TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 1 of 5): Installing Service Pack 1 and Transitioning from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007 (Level 200)
Thursday, November 13, 2008 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Jeff Sparks, Senior Consultant, United Training

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• How to Publish Microsoft Exchange Active Sync (EAS) with ISA Server 2006 (Part 1)
• How to troubleshoot Exchange server backups and restores
• Human nature and email attachment security
• VMWare ESX 3.5 Update 2 and Exchange 2007 SP1
• Part 4 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
• Part 5 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
• WebService to release Quarantined messages in Exchange 2007
• Transport Rules and Hub Transport servers
• Standard NDR codes table and troubleshooting
• Tutorial : Free/Busy data
• Steps to help mitigate Excessive Paging and Working Set trimming issues on Exchange 2007 servers
• RFC2821/2822 Updated and Replaced with RFC5321/5322
• How to Deal with Exchange White Space
• Exchange 2007 Install and Configuration from the command line (Part 1)
• Managing Receive Connectors (Part 4)
• OAB Download error - 0x8004010F Object could not be found -
• More on SSL Certificates with Exchange 2007
• Client Certificates and Exchange Server

Actualização do filtro Junk Email do Outlook (Outubro 2008)

Está disponível uma nova actualização para o filtro Junk E-mail do Outlook 2003/2007.

"This update provides the Junk E-mail Filter in Microsoft Office Outlook with a more current definition of which e-mail messages should be considered junk e-mail."

O download está disponível para as versões Outlook 2003 e Outlook 2007, ou através do Microsoft Update. Como é habitual, está acompanhado pelo respectivo artigo da Knowledge Base:

• Description of the Update for Outlook 2007 Junk E-mail Filter (KB957258)
• Description of the Update for Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter (KB957257)

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Microsoft Outlook: 9 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do
• Exchange 2003 servers with build numbers higher than 6944 are not discovered by the Exchange 2003 Management Pack for Operations Manager
• How Microsoft's new support policy for virtualized Exchange will affect you
• Virtualizing Exchange 2007 with Hyper-V
• Considerations for virtualizing an Exchange environment
• FCS Scanning Exclusions MSI for Exchange Servers
• How to disable Exchange Security Policy for Windows Mobile Devices
• Exchange 2007 and Virtualization Part II
• Why does Exchange UM say unrecognized caller in OVA when name is resolved in the voicemail?
• How can I route out certain outbound domains to specific SMTP gateways?
• Get-ExchangeADChanges.ps1
• Forefront Security for Exchange and Multiple Engines
• Virus Scanning and Exchange 2007 Message Flow
• VBScript to Create Mail Enabled Users with Populated Mailboxes
• Spellchecking in Windows Live Mail
• More about Calendar
• Exchange Server build numbes and release dates..
• Update Rollup 4: The Right Thing To Do
• EWS Programming # 1 : Creating my first Exchange Web Services client application in C#.Net
• RPC over HTTPS Script
• How to set the default language for OWA 2007
• A Closer Look at Preparing Active Directory for Exchange 2007 (Part 1)
• Update your Exchange environment to RU4: Step by Step
• OWA and Outlook Anywhere Exchange 2007 Sp1 on Windows 2008: Step-by-step
• FYI: Exchange API spotting - Exchange 2007 SP1 RU4 Released
• Automatic Updates and Exchange Server
• How to Configure Certificate Based Authentication for OWA - Part I

Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1

Depois de um lançamento acidental no Microsoft Update, a versão final do Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 foi finalmente disponibilizada.

Overview
Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2007 SP1 since the software was released. This update rollup is highly recommended for all Exchange Server 2007 SP1 customers.

For a list of changes that are included in this update rollup, see KB952580. (leiam por favor, uma vez que contém informação bastante importante relacionada com a instalação!)

This update rollup does not apply to Exchange Server 2007 Release To Manufacturing (RTM). For a list of update rollups applicable to Exchange Server 2007 RTM, refer to the section Update rollups for Exchange Server 2007 RTM in the Knowledge Base article KB937052.

This is a cumulative update rollup and replaces the following:

• KB945684 Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB945684)
• KB948016 Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB948016)
• KB949870 Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB949870)

(Importante!) Linsks Relacionados:

• Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 has been released
• Exchange Web Services Update Rollup 4 Roundup

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Why Google Should Enable Exchange Support for Android
• Is virtualizing Microsoft Exchange Server a good idea?
• Set up MRM in Exchange Server 2007
• HowTo: Publishing Exchange 2007 OWA using ISA Server 2006
• Want free Push-email? Have Live Mail
• Exchange 2007 and Windows 2008 AD
• SCP is good for me
• Understanding why error code 0X8004010F is thrown when trying to download an OAB
• Resource Mailbox Calendar Settings: Configuring resource mailboxes using OWA
• Disable Antispam agents on a Receive Connector
• Troubleshooting Exchange Server Antispam: Disable Outlook Junk Mail
• I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007 (Part 3 of ?)
• Exchange Reverse Permission audit Powershell Gui version 2 Exchange 2007
• Troubleshooting: Exchange environment with Event viewer
• Uncovering the Exchange 2007 Edge Transport Server (Part 3)
• Managing Receive Connectors (Part 3)
• Sometimes error messages can put a smile on your face...:-)
• TalkBack: Synchronous Event Processing In Your Custom Applications
• How the Outlook Sniffer Processes Your Appointments
• Better Email Mediation, Please
• When, if and how do you modify Outlook Providers?

Exchange Hosted Services at Microsoft

Exchange Hosted Services at Microsoft é um whitepaper da colecção Microsoft IT Showcase que foi disponibilizado recentemente.

"The Microsoft Information Technology (Microsoft IT) group required a reliable and cost-efficient solution to increase protection against spam, viruses, and other messaging threats. Microsoft IT implemented Microsoft® Exchange Hosted Services to meet these needs."

A figura seguinte demonstra bem porque o spam é uma grande preocupação para a Microsoft:

"Spam submission attempts have increased at Microsoft over the past five years by more than a factor of 10 and almost tripled from 11 million to 28 million submission attempts in the fiscal year of 2007/2008, as indicated in Figure."

TechNet Magazine - Novembro 2008

A edição de Novembro da TechNet Magazine já está disponível para leitura online ou, se preferirem, podem fazer download em formato  HTML Help (ficheiro .chm) para consulta posterior.

Embora exista uma coluna sobre messaging - Exchange Queue & A: Outlook Anywhere and IPv6, the Remote Connectivity Analyzer, and More - o resto da revista dedica-se sobretudo ao System Center (Operations Manager e Configuration Manager em particular).

Setembro 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Unified Communications

O mais recente* Unified Communications technical rollup cobre os seguintes tópicos:

• News/Blogs
• Downloads
• Events/Webcasts

Como já é habitual, esta informação é disponibilizada todos os meses no Technical Rollup blog.

*ACTUALIZAÇÃO: O October 2008 Technical Rollup Mail - Unified Communications também foi disponibilizado hoje.

Novo blog de Unified Communications

Isto era algo que eu andava a planear há algum tempo e finalmente consegui levar avante.

Para os fans do portfolio Microsoft Unified Communications (e também do filme Trainspotting), aqui fica um novo blog: UCspotting - http://blogs.technet.com/ucspotting/.

O blog será dedicado à plataforma de Unified Communications da Microsoft, que inlcui o Office Communications Server e o Exchange.

Espero que gostem.

Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator v16.0

O Ross Smith IV anunciou no Microsoft Exchange Team Blog que a ferramenta Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator foi actualizada para a versão 16.0.

De acordo com a página de updates no blog You Had Me At EHLO, estas são as correcções/melhorias:

• The changes introduced in v15.6 in the Storage Design worksheet introduced a logic error where the recommended RAID Configuration / Server would recommend a null configuration when you selected "--" for the database disk type in Configuration 3.  This has been corrected to ensure that only enabled disk configurations are considered when making a recommendation.
• Validation logic was added to the custom database size input factor to remind you that you need to enter in a value greater than 0.
• Fixed various input factor comments.
• Fixed RAID-0 calculations for the database and log configuration options 2 and 3.  In previous releases, the RAID-0 values for these configurations were utilizing the RAID-1/0 data points.
• Updated the backup and restore rate input factors to indicate that these only apply for steaming backup calculations.  Also added validation logic to disable the input options when VSS backup methodologies are chosen.
• Fixed the streaming backup rate calculations to include all transaction logs generated in a day (user generation + move mailbox).  Previous releases only considered user log generation.
• Updated the text and note for the "Additional I/O Requirement" field to indicate that the input value is per mailbox server.
• Added streaming restore calculations for both full database restore and incremental / differential backup restore to the Backup requirements worksheet.
• Added the following note to the Storage Design worksheet - Important: This tool should only be used for storage modeling purposes.  Please consult with the storage vendor regarding storage design and follow recommended storage design testing processes.  The example configuration provided within this calculator is just that, an example, and as such, each input option needs to be evaluated as to how it will affect your design.

Para obter instruções detalhadas sobre a utilização da ferramenta, consultem Exchange 2007 Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Configuring Exchange Server 2007 Anti-Spam with Hub Transport
• What every Exchange admin should know about virtualization
• What is slowing down your OWA server?
• Protecting Exchange 2007 with DPM 2007
• Obtaining Exchange Information including Edge with PowerShell
• Exchange 2007 SP1 Powershell Commands
• The End of Life for the CA InoculateIT AV Engine
• Mail Merge: How to send a personalized e-mail to many people at once
• Powershell scripts at SEForum
• How do you change the default font size in a new Outlook message.
• Removing internal SMTP headers
• Organizational mailboxes or SMTP addresses
• Exchange 2007 and Simple Display Name
• Outlook & VBA : Export contact information to Excel
• Outlook UI Issue: Save password setting not retained ?
• Exchange Server 2003 & Public folders
• Manage Client Permissions on Public Folders using built-in PowerShell scripts
• Accessing and Using Shared Email Addresses (Part 2)
• Troubleshooting Exchange ActiveSync Errors
• Transitioning from Exchange 2000/2003 to Exchange 2007: Check PF Replication
• The Microsoft Certified Master Credential: Depth and Rigor
• The Autodiscover Service and Outlook Providers - how does this stuff work?
• What is Exchange Server’s market share?
• I want to deploy Exchange Server 2007 on Hyper-V. What works?
• WizBang Exchange 2007 Message Tracking Powershell Gui Version 1
• Ilse Van Criekinge’s Exchange Management Shell Book

Apresentações do Jim McBee das conferências Connections

Jim McBee, Exchange MVP, disponibilizou recentemente no seu blog os links para download de todas as apresentações que ele fez nas últimas conferências Connections:

• UNC304 - Scripting Exchange The Exchange Management Shell
• EXC06 - Office Communicator Extend Your Messaging Environment with Real Time Communication
• EXC07 - Exchange 2007 Migrations Lessons Learned in the First 100 Days
• EXC08 - Exchange Storage Sizing and Hardware Exposed
• EXC19 - PowerShell for Beginners
• UNC306 - Role Based High Availability with Exchange 2007
• EXC27 - Exchange 2003 Best Practices Day to Day
• Orlando PostCon - Exchange 2007 for Exchange 2003 Admins
• EXC26 - Are You a Low Hanging Fruit
• EXCPS1 - Security for Exchange Assessment Auditing and Hardening