Webcasts de messaging para Novembro

Aqui fica a lista dos webcasts da Microsoft sobre messaging e colaboração previstos para Novembro. Mais uma vez, cortesia da Eileen Brown.

Microsoft Webcast: Bring Innovation to Messaging with Microsoft Exchange Server
Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
Ed Wu, Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation
Do you think that e-mail is just another boring commodity? This webcast provides an overview of the current features in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and the exciting ways that organizations are currently using this messaging software. You will also learn about new features in the next release of Exchange Server that innovate in areas like mobility, content filtering, and collaboration.

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2003 In Depth (Part 3 of 14): Managing Recipient Objects (Level 200)
Wednesday, November 2, 2005 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
In this webcast we will cover recipient objects in Exchange Server 2003, starting with a look at the types of recipient objects available-User, Contact, Group, Public Folder, and InetOrgPerson. From there, learn how to create, configure, and manage them. We also cover the information store as it relates to these objects and the address lists for locating these objects.

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2003 In Depth (Part 4 of 14): Public Folders (Level 200)
Friday, November 4, 2005 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 offer great storage flexibility, and with it, potential complexity, which could make storage management difficult to administer. Start off right with this webcast about the basics of public folders in Exchange Server 2003. First, get an overview and architectural view of public folders. From there, learn about the overall management of public folders-creating them, setting and managing public folder permissions, replication, referrals, and storage requirements. The webcast concludes with tips on monitoring public folder status and mail-enabling public folders.

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2003 In Depth (Part 5 of 14): Virtual Server Components (Level 200)
Wednesday, November 9, 2005 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 offers quite a few virtual servers, and you have to decide which ones to use, and know how to configure them. This webcast covers what virtual servers are and how Exchange Server 2003 integrates with Microsoft Internet Information Services to provide them. Learn about the five main virtual servers—HTTP, POP3, Internet Message Access Protocol version 4rev1, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and Network News Transfer Protocol—with some coverage of Remote Procedure Call over HTTP. Going beyond technical descriptions, this webcast shows how to create and configure the various settings of each server.

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2003 In Depth (Part 6 of 14): Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (Level 200)
Friday, November 11, 2005 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
The more you know about Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), the better you can configure Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. The SMTP protocol is core to Exchange 2003 and Exchange Administrators require a sound knowledge of the protocol. Join this webcast to gain an in depth understanding of SMTP. Topics addressed include commands and ports for both SMTP and Extended Set of Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, how to configure Domain Name System for SMTP, Relays, and Smart Hosts. This webcast includes an important segment on security, which explains how to configure and secure SMTP, firewall requirements, and what makes traffic secure.

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2003 In Depth (Part 8 of 14): Backup, Restore, and Recovery (Level 200)
Friday, November 18, 2005 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
This webcast covers the critical tasks of backup, restore, and recovery, broken down into their three separate processes. The backup section explains what needs to be backed up both on Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and the operating system, types of backups, the role that logs can play in backup strategies, verification, and volume shadow copy. The restore section covers the different restore needs that may arise, from an entire server down to a mailbox, and public folder restoration. The webcast concludes by showing how to recover Exchange servers, focusing on recovery groups and mailbox recovery.

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2003 In Depth (Part 9 of 14): Monitoring, Performance, and Tuning (Level 200)
Wednesday, November 23, 2005 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
To get the most performance out of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, you must be able to monitor its performance and tune it. This webcast covers the various Exchange Server 2003 monitoring tools and techniques: basic monitoring practices such as event logs and queues, and events and queue issues to monitor; Exchange Monitors that monitor queues, services and disk space; recommended Exchange counters to use and what to look for. The webcast discusses the use of Microsoft Operations Manager as a management tool. The tuning segment present tips and information that can help tune the Exchange Servers.

TechNet Webcast: Using Third-Party Tools to Migrate Notes Databases to the Microsoft Collaboration Platform (Level 200)
Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
Gary Devendorf, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
Learn how you can migrate your Lotus Notes databases to the Microsoft collaboration platform, based on Microsoft SharePoint products and technologies, quickly and easily. This webcast introduces and demonstrates several tools offered by third-party providers that facilitate the migration from Lotus Notes to the collaboration platform from Microsoft.

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2003 In Depth (Part 10 of 14): Troubleshooting (Level 200)
Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
Troubleshooting tools can actually complicate your life if you don't know when to use which tools, and the sequences in which to use them. This webcast covers various Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 troubleshooting tools and the scenarios where the tools are used. Examples include using DCDiag and Netdiag to troubleshoot network and Domain Controller Connectivity issues, RPC Ping Utility to check Remote Procedure Call connectivity, isinteg to check database integrity, and ESEUTIL for various database tasks. This section also recaps the firewall information about what ports to open and how to look for issues in firewall logs.

Microsoft Office System: Using Mission Control and Microsoft Outlook to Eliminate E-mail Overwhelm (Level 100)
Tuesday, November 08, 2005 – 9:00 AM-10:00 AM Pacific Time
Doug Fisher, President, Mission Control
If you receive more than 20 or 30 emails a day (the United States average is 56, according to a recent Microsoft survey), you are probably experiencing some degree of e-mail overwhelm. In this webcast, learn how Microsoft Office Outlook can help you get relief from the stress of e-mail overwhelm by establishing a new set of protocols and best practices to help you effectively manage your email, instead of allowing it to manage you.

Momentum Webcast: Secure Your Exchange 2003 Server with ISA Server 2004 and Antigen (Level 200)
Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
Tim Armstrong, Technology Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
Learn how to use Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 and Sybari Antigen to protect your servers running Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 from a variety of externally based attacks. You will learn about best practices for the most common deployment scenarios from product managers on the ISA Server and Antigen teams. The speakers will emphasize configuring and tuning both products. If you are a technical professional or an executive who has a basic understanding of ISA Server 2004 and Antigen, this webcast can help you take your knowledge to the next level.

Momentum Webcast: Take Advantage of New Enhancements for Mobile Devices in Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (Level 100)
Thursday, November 17, 2005 - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time
Chris Smith, solutions specialist, Microsoft Corporation
Does your business have all the advantages of secure, flexible, and affordable mobile access? This webcast describes the mobility enhancements in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 that connect users to e-mail and other data from a range of mobile devices. Learn how your business can take advantage of new functionality such as the Always-up-to-date Notification feature, PIN lock settings, the ability to wipe a mobile device clean from a remote location, the ability to configure soft certificates to access Exchange, and more.

Momentum Webcast: Choosing High Performance Storage Options for Exchange Server 2003 (Level 200)
Monday, November 28, 2005 - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
Evan Morris, Senior systems Engineer - HP Microsoft Solutions Alliance Engineering, HP
This webcast provides an overview of storage options for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, including storage area networks (SANs), network attached storage (NAS), and Internet Small Computer System Interfaces (iSCSIs). Compare the advantages and disadvantages of the SAN, NAS, and iSCSI storage types, and gain insight into the different options that you can choose to configure a high performance Exchange environment.

TechNet Webcast: Configuring Exchange and VPN Connectivity Using ISA Server 2004 (Level 200)
Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Pacific Time
Michael Murphy, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
This webcast shows how you can use Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 to give users and partners access to e-mail and other resources while helping to secure your network. Learn how to publish resources such as Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 for Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access, Microsoft Outlook clients, and Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) servers. We also show how to use ISA Server 2004 to create secure virtual private network (VPN) connections, enable and configure VPN for roaming clients, configure VPN Quarantine Control, and create a site-to-site VPN connection between a central office and a remote branch office.

TechNet Webcast: A More Secure and Well-Managed Infrastructure (Part 9 of 18): Securing the Exchange Environment (Level 300)
Friday, November 11, 2005 - 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific Time
Keith Combs, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
E-mail servers are the primary conduit for viruses entering information technology environments. Large quantities of spam can devour server space and network bandwidth through sheer volume. This webcast presents features and techniques that can help the Microsoft Exchange Server environment achieve strong, layered security. The first topic is the Microsoft Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer. We examine how this tool sets the baseline for the Exchange environment. The Best Practices Analyzer is crucial because ignoring the best practices for Exchange might negate any other practices used to secure Exchange. Next we examine how to secure Exchange, using the server hardening guidance for Exchange, integration with the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Public Key Infrastructure environment, certificates, digital signatures and client protection.

TechNet Webcast: A More Secure and Well-Managed Infrastructure (Part 10 of 18): Sybari Antigen Overview (Level 300)
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific Time
Kai Axford, Security Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
This webcast looks at how the Sybari products can be used to provide extra security for Microsoft messaging environments. See how Sybari products mitigate the issues that unwanted or malicious messages can cause.

TechNet Webcast: Securing Exchange Servers Against External Threats with Antigen (Level 200)
Monday, November 28, 2005 - 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Peter Eicher, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation
Learn how to use Antigen antivirus to protect your Microsoft Exchange 2003 Servers against external viruses, worms, and spam. This webcast covers Antigen's multiple engine scanning methodology for identifying the latest virus and worm threats, its combination of anti-spam filtering techniques, as well as updating, configuration, and management capabilities that can help stop threats before they reach critical systems. This webcast is intended for information technology professionals who have a surface-level understanding of Antigen antivirus and anti-spam, and who are interested in expanding their technical knowledge.

TechDays 2005: agenda provisória

Aqui ficam então mais algumas novidades sobre o evento TechDays 2005:

• Já existe uma agenda provisória que pode ser consultada no site da Microsoft Portugal;
• Foi igualmente disponibilizada informação sobre os oradores já confirmados.

Qualquer informação adicional pode ser consultada na página oficial do evento.

30 Gigas de mail

A notícia não é propriamente nova (Neowin, RSOutlook), mas achei que merecia uma referência.
O site 30Gigs.com está a oferecer mailboxes com a capacidade de armazenamento até 30 GigaBytes!

30Gigs.com started off with the idea of creating a "All in one" site for the webmaster and avid computer users. Combining personal file storage, GD2 signatures and anonymous email all in one service, which would be free. Our main goal is to increase our space even further, to 50 gigs, or maybe 100 as time goes on.

É pena que, à semelhança do GMail, só funcione por convites. Alguém tem um para mim?

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Como já vem sendo habitual, grande parte do conteúdo desta lista provém de blogs. Cool!

• Thunderbird 1.5 deemed unready for enterprise prime time
• FAQ: Outlook Web Access
• DevNull SMTP: A 'dummy' SMTP server for testing and troubleshooting
• Stripping attachments from non-delivery reports
• Exchange 2003 Microsoft Server ActiveSync and VSAPI
• Resolving SMTP error 550 5.7.1 Unable to relay for user(a)domain.com Error 0x800CCC79
• Phishers Take Aim At New Targets
• Why do spammers spam when they know we hate it so much?
• Outlook 2003 - where has all my mail gone?
• Exchange Standby Clusters are now supported
• Difference Between Deleting a Mailbox and "Remove Exchange Attributes"
• Reporting on forwarding rules in Mailboxes and Public Folders via a script
• Automating a Quicker Exchange 2000 or 2003 / DC reboot
• Sender ID

Baseline BIS TCO Assessment - v3

A Microsoft disponibilizou uma nova ferramenta que permite aos parceiros gerar relatórios de TCO para cenários de migração para Windows 2003 e Exchange 2003.

"The Baseline BIS TCO Assessment analyzes a customer's actual IT costs and helps you to measure the ROI of migrating to Windows Server 2003 and Exchange Server 2003 from NT4, NetWare, Exchange 5.5, and GroupWise. It will only take you about 1 hour to gather information about their IT environment for the tool. The Online Training and a Brand New Project Guide are also available – Training is HIGHLY recommended. This tool is focused on the 50-500 Desktop customer (up to 1000 employees). It is designed to be completed and delivered by a Partner, not the end customer."

Tive a oportunidade de experimentar esta nova ferramenta. No final obtenho um relatório que compara os TCO para os diferentes cenários (obviamente o Exchange 2003 é mais económico). A Baseline BIS TCO Assessment - v3 está disponível para download aqui.

TechDays 2005

Vai decorrer de 7 a 10 de Novembro a maior conferência técnica realizada em Portugal sobre tecnologias Microsoft.
Para quem conhece outras conferências organizadas pelo gigante informático, tal como Tech.Ed ou o IT Forum, esta vai ser uma pequena amostra das primeiras (ou talvez um ensaio, nunca se sabe...).
Ou seja, vão ser 78 sessões técnicas pelo preço simbólico de 75 euros. As sessões vão ser conduzidas por pessoal da Microsoft, Parceiros, MVPs e outros especialistas, estando já confirmadas as presenças de oradores prestigiados como Rafal Lukawiecki ou Scott Schnoll.
Além disso, à semelhança dos grandes eventos internacionais, vai existir uma área reservada ao esclarecimento de dúvidas técnicas e ao convívio com especialistas e MVPs.
Eu vou lá estar, e vocês?
Mais informações em http://www.microsoft.com/portugal/techdays/default.mspx.

ADModify.NET 2.1

Conforme noticiado primeiro pelo Mark Fugatt, a nova versão do ADModify.NET foi recentemente disponibilizada.
Aqui fica uma lista das novas funcionalidades:

• Added MAPI user enable/disable (requires Exchange 2003 SP2)
• Fixed bug in variable parser to allow literal /% and /' strings
• Fixed killmail code to include all attributes listed in KB 307350
• Added "Update Email address on General Tab" option for both cmd and gui versions, for updating the mail attribute when a primary SMTP address is added
• Added wildcard search ability when removing email addresses
• Added "do not remove primary" option when removing addresses
• Added Wireless OMA/UIS/UTD options in GUI

Para quem desconhece esta ferramenta, o ADModify permite fazer modificações em massa na Active Directory. O Ben Hoffman tem um exemplo de utilização no seu blog:

• Using ADModify - A real world example

Actualização de segurança para o Exchange 2000

Tal como noticiado anteriormente na página Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification, a Microsoft lançou hoje uma actualização de segurança para o Exchange 2000, conforme descrito no sumário de buletins para Outubro.
A vulnerabilidade está relacionada com o Microsoft CDO e está descrita no Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-048.
Aqui fica o link para download:

• Security Update for Exchange 2000 Server (KB906780)

Novos artigos no Exchange TechCenter

Para quem já terminou a "Leitura de fim-de-semana", aqui fica uma nova dose de literatura técnica. Foram recentemente publicados no Microsoft Exchange Server TechCenter vários artigos. Aqui ficam os links:

• Best Practices for Using Volume Shadow Copy Service with Exchange Server 2003
• Understanding Availability and Site Resilience Solutions for Exchange Server 2003
• Introduction to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 GroupWise Connector
• Offline Address Generation Overview
• How Outlook, CDO, MAPI, and Providers Work Together
• Troubleshooting Microsoft Exchange System Manager Public Folder Expansion Problems
• Recipient Policies and Exchange 2000 Server and Exchange Server 2003 Sites
• Troubleshooting Fast Growing Transaction Logs on Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server and Exchange Server 2003

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Finalmente, uma lista com um "toque pessoal" (há já algum tempo que não acontecia...):

• The Art and Science of Sizing Exchange 2003 (Part 1)
• Entourage 2004 SP2
• Special invitation for EHLO readers to the E12 Developer Conference!
• Displaying Details about Transaction Log files for Each Storage Group
• Enabling and disabling MAPI, POP, IMAP, or HTTP
• Script for searching mailboxes for specified attachments
• Add video clips to your Outlook emails
• Steve Ballmer Details Microsoft’s Security Strategy
• Anti-phishing no Office 2003 Service Pack 2
• Keep Data in Line, Most of the Time

[UPDATE]

• Exchange 2003 on Windows Server 2003 x64

MVP Summit Parte 3: Tecnologia

Como não podia deixar de ser, o Summit também é sobre Tecnologia. O programa MVP foi criado para distinguir a participação em comunidades técnicas, pelo que uma das formas que a Microsoft tem de nos agradecer a nós, MVPs, é dando-nos em primeira mão algumas notícias sobre os seus produtos.
Infelizmente, tudo o que nos é dito está ao abrigo de um Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA), pelo que não nos é permitido revelar nada ao público em geral. Mas, julgo que não cometo nenhuma inconfidência se vos informar que tivémos muitas sessões sobre o Exchange 12. Provavelmente a maior parte dessa informação será também revelada na conferência E12 Developer Conference.

Para terminar gostava de salientar 2 curiosidades sobre o campus em Redmond:
1) Foi engraçado verificar que existe uma sala de apresentações chamada Kodiak (lembram-se do nome de código do que era suposto ser a próxima versão de Exchange?)
2) Tive a oportunidade de visitar um laboratório de SQL, uma vez que conheci lá um português que trabalha na Microsoft (ver foto).

E pronto, para o ano há mais (se fôr reconduzido como MVP, claro.)

MVP Summit Parte 2: os Tugas

Pois é, os Tugas arrasaram ;-)
Como ainda sou novo nestas andanças, deu finalmente para conhecer os outros colegas MVPs portugueses. O que tenho a dizer sobre eles é que são todos espectaculares (e acreditem que não estou numa de a55 kissing, é pura sinceridade).
Gostava que fosse possível incluir aqui um apanhado das melhores anedotas que pudémos trocar, mas o decoro e as regras da decência impedem-me de o fazer.
Alberto, João, João Paulo e Paulo, temos de repetir isto mais vezes.

(Private joke: ó João Paulo, vai chamar a Maria para dentro!)

Uma palavra também para a "galera" brasileira, também todos muito "cool". O mais difícil foi mesmo explicar-lhes que eu era um MVP de "Exchénge" ;-)

Aqui ficam algumas fotos:

MVP Summit Parte 1: as Pessoas

Vamos lá então fazer um balanço do que foi o MVP Summit '05. Do meu ponto de vista, o mais importante não é a tecnologia nem as notícias bombásticas, mas sim as pessoas.
São as pessoas que constituem o valor acrescentado num evento como este, a possibilidade de interagir com outros MVPs e pessoal da Microsoft, o associar uma cara a um nome.
Neste aspecto, o Summit foi muito positivo para mim, pois para além de ter revisto algumas caras conhecidas, tive ainda o previlégio de conhecer pessoas como Paul Robichaux, William Lefkovics, Paula Kingsley, Benjamin Mateos, Chris Scharff, KC Lemson, Melissa Travers, Arnaud Alcabez, Gladys Rodriguez, Goran Husman e muitos outros cujo nome agora não me lembro.
Ah, é verdade, e a viagem de regresso também é uma boa oportunidade para conhecer pessoas, certo Eric?
O balanço é francamente positivo neste meu primeiro Summit. Espero para o ano poder repetir a experiência.

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Desta vez têm de me desculpar o atraso. É que a vida aqui no MVP Summit tem sido muito complicada. Mas não me posso queixar, está a ser uma experiência inesquecível (mas sobre isso falarei mais tarde). Vamos lá ver o que temos aqui para hoje:

• Quick VBA script: Attachment reminder for Outlook
• Our SearchExchange.com experts' favorite freeware
• Palm sets sail as Microsoft OEM
• Monad, baby!
• Reporting on Disconnected mailboxes and showing when they will be purged in Exchange 2003
• Showing status of all SMTP Virtual Servers in your domain
• Turning on the "larger than 16GB" feature of Exchange 2003 SP2
• Designing Outlook Forms (Part 2)
• A Look at the Exchange Monitor 2003 Tool
• OAB Troubleshooting Goodies
• Performance troubleshooting basics

MVP Summit, aqui vou eu!

É já amanhã, 28-Set, que parto para Redmond, EUA, para participar no MVP Global Summit 2005.
Para mim é uma estreia e as expectativas são altas: conhecer outros MVP's, ter acesso a alguma informação extra sobre Exchange e, claro, ver uma apresentação do Steve Ballmer.
O mais cansativo vai ser a viagem: partida de Portugal às 10:35 e chegada a Seattle às 20:22, hora local (GMT -8).
Aqui ficam os dados dos meus voos:

Continental Airlines:
1. CO 65 N 28SEP LISEWR HK1 1035 1330
2. CO 1881 N 28SEP EWRSEA HK1 1725 2022
3. CO 1580 V 02OCT SEAEWR HK1 0805 1611
4. CO 64 V 02OCT EWRLIS HK1 2025 0815

Vou tentar colocar aqui alguma informação que não esteja sujeita ao NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement).

Actualização do filtro Junk-Email do Outlook

Já está disponível a actualização de Setembro 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. Como é habitual, será acompanhado pelo respectivo artigo da Knowledge Base (ainda não disponível à hora deste post):

• Description of the Update for Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB904631)

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Desculpem o atraso. Queiram por favor alterar o título deste post para "leitura para as horas livres da semana".

• Microsoft Beefs Up Exchange Support In Mac Office
• Microsoft Partners With Qwest On VoIP
• Top 10 Web sites for Exchange admins
• First Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Phone in US
• Red Hat still mulling over possible Exchange competitor
• Exchange 2003 SP2: SenderID
• Microsoft Enhances Entourage 2004 for the Enterprise
• Exchange Free / Busy message size
• Importing Vcards from vcf files to Outlook Contacts and Vcard conversion Event sink
• Dual or Pass-Through Authentication in an Exchange 2003 Front-End/Back-End Setup
• Tips for disaster recovery readiness

KB bug: corrigido!

Num post anterior mencionei um artigo da Knowledge Base que continha uma incorrecção. Pois bem, o referido artigo foi alvo de uma revisão e está agora, até prova em contrário, isento de erros.
Aqui fica o link da revisão 2.0:

• You cannot add users to a private address book in Outlook when the forest functional level is set to Windows Server 2003

Download de webcasts

A propósito do meu último post (webcasts em Outubro), não seria muito mais cómodo se pudéssemos fazer download dos webcasts e vê-los à medida do nosso tempo livre? Pois bem, alguém já publicou os procedimentos necessários e publicou-os no seu blog.
Aqui fica a reprodução das instruções:

Requisitos:

• IE6 SP1
• NeTransport 1.94 (disponível em www.xi-soft.com)

Instruções:

1. Abra a página de um webcast, por exemplo:
   http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032244882&Culture=en-US.
2. Quando chegar à janela do Live Meeting, clique com o botão do lado direito do rato nessa janela e seleccione a opção para ver o código. Procure no Notepad o seguinte código:
   var WMFileName = "mms://streaming.placeware.com/aa4/SCG/web/r/mseventsbmo/
   b9v47bjd0g8wsm5k/wmm-11657/placeware.wmv";
3. Copie o URL (mms://streaming.placeware.com/aa4/SCG/web/r/mseventsbmo/
   b9v47bjd0g8wsm5k/wmm-11657/placeware.wmv)
4. Corra o NeTransport, inicie um novo job e faça paste do URL copiado anteriormente! Se tiver um firewall, certifique-se que as portas necessárias não estão bloqueadas.
5. Aguarde que o NeTransport faça o download e já está!

Webcasts de messaging em Outubro

Aqui estão os webcasts de messaging e colaboração para Outubro. Obrigado mais uma vez Eileen.

• Microsoft Webcast: Unlock Lotus Notes Using Microsoft Collaboration Technologies
  Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time
  Cliff Reeves, General Manager, Microsoft Corporation Gary Devendorf, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation Jim Bernardo, Enterprise Technical Strategist, Microsoft Corporation
  With advancements in technology, and major new software releases on the horizon from Microsoft and IBM, IBM Lotus Notes/Domino customers are re-examining their readiness for collaboration. In this webcast we discuss how customers can extend their Notes and Domino investments with Microsoft technologies, and why now is the right time to evaluate solutions for integrating your Notes applications within the Microsoft collaboration platform.


• TechNet Webcast: Overview of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Administration Features (Level 300)
  Tuesday, October 18, 2005 - 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time
  Malvin M. Seale, Technical Lead, Microsoft Corporation Get an overview of the new administration features for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2). This webcast covers changes to the 16GB limit and database size management, Public Folder management enhancements, and improvements to the Offline Address Book in Exchange Server 2003 SP2.


• TechNet Webcast: Accessing Exchange Server from Your Mobile Device Using SP2 (Level 300)
  Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time
  Max Ciccotosto, Lead Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation
  Does your organization have all the mobile access it could use in the areas of security, flexibility, and affordability? This webcast discusses and demonstrates how Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 provides secure and affordable remote and mobile access to e-mail and Personal Information Manager information across a range of mobile devices. Explore the new mobility enhancements in Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2, including the new always-up-to-date functionality, configuring personal identification number lock settings, remotely wiping a device, configuring soft certificates to access Exchange, and other new mobility enhancements.


• TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2003 In Depth (Part 1 of 14): Deployment Planning (Level 200)
  Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
  Harold Wong, Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
  How do you effectively plan and deploy Microsoft Exchange Server 2003? Start with this first webcast of the Exchange Server 2003 Series, where we examine the planning phase of any Exchange deployment. Learn the basic consideration for deployment, including hardware and software required to support one or more Exchange servers. From there we examine the infrastructure requirements, covering basic services such as Domain Name System, Microsoft Internet Information Services and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. Finally, we explain the biggest infrastructure requirement, Active Directory directory service. Covering integration and deployment paths, the presentation shows how Exchange and Active Directory are linked and how to deploy this critical service.


• TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2003 In Depth (Part 2 of 14): Coexistence and Migration (Level 200)
  Friday, October 28, 2005 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
  Harold Wong, Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
  Does migration have to be a headache? Not if you create a clear path and follow it. This webcast examines coexistence and migration scenarios when moving from Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 or Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. Connecting a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 environment to Active Directory as a starting point, the webcast shows how to connect the two directory services and troubleshoot them if they stop performing. With the Active Directory service established, learn how to integrate Exchange Server 2003 into this environment. The webcast concludes with a look at the upgrade path for Exchange Server 2000 deployments to Exchange Server 2003.


• Momentum Webcast: Exchange Server Sizing (Level 100)
  Thursday, October 27, 2005 - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time
  Steve Tramack, Senior Engineering Manager, HP Solution Alliances, HP
  Successful Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 deployments depend upon properly sizing and configuring your server environment and storage subsystem. A solid understanding of the business needs and technical constraints of these systems is critical to providing a configuration that offers performance at the service levels demanded by your organization. This webcast outlines a six-step methodology for performance planning that provides best practices related to the key sizing resources for sizing Exchange 2003 back-end servers. We identify available tools and resources from Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft for planning a successful messaging environment.


• TechNet Webcast: A Comprehensive Look at Anti-Spam Technologies in Exchange 2003 SP2 (Level 300)
  Monday, October 17, 2005 - 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time
  Mihai Costea, Program Manager, Exchange Server, Microsoft Corporation Alexander Nikolayev, Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation
  To keep your information technology infrastructure safe, you must be up-to-date on the latest threats and the countermeasures to block or mitigate them. This webcast presents the complete view of the anti-spam techniques in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2. It includes descriptions and technical drill-downs for features that originally shipped in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, plus the additions in Service Pack 2. The webcast concludes with tips and tricks for fighting spam.


• TechNet Webcast: E-mail Authentication: Importance in Your E-mail Hygiene Strategy (Level 300)
  Friday, October 21, 2005 - 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time
  Craig Spiezle, Director, Microsoft Corporation Harry Katz, Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation
  E-mail authentication is as essential to e-mail hygiene strategy as it is to building online trust. This webcast outlines the myths and realities of Sender ID, an industry-wide approach to dealing with the problem of e-mail spoofing and phishing. In this webcast we show how the results of Sender ID must be included in the overall e-mail trustworthiness score. Learn the importance of adding reputation to identity, and see how this improves deliverability of legitimate mail, detection of phishing exploits and reduces the occurrence of false positives. This presentation includes a review of industry momentum and progress around anti-spam and anti-phishing efforts. The webcast also shows examples of creating records, and discusses various complementary e-mail authentication approaches.

Updates para Exchange 2000 & 2003

A Microsoft disponibilizou recentemente um update para o Exchange Server (2000 e 2003) que corrige uma falha na implementação DAV:

• Update for Exchange 2003 (KB 888619)
• Update for Exchange 2000 (KB 892986)

Cada um dos updates é acompanhado pelo respectivo artigo da Knowledge Base:

• The value for the PR_ACCESS property that is returned from the DAV PROPFIND method is always read-only in Exchange Server 2003
• The value for the PR_ACCESS property that is returned from a WebDAV PROPFIND method is always MAPI_ACCESS_READ (read-only) in Exchange 2000

Leitura de fim-de-semana

Julgo que a lista desta semana estabelece um novo recorde. São nada mais, nada menos do que 17 (!) artigos.

• Make the MTA Go Away
• A Religious Debate: Upgrade in Place vs. Reinstall
• Messaging and Hurricane Katrina
• Exchange event sink offers selective journaling options
• Customising Exchange 2003 OWA FBA
• Copying your SMTP relay list to another computer
• EXBPA May Incorrectly Report Low Free PTEs
• Read the Release Notes for Exchange 2003 SP2 CTP
• Creating a new folder in a mailbox if one doesn't exist in WebDav
• Add a Picture to Contact in Outlook 2003 via Script
• Error in Active Directory Users and Computers when updating e-mail addresses
• Offline Address Book Integrity (OABInteg) Utility Explained
• Free/Busy Folders in Exchange Server 2003 in Depth
• On Digital Photos, Overseas Travel, and Outlook Web Access
• More details on Standard DB limit size increase in Exchange 2003 SP2
• E12 Developer Roadmap
• Overcoming Recovery Storage Group limitations

KB bug

You cannot add users to a private address book in Outlook when the forest functional level is set to Windows Server 2003, este é um artigo da Knowledge Base da Microsoft que saíu recentemente.
Andava o fellow MVP Alexandre Janeiro a ler este artigo quando se deparou com uma imprecisão (no mínimo!). O artigo diz assim:

SYMPTOMS
Consider the following scenario:
• You install Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server or Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer.

Ora, da última vez que eu verifiquei o Exchange 2000 Server não podia ser instalado no Windows Server 2003! Para quem tem dúvidas:

• You Cannot Install Exchange 2000 on a Computer That Is Running Windows Server 2003

Agora resta esperar pela versão 1.1 do artigo. O Alexandre já enviou feedback.

Application Layer Firewall protection for Exchange Server 2003 with ISA Server 2004

Application Layer Firewall protection for Exchange Server 2003 with ISA Server 2004 é um novo documento recentemente publicado pela Microsoft, que contém instruções para proteger o Exchange recorrendo aos serviços do ISA Server 2004.

"The purpose of this document is to detail how to more effectively use the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) filtering capabilities to secure a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 environment connected to the Internet by using ISA Server 2004."

Leitura de fim-de-semana

Devido a algumas dificuldades técnicas, só agora consegui publicar a habitual lista de leitura para o fim-de-semana. Bem, nalgum ponto do planeta ainda deve ser Sexta-Feira ;-)

• Email Security - What Are The Issues?
• Overcoming Recovery Storage Group limitations
• OMA's missing logout function
• Keeping e-mail organized in Outlook 2003
• Checklist: Top 10 best practices for securing e-mail clients
• Move your Autocomplete entries to another machine
• Supportability Change on Disabling the Exchange 2003 MTA
• Large Exchange 2003 clusters and disabling the MTA
• Clustered Exchange setup tidbit
• Exchange clusters and the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator
• Public Folder Replication Troubleshooting Basics
• Migrating from Notes Domino to Exchange 2003 using the Exchange Notes Connector
• Exchange 12 will ship on DVD

Exchange Server 2003 Folder Listing DoS

A Secunia publicou recentemente um alerta relativamente a uma vulnerabilidade do Exchange Server 2003, que possibilita um ataque do tipo Denial of Service (DoS):

Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, which can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the handling of requests to list public folders, and can be exploited to crash the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service (Store.exe) via an IMAP4 request.Successful exploitation requires that the following conditions are met:
* User tries to list public folders using IMAP4 version 4rev1
* Exchange server does not allow IMAP4 users to list public folders.
* User does not have a private mailbox on the server.

Solution:
The vendor has issued a hotfix, which can be obtained by contacting Microsoft Product Support Services.

IBM lança Lotus Notes/Domino 7

A IBM lançou recentemente a última versão do seu software de messaging e colaboração, com o qual vai tentar ganhar alguma quota de mercado ao líder actual, o Microsoft Exchange.
Para quem precisar de ser convencido, a IBM até disponibiliza uma página de comparação competitiva.
Links relacionados:

• IBM Delivers Notes And Domino 7
• What's new in Lotus Domino 7
• What's new in Lotus Notes 7

Intermedia.Net oferece serviços

Lembram-se da empresa que eu falei no post Factos curiosos sobre email?
A Intermedia.NET anunciou que vai oferecer os serviços a todas as organizações que tenham sido afectadas pelo furacão Katrina. Além do serviço de hosting, a Intermedia.NET oferece ainda um serviço de Fax, redireccionando os faxes recebidos como attachs de email.
Uma iniciativa verdadeiramente cool!
A notícia completa pode ser lida neste link.

[UPDATE]
Mais uma empresa a seguir este bom exemplo:

• Mi8 Corporation Offers Free Email Service to Companies Affected by Hurricane Katrina

Leitura de fim-de-semana

Vejamos se Setembro vai ser um bom mês para a "Leitura de fim-de-semana". Parece-me que a primeira colheita não está nada mal.

• Testing Exchange 2003 SP2
• Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 BETA (build 7623.0) Exposed
• Freeware tools change Exchange mailbox language settings
• Trend Micro(TM) ScanMail(TM) for Microsoft(TM) Exchange Named 2005 Readers' Choice Award Winner by Windows IT Pro
• What days do spammers take off?
• Troubleshooting RPC/HTTP
• Deploying the Offline Address book (OAB) with SMS
• SSL Enabling OWA 2003 Using a Free 3rd Party Certificate
• Overview of E12 Features
• Exchange 2003 SP2 Database Header changes

[UPDATE]

• Permissions required to install the first Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) in the Org

Factos curiosos sobre email

Andava eu a navegar pela Internet, quando acabei por seguir um link que me levou até uma empresa de hosting de Exchange, a Intermedia.NET (já agora, não tenho qualquer ligação a esta empresa) . Mas o que me chamou a atenção foi uma lista de factos e estatísticas sobre email e sistemas de correio electrónico que passa no rodapé do site desta empresa. Sendo assim, e esperando não estar a violar um qualquer acordo de copyright, aqui vos deixo essa lista de factos curiosos:

• “O Microsoft Exchange é o servidor de email dominante para as empresas de média dimensão”
• "Uma semana sem email é mais traumática e gera mais stress do que um pequeno acidente de automóvel ou um divórcio", CFO.com, John McPartin, CFO IT June 22, 2004
• "Os administradores de sistemas de email gastam em média 2 dias/semana a gerir os backups, 1 dia/semana a recuperar mensagens e anexos arquivados para os utilizadores"
• "31% dos consumidores utilizam software anti-spam", E-Quad News
• "60% da propriedade intelectual das empresas está no sistema de email", StorageInc. Magazine, Greg Arnette September 2003
• "O utilizador típico guarda mais de metade da sua informação crítica de negócio no sistema de messaging", Osterman Research
• "A quantidade de informação a nível mundial que obedece a requisitos de compliance vai aumentar de 376 petabytes em 2003 para mais de 1.600 petabytes em 2006"
• "Um utilizador de email corporativo envia e recebe em média cerca de 10 megabytes de informação por dia", CFO.com, John McPartin, CFO IT June 22, 2004
• "Custo estimado para recuperar email de 823 tapes de backup: $1.1 milhões - $1.7 milhões”, NewGov Solutions, Christopher Mauldin, 2003
• "São gastos 77 minutos por semana para um empregado gerir a sua caixa de correio, em tarefas como limpar mensagens antigas, arquivo de mensagens e anexos, etc"
• "62% das empresas Fortune 1000 utilizam ou estão a migrar para Exchange.”
• "Um utilizador demora 27 minutos a apagar ou arquivar mensagens por forma a podes utilizar o sistema de correio electrónico novamente depois de atingir um limite de quota"
• "8,2 minutos é quanto demora um utilizador a encontrar uma mensagem com mais de 2 semanas"
• "Em 2001, o utilizador corporativo gastou em média 2,6 horas por dia a ler e gerir o email", Ferris Research
• "Em 2003 o spam custou às empresas americanas $10 - $87 biliões de dólares", Ferris Research/Nucleus Research
• "60% da informação crítica de negócio está guardada nos sistemas de email corporativos, em 1999 era apenas 33%", StorageTek Survey
• "O utilizador corporativo recebe em média 25 mensagens por dia, com um crescimento de 10% ao ano", IDC, Worldwide Email Usage Forecast 2002-2006
• "O tráfego de email está a crescer a um ritmo de 10%-25%", IDC, Worldwide Email Usage Forecast 2002-2006
• "Um sistema de correio electrónico típico com 3000 utilizadores movimenta mais de 1 terabyte de tráfego de mensagens anualmente", IDC, Worldwide Email Usage Forecast 2002-2006
• "Gerir um típico sistema de correio electrónico para uma empresa de 100 pessoas ocupa 85% de um técnico sénior"

Actualização de documento: "The Role of Groups..."

O documento The Role of Groups and Access Control Lists in Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Deployment foi recentemente actualizado.
É uma leitura bastante interessante para quem ainda utiliza Exchange 5.5 e está a pensar numa actualização para a versão 2003. Entre outras coisas, o documento faz uma analogia entre as Distribution Lists e os grupos de distribuição do Windows 200x, e tece algumas considerações sobre migrações e actualizações.

Já agora, lembrem-se que se estão a pensar numa migração de Exchange 5.5 para uma nova floresta/organização , não é possível migrar as Distribution Lists utilizando apenas as ferramentas de migração da Microsoft. Para superar esta situação, criei um pequeno script que disponibilizei publicamente. O script e as instruções de utilização estão disponíveis neste artigo: Inter-Org Distribution List Migration.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

Mais uma semana que passou, mais uma lista de leitura:

• More Bad News For Lotus Notes
• Getting Started with ExMon
• Exchange and SANs: No Magic Bullet, Part 2
• Another Look at SANs
• Exchange SP2 public beta - the CTP
• Sender ID Framework (SIDF) and Exchange Server 2003 SP2
• Is WINS required for Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003?
• Problems sending mail when your domain name or host name has an underscore (_) character
• What's the real RTM date? C'mon, you can tell me...
• A First Look at Exchange 2003 SP2
• Are your clients using desktop search engines that index Exchange mailboxes or public folders?
• Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) anti-spam features - order of execution

Update for Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB902953)

Acaba de ser disponibilizada mais uma actualização do filtro de 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. This update was released in August 2005."

A actualização pode ser obtida neste link ou através do Microsoft Update. À data deste post o respectivo artigo da KB ainda não estava disponível.

Guia de segurança para Exchange 2003

O CIS, Center for Internet Security, publicou recentemente (obrigado Paul pela notícia) um guia de segurança para o Exchange 2003. Ao longo das 163 páginas do documento são-nos apresentadas variadas configurações e recomendações para fazer hardening dos vários tipos de servidores com o Exchange 2003.
O CIS Exchange Server 2003 Benchmark Version 1.0 é grátis e de extrema utilidade. Recomendado!

Webcasts de messaging em Setembro

Mais uma vez Eileen Brown dá-nos a lista detalhada dos webcasts de messaging e colaboração que vão decorrer em Setembro. Para os interessados aqui vos deixo a lista:

• Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: Messaging and Collaboration Security: Meeting the Challenge
  Thursday, September 08, 2005 - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time
  Joe Licari, Director, Product Management, Microsoft Corporation
  Business systems are interconnected in order to get maximum value from the information technology (IT) infrastructure and to enable efficient employee collaboration. As a result, messaging and collaboration servers that enable e-mail, document sharing and instant messaging have become mission-critical infrastructure components in business environments around the world. Attend this webcast to understand the threats facing these servers and how you can protect them with Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server and Sybari Antigen. This 100-level session is appropriate for business and IT managers who want to learn what solutions Microsoft offers to help them protect messaging and collaboration servers.
• Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: A Conversation with Avanade: Business Justifications for Modernizing Your Collaboration Platform
  Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
  Rita Seroski, Director of Infrastructure Solutions, Avenade
  How are companies getting the most out of their IBM Lotus Notes investment? Find out by joining us for this webcast. We discuss the real-world experience of a partner that has helped companies migrate from Notes or coexist with a Notes and Microsoft Windows server environment. Learn how a partial or total migration that is virtually transparent to customers and partners is achieved while the value of information currently on Domino Servers is maintained.
• TechNet Webcast: Exchange Performance Monitoring Analysis and Tuning (Level 300)
  Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Pacific Time
  Paul Bowden, Program Manager, Exchange Server Development Team, Microsoft Corporation
  Are you getting all the performance out of Exchange Server 2003 that you'd like? During this session, which was highly rated when presented at Tech•Ed 2005 in Orlando, Florida (TechEd ID: MSG368), we explore all aspects of performance tuning for Exchange server 2003, covering Windows, Exchange, and system resources. Understand and learn best practices, registry tweaks, and performance monitoring that can help your Exchange environment run more smoothly.
• TechNet Webcast: Defining and Monitoring Desired Configuration Across a Messaging Service (Level 300)
  Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
  Edhi Sarwono, SYSTEMS DESIGN ENGINEER, Microsoft CorporationRobbie McAlpine, SR PROGRAM MANAGER, Microsoft Corporation
  Do you consider it a challenge to monitor a configuration across a messaging service? This webcast presents a new solution: the Desired Configuration Monitoring (DCM) Solution Accelerator, which will be released in September. Learn about the DCM Solution Accelerator, how configuration manifests are generated, how the configuration check is processed and about the resulting reports of non-compliant services. The Solution Accelerator provides tools to alert users of differences or non-compliance between their present configuration and baseline or desired configuration. It also provides environmental configuration data to aid configuration management.
• TechNet Webcast: Securing Your Exchange Server with Antigen and ISA Server (Level 200)
  Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
  Peter Eicher, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation
  Every enterprise needs inter-site communication, but it opens conduits for everything from bandwidth-gobbling spam to malicious attacks that can cripple your organization. This webcast shows how to use Sybari Antigen and Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server to protect Microsoft Exchange Server from viruses, worms, spam and external attacks. Product managers from the ISA Server and Antigen teams discuss best practices for common Exchange deployment types, emphasizing configuration and tuning Antigen and ISA Server. This session is appropriate for information technology professionals who have a surface-level understanding of ISA and Antigen, and are ready to take their knowledge to the next level.
• TechNet Webcast: Exchange 2003 Disaster Recovery Solutions (Level 300)
  Thursday, September 22, 2005 - 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time
  Rand Morimoto, Author, President, Convergent Computing
  Are you encountering problems with Microsoft Exchange Server failures, database corruption, site failures or LAN/WAN failures? To deal with these and similar problems, join Rand Morimoto as he presents best practices for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 clustering, dial tone Exchange recovery strategies, non-Microsoft software replication utilities, snapshot Storage Area Network solutions and geo-clusters. Learn how to determine the best recovery solution for your needs. Gain tips, tricks, and best practices for these technical solutions, and see how other technical solutions improve Exchange Clustering for disaster recovery.
• TechNet Webcast: Message Hygiene with Exchange Server 2003 (Level 300)
  Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
  Scott Schnoll, Technical Writer, Exchange User Education Team, Microsoft Corporation
  Viruses, worms, spam and other unwanted email have become a destructive reality that many administrators of Microsoft Exchange routinely face. This session, one of the top-rated breakout sessions (MSG342) from Tech•Ed 2005 in Orlando, Florida, provides recommendations and guidance for slowing and stopping the unwanted messages entering your Exchange 2003 environment. Learn how the Exchange Intelligent Message Filter supplements existing anti-spam features in Exchange 2003, as well as how Virus Scanning API 2.5 provides greater protection and administrative flexibility against malicious and harmful messages.
• TechNet Webcast: Exchange Best Practice Analyzer (Level 300)
  Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time
  Kevin Remde, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
  The Microsoft Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool (ExBPA) is an automated health check and troubleshooting tool. ExBPA collects configuration settings and performs network and protocol tests in an Exchange topology. Join this webcast to learn about the new version of the tool that was released in March 2005. We discuss enhancements such as scheduling and baseline support. See how to use ExBPA with Microsoft Operations Manager 2005. At the end of the presentation, we talk about future enhancements to the ExBPA tool.
• TechNet Webcast: Managing Exchange Service Levels with the SLA Scorecard Solution Accelerator (Level 300)
  Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
  Sanjiv Sharma, SYSTEMS DESIGN ENGINEER, Microsoft CorporationKarri Alexion-Tiernan, PROGRAM MANAGER, Microsoft Corporation
  Learn about the solution and architecture of the service-level agreement (SLA) Scorecard Solution Accelerator for a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 environment. The solution accelerator can set SLAs, administer outages, and analyze performance and trend reports across the messaging services. During this webcast we introduce a solution accelerator that leverages MOM 2005 data to create management-level availability reports and manage outages. We also look at long term trend analysis that compares predefined SLA levels to actual availability.
• TechNet Support Webcast: Lotus Notes Connector Configuration (Level 200)
  Wednesday, September 21, 2005: 10:00 A.M. Pacific time
  Gayle Heizer, Support Engineer, Microsoft Corporation
  This Support WebCast discusses the directory synchronization (DirSync) process between Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Lotus Notes. This WebCast discusses common issues that occur when Microsoft Exchange Connector is configured for Lotus Notes. This WebCast also discusses how to troubleshoot these issues.
• Microsoft Office System Webcast: Tips and Tricks for More Effective Meetings: Anytime, Anywhere (Level 100)
  Thursday, September 08, 2005 - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
  Andrew Reed, Senior Training Specialist, Pacific Technical Consulting
  Is your definition of a team meeting “wasted time?” Learn how the Microsoft Office System can help dramatically increase meeting effectiveness and maximize quality time with your colleagues and customers. Take a brief walk-through of key Microsoft Office System products such as Outlook 2003, OneNote 2003, and Live Meeting—Microsoft’s Web conferencing service that helps you run and participate in interactive meetings around the world in real time. Learn new ways to schedule meetings, share related documents, take and repurpose meeting notes, and stay on top of meeting-related tasks and action items.
• Microsoft Office System Webcast: Top 10 Tips to Save Time in Outlook (Level 100)
  Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
  Evan Archilla, Senior Training Specialist, Projectline Services
  Improve the way you manage information, communicate with others and organize your work using a single resource. The new and improved features of Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 work together to help you effectively manage and organize your e-mail and share information. Join us for this informative webcast to learn some of our favorite tips and tricks for getting the most out of Outlook 2003.
• Microsoft Office System Webcast: Scheduling Tips for Increased Productivity and Results with Outlook and Mission Control (Level 100)
  Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
  Brian Stuhlmuller, Executive Vice President, Mission Control
  Do you want to leave work earlier? Learn to use Mission Control's principles and practices for scheduling with Microsoft Office Outlook. Schedule yourself in a whole new way that enables you to be more focused and productive. In this webcast, discover how your familiar and common habits for scheduling can actually become obstacles to productivity. Learn how to build new scheduling habits that enable you to accomplish what is most important to you and deal effectively with the demands of the current work environment.
• Momentum Webcast: Creating Business Value Through Collaboration (Level 100)
  Tuesday, September 6, 2005 - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time
  Bill Malone, Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
  What is collaboration and how can it help your business? In this webcast, we look at collaboration as a means instead of an end. Collaboration tools, and more specifically a collaboration environment, can lead to dramatic increases in business value. Collaboration facilitates more effective business processes and decreases information technology support requirements and costs. Attend this webcast to learn more about the Microsoft approach to collaboration and the innovations Microsoft brings to the market to help organizations work together more effectively.
• TechNet Webcast: Securing Collaboration Beyond E-Mail (Level 200)
  Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
  Neha Sharma, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation
  Is your implementation of Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services safe? SharePoint benefits your organization because you can share information and documentation, and can reduce messaging overhead. But SharePoint can also allow users to bypass traditional antivirus and content scanning, and could provide an exploitable network security vulnerability. To ensure comprehensive network protection, your organization must adopt a layered defense strategy that encompasses communication policy, user training, and consistent application of security technology. Attend this webcast to understand existing and potential threats to corporate networks, and how to deploy practical protection for Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

Último dia de férias pour moi. Paciência. Aqui está a lista semanal de leitura:

• Time for a Mail Server Switch?
• Red Hat mulls Exchange competitor
• Monitoring Outlook in cached mode
• The MTA and Exchange 2003 clusters with > 4 nodes
• Exchange clustering lesson learned
• Planning for Your First Exchange Server
• Exchange 12 and Monad
• Retiring Legacy Exchange 2000 Servers
• Developing an E-Mail Usage Policy

Exchange SP2 CTP disponível a 19-Agosto

De acordo com úm post do Harold Wong e de notícia publicada pela Mary Jo Foley, a Microsoft vai disponibilizar uma Community Technology Preview (CTP) do Service Pack 2 para o Exchange Server 2003 a 19 de Agosto.
A versão CTP funciona como uma pré-beta e tem algumas limitações:

"Please be aware that CTP releases of any product will not display the stability of a shipped Microsoft product. Customers may encounter problems with Exchange Server 2003 SP2 that could possibly result in a loss or destruction of data. Some of the mobility features contained in this CTP download are not yet available for testing, pending availability of Windows Mobile 5.0 devices that have the Messaging & Security Feature Pack installed. Those devices will be available later in 2005 and 2006. Also some of the security features in SP2 are only available when used with Outlook 2003 SP2 which will not release until later in 2005. This build is available only in English."

Pode começar a contagem decrescente. Até já existe um link reservado.

Netcabo actualiza Exchange para a versão 2003

Foi com agrado que recebi a notícia que o ISP português Netcabo concluiu a actualização da sua plataforma de correio electrónico para a versão Exchange Server 2003.
Há já algum tempo que os front-ends haviam sido actualizados (notou-se uma pequena melhoria gráfica, mas a versão do OWA era à mesma a 2000), mas só agora com a actualização dos back-ends, os utilizadores podem disfrutar das novas funcionalidades e melhorias a nível gráfico introduzidas com o Exchange 2003.
A propósito das versões de front-ends e back-ends, aqui fica uma pequena tabela com as configurações suportadas (disponível no artigo da Knowledge Base Q829057):

Front-end	Back-end	Versão do OWA
Exchange 5.5	Exchange 5.5	Exchange 5.5
Exchange 5.5	Exchange 2000	Exchange 5.5
Exchange 5.5	Exchange 2003	Não suportado
Exchange 2000	Exchange 5.5	Não suportado
Exchange 2000	Exchange 2000	Exchange 2000
Exchange 2000	Exchange 2003	Não suportado
Exchange 2003	Exchange 5.5	Não suportado
Exchange 2003	Exchange 2000	Exchange 2000
Exchange 2003	Exchange 2003	Exchange 2003

Agora resta-nos esperar que a Netcabo melhore alguns aspectos operacionais que tantas críticas têm gerado nos seus clientes.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

Eu até acho que os artigos publicados no blog You Had Me At EHLO são espectaculares, mas relativamente à última sugestão de leitura que vos deixo (Why should you use Diskpar (Diskpart in W2003 SP1)?) parece-me que o meu (Disk Geometry) está melhor ;-)

• Checklist: Tools that diagnose Exchange performance problems
• Exchange and SANs: No Magic Bullet
• Sender ID's fading message
• Microsoft Clustering and Firewalls
• Using ADSIEdit - A Real World Example
• Sending Read and Delivery Recipients programmatically via Exchange
• Iterating though storage groups with CDOEXM C# sample
• Mailbox Attachment Auditing Script
• Implementing iSCSI for Exchange Server 2003
• Monitoring Exchange and Finding Common Problems
• OMA 2003 Logon Process
• Public Folder Replication Fails with Event IDs 3086 and 3085
• Why should you use Diskpar (Diskpart in W2003 SP1)?

Microsoft recruta 2 ex-IBM

O mercado IT é agressivo por natureza. Depois da saída polémica de Kai-Fu Lee da Microsoft para o seu rival Google, agora é a própria Microsoft que resolveu contratar 2 ex-funcionários da IBM: Julio Estrada e Bob Congdon.
Os dois sujeitos estavam envolvidos no desenvolvimento do Lotus Notes, pelo que é mais ou menos óbvia a sua integração na equipa do Microsoft Exchange.

Links relacionados:

• Microsoft Takes On Two Former Lotus Stars
• Microsoft Escalates Its Attack on Lotus

Nova versão do ExBPA (v2.1a)

A Microsoft disponibilizou uma nova actualização da ferramenta Exchange Best Practices Analyzer (ExBPA). A nova versão, 2.1.7599.4 contém correcções a alguns bugs e está disponível para download aqui.
Links relacionados:

• ExBPA v2.1a package released
• Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool v2.1a

O spam não compensa - Parte II

Depois de há alguns dias o spammer mais famoso da Rússia ter aparecido morto, chega-nos agora a notícia que um dos "reis do spam", Scott Richter aceitou pagar 7 milhões de dólares, num acordo à margem do julgamento de que era alvo.
A beneficiária do montante, a Microsoft, vai empregar 6 milhões em actividades contra o crime (sim, o spam é crime!) na internet.
Só cá em Portugal é que parece que os spammers continuam impunes. Também, com as leis relativamente permissivas e a qualidade do nosso sistema judicial, não é de admirar.

Links relacionados:

• Microsoft and Former “Spam King” Scott Richter Announce Settlement
• Spammer to Pay Microsoft $7 Million to Settle Lawsuit

Leitura de fim-de-semana

Mesmo em férias a leitura não pode parar. Para os adeptos mais fervorosos, podem levar o portátil para a praia e liguem-se com uma placa 3G.

• Your .pst File Questions Answered
• E-mail Archiving is a "Win-Win" Proposition
• Companies Get a New Voice With Microsoft Speech Server
• Deploying WSUS for Exchange patch management (é necessário um registo, grátis)
• Password protecting PST's
• Reason #54 to deploy Windows Rights Management
• Designing Outlook Forms (Part 1)
• Windows-based SMTP Tar Pitting Explained
• Those 8197 Free/Busy Errors
• OAB version 4 in Exchange 2003 service pack 2 (SP2)
• The difference between "Replication Status" and status of replication

Ferramentas de Exchange: novas versões

Algumas ferramentas do Exchange 2003 foram recentemente actualizadas. Se é daqueles que gosta de ter sempre a última versão, aqui ficam os links:

• Exchange Server Domain Rename Fixup (XDR-Fixup) - v 06.05.7618
• Exchange Server Load Simulator 2003 (LoadSim) - v 06.05.7618
• Exchange Server Auto Accept Agent - v 06.05.7618
• Exchange Server Exchange Profile Update - v 0.6.05.7618

Spam em português

Sim, é verdade, existe muito spam em português, isso não é novidade. Pessoalmente, acho que a lesgislação comunitária é muito permissiva nesse aspecto.
Mas não é sobre isso que vos quero falar, é antes sobre um novo site - www.eliminarspam.com - que contém variada informção de combate ao spam em português. Infelizmente não existe muita informação técnica em português, pelo que é de louvar estas iniciativas.
A informação disponível no site ainda não é muita, mas já é um começo.

Limites de mensagens e links lentos

O Exchange Server 2003 tem algumas características que o tornam particularmente adequado para cenários de "branch offices" ligados a um escritório central, nomeadamente a possibilidade de utilizar o modo offline (em conjunto com o Outlook 2003) e uma melhor compressão das comunicações.
Uma das grandes preocupações de quem é responsável por links com largura de banda reduzida é a limitação do tráfego que atravessa esse link. É por isso de todo conveniente que se limitem os tamanhos máximos das mensagens que os utilizadores remotos podem enviar ou receber.
No entanto, um dos grandes problemas do Exchange foi que não existia maneira de garantir a aplicação das políticas de dimensão das mensagens no lado do cliente. Vejamos, se um cliente que tenha um limite de envio de 2MBytes enviar uma mensagem de 10MBytes, essa mensagem vai ser enviada do seu Outlook até ao servidor central, atravessando o link, e só aí vai ser rejeitada.
Esta limitação foi recentemente corrigida com a disponibilização de 2 hotfixes, um para o Exchange, outro para o Outlook 2003.
Bravo!
Aqui ficam os respectivos artigos da Knowledge Base:

• Q894795: A message that exceeds the configured size limit is sent to a server that is running Exchange Server 2003
• Q897247: Description of the Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: May 2, 2005

Leitura de fim-de-semana

Pois é, para mim hoje é o último dia de trabalho antes de umas merecidas (digo eu) 3 semanas de férias. Para comemorar aqui fica uma lista bem longa de leitura:

• E-mail Is For Old People
• FAQ: Exchange and Small Business Server issues
• Dell hopes to round up Exchange 5.5 stragglers
• Dell Seeks To Migrate Exchange Users
• Putting your PST's on the LAN or WAN link
• Clustered Exchange Nodes as AD domain controllers
• Stop me before I mail again
• RPC-over-HTTP considered harmful, if you don't understand what it's for
• Spamming Does Not Pay
• How to beat spammers at their own game
• Display, Add and Remove Public folder replica’s using WebDAV via script
• Sender Id is coming! Get your TXT records in order!
• Recovering a Failed Exchange 2003 Member Server Using the Disaster Recovery Switch
• Configuring ISA to Redirect OWA Users to the Correct Directories and Protocols (Part 2)
• OAB certificate filtering
• Enabling and disabling MAPI and/or non-Cached access per user in Exchange 2003 SP2

Pode um filtro Bayesiano jogar xadrez?

A maior parte (será a totalidade?) dos mecanismos de anti-spam são baseados em filtros Bayesianos. Nesta função pode dizer-se que este tipo de filtros são bastante eficazes. Mas a questão que se levanta é: poderão os filtros de Bayes ser "ensinados" a jogar xadrez?
O meu colega MVP Lee Derbyshire encontrou um link que pode responder a esta pergunta:

• Can a Bayesian spam filter play chess?

Leitura de fim-de-semana

Férias, férias, que nunca mais chegam...

• Resuscitating Microsoft Exchange 5.5 with Linux (as coisas que certas pessoas se lembram...)
• Exchange Mobility for the Frugal
• Alternative to Exchange Boosts Security and Groupware Features
• Small Businesses Get Exchange Server Alternatives
• Sonasoft Announces Disaster Recovery Webinars for Microsoft Exchange Server
• How can I lock down the remote procedure call (RPC) ports that Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server and later use?
• A recipe for setting up permissions to run ExMerge
• Restoring Exchange Server 2003 to alternate Hardware
• New client option available for Exchange ActiveSync!
• Exchange 2003 Server Service Pack 2 (SP2) Anti-Spam Framework
• How does Outlook 2003 Cached Mode leverage Exchange 2003 Full-Text Indexing?

[Devido a algumas dificuldades técnicas este post não foi publicado na 6ª-Feira passada. Por favor queiram corrigir o título para "Leitura para as horas pós-laborais da semana"]

Microsoft planeia adquirir FrontBrige Technologies

Se não podes vencê-los, compra-os!
A Microsoft continua com a sua estratégia de adquirir empresas que possam complementar a sua linha de produtos. Poupa-se ao trabalho (e despesa) de desenvolver tecnologia que outros já fazem e bem.
O último visado foi a FrontBridge Technologies, uma empresa com algumas soluções bastante interessantes ao nível da compliance, segurança e continuidade.

"With this acquisition, Microsoft will deliver a service for enforcing compliance through archiving, minimizing spam and viruses, and ensuring e-mail availability in the case of a disaster.
[...]The planned acquisition of FrontBridge Technologies will play a key role in Microsoft’s strategy to help customers be more secure and better protect their messaging infrastructure while complying with mandatory regulations such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and regulations that affect financial services companies such as SEC 17A and NASD 3010 and 3011."

Links relacionados:

• Microsoft to Acquire FrontBridge Technologies, a Leading Provider of Secure Messaging Services
• Q&A: Microsoft Announces Plans to Acquire FrontBridge Technologies, Inc., a Leading Provider of Secure Managed Messaging Services
• Exchange news!
• FrontBridge Technologies

Webcasts de messaging para Agosto

Aqui fica a lista de Webcasts sobre o tema messaging previstos para Agosto, uma informação proveniente do blog da Eileen Brown:

TechNet Webcast: Mastering Exchange Server Scripting (Level 300)
Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 9:30:00 AM - 10:30:00 AM Pacific Time
Don Jones, Microsoft MVP, Book Author, and Founder of ScriptingAnswers.com
Jeffery Hicks, Contributing editor to ScriptingAnswers.com, Principal Consultant, JDH Information Technology Solutions
Tackle one of the toughest customers in the scripting world: Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. This webcast examines the Microsoft technologies that make Exchange script-accessible, including Collaboration Data Objects (CDO), CDO for Exchange Management, Windows Management Instrumentation, ActiveX Data Objects, and Active Directory Service Interfaces. Get an in-depth look at scripts capable of monitoring and managing Exchange, and learn about the capabilities and limitations of Exchange Server scripting.

Small Business Webcast: Using Microsoft Exchange Server in Small Business Server 2003 (Level 100)
Wednesday, August 17, 2005 - 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Pacific Time
Chris Smith, Business Development Manager, Microsoft Corporation
Learn how to get the most out of your Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 investments. This webcast shows you how to open shared calendars and contacts, along with many other valuable tips and techniques that can help you work more efficiently. Find out how to make these solutions work for you.

Momentum Webcast: Fighting Spam the Microsoft Way (Level 100)
Tuesday, August 2, 2005 - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time
John Stoiney, Technology Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
It is likely that over half of all e-mail hitting your network right now is spam. Businesses spend billions of dollars each year dealing with unsolicited e-mail. Left uncontrolled, spam can severely impact bandwidth on your network, storage space on your mail server, and the availability of your information technology (IT) staff. This webcast shows how Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 coupled with Microsoft Exchange Server can maximize the protection of your company's e-mail while enabling your IT staff to devote their time to other tasks. Learn how to use the latest tools and techniques combat spam from one end of your network to the other.

Momentum Webcast: Fighting Spam the Microsoft Way (Level 100)
Monday, August 15, 2005 - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
John Stoiney, Technology Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
It is likely that over half of all e-mail hitting your network right now is spam. Businesses spend billions of dollars each year dealing with unsolicited e-mail. Left uncontrolled, spam can severely impact bandwidth on your network, storage space on your mail server, and the availability of your information technology (IT) staff. This webcast shows how Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 coupled with Microsoft Exchange Server can maximize the protection of your company's e-mail while enabling your IT staff to devote their time to other tasks. Learn how to use the latest tools and techniques combat spam from one end of your network to the other.

Momentum Webcast: Common Troubleshooting and Support Issues for Exchange Server 2003 (Level 100)
Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time
Microsoft Technical Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
Since e-mail is the primary source of communication in many organizations, a slow or unavailable messaging system can bring your business to a crawl. In this webcast, Microsoft Technical Specialists will cover tips and tricks for deploying and troubleshooting Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 migrations, including mail flow and performance issues. Don't miss this free webcast and learn what you can do to mitigate common Exchange problems.

TechNet Webcast: Implementing Exchange Server Security (Level 200)
Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
E-mail is essential to the communication infrastructure of any computerized organization, but it also carries threats to any organization's bandwidth and security. Join this webcast to learn how to deploy a secure Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 infrastructure and ensure that client connections to Exchange 2003 are as secure as possible. In this webcast you will learn how to increase the security of e-mail that flows through an organization's Exchange servers, and how to configure Exchange Server 2003 to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail.

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft IT: Exchange Security at Microsoft (Level 300)
Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Konstantin Ryvkin, Senior Systems Engineer, Microsoft Information Technology Group, Microsoft Corporation
Exchange Security Guides provide the best recommendations for running a secure Exchange environment. Tune into this webcast, one of the top-rated breakout sessions (MSG362) from Tech•Ed 2005 in Orlando, Florida, and learn how Microsoft IT applies and manages these recommendations in its Exchange ecosystem. Focusing on specific examples from Microsoft's internal messaging environment, we discuss a variety of messaging security topics. Topics include email hygiene, securing mobile messaging infrastructure, hardening the Exchange server platform, and securing Exchange communications.

TechNet Webcast: Implementing Messaging Security for Exchange Server Clients (Level 200)Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time Kai Axford, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation To ensure that messages can be read only by the intended recipients, it is as important to provide security for the clients of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 as it is to secure the server itself. Join this webcast to learn about solutions such as using Microsoft Exchange Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension and Information Rights Management to protect email content. We will also discuss remote procedure call over HTTP to help secure client connections to Exchange Server 2003 via the Internet. We conclude with a discussion about controlling access to email attachments and how to manage and secure Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access.

Configuring SMTP in Microsoft® Exchange 2000 Server

Foi disponibilizada uma nova versão (v2.0) do documento Configuring SMTP in Microsoft® Exchange 2000 Server, muito útil mesmo para quem utiliza Exchange 2003.

This book explains how to configure Microsoft® Exchange 2000 Server for sending and receiving Internet mail. Although Exchange supports many Internet protocols and features, this book mainly focuses on Internet mail and SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol).

Leitura de fim-de-semana

Estou a ser pressionado para ir tomar café, por isso sem mais demoras aqui fica a leitura recomendada para mais um belo fim-de-semana que se avizinha:

• BlackBerry Faces Competition in Sprint, Microsoft News
• Novell Adds Confusion to Messaging, E-Mail Market
• Deleting the First Storage Group on a Front End Exchange server
• Using CSVDE - A Real World Example
• Shared Mailbox – Database – Public Folder Replacement
• Displaying all the Message Size limits via Script
• Redirecting OWA Users to the Correct Directories and Protocols (Part 1)
• The NoMAS Tool
• Can Exchange 2003 be installed on 64-bit editions of Windows Server 2003?
• GalSearch command in Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2)

Exchange Server Error-1018

O erro mais temido pelos administradores de Exchange será, provavelmente, o -1018 (JET_errReadVerifyFailure). Quando acontece quer dizer uma de duas coisas:

• O número lógico da página lida não corresponde ao endereço físico dessa mesma página na base de dados;
• Erro de checksum.

Na prática quer dizer que aconteceu uma corrupção da base de dados (suores frios) e será melhor começar a procurar o último backup (será que foi feito? estará em bom estado?).

Para nos ajudar nesta situação a Microsoft acaba de disponibilizar Exchange Server Error ‑1018, How Microsoft IT Recovers Damaged Exchange Databases, um documento com explicações detalhadas das condições que podem levar a este erro e como a própria Microsoft IT lida com este evento.

Já agora, aqui ficam mais um artigos da Knowledege Base sobre o assunto:

• Understanding and analyzing -1018, -1019, and -1022 Exchange database errors
• New error correcting code is included in Exchange Server 2003 SP1