Leitura de fim-de-ano (aka leitura de fim-de-semana)

E "prontos", cá estamos para a última lista de leitura do ano e, quiçá, o último post.

• For Microsoft, Improvement is in the Exchange
• Dealing with Databases
• Exchange 12 Server roles
• Understanding Mailbox Enabled and Mail Enabled Recipients in Exchange 2003
• Introducing the Microsoft Exchange Server Profile Analyzer
• Large Security Tokens and Kernel Memory Exhaustion
• Exchange 12 and 64-bit
• Exchange Server 5.5 Rides into the Sunset (Exchange 2000 Server, Saddle Up!)

Microsoft Application Analzyer 2006 for Lotus Domino Beta

A Microsoft disponibilizou hoje a versão Beta da ferramenta Microsoft Application Analzyer 2006 for Lotus Domino. Trata-se na mais recente arma na guerra do software de messaging e colaborativo entre a Microsoft e a big blue.

The Microsoft Application Analyzer 2006 for Lotus Notes/Domino is a tool that is used to help size and scope a Lotus Notes/Domino application migration project. The tool will analyze Lotus Domino applications, provide reports about application characteristics and recommend possible target solutions on the Microsoft Collaboration Platform.

Leitura de Natal (aka leitura de fim-de-semana)

Embuído no espírito da época, aqui vos deixo a leitura recomendada para os intervalos dos jogos na nova XBOX 360 ou, quiçá, de uma PSP:

• Spam Learning Guide
• Exchange Server 2003 cluster diagnostics
• Structuring Exchange Server for the best log file protection
• E12 Beta 1
• Intelligent Message Filter Updates
• How to Regain Access to an Exchange Server 2003 Organization
• Postmaster NDR resubmit Tool
• Oops - They really shouldn't have sent that mail!
• Update: Bi-weekly IMF updates for Microsoft Exchange 2003 a step closer, available on WSUS
• Microsoft Exchange 12 Has Competitors, Execs Insist
• CAN-SPAM is working?

Creating an Active Directory Site for Exchange Server

Creating an Active Directory Site for Exchange Server é um documento elaborado pela equipa de IT da Microsoft em que são focadas questões de desempenho do Exchange relacionados com os mecanismos de acesso aos serviços da Active Directory.
Dado que o sistema de correio electrónico na Microsoft tem uma dimensão considerável (100.000 mailboxes, 85.000 grupos de distribuição), a equipa de IT resolveu criar um site na AD exclusivamente para uso do Exchange Server.
O documento foi originalmente publicado em Dezembro de 2004 e foi agora alvo de uma actualização.

Actualizações do IMF via Microsoft Update

De acordo com uma notícia avançada no site bink.nu, começaram hoje a ser disponibilizadas as actualizações do filtro anti-spam incluído no Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2, o Intelligent Message Filter. As actualizações deverão ocorrer numa frequência bi-mensal.
Aqui fica o link para o artigo da Knowledge Base:

• How to update the Intelligent Message Filter version 2 in Exchange Server 2003 SP2

Exchange 12 já cá canta

Conforme mencionei num post anterior, foi recentemente disponibilizada a versão Beta 1 da próxima versão do Exchange, nome de código Exchange "12".
Como MVP de Exchange tive direito a participar no programa. Podem começar os testes!

Leitura de fim-de-semana

Com um dia de atraso devido ao tradicional jantar de Natal da empresa onde trabalho, aqui fica a lista de leitura para o fim-de-semana:

• Are Exchange's Competitors Really Pretenders?
• Email Archiving: "It's Here Somewhere!"
• Microsoft Exchange compatibility with Open-Xchange
• FAQ: Exchange Server backup and recovery
• Tutorial: Indexing Exchange Server public folder content
• Exchange deployments get help from System Center Capacity Planner
• Spam for the Holidays
• The Admin tool for OWA
• Public folder Mail Re-Submit Tool
• The Definitive Guide to Exchange Disaster Recovery and Availability
• Explaining the Database size limit changes in Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2
• Demystifying the OWA 2003 FE/BE Logon Process
• Exchange 2003 Common Criteria certification and how we got there
• Configuring Hot-Add and Large Memory for Exchange 2003
• Microsoft Sued Over Mobile E-Mail Access
• Google offers mobile phone version of Gmail e-mail

Actualização do filtro Junk E-mail do Outlook (Dezembro 2005)

Está disponível uma nova actualização para o filtro Junk-Email do Outlook 2003.

"This update provides the Junk E-mail Filter in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 with a more current definition of which e-mail messages should be considered junk e-mail."

O download está disponível aqui ou através do Microsoft Update. Como é habitual, está acompanhado pelo respectivo artigo da Knowledge Base:

• Description of the Update for Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter (KB907492)

Microsoft anuncia Exchange "12" Beta 1

A Microsoft acaba de disponibilizar a versão Beta 1 do Exchange "12", ainda que esteja apenas disponível a um grupo restrito de utilizadores (eu incluído).

"Microsoft Corp. today announced the release of Microsoft® Exchange “12” Beta 1 — the code name for the next version of its leading server for e-mail, calendaring and unified messaging, to a select group of testers."

A press-release completa está neste link.

Actualização do IMF através do WSUS

Estava a ler o site Bink.nu, quando me deparei com esta notícia algo estranha. Parece que uma actualização do componente Intelligent Message Filter do Exchange 2003 ficou por algum tempo disponível através do WSUS.

• Microsoft released Exchange IMF update through WSUS, appearantly to soon

Exchange Configuration and Operations Issues Detected by ExRAP

Exchange Configuration and Operations Issues Detected by ExRAP é um documento recentemente disponibilizado pela Microsoft e onde são enumerados os problemas mais comuns de configuração e operação detectados pelo Exchange Server Risk Assessment and Health Check Program (ExRAP).

The Exchange Center of Excellence (ECoE) administers the Microsoft® Exchange Server Risk Assessment and Health Check Program (ExRAP) at Microsoft. An ExRAP engagement provides a detailed on-site technical and operational analysis of a large Exchange deployment. This Note details the most common issues and overlooked vulnerabilities found so far during ExRAP engagements.

2 novas ferramentas para o Exchange Server

A Microsoft disponibilizou recentemente 2 ferramentas verdadeiramente úteis para os administradores e/ou arquitectos de Exchange Server.

• Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Administration Tool
  The Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Administration tool enables administrators to manage the process of remotely erasing lost, stolen, or otherwise compromised mobile devices. The Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Administration Tool is designed for use With Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 and compatible mobile devices.
• Microsoft Exchange Server Profile Analyzer
  Use the Microsoft Exchange Server Profile Analyzer tool to collect estimated statistical information from a single mailbox store or across an Exchange Server organization. The collected data can be used for such tasks as analyzing the performance and health of a server that has mailboxes, improving capacity planning models, and improving testing methodologies and tools.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

Estamos em plena silly-season, mas entre as compras de Natal há sempre tempo para a leitura:

• Can You Hear Me Now?
• Email: Can't Live With It, Or Without It
• The FTC Gets it Right ... and Wrong
• Anatomy of an eBay Phish
• How to override the attachment size limit for OWA public folder posts
• Exchange Admin 101: Exchange Server replication and synchronization
• All Is Not Lost
• How to connect to a specific Global catalog (GC) with Exchange 2003
• The IMF and SP2
• Exchange 2003 Performance Troubleshooting Analyzer Tool v1.0 (ExPTA)
• Understanding the Exchange Information Store
• ExBPA Config XML 2.9.0.1 released
• Microsoft Windows Kernel Memory Management and Microsoft Exchange Server
• OAB PDN changes and existing site consolidations
• Moving mailboxes using the Migration wizard in Exchange 2003

Exchange 5.5: R.I.P.

Para assinalar a "morte" do Exchange 5.5, a Microsoft organizou uma festa no mínimo estranha. Nada mais, nada menos do que uma espécie de velório num bar irlandês no Reino Unido.
Aqui fica a link da notícia:

• Microsoft holds weirdest press conference ever

Leitura de fim-de-semana

Foi uma semana muito ocupada profissionalmente, nos dias que correm é bom sinal. Ah, e já me esquecia, saiu mais um artigo deste autor que vos escreve :-)

• The Art and Science of Sizing Exchange 2003 (Part 3)
• The Importance of Auditing your Exchange 2003 Server(s)
• Drawbacks of running a mixed mode Exchange Server environment
• RIM - common enemy of Microsoft and Nokia
• Vodafone launches push mobile e-mail service
• All About OAB v4
• Using BESAlert for Error and Warning History
• Building an SRP Monitor
• Top Exchange Design Considerations
• How Daylight Savings Time Date Changes affect Scheduling in Outlook Client
• USN Rollbacks and Active Directory Replication Issues
• Auditing Send-as and Receive As rights via script
• IMF Archive Manager 2.0
• Moving mailboxes using the Move mailbox wizard in Exchange 2003
• Exchange 2003 migration resources

Leitura de fim-de-semana

Depois do período fértil em notícias que foi o IT Forum 2005, as coisas acalmaram um pouco. Ainda assim, estão aqui reunidos alguns artigos e notícias bastante interessantes.

• Analysts critcize Microsoft Exchange 12, I don't agree
• Outlook calendars - display multiple timezones
• Exchange Server 2003 Common Criteria Certification
• Building a Better Link Monitor using WMI – Exchange 2003
• Sending a SysLog Message using Monad
• Using Monad and WMI with Exchange 2003
• Overview of E12 Features (Part 2)
• A blogcast series on upgrading your organization from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003
• Introducing the Exchange Solution Reviewed Program (ESPR) - Storage
• Securing Outlook 2003 messages with Information Rights Management
• SelectiveOOF: Selectively suppress Out-of-Office replies
• Implementing Disaster Recovery Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server 2000/2003

Webcasts de messaging em Dezembro

Para quem lê o blog da Eileen Brown esta lista não será novidade, quem não lê, devia começar a fazê-lo!

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2003 In Depth (Part 11 of 14): Exchange Best Practice Analyzer (Level 200)
Friday, December 2, 2005 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
The Microsoft Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool (ExBPA) is an automated health check and troubleshooting tool. An essential tool for any Exchange administrator the ExBPA collects configuration settings and performs network and protocol tests in an Exchange topology. Join this webcast as we will cover what the tool is and how to install it, set it up, and use it.

TechNet Webcast: Making the Transition from Lotus Domino Messaging to Exchange Server (Level 200)
Wednesday, December 7, 2005 - 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
Erik Ashby, Exchange Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation
Gary Devendorf, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
Join this webcast to get in-depth knowledge of the recommended process for transitioning from an IBM Lotus Domino to a Microsoft Exchange Server messaging topology. Learn about the best path to an easy transition, and find out about recent updates to the tools available from Microsoft that can help you migrate from IBM Lotus Notes and Domino.

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2003 In Depth (Part 13 of 14): Mobility (Level 200)
Friday, December 9, 2005 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
This webcast covers the mobility support in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, including the new mobility features in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Windows Mobile 5.0. The webcast provides a brief overview of Open Mobile Alliance, and then shows how to configure and enable OMA, before covering some security considerations. From there the webcast discusses Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) access considerations, examining WAP 1.x and WAP 2.0 gateways and how they affect Secure Sockets Layer traffic. The presentation concludes with a brief Windows Mobile 5.0 discussion featuring the Messaging & Security Feature Pack, its integration with SP2, the features of SP2, and what business issues it solves.

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2003 In Depth (Part 14 of 14): Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (Level 200)
Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
This final webcast looks at the new features within Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP2. We will cover the improvements in the Intelligent Message Filter and the mailbox enhancements, increased storage limits for standard edition, as well as some of the mobility improvements in the service pack.

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2003 Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts (Level
300)
Friday, December 16, 2005 - 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time
Michael Murphy, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
Your organization is running Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, and it is stable. What can you do to improve your Exchange operations, customize them, and optimize them to better meet the requirements of your organization? This webcast provides tips on how to customize system messages, create custom address lists, customize Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access, and control which versions of Outlook are allowed to connect to the Exchange server. We also show you how to use Mailbox Manager and create catch-all mailboxes.

Momentum Webcast: Use Third-Party Tools to Migrate Smoothly from Lotus Notes to a Microsoft Collaboration Platform (Level 100)
Monday, December 05, 2005 - 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Pacific Time
Gary Devendorf, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
Learn how you can quickly and easily migrate your Lotus Notes databases to a Microsoft collaboration platform that is based on Microsoft SharePoint products and technologies. Through demonstrations, this webcast introduces you to several tools offered by third-party providers that can help smooth your migration from Lotus Notes to the collaboration platform.

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2003 In Depth (Part 12 of 14): Client Security (Level 200)
Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
This webcast covers client security for use with Microsoft Office Outlook, Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access (OWA), and POP3 and Internet Message Access Protocol version 4rev1 (IMAP4) access (except mobile devices, which are covered in Part 13). The Outlook segment presents security features that relate to attachments security, address book and object model access, security zones, S/MIME, Remote Procedure Call over HTTP and Information Rights, anti-virus protection, and spam protection through filters. The OWA segment shows how to secure OWA access, Secure Sockets Layer with OWA, how to enable and configure it, S/MIME within the OWA environment, the infrastructure, and integration with firewalls and publishing through Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server. The presentation concludes by addressing POP3 and IMAP4, following the same steps as with Outlook and OWA.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

Tal como referi no post anterior, o Microsoft IT Forum 2005 tem sido pródigo em notícias relacionadas com o Exchange, com especial enfoque na próxima versão "Exchange 12". Mas vejamos que outra leituras temos para o fim-de-semana:

• Configuring Microsoft Outlook to display Sender ID information
• Moving mailboxes across administrative groups in Exchange 2003
• Public folder changes in Exchange 2003 SP2
• Where is the Messaging and Security Feature Pack?
• Exchange 12 Goes 64 Bit (x64)!!!!!
• SearchExchange serializes my DR ebook
• Show which users have been delegated an Exchange Administrator role via the ESM delegation wizard by script.
• Allowing someone to update their own Active Directory Contact details via OWA
• Slides from recent presentations
• Rights Management Service and Exchange 2003 (Part 1)
• Exchange 2003 Disaster Recovery Analyzer Tool (ExDRA 1.0)
• Exchange 2000/2003 Front End Server Logon Process

Notícias do IT Forum

Pois é, este ano não fui ao Microsoft IT Forum que está a decorrer em Barcelona, mas fiquei obviamente atento às novidades lá anunciadas.
Relativamente ao Exchange Server as notícias têm sido muitas, sendo que o anúncio mais somante foi o de que a próxima versão do Exchange será apenas disponibilizada para a plataforma 64 bits.
Aqui fica uma colecção de notícias variadas sobre o Exchange:

• Microsoft Exchange 12 Facts!
• Microsoft Exchange 12 will enable "file sharing" through RPC over HTTP!
• Microsoft Exchange IMF updates bi-weekly
• Microsoft Exchange 12 - 64 bit only
• Microsoft Exchange 12 roadmap
• Exchange '12' to be 64-bit Only
• Microsoft Debuts Host of New Products and Solutions at IT Forum to Enhance Business Computing

Aplicação do MOF ao Exchange

Boas notícias para os MOFaólicos. A Microsoft disponibilizou hoje o documento Exchange Service Management Guide, uma aproximação top-down à gestão de um sistema de messaging num ambiente corporativo.

This guide applies Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) principles and specific prescriptive guidance for managing Microsoft Exchange in a mission-critical enterprise setting. The guidance will help you implement process and team best practices within the context of the MOF Process Model. It is aligned with the corresponding components of Exchange Service Management.

A pergunta que fica no ar é se eventualmente este documento será transformado numa Service Management Fucntion e incorporado no modelo de processos do MOF.