Webcasts de Exchange em Fevereiro

Directamente do blog da Eileen Brown:

TechNet Webcast: Labcast Series (Part 1 of 8): Installing Exchange Server 2007 (Level 200)
Friday, February 02, 2007 - 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, Senior Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032322628&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Exchange Server 2007 (Part 05 of 24): Transitioning and Migrating to Exchange Server 2007 (Level 200)
Monday, February 05, 2007 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, Senior Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032322095&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Exchange Server 2007 (Part 06 of 24): Configuring Exchange Server Introduction (Level 200)
Wednesday, February 07, 2007 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, Senior Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032322488&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Exchange Server 2007 (Part 07 of 24): Configuring Exchange Server Conclusion (Level 200)
Friday, February 09, 2007 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, Senior Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032322490&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 Guided Labcast Series (Part 2 of 8): Analysis Tools in Exchange Server 2007 (Level 200)
Monday, February 12, 2007 - 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, Senior Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032323267&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Exchange Server 2007 (Part 08 of 24): Introduction to Windows PowerShell (Level 200)
Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific TimeHarold Wong, Senior Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032322492&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Exchange Server 2007 (Part 09 of 24): Using PowerShell for Exchange Management (Level 200)
Friday, February 16, 2007 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, Senior Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032322846&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 Guided Labcast Series (Part 3 of 8): Compliance and Retention (Level 200)
Monday, February 19, 2007 - 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, Senior Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032322848&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: The Windows PowerShell Scripting Crash Course (Level 200)
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Don Jones, Scripting Guru, Author, SAPIEN Technology
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032321617&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Exchange Server 2007 (Part 10 of 24): Recipient Management, Policies, and Permissions (Level 200)
Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, Senior Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032323274&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Protecting Your Exchange Server with Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) (Level 300)
Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Jason Buffington, Technical Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032322917&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Exchange Server 2007 (Part 11 of 24): Messaging Policies and Compliance (Level 200)
Friday, February 23, 2007 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, Senior Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032323313&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 Guided Labcast Series (Part 4 of 8): Using Management Console and Shell (Level 200)
Monday, February 26, 2007 - 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, Senior Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032323389&Culture=en-US

Momentum Webcast: Discover the Next Generation of Communications with Exchange Server 2007 (Level 100)
Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
Tim Armstrong, Solutions Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032320630&Culture=en-US

Microsoft Webcast: Deploying Exchange Server 2007 (Level 100)
Thursday, February 08, 2007 - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time
Karl Sand, Senior Solutions Architect, AdvaiyaAaron Duggal, Principal Consultant, Advaiya
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032319736&Culture=en-US

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Palm Brings Microsoft's Direct Push Technology to Palm OS Based Treo Smartphones
• Microsoft Keeps the Pressure on IBM's Notes, Domino
• FYI: Exchange 2007 Web Services Around the Web
• How to configure TLS encryption on Microsoft Exchange 2003 server
• Exhange Server 2007 Resources
• DST 2007
• Lotus software: Daylight Saving Time (DST) changes for 2007 will affect Lotus software products
• US Daylight Saving Time Changes and Blackberry
• A recommendation regarding DST 2007 patches
• Daylight Savings Time - what you need to do...
• Security on your mobile device
• Useful Exchange documents
• Windows PowerShell - Scripting One Line at a Time
• Q: 20 ms latency is hardcoded?
• Blackberry Muffins
• Exchange 2007 SysMgmt Team blog posts roundup
• Applying Mailbox Manager policies to a sub-folder
• Oliver Rist talks about bumps in the road to Exchange Server 2007
• A Late New Year's Resolution: Do Not Resolve Anonymous Senders
• Exporting a Mailbox larger then 2 GB and spanning it across multiple PST files with a script
• IP allow lists aren’t just blobs!!
• Using admodify.net to administer and recover Exchange 2003
• Microsoft Exchange Load Generator
• Exchange 2007 and SSL Certificates
• Up late and blogging...
• Script to export IP Allow List for import on another Exchange 2007 server
• Public Beta for Microsoft Transporter Suite 2007 for Domino Released
• Entourage public folder access with Exchange 2007
• Getting Your Exchange 2007 Version

Outlook Home Page

Provavelmente, até o leitor mais distraído já terá reparado que este blog se centra no Microsoft Exchange Server. Mas este assunto não se esgota neste produto servidor da Microsoft, há tanto mais para falar, desde comunicações unificadas, técnicas anti-spam, ferramentas de terceiros, alternativas comerciais e open-source, etc.
Uma das partes que eu tenho tendência a descurar é a parte cliente de uma plataforma de messaging, e que na maior parte das vezes é o Microsoft Outlook. O Outlook é um grande software, nesta nova versão é muito mais que um simples leitor de correio electrónico.
Há muitos sites na Internet dedicados ao Outlook, como por exemplo o do fellow MVP Ricardo Silva: RSOUTLOOK.
No entanto, a principal razão porque escrevo este post é para vos falar da Home Page do Microsoft Outlook. Lá poderão encontrar não só documentação técnica, mas também informação sobre versões de avaliação, suporte, notícias, etc. Visitem-na, vale bem a pena.

Informação técnica de Exchange na HP

A HP sempre foi um dos principais parceiros da Microsoft, parceria essa que ter-se-á acentuado com a aquisição da Compaq.
Desde os primeiros tempos em que comecei a trabalhar com o Exchange, que os servidores HP/Compaq foram sempre o hardware mais utilizado para esta plataforma de correio electrónico. Aliás, a minha primeira instalação de Exchange, versão 5.0, foi feita num servidor Compaq ProLiant 1600.
A HP e a Microsoft têm trabalhado conjuntamente para produzir alguma documentação técnica de elevada qualidade sobre Microsoft Exchange. Essa documentação está disponível no site da HP neste link.
Eu próprio já bloguei sobre algumas das ferramentas disponibilizadas no site, tal como o HP Storage Planning Calculator for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. Também já tive a oportunidade de testar um storage server deste fabricante e escrever 2 artigos sobre o assunto:

• Exchange on NAS: Proved and Approved
• Storage Design – Have You Considered iSCSI?

Tudo isto sempre com a preciosa ajuda da documentação técnica disponibilizada pela HP.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Apple iPhone for now ignoring synch to Exchange, other e-mail platforms
• Configuring, validating and monitoring your Exchange 2007 storage
• Exchange 2007 Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator
• UPDATE 2: Exchange 2007 Processor and Memory Recommendations
• How the Transport Dumpster works with a CCR cluster
• RTM Exchange Server 2007 Setup GUI Walkthrough
• Tips for managing the Exchange Server 2007 Console views
• Exchange 2007 Setup Observations
• Should I Deploy Exchange 2007 Now (January 2007)?
• Transitioning from Exchange 2000/2003 to Exchange Server 2007 (Part 1)
• PFDavAdmin tool (Part 1)
• Sending Attachments via the Exchange Web Services in Exchange 2007
• Running Outlook 2003 vs. Outlook 2007 against Exchange 2007
• script: Show mailbox quotas (including Store & Policy quotas)
• script: Show mailbox limits
• Don't believe that anti-spam is disabled
• Gaps in PowerShell cmdlet coverage
• Moving your OST in Outlook 2007
• Exchange 2007 RTM: Get-Tip
• New Spam Trick: Mimic Legit Newsletters
• Allowing Exchange Activesync by Device ID in Exchange 2007

Exchange 2007 Visio Stencil

A Microsoft disponibilizou há sensivelmente 1 mês um stencil de Visio com as shapes necessárias para desenhar uma solução de messaging baseada em Exchange Server 2007: Office Visio Stencil Containing Shapes for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.

Overview
This stencil and template provided enable you to create Visio drawings that contain Exchange Server 2007 objects. These shapes include icons for Exchange 2007 server roles, networking, telephony and Unified Messaging objects, Active Directory and directory service objects, client computers and devices, and other Exchange organization elements.

System Requirements
• Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows 2000 Server; Windows Server 2003; Windows XP
• Microsoft Office Visio 2003 or later.

Instructions
To use this stencil, place these 2 files (MicrosoftExchangeServer2007_Icons.vst and MicrosoftExchangeServer2007_Icons.vss) in your local C:\Documents and Settings\yourname\My Documents\My Shapes folder. In Visio, click File, click Open, and then go to your My Shapes folder. Open the MicrosoftExchangeServer2007_Icons.vst file. The shapes will appear in the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 stencil in the Shapes pane.

PowerShell Space Invaders

Esta eu descobri no blog do Paul Flaherty (aka Flaphead). Alguém se deu ao trabalho de fazer um Space Invaders utilizando o PowerShell. Segundo o autor:

In a previous post I said that I always like to try to write space invaders in every language that I learn. Well, PowerShell in the standard Windows console window looked like a great candidate so I set about the task in my spare time. My colleagues Richy King, Nik Crabtree and Brian Long joined in the efforts and between us, after 37 revisions, we came up with something that was:
a) Silly
b) Inappropriate use of PowerShell
c) Quite a bit of fun.

Ainda não tive oportunidade de jogar, mas o aspecto gráfico não está nada mau.

Microsoft Outlook SMS Add-in (MOSA)

A Microsoft disponibilizou um add-in para o Microsoft Outlook versões 2003 e 2007: Microsoft Outlook SMS Add-in (MOSA). Este add-in permite o envio de mensagens SMS directamente a partir do Outlook, desde que se tenha um telemóvel ou um modem GSM ligado ao computador.

Overview
This download will enable you to send SMS text messages through most GSM mobile phones connected to your PC using Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2003. You can enter your SMS text within a Outlook-type entry form and have it sent to your mobile phone for delivery through your mobile phone network service. There is no requirement to install third-party software or to subscribe to additional mobile network services if your mobile phone can be connected to your PC. This is typically via an infrared connection, Bluetooth technology, or a USB/serial cable. The SMS messages can be saved as a draft, grouped, and forwarded like standard Microsoft Outlook e-mail.

A instalação é bastante simples e requer apenas um restart ao Outlook. No final é acrescentada uma nova toolbar, conforme se ilustra na figura seguinte.



Ao clicar em "New SMS Message", é aberta uma janela para a inserção do texto.

Actualização p/ ISA 2006 p/ publicação de Exchange 2007

A Microsoft disponibilizou uma actualização para o ISA Server 2006 (Update for Publishing Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 for Microsoft® Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006) para suportar a publicação do Exchange Server 2007.

Overview
This ISA Server 2006 update adds support for publishing Exchange Server 2007 with ISA Server 2006.

Notes
• The Attachment Blocking option is no longer available when publishing Outlook Web Access for Exchange 2007. If you are using Exchange Server 2007, we recommend you configure attachment blocking on the Exchange 2007 server. For more information about configuring attachment blocking on Exchange Server 2007, see Exchange Server 2007 product Help.
• This hot fix also updates the ISA Server Management MMC snap-in.

System Requirements
• Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003
• Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 Standard Edition
• Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 Enterprise Edition
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

Actualização para o Exchange 2003 (KB 922817)

A Microsoft disponibilizou ontem uma actualização para o Exchange 2003 (KB 922817).

Brief Description

This update resolves issues which may occur if a server running Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 is used to generate an Offline Address List (also known as Offline Address Book) after Exchange Server 2007 has been deployed.

Overview

This update is required if the Offline Address Book (OAB) generation is moved from an Exchange 2007 server to an Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) server. It resolves issues which are caused due to changes in the OAB version 4 in Exchange 2007.

This update is also recommended if the OAB is generated on an Exchange Server 2003 SP2 server after Exchange 2007 is deployed in the Exchange organization.

System Requirements

• Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000 Service Pack 4; Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-Bit x86); Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
• Exchange 2003 SP2 must be installed prior to installing this update.

Artigo da Knowledge Base

Error message when you try to change the offline address list server from Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2003: "The target server cannot support OAB"

Microsoft TechDays 2007

Depois do sucesso que foram os TechDays 2005, vai-se realizar durante os próximos dias 20, 21 e 22 de Março o mais importante evento técnico organizado pela Microsoft Portugal: TechDays 2007.

Conteúdos Temáticos:

• System Center e Forefront
• Plataforma de Comunicações Unificadas
• Office system de 2007
• Windows Server codename "Longhorn"
• Business Intelligence
• Virtualização
• .NET 3.0
• Web Live
• Team System

Preço:

• Até 15-Fev: 99€
• A partir de 16-Fev: 150 €

Leitura de fim-de-semana

Após algum tempo de ausência devido a compromissos profissionais, a rúbrica "Leitura defim-de-semana" está de volta (mesmo que com um ligeiro atraso).

• Exchange Server 2007: Been There, Done That?
• Will the iPhone support Exchange Direct Push?
• The iPhone will NOT sync with Microsoft Outlook/Exchange, might be upgradeable to 3G
• Exchange 2007 facing integration issues with other Microsoft software
• Configuring your PBX for Exchange 2007
• Top 10 Exchange Server administration tips of 2006
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 - what's hot and what's not
• Creating an ethical firewall in Exchange Server 2007
• 70-285: Design Exchange with Confidence!
• Address List and EAP filter upgrades with Exchange Server 2007
• OPATH recipient filtering for Exchange Server 2007
• A quick tour of Queue Viewer in Exchange Server 2007
• OOF integration with Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging (UM)
• Yes, Exchange 2007 really enforces Email Address Policies
• Maintaining ActiveSync access to Exchange 2003 mailboxes after deployment of Exchange Server 2007 CAS role
• Exchange Server 2007 routing load balancing and fault tolerance
• Enabling Forefront Security Anti-spam Updates
• Exchange Server 2007 alternative to Standby Cluster
• ISV's and Exchange Server 2007
• Exchange 2007 Store Related Changes and Improvements
• Implementing Custom Recipient Policies
• Exchange 2007 Message Classifications (Part 2)
• Explaining Exchange Message formats
• Transitioning to Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 on HP ProLiant servers and HP StorageWorks
• Exchange 2007: Platforms, Editions, Product Keys and Versions
• Audit and Export all emails in an Exchange Store Sent and Received to and from a certain domain
• Exchange 2007 diagnostic logging Powershell quick set winform script
• Quick Create Mailbox Powershell Form for Exchange 2007
• Query-based Distribution Groups and Disabled Users
• HOW TO: Install anti-spam agents on Hub Transport server
• Enabled by default: SMTP Tarpit in Exchange Server 2007
• SMTP Virtual Servers: Some irksome defaults you should change
• Exchange Server 2007: More questions answered
• Exchange Server 2007: How To Allow Relaying
• HOW TO: Add a License Key to Exchange Server 2007
• Wrangling Byte Quantified Size details from Exchange 2007 with Powershell
• Do I really need to upgrade my filters?
• ISA Server rules for segregating Exchange 2007 Edge and Hub Transport
• A neat trick to increase Outlook performance
• One interface or two: an Edge case
• Don't overlook this feature of Exchange 2007
• OAB Generation fails with 9108, 9126, 9175 and MAPI Error code 0x80040402
• Announcing the Exchange 2007 PowerShell Scriptacular demo pack!
• Windows PowerShell SendMail / MailStorm script
• Exchange 2003 and configuring the Page File

Actualização do filtro Junk Email do Outlook (Janeiro 2007)

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 (KB925534)

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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish is the fourth book of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series written by Douglas Adams. Its title is the message left by the dolphins when they departed Planet Earth just before it was demolished to make way for a hyperspatial express route, as described in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Bem, porque é que estou para aqui a falar de livros de ficção cientifíca e de golfinhos que fogem do Planeta Terra?
É que apesar de eu não estar a pensar deixar o Planeta Terra nos tempos mais próximos, para todos os efeitos não vou andar muito longe disso nas próximas 3 semanas (!).
Vou de férias para a Tailândia, onde espero passar um tempo maravilhoso a descobrir uma nova cultura e a desfrutar de algumas das melhores praias do Mundo.
Isto quer dizer que não esperem que escreva alguma coisa aqui no blog durante este período, pois faço tenções de me manter afastado de tudo o que tenha um microprocessador e um teclado.

Por isso, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish!

Segurança e produtividade

Segurança e produtividade são com certeza 2 preocupações correntes de todos os IT Managers. Enquanto lia o blog do Paul Robichaux, deparei-me com um link interessante sobre o assunto.

Entretanto recebi um email da Realtime Nexus acerca da sua última publicação sobre segurança. Aqui ficam os links:

• Hacking Email: 99 Email Security and Productivity Tips - Everyday, and some not everyday tips, on how you can keep your email safe and secure.
• The Messaging and Web Security Essentials Series is an online article series focused on helping security professionals address the ongoing task of keeping an organization secure from the multitude of online and messaging threats.

Ferramentas úteis

Aqui fica um apanhado de algumas ferramentas de messaging que poderão ser úteis:

• Calendar Printing Assistant for Outlook 2007: The Calendar Printing Assistant for Outlook 2007 is a program that provides an easy way to print and customize Outlook 2007 calendar information. It puts you in control of the tools you need and helps you plan and create designer-quality output.
• Microsoft Office Outlook Connector: With Outlook Connector, you can use Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2002(XP), Outlook® 2003 or Outlook® 2007 to access and manage your Windows Live Mail or Office Live Mail accounts, including e-mail messages, calendar, tasks, notes, and contacts.
• Pando: Pando is free software that lets you send and receive large files and folders, up to 1GB, via email, IM and the Web.

Webcasts para Dezembro

Aqui fica a lista de webcasts interessantes para Dezembro, mais uma vez a fonte foi o blog da Eileen Brown:

• Real Time Collaboration Webcasts for December

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• How to generate SQM data with Exchange Server 2007 ExBPA
• Exchange 2007 policies
• Basement UM setup, part 3
• Hate voice mail? Don't use it!
• Installing, Configuring and Testing an Exchange 2007 Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) Based Mailbox Server (Part 3)
• Hardening an Exchange Server 2003 Environment (Part 3)
• Exchange Connections reflections
• Removing IMVv1 prior to installing E2K3 SP2
• Reporting on the age of content in mailbox folders and across an Exchange Server via a script
• script: Show OWA Users
• Exchange Server 2007: Questions before business launch
• Exchange 2007 Edge and ISA 2006 on the same box???
• Powershell: all you ever wanted to know
• Updates on the new build of OABInteg
• Outlook Junk Email Folder is actually cool
• MailArchiva: Open source email archiving for Exchange Server
• Creating an ethical firewall in Exchange Server 2007
• Step-by-Step Guide: Test driving Exchange Server 2007
• Outlook 2007 is slow, RSS broken
• Shooting arrows at MS Exchange Server

Preparado para um novo dia

O lançamento do Windows Vista, Office System 2007 e Exchange Server 2007 está para muito breve. A Microsoft pretende realizar uma série de eventos para assinalar a efeméride.
Cá em Portugal o evento "Preparado para um novo dia" será realizado no dia 11 de Dezembro no Centro de Congressos de Lisboa (antiga-FIL).

Lançamento Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Office system de 2007 e Exchange Server 2007
Data: 11 de Dezembro de 2006
Local: Centro de Congressos de Lisboa - Junqueira
Telefone de Apoio ao Cliente: 808 22 32 42

Venha ouvir o Testemunho de Empresas Nacionais e da forma como têm obtido sucesso com a implementação conjunta destas novas tecnologias. O êxito dos nossos Clientes ilustra como utilizando o Microsoft Windows Vista, o Microsoft Office system de 2007 e o Exchange Server 2007 de forma conjunta se pode simplificar o trabalho em equipa, ajudar a encontrar informação de forma mais rápida, melhorar o desempenho empresarial, reduzir as ameaças que afectam a segurança assim como os investimentos de implementação e de operação.

Update for Exchange 2003 (KB 912939)

Download
Update for Exchange 2003 (KB 912939)

Brief Description
This update modifies the "Safe HTML" filtering in Outlook Web Access for Exchange Server 2003 to allow workflow application code to use the HTML POST method within e-mail forms or attachments.

Overview
Outlook Web Access for Exchange Server 2003 introduces content filtering known as "Safe HTML" filtering to help protect users from malicious script and from certain HTML elements. For more information on “Safe HTML” filtering, see KB 899394 - How to share files that are removed by the "Safe HTML" filtering feature in Outlook Web Access for Exchange Server 2003.
The "Safe HTML" features in Outlook Web Access for Exchange Server 2003 affect content in e-mail messages or attachments which use the POST method. This update allows workflow application code to use the HTML POST method within e-mail forms or attachments if the action URI meets the requirements specified in KB 912939.

Tech·Ed IT Forum 2006 - Estatísticas pessoais

Foi mais um Tech·Ed que se passou e este ano o balanço é francamente positivo (esquecendo a qualidade da comida, obviamente). A qualidade das sessões técnicas foi uma agradável surpresa, talvez fruto do lançamento de tantos produtos novos.
Quanto à parte da comunidade técnica, mais particularmente o Ask The Experts onde tive oportunidade de participar, o que posso dizer é que correspondeu às minhas (elevadas) expectativas. Deu para rever velhos conhecidos e amigos, tais como Benjamin Mateos, Ilse Van Criekinge, Neil Hobson, Mark Arnold, Scott Shnoll e também para fazer novos contactos, tais como Toomas Ruus, Steven van Houttum, Ted Shultz e Eileen Brown (provavelmente estou-me a esquecer de alguém).



Para quem não teve oportunidade de assitir a este evento, recomendo vivamente a consulta do site The Virtual Side.

Bem, mas vamos lá a uma pequena dose de estatísticas:

# de sessões assistidas: 13
# de horas no Ask The Experts: 9
# de BSOD na CommNet: 3
# de tentativas de realizar o lab sobre Exchange CCR: 8
# de sestas do Alex (assistidas por mim): 3
# de vezes que o Alex foi atropelado por 1 bicicleta: 2
# de vezes que a chave do hotel não funcionou: 7
# de cervejas bebidas: CENSURADO!

E para o ano há mais!

TechEd-ITForum
TechEd-ITForum

Actualização do filtro Junk Email do Outlook (Novembro 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 (KB921587)

Technorati : outlook, junk email, spam
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Leitura de fim-de-semana

Bem, o Tech.Ed já lá vai, é tempo de mais uma lista de leituras interessantes:

• Exchange and Daylight Saving Time 2007
• Controlling attachment size in Exchange Server 2007 Outlook Web Access (OWA)
• Exchange 2007 Offline Address Book Web Distribution
• Recent change of Internet Explorer 6 behavior in handling ActiveX controls and its effects on OWA
• Exchange Server 2007 Recipient Policies and Accepted Domains
• Configuring Exchange 2007 Hub Transport role to receive Internet mail
• Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant
• Removing the First Exchange 2003 Server (Part 1)
• HOW TO: Find an email address in Active Directory
• HOW TO: Modify Display Template to make default email address appear in Address Book/GAL
• How to create a Global Address List programmatically using Visual Basic
• Validation of user inputs in Exchange 2007
• HTML email; can be good and bad, but I may have a solution to this dilemma

Noticias do Tech·Ed IT Forum 2006

Confesso que ate agora ainda nao assisti a uma unica sessao sobre Exchange ou Unified Communications. A principal razao e porque quero ter contacto com outras tecnologias bastante uteis para o meu trabalho do dia-a-dia, tais como o MOM 2007 ou o System Center Configuration Manager (ex-SMS).

Entretanto saiu ontem a versao RTM do Windows PowerShell. Para terem todos os pormenores leiam este post da equipa de PowerShell da Microsoft: It's a Wrap! Windows PowerShell 1.0 Released!. Esta noticia foi dada pelo Vice-Presidente da Microsoft Bob Muglia durante a keynote de abertura. Eu nao assiti porque estava muito ocupado a fazer uns hands-on labs para me tornar um perito em Exchange Server 2007 ;-).

Para fazer download do Windows PowerShell, visitem este link: http://www.microsoft.com/powershell/download.

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TechEd-ITForum

Exchange 2007 Virtual Labs

Há algumas semanas, a Eillen escreveu um post no seu blog onde ela enumera os vários laboratórios virtuais de Exchange 2007 que estão disponíveis. Cool!

Virtual Labs

• Exchange Server 2007: Installing Exchange Server 2007
• Exchange Server 2007: Using Management Console and Shell
• Exchange Server 2007: Administering Exchange Server 2007 Server Roles and Mailboxes
• Exchange Server 2007: Remote Client Access with Exchange Server 2007
• Exchange Server 2007: Compliance and Retention
• Exchange Server 2007: Using Local Continuous Replication
• Exchange Server 2007: Using Cluster Continuous Replication

Gartner Report: Microsoft’s Exchange Server 2007 Could Set the Future of E-mail

A Gartner publicou um relatório em que fala das novas funcionalidades do Exchange Server 2007 e de como este produto pode contribuir para mudar o correio electrónico tal como o conhecemos hoje.

"Microsoft Exchange has about half of the market for corporate e-mail seats, with share expected to grow steadily through the end of the decade. For that reason alone, a new version of Exchange has the potential to set the direction for the e-mail market. While, as expected, this new release (due 1Q07 and called Exchange 2007) improves management, bumps scalability and adds security elements, the real news is that Microsoft is changing the core notion of what services an e-mail system provides."

Aqui está o link para o relatório completo: Microsoft’s Exchange Server 2007 Could Set the Future of E-mail.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• WiFi Did You Do That?
• Outlook 2007: still famously obscure
• Backup^H^H^H^H^H^HRestore best practices
• Gone but not forgotten
• Exchange Analyzer Tools Success Stories
• Exchange Server 2007: Comparing editions and CALs
• Motivations for the Exchange Server 2007 transport redesign
• Hardware Configuration for Exchange 2003
• Exchange 2003 Hacks
• Hardening an Exchange Server 2003 Environment (Part 2)
• Maximum E2K7 Transport Rules
• Creating a Server Side rule to move suspect messages with inline gifs to another folder using Rule.dll
• RFC 2821 and the "implicit MX" rule: Can you really get mail without an MX record?
• Exchange Server 2007 "Business Launch", Edition Comparison: Microsoft removes Store size limits from Standard Edition
• Bulk creating Exchange mailboxes from a CSV file
• Forefront's Worm List
• All About Sender ID: the session
• Testing Your Mail Hygiene Solution: the session
• Getting Rid of PSTs: the session
• Share your calendar with Office Online
• Exchange Hosted Services: an update
• Planning (or at least thinking) for Exchange 2007 Hardware..?

Tech·Ed IT Forum 2006 - Eu vou lá estar

É já na próxima semana que começa aquele que é o maior evento técnico organizado pela Microsoft na Europa: Tech·Ed IT Forum 2006. Pela primeira vez, desde que eu me lembro, o evento está esgotado, provavelmente devido ao facto da Microsoft ter decidido juntar 2 eventos: Tech·Ed e IT Forum.

De qualquer forma, a minha presença está garantida, uma vez que fui escolhido como MVP para trabalhar no stand Ask The Experts (ATE). É a minha segunda participação no ATE e as minhas expectativas são elevadas, uma vez que a experiência do ano passado foi bastante enriquecedora. Para os sortudos que se conseguiram inscrever, se passaram perto da cabana do Exchange Server, sintam-se à vontade para dizer um "Olá", vai ser bom falar em Português para variar.

TechEd-ITForum
TechEd-ITForum

É oficial: o Exchange 2007 é lançado a 30-Nov

Depois de muita especulação sobre o assunto, a Microsoft emitiu finalmente uma Press Release onde informa que a data de lançamento do Office System 2007 e do Exchange Server 2007 será a 30 de Novembro de 2006.

REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 6, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the completion of the 2007 Microsoft® Office system code and confirmed its release to manufacturing (RTM). This gold code milestone concludes the largest Microsoft Office beta program to date, with more than 3.5 million people downloading Beta 2. The unprecedented quantity of feedback from beta testers and customers helped the Office development team effectively validate product quality and optimize performance. Microsoft Office RTM also marks a critical step toward worldwide business availability of the 2007 Office system, Windows Vista™ operating system and Exchange Server 2007 on Nov. 30, 2006.

Aqui fica o linka para a Press Release: 2007 Microsoft Office System Is Golden.

Exchange Server 2007 VHD

Por forma a promover a sua tecnologia de virtualização e para providenciar um meio fácil de teste aos novos produtos, a Microsoft começou a disponibilizar imagens de máquinas virtuais pré-configuradas:

• Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 VHD - 32-bit version - This download enables you evaluate how Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 together can help create an optimized messaging system for your organization. Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 is designed to reduce the growing cost and complexity of managing a corporate messaging system by providing more control for IT administrators, more value and expanded inbox access for end users, and increased security and compliance for the organization as a whole.
• Windows Server 2003 R2 VHD
• ISA Server 2006 VHD
• SQL Server 2005 VHD

"The Microsoft VHD Test Drive Program provides customers with an enhanced server-based software evaluation experience that’s faster, better supported and more flexible. You can now access the entire catalog of pre-configured Microsoft and partner products and solutions in the VHD format and start evaluating and testing today from www.microsoft.com/vhd."

Aqui está a Press Release completa: Q&A: Businesses Get an “Easy Button” for Software Evaluation with Microsoft’s New Virtualization Program.

Windows PowerShell Week Magazine

No seguimento da semana do PowerShell, sobre a qual bloguei recentemente, foi disponibilizado para download a Windows PowerShell Week Magazine. Esta revista virtual contém informação complementar à série de webcasts, tais como links para laboratórios virtuais e alguns artigos.

Está também disponível Windows PowerShell Week Script Samples, exemplos de código e comandos em PowerShell referentes aos webcasts da semana do PowerShell. Inclui por exemplo um documento com instruções como converter código VBScript para o seu equivalente em PowerShell.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• The route to a painless migration
• Analyst blasts Windows Mobile security
• Setting AutoArchive properties on a folder hierarchy in Outlook 2007
• Exchange 2007 Install From Command Line
• The State of Outlook Printing
• Speech recognition of names by Exchange 2007 unified messaging
• How Exchange 2003 uses WMI to present the Status and Monitoring node in Exchange System Manager
• How to smoothly survive the transition from Linkstate to Exchange 2007 routing
• Exchange 2007 Cross Org Mailbox Migration
• Recipient Permission Delegation in Exchange Server 2007
• Assigning service account access in Exchange 2007
• Installing, Configuring and Testing an Exchange 2007 Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) Based Mailbox Server (Part 2)
• Sending 'As'
• E2K3 Public folder management - SSL certificate server name is incorrect error
• More on Continuous Replication
• Geolocationing Exchange Message Tracking with Powershell (Exchange 2000/2003) (Seeing what countries your messages/Spam are coming from)
• Exchange Server 2007: Bulk creation of mailboxes using Exchange Management Shell
• Recovering downloaded POP3 email
• Google Launches Gmail Client for Mobile Devices
• The Devil does Unified Communications!

Trustworthy Messaging Get Started

Trustworthy Messaging Get Started é mais um documento técnico da colecção Microsoft IT Showcase que descreve alguns métodos de segurança que podem ser utilizados para proteger mensagens de correio electrónico.
O documento foca os seguintes tópicos:

• Protect an E-mail Message (IRM)
• Set a Message to Expire (IRM)
• Digitally Sign a Message (S/MIME)
• Encrypt Messages (S/MIME)
• Get a Digital ID (S/MIME)
  

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Going Live with Exchange 2007, Part 1
• Integrate SharePoint into Your Exchange Environment
• Exchange 2007 - Continuous Replication Architecture and Behavior
• Quickly view the internet headers of a message in Outlook
• Basement UM setup, part 2
• Outlook Web Access Administration Guide
• What does Exchange 2007 Availability Service do?
• ExBPA and non-English reports
• Recipient and server filtering in Exchange 2007 console
• Web Part URLs supported by Exchange 2007 Outlook Web Access
• First class recipient types in Exchange 2007
• Exchange 2007 migration overview
• Migrating from Small Business Server 2003 to Exchange 2003 Standard Part 1 Preparing your network
• A User Comes and a User Goes
• Read and ring
• Showing which mailboxes have been enabled with Outlook Direct Booking via a script
• Outlook on a stick?
• Exchange 2007, the OWA experience, and AJAX
• Exchange SMTP virtual servers
• Outlook client fails to download the OAB with error 0x8004011B
• How to deploy the .oab and .ost files for use with Outlook 2003 in Cached Mode Exchange
• SPAM King gets 7million dollar bill from Microsoft
  

Junk E-mail Reporting Tool

Microsoft Junk E-mail Reporting Tool version 1.0 for Microsoft Office Outlook é a ferramenta que faltava ao Outlook para poder reportar mensagens como spam. Este mecanismo já existia por exemplo no serviço gratuito de e-mail da Microsoft, o Hotmail.

The Junk E-mail Reporting Tool submits e-mail to Microsoft when you explicitly choose to do so. If you receive a junk e-mail and want to report it to us for analysis, first select the e-mail in Outlook and then click the junk e-mail button on your tool bar. You will see a pop-up window asking whether you want to report the selected e-mail to Microsoft and its affiliates. When you click “Yes” to confirm that you’d like to report the selected e-mail as junk e-mail, the junk e-mail will be deleted from your Inbox and sent to FrontBridge, a Microsoft company, for analysis to help us improve the effectiveness of our junk e-mail filtering technologies.

Este pequeno add-in para o Outlook (só para versões 2003 e 2007) adiciona um botão à toolbar do Outlook que despoleta o mecanismo de envio da mensagem para o endereço abuse@frontbridge.com, onde a mensagem será levada em linha de conta para a classificação de spam.

"subject: exchange" - E vão 2!

Hoje é dia de aniversário deste blog. Foi no dia 27 de Outubro de 2004 que este projecto viu a luz do dia e o balanço até agora, pelo menos a nível pessoal, é bastante positivo.
São 454 posts (ou 455 se incluirmos este) sempre subordinados ao tema de messaging em geral, mas com particular incidência no Microsoft Exchange.
Quanto às efemérides deste último ano, há a assinalar o aparecimento das versões Beta do Exchange Server 2007 e o nascimento de mais um blog da minha autoria no site da MSExchange.org: Rui J.M. Silva Blog. Para outros acontecimentos relativos ao ano anterior consultem o post do ano passado, "subject: exchange" - 1 ano depois.
Obrigado a todos os leitores, mais ou menos assíduos, e continuem a mandar sugestões.

Centro Beta

Há uns meses atrás coloquei aqui um posto sobre um produto que a Microsoft tencionava desenvolver, uma espécie de Midsize Business Server.
Este produto começa agora a ver a luz do dia, chama-se Centro e está disponível publicamente uma versão Beta.
Aqui ficam mais informações, directamente do "The SBS and Centro Community Lead Blog":

So, what is "Centro" you ask...........?
I am glad you asked.... :)

We are looking for a few good testers to help influence the direction of this new Microsoft® Windows Server Solutions Product. Do you have three 64 bit machines that you can spare to test some of the most exciting technology Microsoft is working on? I know the system requirements are a daunting one, but this is the only way we can test "Centro". So, if you are already on the Longhorn Beta or the Exchange Beta, then you are already two thirds of the way there.

The "Centro" Product team is looking to you to help test the Beta of "Centro". “Centro” is the code name for a new Microsoft® infrastructure solution that will help midsize businesses with less than 250 PCs in their environment. Centro will bring together key server products for midsize businesses, including Windows Server “Longhorn,” Exchange Server 2007 and security technologies, plus a new, integrated management experience. Centro is designed for IT professionals in midsize companies, helping them with server technologies that are easier to purchase, install and manage.

Details:
If you are interested in joining the "Centro" Beta please go to http://connect.microsoft.com click on Invitations sign in with your Windows Live ID (Passport ID) and enter the following invite ID; Extr-GHBC-JCJM. You will be asked to take a short Survey. Once you complete the survey look for an email from MsftConn@microsoft.com. If you don't already trust this address, please add it to your trusted email addresses.

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)

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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