Webcasts de messaging em Novembro

A Eileen Brown disponibilizou, mais uma vez, a lista de Webcasts para Novembro de várias tecnologias. Aqui ficam os links para os mais interessantes:

• Exchange Webcasts for November
• Unified Communications webcasts for November
• Office Webcasts for November

Sender ID para as massas

Num esforço para difundir a utilização do Sender ID, a Microsoft resolveu disponibilizar esta tecnologia de segurança para correio electrónico ao abrigo do programa Open Specification Promise (OSP). Basicamente isto quer dizer que qualquer pessoa vai poder utilizar o Sender ID sem ter de se preocupar em assinar qualquer acordo de licenciamento.

"REDMOND, Wash. — Oct. 23, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that its Sender ID Framework specification for e-mail authentication is now available under the company’s Open Specification Promise (OSP), an irrevocable promise to every individual in the world that they can make use of the covered Microsoft® technology easily and for free. This is another step forward in the company’s commitment to delivering interoperability by design."

Links relacionados:

• Microsoft Promotes Interoperability for E-Mail Safety Solutions With Sender ID Framework
• Microsoft's Sender ID Spec Now Freely Available
• Microsoft sets Sender ID free

Update for Exchange Server 2003 SP2 (KB 924334)

O Internet Explorer 7 foi disponibilizado na sua versão final durante a semana passada. Bem a propósito, a Microsoft acaba de disponibilizar um patch para o Exchange Server 2003 SP2 que corrige um problema que ocorre no Outlook Web Access (OWA) quando se utiliza este browser.

"This update resolves an issue where the Outlook Web Access (OWA) form would stop responding when you compose a message using the S/MIME control on a client running Internet Explorer 7.0 and accessing a mail server running Exchange Server 2003."

Aqui fica o link para download e o respectivo artigo da Knowledge Base:

• Update for Exchange Server 2003 SP2 (KB 924334)
• The Compose Message form stops responding after you install Internet Explorer 7.0 and the S/MIME control on an Outlook Web Access client in Exchange Server 2003

Actualização do filtro Junk Email do Outlook (Outubro 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 Junk E-mail Filter 2003 (KB923095)

Technorati : outlook, junk email, spam
Del.icio.us : outlook, junk email, spam

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• How Big Is "Larger"?
• Have you received a powerpoint this week making (false) claims about direct push?
• Scripting solutions for Exchange Server administrators
• What's missing from Exchange Server 2007
• Beware of firewalls that block Exchange Server's SMTP/POP3 communications
• Tricks and Tweaks for Maintaining Exchange Databases
• Offline Address Book web distribution in Exchange Server 2007
• Updated for 2006 and 2007: How daylight saving time date changes affect scheduling in Outlook client
• On email archiving
• Meetings are unexpectedly moved one hour ahead in the last week of October 2006 in Exchange Server 2003
• Exchange 2007 console tips and tricks
• Forefront and scan engines
• Setting up Exchange 2007 UM in my basement
• Basement UM setup, part 1
• Exchange 2007 setup and legacy Outlook
• Publishing Exchange 2007 OWA with ISA Server 2006
• Recovering Deleted Items in Exchange Server 2003 (Part 1)
• MOM OWA Synthetic Logon Error
• The OWACHECK Tool
• Creating a Domain based auto response rule using rule.dll
• Bringing users and mailboxes together
• Database and disk spindle management in Exchange 2007
• Your default Exchange 2007 hub transport receive connectors
• The Exchange System Attendant fails to start with 9175 and MAPI Error 80040111-0286-00000000
• Generating a newly created Offline Address Book fails with Event ID's 9331 and 9335
• Recovering a hard deleted email in Exchange 2003
  

Semana do Windows PowerShell

O site Microsoft TechNet vai dedicar uma semana à divulgação de webcasts sobre PowerShell. Aqui fica a lista:

And Now for Something Completely Different:
Introducing Windows PowerShell
You’ve probably heard by now about this new technology from Microsoft first called “Monad” and now officially named Windows PowerShell. What is this? Do I want to learn this? Do I have to learn this? Where do I get it? How does it work? Not to worry, the Scripting Guys are here to answer your questions. In this first of five Webcasts you’ll be introduced to Windows PowerShell and given an overview of how it works and what it’s all about.Monday November 6, 2006

One Cmdlet, Two Cmdlet, Three Cmdlet, Four:
An Introduction to Windows PowerShell Commands
"Doeth the Eagle mount up at thy commaund?" No, that’s not a typo; apparently, that's how the word command was spelled back in the 1700's. Boy, how things have changed: the word is now spelled Cmdlet, or at least it is if you're a Windows PowerShell user. In this webcast the Script Guys explore these new beasts known as Cmdlets, the heart and sound of Microsoft’s new command shell/scripting technology.Tuesday November 7, 2006

Objects, Objects Everywhere:
Working With Objects in Windows PowerShell
One of the coolest new features introduced by Windows PowerShell is the ability to work with objects directly from the command line. Although WSH scripters are somewhat familiar with the concept of objects, as a Windows PowerShell user you need to live and breath objects. In this webcast, the Scripting Guys explore all things object in Windows PowerShell. If you listen carefully and don't speak out during the presentation, they’ll even help you instantiate an itty-bitty .NET object for you to call your own.Wednesday November 8, 2006

New Kid on the Script Block:
Writing Scripts with Windows PowerShell
Yes, Windows PowerShell is a great tool for working at the command line; however, it’s an equally good tool for writing scripts. In day 4 of Windows PowerShell week, the Scripting Guys introduce you to the fine art of writing scripts with Windows PowerShell.Thursday November 9, 2006

Amazing But True:
Things You Never Dreamt You Could Do With Windows PowerShell
In this, this fifth and final Windows PowerShell Week webcast, you’ll see definitive proof that the Loch Ness monster exists; you’ll meet a man who was abducted by aliens; and you’ll hear from a real, live ghost. But that’s nothing: just wait until you see some of the incredible things that can be done with Windows PowerShell.Friday November 10, 2006

Going 64-Bit with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

Going 64-Bit with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 é um novo documento da colecção Microsoft IT Showcase, disponibilizado recentemente.

Almost two years prior to the Microsoft® Exchange Server product group's decision to support Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 on the 64-bit platform only, the Microsoft Information Technology (Microsoft IT) group began to migrate from 32-bit to 64-bit server hardware. All server computers purchased for messaging purposes after the year 2004 are 64-bit systems and suitable for Exchange Server 2007. By running the new Exchange Server version on the 64-bit platform, Microsoft IT can keep pace with ever-increasing performance expectations, raise mailbox quotas by up to a factor of 10, lower storage costs, and eliminate tape backups to save an additional $5 million U.S. per year.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Magic Quadrant for E-Mail Security Boundary, 2006
• EU Rejects Spam Maker's Trademark Bid
• Exchange Server 2007 Out of Office (OOF)
• Exchange Server 2007 and 2000/2003 systems management co-existence
• The new Search in Exchange Server 2007
• Remove Exchange Attributes vs. Delete Mailbox
• Outlook Web Access Administration Guide
• Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 Spam Filtering
• Windows 2003 Server Emergency Management Services
• Counting the number and type of Members in a Distribution list / Group via a script
• Internet Research Group Publishes New Report on Microsoft Exchange 2007 Migration
• Exchange 2000 Server and full OAB downloads due to invalid legacyExchangeDN's
• Testing with the Ex2007 Default ReceiveConnector

Ciclo de Webcastas de Exchange

E em Português! É verdade, a Microsoft Portugal está a organizar alguns ciclos de webcasts, sendo que o próximo vai ser dedicado ao Exchange Server 2007.
Para efectuar o registo basta seguir este link.

Aqui fica a lista completa:

• 17 Outubro: Exchange Server 2007 Client Access and Web Services
  O papel de Client Access no Exchange 2007 assegura o acesso dos utilizadores às suas caixas de correio electrónico em qualquer parte e com qualquer dispositivo. Para além do acesso através do cliente Outlook, OWA e de dispositivos móveis, serão apresentadas nesta sessão algumas das novas funcionalidades disponíveis no Exchange 2007. Ao longo da sessão, serão ainda abordados os melhoramentos introduzidos ao nível do calendário, as novas capacidades de unified messaging e ainda os Exchange web services para acesso à informação nas caixas de correio dos utilizadores através de programação.
  
• 19 Outubro: Maior controlo administrativo no Exchange Server 2007
  Ao longo desta sessão, discutiremos os novos papéis de servidor e a sua forma de implementação, tanto através dos assistentes de configuração, como de procedimentos de linha de comando. Serão igualmente apresentadas as novas Exchange Management Console e Exchange Management Shell e discutidas as alterações e os benefícios ao nível da arquitectura de storage, incluindo o Local Continuous Replication (LCR) e o Clustered Continuous Replication (CCR).
  
• 24 Outubro: Segurança, Conformidade e Protecção do Correio Electrónico no Exchange Server 2007
  Conheça a forma como o Exchange 2007 pode fazer a protecção do correio electrónico empresarial e,como através dos seus mecanismos de segurança, minimizar o impacto do correio não solicitado (spam). No decurso desta sessão discutiremos os mecanismos disponíveis nesta nova versão, mecanismos que permitem aos administradores de sistemas assegurar a conformidade e o cumprimento de regulamentos nos sistemas de correio electrónico baseados no Exchange 2007.
  
• 26 Outubro: Introdução ao PowerShell Scripting no Exchange Server 2007
  Ao longo desta sessão aprenda como executar tarefas administrativas diárias com recurso a scripting. Será apresentada uma visão global dos comandos disponíveis e a sua respectiva sintaxe. Em seguida, será explicado como construir scripts com maior nível de complexidade e as capacidades de reporting disponíveis nesta interface para se compreender melhor o estado de execução dos scripts.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

A primeira recomendação de leitura é dedicada ao pessoal do Asterisco ;-)

• Not quite answered: Can open source messaging servers replace Microsoft Exchange?
• Mixing Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007
• Fail-over friends keep Exchange chugging
• Microsoft to Kill the BlackBerry? IDC Predicts RIM’s Decline
• Good bye RUS
• Implementing TLS between two Exchange Server organizations
• Exchange Server 2007 High Availability Storage Considerations
• Outlook Anywhere 2007 with ISA Server 2006
• Installing, Configuring and Testing an Exchange 2007 Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) Based Mailbox Server (Part 1)
• Inheritable permissions are being cleared for some users
• BYO Message Tracking Center with PowerShell
• Exchange Server 2007: Message Tracking from the command line
• Yahoo Opening E-Mail Code
• Exchange 2007: Anywhere Access

Podcasts: How Microsoft IT Defends Against Spam, Viruses, and E-Mail Attacks

A Microsoft disponibiliza alguns documentos técnicos bastante interessantes sobre o tema Messaging Hygiene. Para quem é fã de podcasts, está agora disponível How Microsoft IT Defends Against Spam, Viruses, and E-Mail Attacks.

"Detailed discussion on how Microsoft IT manages the large quantities of unwanted e-mail (a.k.a. spam) and malware-infected messages in its inbound Internet e-mail traffic. The paper documents how Microsoft IT uses Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 technologies, Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, and third-party solutions to both reduce the quantity of spam routed through the corporate messaging infrastructure by filtering at the gateway layer and then remove the threats in remaining messages posed by viruses, worms, and their common distribution vectors, such as file attachments."

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Hardening an Exchange Server 2003 Environment (Part 1)
• Exchange Server 2007: Using Journaling Rules
• Better OWA Attachment Security
• Outlook 2007 Security and Privacy
• UM For $1,000 Trial Kit
• Processor and memory configurations for Exchange Server 2007 Server Roles
• How to do your top Exchange Server 2003 recipient tasks in Exchange Server 2007
• Why You Shouldn't Use a POP3 Connector
• More on e-mail-enabling SharePoint
• Enabling subject lines in Exchange 2007 message tracking
• Enumerating the devices registered via ActiveSync on all mailboxes on a server via a script
• Tips for a single-server upgrade from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007
• HOW TO: Change IP addresses on a cluster
• Logging SMTP protocol activity
• How to install anti-spam agents on Hub Transport server

TechNet Magazine (ou pré-leitura-de-fim-de-semana)

A edição de Outubro da Technet Magazine foca-se no tema Comunicação & Colaboração. Ora, como não podia deixar de ser, alguns artigos são sobre o Exchange Server. Apesar de recomendar a sua leitura na íntegra, aqui ficam os links para os artigos mais interessantes:

• Reveal Deeper Meaning: Powerful Exchange Server Analysis with LogParser
• Fight Spam on Your Terms with Custom Weight Lists
• Achieve High Availability with Exchange Failover Clusters
• Hey, Scripting Guy!: Setting Up Outlook E-Mail Signatures

Windows PowerShell 1.0 RC2

O Windows PowerShell (ex-Monad) pretende ser a nova shell dos sistemas operativos Microsoft. A menos que surja alguma alteração de última hora, o PowerShell será lançado conjuntamente com o Exchange Server 2007 e será sem dúvida uma poderosa ferramenta de administração do servidor de correio electrónico da Microsoft.
Recentemente foi disponibilizada a versão RC2 desta nova shell, aqui ficam os links para os diferentes SO's:

• Update for Windows XP with Service Pack 2, x86-based versions
• Update for Windows XP with Service Pack 2, x64-based versions
• Update for Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1, x86-based versions
• Update for Windows Server 2003, x64-based versions
• Update for Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1, Itanium-based versions

The Exchange MVP Guide to Exchange Availability

Fellow MVP Paul escreveu sobre este assunto há poucos dias. Ele e mais 2 MVPs de Exchange elaboraram um pequeno guia de bolso com o "top 10" das tarefas que podem ajudar a melhorar a disponibilidade do serviço de correio electrónico.

"It's a very bad day when Microsoft Exchange goes down.
Unfortunately, achieving high availability with Exchange can be a daunting task: a wide variety of software, hardware, directory, storage, network, and datacenter problems are always lurking. Each one has the potential to bring email down.
There are many causes of downtime: an idiot with a backhoe cutting the fiber line, an executive emailing his 7 GB ripped video of a Grateful Dead DVD, termites in the data center, a night visitor accidentally shutting down power - not to mention the mundane failures caused by human error, technical problems, and natural disasters.
This pocket guide provides 10 essential rules that will help you ensure that email is always available, no matter what. It was written by three Microsoft Exchange MVP's to help Exchange Administrators avoid many of the pitfalls that can lead to painful downtime."

The Microsoft MVP Guide to Exchange Availability: 10 Essential Rules that Will Save Your Job está disponível para download no site da Windows IT Pro (registo necessário).

Webcasts de messaging em Outubro

Aqui fica a lista de webcasts de messaging que vão ocorrer em Outubro (txs Eileen ;-))

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 Client Access Services and Web Services (Level 200)
Monday, October 02, 2006 - 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time
Chris Avis, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation

TechNet Webcast: Message Security, Compliance, and Message Protection with Exchange Server 2007 (Level 200)
Monday, October 09, 2006 - 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Kevin Remde, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation

TechNet Webcast: Agility Now (Part 06 of 10): Secure, Manageable Messaging (Level 200)Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, Senior Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation

Momentum Webcast: Best Practices for Running Exchange Server 2007 and Windows Server Code Name “Longhorn” Server on HP BladeSystems (Level 100)
Thursday, October 19, 2006 - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time
Steve Tramack, Sr. Engineering Manager, HP Solution Alliances, Hewlett Packard

TechNet Webcast: Secure Collaboration with Microsoft Antigen (Level 200)
Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Pacific Time
Bryan Von Axelson, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation

TechNet Webcast: Protecting Your Exchange Server 2007 Network from Viruses and Spam (Level 300)
Thursday, October 19, 2006 - 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific Time
Scott Schnoll, TECHNICAL WRITING LEAD, Microsoft Corporation

TechNet Webcast: Secure Messaging with Microsoft Antigen (Level 200)
Monday, October 30, 2006 - 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Pacific Time
Bryan Von Axelson, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Webcast: Introducing Exchange Server 2007, the Next Generation Messaging Platform from Microsoft (Level 100)
Wednesday, October 25, 2006 - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time
Sandy Sharma, Vice President of Technology and Strategy, INS
Aaron Duggal, Principal Consultant, INS

Microsoft Webcast: See How Microsoft Unified Communications Solutions Can Improve Services and Increase Productivity in the Insurance Industry (Level 100)
Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Kevin Kelly, INDUSTRY MANAGER INSURANCE, Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Webcast: How State and Local Governments can Improve Services and Increase Productivity with Unified Communications Solutions from Microsoft (Level 100)
Thursday, October 26, 2006 - 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Joel Cherkis, DIRECTOR, COLLABORATIVE TECH, Microsoft Corporation

Leitura de fim-de-semana

É impressão minha, ou estas listas andam cada vez maiores?

• Setting Up Exchange 2007
• Exchange Server 2007 Recipient Management One-Liners Part 2
• Records Management in Exchange Server 2007 and Outlook 2007 in 5 Easy Steps
• Interpreting Status of Storage Quotas via Exchange Management Shell
• Experiences with Grey Listing
• 5 tips in 5 minutes: Securing Exchange Server 2003
• Installing a Two Node Exchange Server 2007 Single Copy Cluster (SCC) in a Virtual Server Test Environment Part 3: Installing Exchange Server 2007 and verifying Cluster Functionality
• Exchange Server 2003 Mailflow (Part 2) - Troubleshooting
• What about Public Folders vs. email enabled Lists in WSS v3?
• Using Entourage with Exchange 2007
• Exchange unified messaging scalability
• Preventing administrators from opening user's mailboxes
• So what is in each WINDOWS MObile 5 AKU?
• RIM's enterprise dominance comes to an end
• Doing a SMTP telnet test with a Powershell script
• Doing a RBL or MultiRBL check in a Powershell script
• Did you know that you ALREADY have an e-mail policy?
• Address Literals and Microsoft Exchange
• I want to find all users on a particular storage group...
• I want to find all users on a particular storage group... part 2
• Is your Outlook client downloading an ANSI or Unicode OAB?

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 - Learning Portal

Tinha este tema na minha lista de espera para blogar sobre ele. Por uma razão ou por outra foi ficando para trás, mas agora chegou finalmente a sua vez.
A Microsoft inaugurou há algum tempo o site Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 - Learning Portal, que, tal como o nome indica, disponibiliza diversos conteúdos sobre a futura versão do Microsoft Exchange.
Tal como o resto do site Microsoft Learning, os conteúdos são pagos, mas, por um período limitado, este site está a oferecer 2 cursos sobre Exchange Server 2007:

• Clinic 3053: What's New in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 AdministrationThis clinic introduces the new role based installation procedure for Exchange Server 2007 and describes the various server roles. It also provides guidance on how to administer Exchange Server 2007 by using Exchange System Manager and Exchange Management Shell, in addition to introducing key concepts that are related to Unified Messaging.
• Clinic 3054: Overview of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 ArchitectureThis clinic describes the most significant changes that are in the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 architecture. These include the communication between the five server roles and changes to the message store. It also describes different deployment scenarios.

Tópicos precisam-se

Como alguns de vós saberão, sou um colaborador regular do site MSExchange.org onde publico a maior parte dos artigos que escrevo e onde também mantenho um blog. Aqui ficam os links com os conteudos que são da minha responsabilidade:

• Rui J.M. Silva's Section
• Rui J.M. Silva Blog

Bem, mas o objectivo deste post não é o de auto-publicitar-me, mas sim de pedir o vosso contributo no sentido de me sugerirem tópicos em torno do tema Exchange Server que gostariam que eu desenvolvesse um pouco.

Deixem comentário ou enviem-me por email. Obrigado!

Migrating from Microsoft Exchange2000/2003 to Lotus Notes and Domino 7

A Microsoft disponiliza documentação técnica valiosíssima quando se trata dos processos de migração de tecnologia concorrente. É o caso do guia técnico Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Coexistence and Migration for Lotus Domino Mail.
Bem, mas pelos vistos a concorrência responde na mesma moeda, por isso a IBM acaba de publicar documentação homóloga: Migrating from Microsoft Exchange2000/2003 to Lotus Notes and Domino 7.
Acho que, no mínimo, merece uma leitura atenta.

Table of Contents
Part 1. Why Migrate from Exchange to Notes and Domino
Chapter 1. Why migrate from Exchange 2000 / 2003 to Domino 7
Chapter 2. Overview of the Domino clients
Part 2. Planning for Migration
Chapter 3. Migration project overview
Chapter 4. Overview of the Migration Procedures
Part 3. Coexistence - Tools and Strategies
Chapter 5. Using the Microsoft Exchange Connector for coexistence (Exchange 2000)
Chapter 6. Using the Microsoft Exchange Connector for coexistence (Exchange 2003)
Chapter 7. Using Microsoft Exchange Calendar Connector
Chapter 8. Using the CMT for Exchange and Domino Coexistence
Chapter 9. Using SMTP routing for coexistence
Chapter 10. Co-existence test results - what to expect
Part 4. Migration Process - tools and procedures
Chapter 11. Server level migration Using Domino Upgrade Services
Chapter 12. Migrating local Outlook data using Notes Upgrade Services
Chapter 13. Server Level Migration process using CMT from Binary Tree
Chapter 14. Local Data Migration using the Binary Tree tools
Chapter 15. Migration Results
Part 5. Directory Considerations
Chapter 16. Directory Coexistence Using LDAP
Chapter 17. Active Directory Integration
Part 6. Public Folders and Shared Data
Chapter 18. Public folders for Domino administrators
Chapter 19. Public Folder migration & coexistence using ecKnowledge
Chapter 20. Public Folder migration using CMT migration tool
Chapter 21. Manual migration of Shared / Public data
Chapter 22. Migration of Shared Data
Chapter 23. Migration Project wrap up - Removing the Microsoft Exchange environment
Appendix A. Other migration tools
Appendix B. Migration Procedures - abbreviated overview
Appendix C. Integrating Domino with Sharepoint Portal
Appendix D. Tips for performing a successful migration
Appendix E. Exchange Connector installation checklist
Appendix F. Installing Domino