26 de dezembro de 2009

eBooks GRÁTIS

                                       

Uma vez que estamos em época de Natal, achei que gostariam de saber que têm estes 2 presentes à vossa espera:

  • First Look: Microsoft Office 2010 - For a limited time you can download this free e-book without stepping through any registration. First Look: Microsoft Office 2010, by Katherine Murray, offers 14 chapters of early content.
  • Windows PowerShell v.1 TFM - With the recent release of Windows PowerShell v.2 and the immanent publication of our well regarded Windows PowerShell v.2 TFM book by Don Jones and Jeff Hicks, SAPIEN is releasing our Windows PowerShell v.1 TFM eBook as a FREE download to the public. Even though this eBook is for version 1 of PowerShell, the book still contains loads of valuable information about PowerShell’s core workings and cmdlets.

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13 de dezembro de 2009

Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer

O Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer foi recentemente disponibilizado!

Brief Description
The FPE 2010 Best Practices Analyzer examines a local server running FPE 2010 and presents a list of warnings and errors for configurations that do not conform to recommended best practices.

Overview
The FPE 2010 Best Practices Analyzer examines a server running FPE 2010 and checks the server’s system configuration as well as the FPE 2010 product configuration. Any settings or combination of settings that do not conform to FPE 2010 best practices are summarized and displayed in a consolidated report, so that administrators can easily identify and address these issues.
The FPE 2010 Best Practices Analyzer also includes documentation that explains each best practice, as well as the reasons why a setting might violate that best practice, so that administrators can judge whether that best practice applies to their server.

Actualização do filtro Junk Email do Outlook (Dezembro 2009)

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:

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5 de dezembro de 2009

TechNet Magazine – Dezembro 2009

TechNet-Magazine

 

 

 

 

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.

Apesar de existirem bastantes artigos sobre Windows 7 e Windows Server 2008 R2, o meu destaque vai todo para estas 2 colunas bastante interessantes sobre Exchange Server 2010:

  • Exchange 2010: A Closer Look - Microsoft’s latest Exchange features enable new levels of reliability, better performance, simplified administration, improved protection of communications, and greater business mobility for users. Read this article for the lowdown on what’s so great in Exchange 2010.
    by Henrik Walther
  • Exchange 2010: Ensuring High Availability In Microsoft Exchange 2010 - Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 incorporates a number of new high availability features that system administrators will find useful, including a new database availability groups (DAG) feature.
    by William R. Stanek

eBook GRÁTIS: Exchange 2010 - A Practical Approach

Para todos aqueles que se sentem entusiasmados pela nova versão de Exchange Server, está disponível para download um eBook grátis: "Exchange 2010 - A Practical Approach" da autoria do MVP de Exchange  Jaap Wesselius.

The 180-page book from Red Gate Publishing provides practical information and pitfalls for system administrators who don’t have time to read a long textbook. Wesselius installs Exchange 2010 in various set ups and guides readers through the steps required for successful implementation.

An area of special focus is coexistence with past Exchange versions, which Wesselius describes as “by far the most difficult part of transitioning to Exchange 2010.”

Este eBook contém 5 capítulos:

  • Chapter 1 is an overall chapter – what’s new in Exchange Server 2010 and what has deprecated with respect to Exchange Server 2007. Also there’s some information regarding Active Directory, the three containers in Active Directory and some information regarding Active Directory sites.
  • Chapter 2 is an installation chapter dealing with a fresh installation of Exchange Server 2010 and the subsequent basic configuration to get it up and running.
  • Chapter 3 is the coexistence chapter and it probably deals with most scenarios; installing Exchange Server 2010 in an existing Exchange Server 2003 or Exchange
    Server 2007 environment.
  • Chapter 4 is about managing the Exchange environment using the Exchange Management Console, the Exchange Management Shell and the Exchange Control Panel. And, real cool in Exchange Server 2010, are the remote options in PowerShell version 2.
  • Chapter 5 is the high availability chapter. It deals with the new continuous replication when using Database Availability Groups, the best Exchange Server high availability solution ever made.

26 de novembro de 2009

Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator

Há algumas semanas atrás, a equipa de Exchange Server da Microsoft anunciou a disponibilização pública da ferramenta Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator. Agora já podemos começar a planear e a desenhar servidores de mailboxes Exchange Server 2010.

With Exchange 2010 you can deploy a solution that leverages mailbox resiliency and has multiple database copies deployed across datacenters, implements single item recovery for data recovery, and has the flexibility in storage design to allow you to deploy on storage area networks utilizing fibre-channel or SATA class disks or on direct attached storage utilizing SAS or SATA class disks with or without RAID protection. But, in order to design your solution, you need to understand the following criteria:

  • User profile - the message profile, the mailbox size, and the number of users
  • High availability architecture - the number of database copies you plant to deploy, whether the solution will be site resilient, the desired number of mailbox servers
  • Server's CPU platform
  • Storage architecture - the disk capacity / type and storage solution
  • Backup architecture - whether to use hardware or software VSS and the frequency of the backups, or leverage the Exchange native data protection features
  • Network architecture - the utilization, throughput, and latency aspects

Previous versions of Exchange were somewhat rigid in terms of the choices you had in designing your mailbox server role. The flexibility in the architecture with Exchange 2010, allows you the freedom to design the solution to meet your needs.

O post mencionado tem tudo o que é preciso saber sobre a utilização desta ferramenta. Para fazer o download da calculadora, basta seguirem este link.

TechNet Magazine – Novembro 2009

November2009

 

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.

Se no número anterior o destaque foi todo para o Windows 7, nesta edição o seu irmão mais velho, Windows Server 2008 R2, é rei.

Mas Novembro é também mês da nossa coluna favorita sobre Exchange Server Q&A: Exchange Queue & A -Transitions and Migrations.

Boa leitura!

20 de novembro de 2009

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Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 SP2

Já está disponível para download o Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (KB971534).

Overview
Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2007 SP2 since the software was released. This update rollup is highly recommended for all Exchange Server 2007 SP2 customers.
For a list of changes that are included in this update rollup, see
KB971534.
This update rollup does not apply to Exchange Server 2007 Release To Manufacturing (RTM) or Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1). For a list of update rollups applicable to Exchange Server 2007 RTM or Exchange Server 2007 SP1, refer to the Knowledge Base article
KB937052.

Para mais informações técnicas sobre os procedimentos de instalação, queiram por favor ler o seguinte tópico da Exchange Server 2007 Technical Documentation Library: How to Install the Latest Service Pack or Update Rollup for Exchange 2007.

19 de novembro de 2009

Exchange Server 2010 Transport Server Role Architecture Diagrams

Muito, muito bom! É o que apetece dizer depois de ver estes novos Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Transport Server Role Architecture Diagrams:

  • Hub Transport Server Role Architecture
  • Hub Transport Extensibility

hub-transport-architecture hub-transport-extensibility

Brief Description
This download contains architectural diagrams that illustrate the Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Hub Transport server role and Hub Transport extensibility.

Overview
Many components are involved in the transport of messages through the Exchange Server 2010 mail flow pipeline. The Hub Transport server role diagram can help you understand the role each component plays in the processing of messages that enter the Exchange 2010 mail flow pipeline. Exchange administrators can use this information to help diagnose mail flow problems. The Hub Transport extensibility diagram can help you understand how the agents process a message that is in the Exchange 2010 mail flow pipeline. Developers can use this information to help create third-party agents and applications to work with Exchange 2010.

Forefront Security for Exchange Server 10.1 MP for OpsMgr 2007

Está disponível para download uma versão actualizada do Forefront Security for Exchange Server 10.1 MP for OpsMgr 2007.

Brief Description
The Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Management Pack monitors Exchange Servers for virus and worm activity.

Overview
The Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 supports the 10.1 version of Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server with Service Pack 1. The MP supplies critical events and alerts on virus and worm activity to Operations Manager 2007, and also monitors the health and availability of these products.
The Management Pack for Forefront Security for Exchange Server 10.0 can be found at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=147D908C-9DC4-4F90-81B2-EE0764300BE2&displaylang=en
Management Pack Release History:
11/29/2007 Original release of English version of Management Pack. Localized versions of this MP scheduled for release in December 2007.

18 de novembro de 2009

Recursos técnicos de Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server

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Agora que o Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server entrou em RTM, convém não esquecer de ler a respectiva documentação:

  • Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server Documentation - Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (FPE) provides fast and effective detection of viruses, worms, spyware and spam by integrating multiple scanning engines from industry-leading security partners in a single solution. Its comprehensive messaging protection includes integration with Forefront Online Protection for Exchange for the defense-in-depth benefits of hosted and on-premise filtering and content filtering to prevent out-of-policy content from entering or leaving your network. The documents available in this download include information about FPE deployment, operations, technical reference, and troubleshooting. This information is also available in the Microsoft TechNet Library at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=111583.

Existe ainda uma série de recursos técnicos adicionais que podem ser bastante úteis:

Actualização do filtro Junk Email do Outlook (Novembro 2009)

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:

17 de novembro de 2009

Exchange Server 2007 Management Tools (32-Bit) v685.25

As ferramentas de administração do Exchange Server 2007- Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Management Tools (32-Bit) v685.25 – estão disponíveis para download.

Brief Description
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.

Overview
The Exchange management tools include the Exchange Management Console, the Exchange Management Shell, the Exchange Help file, the Microsoft Exchange Best Practices Analyzer Tool, and the Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant Tool.
The new Exchange Management Console (formerly named Exchange System Manager) provides Exchange administrators with a graphical user interface (GUI) to manage the configuration of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 organizations. For more information about the improvements to the Exchange Management Console, see
New Administration Functionality in the Exchange Management Console.
The Exchange Management Shell is a new Exchange-specific command-line interface based on Microsoft Windows PowerShell, formerly codenamed “Monad”. You can use the Exchange Management Shell to run a single command or a series of multiple commands for managing your Exchange Server 2007 servers and objects. For more information about the Exchange Management Shell, see
Using the Exchange Management Shell.

Documentação de Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE)

Para os interessados em Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE), também conhecido como Forefront Online Security for Exchange (FOSE), ex-Exchange Hosted Filtering (EHF), os seguintes downloads contêm a mais recente informação técnica:

  • Setup Checklists: Microsoft® Forefront Online Protection for Exchange and Exchange Hosted Archive 9.2 - Use the following setup checklists to help you set up the individual or combined services that you signed up for. You can choose from a combined setup checklist for both Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange and Microsoft Exchange Hosted Archive, or the checklists for each individual service.
  • Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE) 9.3 Product Documents – Product documents for FOPE 9.3 include the following: New Features Guide, Administration Center User Guide.
    • New Features Guide: This 12-page guide provides up-to-date information about the latest features and changes for Microsoft® Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE), including new features of the Directory Synchronization Tool, new company filtering service settings, domain enhancements, and enhanced reporting features. You can use the information in this document to help prepare your messaging environment for updated services, and to communicate information to customers, partners, and employees.
    • Administration Center User Guide: This guide provides in-depth information and instructions for using the Microsoft® Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE) Administration Center, a Web-based tool that allows you to create reports and customize your e-mail filtering account services. It includes essential information for finding what you need in the Administration Center and using it to optimize your FOPE antispam, antivirus, filtering, user management, and reporting services, among others.

15 de novembro de 2009

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11 de novembro de 2009

Exchange Server 2010 Language Pack Bundle

O Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Language Pack Bundle v14.00.0680.000 está disponível para download. Tenham em atenção que este não é o Language Pack de Unified Messaging! Para melhor compreensão, deixo-vos aqui um pequeno excerto do TechNet, Exchange 2010 Language Support:

An Exchange 2010 language pack contains the necessary resources for a supported Exchange language. Language packs can be installed during installation of Exchange 2010 or after Exchange 2010 has been deployed. Client and server language packs come grouped into a single bundle containing both client and server resource and support files. You can automatically download the language packs when you're running Exchange Setup.

For organizations that have users in multiple languages, we recommend that you do the following:

  • Install the language pack bundle to provide localized messages on all server roles. This will provide localized messages for Microsoft Office Outlook Web App and Exchange Control Panel. There are no performance issues with installing all the languages because they're just stored when not in use.

    Brief Description
    This download contains the most recently updated language packs for Exchange 2010. The language bundle includes all packs for all supported languages.

    Overview
    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.

    Exchange Server Inter-Organization Replication v06.05.7408

    A ferramenta Microsoft Exchange Server Inter-Organization Replication v06.05.7408 está disponível para download. Sabiam que esta funcionalidade é agora fornecida nativamente pelo Exchange Server 2010? (para mais informações leiam o TechNet ou assistam a esta webcast).

    Brief Description
    Replicate public folder and free and busy information between Exchange organizations.

    Overview
    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).
    Note The Inter-Organization Replication tool allows for detailed management of intra-organizational content access and security for files transported outside of the Exchange organization's security layer.

    10 de novembro de 2009

    Management Shell Quick Reference for Exchange 2010

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    Um excelente documento que os administradores de TI devem manter por perto: Exchange Management Shell Quick Reference for Exchange 2010.

    Brief Description
    This download contains a quick reference sheet that can be used to access frequently used Exchange Management Shell cmdlets and syntax in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.

    Overview
    The Exchange Management Shell provides a powerful command-line interface for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 that enables automation of administrative tasks. This quick reference guide provides a list of frequently used cmdlets, important conventions, and useful tips. The information is presented by feature area, such as recipient, transport, and database administration. This quick reference guide applies to Exchange 2010.

    Exchange Server 2010 MP for Ops Mgr 2007

    Agora que o Exchange Server 2010 foi oficialmente lançado, o Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 pode ser bastante útil na gestão e operação do melhor servidor de correio electrónico alguma vez disponibilizado pela Microsoft!

    Brief Description
    This management pack includes scripts and rules to effectively monitor Exchange 2010 and report on performance, availability, and reliability of its server roles.

    Overview
    The Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 management pack is designed to be used for monitoring Exchange 2010 events, collecting Exchange component-specific performance counters in one central location, and for raising alerts for operator intervention as necessary. By detecting, sending alerts, and automatically correlating critical events, this management pack helps indicate, correct, and prevent possible service outages or configuration problems, allowing you to proactively manage Exchange servers and identify issues before they become critical. The management pack monitors and provides alerts for automatic notification of events indicating service outages, performance degradation, and health monitoring.

    Feature Summary The Exchange Server 2010 Management Pack includes rules and scripts to monitor and report on performance, availability, and reliability of all Exchange 2010 server roles including.

    • Mailbox Server Role
    • Client Access Server Role
    • Hub Transport Server Role
    • Edge Transport Server Role
    • Unified Messaging Server Role

    System Requirements

    • Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003 x64 editions; Windows Server 2008
    • Other Software: System Center Operations Manager 2007 or later.

    Download Exchange Server 2010 RTM

    Home

    Tal como foi anunciado ontem no Tech•Ed Europe 2009, a versão final do Exchange Server 2010 já está disponível para o público em geral e pode ser descarregada a partir do site Microsoft Volume Licensing site.

    Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 helps IT Professionals achieve new levels of reliability with greater flexibility, enhanced user experiences, and increased protection for business communications.

    • Flexible and reliable - Exchange Server 2010 gives you the flexibility to tailor your deployment based on your company's unique needs and a simplified way to keep e-mail continuously available for your users.
    • Anywhere access - Exchange Server 2010 helps your users get more done by giving them the freedom to securely access all their communications - e-mail, voice mail, instant messaging, and more - from virtually any platform, Web browser, or device.
    • Protection and compliance - Exchange Server 2010 delivers integrated information loss prevention, and compliance tools aimed at helping you simplify the process of protecting your company's communications and meeting regulatory requirements.

    A versão de avaliação pode ser descarregada aqui ou aqui.

    Links Relacionados:

    9 de novembro de 2009

    Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server MP for OpsMgr 2007

    O Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 v11.0.0324.00 está disponível para download.

    Brief Description
    The Management Pack for Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server monitors the availability, security, configuration and performance of an FPE deployment.

    Overview
    The Management Pack for Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (FPE) allows you to discover FPE installations and components and to monitor them within System Center Operations Manager 2007. When there is an issue that may impact the availability, configuration, or security of your FPE deployment, Operations Manager uses the management pack to detect the issue, alert you to its existence, and facilitate diagnosis and corrective actions.

    Feature Summary:

    • Support for Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (FPE)
    • Discovery and monitoring of key FPE services
    • Monitoring of product license status
    • Monitoring of the availability and configuration of scan jobs
    • Monitoring of scan engine and definition updates
    • Diagnostic and recovery tasks related to engine updates and service recycling
    • Performance views of message scanning rate across scan jobs
    • Discovery and monitoring of FPE running with an Exchange CCR cluster

    Exchange Server 2007 MP for OpsMgr 2007 SP1 v6.0.6741.0

    O Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 v6.0.6741.0 está disponível para download.

    Brief Description
    This Management Pack includes an extensive set of monitoring including synthetic transactions to effectively monitor Exchange 2007 and report on performance, availability, and reliability of its server roles.

    Overview
    The Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 SP1 is designed to monitor Exchange 2007 key health indicators, collect Exchange component-specific performance counters in one central location, and raise alerts for operator intervention as necessary. By detecting, sending alerts, and automatically responding to critical events, this Management Pack helps indicate, correct, and prevent possible service outages or configuration problems, allowing you to proactively manage Exchange servers and identify issues before they become critical. The Management Pack monitors and provides alerts for automatic notification of events indicating service outages, performance degradation, health monitoring, and centralized management.
    This Management Pack requires Operations Manager 2007 SP1 or later. Note that there is a separate Management Pack for Exchange 2007 monitoring for Operations Manager 2007 R2.

    Feature Summary

    • A number of synthetic transactions ensure the Exchange servers are available and responding in a timely manner. The synthetic transactions are maintenance-mode aware, so that if the target of a transaction is in maintenance mode, the source will not run the transaction, and not alert unnecessarily.
    • A significant number of rules and monitors that are not actionable or may be noisy are disabled. Note that many of these rules are still in the Management Pack so that you can enable them if necessary.
    • Support for monitoring any number of Exchange organizations using a single Operations Manager 2007 management group.
    • Full support for Microsoft clustered configurations. For more details, see the Management Pack Guide.
    • Discovery of Exchange 2007 server roles is disabled by default, and no Exchange 2007 monitoring is applied by default. This allows you to discover and monitor your servers gradually, as well as tune the Management Pack as you bring more agent-managed Exchange 2007 servers into the Operations Manager environment.
    Release History
    • 11/7/2009 - Original release of English version, version 6.0.6741.0

    4 de novembro de 2009

    Sessões de Exchange 2010 disponíveis no site “the NEW efficiency”

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    As sessões de Exchange Server 2010 do lançamento virtual do Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 e do Exchange Server 2010 estão agora disponíveis no site the NEW efficiency

    Utilizem os links seguintes para irem directamente para uma das várias sessões disponíveis:

    2 de novembro de 2009

    Best Practices for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007

    O documento Outlook 2007 Best Practices, escrito pelo Product Group do  Microsoft Office Outlook, está disponível para download.

    Brief Description
    This article is intended to provide users of Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 guidance on how to best use the product.

    Overview
    The purpose of this paper is to provide customers of Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 guidance on how to best use the product. Created by the product team who created Outlook 2007, this guide represents our advice on how to get the most out of Outlook 2007. By no means comprehensive, it covers just a few core scenarios.

    Why an Outlook "best practices" document?
    We wrote this paper for the best possible reason: Our customers asked. We designed Outlook 2007 to be used by a wide audience with many work needs and styles. Although there's no one "right way," there are a few ways of working in the program that we know to be easier than others. We hope that by being aware of the best practices, you will have the best experience possible using Outlook.

    30 de outubro de 2009

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    29 de outubro de 2009

    Exchange Server 2010 TechNet Webcasts em Novembro

    Deixo-vos aqui uma pequena lista de webcasts sobre Exchange Server 2010 que vão ocorrer em Novembro e que espero que achem interessantes:

    Microsoft Virtualization Best Practices for Exchange Server (Level 300)
    Wednesday, November 04, 2009 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
    Event Overview: 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.
    Presenters: Arno Mihm, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation and Rob Simpson, Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation

    The U.S. Public Sector Virtual Launch: The New Efficiency (Windows® 7, Windows Server® 2008 R2, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010)
    Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
    Description: Join Microsoft’s Public Sector Vice President Curt Kolcun and top technology leaders at “The New Efficiency” virtual launch event for government, education, and health. Learn how cost savings and productivity come together with a new wave of Microsoft® products. Be one of the first to evaluate exciting innovations in Windows® 7, Windows Server® 2008 R2, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.

    Microsoft Secure Messaging Solution (Level 200)
    Thursday, November 05, 2009 1:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
    Event Overview: 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.
    Presenter: Cristian Mora, Solution Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation

    GRÁTIS Exchange Server 2010 eBook

    Exchange 2010 - A Practical Approach" é um eBook grátis, da autoria do MVP de Exchange Jaap Wesselius, que pode ser descarregado a partir do sítio da Internet da Red Gate Software.

    Table of Contents

    Chapter 1: Introduction to Exchange Server 2010
        1.1 Getting Started
        1.2 What’s been removed from Exchange Server 2010?
        1.3 What’s new in Exchange Server 2010?
        1.4 Exchange Server 2010 and Active Directory
        1.5 Exchange Server coexistence
        1.6 Exchange Server 2010 Server roles
        1.7 Summary
    Chapter 2: Installing Exchange Server 2010
    Chapter 3: Exchange Server 2010 Coexistence
        3.1 Coexistence with Exchange Server 2003
        3.2 Installing Exchange Server 2010 in an Exchange Server 2003 environment
        3.3 Coexistence with Exchange Server 2007
        3.4 Installing Exchange Server 2010 into an Existing Exchange Server 2007 Environment
        3.5 Summary
    Chapter 4: Managing Exchange Server 2010
        4.1 The Exchange Management Shell
        4.2 The Exchange Management Console
        4.3 The Exchange Control Panel (ECP)
        4.4 Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
        4.5 Archiving and Compliancy
        4.6 Summary
    Chapter 5: High Availability in Exchange Server 2010
        5.1 High Availability in Exchange Server 2010
        5.2 Exchange Server Database technologies
        5.3 High Availability in Exchange Server
        5.4 High Availability on other Server Roles
        5.5 Summary
    Summarizing Exchange Server 2010 – A Practical Approach

    27 de outubro de 2009

    Hoje é dia de festa… E vão 5!

    Pois é, a brincar a brincar, faz hoje 5 anos que este blog teve início. Foi no longínquo dia de 27 de Outubro de 2004 que coloquei aqui o meu primeiro post, na altura ainda nem sabia muito bem que rumo ia tomar.

    935 (!) posts depois, cá estou eu ainda, espero que ainda a ser útil à comunidade falante de Português (1 abraço para os meus leitores Brasileiros) de Exchange.

    Confesso-vos que o percurso não foi fácil, muitas vezes equacionei abandonar este blog e manter apenas o seu “irmão”, disponível em http://msmvps.com/blogs/ehlo/, com a diferença de ser totalmente em Inglês.

    Na minha vida profissional também muita coisa mudou nestes 1826 dias:

    A minha paixão pelo Microsoft Exchange Server em particular e pelas tecnologias de Comunicações Unificadas da Microsoft não mudou (diria que até cresceu).

    A todos os que me acompanham, o meu muito obrigado!

    A Nova Eficiência vem a caminho

    Lançamento Empresarial do Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 e Exchange Server 2010

    É já no próximo dia 24 de Novembro que a Microsoft Portugal vai fazer o lançamento Empresarial do Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 e Exchange Server 2010, no Auditório dos Oceanos do Casino de Lisboa. Registe-se.

    Descrição Geral do Evento
    Participe no lançamento empresarial e saiba como organizações como a sua, podem tirar partido das inovações do Windows® 7, do Windows Server® 2008 R2 e do Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 para reduzir custos, aumentar a produtividade e a eficiência.
    Saiba como:

    > O Windows 7 pode ajudar a reduzir os custos de gestão, melhorar a produtividade através do Windows Optimized Desktop e a melhor gerir os riscos através de segurança e controlo avançado.

    > O Windows Server 2008 R2 possibilita o aprovisionamento dinâmico e a gestão optimizada dos ambientes virtuais, reduzindo os custos energéticos, e em conjunto com o Windows 7, como ajuda a reduzir o custo de gestão de delegações e escritórios remotos, tornando as equipas de colaboradores mais produtivas.

    > O Exchange Server 2010 pode simplificar a implementação e a administração de um sistema de messaging, melhorar as capacidades de arquivo e alargar o acesso à sua plataforma de comunicação a qualquer lugar.

    17 de outubro de 2009

    Exchange Server 2007 MP for OpsMgr 2007 R2 v6.0.6702.0

    O Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 v6.0.6702.0, com algumas correcções de bugs, está disponível para download.

    Brief Description
    This Management Pack includes an extensive set of monitoring including synthetic transactions to effectively monitor Exchange 2007 and report on performance, availability, and reliability of its server roles.

    Overview
    The Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack is designed to monitor Exchange 2007 key health indicators, collect Exchange component-specific performance counters in one central location, and raise alerts for operator intervention as necessary. By detecting, sending alerts, and automatically responding to critical events, this Management Pack helps indicate, correct, and prevent possible service outages or configuration problems, allowing you to proactively manage Exchange servers and identify issues before they become critical. The Management Pack monitors and provides alerts for automatic notification of events indicating service outages, performance degradation, health monitoring, and centralized management.

    Note: This Management Pack requires Operations Manager 2007 R2.

    Feature Summary

    • A number of synthetic transactions ensure the Exchange servers are available and responding in a timely manner. The synthetic transactions are maintenance-mode aware, so that if the target of a transaction is in maintenance mode, the source will not run the transaction, and not alert unnecessarily.
    • This Management Pack includes a Management Pack template that provides a wizard-like interface for configuring synthetic transactions against Outlook Web Access (OWA), Exchange ActiveSync, Web Services, POP3, and IMAP.
    • This Management Pack includes a Management Pack template that provides a wizard-like interface for configuring mail flow synthetic transactions between agent-managed Exchange 2007 Mailbox servers.
    • This Management Pack provides 30+ reports specific to Exchange 2007 that track availability and performance compared to service level objectives. For the list of reports and for more information about the reports, see the Management Pack Guide.
    • All the synthetic transactions in this Management Pack use an Operations Manager 2007 R2 hosting feature for Windows PowerShell technology that provides a performance improvement when running synthetic transactions.
    • A significant number of rules and monitors that are not actionable or may be noisy are disabled. Note that many of these rules are still in the Management Pack so that you can enable them if necessary.
    • Support for monitoring any number of Exchange organizations using a single Operations Manager 2007 management group.
    • Full support for Microsoft clustered configurations. For more details, see the Management Pack Guide.
    • Discovery of Exchange 2007 server roles is disabled by default, and no Exchange 2007 monitoring is applied by default. This allows you to discover and monitor your servers gradually, as well as tune the Management Pack as you bring more agent-managed Exchange 2007 servers into the Operations Manager environment.