Exchange Server 2007 Mailbox Server Storage Cost Calculator

Ora aqui está mais uma grande ferramenta disponibilizada pela equipa do Microsoft Exchange: Exchange Server 2007 Mailbox Server Storage Cost Calculator.

Deixo-vos aqui um pequeno excerto tirado do post no blog You Had Me At EHLO:

In order to move forward with various designs like large mailboxes, IT departments need to understand one of the chief costs associated with Exchange mailbox servers, namely storage. To that end, the Exchange 2007 Mailbox Storage Cost Calculator is designed to help you determine a portion of the mailbox server cost, namely the disk cost (purchase price and lifecycle power and cooling costs). The calculator helps in two ways:

1. The calculator takes a series compares a series of storage design configurations and determines their respective costs. The underlying goal here is two-fold:
   1. To show that you can achieve the same capacity and I/O requirements utilizing Small Form Factor SAS disks for relatively the same cost as Large Form Factor FC disks.
   2. To show that there are other disk solutions (e.g., SATA) that can be viable and reduce the disk footprint cost.
2. In the situation where you are unsure whether you want to deploy Single Copy Clusters (SCC) or Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR), the calculator can compare SCC+SAN disk configurations against CCR+DAS disk configurations from a cost perspective.

Hopefully these measurements will show the value from a cost perspective in considering other disk designs, coupled with large mailboxes and continuous replication.

Windows Mobile 6.1 POP and IMAP Send Mail Patch

A Microsoft disponibilizou recentemente o Windows Mobile 6.1 POP and IMAP Send Mail Patch.

Overview
This behavior is associated with a feature that is introduced in Windows Mobile 6.1. The feature allows for mobile operators to specify an alternate SMTP server name that is used if e-mail messages cannot be sent by using the user-specified SMTP server name. If the mobile operator does not specify an alternate SMTP server name and if the Windows Mobile 6.1-based device does not connect, the e-mail account is corrupted and cannot send e-mail messages.

TechNet Magazine - Dezembro 2008

A edição de Dezembro da TechNet Magazine já está disponível para leitura online ou, se preferirem, podem fazer download em formato  HTML Help (ficheiro .chm) para consulta posterior.

O tema principal desta edição é a interoperabilidade, coisas como a interacção com Macs ou com Linux estão bastante bem cobertas nos artigos deste mês.

Boa leitura!

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• IT Worker Let Spammers Into Ex-employer's Servers
• Considerations for virtualizing Exchange 2007 mailbox servers
• Extracting Exchange ActiveSync data from IIS log files
• Get-Hotfixes.ps1 v1.4 [7 November 2008]
• Application Shutdown Changes in Outlook 2007 Service Pack 2 Beta
• SCR Failover Using /RecoverCMS Fails with RU3 Installed
• Custom RSS View
• Autodiscovery makes adding e-mail accounts a breeze!
• How to use Exchange Management Shell to find users based on attributes
• Start Managed Folder Assistant for a single mailbox
• Part 8 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
• Dealing with Non Delivery Reports with Exchange Web Services
• Outlook 2003: Inbox - unable to display folder
• A Closer Look at Preparing Active Directory for Exchange 2007 (Part 3)
• Server Administration in Exchange 2007 using Powershell CmdLets
• Exchange Database Limits
• Exchange 2007 SCC Clustering in VMWARE using ISCSI for the Masses (Getting to the Good Bits) - part 3….
• How to tell which version of Update Rollup you have installed?

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Top Exchange Server performance tools
• How to virtualize Exchange Server 2003
• Setting Exchange mailbox size limits on a group
• Exchange 2007 Server Builds
• Get-AllQueuesGUI.ps1 v1.5 [24 October 2008]
• Exchange 2003 Default Recipient Policy Problems with OMA/EAS
• Living in Outlook
• Living in Outlook: Multi-Day Calendar Views
• Most Enterprises Unprotected Against E-mail Security Risks, Study Says
• Named properties bloat
• Vb.NET sample for getting the number of Unread messages from an inbox using Impersonation with Exchange Web Services
• API's that are not included in Exchange Server 2007 ?
• Interview with the New Owner of OutlookCode.com
• Simple-Talk.com Exchange Server Articles
• Using Exchange Sever 2007 Built-in Scripts - Part 1: Managing Public Folder Replicas and Client Permissions
• Exchange 2007 SCC Clustering in VMWARE using ISCSI for the Masses (and how I STILL went very wrong) - part 2….
• Dude, Where's My Table of Contents?!

4º Aniversário do "subject: exchange"

Pois é, a brincar, a brincar, já lá vão 4 anos de posts neste blog. Estes 4 anos coicidem com a minha experiência de blogging, uma vez que me iniciei precisamente com este blog dedicado ao Exchange Server.

Alguns factos curiosos:

• Nº de posts: 798 (contando com este)
• Versões de Exchange: 2 (quando comecei, estávamos no Exchange Server 2003)
• Empresas onde trabalhei: 3 (ParaRede, Unisys e Microsoft)
• Nº de hits: não tenho dados exactos, mas calculo que andem à volta de 150.000

Obrigado a todos os que lêem regularmente e obrigado por todo o apoio que recebi ao longo destes anos.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Get The OOF Out Of Here
• Microsoft Software + Services and Cloud Computing
• Screencast: How to configure Unified Messaging in Exchange 2007
• Recover Exchange mailbox data with database portability
• Windows Mobile 6.1 SMTP issues
• Strange things that happen to your email when you work on email software
• Ribbon Key Tips
• Exchange Offline Address List
• Part 6 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
• Part 7 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
• Creating Bulk Users in Exchange 2007 part two
• Configuring and Managing Database Size Limit Settings for Exchange 2007 SP1
• A Closer Look at Preparing Active Directory for Exchange 2007 (Part 2)
• Exchange Services fail to start due to Authenticode signature validation
• A funny Exchange Cmdlet, and how to fix it: Set-CASMailbox
• Exchange 2007 SCC Clustering in VMWARE using ISCSI for the Masses (and how I went very wrong) - part 1….
• Scripting Corner Volume 4
• Powershell Tip o' the mornin: Restoring Message Tracking Logs with variable Time Stamps
• Addendum to previous post: When an Outside Caller leaves a voicemail, I get ‘A message from an unrecognized number’ in Outlook Voice Access
• Cached or not?

Labcasts de Exchange 2007

TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 1 of 5): Installing Service Pack 1 and Transitioning from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007 (Level 200)
Friday, October 17, 2008 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Jeff Sparks, Senior Consultant, United Training

TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 2 of 5): Configuring an Edge Server and Compliance and Retention Using Exchange Server 2007 RTM (Level 200)
Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Jeff Sparks, Senior Consultant, United Training

TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 3 of 5): Managing and Administering Exchange Server 2007 Using the Management Console and Management Shell (Level 200)
Friday, October 24, 2008 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Jeff Sparks, Senior Consultant, United Training

TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 4 of 5): Configuring Unified Messaging and Enabling Remote Client Access (Level 200)
Thursday, November 06, 2008 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Jeff Sparks, Senior Consultant, United Training

TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 5 of 5): Using Local Continuous Replication and Cluster Continuous Replication (Level 200)
Friday, November 07, 2008 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Jeff Sparks, Senior Consultant, United Training

TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 1 of 5): Installing Service Pack 1 and Transitioning from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007 (Level 200)
Thursday, November 13, 2008 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Jeff Sparks, Senior Consultant, United Training

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• How to Publish Microsoft Exchange Active Sync (EAS) with ISA Server 2006 (Part 1)
• How to troubleshoot Exchange server backups and restores
• Human nature and email attachment security
• VMWare ESX 3.5 Update 2 and Exchange 2007 SP1
• Part 4 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
• Part 5 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
• WebService to release Quarantined messages in Exchange 2007
• Transport Rules and Hub Transport servers
• Standard NDR codes table and troubleshooting
• Tutorial : Free/Busy data
• Steps to help mitigate Excessive Paging and Working Set trimming issues on Exchange 2007 servers
• RFC2821/2822 Updated and Replaced with RFC5321/5322
• How to Deal with Exchange White Space
• Exchange 2007 Install and Configuration from the command line (Part 1)
• Managing Receive Connectors (Part 4)
• OAB Download error - 0x8004010F Object could not be found -
• More on SSL Certificates with Exchange 2007
• Client Certificates and Exchange Server

Actualização do filtro Junk Email do Outlook (Outubro 2008)

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 (KB957258)
• Description of the Update for Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter (KB957257)

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Microsoft Outlook: 9 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do
• Exchange 2003 servers with build numbers higher than 6944 are not discovered by the Exchange 2003 Management Pack for Operations Manager
• How Microsoft's new support policy for virtualized Exchange will affect you
• Virtualizing Exchange 2007 with Hyper-V
• Considerations for virtualizing an Exchange environment
• FCS Scanning Exclusions MSI for Exchange Servers
• How to disable Exchange Security Policy for Windows Mobile Devices
• Exchange 2007 and Virtualization Part II
• Why does Exchange UM say unrecognized caller in OVA when name is resolved in the voicemail?
• How can I route out certain outbound domains to specific SMTP gateways?
• Get-ExchangeADChanges.ps1
• Forefront Security for Exchange and Multiple Engines
• Virus Scanning and Exchange 2007 Message Flow
• VBScript to Create Mail Enabled Users with Populated Mailboxes
• Spellchecking in Windows Live Mail
• More about Calendar
• Exchange Server build numbes and release dates..
• Update Rollup 4: The Right Thing To Do
• EWS Programming # 1 : Creating my first Exchange Web Services client application in C#.Net
• RPC over HTTPS Script
• How to set the default language for OWA 2007
• A Closer Look at Preparing Active Directory for Exchange 2007 (Part 1)
• Update your Exchange environment to RU4: Step by Step
• OWA and Outlook Anywhere Exchange 2007 Sp1 on Windows 2008: Step-by-step
• FYI: Exchange API spotting - Exchange 2007 SP1 RU4 Released
• Automatic Updates and Exchange Server
• How to Configure Certificate Based Authentication for OWA - Part I

Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1

Depois de um lançamento acidental no Microsoft Update, a versão final do Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 foi finalmente disponibilizada.

Overview
Update Rollup 4 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 KB952580. (leiam por favor, uma vez que contém informação bastante importante relacionada com a instalação!)

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

(Importante!) Linsks Relacionados:

• Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 has been released
• Exchange Web Services Update Rollup 4 Roundup

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Why Google Should Enable Exchange Support for Android
• Is virtualizing Microsoft Exchange Server a good idea?
• Set up MRM in Exchange Server 2007
• HowTo: Publishing Exchange 2007 OWA using ISA Server 2006
• Want free Push-email? Have Live Mail
• Exchange 2007 and Windows 2008 AD
• SCP is good for me
• Understanding why error code 0X8004010F is thrown when trying to download an OAB
• Resource Mailbox Calendar Settings: Configuring resource mailboxes using OWA
• Disable Antispam agents on a Receive Connector
• Troubleshooting Exchange Server Antispam: Disable Outlook Junk Mail
• I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007 (Part 3 of ?)
• Exchange Reverse Permission audit Powershell Gui version 2 Exchange 2007
• Troubleshooting: Exchange environment with Event viewer
• Uncovering the Exchange 2007 Edge Transport Server (Part 3)
• Managing Receive Connectors (Part 3)
• Sometimes error messages can put a smile on your face...:-)
• TalkBack: Synchronous Event Processing In Your Custom Applications
• How the Outlook Sniffer Processes Your Appointments
• Better Email Mediation, Please
• When, if and how do you modify Outlook Providers?

Exchange Hosted Services at Microsoft

Exchange Hosted Services at Microsoft é um whitepaper da colecção Microsoft IT Showcase que foi disponibilizado recentemente.

"The Microsoft Information Technology (Microsoft IT) group required a reliable and cost-efficient solution to increase protection against spam, viruses, and other messaging threats. Microsoft IT implemented Microsoft® Exchange Hosted Services to meet these needs."

A figura seguinte demonstra bem porque o spam é uma grande preocupação para a Microsoft:

"Spam submission attempts have increased at Microsoft over the past five years by more than a factor of 10 and almost tripled from 11 million to 28 million submission attempts in the fiscal year of 2007/2008, as indicated in Figure."

TechNet Magazine - Novembro 2008

A edição de Novembro da TechNet Magazine já está disponível para leitura online ou, se preferirem, podem fazer download em formato  HTML Help (ficheiro .chm) para consulta posterior.

Embora exista uma coluna sobre messaging - Exchange Queue & A: Outlook Anywhere and IPv6, the Remote Connectivity Analyzer, and More - o resto da revista dedica-se sobretudo ao System Center (Operations Manager e Configuration Manager em particular).

Setembro 2008 - Technical Rollup Mail - Unified Communications

O mais recente* Unified Communications technical rollup cobre os seguintes tópicos:

• News/Blogs
• Downloads
• Events/Webcasts

Como já é habitual, esta informação é disponibilizada todos os meses no Technical Rollup blog.

*ACTUALIZAÇÃO: O October 2008 Technical Rollup Mail - Unified Communications também foi disponibilizado hoje.

Novo blog de Unified Communications

Isto era algo que eu andava a planear há algum tempo e finalmente consegui levar avante.

Para os fans do portfolio Microsoft Unified Communications (e também do filme Trainspotting), aqui fica um novo blog: UCspotting - http://blogs.technet.com/ucspotting/.

O blog será dedicado à plataforma de Unified Communications da Microsoft, que inlcui o Office Communications Server e o Exchange.

Espero que gostem.

Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator v16.0

O Ross Smith IV anunciou no Microsoft Exchange Team Blog que a ferramenta Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator foi actualizada para a versão 16.0.

De acordo com a página de updates no blog You Had Me At EHLO, estas são as correcções/melhorias:

• The changes introduced in v15.6 in the Storage Design worksheet introduced a logic error where the recommended RAID Configuration / Server would recommend a null configuration when you selected "--" for the database disk type in Configuration 3.  This has been corrected to ensure that only enabled disk configurations are considered when making a recommendation.
• Validation logic was added to the custom database size input factor to remind you that you need to enter in a value greater than 0.
• Fixed various input factor comments.
• Fixed RAID-0 calculations for the database and log configuration options 2 and 3.  In previous releases, the RAID-0 values for these configurations were utilizing the RAID-1/0 data points.
• Updated the backup and restore rate input factors to indicate that these only apply for steaming backup calculations.  Also added validation logic to disable the input options when VSS backup methodologies are chosen.
• Fixed the streaming backup rate calculations to include all transaction logs generated in a day (user generation + move mailbox).  Previous releases only considered user log generation.
• Updated the text and note for the "Additional I/O Requirement" field to indicate that the input value is per mailbox server.
• Added streaming restore calculations for both full database restore and incremental / differential backup restore to the Backup requirements worksheet.
• Added the following note to the Storage Design worksheet - Important: This tool should only be used for storage modeling purposes.  Please consult with the storage vendor regarding storage design and follow recommended storage design testing processes.  The example configuration provided within this calculator is just that, an example, and as such, each input option needs to be evaluated as to how it will affect your design.

Para obter instruções detalhadas sobre a utilização da ferramenta, consultem Exchange 2007 Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Configuring Exchange Server 2007 Anti-Spam with Hub Transport
• What every Exchange admin should know about virtualization
• What is slowing down your OWA server?
• Protecting Exchange 2007 with DPM 2007
• Obtaining Exchange Information including Edge with PowerShell
• Exchange 2007 SP1 Powershell Commands
• The End of Life for the CA InoculateIT AV Engine
• Mail Merge: How to send a personalized e-mail to many people at once
• Powershell scripts at SEForum
• How do you change the default font size in a new Outlook message.
• Removing internal SMTP headers
• Organizational mailboxes or SMTP addresses
• Exchange 2007 and Simple Display Name
• Outlook & VBA : Export contact information to Excel
• Outlook UI Issue: Save password setting not retained ?
• Exchange Server 2003 & Public folders
• Manage Client Permissions on Public Folders using built-in PowerShell scripts
• Accessing and Using Shared Email Addresses (Part 2)
• Troubleshooting Exchange ActiveSync Errors
• Transitioning from Exchange 2000/2003 to Exchange 2007: Check PF Replication
• The Microsoft Certified Master Credential: Depth and Rigor
• The Autodiscover Service and Outlook Providers - how does this stuff work?
• What is Exchange Server’s market share?
• I want to deploy Exchange Server 2007 on Hyper-V. What works?
• WizBang Exchange 2007 Message Tracking Powershell Gui Version 1
• Ilse Van Criekinge’s Exchange Management Shell Book

Apresentações do Jim McBee das conferências Connections

Jim McBee, Exchange MVP, disponibilizou recentemente no seu blog os links para download de todas as apresentações que ele fez nas últimas conferências Connections:

• UNC304 - Scripting Exchange The Exchange Management Shell
• EXC06 - Office Communicator Extend Your Messaging Environment with Real Time Communication
• EXC07 - Exchange 2007 Migrations Lessons Learned in the First 100 Days
• EXC08 - Exchange Storage Sizing and Hardware Exposed
• EXC19 - PowerShell for Beginners
• UNC306 - Role Based High Availability with Exchange 2007
• EXC27 - Exchange 2003 Best Practices Day to Day
• Orlando PostCon - Exchange 2007 for Exchange 2003 Admins
• EXC26 - Are You a Low Hanging Fruit
• EXCPS1 - Security for Exchange Assessment Auditing and Hardening