Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Send Text Messages Using Outlook 2010
• 5 Tips on using Bcc in Outlook Email
• iPhone meet Exchange 2010
• Exchange 2010 MoveRequests
• Public Folders – Folders Assistant Not Forwarding Messages
• Publishing Different Geographic ActiveSync URLs using AutoDiscover
• Demystifying the CAS Array Object - Part 1
• Demystifying the CAS Array Object - Part 2
• Installing PST Capture
• EWS Managed API and Powershell How-To Series Part 6 FreeBusy and OOF Operations
• Developer Webcasts on Exchange Server 2010 programming
• Deep dive into rich coexistence between Exchange Forests (Part 9)
• Optimizing SMTP traffic with Exchange Server 2010 and WAN Optimizer devices (Part 1)
• Change time-slot of multiple appointments at once
• Create a Desktop shortcut to an Outlook folder
• Office 365 Shared Mailbox Tool
• The "not so simple" Simple Display Name
• Backups fail due to consistency check failure
• Of vaults and retention policies
• Q: Is there an easy way to view security information about incoming messages in Microsoft Outlook?

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• What's Coming in Microsoft Outlook 15
• Exchange 2010 SP2: The Value of Custom Attributes
• Contest Kickoff: Worst Software in the Exchange World
• Webinar: Unclutter your Outlook inbox
• Update Calendar folder permission
• Federation Information could not be received
• Thoughts on "VMware Zimbra vs Microsoft Exchange"
• PowerShell Script to Generate Email Traffic in a Test Lab Environment
• Introduction to Exchange Server 2010 ActiveSync
• How to Run Virtual Android Devices for Exchange ActiveSync Training
• The User Hasn’t Logged on to Mailbox So There is No Data to Return
• Microsoft Exchange on Twitter: A new hash tag for Exchange
• Exchange Server Deployment Assistant Update for Exchange 2010 SP2 and Office 365 Hybrid Deployments
• Foreign Connector In Exchange 2010
• Delivery Agent Connector In Exchange 2010
• Delivery Reports Error – Server In Domain Encountered An Error Reading An Active Directory Object Or Attribute. Default Domain Not Found in Organization
• A Question of Quotas in Exchange Server 2010 (Part 1)
• Evenly Distributing Mailbox During Migrations (Part 1)
• Use RE: and FW: instead of localized subject prefix
• Prevent Calendar changing from Month to Day view
• Forcing a full OAB download in Outlook 2011
• Unreported and unloved: March 16 APAC Exchange Online outage
• Q: What is the meeting request calendar preview in Outlook 2010 and how does it work?

TechEd Europe 2012 - Early-bird até 31 de Março

Registe-se no TechEd Europe, liberte-se da rotina do seu dia-a-dia e conheça em profundidade as grandes novidades Microsoft para 2012, beneficiando do networking que só o TechEd possibilita!

O TechEd é o maior evento tecnológico realizado pela Microsoft na Europa, que conta com mais de 400 sessões técnicas, hands-on labs e demonstrações, com os melhores speakers Microsoft e da indústria. É também a oportunidade para conhecer, discutir e trocar impressões com os milhares de pessoas que, em Portugal e pela Europa, partilham os seus desafios – bem como a sua paixão pela tecnologia. Neste ano de 2012 repleto de lançamentos extraordinários (Windows 8, Windows Server 8, System Center 2012, SQL Server 2012 ou o novo Visual Studio, entre outros), o TechEd Europe é o momento para conhecer em detalhe todas estas novidades, preparando-se para ser o primeiro a dominar o que é possível fazer com elas. No TechEd poderá: CONHECER em profundidade as últimas tendências e novidades tecnológicas, mas acima de tudo saber como aproveitá-las ao máximo para si e para a sua organização DESCOBRIR o futuro dos produtos, tecnologias, soluções e serviços Microsoft, directamente pela boca dos seus responsáveis através de announcements, notícias em primeira mão, e demonstrações NETWORKING com os milhares de experts tecnológicos que também participam no TechEd, e com os líderes Microsoft e da Indústria que partilham os seus desafios e paixão pela tecnologia. PLANEAR com informação privilegiada as features e arquitectura para suportar os seus objectivos de negócio, e roadmap de produtos

Conheça os Seminários de Pré-Conferência

Este ano, ao chegar um dia mais cedo (25 de Junho) e registando-se num dos Seminários de Pré-Conferência, terá acesso a uma formação in-depth sobre os tópicos mais relevantes para si e para a sua organização, com speakers de nível mundial como John Craddock, Kate Gregory, Steve Fox, Mikael Nystrom, Kent Agerlund, Alberto Ferrari ou Richard Hundhausen!

Registe-se já para o TechEd 2012!

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TechNet Magazine – Março 2012

A edição de Março 2012 da TechNet Magazine já está disponível para leitura online.

• Editor’s Note: Do It Yourself

Artigos em Destaque:

• IT Management: Network Intelligence—the IT Advantage
  By Romi Mahajan
  Unlocking the intelligence inherent to your network of contacts can breed significant intellectual advantage.
• Exchange Server 2010: Exchange Archiving and Compliance
  By Jaap Wesselius
  Establishing and maintaining an archive within your Exchange Server 2010 infrastructure is essential, but there are right ways and wrong ways.
• Microsoft Service and Support: Fix It Expedites Troubleshooting
  By Steve Justice
  Your troubleshooting efforts will be more efficient and more accurate with the new Microsoft Fix it Center Pro.
• Windows 7: Load and Configure Windows XP Mode
  By Jorge Orchilles
  By setting up the virtual Windows XP mode within Windows 7, you can greatly extend the functionality of your new environment.
• Virtualization in and Beyond the Cloud
  By Joshua Hoffman
  Virtualization technology might be driving the cloud computing environment, but that’s just one of its many benefits.
• Cloud Computing: Cloud Provisioning and Storage
  By Vic (J.R.) Winkler
  Beyond the flexibility and costs savings of cloud computing are certain tactical advantages like automated provisioning and encrypted storage.
• Security Management: The Scary New Hacking Trend
  By Phil Lieberman
  You can mitigate the risks of falling prey to a disturbing new trend in hacking, but you have to be prepared.

Colunas:

• Utility Spotlight: Scan for Problems in Microsoft Outlook
  By Lance Whitney
  The Microsoft Outlook Configuration Analyzer Tool scans your Outlook profiles to identify any potential issues.
• Windows Confidential: Why Can't We All Just Work Together?
  By Raymond Chen
  One danger of designing an interoperability document is that you might find nobody wants to implement any of your specs.
• SQL Q&A: Fine Tuning for Optimal Performance
  By Paul S. Randal
  Duplicate indexes, cancelled rollback operations and I/O spikes can cause performance issues, but you can work around them.
• Windows PowerShell: Create and Manage Virtual Machines
  By Don Jones
  You can configure Windows PowerShell to use data stored in a SQL Server database. Here's how.
• Toolbox: New Products for IT Professionals
  By Greg Steen
  This month's tools let you mine files and folders for e-mail addresses, perform bulk file-renaming tasks, and test your attack surface and port exposure online.
• Geek of All Trades: The Rule of 3
  By Greg Shields
  When it comes to demystifying Windows 7 licensing practices, it helps to remember the "Rule of 3."

Actualização do filtro Junk Email do Outlook – Março 2012

Está disponível uma nova actualização para o filtro Junk E-mail do Outlook 2003/2007/2010.

"Esta atualização fornece ao Filtro de Correio Eletrónico Publicitário Não Solicitado do Microsoft Office Outlook uma definição mais atual das mensagens de correio eletrónico que deverão ser consideradas correio eletrónico publicitário não solicitado."

O download está disponível para as versões Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007 e Outlook 2010 (32-bit, 64-bit) ou através do Microsoft Update. Como é habitual, está acompanhado pelo respectivo artigo da Knowledge Base:

• Atualização para o Filtro de Correio Eletrónico de Lixo do Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 (KB2598246)
• Atualização para Microsoft Office 2007 suites (KB2597970)
• Actualização de definição para Microsoft Office 2010 (KB982726)

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• E-Discovery in Microsoft Exchange 2010: Part 3
• Exchange 2013 anyone?
• Generational Comparison between Microsoft Exchange 2010 on Dell PowerEdge R720xd and Exchange 2007 on Dell PowerEdge R510
• Exchange 2010 uses two distinct types of circular logging
• Q: To back up SQL Server and Exchange Server servers virtualized with Hyper-V and protected by System Center Data Protection Manager, do I run the DPM agent within the VM or can I just back up at the Hyper-V host level with DPM?
• Using Exchange Management Shell to manage your Exchange Online and Exchange On Premises Environment
• Managing UPN to help Exchange authentication
• Moving Mailboxes with the Mailbox Replication Service
• A Few Recommendations for Exchange 2010
• You Can’t Add the First Passive Copy of a Mailbox Database While Circular Logging is Enabled
• Check out Microsoft Script Explorer for Windows PowerShell (pre-release)
• FOPE: New updates for managing policy rules
• Two cool scripts you will always need
• EWS Managed API and Powershell How-To Series Part 5 Delegate Operations
• How To Series Sample 5 : Clearing the Suggested Contacts with EWS and Powershell
• Deep dive into rich coexistence between Exchange Forests (Part 8)
• Using Exchange Control Panel (ECP) to manage an Exchange Organization (Part 4)
• New and renamed shared folders not visible
• Associate Tasks with a Calendar Appointment
• Exchange 2010 and why you shouldn’t configure static domain controllers…
• Enabling Kerberos authentication on a CAS Array
• Exchange and VSS -- My Exchange writer is in a failed retryable state…
• Verifying the file share witness server / directory in use for Exchange 2010
• Exchange 2010: Log Truncation and Checkpoint At Log Creation in a Database Availability Group
• Six months of solid Office 365 performance (but...)
• Q: How can I have Microsoft Outlook automatically close the original message window after a reply is sent?

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• MEC Brings Back Exchange Community
• KB: HTTP Redirect in Threat Management Gateway 2010 fails when the Exchange 2010 Edge role is installed
• Tip o' the Week #102 - When did someone really put something in their calendar?
• Exchange 2010 DAG - NetworkManager has not yet been initialized
• Released: Outlook Configuration Analyzer Tool (OCAT)
• MEC is Back!
• Introducing: Log Parser Studio
• Exchange Client Network Bandwidth Calculator BETA2
• How To Sample 3 - Scanning all folders in a mailbox for updated Items in EWS
• How To Series Sample 4 : Reporting on Items of a certain Type
• linked connector in exchange 2010
• Blocking Lync From Searching Outlook Contact Folders
• Mailbox Auto-Mapping in Exchange Server 2010 (Part 2)
• Exchange 2010 ECP Performance Console 
• Quickly collapse all opened subfolders
• Spelling and grammar check not working
• Migrate from an on-premise Blackberry Enterprise Server to Blackberry Business Cloud Services in Office 365
• Microsoft Lync 2010 MAPI COM Server Authentication Prompt Explained
• SSL Compatibility and Testing
• MEC returns in September 2012: the Exchange community applauds!

Best Practices for Virtualizing Exchange Server 2010 with Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper V

Este é um daqueles documentos que tem mesmo de ser lido: Best Practices for Virtualizing Exchange Server 2010 with Windows Server® 2008 R2 Hyper V™.

Brief Description
The purpose of this paper is to provide guidance and best practices for deploying Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 in a virtualized environment with Windows Server® 2008 R2 Hyper V™ technology. This paper has been carefully composed to be relevant to organizations of any size.

Overview
Many organizations today rely on some degree of virtualization. Whether it is a few virtual machines running on a single physical computer or a whole server farm across multiple root servers, virtualization optimizes investment in hardware and network infrastructure by: • Increasing the utilization of underused hardware. • Improving server availability. • Reducing IT costs. The purpose of this paper is to provide guidance and best practices for deploying Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 in a virtualized environment with Windows Server® 2008 R2 Hyper V™ technology. This paper has been carefully composed to be relevant to organizations of any size.

TechNet Magazine – Fevereiro 2012

A edição de Fevereiro 2012 da TechNet Magazine já está disponível para leitura online.

• Editor’s Note: Manage the Migration

Artigos em Destaque:

• Windows 7: Group Policy Preferences
  By William R. Stanek
  Group Policy preferences let you control computers in a number of ways. Think of them as unmanaged settings for your computers and users.
• IT Management: Audit Those Windows Servers
  By Tom Kemp
  Often times, it’s difficult to articulate the business justification for auditing efforts and expenses to senior management. Here are three major business reasons why you should audit your Windows Servers.
• Cloud Computing: Virtualization Classes
  By Kai Hwang , Jack Dongarra , and Geoffrey Fox
  There are several different approaches to—or classes of—virtualization, each suited to their own specific situations.
• SQL Server: SQL Server Delays Demystified
  By Glenn Berry , Louis Davidson , and Tim Ford
  You can use the tracking data for SQL Server transaction wait times to find overused resources and eliminate bottlenecks.
• System Center Operations Manager 2012: Expand Monitoring with Ease
  By Paul Schnackenburg
  The new System Center Operations Manager promises to bring better integrated and extended network monitoring capabilities.
• Microsoft Project: Plan Better with Microsoft Project
  By Eric Uyttewaal
  When planning and executing IT project plans, defaulting to using Excel could impede your progress. It could be worth learning Microsoft Project
• Microsoft Lync Server 2010: Access the Address Book with Ease
  By John Policelli
  One of the real benefits of Microsoft Lync Server is the seamless manner in which you can access the updated address book from any device.

Colunas:

• Exchange Queue & A: Migration Management
  By Henrik Walther
  Managing the migration process is always an issue. There are several ways to better streamline and control the process.
• Windows Confidential: Power to the Power User
  By Raymond Chen
  The line between a power user and a full-on administrator is a thin line indeed. A power user is just an administrator who doesn't realize it yet. They're just a couple of simple steps away.
• Utility Spotlight: Create and Manage Virtual Machines
  By Lance Whitney
  Microsoft Virtual PC gives you all the functionality you need to manage virtual machines, including running them in Windows XP mode.
• Windows PowerShell: Revisiting Reports
  By Don Jones
  Text-based reports can be dull and less informative, so why not use Windows PowerShell to generate HTML reports?
• Toolbox: New Products for IT Professionals
  By Greg Steen
  This month's tools will help you verify e-mail messages sent via a messaging service, seamlessly integrate multiple monitors, and copy and paste plain text.
• Geek of All Trades: Cheating Isn't Always Bad
  By Greg Shields
  You can cheat a bit by updating WIMs offline with Windows Updates. Here's how.

Actualização do filtro Junk Email do Outlook – Fevereiro 2012

Está disponível uma nova actualização para o filtro Junk E-mail do Outlook 2003/2007/2010.

"Esta atualização fornece ao Filtro de Correio Eletrónico Publicitário Não Solicitado do Microsoft Office Outlook uma definição mais atual das mensagens de correio eletrónico que deverão ser consideradas correio eletrónico publicitário não solicitado."

O download está disponível para as versões Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007 e Outlook 2010 (32-bit, 64-bit) ou através do Microsoft Update. Como é habitual, está acompanhado pelo respectivo artigo da Knowledge Base:

• Atualização para o Filtro de Correio Eletrónico de Lixo do Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 (KB2597968)
• Atualização para Microsoft Office 2007 suites (KB2597998)
• Actualização de definição para Microsoft Office 2010 (KB982726)

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• E-mail shines in Windows 8 with radical overhaul of mail client
• Update Rollup 1 for Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2
• Microsoft Releases Outlook Troubleshooting Tools
• Understanding the bug fix for OAB downloads in Exchange 2010 SP2 RU1
• Better Searching in Outlook 2010
• A Few Hotfixes to Consider…
• Exchange Databases Failover Due to Low Memory
• The case of the missing Free/Busy public folder pt.2
• Getting Started with Exchange Server 2010 Client Access Server Arrays
• How to Remove the Default Public Folder Database for an Exchange Mailbox Database
• Windows 8 Mail Client and Exchange ActiveSync Policies
• Installing Exchange Server 2010 on Windows Server 8 Beta
• ESE Access to Exchange: Spamcops!
• Introducing Exchange 2007/2010 Anti-Spam Agent Logging
• Microsoft Partnership To Bring Encrypted E-Mail for Windows Phones
• HowTo Series Sample 1 - Unused Mailbox report for Exchange 2010
• HowTo Series Sample 2 - Accessing System Public Folders : OAB Stats script
• protocol logging on “invisible” send connectors in exchange 2010
• “this is a pending certificate signing request (csr)” status even after importing the third party certificate
• Deep dive into rich coexistence between Exchange Forests (Part 7)
• Using Exchange Control Panel (ECP) to manage an Exchange Organization (Part 3)
• Trim down the list of translation languages
• Setting Export filter criteria
• Microsoft Fix it Center Pro Now Available and Supports (Exchange & Lync)
• Exchange 2010: User Permission Enumeration Script
• Relaying with Exchange Online: sometimes an unexpected endeavor
• Why sharing real-life support tools is so important