TechNet Magazine - Fevereiro 2008

 

A edição de Fevereiro da TechNet Magazine já está disponível para consulta online ou para download no formato HTML Help (.chm) file.

Neste número, o tema central é o Sharepoint, mas também estão lá outros artigos com temáticas mais relacionadas com o Exchange Server, tal como Unified Communications ou PowerShell.

Aqui fica uma pequena lista com os artigos mais interessantes:

• How Presence Powers OCS 2007 (Rajesh Ramanathan) - Office Communications Server 2007 uses information about user availability to route communications to the most appropriate place—whether it’s sending a voice call, a video conference, an e-mail message, or an IM. See how the OCS 2007 system uses presence to connect endpoints.
• Plan Your OCS 2007 Voice Deployment (Jochen Kunert and Rui Maximo) - Integrating Office Communications Server 2007 with an existing PBX system can be a challenging task. You need to select an integration scenario, understand call routing, know how to configure user settings, deal with number plans, and more. But don’t worry. This overview will show you what you need to know.
• Windows PowerShell (Don Jones) - Shell Permissions

1 podcast, 1 white paper, 2 datasheets

A informação técnica disponível na àrea de messaging continua a aumentar. Desta vez, a Microsoft disponibilizou-nos 1 podcast, 1 white paper e 2 datasheets:

• Podcasts: How Microsoft IT Implemented New Storage Designs for Exchange Server 2007 - How does Exchange Server 2007 enable a large enterprise to increase mailbox quotas globally by a factor of ten and still lower storage costs, reduce maintenance complexities, and simplify data recovery processes? Microsoft IT was able to take advantage of Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) in new mailbox server designs based on direct attached storage (DAS). Advantages of CCR and DAS over alternative configurations will be discussed along with how MSIT was able to eliminate storage as a single point of failure while at the same time lowering costs to two dollars per gigabyte.
• HMC 4.0 - Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 White Paper - This white paper introduces the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) new features related to the Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration version 4.0. In particular, it addresses key features in anywhere access, built-in protection, and operation efficiency.
• Exchange Hosted Services Archive Datasheet - Today’s business demands the need for a centralized, easily accessible and multi-functioning mail repository. Exchange Hosted Archive (EHA) assists with this enterprise goal.
• Exchange Hosted Services Continuity Datasheet - Microsoft® Exchange Hosted Continuity is a business continuity solution that helps protect and provide continuous access to e-mail for a business and its employees. This datasheet outlines the details and benefits of the Continuity service.

Notes from the field: Transporter Suite

Publiquei um post no meu outro blog com algumas notas sobre a utilização do Transporter Suite para realizar migrações do Lotus Domino para o Exchange Server 2007. Resolvi reproduzir aqui esse mesmo post, embora em Inglês (se alguém não perceber alguma coisa, pode perguntar).

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A couple of weeks ago I participated in a migration project which involved a migration from Lotus Domino 7.0 to Exchange Server 2007.

I used the (free) Microsoft tool: Transporter Suite. Transporter Suite has all it takes to perform a full mail (and application) migration from Lotus to Exchange. The latest version is v08.02.0012, but I used the RTM version (if you want to know what's new, read Microsoft Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino Release Notes).

There are several approaches you can take in a similar migration project, but I prefer to place the Exchange Server in front of the Lotus Notes server, adding a non-authoritative SMTP domain and forward messages for the users not yet migrated. The following picture depicts the scenario I used.

Actually you can even make the SMTP domain authoritative for the Exchange Server, it will still forward any unresolved addresses to the Lotus Notes server if you configure a Send Connector.

My personal feeling is that Transporter Suite has lots of space for improvements. Probably there are some commercial tools more powerful and even more stable, but with a little bit of patience and some testing, the tool provided by Microsoft will do the job.

I would like to share my findings, hoping that they might help you. As I mentioned before, there is a new release of Transporter Suite that may have solved some of the problems I faced.

1. Install the connector components on a server with the Hub Transport (HT) role. Although the documentation mentions that it can be installed on a HT or/and CAS, without the HT role I couldn't create any connections. Here's an excerpt from the official documentation:
   "All connector components (Directory Connector and Free/Busy Connector): Can only be installed on Exchange Server 2007 servers with the Hub and/or Client Access Server (CAS) roles installed; optionally, other roles (such as Mailbox or Unified Messaging) can also be installed."
   
2. There's a small misprint on the documentation. You'll need to increase the maximum attachment size by editing the web.config file in the exchweb\EWS subdirectory of the ClientAccess directory on each CAS. The line that you'll need to add is:
   
   <httpRuntime maxRequestLength="10240" />
   
   Please don't forget the "/" at the end! (that's the misprint)
   
3. I had some problems migrating users. The error I had was:
   
   Summary: 1 item(s). 0 succeeded, 1 failed.
   Elapsed time: 00:00:01

   User1
   Failed

   Error:
   The value "SMTP:User1@DOMAIN.COM" of property "ExternalEmailAddress" is used by another recipient object "DOMAIN.COM/Domino Contacts/User1\/HQ\/Company". Please specify another value.

   Exchange Management Shell command attempted:
   'CN=User1/OU=Sede/O=Company' | move-dominouser -Quiet -DominoDirectoryServer 'SRVNOTES' -GlobalCatalog 'DC01.DOMAIN.COM' -TargetOU '.' -InitialPassword 'System.Security.SecureString' -TargetId 'DOMAIN\User1'

   Elapsed Time: 00:00:01
   
   I didn't find a way of solving this problem. I think it's related with the timings associated with the remove process of the contact created previously and the subsequent copy of all proxy addresses. So, the solution was to write my own migration code. Here it is, you might find it useful:

      1: '*******************************************************************************

      2: 'migrateUsers.VBS: Copy proxyAddresses from a Domino contact to an AD user

      3: '

      4: 'Version: 0.1    

      5: 'Date:    2008/01/07

      6: 'Author:  RUI SILVA rui.silva(a)live.com

      7: '

      8: '*******************************************************************************

      9:  

     10: Const ForReading = 1

     11: Const ForWriting = 2

     12: Const ADS_SCOPE_SUBTREE = 2

     13: Const ADS_PROPERTY_UPDATE = 2

     14:  

     15: Set objConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")

     16: Set objCommand = CreateObject("ADODB.Command")

     17: objConnection.Provider = "ADsDSOObject"

     18: objConnection.Open "Active Directory Provider"

     19: Set objCommand.ActiveConnection = objConnection

     20:  

     21: objCommand.Properties("Page Size") = 1000

     22: objCommand.Properties("Searchscope") = ADS_SCOPE_SUBTREE 

     23:  

     24:     strName=InputBox("Enter username:")

     25:     objCommand.CommandText = _

     26:         "SELECT distinguishedName FROM 'LDAP://ou=Domino Contacts,dc=DOMAIN,dc=COM' WHERE objectCategory='user' " & _

     27:             "AND mailNickname='" & strName & "'"

     28:     Set objRecordSet = objCommand.Execute

     29:  

     30:     If objRecordset.RecordCount = 1 Then

     31:         strDN = objRecordSet.Fields("distinguishedName").Value

     32:         MsgBox(strDN & ": FOUND")

     33:     strDN = Replace(strDN, "/", "\/")

     34:         Set objContact = GetObject("LDAP://" & strDN)

     35:         arrProxyAddresses = objContact.GetEx("proxyAddresses")

     36:         nArr = UBound(arrProxyAddresses)

     37:         For n=0 To nArr

     38:             If InStr(arrProxyAddresses(n), "SMTP:") Then

     39:                 strEmailAddr = Mid(arrProxyAddresses(n), 6) 

     40:             End If

     41:         Next

     42:  

     43:         objCommand.CommandText = _

     44:             "SELECT distinguishedName FROM 'LDAP://ou=USERS,dc=DOMAIN,dc=COM' WHERE objectCategory='user' " & _

     45:                 "AND sAMAccountName='" & strName & "'"

     46:         Set objRecordSet2 = objCommand.Execute

     47:  

     48:         If objRecordset2.RecordCount = 1 Then

     49:             strDN2 = objRecordSet2.Fields("distinguishedName").Value

     50:             MsgBox(strDN2 & ": USER FOUND")

     51:             Set objRecipient = GetObject("LDAP://" & strDN2)

     52:  

     53:             objRecipient.ProxyAddresses = arrProxyAddresses

     54:             objRecipient.put "mailnickname", strName

     55:             objRecipient.put "mail", strEmailAddr

     56: '            objRecipient.MailEnable strEmailAddr

     57:             objRecipient.SetInfo

     58:             MsgBox("OK")

     59:         End If

     60:  

     61:         objContact.DeleteObject(0)

     62:  

     63:         objRecordset.Close

     64:         objRecordset2.Close

     65:        

     66:     Else    

     67:         MsgBox(strName & ": NOT_FOUND")

     68:     End If

     69:     

     70: objConnection.Close

Good luck for your migration! Don't forget to read the documentation: Microsoft Transporter for Lotus Domino End-to-End Guidance.

Outlook 2007 demos

A Microsoft disponibilizou 2 vídeos que demonstram como realizar algumas das tarefas mais comuns no Microsoft Office Outlook 2007.

• Outlook 2007 Demo: Create and use an e-mail signature - In Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, you can create and store different signatures for different circumstances. It's easy to create a signature that includes the information you want— whether it's a plain signature with just your name or an elaborate one with a photo, hyperlink, contact details, and several lines of text formatted for clarity and emphasis. Set a signature to appear by default, or add one with a quick right-click. Creating, managing, and using e-mail signatures is easy.
• Outlook 2007 Demo: Customize your calendar- Did you know that the views in your Outlook 2007 calendar are fully customizable? For example, you can view your days and weeks in increments of 5 minutes, 60 minutes, and a variety of periods in between. You can adjust the view of your calendar according to your work week and work day; for instance, you can display Sunday through Thursday and show a normal day as being 11 in the morning to 7 in the evening if you like. Use different color schemes, and show more or less detail in your calendar. Watch the demo to see how to do all this and more.

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• Lotusphere: Exchange winning away Notes users faster than ever, claims Microsoft
• How Entourage 2008 fares with Exchange
• Accessing Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging: Introduction
• What is the future for Lotus?
• How to solve common ActiveSync error messages
• Cable Co. Empties 14,000 E-Mail Accounts
• Adding Holidays to Your Outlook Calendar
• Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 and the Schema
• MSExchange ADAccess Event ID 2501 and 2114
• MSExchangeTransport | Routing | 5003
• Exchange 2007 Address List Segregation Document Will be Out in February!!!
• Assigning SCL to messages scanned by 3rd-party antispam filters
• Setting and Understanding Folder Permissions in Exchange Web Services
• Troubleshooting an Exchange Server 2003 Migration to Exchange Server 2007
• Generating Active Directory Accounts from an Exchange Database (Part 1)
• Exchange 2007 Certificates
• Troubleshooting a PDF Attachment Problem!
• Disabling Exchange 2007 Send Connector from the Command Line
• A major update to the Microsoft Transporter Suite was released on Monday, January 21st, 2008.
• Scripting Corner Volume 3 - The PowerShell profile
• Understanding multi-domain DL update and delegate issues after application of Exchange 2003 SP2 - Part 2
• UC: How about licensing?
• Q&A: Microsoft Courts Lotus Switchers with New Migration Tools

Techdays 2008

A edição deste ano do Techdays, o maior evento técnico organizado pela Microsoft Portugal, vai ocorrer  de 12 a 14 de Março no Centro de Congressos de Lisboa.

O evento será precedido no dia 11 pelo lançamento de 3 novos produtos:

• Windows Server 2008
• SQL Server 2008
• Visual Studio 2008

O dia do lançamento terá entrada livre, mas os Techdays terão o seguinte custo de inscrição:

• 149,00€ até 25 de Janeiro de 2008
• 225,00€ até 22 de Fevereiro de 2008

Aqui ficam os links com toda a informação do evento:

• Página oficial Techdays 2008
• Registo
• Agenda

A Unisys é mais uma vez um dos patrocinadores principais ;-)

Technorati : TechdaysPT08

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• 10 Reasons IT Should Not Support the Apple iPhone
• What (In)Compatibility Games is Microsoft up to With Exchange 2007?
• Single-label Domain Names and Exchange Server 2007 SP1
• Exporting Mailbox Data to a PST File in Exchange 2007 SP1
• GroupWise to Exchange 2007 - Interoperability and Migration (Part 1)
• Finding the number of Unread Voicemail Messages in a Mailbox
• Exporting the OOF (Out of Office) Setting for every user on a server using CDO 1.2 and VBS
• Making use of Autodiscovery in VBS and Powershell Scripts
• The Saga Continues: White House Says It Routinely Overwrote E-Mail Tapes From 2001 to 2003
• Exchange 2007 Anti Spam
• Resource Rooms
• Proper Way to book a resource room
• Erratum - Exchange Server 2007 SP1 SDK November 2007 Readme
• Removing items from the To-Do Bar
• HTML rendering in office 2007, something to think of when planning your upgrade?

Capítulos grátis de livro de PowerShell

Uma amiga minha, a Ilse Van Criekinge (MVP de Exchange e vencedora do Speaker Idol do TechEd IT Forum deste ano) é a autora de um livro sobre Powershell que vai ser lançado dentro em breve.

O livro, Exchange Management Shell: TFM, ainda não está pronto, mas as boas notícias é que se pode fazer o download grátis de alguns capítulos não editados a partir do site da SAPIEN.

Qualquer feedback é sempre bem-vindo e pode ser enviado por correio electrónico para errata@sapien.com ou directamente para a Ilse: ilse.vancriekinge@pro-exchange.be.

"Exchange Management Shell: TFM provides the answers in a "cookbook" format that focuses on real-world Exchange Server 2007 management tasks, and how to accomplish them in Windows PowerShell. This authoritative and comprehensive book includes a standardized "crash course" in Windows PowerShell for newcomers, and dives right into the nuts and bolts of becoming a leading-edge, command-line Exchange administrator."

Exchange Best Practices Analyzer (ExBPA) Web Update Pack

Está disponível para download o Microsoft Exchange Best Practices Analyzer Web Update Pack (v2.11.18.0).

Brief Description
Configuration, rule, and help updates for the Exchange Best Practices Analyzer v2.8.

Overview
This download contains the latest XML and ExBPA.chm files. Use this package to update your existing installation of the Exchange Best Practices Analyzer. NOTE: If Internet connectivity is available, the Exchange Best Practices Analyzer will attempt to automatically update itself from the Internet. Where updates are being applied automatically, there is no need to download the Web Update Pack.
To find out which version of ExBPA.Config.xml is installed on your computer, click the 'About Exchange Best Practices Analyzer' link within the tool. The upper version number refers to the core application (e.g. 2.9.7926.0), the lower version is for the configuration XML file.

Instructions
Download and run the package. When prompted, extract the files to your Exchange Best Practices Analyzer program folder (usually C:\Program Files\ExBPA\en).

MCITP: Enterprise Messaging Administrator

Depois de hoje ter passado no exame 70-238, ganhei a certificação MCITP: Enterprise Messaging Administrator.

Para atingir esta certificação é necessário realizar com sucesso 3 exames:

• 70-236: TS: Exchange Server 2007, Configuring
• 70-237: PRO: Designing Messaging Solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
• 70-238: PRO: Deploying Messaging Solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

Os 2 primeiros não são complicados, o último é um pouco mais difícil, mas qualquer um com experiência de campo suficiente consegue passar.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Importing and Exporting to-from a PST file with Exchange 2007 SP1
• The Right Way to Perform Recovery in Exchange 2007
• Top 10 Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Web Access tips of 2007
• Public Folder Replication Troubleshooting - Part 4: Exchange Server 2007 tips
• Controlling outbound e-mail
• Exchange Server 2007 SP1
• Exchange 2007 - CCR: “” has too many logs to replay…
• Out of Office Tool for Exchange 2007 - soon…
• Deploying Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1
• Uncovering the New Export List feature in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1
• Year in Review: Top 5 Topics from 2007
• Adding your own X-header when sending a message via Exchange Web Services
• Exchange 2007 SP1 on Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008?
• Preparing your AD for Exchange 2007 SP1
• SMTP Connector Myth: Messages are always routed over SMTP Connectors with more specific address spaces
• Exchange 2007 Anti Spam
• Using PortQry to troubleshoot Exchange rpc connection issues
• Deploying CCR on Windows Server 2008 by Command-Line Only

Como activar a Standby Continuous Replication (SCR)

Standby Continuous Replication é uma das melhores funcionalidades introduzidas com o Exchange Server 2007 SP1.

Recentemente tive a oportunidade de utilizar SCR, pelo que segui os passos descritos no artigo da Microsoft TechNet, How to Enable Standby Continuous Replication for an Existing Storage Group. Uma vez que todos os transactions logs desde a criação do Storage Group não estavam disponíveis (o que é normal devido ao processo de backup), tive que utilizar seeding do nó passivo.

Estes são os passos necessários para este cenário:

1. Garantir que podem ser utilizadas as mesmas paths dos ficheiros de transaction logs e da base de dados, tanto no SCR Source, como no SCR Target.
2. No nó activo (ou SCR source) correr o seguinte cmdlet de Exchange Management Shell cmdlet:
   

   Enable-StorageGroupCopy -Identity 
   <NameofStorageGroup> -StandbyMachine 
   <SCRTargetMachine> -ReplayLagTime 0.1:0:0

   
   
3. Outra vez no nó activo, suspender a replicação:

   Suspend-StorageGroupCopy 
   -Identity <Server\StorageGroupName> 
   -StandbyMachine <SCRTargetMachine>

   
   
4. No nó passivo (ou SCR Target) correr o seguinte comando:

   Update-StorageGroupCopy 
   -Identity <Server\StorageGroupName> 
   -StandbyMachine <SCRTargetMachine>

Este último passo vai iniciar a sincronização do ficheiro de base de dados do SCR Source para o SCR Target e pode demorar um bocado, dependendo da quantidade de dados a copiar. No final, o processo de réplica será automaticamente reiniciado.

Para verificar o estado da réplica, pode ser utilizado o seguinte cmdlet de PowerShell:

Get-StorageGroupCopyStatus -Server:<SCRTargetMachine>

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• Top 10 Microsoft Exchange Server administration tips of 2007
• A Guide on Unified Messaging in Exchange Server 2007
• The Cisco-Microsoft battle for unified communications
• A brief history of time - Exchange Server way
• ESEUTILs-GUI - Updated Version 1.20 - Exchange 2007
• Update - Version 1.30 of the Out of Office Tool…
• Hardening Exchange Server 2007 - Part 2: Secure by Default
• Getting a Head Start on Using Exchange 2007 SP1 with Windows 2008
• Recipient Policies: Can separate policies for Email Addresses and Mailbox Manager Settings be applied?
• Exchange 2007 Anti Spam
• Solving the error message "The local computer is not a possible owner of the clustered mailbox server " during Setup /UpgradeCMS
• Desired Configuration Management for Exchange Server
• Do you also have Email overload?
• UM + Eicon: How-to guide available for you

 

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• How to disable Exchange Security Policy for Windows Mobile Devices
• Argentina DST change on 12/30/2007
• Two fixes for excessive paging on Exchange 2007 servers
• Reader Tip: Redirecting shell output to the clipboard
• Resource Rooms
• Do you want to Index Office 2007 files in Exchange 2007 ?
• More Exchange 2007 Diagrams
• Post-Connections report
• Messaging Records (Mis)Management at the White House
• Adding comments to Exchange 2003 documentation...

MSIT whitepapers

Nino Bilic escreveu recentemente no blog You Had Me At EHLO de 4 novos documentos técnicos da Microsoft IT. Eu já tive a oportunidade de referir 3 desses documentos em posts anteriores, pelo que o realmente novo é apenas este:

• Operating a Global Messaging Environment by Using Exchange Server 2007 - Enterprise IT organizations, including the Microsoft Information Technology (Microsoft IT) group, deal with service level agreements (SLAs) and power users accustomed to high levels of performance, availability, and responsiveness. The 130,000-plus users at Microsoft send over 3 million internal e-mail messages a day from more than 150 offices worldwide, as well as from home and while on the road. At Microsoft, many business-critical communication processes depend on the availability of messaging services provided through Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007. [...]

Este whitepaper pode ser também descarregado como um Documento Word e está igualmente disponível a respectiva apresentação PowerPoint.

Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator v13.0

A equipa de Exchange da Microsoft disponibilizou o Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator v13.0. Esta folha de cálculo permite-me poupar imenso tempo no dimensionamento de servidores de mailbox, por isso o meu conselho é que a comecem também a utilizar.

Aqui fica uma lista das actualizações desta nova versão:

• We have updated the log generation numbers per message profile to be in line with our updated guidance.
• In v11.8, we decided to list the database cache per mailbox in the Storage Requirements results section.  However this lead to confusion because it was named "Memory Profile / Mailbox" which implied that you would only utilize the associated amount of memory with the message profile (i.e. 5MB with Heavy profile), however that is not always the case. For example, 1200 2GB Light message profile mailboxes only requires 5GB of RAM (1200 * 2MB + 2GB), however the design requires 13 databases, which with SP1 requires 6GB of RAM.  ESE will utilize 4GB of that RAM for the cache.  As a result, 4096MB / 1200 ≈ 3.5MB per mailbox. So to make this clear, we have changed this text to be "Database Cache / Mailbox" which indicates how much cache is available per mailbox.
• In the scenario where you override the IOPS prediction formula for your mailbox tiers, we have adjusted the "Read:Write Ratio" input to allow you to enter any read percentage you would like, rather than restricting you to a few key ratios.
• We updated the "Database Reads / Mailbox" calculation description.
• We updated the Log Replication Requirements worksheet, simplifying the data displayed in the results section.
• We have included new functionality for log replication requirements.  You now have the input options for entering your network link type and its associated latency.  These options are then used to recommend TCP/IP optimization settings for Windows Server 2003 when utilizing geographically dispersed clustering and/or standby continuous replication.  In addition, if the chosen network link cannot sustain the throughput requirements for log replication, we will recommend an appropriately sized network link and Windows Server 2003 TCP/IP optimization settings.

A ferramenta propriamente dita pode ser obtida neste link.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• How Bill Gates uses Office 2007
• Exchange Server 2007 Learning Guide
• How to Add and Remove Server Roles in Exchange 2007
• Build numbers and release dates for Exchange Server
• Tools That Are Used with Exchange
• Optimizing Outlook 2007 Cache Mode Performance for a Very Large Mailbox
• Adding comments to Exchange 2003 documentation...
• Exchange 2007 Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator updated to v 13.0
• Exchange 2007 - Ensuring a clean CCR Node Shutdown…
• How to recover deleted items from Public folders.
• Exchange 2007 SP1 Mailbox Management Features - Part 3: Mailbox-enabling Users in bulk using the Exchange Management Console
• Moving Mailboxes in Exchange 2007, Part 1
• Keeping tabs on Antispam filters: A few handy scripts in Exchange Server 2007
• Masquerading SMTP Virtual Servers: Changing the fqdn and masquerade domain
• Custom notifications and DSN's
• Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1: Install Update #1
• Exchange 2007: Store Memory!
• Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1: New cmdlets
• Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1: Schema Changes

Webcasts de messaging em Janeiro

TechNet Webcast: eDiscovery for E-Mail (Level 200)
Friday, January 11, 2008 - 11:30 AM Pacific Time
Diane Prescott, Technical Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation, Aimee Chaille, Lead Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7964822

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 in Depth (Part 1 of 8): Overview (Level 200)
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Pacific Time
Chris Avis, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032363557&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 in Depth (Part 2 of 8): Deployment and Migration (Level 200)
Friday, January 18, 2008 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Pacific Time
Chris Avis, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032363559&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 in Depth (Part 3 of 8): Introduction to the New Management Console (Level 200)
Monday, January 21, 2008 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Pacific Time
Shawn Travers, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032363568&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Implemented New Storage Designs for Exchange Server 2007 (Level 300)
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific Time
Kyryl Perederiy, Sr. Systems Engineer, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032362421&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 in Depth (Part 4 of 8): Introduction to Windows PowerShell Scripting (Level 200)
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Pacific Time
John Baker, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032363572&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 in Depth (Part 5 of 8): Client Access and Web Services (Level 200)
Friday, January 25, 2008 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Pacific Time
John Weston, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032363574&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 in Depth (Part 6 of 8): Disaster Recovery (Level 200)
Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Pacific Time
Harold Wong, Senior Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032363577&Culture=en-US

Microsoft Office System Webcast: Top Tips for Managing E-Mail in Outlook 2007 (Level 100)
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
Andrew Reed, Senior Training Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032360819&Culture=en-US

TechNet Magazine - Janeiro 2008

Já está disponível a edição de Janeiro da TechNet Magazine (também disponível para download em formato HTML Help .chm).

Depois de ultrapassado o hype à volta do Service Pack 1 do Exchange Server 2007, o tema é agora o System Center, com um especial enfoque na virtualização. Lembrem-se que o Hiper-V está aí mesmo a chegar.

Mas revista que é revista tem que ter alguns artigos dedicados à temática do correio electrónico, por isso aqui ficam os links:

• Exchange Queue & A - Adding Voice Prompts, Choosing a PBX , and More
• Windows PowerShell - Heading Off Malicious Code

Documentação Forefront & Antigen SP1

Após a disponibilização do SP1 do Exchange Server 2007, assistiu-se ao lançamento quase de imediato do  SP1 de produtos muito próximos do Exchange.

Entretanto a documentação desses mesmos produtos foi actualizada e está agora disponível para download:

• Microsoft Antigen SP1 Documentation - The Messaging Security Suite includes Antigen for Exchange, Antigen for SMTP Gateways, and Antigen Spam Manager, and provides server-level protection against the latest e-mail threats.
• Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server with SP1 Documentation - Forefront Security for Exchange Server SP1 integrates multiple scan engines from industry-leading security firms into a comprehensive, layered solution, helping protect your Microsoft Exchange Server messaging environments from viruses, worms, spam, and inappropriate content.
  This new release provides support for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 and Windows Server 2008, as well as content filtering and manageability enhancements.

Chamo a vossa atenção para um dos documentos disponíveis no último link e que se prende com a instalação em cluster do Forefront. Apesar de poder ser instalado em ambientes cluster, a verdade é que a versão RTM do Forefront não é verdadeiramente cluster-aware, o que pode provocar alguns eventos aborrecidos no Application Event Log.

Existe um hotfix disponível e que está descrito no seguinte artigo da Knowledge Base:

• Forefront Security for Exchange Server fails in a single copy cluster environment

Este hotfix é na realidade uma instalação completa do Forefront, tornando-o cluster-aware (vão notar um novo cluster resource).

Ainda não tive oportunidade de experimentar o Forefront SP1, mas espero que inclua o fix atrás descrito (de acordo com o ficheiro README, isso está garantido).

PowerShell commands for Active Directory

Ora aqui está um assunto que eu andava para blogar desde que o li no blogue do Evan Dodds.

A Quest disponibiliza o ActiveRoles Management Shell for Active Directory que mais não é que um conjunto de comandos PowerShell (CMDLETs) que podem ser descarregados de forma grátis da página da Quest e utilizados para realizar operações de administração na Active Directory.

The ActiveRoles Management Shell for Active Directory is an Active Directoryspecific automation and scripting shell that provides a command-line management interface for administering directory data either via Quest ActiveRoles Server or by directly accessing Active Directory domain controllers. The ActiveRoles Management Shell is built on Microsoft Windows PowerShell technology.

The ActiveRoles Management Shell is implemented as a Windows PowerShell snap-in, providing an extension to the Windows PowerShell environment.

As the commands provided by the ActiveRoles Management Shell conform to the Windows PowerShell standards, and are fully compatible with the default command-line tools that come with Windows PowerShell, the information found in the above documents of Microsoft’s is fully applicable to the ActiveRoles Management Shell for Active Directory.

Recentemente, necessitei de exportar todos os ProxyAddresses de vários utilizadores, pelo que estes cmdlets se revelaram bastante úteis. Aqui fica a linha de comando utilizada:

Get-QADUser -DontUseDefaultIncludedProperties -ObjectAttributes @{mail='*'} -IncludedProperties sAMAccountName,distinguishedName,mail,
userPrincipalName,proxyAddresses  -SerializeValues -SizeLimit 0 | Export-Csv 'C:\proxyAddresses.csv'

E esta é a lista de todos os cmdlets disponíveis:

CONNECT-QADSERVICE
DISCONNECT-QADSERVICE
GET-QADUSER
SET-QADUSER
NEW-QADUSER
DISABLE-QADUSER
ENABLE-QADUSER
UNLOCK-QADUSER
GET-QADGROUP
SET-QADGROUP
NEW-QADGROUP
GET-QADGROUPMEMBER
ADD-QADGROUPMEMBER
REMOVE-QADGROUPMEMBER
GET-QADCOMPUTER
GET-QADOBJECT
SET-QADOBJECT
NEW-QADOBJECT
MOVE-QADOBJECT
RENAME-QADOBJECT
REMOVE-QADOBJECT
NEW-QADPASSWORDSETTINGSOBJECT
GET-QADPASSWORDSETTINGSOBJECT
ADD-QADPASSWORDSETTINGSOBJECTAPPLIESTO
REMOVE-QADPASSWORDSETTINGSOBJECTAPPLIESTO
CONVERT-QADATTRIBUTEVALUE
GET-QADPSSNAPINSETTINGS
SET-QADPSSNAPINSETTINGS

Office 2007 SP1

Embora seja perfeitamente possível interagir com o Exchange Server sem o Outlook 2007 (ou qualquer outra versão), a verdade é que a utilização do cliente rico da Microsoft eleva a experiência de utilização para um nível bastante mais elevado.

Por isso, para quem está a utilizar o Outlook 2007, vai gostar de saber que já está disponível o 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1.

Aqui estão algumas das melhorias do Outlook 2007 SP1:

• General performance and responsiveness improvements
• POP3 mail download improvements
• Improved support for RSS feeds
• Meeting reliability improvements

Overview
The 2007 Microsoft Office suite Service Pack 1 delivers important customer-requested stability and performance improvements, while incorporating further enhancements to user security. This service pack also includes all of the updates released for the 2007 Office suite prior to December of 2007. You can get a more complete description of SP1, including a list of issues that were fixed, in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 936982: Description of the 2007 Microsoft Office suite Service Pack 1.
Service Pack 1 will install even if a publicly available update has already been installed on your computer.
SP1 also includes stability improvements developed as a result of user input from the Microsoft Online Crash Analysis and from Microsoft Product Support feedback.

System Requirements

• Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1; Windows Vista; Windows XP Service Pack 2

This update applies to the following programs:

• Microsoft® Office Basic 2007
• Microsoft® Office Enterprise 2007
• Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007
• Microsoft® Office Professional 2007
• Microsoft® Office Professional Plus 2007
• Microsoft® Office Small Business 2007
• Microsoft® Office Small Business Management 2007
• Microsoft® Office Standard 2007
• Microsoft® Office Ultimate 2007
• Microsoft® Office Access® 2007
• Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007
• Microsoft® Office InfoPath® 2007
• Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007
• Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007
• Microsoft® Office Publisher® 2007
• Microsoft® Office Word 2007
• Microsoft® Office OneNote® 2007
• Microsoft® Office Groove® 2007

Additional requirements:

• To successfully install SP1, you must have Microsoft Installer 3.1 (MSI 3.1) or higher. For more information, including instructions for downloading MSI 3.1, please see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 942101.
• To successfully install SP1, you will need more free hard disk space than the size of the patch itself. For more specific information about the space requirements, please see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 943589.

Instructions
There are several scenarios that may require you to reboot your computer after SP1 is installed. For more information, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 942995.
To install this update, do one of the following:

• Use Microsoft Update (recommended). Microsoft Update consolidates updates provided by Windows Update and Office Update into one location and enables you to choose automatic delivery and installation of high-priority updates.
• Use Office Update on the Office Online Web site. After running the automatic detection, Office Update prompts you to install updates and service packs that bring your Office products up to the best quality available. Office Update is not supported on Windows Vista.
• Install the 2007 Microsoft Office suite SP1 manually. To do this, follow these steps:
  • Download the file by clicking the Download button at the top of this page. Save the file to your hard disk drive. Note: The 2007 Office suite SP1 is available on CD-ROM through the Office Online page Order Office Service Packs on CD-ROM.
  • It is recommended that you quit any programs you are running.
  • In Windows Explorer, double-click the .exe file that you saved to your hard disk drive, and follow the instructions on the screen.

When using other Microsoft Office products
If you are using the following Microsoft Office products, we recommend that you get the latest service packs:

• Microsoft® Office Language Pack 2007: Office Language Pack 2007 SP1
• Microsoft® Office Project 2007: Office Project 2007 SP1
• Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Designer 2007: Office SharePoint Designer 2007 SP1
• Microsoft® Office Visio® 2007: Office Visio 2007 SP1

To remove this download
There is no uninstall feature for this download. For more information, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 873125.

Administrator resources
Administrators working in managed environments can find complete resources for deploying Office updates in an organization on the 2007 Office Resource Kit site.
For further information about this update, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 936982: Description of the 2007 Microsoft Office suite Service Pack 1.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Exchange Admin 101: Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007 admin privileges
• Troubleshooting Exchange Global Address Lists
• Tip: Using Exchange 2007 ActiveSync logs to track mobile device activity
• The 12 Days of Spammers
• The Daily Task List
• Exchange 2007 SP1 Setup Domain Controller Requirements
• Why hiding distribution memberships in Exchange 2007 is no longer supported.
• Enabling NDR's
• Nested DL Membership in Exchange 2007
• Generating Exchange Web Services Proxy Classes
• Discover Autodiscover!
• Exchange 2007 Message Classification
• Upgrading to Exchange 2007 SP1
• The New Outlook Web Access Features in Exchange 2007 SP1
• Tab Mislabelled in Exchange 2007 SP1
• Exchange 2003 - Spam Attack Internal & External - Part 2 (Open Relay)…
• Exchange 2007 - Ensuring a clean CCR Node Shutdown…
• OOM.NET: Part 1 - Introduction and Why Events Stop Firing...
• OOM.NET: Part 2 - Outlook Item Leaks
• FYI: After Installing Exchange 2007 SP1 32-bit CDOSYS Might Not Be Registered...
• How do Exchange Server rules work?
• How to access multiple resource mailboxes in Exchange Web Services (EWS)

Exchange Server 2007 Updating Support Skills

Exchange Server 2007 Updating Support Skills on Setup and System Management was written by Microsoft Customer Service and Support to prepare Support Engineers who are assisting customers installing Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1). We hope that you find the step-by-step approach useful and appreciate any feedback.

There are 5 lessons in this course:

Lesson 1: Setup Concepts
Lesson 2: Preparing for Exchange Server 2007 Installation
Lesson 3: Installing Exchange Server 2007
Lesson 4: Deployment Considerations
Lesson 5: Troubleshooting Exchange Server 2007 Setup

Webcasts de Exchange em Dezembro

TechNet Webcast: Disaster Recovery in Exchange Server 2007 (Level 200)
Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time
Chris Avis, IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032359939&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant (Level 200)
Friday, December 14, 2007 - 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time
Chris Gregson, Support Escalation Engineer, Microsoft Corporation
Mike Hendrickson, Support Escalation Engineer, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032359204&Culture=en-US

Momentum Webcast: How Microsoft Can Provide E-mail Security, Compliance, and Availability (Level 100)
Thursday, December 06, 2007 - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
Eric Trimble, Unified Communications Services Partner Account Manager, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032355609&Culture=en-US

Fonte: Eileen Brown's weblog