Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Ultimate Inbox: Merging Inbox and Sent Items folders
• Previewing Attachments in Outlook
• How to back up Microsoft Exchange Part One
• Enhanced Presence Model White Paper & Presence Survival Guide
• Removing disconnected mailboxes in Exchange Server 2007
• How to tell what public folder store your Outlook client is going to when you fail to download the OAB with error 0x8004010f
• What is the default refresh rate for Autodiscover
• Sender Authentication: Explained
• Migrating from Domino to Exchange 2007 (Part 4)
• Managing E-Mail Address Policies in Exchange Server 2007
• RPC OVER HTTP
• Creating Mailboxes for User Accounts that already exist (Exchange 2003)…
• Out of Office - and Redirect…
• CCR, Site Resilience and sample decision making processes...

Finalmente!!! Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007

O tão aguardado Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 está finalmente disponível!

Brief Description
This management pack includes scripts and rules to effectively monitor Exchange 2007 and report on performance, availability, and reliability of its server roles.

Overview
The Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 management pack is designed to be used for monitoring Exchange 2007 events, collecting Exchange component-specific performance counters in one central location, and for raising alerts for operator intervention as necessary. By detecting, sending alerts, and automatically responding to critical events, this management pack helps indicate, correct, and prevent possible service outages or configuration problems, allowing you to proactively manage Exchange servers and identify issues before they become critical. The management pack monitors and provides alerts for automatic notification of events indicating service outages, performance degradation, health monitoring, and centralized management.
This MP requires the Backward Compatibility Version 6.0.5000.16 (or above).

 

E não se esqueçam de ler as Release Notes.

Brief Description
This download contains a standalone version of the Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 Release Notes. This release notes document includes information about how to install and configure this management pack. It also describes known issues about the product and suggested resolutions.

Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Overview

A Microsoft disponibilizou uma nova apresentação em PowerPoint que explica o valor do Service Pack 1 do Exchange Server 2007.

Apesar do lançamento do SP1 estar agendado para o último trimestre deste ano, este será apresentado oficialmente com o lançamento da segunda vaga dos produtos de Unified Communications a 16 de Outubro.

A apresentação está disponível em 2 formatos:

• PowerPoint 2003 - Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Overview
• PowerPoint 2007 - Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1

.NET Framework 2.0 Update para Exchange 2007

A Microsoft disponibilizou uma actualização da .NET Framework 2.0 que deve ser instalada em todos os servidores Exchange 2007.  Embora seja prioritária a sua instalação em servidores Client Access com múltiplos protocolos, a recomendação é que seja igualmente aplicada nos restantes servidores Exchange 2007.

Este fix será integrado num futuro SP1 da .NET Framework, mas que não tem ainda previsto a data de lançamento.

Mais informações estão disponíveis no seguinte artigo da Knowledge Base:

• KB942027 - FIX: You may notice that the memory load is very high when you run an application that is built on the .NET Framework 2.0

Fonte: Scott Schnoll's Blog

Actualização do filtro Junk Email do Outlook (Outubro 2007)

Está disponível uma nova actualização para o filtro Junk E-mail do Outlook 2003/2007.

"This update provides the Junk E-mail Filter in Microsoft Office Outlook with a more current definition of which e-mail messages should be considered junk e-mail."

O download está disponível para as versões Outlook 2003 e Outlook 2007, ou através do Microsoft Update. Como é habitual, está acompanhado pelo respectivo artigo da Knowledge Base:

• Description of the Security Update for Outlook Junk Email Filter 2007 (KB942575)
• Description of the Update for Outlook Junk Email Filter 2003 (KB942571)

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Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Observations about the software industry today
• Mobile E-Mail For Business: How Five Platforms Compare
• Mozilla Thunderbird vs. Microsoft Outlook
• An introduction to Microsoft Exchange System Attendant
• Exchange Server 2007 MCP Exams – Notes from the field
• FYI: Why are MAPI and CDO 1.21 not supported in managed (.NET) code?
• How Exchange Server 2007 Extends the Active Directory Schema
• Migrating from Domino to Exchange 2007 (Part 4)
• Shared Hosting with Exchange 2007 (Part 1)
• Exchange System Manager - 'Customized' Permissions
• Mission Impossible: In-Place Upgrading Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008
• Making the Last Logon attribute more useful
• Processing embedded attachments in a Transport Agent
• Adding Document Favorite links for Direct File Access in OWA 2007 via a script
• Managed Folders: How to apply different Managed Content Settings to Default Folders
• Subtle news Hidden Away
• Exchange 2007 SP1: Enabling Message Tracking and Connectivity Logs through Exchange Management Console
• E-Mail Attackers Target Corporate Execs
• Google Boosts Corporate E-Mail Service
• Exchange 2007 .. could this be an undocumented feature?

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services: What are the real benefits?
• Exchanging Your Old Outlook for the New
• Exchange Server and Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
• SharePoint & Outlook – The Perfect Link
• How to get debug diagnostic information from Powershell commands
• Being blocked by Hotmail
• OWA and reminders
• Publish your Outlook calendar onto the Internet
• Testing your new Exchange 2007 Send connector
• Gmail flaw allows forwarding messages to attacker's mailbox
• UM Language Packs
• Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1: Managing a CCR Cluster using the Exchange Management Console
• Managing Resource Mailboxes in Exchange Server 2007 (Part 1)
• Enterprise Exchange Dedicated GC Design
• Accessing Exchange from your Mac
• Outlook 2007 can now use DNS SRV records to find the location of the Exchange Autodiscover Service
• Sample Script to Help with Lotus Notes to Exchange 2007 Migration
• Scripting Corner Volume 2 - Pipelining and the One Line command

TechNet Magazine - Outubro 2007

A Edição de Outubro da TechNet Magazine já está disponível online. Também pode ser descarregada como um ficheiro HTML Help file (.chm).

O tema principal desta edição é a poupança de energia no Datacenter, contribuindo assim para a salvação do Planeta.

Bem a propósito, o Primeiro Ministro de Portugal, José Sócrates, anunciou no debate sobre Mudança Climática das Nações Unidas que a União Europeia decidiu unilateralmente cortar 20% na emissão de gases de efeito de estufa, ou 30% se outros países industrializados (leia-se Estados Unidos) assinarem o mesmo compromisso.

E aqui fica a lista dos meus artigos preferidos desta edição:

• A Guide to Active Directory Replication
• Exchange Edge Transport Servers at Microsoft
• Windows PowerShell - Working Without a Script

Webcasts em Outubro

Aqui fica a lista de webcasts de Exchange & Unified Communications em Outubro (tirada do blog da Eileen Brown):

Exchange:
TechNet Webcast: Message Security, Active Protection, and Compliance with Exchange Server 2007 (Level 200)
Friday, October 05, 2007 - 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Chris Avis, IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032352474&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Introduction to Windows PowerShell Scripting in Exchange Server 2007 (Level 200)
Friday, October 19, 2007 - 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time
John Weston, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032352635&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 Client Access and Web Services (Level 200)
Friday, October 26, 2007 - 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032352684&Culture=en-US

Momentum Webcast: Early Preview of Exchange Server 2007 SP1 (Level 100)
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
Indika Boteju, Mid-Market Solutions Advisor, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032350850&Culture=en-US

Unified Communications
Momentum Webcast: A Sneak Peek at Unified Communications with Software-Powered VoIP and Unified Messaging (Level 100)
Wednesday, October 17, 2007 - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time
Bob Clancy, Mid-Market Solutions Advisor, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032351243&Culture=en-US

Momentum Webcast: Amplify the Productivity of Your Business: Optimize Your Unified Infrastructure (Level 100)
Monday, October 29, 2007 - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
Indika Boteju, Mid-Market Solutions Advisor, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032349749&Culture=en-US

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Yahoo To Buy Zimbra for $350M
• Not So Unified Communications
• Mozilla tries Firefox recipe with Thunderbird
• OWA for Exchange 2007 in IE vs. OWA Light in everything else
• OpsMgr by Example: The Exchange 2007 Management Pack
• How to use SMTP queues to troubleshoot mail flow
• Make Reading Your E-Mail Easier in Outlook: Minimize the To-Do Bar and the Navigation Pane
• Using Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Dial tone recovery feature - Part II
• RPC over HTTP through ISA Server 2006
• Standby Continuous Replication (SCR) Part 2
• How big is too BIG!
• Email and Attachment Archiving with a Transport Agent on Exchange 2007
• Cmdlets and Commands used in SCR Blogcast
• Implementing Outlook Voice Access with Exchange Server 2007 (Part 1)
• Migrating from Domino to Exchange 2007 (Part 3)
• Upgrading from Windows 2000 AD to 2003 when Exchange 2003 is installed on the Domain Controller - Part 1…
• Upgrading from Windows 2000 AD to 2003 when Exchange 2003 is installed on the Domain Controller - Part 2…
• Installing and running Windows Mobile 5+MSFP and Windows Mobile 6 standalone emulators

Actualização do filtro Junk Email do Outlook (Setembro 2007)

Está disponível uma nova actualização para o filtro Junk E-mail do Outlook 2003/2007.

"This update provides the Junk E-mail Filter in Microsoft Office Outlook with a more current definition of which e-mail messages should be considered junk e-mail."

O download está disponível para as versões Outlook 2003 e Outlook 2007, ou através do Microsoft Update. Como é habitual, está acompanhado pelo respectivo artigo da Knowledge Base:

• Description of the Update for Outlook 2007 Junk E-mail Filter (KB937833)
• Description of the Update for Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter (KB936677)

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Exchange 2007 storage: um eBook e uma folha de cálculo

Da autoria do também MVP Jim Mcbee, The Shortcut Guide to Exchange Server 2007 Storage Systems, cobre o desenho, planeamento e dimensionamento de storage para o Exchange Server, os conceitos básicos de utilização de SANs iSCSI e as melhores práticas de operação das SANs em geral.

O eBook completo encontra-se disponível para download no formato PDF, publicado pela editora virtual RealTime Publishers. Aqui ficam os títulos de alguns capítulos:

• Choosing an Exchange Server storage platform
• Sizing the Exchange storage platform appropriately
• Implementing an iSCSI storage system
• Basic practices for implementing iSCSI storage

 

E já que estamos a falar de dimensionamento de storage a equipa do Microsoft Exchange disponibilizou recentemente a versão 11.2 da Exchange 2007 Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator spreadsheet. A lista das actualizações pode ser consultada no post Updates to the Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator.

A folha de cálculo encontra-se no formato Excel 2007. Infelizmente, para pessoas como eu que ainda tenham o Office 2003, o Office 2007 Compatibility Pack não vai funcionar desta vez:

A Microsoft está a trabalhar para resolver o problema.

Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Help

A Microsoft disponibilizou uma versão actualizada do ficheiro de help do Exchange Server 2007, por forma a contemplar as alterações introduzidas com o lançamento do Service Pack 1.

Quick Details

File Name: exchhelp.exe
Version: 05Sept2007
Date Published: 9/17/2007
Language: English
Download Size: 19.2 MB

Overview
The Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Help can help you in the day-to-day administration of Exchange. Use this information to guide you through Exchange Server 2007 SP1 features, tasks, and administration procedures.

Mensagens Out of Office creativas

Enquanto andava a navegar no site Pro-Exchange, houve um post sobre mensagens Out of Office que me prendeu a atenção. A lista destas mensagens bastante creativas pode ser encontrada no Blog do Curious George:

1. I am currently out at a job interview and will reply to you if I fail to get the position. I may be a little moody so be prepared.
2. You are receiving this automatic notification because I am out of the office. If I was in, chances are you wouldn't have received anything at all.
3. Sorry to have missed you, but I am at the doctor's having my brain removed so I can be promoted to our management team.
4. I will be unable to delete all the unread, worthless emails you send me until I return from vacation on 4/8. Please be patient, and your mail will be deleted in the order it was received.
5. Thank you for your email. Your credit card has been charged £5.99 for the first 10 words and £1.99 for each additional word in your message.
6. The e-mail server is unable to verify your server connection and is unable to deliver this message. Please restart your computer and try sending again.
   (The beauty of this is that when you return, you can see how many in-duh-viduals did this over and over.)
7. Thank you for your message, which has been added to a queuing system. You are currently in 352nd place, and can expect to receive a reply in approximately 19 weeks.
8. Hi, I'm thinking about what you've just sent me. Please wait by your PC for my response.
9. I've run away to join a different circus.
10. I will be out of the office for the next 2 weeks for medical reasons. When I return, please refer to me as " Sharon " instead of "Steve".

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Configuring IMAP over SSL on SBS 2003 Premium with ISA 2004
• Thoughts on Virtualising Exchange
• How it works: Exchange Hosted Filtering
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Administration Guide
• Managing Microsoft Outlook and Exchange calendars
• Looking back at Microsoft Outlook Easter Eggs
• eWeek: Exchange Equals Profits
• Time to Check Your Calendars Again
• And you thought you knew what "MAPI" stands for...
• More fun with Logparser and Exchange logs
• How Exchange Server 2007 CAS Proxying works for Outlook Web Access (OWA)
• How does Exchange UM find the caller's name?
• Finding ProxyAddresses with ADFIND
• Need full access for all users’ mailboxes in Your SMTP mail organization
• Load Balancing Exchange 2007 Client Access Servers using Windows Network Load-Balancing Technology Part 3: Creating Certificates and Testing Client Services
• Accessing Exchange 2007 from your Apple Macintosh (Part 1)
• Verifying Exchange 2007 sp1 Schema Extensions
• Blackberry outage (again!)
• Exchange Server 2007: Setting Message Size Limits
• Exchange Server 2007: How to get a list of Exchange ActiveSync users
• Using PowerShell + WMI to manage legacy Exchange
• Read Hotmail from Outlook
• Anti-Spam Law Challenged
• Make Outlook more colorful with Automatic Formatting

Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications, 2007

 

Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications, 2007 é um estudo da Gartner que analisa os vários fabricantes nesta área e os organiza em quadrantes, de acordo com 2 vectores: visão e capacidade de execução. Mais uma vez a Microsoft é colocada no quadrante dos líderes.

Microsoft strengths:

• Microsoft is a strong company with an ecosystem of partners that can deliver value-added products, professional services and wide distribution.
• The company has strategic partnerships in specific areas, such as live voice, and IP and PBX add credibility in these technology and service areas.
• Parts of Microsoft's UC portfolio are very mature (for instance, e-mail), and the overall portfolio is quite complete, with partnerships in weaker areas. The newer parts of the portfolio likely will get wide exposure throughout 2008 and will mature rapidly as a result.
• An established base of desktop applications and experience in graphical user interface design will assist in making complex communication applications easier to use.
• Enterprises looking into UC, particularly those with Microsoft applications already in place, should understand the Microsoft portfolio because it represents a new paradigm for communication by a market leader. Microsoft’s solution is comprehensive but is also the basis for a range of partner offerings.

Actualização do filtro Junk E-mail do Windows Mail [Setembro 2007]

Enquanto o Windows Live Mail não passa à versão RTM e consequentemente substitui o programa de correio electrónico que acompanha o Windows Vista, a Microsoft vai continuando a disponibilizar as actualizações do filtro Junk E-mail deste último, o Windows Mail:

• Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter [September 2007]
• Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter for x64-based Systems [September 2007]

Brief Description
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.

Esta actualização encontra-se descrita no seguinte artigo da Knowledge Base: Description of the definition updates for Windows Mail.

Mais actualizações de documentação devido ao SP1

A Microsoft disponibilizou mais algumas actualizações de documentação técnica do Exchange 2007, por forma a incorporar as alterações introduzidas pelo SP1. Esperem por mais durante as próximas semanas:

• Exchange Management Shell Quick Reference
• Exchange Server 2007 Transport Server Role Architecture Diagrams

Documentação do Service Pack 1 do Exchange 2007

Acabei de ler no blog do Scott Schnoll que a documentação online no site do TechNet foi actualizada para reflectir as últimas alterações devidas ao lançamento do Service Pack 1 do Exchange 2007:

We've refreshed our online documentation for Exchange 2007, and it includes content on Service Pack 1!  This content is newer and fresher than the ExchHelp.CHM (Help file) that ships with Beta 2, and it includes content not found in that CHM file.

You can find online documentation for Exchange 2007 SP1 at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124558.aspx.

This content includes information about:

• What's New in SP1
• Standby Continuous Replication
• Upgrading Clustered Mailbox Servers to SP1
• Monitoring Continuous Replication
• New High Availability Features in SP1
• How to Install Exchange 2007 SP1 Prerequisites on Windows Server 2008
• Installing Cluster Continuous Replication on Windows Server 2008
• Installing Single Copy Clusters on Windows Server 2008
• New Client Access Features in Exchange 2007 SP1
• New Transport Features in Exchange 2007 SP1
• New Mailbox Features in Exchange 2007 SP1
• New Unified Messaging Features in Exchange 2007 SP1
• IPv6 Support in Exchange 2007 SP1

And much, much more!  Enjoy!

And congratulations to the Exchange User Education team for a job well done!!

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• IdM vendors not supporting Exchange 2007?!
• Gartner: Expect an enterprise iPhone
• Technical Overview of Forefront Client Security Questions and Answers (08-27-08)
• Updating Exchange Server 2007 Exchange Web Service Clients to SP1
• Entourage 2008: OOFs coming to the Mac
• Adding an X-header in an Exchange Routing Transport Agent in Exchange 2007
• Migrating from Domino to Exchange 2007 (Part 2)
• Deploying an Exchange Resource Forest (Part 3)
• Test Lab: Virtualisation of Exchange 2007 CCR Clustering using VMWARE - Part 4
• Exchange 2003 installed on a domain controller - services fail to start…
• Populating Test Labs with User Accounts…
• Overview of Exchange Server 2007 CAS Proxying and Redirection