Webcasts de messaging em Maio

Está disponível no blog da Eileen Brown a lista de webcasts de messaging para Maio. Aqui fica um resumo:

TechNet Webcast: Recipient Management and Permissions in Exchange "12" (Level 300)
Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Brad Clark, Program Manager Lead, Microsoft Corporation
Learn how to create and manage most types of recipients using the management console and management shell in the next version of Microsoft Exchange Server, code-named Exchange “12,” without Recipient Update Service (RUS) running in the background. See how a lower-level administrator can easily become a Recipient Manager without changing the access control list (ACL). This webcast also provides an overview of the Exchange “12” permissions model along with a primer on provisioning address lists.

TechNet Webcast: Policy Enforcement and Regulatory Compliance with Exchange "12" (Level 300)
Thursday, May 04, 2006 - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time
Shawn M Thomas, Program Manager Lead, Microsoft Corporation
Many companies struggle to meet the changing interpretations of "compliance," while others have created new business opportunities by implementing tighter controls and increasing the transparency of their business processes. This webcast explains how the new features in the next version of Microsoft Exchange Server, code-named Exchange “12”, can help your company to enforce policies and comply with regulations. We also describe how the Exchange Server partner community can play an important, ongoing role in the dialog on compliance.

TechNet Webcast: Exchange “12” Management Shell and Scripting (Level 300)
Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Pacific Time
Vivek Sharma, Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation
This webcast focuses on the command-line and scripting interface (based on Microsoft Windows "Monad") in the next version of Microsoft Exchange Server, code-named Exchange “12.” See how to convert your multiple-page Microsoft Visual Basic and component object model (COM) scripts to a single line in Exchange “12.” We cover the basics of the management shell along with the underlying design and key concepts. Learn tips and tricks for building larger scripts that you can use to automate small, medium, and enterprise business scenarios. The session includes demonstrations of several single-line scripts that you can use immediately, with little or no tweaking.

TechNet Webcast: Secure Collaboration with Antigen (Level 200)
Friday, May 12, 2006 - 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific Time
Matt Hester, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
Find out how you can help protect your messaging and collaboration servers from viruses, worms, spam, and inappropriate content with Antigen. This webcast explains what Antigen is and describes how it is tightly integrated with Microsoft Exchange Server, SharePoint Products and Technologies, and Live Communications Server to help ensure strong protection and centralized control without taxing server or network infrastructure performance. Learn how the content and file filtering technologies in Antigen can help ensure that your organization complies with corporate content policies, while eliminating inappropriate language and dangerous attachments from internal and external communications.

TechNet Webcast: Protecting Your Exchange “12” Network from Viruses and Spam (Level 300)
Monday, May 15, 2006 - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time
Mihai Costea, Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation
Join this webcast to learn about the agent-based messaging hygiene features in the next version of Microsoft Exchange Server, code-named Exchange “12”. Out of the box, Exchange “12” provides you with a competitive antispam solution that is composed of multiple filters with frequent updates and a built-in IP reputation system. Of interest to independent software vendors (ISVs) is antivirus technology such as store scanning and mechanisms for reliable and efficient transport scanning.

TechNet Webcast: Scripting Secrets of Exchange Server 2003 (Level 300)
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Paul Robichaux, , 3Sharp
You have probably heard about the Windows “Monad” Shell, the next-generation command-line and scripting environment coming in the next version of Microsoft Exchange Server, code-named Exchange “12.” But were you aware that Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 already includes a robust set of scripting capabilities? You can script many common, tedious operations in Exchange Server 2003, and you can easily write scripts to inspect or change many key configuration settings of your Exchange organization and servers. Join this webcast to learn how to create and manipulate Exchange objects, how to unlock the full power of unattended setup in Exchange, and how to optimize your backup processes using scripts.

TechNet Webcast: Introduction to the Exchange Server Best Practice Analyzer Tool (ExBPA) (Level 300)
Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
The Microsoft Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool (ExBPA) is an automated health check and troubleshooting tool. It collects configuration settings and performs network and protocol tests in an Exchange topology, and then sends the results to an XML output file. This webcast describes the benefits of this tool, and covers topics related to its implementation such as scheduling and baseline support. We also discuss how to use the tool with Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005.

Microsoft Office System Webcast: Tips and Tricks for More Secure Communication with Outlook 2003 (Level 100)
Thursday, May 04, 2006 - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
Andy Reed, Senior Training Specialist, Pacific Technical Consulting (PTC)
Learn the fundamentals of security, auditing, privacy, and protection in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003. Find out how to choose secure passwords, create profiles, limit exposure to viruses and junk e-mail, create more secure attachments, and incorporate encryption and digital signatures into your e-mail. This webcast on connected productivity shows how you can reduce vulnerabilities and enhance reliable communication inside and outside your organization by implementing Outlook 2003 with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. This webcast illustrates these techniques through demonstrations that represent typical interactions between team members.

TechNet Webcast: Mobility Features in Exchange Server 2003 SP2 (Level 300)
Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, Senior TS, Microsoft Corporation
Is your organization’s mobile access solution secure, flexible, and affordable? This webcast demonstrates the advanced security features in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and discusses how the product provides affordable access to e-mail and personal information across a range of mobile devices. Join us as we explore the new mobility enhancements in Exchange Server 2003 SP2, including the new Always-up-to-date Notification feature. We also cover configuring personal identification number (PIN) lock settings, remotely wiping a device, configuring soft certificates to access Exchange Server 2003, and more.

TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Does Mobile Messaging (Level 300)
Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
David Wilson, Microsoft IT Service Manager, Microsoft Corporation
This webcast describes how Microsoft IT used Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 with Service Pack 2 and Windows Mobile 5.0 with the Messaging and Security Feature Pack to enhance its mobile messaging infrastructure. By implementing these new technologies, Microsoft IT was able to manage mobile devices more easily, better secure mobile devices, and enable end users to take advantage of a richer mobile messaging experience.

Microsoft promove tecnologia de autenticação de e-mail

Durante a realização do evento Email Authentication Summit que se realiza em Chicago, a Microsoft anunciou que está a desenvolver esforços em conjunto com outros fabricantes para promover a utilização de mecanismos de autenticação de e-mail, prevenindo assim a disseminação de spam e outros tipos de email não desejado.
Obviamente que, no caso particular do gigante informático de Redmond, é uma oportunidade para promover a tecnologia de Sender ID.
A Press Release Microsoft Furthers E-Mail Protection Efforts contém ainda alguns indicadores interessantes relativamente à taxa de crescimento de utilização de Sender ID e ao sucesso de aplicação desta tecnologia no sistema Hotmail/Windows Live Mail.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

Devido à epoca festiva, a lista saiu mais uma vez atrasada, mas sejamos francos, aposto que ninguém teria tido tempo para a ler :)

• Synchronizing Multiple Exchange Calendars
• Beef Up Security for Your Mobile-Device Fleet
• Exchange 12 Server Roles and Disk IO
• Demystifying Exchange Server 2003 SP2 IMF Updates
• How do you know which mailboxes are registered with the Auto Accept Agent?
• Message fidelity between Outlook and Notes
• Explaining the order in which the Exchange 2003 (SP2) Connection Filters are applied
• Troubleshooting the Exchange Recipient Update Service (RUS)
• What is RPC/HTTP?

Apresentações da conferência Exchange Connections

O grande Paul Robichaux disponibilizou para download as apresentações que realizou na conferência Exchange Connections, que ocorreu de 9 a 12 de Abril em Orlando, USA.
Aqui fica o link:

• Exchange Connections session presentations online

Novos documentos de Exchange (?)

Estão disponíveis para download no site da Microsoft, alguns documentos sobre Exchange com a data de ontem (11-Abr-2006) e com a versão 1.0. Mas os nomes soam-me familiares, não tenho a certeza se são mesmo novos ou se foram apenas actualizados. Aqui ficam os links:

• Exchange Server 2003 Interoperability and Migration Guide
• Working with Store Permissions in Microsoft Exchange 2000 and 2003
• Offline Address Book Best Practices Guide
• Journaling with Exchange 2003
• Comparing the POP3 Service and Configuring Coexistence
• Server Consolidation Using Exchange Server 2003
• Using Exchange Server 2003 Recovery Storage Groups

Documentação de Sender ID

Foi recentemente disponibilizada nova documentação sobre Sender ID. Goste-se ou não, esta tecnologia veio para ficar.

• Sender ID: Sender ID Overview
• Sender ID: "The Sender ID Framework: An Overview and Implementation Update"
• Sender ID: "Implementation Tips for the Sender ID Framework—Creating Your SPF Record"

Leitura de fim-de-semana

A lista, desta vez a tempo e horas.

• Microsoft Exchange Server Profile Analyzer Web Release 2.5 Now Available
• Exchange Performance Troubleshooting Analyzer (ExPTA) 1.1 has shipped
• ExBPA 2.6 released - many great changes!
• Direct Push is just a heartbeat away
• System Center Capacity Planner 2006 Overview (Part 2)
• Understanding Exchange Access Control and Administrative Delegation
• KB.867624 replaced
• Exchange 12 and MMC 3.0
• i-Mate JAMin upgrade to AKU2
• Top 10 best practices for e-mail archiving
• Ease the pain of Exchange recovery with SLAs and RSGs

DirectPush passo-a-passo

Está disponível o guia de configuração passo-a-passo para a implementação das novas funcionalidades de mobile messaging com o Exchange Server 2003 SP2 e o Windows Mobile 5.o. Não se esqueçam que os dispositivos móveis precisam do Messaging and Security Feature Pack, já disponibilizado por alguns fabricantes.

Actualização de ferramentas de Exchange

A Microsoft voltou a disponibilizar uma actualização de algumas ferramentas para utilizar com o Exchange Server. Aqui fica a lista:

• Microsoft Exchange Server Performance Troubleshooting Analyzer Tool v1.1 (1.1.7812.0)
• Microsoft Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool v2.6 (2.6.7812.0)
• Microsoft Exchange Server Profile Analyzer (06.05.7812)
• Microsoft Exchange Server SMTPDiag Tool (06.05.7812)

Ah, e já agora, também relacionado com o Exchange 12, saiu a mais recente versão beta do Monad:

• Windows "Monad" Shell Beta 3.1 (for .NET Framework 2.0 RTM) x86
• Windows "Monad" Shell Beta 3.1 (for .NET Framework 2.0 RTM) AMD64

Exchange na Wikipedia

A Wikipedia é hoje uma fonte de informação incontornável. Está lá tudo, desde as artes à ciência e tudo à distância de um click (e à borla).
Descobri recentemente a entrada sobre Exchange Server. História, versões e o futuro, toda a informação sobre o servidor de correio electrónico da Microsoft.
Vale a pena consultar!

MVP mais 1 ano

Pois é, a mensagem de confirmação chegou finalmente, fui renomeado como Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) mais um ano.
Fazendo o balanço do meu primeiro ano, aqui ficam alguns apontamentos:

• De uma forma geral o balanço é positivo, o programa MVP contribui de forma positiva para o conhecimento global da comunidade técnica;
• Noto que ainda há muita gente em Portugal que não sabe o que são MVP's. Os MVP's não trabalham para a Microsoft e, apesar de pessoalmente ter muitas vezes uma opinião positiva sobre os produtos da empresa de Redmond, a verdade é que estes profissionais são, ou esforçam-se por ser, agnósticos;
• Penso que internacionalmente, o brand MVP confere alguma notoriedade;
• O Summit em Redmond foi excelente, só é pena só se realizar de 18 em 18 meses;
• Os benefícios e o acesso previlegiado a informação podia ser melhorado;
• A possibilidade de aprofundar o relacionamento com empregados da Microsoft é sem dúvida uma mais-valia;
• And last, but not the least, as pessoas: Espanhois, Holandeses, Noruegueses, Dinamarqueses, Americanos, Brasileiros, (etc.) e obviamente Portugueses. As pessoas que conheci são fabulosas. Utilizando uma expressão que aprecio particularmente, a todos eles um grande bem-haja!

P.S. Para quando MVP's PALOP? (esta do "para quando" tem muito que se lhe diga... Não liguem, é uma private joke)

Registo para versão Beta do Exchange 12... e outras

Está disponível no site TechNet Beta Central o pré-registo para as versões Beta públicas de variados produtos, entre eles o Exchange 12.

"Será o primeiro a ser notificado quando os lançamentos beta do Windows Vista, Microsoft® Office 2007 e Exchange "12" estiverem disponíveis para transferência ou para encomenda em DVD. Irá ainda receber actualizações e informações regulares através da newsletter Microsoft TechNet Flash, desde o momento em que se regista até ao lançamento do produto. Mais ainda? Ao registar-se terá acesso à Série de Vídeos Windows Vista onde poderá ver executivos da Microsoft a demonstrar as fantásticas funcionalidades do novo interface do produto, bem como os seus benefícios estratégicos de TI para a sua organização."

Exchange Hosted Services

Não foi propriamente uma surpresa o anúncio feito pela Microsoft sobre a sua mais recente oferta: Exchange Hosted Services.
De facto, estes novos serviços são o culminar da aquisição da FrontBridge em Julho do ano passado. A Microsoft vai dividir a sua oferta em 4 serviços distintos:

• Microsoft Exchange Hosted Filtering, available with a free 30-day trial, incorporates multiple filters to actively help protect businesses’ inbound and outbound e-mail from spam, viruses, phishing scams and e-mail policy violations.
• Microsoft Exchange Hosted Archive is an advanced message archiving system for e-mail and instant messages that helps enterprises meet a variety of regulatory and legal demands placed on their electronic communication systems.
• Microsoft Exchange Hosted Continuity is a security-enhanced Web interface that allows ongoing access to e-mail during and after unplanned outages of an on-premise e-mail environment.
• Microsoft Exchange Hosted Encryption helps preserve e-mail confidentiality by allowing users to send and receive encrypted e-mail directly from their desktops.

Aqui fica o link para a Press-Release.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

Uff! Foram dias complicados, os que passaram. Trabalho, trabalho e mais trabalho! E o blog é que paga. Bem, vamos lá tentar retomar o ritmo de posts diários. Aqui fica a lista de fim-de-semana, que na semana passada fez greve.

• Exchange on NAS: Proved and Approved
• System Center Capacity Planner 2006 Overview (Part 1)
• Exchange 2003 Mobile Messaging Part 1 - A look at the Microsoft DirectPush technology
• Clearing the confusion around Exchange Server circular logging
• Exchange Admin 101: An introduction to DSAccess
• Troubleshooting Exchange Server error messages
• IBM Puts Up $20 per Seat to Drive Exchange-Lotus Migrations
• Throttling the OAB
• New Hotfix for those pesky 9548 Events...
• What value should I put in the MinUserDC registry key?
• Replicating an Exchange Folder using WebDAV Replication and CDO 1.2
• Displaying the Junk-Email setting of all users on a Server (Exchange 2003)
• Exchange SMTP Virtual Server Smart Host configuration
• Surprise your users with an April Fool's Day OWA 2003 theme
• Deploying Mobile Messaging with the Messaging and Security Feature Pack (MSFP) and Exchange 2003 SP2 Whitepaper
• For all users that have an Exchange mailbox, write ALL their email addresses to a file
• Report of all users with a mailbox, mail server name & store name
• Troubleshooting Exchange 2003 Auto Accept Agent using scripts
• Fix available to alleviate event ID 9548
• Resolving MMC 3.0 errors when installing Exchange 12 CTP release
• The Recipient Update Service and Linked Value Replication
• Determining the OAB version being used by Outlook 2003 SP2
• Thinking of installing Exchange 12 CTP build into your production environment?

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Microsoft renames ActiveSync to Windows Mobile Device Center
• Life Without Exchange
• Microsoft's Exchange 12 should boost UM
• How Hackers and Virus Writers Attack E-mail Systems
• Addressing the challenges of email management
• Exchange mobility resources
• Managing mailboxes in ADUC without Exchange System Manager
• Exchange 2003 and Windows Storage Server
• Fixing a Damaged or Incorrectly Configured OWA 2003 Installation
• AD Exchange Mailbox Quota Report
• How to choose server hardware for Exchange 2003 that can be effectively re-utilized for Exchange 12?
• Troubleshooting Exchange 2003 Auto Accept Agent installation issues
• Exchange 2003 post SP2 DSProxy Referral Update

MSFP, finalmente!

A propósito de comparações entre BlackBerry e o Windows Mobile, actualizei recentemente a ROM do meu i-mate JASJAR, sendo que agora já inclui o famoso Messaging and Security Feature Pack (MSFP).
Traduzindo isto por miudos, tenho uma série de funcionalidades novas entre as quais o direct push e-mail, ou se quiserem, e-mail "na hora" (aliás, no segundo).
A experiência tem sido bastante boa e recomenda-se. Tive até que desligar o direct push, ou arriscava-me a ter uma factura de telemóvel astronómica (não é que a funcionalidade consuma muito tráfego, eu é que recebo muitos mails).
Agora resta esperar que os outros fabricantes comecem a disponibilizar ROMs com o MSFP.

BlackBerry vs Windows Mobile

A WIPRO disponibilizou um documento comparativo entre as tecnologias RIM BlackBerry 4.0 e o Windows Mobile com o Messaging and Security Feature Pack (o tal que permite direct push e-mail). O estudo é patrocinado pela Microsoft, por isso não esperem grandes críticas negativas à tecnologia de Redmond ;-)
O documento pode ser consultado neste link.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Research In Motion and NTP Sign Definitive Settlement Agreement to End Litigation
• RIM Announces Availability of BlackBerry Enterprise Server v4.1
• Understanding Office 2003 SP2's Junk Mail Filter and Anti-Phishing Feature
• AOL To Pay Bulk E-Mail Fees for Nonprofits
• Using Monad to query an Exchange Mailbox via WebDAV to display Unread Emails
• Solving "e-mail address already exists in this organization" using LDAP query in ADUC
• Testing ActiveSync and SmartPhone features with Windows Mobile Emulator
• Exchange SP2 ActiveSync Direct Push and firewall HTTP connection timeouts
• Exchange 12: The Monad-based Exchange Management Shell
• The Good News Is... (a hotfix we have developed for shorter LDAP timeout)
• msExchESEParamLogBuffers Storage Group Attribute

Leitura de fim-de-semana

Gostava de poder dizer que estou num paraíso tropical a escrever esta lista, mas não, estou em casa a ouvir a chuva lá fora :-(

• Hands on with Hosted Exchange
• Step-by-Step Guide: How to repair Exchange-related IIS virtual directories
• How IT Works - IMAP4
• Displaying a Prompt Before Outlook Closes
• Exchange hotfix for kernel memory exhaustion issues is now released
• More on Exchange ActiveSync Reporting with Log Parser - COM object available
• Understanding and using the External Associated Account in Windows Server 2003 and Exchange 2003
• Sending Email without a Client
• Updating appointments that are 1 hour out because of the Commonwealth Games Timezone Changes
• Export the Dumpsters (Deleted Items) from all folders in a mailbox to a PST using RDO

Exchange 12 Beta 1 Community Technology Preview

A notícia já tem 2 dias, mas para quem ainda não sabe, a Microsoft vai disponibilizar a versão Beta 1 do Exchange 12 como Community Technology Preview (CTP). Isto na prática quer dizer que os assinantes TechNet e MSDN (cerca de 200.000) vão poder por as mãos na próxima versão do Exchange Server.
Notícias relacionadas:

• Exchange 12 Beta 1 Community Technology Preview
• Microsoft releases Exchange 12 beta 1 as CTP

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Actualização do JetStress

A Microsoft disponibilizou hoje uma versão actualizada da ferramenta JetStress. A nova versão, 06.05.7795, aparece cerca de 1 mês depois da última actualização (06.05.7775). Ainda estou a tentar perceber quais são as diferenças...

"Use Jetstress to verify the performance and stability of a disk subsystem prior to putting an Exchange server into production. Jetstress helps verify disk performance by simulating Exchange disk Input/Output (I/O) load. Specifically, Jetstress simulates the Exchange database and log file loads produced by a specific number of users. You use Performance Monitor, Event Viewer, and ESEUTIL in conjunction with Jetstress to verify that your disk subsystem meets or exceeds the performance criteria you establish."

Webcasts de messaging em Março

Lista de webcasts de messaging e colaboração, compilados por Eileen Brown:

TechNet Webcast: An Overview of Exchange “12” (Level 200)
Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Pacific Time
Terry Myerson, General Manager, Microsoft Corporation
The next major version of Microsoft Exchange Server (code-named Exchange “12”), represents a leap forward in technology, enhancing information workers’ access to larger mailboxes while giving the e-mail administrator a more manageable and secure e-mail infrastructure. This webcast provides an overview of the product direction and offers a sneak peek at some of the new feature enhancements that will be included in Exchange “12”.

TechNet Webcast: Giving the Administrator More Control in Exchange “12” (Level 200)
Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time
Perry Clarke, Product Unit Manager, Microsoft Corporation
You can now have a complete and scriptable command-line interface for Microsoft Exchange Server. In this webcast, find out about the biggest changes for administrators in the next version of Exchange (code-named Exchange “12”), from the new setup interface and Exchange System Manager to the Exchange command-line shell. See an overview of the updated architecture of Exchange “12” and learn how improvements to input/output and advances in high availability and disaster recovery can make large mailboxes widely available at lower cost.

TechNet Webcast: Client Access and Web Services in Exchange “12” (Level 200)
Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time
David Lemson, Group Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation
The front-end server you know from Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 has evolved into the Client Access Services role in the latest release (code-named Exchange “12”). Along with the name change comes new capabilities and broader access to the resources in the Exchange environment. In this webcast, learn about advances in Exchange “12” client access support, including Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access. We also show you how to integrate mail, calendar, and other data from the Exchange store into your line-of-business applications.

TechNet Webcast: Message Security and Active Protection in Exchange “12” (Level 200)
Friday, March 17, 2006 - 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Marco DeMello, Product Unit Manager, Microsoft Corporation
Regulations, spam, viruses, snoops, and spies are just some of the many threats and complications that affect e-mail today. In this webcast, find out how the next release of Microsoft Exchange Server (code-named Exchange “12”), can help your organization move from insecure, postcard-like e-mail that can be easily intercepted and read, to e-mail in secure digital envelopes that are encrypted and signed. We explore the anti-spam and anti-virus features in Exchange “12” that help create a cleaner message stream. We also look at the updated range of messaging policy and improved regulatory compliance features in this new release, including transport rules, per-user journaling, message labels, and bannering.

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2003 Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts (Level 300)
Friday, March 24, 2006 - 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time
Kevin Remde, 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, address lists, and Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access. We also explain how to control which versions of Microsoft Outlook are allowed to connect to the Exchange server, how to use Mailbox Manager, and how to create catch-all mailboxes.

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Performance Tuning (Level 300)
Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Kevin Remde, TechNet Presenter, 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: Introduction to the Latest Suite of Exchange Migration Tools (Code-Named Red Bull) (Level 200)
Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Pacific Time
Erik Ashby, Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation
Gary Devendorf, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
A development group at Microsoft is devoted to providing tools and utilities to assist Lotus Notes customers with migrating to or co-existing with Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft .NET. If you currently work with Lotus Notes, check out this webcast to find out what tools are available now and what is planned for the future. Never before has there been this much emphasis on helping Lotus Notes customers embrace the Microsoft platform. It is worth your time to stay up-to-date on the latest developments, because things are changing fast.

Microsoft Office System Webcast: Top 10 Tips to Save Time in Outlook (Level 100)
Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
Andrew Reed, Senior Training Specialist, Pacific Technical Consulting (PTC)
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 more 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: Tips and Tricks to Take Your E-mail Skills to the Next Level with Outlook 2003 (Level 100)
Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
Andrew Reed, Senior Training Specialist, Pacific Technical Consulting (PTC)
Do you feel comfortable with the basics of Microsoft Office Outlook 2003? Are you ready for more sophisticated techniques? This webcast provides a brief walkthrough of Outlook 2003 and focuses on some of the product's intermediate capabilities. Learn how to manage your Inbox by using rules and alerts, share online calendars, protect and control your sensitive information using Information Rights Management, and more. Improve the way you manage information, communicate with others, and organize your work with Outlook 2003.

Momentum Webcast: Increase Your E-Mail Security and Availability by Leveraging Active Directory (Level 100)
Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time
Tim Armstrong, Technology Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
Information technology professionals face many daily challenges. Maintaining the security and availability of e-mail for users is probably one of the most important of these daily challenges. Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 was developed with this in mind. Exchange Server 2003 builds on the strengths of Active Directory and provides you with a secure and powerful e-mail infrastructure. Attend this webcast to learn how Exchange and Active Directory work together to increase the security and availability of your e-mail system, while opening new ways for your users to access their information.

The Tips and Tricks Guide to Secure Messaging

Jim McBee, blogger e Exchange MVP, tem andado ocupado a escrever um eBook intitulado The Tips and Tricks Guide to Secure Messaging.
Embalado pelo meus 2 últimos posts - Leitura de fim-de-semana e Biblioteca online de Exchange - venho pois convidar que se dediquem à leitura do capítulo diponibilizado online.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

Férias, férias, férias! Para mim, claro ;-)

• How to enforce Microsoft Outlook cached mode via group policy
• TNEF View: Decipher a WINMAIL.DAT package without using Microsoft Outlook
• Exchange System Manager and Domain Controller Selection
• Exchange 12 and Public Folders
• Exchange 2003 Auto Accept Agent vs. direct booking
• Recovery Storage Group, Dial-tone, and Outlook 2003 clients in Cached Exchange Mode
• Switching to Exchange native mode
• Blackberry for Exchange
• View Message Headers in OWA

Biblioteca online de Exchange

Existe muita documentação sobre Exchange disponível na Internet. A equipa de Exchange da Microsoft é sem dúvida muito activa neste campo.

No entanto, não há nada como o cheiro a papel e o prazer de desfolhar um livro técnico bem grosso. Infelizmente o preço destas "bíblias" técnicas nem sempre é o mais apelativo. Felizmente existem muitos autores que disponibilizam amostras dos seus trabalhos através da disponibilização de capítulos inteirinhos.

Fazendo alguma pesquisa na Internet consegue-se reunir uma boa colecção destas prendas, uma verdadeira biblioteca online de Exchange.

• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Distilled, Scott Schnoll
Exchange Server 2003 Tips and Tricks

• Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, Patricia Cardoza
Managing Outlook Folders in Office 2003

• Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003 24seven, Jim McBee; Barry Gerber
Chapter 4: Understanding Exchange 2003 Data Storage

• CYA Securing Exchange Server 2003 & Outlook Web Access, Henrik Walther, Patrick Santry
Chapter 5 Securing the Outlook Web Access Server

• Mastering™ Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003 ,Barry Gerber
Chapter 4: Exchange Server 2003 Architecture

• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Delta Guide, David McAmis, Don Jones
Chapter 8 "Security"

• Learning Exchange Server 2003, William Boswell
Migrating from Legacy Exchange
Chapter 5, “Managing Recipients and Distribution Lists”

• Anti-Spam Tool Kit, Paul Wolfe Charlie Scott Mike Erwi
Chapter 11, Anti-Spam Servers for Windows
Chapter 5, "Blocking spammers with DNS blacklists"

• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Tony Redmond
Chapter 1, "A Brief History of Exchange"
Chapter 8, "Performance and clusters"

• The Administrator Shortcut Guide to Email Protection, Paul Robichaux
Chapter 3, "Server-Side Antivirus Protection"

• Mission-Critical Microsoft Exchange 2003, Jerry Cochran
Chapter 4, "When Exchange Servers Fall Down"
Chapter 5, "Protecting and Recovering Exchange data"

• MCSA/MCSE Implementing and Managing Exchange Server 2003 Exam Cram 2, Orin Thomas, Will Schmied and Ed Tittel
Chapter 6, “Managing, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting the Exchange Organization”

• The Definitive Guide to E-Mail Management and Security, Kevin Beaver
Chapter 6, “Managing e-mail effectively”

• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Unleashed, Rand Morimoto
Chapter 3, "Installing Exchange Server 2003"
Chapter 15 "Migrating from Exchange v5.5 to Exchange Server 2003"

• Secure Messaging with Microsoft Exchange 2003, Paul Robichaux
Chapter 13 "Securing Outlook"

• Monitoring and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Mike Daugherty
Chapter 9, "Backup and recovery operations"

• Exchange Server Cookbook For Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange 2000 Server, Paul Robichaux, Missy Koslosky, Devin Ganger
Chapter 9, "Public Folder Management"

• Microsoft Exchange Server Survival Guide, Wesley H. Peace III
Chapter 3, "Server Components"

• The Definitive Guide to Windows 2000 and Exchange 2000 Security, Archie Reed, Darren Mar-Elia, and Sean Daily
Chapter 8 "Managing Exchange 2000 Post-Migration Tasks"

• Secure Messaging with Microsoft® Exchange Server 2000, Paul Robichaux
Chapter 4: Threats and Risk Assessment

• Microsoft® Exchange 2000 Server Resource Kit, Microsoft Corporation
Chapter 6 Deployment Strategies

• Configuring Exchange Server 2000, Liz Mason
Chapter 1 What’s New in Exchange 2000

• Microsoft Exchange Server in a Nutshell, Mitch Tulloch
Chapter 2 Architecture and Operation

Se alguém conhecer mais capítulos disponíveis, faça o favor de me avisar.

Exchange Server 2003 SP2 Help

Está disponível para download o ficheiro de ajuda do Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2. Uma ajuda preciosa para qualquer administrador de correio electrónico.

"The Exchange Server 2003 Help can help you in the day-to-day administration of Exchange. Use this information to guide you through Exchange Server 2003 features, tasks, and administration procedures."

Leitura de fim-de-semana

Já é Domingo, mas ainda é fim-de-semana ;-)

• Rivals Take Aim at RIM
• Microsoft venture adds to Blackberry woes
• Exchange 2003 - Active Sync reporting
• Yes! RSA SecurID is now DirectPush friendly...
• How to deal with users leaving the Organization
• Creating Exchange Users with Excel
• Explaining the new MAPI Access feature included in Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2
• Examples of how customer feedback shapes Exchange: Max Hop Count
• Oversize mail reporting with Monad
• Combating Spam in 2006

[off-topic] Talento procura-se!

AD, SMS, MOM, SPS, SQL, LCS, MIIS, MOF, ISA, WSUS, estas siglas dizem-te alguma coisa?
MCP, MCSE, MCSA, MCDBA, MVP... E estas?
Se a resposta foi afirmativa nos 2 casos e estás interessado em participar num projecto aliciante na empresa portuguesa com mais competências reconhecidas pela Microsoft, envia o teu currículo para rui.j.silvaATpararedeDOTcom.
Talento, criatividade, motivação, empenho e profissionalismo são as qualidades que procuramos.
Muito trabalho, realização profissional e um ambiente descontraído são algumas das coisas que oferecemos.

Actualização do filtro Junk E-mail do Outlook (Fevereiro 2006)

Está disponível uma nova actualização para o filtro Junk E-mail 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 (KB911961)

Push email ganha momentum

A Microsoft aproveitou a conferência 3GSM World Congress a decorrer em Barcelona para fazer alguns anúncios sobre a sua plataforma móvel. As novidades prendem-se sobretudo com a funcionalidade direct push e-mail disponível com o SP2 do Exchange Server 2003: a Vodafone e a T-Mobile vão passar a disponibilizar este serviço aos seus clientes.

• Vodafone and Microsoft Collaborate to Deliver Comprehensive E-Mail Solution for Business
• T-Mobile to Offer Microsoft Direct Push E-Mail Services on Windows Mobile-Based Devices in the Netherlands
• Microsoft Announces Global Partner Support for its Mobile Messaging Solutions
• Microsoft Windows Mobile-Based Smartphones to Run on Low-Cost Texas Instruments Platform

Leitura de fim-de-semana

Mais uma bela colecção de artigos e notícias. Gostava de salientar a última notícia desta lista: numa altura em que se fala muito da solução da BlackBerry e das funcionalidades de push email do SP2 do Exchange, a Dataviz lançou um produto que é baseado no protocolo ActiveSync e que garante as mesmas funcionalidades. Este produto pode ser muito interessante na medida em que está vocacionado para dispositivos Symbian, o OS de referência dos produtos Nokia.

• Hands on with Hosted Exchange
• Pros and cons of multiple Exchange Server organizations
• Outlook Group Schedules
• iSCSI and 64-bit Performance
• Exchange 2003 SP2 On the Road
• Reinstall WMI Without Interrupting Exchange Services
• Plan to Charge Businesses for E-Mail Triggers Outcry
• Aggregating RSS feeds into a public folder via a script
• Can't send mail to another server or move mailboxes...
• Provisioning Outlook Web Access 2003
• A look at the Microsoft Exchange Server Profile Analyzer (EPA) Tool
• Dataviz Brings Exchange Direct Push Features to Symbian Devices

Exchange Server SDK Documentation and Samples December 2005

Foi recentemente disponibilizada pela Microsoft uma actualização dos SDK's de Exchange 2000 e 2003.

The Exchange 2000/2003 Server SDK Documentation and Samples assist developers building applications for Exchange 2000 Server. This release of the SDK provides new and updated information and sample code to help you develop collaborative enterprise applications with Exchange. Included in this release are updates to the SDK documentation, tasks for implementing managed store event sinks, procedures for building managed event sink DLLs, and a task for getting free/busy status over HTTP.

Aqui ficam os links:

• Exchange Server 2003 SDK Documentation and Samples December 2005
• Exchange 2000 Server SDK Documentation and Samples December 2005

Sony Ericsson licencia ActiveSync

"Microsoft Corp. today announced that Sony Ericsson has licensed the Exchange ActiveSync protocol to enable more secure, wireless direct synchronization between Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Sony Ericsson’s P990 and M600 phones. This solution will help provide mobile workers with anywhere access to their complete Exchange Server 2003 information, including e-mail, calendar and contacts. For organizations that have deployed Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2, additional mobile enhancements such as Direct Push are also supported, providing instant access to newly received e-mail messages. Both of the new phones will be available in the second quarter of 2006."

Aqui está o link para a Press-Release completa.

[off-topic] Part-time job?

Aposto que isto também acontece com todos vocês ;-)
Para a próxima vez que alguém vos pedir este tipo de ajuda já sabem qual é a resposta a dar.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

Uma lista à medida dos leitores mais ocupados: pequena, mas cheia de conteúdo ;-)

• You've heard of the 'aha' moment? How about Microsoft and IBM's 'uh oh' moment?
  
• Message Hygiene -- Microsoft Style: Part II
• RIM wins UK patent case
• Windows Mobile 5 Devices and MSFP Update 2
• Exchange increased store limits
• Creating and Using Moderated Public Folders in MS Exchange Server
• How to change the POP3 / IMAP4 and SMTP banner in Exchange 2003
• PFDAVAdmin Content Report - First step to explore the ‘jungle’ of your public folders

Actualização do Hardening Guide

Não foram só algumas ferramentas que foram alvo de actualizações. O "Exchange Server 2003 Security Hardening Guide" acaba de ser revisto e está agora na versão 2.2.
É um excelente documento para quem se preocupa com as questões de segurança (quem é que não se preocupa nos dias que correm?).

Ferramentas de Exchange: novas & actualizadas

A Microsoft acaba de disponibilizar ferramentas para o Exchange Server, algumas são novas, outras sofreram pequenas actualizações:

• Microsoft Exchange Server Public Folder DAV-based Administration Tool (v06.05.7775)
• Microsoft Exchange Server Profile Analyzer (06.05.7775)
• Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Certificate-Based Authentication Tool (v06.05.7775)
• Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Administration Tool (v06.05.7775)
• Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress Tool (v06.05.7775)
• Add Root Certficate Utility for Sprint iDEN Windows Mobile SmartPhones
• Working with Active Directory Permissions in Microsoft Exchange 2003

Microsoft junta equipas de Exchange e RTC

A Microsoft anunciou ontem num comunicado que as equipas de Exchange e de Real-Time Collaboration (RTC) serão fundidas, dando lugar ao Unified Communications Group (UCG).
Segundo o gigante informático, esta fusão não terá qualquer impacto nos produtos presentemente em desenvolvimento, nomeadamente o Exchange "12".
Links relacionados:

• Microsoft Forms Unified Communications Group to Deliver Innovative Communications Solutions
• Microsoft Merges RTC, Exchange Teams
• Microsoft Unifies Its Unified Communications Group
• Microsoft Reorganizes to Unify RTC, Exchange
• Exchange and LCS Together Again??

Leitura de fim-de-semana

Mais uma semana, mais um exame feito (o 70-298, que me conferiu a especialização MCSE:Security), mais uma lista:

• IBM Fans Flock to Lotusphere
• Top 10 Exchange Server tips of 2005
• Collaboration systems are key to Lotus future
• Have you got plans if your email goes down?
• Public Folder Replication Troubleshooting – Part 3: Troubleshooting Replica Deletion and Common Problems
• Minimum permissions necessary to access mailbox data
• Understanding the LegacyExchangeDN
• Why 64-Bit Is Good For E12
• Script to Check an Exchange 2003 Server against the OVAL vulnerabilities definitions file
• Setting the SmtpIpRestrictionFlag to allow anonymous connections in Exchange
• Exchange 2003 and WINS
• Webcast: Exchange Server 2003 Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts - Q&A Log

Os 12 prevaricadores de 2005

Os Estados Unidos voltam a liderar a lista dos países responsáveis pelo envio da maior quantidade de correio não solicitado, apesar de terem baixado significativamente a sua quota (no ano passado era cerca de 42%). Eis a lista completa da "dirty dozen", segundo um relatório da SOPHOS:

United States China (incl Hong Kong) South Korea France Canada Brazil Spain Austria Taiwan Poland Japan Germany	24,5% 22,3% 9,7% 5,0% 3,0% 2,6% 2,5% 2,4% 2,1% 2,0% 2,0% 1,8%
Others	20,3%

Leitura de fim-de-semana

Nota pessoal: realizei hoje o exame da Microsoft 70-299 e passei :-)
E agora, a lista, desta vez a tempo e horas:

• Message Hygiene -- Microsoft Style
• Get the 64-bit Advantage
• Are Political Concerns Derailing Your Deployment Plans?
• Exchange Connection Problems? Check This Registry Key
• Exchange Server EKG
• Archiving, overload, and mobility, oh my!
• Defendant in spam case pleads guilty
• Public Folder Replication Troubleshooting – Part 2: Troubleshooting the Replication of Existing Data
• Booking Resources with Exchange Server 2003 and Outlook System 2003
• MAPI errors when moving mailboxes
• Good performance question
• Exchange 2003 SP2: Direct Push, Windows Mobile 5 and MSFP

Webcasts de messaging em Fevereiro

Aqui vos deixo um re-post da informação recolhida no blog da Eileen Brown:

TechNet Webcast: Planning a Migration from Lotus Domino to the Microsoft Collaboration Platform (Level 300)
Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Pacific Time
Edward Wu, Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation
This webcast presents a technical strategy for planning a migration from the IBM Lotus Domino application to the Microsoft collaboration platform. We present the latest information and demonstrate the new Microsoft Application Analyzer 2006 for Lotus Domino. Join us to get new guidance, including information about application categorization, migration and coexistence options, and pre-migration steps that can help your migration go more smoothly.

TechNet Webcast: Exchange 2003 Disaster Recovery Processes: Strategies and Considerations (Level 200)
Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific Time
Brett Johnson, Technical Specialist, Messaging, Microsoft Corporation
What would happen if a hardware failure destroyed all of your vital data? Is your current recovery plan and knowledge of disaster recovery processes strong enough to recover the lost data? To make sure you are ready, join this webcast to review or establish a disaster recovery strategy for your Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 organization. Learn about ideal server configuration and best management practices. We also take a close look at disaster recovery for Microsoft Active Directory.

TechNet Webcast: Using InfoPath with Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino (Level 200)
Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
Gary Devendorf, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
Using Microsoft Office InfoPath, information workers can collect, present, edit, and publish data. XML is at the heart of InfoPath and gives it versatility. What you may not know is that many of the features of InfoPath enable it to work with IBM Lotus Notes and IBM Lotus Domino interfaces. Some methods for getting InfoPath to work with these Lotus products require no code, while others require a little. Join this webcast to learn how InfoPath works with Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino.

MSDN Webcast: Get Started with Visual Studio 2005 for the Lotus Notes Developer (Level 200)
Thursday, February 02, 2006 - 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
Gary Devendorf, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
Join this webcast to learn how to perform basic tasks in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005, the newest version of the Microsoft .NET development system. Like IBM Lotus Domino Designer, Visual Studio .NET 2005 is a development system for IBM Lotus Notes and IBM Lotus Domino. We will compare how to perform basic tasks in each product. If you have ever written LotusScript, then you will be ready to write Microsoft Visual Basic .NET by the end of this webcast.

MSDN Webcast: Using ADO.NET with Your Lotus Notes Applications (Level 400)
Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
Gary Devendorf, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
ADO.NET is the standard method for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET applications to interact with data sources such as Microsoft SQL Server, the IBM DB2 Universal Database, and Oracle. Did you know that you can use the same standard method to access IBM Lotus Notes data? By separating the data interface from the data, you can change your data source without rewriting your client applications. In this webcast, we demonstrate this technique using a code example of ADO.NET and Lotus Notes.

Momentum Webcast: Secure Messaging: Defense in Depth (Level 100)
Thursday, February 16, 2006 – 11:00 AM-12:00 PM Pacific Time
Forrest Hobbs, Director of Sales & Market Development, Microsoft Corporation
Join this webcast to learn about the new Microsoft multilayered strategy for secure e-mail. The recent acquisition of both Sybari and FrontBridge demonstrate the Microsoft commitment to bringing greater security to your e-mail environment and ensuring that you have a choice in how these solutions are delivered. By using the managed services of FrontBridge with Sybari and Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server, you can have multilayered, secure e-mail, protecting inboxes from spam and viruses. This webcast covers three main topics: network edge protection, firewall protection, and internal antivirus protection against both external and internal threats.

Momentum Webcast: Information Management Features in Office Professional 2003 (Level 100)
Monday, February 20, 2006 – 9:00:00 AM-10:00:00 AM Pacific Time
Matt Berg, solutions specialist, Microsoft Corporation
Companies often collect a huge amount of potentially useful data, but without effective tools and processes, it can be tough to capitalize on the information buried deep within documents and databases. In this webcast, we explore the information management tools built into Microsoft Office 2003, including Microsoft Office InfoPath, XML, and information rights management (IRM). Tune in to find out how these tools and technologies can help improve the way your organization gathers, organizes, re-uses and protects its critical business information.

Push email com o SP2? Ainda não...

Com o lançamento recente do Service Pack 2 para o Exchange Server 2003, foi anunciado com toda a pompa e circunstância a nova funcionalidade de push email, ou seja, a sincronização automática dos dispositivos móveis com o servidor de correio electrónico. Na realidade o Exchange Server 2003 já disponibilizava esta funcionalidade, através do mecanismo Always-Up-To-Date (AUTD). Só que esta tecnologia tem alguns problemas e funciona através de um esquema complexo que utiliza mensagens SMS.
A Blackberry desde há algum tempo que já disponibiliza aos seus clientes um esquema eficiente de envio de mail para dispositivos móveis. Terá sido inclusivamente esta uma das razões para a Microsoft incluir o direct push email no SP2 e anunciá-lo tão efusivamente.
Só que para funcionar completamente, falta ainda uma peça do puzzle: o Messaging & Security Feature Pack. Resumindo, os requisitos são:

• Exchange Server 2003 SP2
• Dispositivos com o Windows Mobile 5.0
• Dispositivos com o Messaging & Security Feature Pack

O problema é que este Feature Pack não se encontra ainda disponível e só será distribuído exclusivamente pelos fabricantes de telemóveis e PDA's. Chegará, com certeza, muito em breve às nossas mãos, mas por enquanto o direct push email da Microsoft é ainda uma miragem (mas acreditem que quando chegar, vai valer bem a pena).

Links relacionados:

• Windows Mobile 5.0 Messaging & Security Feature Pack
• Where is the Messaging and Security Feature Pack?

Ferramentas de migração de Lotus/Domino

No seguimento da estratégia para ganhar clientes ao seu arqui-inimigo IBM, a Microsoft anunciou hoje um pacote de novas ferramentas de migração do ambiente aplicacional Lotus Notes/Domino para a plataforma colaborativa da Microsoft. Neste conjunto de ferramentas que estará disponível para download, incluem-se as seguintes:

• Microsoft Application Analyzer 2006 for Lotus Domino
• Microsoft Data Migrator 2006 for Lotus Domino
• Novos Templates de Windows SharePoint Services
• Actualizações de Ferramentas de Messaging e Coexistência

Links relacionados:

• Microsoft Announces New Application and Messaging Migration Tools for Lotus Notes/Domino Customers
• Resources for Moving to the Microsoft Collaboration Platform

Leitura de fim-de-semana

Apesar dos dias de atraso (mea culpa), aqui fica a lista de fim-de-semana

• Microsoft Extends Exchange 5.0, 5.5 Support To Patch Critical Bug
• BlackBerry Gets Google Local & Google Talk Due in Spring
• BlackBerry users face security threat
• Rivals at door as BlackBerry is tied up with legal dispute
• Exchange 2003 SP2 Server ActiveSync - Direct Push not working?
• Exchange 2003 Cross forest mailbox moves
• RPC/HTTP in Small Business Server
• Adding the Creator of Calendar appointments to appointments that already exist in a public calendar
• Creating Summary Emails for Inbox, Sub or Public Folders
• Rights Management Service and Exchange 2003 (Part 3)
• In-depth look at the Public Folder Improvements in Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2
• Using REMonitor tool in Injection Mode
• BlackBerry and GoodLink users may be unable to send messages after applying latest Exchange 2003 store hotfixes
• New Weapons in the Fight Against Spam
• Stop Spam from the Inside by Locking Down SMTP
• Stay Better Connected with Exchange ActiveSync
• Tune Up Exchange Server with the Best Practices Analyzer

System Center Capacity Planner 2006 já disponível

System Center Capacity Planner 2006 é uma ferramenta muito útil que ajuda a planear uma arquitectura de Exchange Server 2003 ou MOM 2005 e está finalmente disponível através das subscrições TechNet.

"System Center Capacity Planner 2006 employs state of the art modeling technology to bring unprecedented functionality and flexibility to the process of performance analysis and planning of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 deployments."

Num artigo recentemente publicado no site MSExchange.org, eu mencionei esta ferramenta:

• The Art and Science of Sizing Exchange 2003 (Part 3)

Nova Beta do Exchange 12 em Março

De acordo com uma notícia avançada no blog do Harold Wong, uma nova versão Beta do Exchange 12 deverá vir incluída na subscrição de Março do TechNet Plus. Ainda de acordo com a mesma fonte, esta versão não será disponibilizada ao público em geral.

"Monad" Shell Beta 3

A Microsoft disponibilizou hoje a versão Beta 3 do Microsoft Shell, também conhecido por Monad ou MSH, que pretende ser a próxima geração de command-line e scripting do mundo Microsoft.
Esta versão está disponível para os ambientes x86 e x64 e tem como requisito a instalação do Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 (x86, x64).
A versão definitiva deverá acompanhar o lançamento da próxima versão do Exchange, nome de código Exchange 12, o que deverá acontecer lá para o final deste ano ou início do próximo.
Aqui ficam alguns links sobre o tema:

• Scripting with the Microsoft Shell
• Monad Technology Blog
• Monad Information Center

Actualizações de segurança para Exchange e Outlook

A Microsoft disponibilizou hoje vários updates de segurança, entre os quais alguns para Exchange (5.0, 5.5 e 2000) e Outlook (2000, 2002 e 2003).
Estes patches pretendem corrigir uma vulnerabilidade descrita no buletim de segurança MS06-003: Vulnerability in TNEF Decoding in Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange Could Allow Remote Code Execution (902412). Aqui ficam os links para os downloads:

• Security Update for Exchange 5.0 Server (KB894689)
• Security Update for Exchange 5.5 Server (KB894689)
• Security Update for Exchange 2000 Server (KB894689)
• Security Update for Outlook 2000 (KB892842)
• Security Update for Outlook 2002 (KB892841)
• Security Update for Outlook 2003 (KB892843)

Leitura de fim-de-semana

Vamos lá então à primeira lista de leitura do ano. Espero que todos tenham recuperado bem dos excessos inerentes às festividades.

• Hail to the mail: Exchange reigned 2005
• RIM Plans Wireless Appliance For SMB Market
• Active sync web administration tool
• Creating Address lists in Exchange 2003
• Generating the Offline Address Book in Outlook 2003
• Exporting Active Directory users contacts and the Exchange GAL to a vCard
• Script to report on the IMF update Version
• Rights Management Service (Part 2)
• Intelligent Message Filter version 2 (IMF v2)
• Scripts to count and generate statistics about the number of security groups to which an Exchange user belongs
• Exchange Does Not Always Use Local GCs

[off-topic] Concurso Imagine Cup 2006

O Imagine Cup é o concurso internacional de tecnologia mais desafiante para Estudantes do ensino superior!
Sob o tema central ‘Imagine a world where technology enables us to live healthier lives!’ o Imagine Cup 2006 dá-lhe a oportunidade de contribuir activamente numa missão global para promover a saúde em todo o Mundo!
Tem 6 categorias distintas (Software Design, Algorithm, IT, Short Film, Visual Game, Interface Designer), com propostas diferenciadas e aliciantes e prémios fantásticos! … a todos os finalistas nacionais, todas as despesas serão pagas para participação na final mundial em Agosto 2006, Nova Deli, Índia … $25.000 para o vencedor mundial da categoria Software Design … $8.000 para os vencedores das restantes categorias.
Faça aqui o seu registo!

Spam: o crime não compensa

De acordo com uma notícia publicada no site Techworld, um homem da Florida foi multado em 11 mil milhões de dólares, após ter sido considerado culpado de envio massivo de correio comercial não solicitado (spam).
Ainda segundo a mesma notícia ficou provado em tribunal que o spammer enviou nada mais, nada menos do que 280 milhões de mensagens de spam.
É uma vitória para todos os utilizadores de correio electrónico e uma prova que, às vezes, o crime não compensa.

Live Mail Beta - o convite

Conforme noticei num post anterior, começou há uns meses os testes Beta do Windows Live Mail, a próxima evolução do serviço Hotmail.
Finalmente recebi o convite para participar nos testes e, até agora, o balanço é positivo. O novo look & feel é muito similar ao Outlook 2003, pelo que os utilizadores deste cliente de mail da Microsoft não vão ter quaisquer problemas de adaptação.
Resta a dúvida: o software servidor que suporta o serviço, será Exchange Server?

Webcasts de messaging em Janeiro

Lista de webcasts de messaging e colaboração em Janeiro, cortesia de Eileen Brown.

Microsoft Webcast: Empower People to Work Better Together with Microsoft Collaboration Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific Time
Jason Bunge, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation
Empowering individuals to work better together is critical to your organization’s success in today’s more connected, globally integrated world. Microsoft technologies help information workers communicate and collaborate across applications and devices by combining servers, services, and end user software. Join this webcast to learn how Microsoft technologies deliver business benefits such as presence awareness, collaborative workspaces, enterprise search, application integration, and more.

Microsoft Webcast: Cost-Effective and Flexible Team Collaboration Solutions
Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Jason Bunge, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation
Effective teamwork is critical to the success of your business in areas like product development, human resources, and customer relationship management (CRM). However, keeping team members on the same page across time and distance can be a costly challenge. Team collaboration technologies like Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Groove Virtual Office meet that challenge by providing a range of flexible, cost-effective solutions. For example, individuals in your organization can work better together with team workspaces and document-based collaboration. Join this webcast to hear the success stories that illustrate how the team collaboration technologies from Microsoft can benefit your business.

TechNet Webcast: Exchange 2003 Performance Tuning Tips and Techniques (Level 300)
Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Michael J. Murphy, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
Are you getting the best performance you can from Microsoft Exchange Server 2003? In this webcast, learn helpful performance tuning tips and techniques for Exchange Server 2003. We begin with a look at the tools available for monitoring Exchange performance. We then provide best practices, registry tweaks, and performance monitoring techniques based on extensive, real-world experiences with Exchange 2003.

TechNet Webcast: Using Third-Party Tools to Migrate Notes Databases to the Microsoft Collaboration Platform (Level 200)
Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 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 Best Practice Analyzer (ExBPA) (Level 200)
Friday, January 20, 2006 - 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Matt Hester, 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 (MOM) 2005. At the end of the presentation, we talk about future enhancements to the ExBPA tool.

MSDN Webcast: How to Write Microsoft ASP.NET Pages That Use IBM Lotus Domino (Level 400)
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
Gary Devendorf, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
Many developers think that Microsoft ASP.NET pages and the Web capabilities of IBM Lotus Domino are competing technologies. However, by writing ASP.NET pages that use Lotus Domino functionality, you can create a better user experience. This webcast walks you through the steps of writing an ASP page that acts as an interface for Lotus Domino functionality. We will use Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and LotusScript. You can also run the demonstrations yourself if you have Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. The only prerequisite for this webcast is a basic understanding of code.

TechNet Webcast: Defense in Depth: Sybari Antigen Solutions for E-Mail Hygiene (Level 200)
Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific Time
Peter Eicher, Sr. Product Manager, Enterprise Access and Security Products, Microsoft Corporation
Now that 50% of all e-mail is spam and 85% of viruses use e-mail to propagate, comprehensive e-mail protection is critical for overall network integrity. This webcast presents defense-in-depth to strengthen e-mail—and thereby overall network—security. We describe the protection that Sybari Antigen Solutions offers from viruses, worms, and spam. We also discuss content protection technologies that you can combine to eliminate single points of failure and reduce the window of vulnerability for emerging threats. We also cover perimeter defense; layered elimination of unsolicited traffic; multi-engine, server-level threat detection, and incident containment. Learn how you can apply a defense-in-depth strategy to reduce infection rates and maximize performance in e-mail environments.

TechNet Webcast: Implementing Exchange Server 2003 Security (Part 1 of 2): Securing Services and Messaging Protocols (Level 200)
Monday, January 16, 2006 - 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Kevin Remde, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
Securing communication over networks is essential to securing your organization from intrusions, overloads, and interruptions of many types. In this first webcast of a two-part series on Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 security, we describe how to deploy a more secure Exchange 2003 infrastructure and how to secure its server services and messaging protocols.

TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Implements Exchange 2003 Anti-Spam Technologies (Level 300)
Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
Konstantin Ryvkin, Microsoft IT Group Manager, Microsoft Corporation Alexander Nikolayev, Microsoft Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation
Wouldn’t we all like to improve how we manage spam? This webcast presents how Microsoft does just that, providing an overview of anti-spam technology in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and how the Microsoft Information Technology (IT) department uses these technologies to help control spam. The webcast also provides a complete overview of the anti-spam technologies available in SP2 and explains how the department implements them. Join us to learn best practices, tips, and other useful information for getting the most from the anti-spam technologies in SP2. We conclude with a question and answer session.

TechNet Webcast: Implementing Exchange Server 2003 Security (Part 2 of 2): Protecting Against Unwanted E-Mail (Level 200)
Monday, January 23, 2006 - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time
Kevin Remde, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
This second webcast in a two-part series on Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 security describes how to increase the security of e-mail that flows through an organization's Exchange servers. We also introduce you to Exchange 2003 features such as Real Time Block List support and Intelligent Message Filtering, tools that make it easier to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail before it spreads through your organization.

TechNet Webcast: Antivirus and Antispam Managed Services: When and How to Outsource E-mail Hygiene (Level 200)
Thursday, January 26, 2006 - 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Forrest Hobbs, Senior Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
Touted by many as a key component for the future of e-mail security, outsourced messaging protection has become the solution of choice for a number of informed information technology (IT) administrators and service providers. This webcast presents how outsourced e-mail security services provide enterprise antispam and antivirus protection and detail the benefits of such services in terms of cost, efficiency, security, policy enablement, and archiving. We also provide a checklist of considerations that you can use to decide when and how to outsource e-mail hygiene in a wide range of different business scenarios.

TechNet Webcast: Implementing Messaging Security for Exchange Clients (Level 200)
Monday, January 30, 2006 - 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
To ensure that e-mail 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. This webcast describes solutions such as using Microsoft Exchange Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Service Extensions (S/MIME) and information rights management to protect e-mail content. We also discuss using remote procedure call (RPC) over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) to help secure client connections to Exchange Server 2003 over the Internet. We conclude with a look at controlling access to e-mail attachments and show how to manage and secure Microsoft Outlook Web Access.

TechNet Webcast: Enabling Secure Remote Access to Exchange Server 2003 (Level 200)
Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific Time
Tom Bartlett, ISA Solution Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
As operations become increasingly decentralized and working practices evolve to better suit market demographics, the need for efficient remote access has become increasingly prevalent. In this webcast, we outline best practices for securing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 to ensure that network management, policy, and security are not compromised by remote e-mail access. The discussion covers a wide range of topics, such as faster Exchange publishing, more secure remote access, e-mail hygiene considerations, efficient bandwidth management, and enhanced Microsoft Outlook Web Access security. This webcast offers the knowledge you need to provide remote users with efficient, secure, and well-managed access to Exchange.

TechNet Webcast: Connecting Windows Workflow Foundations to Lotus Notes/Lotus Domino (Level 400)
Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
Marc Mercuri, Architect Evangelist, Microsoft CorporationGary Devendorf, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundations is an exciting new technology from Microsoft. IBM Lotus Notes/IBM Lotus Domino has been building on the concept of workflow for a long time. Luckily, both systems have standard interfaces that allow them to interoperate. This webcast shows you how to connect a Windows Workflow Foundation workflow with a Lotus Notes/Lotus Domino workflow, including a look at the code that makes the connection.

TechNet Webcast: Integrating Microsoft Products with Web Services in Lotus Domino 7 (Level 300)
Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
Gary Devendorf, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
IBM Lotus Domino 7 now includes Web services that provide a native way to create and host a Web service on a Domino server. This webcast explains how you can write a LotusScript Web service and call it from Microsoft Visual Studio .NET by using a few lines of code that you wrote in Microsoft Visual Basic .NET. If you are interested in simple steps that you can take to make your IBM Lotus Notes applications more powerful, join this webcast.

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2003 Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts (Level 200)
Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, 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, address lists, and Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access. We also explain how to control which versions of Microsoft Outlook are allowed to connect to the Exchange server, how to use Mailbox Manager, and how to create catch-all mailboxes.

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 for Exchange Deployments (Level 200)
Friday, January 27, 2006 - 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Keith Combs, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
In this webcast, we explore the Microsoft Exchange 2003 Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 and show how it can help your organization proactively identify problems. We discuss the monitoring capabilities provided by this management pack and demonstrate how they can help you to identify problems and quickly solve them. We also examine the reporting capabilities provided by this management pack and explain how they can help you avoid problems.

Microsoft Office System Webcast: Tips and Tricks for More Secure Communication with Outlook 2003 (Level 100)
Thursday, January 12, 2006 – 9:00 AM-10:00 AM Pacific Time
Andrew Reed, Senior Training Specialist, Pacific Technical Consulting (PTC)
Learn the fundamentals of security, auditing, privacy, and protection with Microsoft Office Outlook 2003. Find out how to choose more secure passwords, create profiles, limit viruses and junk e-mail exposure, create more secure attachments, and incorporate encryption and digital signatures into your e-mail. This webcast shows how you can reduce vulnerabilities and enhance reliable communication within and outside your organization by implementing Outlook 2003 in combination with Microsoft Exchange Server. This webcast illustrates these techniques through demonstrations that represent typical interactions between employees and their team.

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• 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!)