Está disponível uma nova actualização para o filtro Junk E-mail do Outlook 2003/2007.
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:"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."
Devin Ganger, Exchange MVP e technical writer da 3Sharp, disponibilizou recentemente os slides das suas apresentações na Conferência Exchange Connections 2008.
Aqui ficam os respectivos links. Como bónus, incluí também os slides da conferência anterior.
Hoje é dia de "Leitura de fim-de-semana", mas para aperitivo gostaria de recomendar estes 2 novos white papers de Exchange:
Para uma lista mais detalhada dos novos conteúdos técnicos de Exchange, leiam este post no blog You Had Me At EHLO: Exchange Server Documentation Updates - May 2008.
O Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB948016) está disponível para download.
Overview
Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2007 SP1 since the software was released. This update rollup is highly recommended for all Exchange Server 2007 SP1 customers.
For a list of changes that are included in this update rollup, see KB948016.
This update rollup does not apply to Exchange Server 2007 Release To Manufacturing (RTM). For a list of update rollups applicable to Exchange Server 2007 RTM, refer to the section Update rollups for Exchange Server 2007 RTM in the Knowledge Base article KB937052.
This is a cumulative update rollup and replaces the following:
System Requirements
Embora o Exchange Server 2007 só seja suportado em plataformas de 64 bit, isso não quer dizer que não possa ser gerido a partir de sistemas operativos de 32 bit (incluindo Vista!). Para tal, é apenas necessário utilizar as Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Management Tools (32-Bit), que foram recentemente actualizadas para a versão 685.25.
Brief Description
Exchange Server 2007 is a native 64-bit application that includes 64-bit management tools. You can use the management tools to administer your Exchange Server environment remotely. If the remote computer is running a 32-bit operating system, you will need to download the 32-bit management tools.
Overview
The Exchange management tools include the Exchange Management Console, the Exchange Management Shell, the Exchange Help file, the Microsoft Exchange Best Practices Analyzer Tool, and the Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant Tool.
The new Exchange Management Console (formerly named Exchange System Manager) provides Exchange administrators with a graphical user interface (GUI) to manage the configuration of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 organizations. For more information about the improvements to the Exchange Management Console, see New Administration Functionality in the Exchange Management Console.
The Exchange Management Shell is a new Exchange-specific command-line interface based on Microsoft Windows PowerShell, formerly codenamed “Monad”. You can use the Exchange Management Shell to run a single command or a series of multiple commands for managing your Exchange Server 2007 servers and objects. For more information about the Exchange Management Shell, see Using the Exchange Management Shell.
Recentemente tomei 2 importantes decisões no que respeita ao meu ambiente de testes:
A transição para Hyper-V é relativamente simples:
Os problemas começaram quando iniciei a instalação do Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1. Ao lançar o Setup, e após a verificação dos pré-requisitos, recebi um aviso que deveria primeiro instalar o .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 (como pude esquecer-me das minhas próprias recomendações?), pelo que interrompi o processo.
Instalado o referido update, retomei o setup, mas desta vez fui presenteado com o seguinte erro:
Setup previously failed while performing the action "install". You cannot resume setup by performing the action "BuildtoBuildUpgrade"
O artigo KB947281 da Knowledge Base da Microsoft descreve este problema e apresenta uma solução. Infelizmente, o artigo está um pouco incompleto. A solução descrita passa por apagar os valores Watermark e Action que poderão estar numa destas chaves de Registry:
No meu caso particular, para ultrapassar a situação, os valores Watermark e Action encontravam-se na chave HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Exchange\v8.0\UnifiedMessagingRole.
A solução completa deverá ser, portanto, a remoção dos valores Watermark e Action, que poderão estar em qualquer uma destas chaves:
Está disponível para download o Visio - Exchange Server Connector.
Brief Description
This Microsoft Office Visio 2007 Connector is an add-in for Microsoft Office Visio 2007 that you can use to diagram a Microsoft Exchange Server site topology, including sites, servers, and connections for an organization.
Overview
Although Exchange Management are invaluable tools for managing, monitoring and administer networks, computers, services, and other system components. It does not provide a graphical view of user mailbox details. The administrator has to sift through a tree view and use embedded data to figure out the details
Microsoft Management Console (MMC) hosts administrative tools that you can use to administer networks, computers, services, and other system components. Exchange Management Console and Exchange Management Shell are used to administer and configure specific settings for Mailbox servers and create and manage Mailbox objects.
The Mailbox server role hosts mailbox databases, which contain users' mailboxes. If you plan to host user mailboxes or public folders, or both, the Mailbox server role is required.
Administrators have to sift through a tree view to view the members of the Distribution group in an organization unit.
The Microsoft Office Visio 2007 Connector makes it easy for Exchange administrators to visualize, explore, and communicate complex information. Instead of viewing single user data at a time, administrators can create data-connected Visio diagrams that display data at a glance and dramatically increase productivity.
The Microsoft Office Visio 2007 Connector is an add-in for Microsoft Office Visio 2007 that you can use to diagram a Microsoft Exchange Server site topology, including sites, servers, and connections for an organization.
A Microsoft disponibilizou uma versão actualizada do Exchange Load Generator (v.08.02.0045).
Brief Description
Exchange Load Generator is a simulation tool to measure the impact of MAPI, OWA, IMAP, POP and SMTP clients on Exchange servers.
Overview
Use Microsoft Exchange Load Generator (LoadGen) as a simulation tool to measure the impact of MAPI, OWA, IMAP, POP and SMTP clients on Exchange servers. LoadGen allows you to test how a server running Exchange responds to e-mail loads. To simulate the delivery of these messaging requests, you run LoadGen tests on client computers. These tests send multiple messaging requests to the Exchange server, thereby causing a mail load. LoadGen is a useful tool for administrators who are sizing servers and validating a deployment plan. Specifically, LoadGen helps you determine if each of your servers can handle the load to which they are intended to carry. Another use for LoadGen is to help validate the overall solution.
Important! LoadGen should be used only in laboratories that have no connection to the production environment. This tool should not be used in any way in a production environment or an environment that is mission critical or contains important information of any kind anywhere in the network.
Note: The XML configuration file schema in this release has changed from previous versions. You will need to create a new XML configuration file with the Load Generator UI. The existing topology will be marked as un-editable if there are users created by previous versions of Microsoft Exchange Load Generator. Add your remote client machines again, and then save the updated configuration XML.
Note: If you use the recipient management features of this release to create users or other recipient objects and you have one or more Exchange Server 2007 servers in your test topology, you must run the Load Generator application with user credentials that have permission to manage Exchange recipients. The directory access account specified in the application configuration will not be used for this purpose.
Note: This version includes scripted module functionality which enables load generation for OWA, IMAP, POP, SMTP
No seguimento do compromisso que a Microsoft fez em que disponibilizou alguns dos seus protocolos, por forma a melhorar a interoperabilidade dos seus produtos, chegou agora a vez dos protocolos utilizados pelo Exchange Server 2007 serem disponibilizados ao público: Exchange Server 2007 Protocol Documentation.
Overview
The Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Protocol technical documentation set provides detailed technical specifications for Microsoft protocols and extensions to industry-standard or other published protocols that are implemented and used in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 to interoperate or communicate natively with Microsoft Office client and other server products.
The documentation set includes a set of companion overview and reference documents that supplement the technical specifications with conceptual background, overviews of inter-protocol relationships and interactions, and technical reference information.
Para quem não puder dispensar os 45MB de espaço em disco, toda esta informação pode ser consultada online no site da MSDN.
A edição de Maio da TechNet Magazine já está disponível online ou, se preferirem, podem fazer o download do ficheiro HTML Help (.chm) para leitura em offline.
Olhando para a capa, parece claro que o tema principal deste número é sobre a Active Directory e como proteger este bem tão valioso.
Para além de alguns artigos bem interessantes sobre computação sustentável, que se tornarão uma coluna online regular (o tema do ambiente está tão em voga nos dias de hoje), uma vez que a AD e o Exchange são tão próximos, existe uma colecção de artigos que gostaria de destacar:
Acaba de ser mais um documento técnico da colecção Microsoft IT Showcase, desta feita o assunto tem a ver com o desenho e dimensionamento de storage: Storage Design for Exchange Server 2007 - How Microsoft IT Exceeds High-Availability Targets with Large Mailboxes at Low Costs Based on New Storage Designs.
Executive Summary
More than 18 months after the first Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 deployment in the corporate messaging environment and more than 12 months after completing the full production rollout across the entire company, the Microsoft Information Technology (Microsoft IT) group is able to report significant benefits such as:
Microsoft IT was able to achieve these results by taking full advantage of new storage features and input/output (I/O) improvements in Exchange Server 2007, the latest advancements in 64-bit processor technology, and direct-attached storage (DAS)–based storage solutions.
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Se quiserem saber mais sobre o assunto, está também disponível uma webcast relaccionada: TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Implemented New Storage Designs for Exchange Server 2007 (Level 300).
Foi recentemente disponibilizado o Communicator Add In para Outlook 2007.
Description
An Add-In for Outlook 2007 which allows you to view and interact with your entire contact list from Office Communicator 2007.
Business users spend a majority of thier day in Outlook, why should they have to toogle back and forth from Outlook & Communicator?
This Add-In allows those business users to keep working in Outlook as well as view presence, call or instant message thier contacts.
Querem testar a próxima geração dos produtos Forefront Server Security e comprovar a sua integração com a plataforma de gestão de nome de código “Stirling”? Então leiam este porst: Take a First Peek at the Next Generation of Forefront Server Security Products.
"Yesterday, we released beta versions of the next generation of Forefront Security for Exchange Server and Forefront Security for SharePoint products. We’ve made significant investments in improving how you can deploy, manage, protect, monitor and troubleshoot your messaging and collaboration environments with Forefront, and these beta releases are meant to give you an idea of what to expect with the next versions of these products."
O feed RSS da TechNet Magazine mudou recentemente, razão pela qual eu deixei passar a edição de Março. Entretanto saiu o número de Abril, o que quer dizer que temos agora o dobro da leitura (e não se esqueçam da longa lista de leitura de fim-de-semana que publiquei ontem!).
A edição de Março foi, sem surpresa, dedicada ao Windows Server 2008.
Embora não se encontrem artigos dedicados ao Exchange, recomendo uma leitura atenta deste número, uma vez que o Exchange Server 2007 SP1 e o Windows Server 2008 fazem uma combinação perfeita.
Como já é habitual, a revista está disponível para download em formato HTML Help file (.CHM).
A edição de Abril tem como tema central o SQL Server 2008. Mais uma vez, sem surpresa, uma vez que a Microsoft foca-se nos produtos que foram recentemente anunciados a nível mundial: Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 e Visual Studio 2008.
Não esperem encontrar artigos relacionados com o Exchange, para além da habitual coluna de PowerShell.
Para quem preferir ler a revista em offline, está disponível para download como um ficheiro HTML Help (.CHM).
