Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Microsoft says DAS helps cut Exchange Server costs
• 5 Most Common E-mail Scams
• What are your Entourage & Exchange pain points?
• Exchange 2007 Backup and Restore - The Minimum
• Fixing Outlook Red "X" Problem
• SearchFolderFinder has now been posted for download
• Attention all Exchange Web Services Solution Architects!
• How To: Find All Mailboxes with Send-As Permission Assigned
• FAQ: Access on All the Mailboxes of a Server - Exchange 2007
• HOW TO: Prevent annoying spam from your own domain
• Troubleshooting Exchange Performance: Performance Analysis of Logs (PAL) tool
• Deleting Items in a mailbox using Exchange Web Services and Powershell
• A quick look at the free SolarWinds Exchange Monitor dashboard tool.
• The specified address list could not be edited
• GroupWise to Exchange 2007 - Interoperability and Migration (Part 9)
• Accessing and Using Shared Email Addresses (Part 1)
• Does DPM allow you to restore Public Folder stores?
• Updated script for Moving Domino Groups containing SMTP Addresses
• Microsoft's Messaging Certification Roadmap: Ranger to MCA
• Building a Lab with Exchange 2007 on Windows 2008 Using PowerShell
• Securing Exchange Data from Unapproved Mobile Devices (or how to block a phone or service from taking data out of your Exchange Server)
• Exchange 2007 PrepareAD could interfere with Exchange 2003 mailflow when e-mail address space is ambiguously nonauthoritative

Scalable Networking Pack (SNP) hotfix para Windows 2003

O Scalable Networking Pack (SNP) é uma funcionalidade que foi introduzida com o SP1 do Windows Server 2003 e que também existe no Windows Server 2008 (mas está desligada por omissão).

Embora o SNP seja uma boa ideia, já que pode melhorar o desempenho da rede, a verdade é que também pode causar alguns comportamentos estranhos no Exchange (para mais detalhes, leiam Windows 2003 Scalable Networking pack and its possible effects on Exchange).

Após a notícia destes problemas, a Microsoft lançou um hotfix que desligava o SNP. Um novo hotfix foi agora lançado, recomendo que quem tenha instalado o primeiro faça agora a respectiva actualização.

Links relacionados:

• A Scalable Networking Pack (SNP) hotfix rollup package is available for Windows Server 2003
• Scalable Networking Pack Rollup Released

Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Administration Tool v08.01.0240.006

A Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Administration Tool v08.01.0240.006 está disponível para download.

Overview
The Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Administration tool enables administrators to manage the process of remotely erasing lost, stolen, or otherwise compromised mobile devices.

By using the Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Administration tool, administrators can perform the following actions:
• View a list of all devices that are being used by any enterprise user
• Select/De-select devices to be remotely erased
• View the status of pending remote erase requests for each device
• View a transaction log that indicates which administrators have issued remote erase commands, in addition to the devices those commands pertained to

The Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Administration Tool is designed for use with Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 and Exchange Server 2007 RTM and SP1 and compatible mobile devices.

Download Guidance
There are three versions of the Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Adminstration Tool that you may download depending on the version of Exchange deployed in your organization.

First, for Exchange Server 2003 SP2 only deployments, please select the downloadable file named "MobileAdmin (Ex2003).exe".

Second, for Exchange Server 2007 only or mixed Exchange environments (Exchange Server 2007 and 2003 SP2) where this tool will be installed on a 32-bit Windows Operating System, please select the downloadable file named "MobileAdmin (32-bit).msi".

Third, for Exchange deployments similiar to the second deployment scenario above, but this tool will be installed on a 64bit Windows Operating System, please select the downloadable file named "MobileAdmin.msi".

Email Prioritizer - como gerir a sobrecarga de email

Os Microsoft Office Labs lançaram recentemente um protótipo de uma ferramenta que permite gerir a sobrecarga de correio electrónico: Email Prioritizer.

"Email Prioritizer is a plug-in for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 (running on Exchange Server) that helps you manage email overload. This concept test provides a “do not disturb” button that temporarily pauses new email arrival, and prioritizes email with a 0-3 star rating system. We hope this prototype helps you focus on the emails that are most important to you."

Requisitos: Esta ferramenta requer o Outlook 2007 e uma conta Exchange Server.

Links Relacionados:

• FAQ
• Microsoft prototype judges e-mail's importance
• Microsoft experimenting with a pause button for incoming e-mail

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Five Microsoft Exchange Server backup worst practices
• Third-party Exchange Server 2007 backup and restore tools
• Understanding Exchange Server 2007 backup and disaster recovery
• Re-enable Exchange Server 2007 remote streaming backups in SP1
• Portable version of the Exchange 2007 ExBPA tool
• Configuring Exchange 2007 Autodiscover Site Affinity
• Recent Questions Regarding Exchange Server 2007
• Microsoft AV Scan Engine Updating Issue
• Microsoft Office Labs adds new “do not disturb” feature to email
• How to get HideFromAddressBook to work on Exchange 2007
• Excessive paging on Exchange 2007 servers when working sets are trimmed
• Managing Unified Messaging Auto Attendant (Part 4)
• 12 Tips to Optimize an Exchange 2007 Infrastructure (Part 1)
• GroupWise to Exchange 2007 - Interoperability and Migration (Part 8)
• WINS and Exchange 2007
• Red Herrings with the Exchange 2007 BPA and Windows 2008 in a CCR Cluster…
• Quick Tip - Why can the EXBPA fail when analysing Windows 2008 based Exchange 2007 Servers?
• Two Exchange Server Tools You Should Know About
• The CFL and Other RSS Features in Outlook 2007
• Troubleshooting Exchange 2007 VSS Backups

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• How to Configure the SCL in Exchange
• Virtualizing Exchange Server with Microsoft Hyper-V
• Fast Guide: Setting up email disclaimers in Exchange
• One third of current spam points to malware sites
• Secure SMTP between Edge Transport and Hub Transport
• How Anonymous Relay works in Exchange 2007
• 440 Login Timeout when using OWA 2007
• Exchange 2007: Offline Address Book
• How To Share Large Files Without Attaching Them
• Update - Changing the display name of active directory users
• Exchange search folders and performance ramifications
• Exchange 2007 & Display Name Format
• How To: Move System Attendant Mailbox - Exchange 2003
• Exchange System Manager and Outlook on the same computer?
• Quarantine Mailbox: Displaying original SCL, sender and recipients
• Creating a Digest of the Quarantine Mailbox Messages on Exchange 2007 using the Logs or Using Exchange Web Service from Powershell.
• Windows 2008 read only domain controllers and Exchange
• PLACING CAS (CLIENT ACCESS SERVERS) IN DMZ Good Idea?
• OWA 2007 HTTP to HTTPS Re-DIRECT IIS 7.0 PART-I
• Managing Unified Messaging Auto Attendant (Part 3)
• Testing Exchange 2007 With PowerShell (Part 2)
• Microsoft Announces Its Exchange Server Virtualization Policy
• Voice Mail and Discoverability with Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging
• Utilizing Time Zone Data Update Tool for Microsoft Office Outlook V3.0 functionality in the Exchange Calendar Update Configuration Tool V 2.0

Exchange 2007 Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator v15.6

O Ross Smith IV anunciou no Microsoft Exchange Team Blog que a ferramenta Exchange 2007 Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator v15.6 foi disponibilizada publicamente.

De acordo com a página de updates no blog You Had Me At EHLO, as principais alterações têm a ver com correcção de bugs e incluem também alguns melhoramentos.

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

Exchange Server 2007 suportado em Hyper-V... e não só!

É a notícia do dia, a Microsoft finalmente anunciou a sua política de suporte ao Exchange Server em ambientes virtuais. O Exchange não só será suportado em Hyper-V, mas também em qualquer hypervisor validado pelo programa Microsoft Server Virtualization Validation Program (SVVP).

Aqui fica um excerto da notícia publicada no blog You had me at EHLO.

1. Microsoft now supports Exchange Server 2007 SP1 running Hyper-V or hypervisors validated under the Microsoft Server Virtualization Validation Program (SVVP).
2. Microsoft is waiving its 90-day license reassignment policy to enable customers who virtualize Exchange to move their licenses between servers within a data farm as often as necessary.

Para mais detalhes, não deixem de ler Microsoft Support Policies and Recommendations for Exchange Servers in Hardware Virtualization Environments.

O Bharat fez um excelente trabalho a resumir as condições necessárias para garantir a suportabilidade:

What's supported: Exchange Server 2007 SP1 running on Windows Server 2008
Supported Exchange 2007 Server Roles: All except Unified Messaging
What Hypervisor: Microsoft Hyper-V, or any hypervisor validated by MSVVP
Not supported: Differencing disks and expandable virtual disks
Not supported: Taking VM snapshots (these aren't application-aware)
Not supported: Combining Exchange's clustering features (SCC and CCR) with availability features from the virtualization layer, such as Hyper-V's quick migration.

Links relacionados:

• Microsoft Virtualization and Licensing Announcements
• Announced: Virtualization support for Exchange Server 2007
• New Microsoft Licensing and Support Eases Path to Virtualization
• Support policy for Microsoft software running in non-Microsoft hardware virtualization software

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Gartner issues caveats over enterprise iPhone use
• Considerations for virtualizing an Exchange Server environment
• Export Global Address List data to an Access database
• Why details template changes don't seem to show up on clients after being made
• Exchange Server Antispam Updates: Do I have the latest update?
• Accessing the NON_IPM_Subtree folders in Exchange Web Services
• Configuration Manager vs Mobile Device Manager vs Exchange
• Exchange 2007 Sizing Cheat Sheet
• GroupWise to Exchange 2007 - Interoperability and Migration (Part 8)
• OUTBOX: Understanding and Fixing Slow Exchange Web Services Code (Part 2)
• Integrating Social Media with Messaging and Collaboration Tools

Actualizações à documentação técnica de Exchange Server - Agosto 2008

Como é habitual, a equipa do Microsoft Exchange Team escreveu o seu post mensal sobre as últimas actualizações de documentação técnica do Exchange Server.

Neste último post, Exchange Server Documentation Updates - August 2008, o destaque vai para os seguintes tópicos:

• Server Installation and Automation Guides: This section of content provides guidance on how to formally document your organization's Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 build process, take steps to automate the build process to improve consistency, and reduce the possibility of operator error during server build and deployment. Installation guide templates cover both Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003.
• Managing Public Folders with the Exchange Management Shell: This article gives tips and tricks for the day-to-day management of public folders by using the Exchange Management Shell.
• White Paper: Continuous Replication Deep Dive: Continuous replication is a key feature of Exchange Server 2007. Read about the technical details and inner workings of continuous replication technology in this white paper.

Forefront for Exchange SP1 Rollup 3

A equipa do Forefront Server Security acaba de anunciar que o Forefront for Exchange SP1 Rollup 3 já está disponível.

Quem quiser obter já o Rollup 3 para o Forefront terá de contactar o Suporte da Microsoft, uma vez que nesta altura não existe ainda um link para o respectivo download.

Rollup 3 resolves the following issues:

• 954564: The scan engines are not updated in Forefront Security for Exchange Server SP1, and a Dr. Watson event is logged.
• 954578: Sender notifications are not sent in Forefront Security for Exchange Server Service Pack 1 if the "From" field in the original e-mail message header has multiple lines.
• 951761: Rollup version not displayed in the Forefront Help menu - About Forefront.
• 951936: The General Options screen goes blank in Forefront for Exchange when you use the Tab key to scroll through the options.
• 951920: The Forefront Administrator crashes when attempting to close it while the "License Information" pop-up is open.
• 951921: The FSCController service cannot start-up successfully if a corrupt .fdb configuration file is loaded.
• 954092: Engine Updates taking more than 5 minutes to download do not complete.
• 951922: FSCDiag.exe now collects process and PID information from your Forefront server.
• 951923: Forefront for Exchange may see the following issue: ADGetStorage - Could not bind to Active Directory configuration context. Error code: 80005000.
• 952040: Forefront for Exchange will now scan for WMV files that have had their extensions renamed.
• 952039: Forefront for Exchange does not manually scan Public Folders if non-MAPI Public Folders are in the organization.
• 954577: The Start menu shortcut that points to Forefront for Exchange does not work in the German version of Windows Server 2008.
• 954565: Nested .msg attachments are not detected as nested attachments in e-mail messages in Forefront Security for Exchange Server Service Pack 1.
• 954093: The Filter List order is not updated on scan jobs when you delete and recreate a filter list of the same name.
• 953965: Forefront for Exchange may corrupt messages when attaching messages whose subject lines match a file filter set to Delete/Remove.
• 954561: You are unable to update scan engines through a proxy on a computer that is running Forefront Security for Exchange Server SP1.
• 954094: FSCDiag does not collect engine version info in the verForeFront.csv file when installed on a cluster.
• 954907: E-mail messages are not sent when you are running Forefront Security for Exchange Server Service Pack 1.
• 954934: Added a log message upon failure of setting up an active/passive Forefront cluster.
• 954911: A scan job fails on a computer that is running Forefront Security for Exchange Server Service Pack 1.
• 954941: E-mail messages start to build into a queue and the Fsctransportscanner.exe process uses lots of memory when Forefront Security for Exchange Server SP1 is running.
• 953956: Forefront for Exchange false detecting winmail.dat files as corruptedcompressedfile virus
• 954942: You cannot collect data when you try to use the Forefront Server Security Management Console on an SCC cluster that has Forefront for Exchange with Service Pack 1 installed.
• 955010: The FSCDiag.exe utility does not collect the correct data in Forefront Security for Exchange Server Service Pack 1.

Exchange 2003 Powerpack for PowerGUI

Esta dica obtive-a no site Pro-Exchange: o Exchange 2003 Powerpack for PowerGUI está disponível para download.

O autor desta fantástica ferramenta, Jonathan Medd, decidiu que já era tempo de poder administrar o Exchange Server 2003 com o PowerShell!

"Since I'm not lucky enough to work with Exchange 2007 yet and the fact that I seem to be able to use Powershell for pretty much everything else I need to do I decided to make a stab at an Exchange 2003 powerpack so that I could use Powershell easily to manage Exchange 2003."

Dmitry Sotnikov escreve:

"His powerpack for Exchange 2003 has 53 (!) different nodes/links/ actions exposing features ranging from mailbox and server management to address books and message queues.

And because this is a PowerGUI pack, you can see all the PowerShell code behind each and every item by just clicking the PowerShell Code tab, or even tweak the things a bit by going into the Properties."

Do que é que estão à espera?

iPhone Exchange Issues List

Estava eu a ler o MS Exchange Blog, quando reparei num post interessante que dava conta da existência do site Exchange Issues List. Este site é mantido por Omar Shahine e pretende documentar algumas questões técnicas relacionadas com a sincronização com o Exchange no iPhone 2.0.

O site está organizado do seguinte modo:

• Setup
• Mail
• Calendar
• Contacts
• General
• Non-Exchange related issues

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Why a variable called AdminSessionADSettings might interest you as Exchange 2007 Admin
• Fine Tuning Set-CASMailbox
• What is(are) Microsoft Online Services? And what is BPOS?
• Microsoft Exchange Server and Outlook email archiving FAQs
• Researching Exchange 2007’s EdgeTransport.exe.config
• Integrating an Exchange UM Pilot with a Production Messaging System
• Exchange 2007 SP1 and Server 2008 information
• Migrating clients to Exchange 2007 and Outlook Profile Updates
• Dump-Help.ps1 v1.0
• Get-AllQueuesGUI.ps1 v1.4
• Finding Disk Space Used by Exchange, version 2
• Exchange Disk Space, version 2.1
• OLC Beta 12.1 Frequently Asked Questions
• Using Exchange Web Services to Enhance Exchange Message Tracking
• Microsoft Online - Part 5 Service Requests
• Managing Unified Messaging Auto Attendant (Part 2)
• Integrating ISA Server 2006 with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007: Chapter 3 - Guarding Microsoft Exchange Server and Outlook Web Access
• A Gotcha to beware of with Server 2008 and Exchange
• Be aware when you get errors when an account tries to open a mailbox using OWA
• The Recipient Update Service and Exchange 2007 - it broke a bit (Event IDs 8270 & 8315)…
• Handling Poison Messages with Exchange 2007
• The Autodiscover Song
• Understanding Exchange 2007 Memory Usage and its use of the Paging File
• Where does the time go? -519 Jet_errLogSequenceEnd - Part II

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

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Will Snow Leopard be the end of Entourage?
• Trustworthy Computing and Exchange Server
• The Exchange Team Blog: How we do it
• OOM.NET: Part 5 - Event Planning
• Updating the Exchange 2007 BPA Tool Manually…
• Linked Mailbox Conversion after migration in Exchange 2007….
• HOW LONG IT TAKES TO MOVE USER MAILBOXES.
• Uncovering the Exchange 2007 Edge Transport Server (Part 1)
• GroupWise to Exchange 2007 - Interoperability and Migration (Part 6)
• Exchange Activesync Reporting for Exchange 2003/2007
• Creating a new public folder and setting the permissions via EWS
• Announced: Plug-in for Exchange backups on Windows Server 2008
• Find Exceptional Mailboxes in Exchange Environment
• Remove proxyaddresses powershell script
• Helpful Links related to Configuring Outlook Anywhere nee 'RPC over HTTPS'
• E-Mail Spam Linked to Economic Slowdown, Symantec Says
• Exchange 2007 and the autodiscover mistery - part 2
• Prevent Outlook with Gmail IMAP from Showing Duplicate Tasks in the To-Do Bar
• Creating Many Users with PowerShell and Admod

Exchange 2007 Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator v14.7

O Ross Smith IV anunciou no Microsoft Exchange Team Blog que a ferramenta Exchange 2007 Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator v14.7 foi disponibilizada publicamente e que esta versão contém grandes modificações.

De acordo com a página de updates no blog You Had Me At EHLO, algumas das novas funcionalidades são:

• Usability enhancements 
• New Storage Design worksheet 
• Bug fixes

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