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• Unified Messaging in Exchange Server 2007 Really Works
• ESEUTIL for Microsoft Exchange, Part 1 The Basics
• Step-by-Step Guide: Configuring Direct Push technology
• What to expect in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1
• Lawsuit Targets 'Spam Harvesters'
• Virtualization
• Jetstress: Disk sub-system thresholds
• HOW TO: Convert a user mailbox to a resource mailbox
• Reporting on the Top 10 largest emails in each users mailbox in Exchange
• Understanding Transport Agents (Part 1)
• Using PFDAVAdmin to get the item count within the folders on mailboxes on an exchange servers
• Placement of the File Share Witness (FSW) on a Geographically Dispersed CCR Cluster
• Phases of Exchange 2007 setup

Exchange 2007 PBX Configuration Note for Cisco Call Manager 5.1

Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging PBX Configuration Note for Cisco Call Manager 5.1 é um documento técnico com instruções passo-a-passo para configurar um PBX Cisco Call Manager (CCM), de modo a interligá-lo com o Exchange Server 2007.

Brief Description
This PBX configuration note contains information about deploying Exchange 2007 UM with a Cisco Call Manager 5.1 using direct SIP connection. You can use it to help decide if Exchange 2007 UM is the appropriate solution for your organization.

Overview
This download contains the PBX configuration note (preview) for Microsoft Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging with:
- PBX Vendor: Cisco
- PBX model: Call Manager 5.1
- PBX software: 5.1.0.9921-12
- Protocol: Direct SIP Connection

TechNet Magazine - Maio 2007

Já está disponível a TechNet Magazine de Maio e desta vez o tema é Messaging e Unified Communications.
Aqui ficam os links para alguns dos artigos para vos aguçar o apetite:

• Explore New Mobile Messaging Capabilities with Exchange 2007
• Better Compliance with Exchange Server 2007
• Exchange Queue & A

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• Calendar, Email, Tasks, and Projects: The Exchange Dilemma
• Exchange Server Dirty Shutdown Error
• Exchange Outside The Lines
• Windows shops take slow road to Exchange Server 2007
• Fax in Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging
• Outlook clients receive error 0x8004010f when downloading the Offline Address Book
• Exchange Server 2007 Email Routing, Part 2 Exchange Server Configuration
• Managing Public Folders with Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Beta
• More Information on Blackberry outage...
• Showing the percentage of Store being used by a User (or Users) on Exchange 2003 and 2007
• Understanding the TimeZone setting with the GetUserAvailability Operation in Exchange Web Services in Exchange 2007
• RFC 2821, HELO again: Validating the HELO/EHLO domain
• Exchange Server 2007: Managing And Filtering Anti-Spam Agent Logs
• Email Archiving and Compliance: Learning from email issues that plague the White House
• Outlook 2007 and POP 3 performance issues
• Jetstress: Report has all zeros for European numbers.
• Unisys Manages Microsoft Exchange Server trial experience
• Samsung and Microsoft to Exchange Patent Info - Will This Help the Zunephone?

Update rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 (KB930809)

A Microsoft disponibilizou uma actualização para o Exchange Server 2007: Update rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 (KB930809).

"Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2007 since the software was released. This update rollup is highly recommended for all Exchange Server 2007 customers."

Esta actualização inclui correcção para os seguintes problemas:

• 932487 - The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service stops unexpectedly when the Exchange Server 2007-based server replicates the Public folder
  
• 929756 - The DoSnapshotSet method may stop responding in the Exchange store, and a backup application stops responding on an Exchange 2007 server
  
• 930572 - Wrong attendee times shown in Outlook when client and CAS servers are in different timezones

E aqui fica o link para o respectivo artigo da Knowledge Base:

• Description of Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007

Windows PowerShell Quick Reference

Windows PowerShell Quick Reference é uma publicação em formato electrónico da autoria de Lee Holmes. São 115 páginas sobre a coqueluche de scripting e command-line da Microsoft que qualquer administrador de sistemas deverá sempre ter à mão.

"For years, support for scripting and command-line administration on the Windows platform has paled in comparison to the support offered by the Unix platform. Unix administrators enjoyed the immense power and productivity of their command shells, while Windows administrators watched in envy. Windows PowerShell, Microsoft's next-generation command shell and scripting language, changes this landscape completely. This Short Cut contains the essential reference material to help you get your work done-including the scripting language syntax, a regular-expression reference, useful .NET classes, and much more."

Update for Outlook 2007 (KB933493)

A Microsoft disponibilizou na passada semana um hotfix para o Outlook 2007. Esta pequena actualização pretende endereçar um problema que acontece com alguns items do Calendário e corrige ainda um problema de desempenho que ocorre quando se trabalha com ficheiros .pst e .ost de grande dimensão.
Esta actualização é acompanhada pelo respectivo artigo da Knowledge Base:

• Description of the update for Outlook 2007: April 13, 2007

Brief Description
This update fixes a problem in which a calendar item that is marked as private is opened if it is found by using the Search Desktop feature. The update also fixes performance issues that occur when you work with items in a large .pst file or .ost file.

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• Exchange 2007: So Far, So Good
• Read Your Exchange Emails With Gmail
• Exchange 2007 and Outlook 2007 - Not the best KB advice ever written
• Microsoft, the good, the bad, and the ugly…
• Migrating Email Accounts in Outlook 2003
• Clusterlike Non-Clusters for SMB Messaging
• Microsoft releases free Lotus to Exchange 2007 migration tool
• New OLE info for Outlook 2007 and the NDL option for Connector for Lotus Notes
• Getting the Most Out of Your Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Experience with Mobile Devices
• Understanding multi-domain DL update and delegate issues after application of Exchange 2003 SP2
• Exchange Server 2007 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
• How to Export and Import mailboxes to PST files in Exchange 2007 SP1
• Installing Exchange 2007 into a Small Business Server 2003 Domain Part 2 - Organizing Exchange and your Network
• Troubleshooting Mailbox Manager Policy Application
• Managing Exchange 2007 Recipients with C#
• Hosting your email may be viable
• Exchange Server 2007: Why aren't Managed Content Settngs applied?
• HOW TO: Prevent sending display names with internet messages
• MSDTC Resource and Confusing KB 301600
• Spam, Spam, Spam
• Adding Exchange Tabs to ADUC in Vista
• HOW TO: Send as alternate email address

System Center Capacity Planner 2007 Beta 1

Estava a ler o blog do meu caro amigo Anderson Patrício, quando reparei nesta notícia.
Já está disponível publicamente a Beta 1 do System Center Capacity Planner 2007, que permite planear e dimensionar soluções de correio electrónico com o Exchange Server 2007.
O registo para a versão Beta deverá ser feito no site Microsoft Connect.

Developing a reliable, scalable architecture for enterprise applications like Microsoft Exchange 2007 and Microsoft Operations Manager 2007 is critical for the success of the implementation, the productivity of the end user, and the overall cost of the solution itself.
Over-utilized servers result in performance degradation and loss of end user productivity.
Microsoft System Center Capacity Planner 2007 provides the IT professional with the guidance required to plan a new deployment in the most efficient manner, while also delivering “what-if” analysis to optimize existing implementations.

Key Features
• Simple installation and setup
• Built-in knowledge of Exchange and Operations Manager
• Recommended topology in a picture
• Model performance and response time
• Hardware library includes popular configurations

What’s New in System Center Capacity Planner 2007
• Plan for new server roles in Exchange 2007
• Select how you’ll cluster Exchange servers
• Add in background load for virus scanning
• Model 64-bit processors
• Model untrusted agents and gateway servers for Operations Manager
• Plan for multiple Operations Manager consoles

E2K7 SP1 Beta

Já está disponível para download, via TechNet ou MSDN, a versão Beta do Service Pack 1 para o Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.
No site do MSDN consegui apenas aceder à versão x64, mas a versão de 32-bit deverá ser igualmente disponibilizada.
As Release Notes para este Service Pack já há algum tempo que foram disponibilizadas.
Entretanto o site You Had Me At EHLO publicou um post (Exchange Server 2007 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2) sobre os requisitos do SP1. Pelos visto parece que o Windows Server 2003 SP2 vai ser necessário antes de instalar o E2K7 SP1.
A versão RTM do SP1 do Exchange 2007 deverá estar pronta lá para o final do ano, por alturas do lançamento do Windows Longhorn.

TechDays 2007: slides da minha apresentação

Conforme o prometido, a organização do TechDays 2007 disponibilizou todas as apresentações na página de Conteúdos Temáticos.
Está lá obviamente a minha sessão, UCM007 - Conformidade e Retenção de Informação no Exchange Server 2007, que vos convido desde já a descarregar.
Após o enorme sucesso que foi este evento, está já em curso o Microsoft TechDays 2008, com data prevista para Março de 2008.
Fiquem atentos!

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Como amanhã é feriado, o fim-de-semana começa mais cedo.

• Securing RPC Over HTTP Using ISA Server 2006
• Survey Reveals Widespread Inadequacies in Email Outage Prevention
• 10 Exchange Server issues to avoid
• Common Mistakes When Upgrading Exchange 2000/2003 To a Exchange 2007
• A month in Exchange: March 2007
• Deploying Exchange 2007 server roles
• Exchange cmdlets from C#
• DST 2007: As predicted, we didn't save much energy afterall!
• Tracking Permission Changes to Mailbox rights and Send As – Receive As ACE’s in Exchange
• WebService to Find Room and Equipment Mailboxes in Exchange 2007
• GoDaddy, Subject Alternate Name certificates, and Exchange 2007
• Backing Up Exchange Databases via the Passive Node in an Exchange Server 2007 CCR Cluster
• Securing SMTP Message Flow between different Exchange Server 2007 organizations
• Legacy client and Out of Office (OOF) interoperability
• Customizing attachment settings for Exchange 2007 WebReady document viewing
• Network Stored PST files ... don't do it!
• Look How Easy Setup Is
• Customizing the Look of Outlook Web Access
• Using the Exchange Management Shell for Bulk Recipient Management
• What Administrators Will Want to Know about Exchange 2007 Features for Information Workers

Update: Ferramentas de Exchange

Nos últimos tempos a Microsoft tem actualizado algumas ferramentas úteis do Exchange Server. A razão prende-se normalmente com a resolução de pequenos bugs ou com a adição de novas funcionalidades. Aqui fica o último conjunto de ferramentas que passou por este processo:

• Microsoft Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant v1.1
• Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress Tool (64 bit) - v.08.01.0095
• Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress Tool (32 bit) - v.08.01.0095
• Exchange Load Generator (64 bit) - v.08.01.0095
• Exchange Load Generator (32 bit) - v.08.01.0095

Managing Transport in Exchange Server 2007

Alguém está com vontade de ler 460 páginas de documentação técnica? Então Managing Transport in Exchange Server 2007 é o documento ideal para vocês.

This guide is a compilation of transport-specific Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Help topics designed to help you manage and configure Exchange 2007 transport servers. The information and procedures in this guide focus specifically on the message transport components of a computer that runs Exchange 2007 and has the Hub Transport server role or the Edge Transport server role installed. This guide provides overviews of the transport components and the tasks you must perform to manage and configure them.

This first section provides information and links to the relevant topics that will help you manage and configure Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 transport servers. The procedures in this section focus specifically on the message transport components of a computer that runs Exchange 2007 and has the Hub Transport server role or the Edge Transport server role installed.

You must have the correct level of permissions to manage Exchange 2007 servers.

The Edge Transport server is installed as a stand-alone server in the perimeter network outside the Exchange organization. You must log on by using an account that is a member of the local administrators group to manage an Edge Transport server.

The Hub Transport server provides the message transport functionality for all mail flow that occurs in the Exchange organization. The permissions that are required to manage Hub Transport servers depend on the scope of the effect of the task that is performed. To learn more about the required permissions for Hub Transport server management, see the individual procedures.

Dia das mentiras @ You Had Me At EHLO

Não sou um especial adepto do dia das mentiras, mas o post que a equipa da Microsoft do Exchange Server colocou no blog You Had Me At EHLO é verdadeiramente hilariante.
Some breaking Exchange news... revela algumas novidades sobre as versões corrente e futura do Exchange Server. Acho particularmente interessante a parte dos servidores de 57-bit ;-)

MVP 2007/2008

Foi com bastante agrado que recebi a minha convocatória para a lista dos seleccionados MVP 2007/2008 ;-)

Dear Rui Silva, Congratulations!
We are pleased to present you with the 2007 Microsoft® MVP Award!
The Microsoft MVP Award is our way of saying thank you and to honor and support the significant contributions you make to communities worldwide. As a recipient of Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professional award, you join an elite group of technical community leaders from around the world who foster the free and objective exchange of knowledge by actively sharing your real world expertise with users and Microsoft. Microsoft salutes all MVPs for promoting the spirit of community and enhancing people’s lives and the industry’s success everyday. To learn more about the MVP Program, visit: www.microsoft.com/mvp.
Your extraordinary efforts in Windows Server System - Exchange Server technical communities during the past year are greatly appreciated. The benefits you will enjoy as a recipient of the MVP Award are outlined below.

Uma vantagem imediata desta renomeação é que garanti desde já o convite para participar no próximo MVP Summit que se vai realizar em Abril de 2008.
Resta-me agradecer a todos os que contribuem para as comunidades técnicas, à Microsoft por manter vivo este programa e a todos os que lêem este blog.

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• Microsoft Bows to EU, Makes Comm Protocols Public
• No More IIS in Exchange 2007
• Open Source E-Mail Could Gain On Microsoft's Exchange: Yankee Group
• Open-Xchange Goes After Exchange
• Exchange Server 2007 Series (Part 12 of 24) Questions and Answers Log (02-28-07)
• Exchange Server 2007 Webcast Series (Part 13 of 24) Questions and Answers Log (03-02-07)
• Exchange Server 2007 Webcast Series (Part 14 of 24) Questions and Answers Log (03-07-07)
• Jetstress: Unevenly distributing users across storage groups
• Jetstress: You may receive ESE event ID 215
• Minimizing excessive Offline Address Book downloads with Exchange 2003
• PowerShell for IT Admins
• More Quota madness - this time MailboxStatistics
• Eseutil - A quick and easy tutorial
• Eseutil /p – A quick and easy tutorial
• Auditing Mailbox Access Using Exchange System Manager and Event Viewer
• Moving an Exchange Server 2007 Database between Mailbox Servers
• What is going on in the background when you add an SMTP Proxy address to a user account?
• Guidance on Active Directory design for Exchange Server 2007
• How to install Exchange Server 2007 Schema Extensions within a 32-bit Active Directory environment

Realtime Nexus eBooks

A Realtime Nexus é uma editora de livros online que disponibiliza as suas publicações mediante um registo grátis. Há já algum tempo que eu acompanho as publicações disponibilizadas e devo dizer que a qualidade é sempre de alto nível.
Decidi reunir aqui os links para os eBooks relevantes sobre o tema Messaging. Tal como vos disse, o download é gratuito, sendo apenas necessário um registo grátis.

• The Administrator Shortcut Guide to Blocking Spam with Sender Validation (Alan Sugano) - Written by notable computing expert Alan Sugano, this guide will familiarize you with Sender Validation and how it compares with other anti-spam solutions (blacklists, key word filters, Heuristics and Bayesian filtering, etcetera). Since there are many different Sender Validation solutions to choose from, Alan will also help you discover what to look when choosing the right system for your business.
• The Administrator Shortcut Guide to Email Protection (Paul Robichaux) - The Administrator Shortcut Guide to Email Protection will give you critical, need-to-know information to help you properly protect your corporate messaging system from a wide variety of external and internal security threats. Although the book focuses on Microsoft Exchange-based enterprises, the concepts, principles, and methodologies presented within are universally applicable to virtually all messaging platforms.
• The Definitive Guide to Controlling Malware, Spyware, Phishing, and Spam (Dan Sullivan) - The Internet is home to malicious programs that can steal, destroy, and make data inaccessible; spyware that ignores social conventions of privacy to track Internet users' activities online; phishing scams that bring the art of the con artist to new threatening levels; and spam, the inevitable electronic counterpart to direct mail that requires so little investment even miniscule response rates justify its use. This guide explores some of the most pressing threats to businesses and organizations from the Internet along with best practices for addressing them.
• The Definitive Guide to Exchange Disaster Recovery and Availability (Paul Robichaux) - Understanding Exchange disaster recovery can take a while. The first step, naturally enough, is to gain an understanding of the fundamentals of Exchange protection. Later chapters of this guide will describe the specific technologies you can use to improve the availability and recoverability of your messaging system and its related business services; first, though, we have to start with an explanation of the causes of downtime, the general classes of availability and protection technology, and ways to assess your Exchange environment to determine the most effective methods for you to better protect your Exchange infrastructure.
• The Messaging and Web Security Essentials Series (Dan Sullivan) - 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.
• The Shortcut Guide to Exchange Server 2007 Storage Systems (Jim McBee) - The conventional way of planning for Exchange Server storage is to throw a lot of disk storage at the server and hope that is sufficient. Mail storage requirements continue to grow for even average users; these users place more and more capacity requirements not only on disk storage but also on disk I/O capacity. As current capacity requirements are exceeded, the storage system must provide scalability. The Shortcut Guide to Exchange Server 2007 Storage Systems, authored by Microsoft Exchange MVP Jim McBee, covers Exchange Server storage capacity requirement planning, the basics of using iSCSI SANs, and best practices for scalability and SAN operations.
• The Tips and Tricks Guide to Secure Messaging (Jim McBee) - Threats against email systems have evolved to the point that protecting users, mail servers and bandwidth is no longer as simple as installing antivirus software. By some estimates, spam, phishing schemes, viruses, and other unwanted content now make up 70% of all email traffic into an organization's mail servers. The Tips and Tricks Guide to Secure Messaging by messaging expert Jim McBee introduces IT managers and messaging system administrators to the evolving threat landscape, emerging technologies for data protection, and best practices for protecting users, messaging system resources, and organizational data.

Actualização do filtro Junk Email do Windows Mail (Março 2007)

Está disponível uma nova actualização para o filtro Junk E-mail do Windows Mail.

"Install this update for Windows Mail to revise the definition files used to detect e-mail messages that should be considered junk e-mail or that may contain phishing content."

O download pode ser obtido via Microsoft Update ou seguindo o link correspondente à arquitectura do sistema operativo:

• Definition Update for Windows Mail (x32)
• Definition Update for Windows Mail (x64)

Como é habitual, está acompanhado pelo respectivo artigo da Knowledge Base:

• Description of the definition updates for Windows Mail (KB905866)

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Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Release Notes

Apesar de a versão Beta só estar disponível publicamente no mês que vem e a versão RTM estar agendada apenas lá mais para o fim do ano, já é possível fazer o download das Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Release Notes.

Welcome to Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Beta 1.
This document contains the following sections:

• Features that are available in SP1 Beta 1
• Installing SP1 Beta 1
• Known issues
• Workarounds for selected known issues
• Legal notice

Para mais informação sobre as novas features do SP1, consultem este post no blog You Had Me At EHLO: Talking Exchange 2007 SP1...