Exchange 2003 System Manager for Windows Vista

Embora seja possível instalar no Windows Vista as ferramentas de gestão remota do Exchange Server 2007 desde o lançamento do Service Pack 1, ainda não era possível, até hoje, a instalação do Exchange 2003 System Manager no mesmo sistema operativo.

A partir de hoje, quem quiser administrar o Exchange Server 2003 a partir do seu desktop com Vista, já pode fazer download do Exchange System Manager for Windows Vista.

Brief Description
Exchange System Manager for Exchange Server 2003 running on the Windows Vista operating system

Overview
This download will allow installing and operating the Exchange System Manager for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 on Windows Vista OS

Queiram por favor ler com atenção as Release Notes que acompanham este software, pois, entre outras coisas, estão lá especificados os pré-requisitos:

• Must be run on a computer in a domain that has Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 (SP2) installed.
• Must be installed on Windows Vista or Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1).
• The following must be installed by a user who has Administrative rights. Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 Administration Tools Pack or Windows Server 2003 R2 Administration Tools Pack (x86). We recommend installing R2.
• Windows Server 2008 is not supported.

Exchange Server 2007 MP for OpsMgr 2007 v6.0.6363.0

O recentemente (re)lançado Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 sofreu uma pequena actualização para a versão 6.0.6363.0.

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 Management Pack requires Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1.
This Management Pack requires the Operations Manager 2007 updates specified in Knowledge Base articles 950853, 951979 and 951380 (see the Management Pack Guide for details).

Release History:

• 10/12/2007 - Original Release, version 6.0.5000.0
• 6/22/2008 - Updated Release, version 6.0.6278.12
• 7/24/2008 - Updated Release, version 6.0.6363.0

TechNet Magazine - Setembro 2008

A edição de Setembro da TechNet Magazine já está disponível online ou, se preferirem, no formato  HTML Help .chm file para leitura em offline.

O tema principal deste mês é a segurança e o ISA Server 2006, que é o reverse proxy recomendado para publicação dos serviços do Exchange Server e que fornece ainda a protecção necessário a todo o ambiente de correio electrónico, uma vez que o ISA Server está classificado como um Enterprise-Class Firewall.

Estes são os artigos desta edição que gostaria de destacar:

• Exchange Queue & A: Aligning Disk Partitions, Planning for SCR, and More
• Windows PowerShell: String Theory
• ISA Server: A Guide to Securing ISA Server 2006

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• SBS - Exchange Information Store is Corrupt? Recreating the Store
• Microsoft Exchange Online Beta Performs Well
• How to Setup Microsoft Exchange on iPhone 2.0
• Microsoft Exchange Online: An ASP's Reaction
• Get-ExchangeServerPLUS.ps1 v1.14
• Exchange 2003 SMTP Service - Without Exchange
• More on Update-GAC (speeding up PowerShell startup)
• Fixing the red ‘X’ problem in Outlook 2003
• First look at Microsoft Online Services: adding domains
• First Look at Microsoft Online Services: the Sign-In tool
• Automatic installation of Rollups with Exchange 2007
• Grant permission to change permission on mailboxes
• Exchange 2007 EMS
• Delay Notifications: Informing users about delays in mail delivery
• PowerShell: Listing multi-valued attributes
• Show Exchange Whitespace / Retained Items and Deleted Mailbox Space in Powershell with flashy visuals
• How to Configure Exchange Services for the Autodiscover Service
• Some Rumblings in designing active directory and Exchange
• Managing Unified Messaging Auto Attendant (Part 1)
• Testing Exchange 2007 With PowerShell (Part 1)
• Deploying Exchange 2007 Sp1-RU3 on a Windows 2008, the easy (command-prompt) way
• Attachment Filter for Exchange 2007 - transport agent
• Out of Office Admin Assistant Tool - some updates from support…
• Powershell and Moving CCR Mailbox Server Instances Powershell Script…
• Suspending the Storage Group Copy for all Storage Groups on a cluster using a Powershell Script…
• Journaling and Transport Rules in Exchange 2007
• Using Exchange 2007 for Resource Booking
• Take Notice of Exchange Web Service Notifications
• Avoiding Jitter: Jumpstarting the Exchange shell
• Update: A study of Exchange 2007 SP1 Hub throughput with different message sizes

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Speeding Up PowerShell Startup
• MS08-039: Which users are vulnerable to the OWA XSS vulnerability?
• Reducing Exchange Server complexity with SANs
• Exchange 2007 hardware planning for continuous replication
• Exchange 2007 high availability strategies and SANs
• Outlook vs. Gmail—The Definitive Comparison
• A primer on the Exchange Management Shell
• Third-party Exchange Server 2007 backup and restore tools
• Useful Exchange Management Shell Cmdlets
• Exchange Server 2003 Security Review
• Event 1025, Source MSExchagneIS Mailbox Store, Error 1162
• Attribute Scoped Queries (ASQs) in PowerShell
• Configuring a Managed Folder help page
• Transitioning to Exchange Web Services Notifications
• How To: Recreate OWA Virtual Directory - Exchange 2007
• Where are mailbox last logon, client IP address, and other details in Exchange 2007?
• Script: Listing Distribution Groups a recipient is a member of
• Using Google Charts in Exchange Powershell Scripts
• iPhone 2.0 & Windows Mobile for Push Email
• Apple's MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be Reliable
• MAPI : Do you know why MAPI is not suitable for HTML messages?
• Outlook 2007 & RSS Feeds : RSS Feeds synchronization failed ?
• Microsoft Online — Part 2
• Microsoft Online - Part 3
• Microsoft Online - Part 4 Creating Users
• Microsoft Online - Part 4 accessing email
• Re-installing the Cluster nodes in an Exchange 2007 CCR-based Mailbox Server Setup (Part 1)
• Migrating from POP/IMAP to Exchange Server 2007 using Microsoft Transport Suite (Part 2)
• Removing The Last Exchange 2003 Server From Exchange 2007 (Part 4)
• Re-installing the Cluster nodes in an Exchange 2007 CCR-based Mailbox Server Setup (Part 2)
• Schedule OCS Live Meetings without Outlook
• Windows 2008 & Exchange 2007 - Renewing an Existing SSL Certificate on your client access server…
• One more time - the Out of Office Admin Tool for Exchange 2007…
• OUTBOX: Understanding and Fixing Slow Exchange Web Services Code (Part 1)
• Disclaimer: This post is about Disclaimers...
• Changing Feed Locations with Outlook 2007's RSS Feature
• The iPhone as a Mail Device
• Where does the time go? -519 Jet_errLogSequenceEnd
• EWS CAS to CAS Request Proxying

Exchange 2007 Whitepapers

A Microsoft disponibilizou recentemente 2 whitepapers de Exchange Server 2007:

• White Paper: Continuous Replication Deep Dive - This white paper provides the technical details for a technology in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 called continuous replication.
• White Paper: Planning for Large Mailboxes with Exchange 2007 - This white paper provides an overview of the benefits of deploying large mailboxes with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. It also provides planning guidance to help you successfully implement the deployment of large mailboxes.

Exchange Server Jetstress Tool v08.02.0060

Uma nova actualização (v08.02.0060) da ferramenta Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress Tool está disponível para download:

• Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress Tool (32 bit)
• Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress Tool (64 bit)

Brief Description
Simulate disk I/O load on a test server running Exchange to verify the performance and stability of your disk subsystem before putting your server into a production environment.

Overview
Use Jetstress to verify the performance and stability of a disk subsystem prior to putting an Exchange server into production. Jetstress helps verify disk performance by simulating Exchange disk Input/Output (I/O) load. Specifically, Jetstress simulates the Exchange database and log file loads produced by a specific number of users. You use Performance Monitor, Event Viewer, and ESEUTIL in conjunction with Jetstress to verify that your disk subsystem meets or exceeds the performance criteria you establish. After a successful completion of the Jetstress Disk Performance and Stress Tests in a non-production environment, you will have ensured that your Exchange disk subsystem is adequately sized (in terms of performance criteria you establish) for the user count and user profiles you have established. It is highly recommended that the Jetstress user read through the tool documentation before using the tool.
Jetstress 2007 (08.02.0060) Updates: Configuration files and databases created with 08.01.0177 release of Jetstress will not work with version 08.02.0060 . A new configuration file and new databases must be created when using the 08.02.0060 release.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• How to Avoid Exchange 2007 SP1 Rollup Installation Problems
• Exchange Server News: Rollup Roundup
• Gartner says Webmail cuts costs for SMEs
• OST performance slow? Defrag it
• Outlook and Exchange on the same computer
• Antigen 9.1 Hotfix Rollup 3 and Performance Monitor
• How do I back up my signatures?
• Creating a Dynamic Distribution Group for all mailboxes on a Database
• Controlling OOFs per domain and per mailbox
• Is RSS making Outlook run slow?
• Shutting down Outlook properly
• Creating an RSS Feed from a calendar or inbox folder using Powershell with an EWS helper class
• Mail enabling a Public Folder using Exchange Web Services in Exchange 2007
• PST/OST Series : Personal folder files are unsupported over a LAN or over a WAN link
• Microsoft Online — Part 1
• Removing The Last Exchange 2003 Server From Exchange 2007 (Part 3)
• GroupWise to Exchange 2007 - Interoperability and Migration (Part 7)
• Update Rollup 3 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 may cause errors
• Performance Impact of High Item Counts and Restricted Views
• Administering the Offline Address Book, Outlook 2003-Outlook 2007
• Migrating Exchange 2007 on Windows 2003 to Windows 2008
• Out of Office Problems…
• Support Update: For the OOOAA Tool for Exchange 2007…
• Windows 2008 - Running Exchange 2007 - Remote Administration Error - (Unable to create Internet Information Services (IIS) directory entry)…
• Exchange 2007 404 error using CAS Proxying for OWA 2003 - Running on Windows 2008 and IIS 7.0…
• What's new for Transporter Suite in regards to Lotus Domino in the July 2008 Release.
• iPhone 2.0; Welcome to Exchange!
• Exchange 2007 managed services might time out during certificate revocation checks
• Help Us Improve the Transport Rules Experience

Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 e Update Rollup 7 for Exchange Server 2007 RTM

A Microsoft disponibilizou os seguintes Update Rollups (é suposto serem lançados todos os 2 meses) para o Exchange Server 2007:

• Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB949870)
• Update Rollup 7 for Exchange Server 2007 (KB953469)

Para além de todas as correcções que introduzem, também resolvem a vulnerabilidade descrita no Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-039.

 

Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Overview
Update Rollup 3 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 KB949870.
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:

• KB945684 Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB945684)
• KB948016 Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB948016)

 

Update Rollup 7 for Exchange Server 2007 RTM Overview
Update Rollup 7 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.
For a list of changes that are included in this update rollup, see KB953469.
This is a cumulative update rollup and replaces the following:

• KB930809 Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 (KB930809)
• KB935490 Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 (KB935490)
• KB935999 Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2007 (KB935999)
• KB940006 Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 (KB940006)
• KB941421 Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2007 (KB941421)
• KB942846 Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2007 (KB942846)

This update rollup does not apply to Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack (SP1). For a list of update rollups applicable to Exchange Server 2007 SP1, refer to the section Update rollups for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 in the Knowledge Base article KB937052.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Tutorial: SAN storage for Microsoft Exchange Server
• How to access SharePoint sites through Microsoft Outlook
• Exchange 2003 and Windows Powershell
• Microsoft Exchange Monitoring service failed to start following installation of Exchange 2007 or Service Pack or Rollup
• Making Outlook a little quieter
• Microsoft Exchange and Search Folders
• OWA login without Domain Name
• 2147024891 - Access is denied: error in EMC
• Exchange 2007 scale
• Installing additional updates during installation
• Monitoring Exchange Server 2007 Performance: Perfmon counters and thresholds
• How quickly do you expect a response on email?
• Migrating from POP/IMAP to Exchange Server 2007 using Microsoft Transport Suite (Part 1)
• User Administration in Exchange 2007 using Powershell CmdLets
• Two-Factor Exchange Server Authentication with PhoneFactor
• Finally it is here - OOO Administrators Tool for Exchange 2007 - RELEASED…
• Yet another update to the Address Segregation Tool…
• Exchange 2007 Service Pack1 and Address List Segregation - Part 2 (Configuring the Organization)…
• Did you just say you wanted a large mailbox?
• Exchange 2007 Performance Counters and Thresholds
• Exchange 2007 on Windows Server 2008

TechNet Magazine - Agosto 2008

A edição de Agosto da TechNet Magazine já está disponível online ou, se preferirem, no formato  HTML Help .chm file para leitura em offline.

Dado que o tema principal é o SQL Server, não há muitos artigos que eu possa destacar, para além destas muito interessantes field notes, escritas por R'ykandar Korra'ti: IMAP Saves the World.

 

Já está disponível o SP1 do ISA Server 2006

O tão aguardado Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 Service Pack 1 foi finalmente disponibilizado.

Brief Description
Microsoft® Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 Service Pack 1 introduces new features and functionality to ISA Server 2006 Standard and Enterprise Editions.

Overview
The new features focus on configuration change management and enhanced troubleshooting designed to help you identify and resolve ISA Server configuration issues within the ISA Server Management console.
The service pack includes the following new features and feature improvements:

• Configuration Change Tracking—Registers all configuration changes applied to ISA Server to help you assess issues that may occur as a result of these changes.
• Test Button—Tests the consistency of a Web publishing rule between the published server and ISA Server.
• Traffic Simulator—Simulates network traffic in accordance with specified request parameters, such as an internal user and the Web server, providing information about firewall policy rules evaluated for the request.
• Diagnostic Logging Viewer—Now integrated as a tab into the ISA Server Management console, this feature displays detailed events on packet progress and provides information about handling and rule matching.

Improvements for existing features, including:

• Support for integrated NLB mode in all three modes, including unicast, multicast, and multicast with Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP). Previously, ISA Server integrated NLB-supported unicast mode only.
• Support for use of server certificates containing multiple Subject Alternative Name (SAN) entries. Previously, ISA Server was able to use either only either the subject name (common name) of a server certificate, or the first entry in the SAN list.
• Support for Kerberos Constrained Delegation (KCD) cross-domain authentication. Credentials from users located in a different domain than the ISA Server, but in the same forest, can now be delegated to an internal published Web site by using KCD.
• Support for client certificate authentication in a workgroup deployment. This removes the requirement to map each client certificate to an Active Directory® directory user account when forms-based authentication is used as the primary authentication method and client certificates are used as the secondary method.

For more information about this service pack, see Microsoft Article 943462.
For general information about installing ISA Server updates and hotfixes, see Microsoft Article 885957.

Repararam que os certificado SAN são finalmente suportados?

Links relacionados:

• ISA Server 2006 Service Pack 1 Released!
• Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 Service Pack 1 Released!

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• How to access SharePoint sites through Microsoft Outlook
• What makes Microsoft Outlook 2007's Search feature special?
• Hosted Exchange Server adoption to infiltrate the enterprise
• A Rookie Mistake - Moving Mailboxes
• "Microsoft Exchange Service Host" fails to start in Secure Exchange 2007 Environments
• Export Mailboxes Larger than 2 GB to ANSI PSTs
• These are not the solutions you're looking for
• Modifying Display Templates and additional attributes
• Exchange Quick Audit: mailboxes created in last 7 days
• More fun with combining mutliple Powershell cmdlets to produce reports
• Disabling Play on Phone
• Removing The Last Exchange 2003 Server From Exchange 2007 (Part 2)
• Uncovering the Exchange 2007 Edge Transport Server (Part 2)
• Update to the Address List Segregation Tool…
• Update to OOO for Exchange 2007 (again)…
• Improvements for Exchange Server: The MVPs' Wish List
• Changing Feed Locations with Outlook 2007's RSS Feature
• Anti-Spam Connection Filtering when installed on Hub servers and other AS configuration misunderstandings
• Sample Exchange 2007 transport agent - add the name of the group to subject line
• How much of your email do you read?

eBook grátis - Sybex's Best of Exchange Server 2007

Para fazer download grátis deste eBook, tudo o que é necessário é efectuar a subscrição da Simple-Talk Exchange Newsletter.

"For a limited period, we've teamed up to offer you a FREE copy of "Sybex's Best of Exchange Server 2007" e-Book, comprising 10 chapters, and 350 pages of in-depth Exchange knowledge, compiled from five of Wiley's most popular Exchange 2007 books."

 

Índice:

• Mastering Exchange Server 2007 - Barry Gerber, Jim McBee
  • Chapter 2: Exchange Server Architecture
  • Chapter 6: Scaling Upward and Outward
• Exchange Server 2007 Infrastructure Design: A Service-Oriented Approach - David W. Tschanz
  • Chapter 4: Applying Planning Principles to Exchange Sever 2007
• Exchange Server 2007 Implementation & Administration - Jim McBee, Benjamin Craig
  • Chapter 2: Exchange Server Administration
  • Chapter 4: Installing Exchange Server 2007
  • Chapter 12: Sizing Storage Groups and Databases
• MCITP: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Messaging, Design and Deployment Study Guide (Exams 70-237 & 70-238) - Rawlinson Rivera
  • Chapter 5: Defining Policies and Security Procedures
  • Chapter 10: Planning a Backup and Recovery Solution for Exchange Server 2007
  • Chapter 15: Planning Exchange Server 2007 Security
• MCTS: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Configuration Study Guide (Exam 70-236) - Will Schmied, Kevin Miller
  • Chapter 10: Creating, Managing Highly Available Exchange Server Solutions

Actualização do MP de Exchange Server 2007 para OpsMgr 2007

A tão aguardada actualização do Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 (v6.0.6278.12) foi finalmente disponibilizada!

Este MP vem acompanhado de um guia técnico de instalação e configuração.

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 Management Pack requires Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1.
This Management Pack requires the Operations Manager 2007 updates specified in Knowledge Base articles 950853, 951979 and 951380 (see the Management Pack Guide for details).

Release History:

• 10/9/2007 - Initial Release, version 6.0.5000.0
• 6/22/2007 - Updated Release, version 6.0.6278.12

Lista de alterações:

• All updates included in the 08.01.0240.001 version of the Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005, except updates relating to reports.
• Overrides were documented in the Management Pack Guide for the LDAP Search Time and Failure DSNs Total rules and monitors.
• The management pack was updated to support the renamed performance counters in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1. Performance counters for the Database object were renamed to MSExchange Database.
• The management pack was updated to support non-default names of the Reporting data warehouse.
• The OWA Connectivity performance view was updated to show performance data.
• Fixed an issue where cluster virtual servers where discovered as type Microsoft Exchange 2007 Mailbox Servers Installation.
• The Management Pack was updated so that alerts are correctly generated for events logged by physical cluster nodes in an Exchange Server 2007 cluster.
• Fixed an issue where the Exchange cluster virtual servers were discovered as type Microsoft Exchange 2007 Mailbox Servers – Physical Computers Installation.
• The Microsoft_Exchange_Server_Exchange_2007_Mailbox_Replication_Health_Test_ReplicationHealth_Events view was updated to target the Microsoft.Exchange.2007.Microsoft_Exchange_2007_Mailbox_Servers___Physical_Computers_ComputerGroup.
• The reports were updated to support non-US locales on the Reporting Server.
• The date/time picker was added to the reports, allowing for more flexibility in report scheduling.
• The Failure and Delay DSNs Total monitors were updated to look for deltas. Previously, the monitors measured the averages for the sampling interval.
• Fixed an issue where the cluster virtual servers were discovered as type Microsoft Exchange 2007 All Servers Installation.

Funcasts, Podcasts e Webcasts

Para além dos webcasts de Exchange que eu mencionei há algumas semanas, aqui fica uma lista também muito interessante:

• FunCast: Recovery Storage Group - Interested in knowing more about the Recovery Storage Group in Exchange 2007? Have a look at a new posted recorded "funcast" by Ilse Van Criekinge.
• Podcast: Exchange PowerShell with Ilse Van Criekinge - Today we’ll be speaking to noted Exchange MVP, trainer, and author Ilse van Criekinge.  Also on tap: news, resources, and a bunch of PowerShell tips for you.
• Webcast: High Availability in Exchange Server 2007 SP1 (Part 1 of 2): CCR vs. Other High Availability Solutions (Level 300) - Are you digging out your backups every time there is a failure? Are you paying a lot for hardware replication that promises zero data loss? Join us in this webcast to learn about the advantages of cluster continuous replication (CCR) over other high availability solutions and get a deep dive into CCR internals.
• Webcast: How Microsoft IT uses the Exchange Hosted Services to Protect the Messaging Environment (Level 300) - Microsoft deploys and supports more than 130,000 Exchange Server mailboxes for the global organization. All mail delivered to mailboxes@microsoft.com is first routed through Exchange Hosted Services, a hosted service that filters mail for spam and viruses and enforces corporate e-mail policies “in the cloud” before the mail reaches the Microsoft corporate network. This session describes Microsoft IT deployment, including server configuration and implementation, collecting server evidence, and lessons learned from deployment. Exchange Hosted Services is a service offering to enterprises that currently serves over 10,000 customers and processes 3.5 billion messages across the EHS global network.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Has your forest/domain been prepped for OCS and/or Exchange?
• Microsoft Exchange 2007 Clustering and Continuous Replication Explained
• Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 information and configurations
• 'Snail mail' blazes slow e-trail
• Changing the display name of active directory users
• OAB generation on a CCR cluster will fail with error 1021
• Enhancing Support For Custom Item Classes
• Quick antispam report or status check?
• Starting Task Manager in RDP or VM sessions
• ISA 2006 SP1: Support for SAN certs, and new features
• Community content in Exchange docs: the wikization begins!
• Exchange Server 2007: Listing Exchange ActiveSync users and device information
• Released: Exchange Management Shell | Powershell on Steroids
• Back From TechEd IT Pro North America 2008
• Exchange Server 2007 and Hyper-V
• Exchange Server 2007 SP1: Configuring a Redundant Network for Log Shipping
• Implementing Captcha Validation with OWA 2007 and Forms-Based Authentication
• Improvements We'd Like to See for Exchange Server
• To Backup or Not to Backup? Yes! To backup!!
• How does Outlook Anywhere work (and not work)?
• Device password recovery with Exchange 2007
• IRM in Outlook 2007

Ferramenta grátis de monitorização do Exchange

A SolarWinds disponibilizou recentemente uma ferramenta grátis de monitorização do Exchange.

"SolarWinds free Exchange Monitor is a clever desktop dashboard that continuously monitors Microsoft Exchange to deliver real-time insight into Exchange services, mail queue sizes, and host server health.

SolarWinds free Exchange Monitor makes it easy to:

• Quickly identify and troubleshoot Exchange server problems, preventing email delays and calendaring issues
• Spot growing mail queues that can indicate bigger issues, like transport failures, Internet connection failures, and virus activity
• Leverage out-of-the-box settings based on best practices to start monitoring Exchange immediately
• Prevent performance issues before they impact users with built-in red, yellow, and green health indicators
• Monitor critical server health indicators, including disk space, CPU utilization, and memory utilization to ensure optimal hardware functionality."

Este é o aspecto da ferramenta:

Na primeira vez que corremos a ferramenta aparece uma janela para definição dos limites dos alertas e quais os serviços a monitorizar:

Links relacionados:

• Sneak Peak - New Free Tool for Monitoring Microsoft Exchange Servers
• SolarWinds Marks First Year of Growing User Community Site with Release of Free Microsoft Exchange Monitoring Tool

Exchange Web Services Windows Vista Gadget

Está disponível para download do site da Microsoft o Exchange Web Services Windows Vista Gadget Sample Application.

Overview
The Exchange Web Services Windows Vista Gadget sample application uses Exchange Web Services to retrieve Inbox, Calendar, and Task information from a user's Exchange 2007 mailbox. This sample application enables you to do the following:

• View your latest e-mail messages, upcoming appointments, and tasks.
• Page through your Inbox.
• Open items in a fly-out window.
• Open items in Outlook Web Access.
• Mark messages as read or unread.
• Delete messages.

O site Pro-Exchange publicou uma pequena demonstração com este gadget.

Já agora, existe uma série de outros recursos que foram recentemente disponibilizados e que poderão ser do vosso interesse:

• Unified Messaging Web Service Sample - The Unified Messaging Web Service Sample describes how to create proxy classes that interact with the Unified Messaging Web service. The proxy classes make it easier to implement the interaction between the client and the Web service.
• TimeChangeType Extension Sample - The TimeChangeType Extension Sample extends the TimeChangeType that implements IXmlSerializable to create an IXmlSerializable partial class.
• Exchange Server 2007 Legacy API Property Mapping - The Exchange Server 2007 Legacy API Property Mapping download includes a spreadsheet that maps WebDAV/CDOEX properties to Exchange Web Services properties. You can use the information in the spreadsheet to migrate your WebDAV/CDOEX–based applications to Exchange Web Services in Exchange 2007.

Exchange Server 2007 Setup Architecture and Troubleshooting

A instalação do Exchange Server 2007 pode por vezes ser um autêntico desafio ou até mesmo frustante, nos piores casos. Foi por isso com satisfação que recebi a notícia da publicação do documento Exchange Server 2007 Setup Architecture and Troubleshooting, da autoria da equipa de Customer Service and Support da Microsoft.

Brief Description
This document is a step-by-step guide to help end users install Exchange Server 2007.

Overview
Exchange Server 2007 Setup Architecture and Troubleshooting 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.

Apesar do site Exchange Server TechCenter estar bastante bem servido em termos de doumentação técnica, o guia agora publicado condensa de forma quase perfeita toda a informação essencial para o processo de setup do Exchange Server 2007. Adicionalmente são-nos ainda fornecidas algumas dicas bem interessantes, como é o caso da sugestão de conversão do ficheiro de log do Exchange Setup para o formato HTML:

To enhance output, output can be directed to HTML using the OUT-HTML and OUT-IE scripts using the following command:

Get-SetupLog –tree:$false –error:$false | Where { $_.status –eq “Error” } | select datetime, depth, description, status | Out-HTML | Out-IE

Para terminar, deixo-vos ainda uma dica pessoal: para visualizar em tempo real o ficheiro de log atrás referido, utilizem o utilitário Tail, disponibilizado no pacote Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools:

Tail -f C:\ExchangeSetupLogs\ExchangeSetup.log