Thread Compressor for Microsoft Outlook

Thread Compressor é um add-in para o Microsoft Outlook, desenvolvido pelo Ewan Dalton, que permite poupar algum do valioso espaço disponível para a mailbox.

“Thread Compressor is an add-in to Microsoft Outlook, which removed unnecessary emails from a "thread" - reducing the amount of storage required (maybe keeping your mailbox within its size quota) and reducing the number of emails you need to read.

TC was developed inside Microsoft from 1999 onwards, and attracted a large following (up to 30,000 users) but has never (officially) been made available externally, due to the fact that it will delete data unless it is configured not to. I've decided to share it more widely now.

Let me say that again: Thread Compressor, as it is configured by default, WILL DELETE DATA FROM YOUR INBOX.

If you choose to download it and use it from here, you do it with the author's blessing, but it's completely at your own risk and Microsoft cannot be held responsible for what it does.”

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Microsoft: 3% of e-mail is stuff we want; the rest is spam
• I'm trying to install the Microsoft Exchange Server Clustered Mailbox Role, but I get a Microsoft IIS error related to a dependency not being available. What's wrong?
• Third Party High Availability and Disaster Recovery Tools for Microsoft Exchange Server
• Beta of native Exchange 2007 Management Pack available
• Performing a remote wipe on ActiveSync devices in Exchange Server 2007
• Opening Microsoft SharePoint document libraries in Outlook 2007
• Two Minute Drill: Performance Analysis of Logs Tool (PAL)
• “My Hotmail account has been hacked”
• Entry Level eMail Admin
• Backing Up Exchange 2007 on Windows 2008
• Increasing timeout values for engine definition updates
• Where should I place my Exchange UM server?
• How to locate and dial a mail-enabled contact using the Directory Search functionality in Unified Messaging
• You got Voicemail!
• You, too, can Master Exchange
• Exchange 2007 Single Copy Cluster Changes
• MOM Exchange Management Pack alerts
• Move Mailbox from a CSV Import file
• Office Communicator client shows “Outlook Integration Error”
• Full OAB downloads caused by mis-configured anti virus software settings
• Some Public Folder content is not replicating from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007
• Considerations for Exchange 2007 CCR Stretch Clusters
• Changing the IP Address of an Exchange Cluster
• Part 19 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
• Part 20 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
• Part 21 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
• Google Partners Exchange Comparison Document
• A Practical Look at Migrating From Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 (Part 7)
• VIDEO: How to configure Outlook Anywhere to work with a wildcard certificate
• Out of Office not working...due to .Net Framework version on Exchange 2007
• The Power of Exchange Management Shell
• Exchange 2007 Single Name SSL Certificate
• Quick Tip: Removing the Client Access Server Role from a Mixed Role Server…
• How to Move Exchange 2007 Log Files on a CCR Cluster
• Exchange 2007: Renaming the default storage group / mailbox database or deleting and recreating.
• Move-DominoGroupToAD: How to migrate SMTP addresses with groups
• Troubleshooting an Autodiscover Certificate Error
• Named Properties, X-Headers, and You

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• Exchange Server Virtualization: Is It Time?
• Big Changes Promised for Future Exchange Server UI
• On the bleeding edge of Enterprise email server UI...
• Assess the damage after a catastrophic Exchange 2007 server failure
• Understand data file storage in Outlook 2007 Roaming and Local folders
• Determining MS Exchange Disk Performance
• April fool's: Automatic Misspellings
• A Month of Exchange Server 2007 Tips - Week 4
• How to enable ‘broadcast’ functionality for voice mail messages in Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging
• ExMon released (no joke!)
• This is why you get spam emails
• That Old SeSecurityPrivilege Error
• Why You Should Attend Tech·Ed North America 2009
• Create Bulk Users Exchange 2007
• Managing Exchange Server 2007 log files (Part 3)
• Introduction to Exchange Online- Uncovering BPOS (Part 5) - Migrating on-premise mailboxes to Microsoft Online
• Mail rejection from Sendmail organisation sent via Forefront Security for Exchange
• Exchange 2007 SP 1 - Roll Up 7 - Delivery Status Notifications
• Quick Tip: Exchange 2007 – Using Template Databases…

Microsoft TechNet | Troubleshooting Tools

No próximo dia 15 de Abril vai acontecer mais uma sessão Microsoft TechNet | Exclusive Sessions. Desta vez o tema é Troubleshooting tools para AD, SQL, Exchange.

Local: Auditório Microsoft, Porto Salvo
Hora: 9h00 – 12h45

Agenda:
Durante uma manhã serão abordadas as questões relacionadas com a Active Directory, analisando problemas causados por lingering objects, cenários de USN Rollback, Backup/Restore, Time Sync e replicação em geral.
As diferentes técnicas de troubleshooting de performance em SQL Server 2000/2005 por comparação com novas funcionalidades disponíveis no SQL Server 2008 que facilitam este processo, simplificando-o.
Sobre o Exchange Server 2007 serão abordados métodos de diagnóstico dando a conhecer a metodologia e técnicas aplicadas na resolução de problemas, tais como, Mailflow, Performance e Setup.

Registe-se para participar!

TechNet Magazine – Maio 2009

A edição de Maio 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 de capa é a segurança, mas 2 das nossas colunas favoritas estão de volta em grande: Exchange Queue & A: Recovering a Clustered Mailbox Server, Offline Address Book Issues, and More e Windows PowerShell: Automating User Provisioning, Part 3.

Próximos webcasts/labcasts de Exchange 2007

Aqui fica uma lista dos próximos webcasts e labcasts de Exchange 2007:

• TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 Labcast (Part 1 of 4) (Level 200)
  Thursday, March 26, 2009
  11:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M. Pacific Time
• TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 Labcast Series (Part 2 of 4) (Level 200)
  Thursday, April 2, 2009
  11:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M. Pacific Time
• TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 Labcast Series (Part 3 of 4) (Level 200)
  Thursday, April 9, 2009
  11:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M. Pacific Time
• TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 Labcast Series (Part 4 of 4) (Level 200)
  Thursday, April 16, 2009
  11:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M. Pacific Time
• Microsoft Certification Coaching Session: Preparing for your Exchange Server 2007, Configuring exam (70-236)
  Tuesday, April 28, 2009
  10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Podem consultar a lista completa neste link: Exchange Server 2007 Webcasts and Podcasts.

Microsoft Exchange Server User Monitor v06.05.7543

A ferramenta Microsoft Exchange Server User Monitor foi recentemente actualizada para a versão 06.05.7543.

Brief Description
Enables system administrators to view and evaluate individual users' usage and experience with Microsoft Exchange Server.

Overview
Use the Microsoft Exchange Server User Monitor to gather real-time data to better understand current client usage patterns, and to plan for future work. Administrators can view several items, including IP addresses used by clients, versions and modes of Microsoft Office Outlook, and resources such as CPU usage, server-side processor latency, and total latency for network and processing with Outlook 2003 version MAPI.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Installing, Configuring Exchange 2007 Edge Server (Part 1)
• Melissa anniversary marks birth of email-aware malware
• A noisy (and annoying) red herring in Microsoft Exchange Unified Messaging…
• Allow Application Servers to Relay off of Exchange 2007
• A Month of Exchange Server 2007 Tips - Week 2
• A Month of Exchange Server 2007 Tips - Week 3
• Forward to Internet recipients without internal mail-enabled contacts no longer works on Exchange 2007 – Part 2
• Internet Explorer 8 and OWA: Where Are The Images?
• Part 18 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
• Sanitizing Get-LogonStatistics cmdlet data to view better Logon stats in Exchange 2007
• MX Record and Mail Delivery in Basic
• RPC OVER HTTPS SCRIPT
• Managing Exchange certificates (Part 3)
• A Practical Look at Migrating From Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 (Part 6)
• Indexing and Exchange 2007, how about PDF files?
• Quick Tip: Exchange 2007 SP1 - CCR Install problems with 60 second Domain Controller replication
• Breaking the Artificial Database Size Limit in Exchange 2007 Standard Edition
• Public Folder Replication Problems: "Multiple Edits Have Been Made"
• Announcing the release of Exchange Server Remote Connectivity Analyzer
• Exchange Web Services - What You Didn't Know
• OST Sizing Guidance Changes

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Frequently Asked Questions about the February CU
• Haz Firewall, Want Cheezburger
• White Paper Announcement - CCR or SCC?
• White Paper Announcement - CCR and DAS
• Part 16 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
• Part 17 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
• To Mount Or Not To Mount?
• A Practical Look at Migrating From Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 (Part 5)
• Managing Outlook 2007 through Group Policies (Part 1)
• A bit of Test-ServiceHealth Fun
• Exchange 2007 /newCMS or /recoverCMS fails when installing on Windows 2003 clusters.
• Running setup.com /clearLocalCMS on a Windows 2008 cluster disables the machine accounted (VCO) associated with the CMS name.
• Update Roll-up 7 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 has been released.
• Exchange Server Documentation Updates - March 2009

Update Rollup 7 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

O Update Rollup 7 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 está disponível para download.

Overview
Update Rollup 7 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 KB960384.
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)
• KB952580 Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB952580)
• KB953467 Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB953467)
• KB959241 Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB959241)

System Requirements

• Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-Bit x86); Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 editions; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 x64 Edition; Windows Server 2008; Windows Vista; Windows XP Service Pack 2
• Exchange Server 2007 SP1 must be installed prior to installing this update rollup.
• This update rollup cannot be installed if you are using Exchange Server 2007 RTM.
• Any Interim Updates for Exchange Server 2007 must be uninstalled prior to installing this update rollup.
• 32-bit editions of Windows Server 2003 with SP2, Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista and Windows XP with SP2 are only supported for Exchange Server 2007 management tools.

Algumas notas importantes retiradas do blog You Had Me At EHLO:

• Since the release of update roll-up 6, we have fixed about 50 issues and wanted to go ahead and provide them to customers.
• First off, we fixed the SCR issue which have caused everyone some pain and which did not get completed in time to be included in the last update roll-up.
• We have also fixed two issues which caused intermittent crashes in the IMAP4 service and resulted in event 4999 being logged in the event logs. The following KBs have more information on the scenarios which are fixed:  KB 957504 and KB 960292.
• Additionally we have also done a design change to address encapsulation and the way it is handled by Exchange Server 2007.
• And finally, from the installation perspective, a friendly reminder that the roll-up installer will overwrite any OWA script files if required to ensure proper operation of OWA. So if you have customized the logon.aspx page or other similar OWA pages, you will need to redo any customization after installation of the roll-up.

Já instalei este pacote nas minhas máquinas de teste (Hyper-V) e, até agora, tudo parece estar OK!

Links:

• Update Roll-up 7 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 has been released.
• Description of Update Rollup 7 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• What's the difference between the Microsoft Exchange Server Unified Messaging (UM) role and Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007?
• Exchange alternatives: Pros and cons
• Troubleshooting Microsoft Outlook Web Access logon issues
• Goodbye Exchange ExMerge, Hello Export-Mailbox
• What are my choices for Exchange Server in the cloud?
• How to enable inbound fax for OCS 2007 Enterprise Voice and Exchange 2007 UM enabled users?
• Migrating Lotus Notes to Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite
• A Month of Exchange Server 2007 Tips - Week 1
• Part 15 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
• Verify a Standby Continuous Replication Copy
• Introduction to Exchange Online - Uncovering BPOS (Part 4)
• A lossy failover causes duplicate mails to be delivered to clients from the hub transport dumpster when using Exchange 2007 SP1 Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR).
• Using Standby Continuous Replication in both single node cluster implementation and database portability implementation when only a single machine is available.
• Exchange 14 Brings Browser Bliss
• Encapsulate This!

Actualização do filtro Junk Email do Outlook (Março 2009)

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 Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (KB962871)
• Description of the Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB962870)

TechNet Magazine – Abril 2009

A edição de Abril 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 central da capa é o Internet Explorer 8, mas o Office Communications Server 2007 R2 também tem reservado um lugar de destaque: Stay Connected with Office Communicator Web Access, How Voice Conferencing Powers OCS 2007 R2.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 performance tutorial
• Update on the recent Norman antivirus engine issue
• Updating the Forefront Server Security and Antigen documentation on TechNet
• Using Microsoft Exchange IMF and Antigen Advanced Spam Manager Together
• Microsoft Online Services Available Worldwide
• ISA 2006 – OWA publishing rule stops working without reason
• Spammers Retool for Renewed Assault
• Now we’ve got loads of items – what do we do about it?
• Twitter a Exchange Calendar using Powershell and EWS - Exchange 2007
• Creating Emails based on a Twitter feed / Friends timeline status updates
• Is your E2K7 project in danger of being scrapped?
• A Practical Look at Migrating From Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 (Part 4)
• Managing Exchange Server 2007 log files (Part 2)
• Did the Spam Originate Inside Your Network?
• Exchange 2007 and SMTP Banner Tests
• Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 and Address List Segregation – Part 3 (Finalising the Configuration)…
• Microsoft Online Goes Global
• Exchange 2007 Server Installation Guide Updates
• Economic crisis spells opportunity for spammers
• Customizing OWA 2007 language settings

Microsoft TechNet | Exclusive Sessions

 

As Microsoft TechNet | Exclusive Sessions são sessões técnicas para técnicos, apresentadas por técnicos.

As Comunicações Unificadas da Microsoft não podiam faltar, pelo que estão incluídas 3 sessões webcast de 28 a 30 de Abril, sendo precedidas por um seminário a 31 de Março.

Não percam!

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• When to use Move Mailbox Wizard or ExMerge to move Exchange mailboxes
• Exchange 2007 SP1 Features with Communications Server 2007 and without Communications server 2007
• Exchange 2007 and Domino Free/Busy Coexistence
• Announcing the February Cumulative Update for Outlook 2007
• Fun (& usefulness!) with color
• A new build of OABInteg has been posted to the web
• 3 Data Centres and a File Share Witness
• Content Filtering System Whitelist GUI for Exchange 2007
• Recipients List
• Mailbox Management
• Exchange Recipients
• Shared Mailboxes
• Monitoring Exchange 2007 With System Center Operations Manager 2007 (Part 4)
• A Practical Look at Migrating From Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 (Part 3)
• Quick Tip - Mixed Physical and Virtual Domain Controllers - Access Denied
• Quick Tip - Be careful with recipient SMTP addressing
• Errors with Test-ReplicationHealth when using a multi-subnet Windows 2008 Cluster.
• Permissions recommended for the CNO (Cluster Name Object) in Windows 2008 for Exchange 2007 SP1 setup operations.
• Restore-StorageGroupCopy –standbymachine requires use of –force in order to complete successfully when activating a Standby Continuous Replication target in Exchange 2007 SP1.
• RMS vs. S/MIME: When to Use Each One
• How to Create and configure a meeting room mailbox with Exchange Server 2007
• Why so much fluff?
• You’ve just installed your 901st Exchange Server..

A solução para a lentidão do Outlook

Apesar de o Microsoft Outlook ser provavelmente a aplicação de produtividade mais utilizada em todo o Mundo, a verdade é que o seu desempenho sempre deixou algo a desejar.

Os problemas de lentidão, quando se abre a primeira vez principalmente, têm, na grande maioria das vezes, a ver com ficheiros .PST e .OST de grandes dimensões (maiores que algumas centenas de megas).

Também eu senti na pele o desespero da espera, por vezes mais de 5 minutos, enquanto aguardava que a janela do Outlook ficasse disponível para trabalhar.

ATÉ AGORA!!!

A Microsoft acaba de disponibilizar 2 actualizações para o Outlook (961752 e 967688), que podem ser obtidas através do artigo da Knowledge Base Outlook 2007 improvements in the February 2009 cumulative update.

A principal alteração é, sem dúvida, a alteração da estrutura dos ficheiros .PST e .OST que vai permitir reduzir a utilização do disco (o principal responsável da lentidão) e melhorar o tempo de resposta.

Não estranhem por isso que a primeira utilização do Outlook após a aplicação dos patches seja um pouco mais demorada.

É a ordem dos bindings, estúpido!

Recentemente, andava eu a tentar configurar as actualizações automáticas das assinaturas anti-spam num servidor Exchange Edge, quando me deparei com o seguinte erro:

Enable-AntispamUpdates : An error occurred while accessing the registry of the specified server: "E2K7EDGE". The error message: "The network path was not found."

Após uma rápida pesquisa na Internet, não achei nada de relevante que me pudesse ajudar a ultrapassar esta situação.

Foi então que se fez luz. Lembrei-me que o meu servidor dispunha de 2 placas de rede e que uma delas, a externa, não estava configurada com os clientes “File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks” e “Client for Microsoft Networks”.

Bingo, era esse o problema. A solução foi tão simples como aceder às propriedades avançadas das configurações de rede e trocar a ordem dos bindings das placas (a placa interna deve *sempre* estar em primeiro lugar).

E com isto, fiquei com o problema resolvido!

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Outlook Live screenshots: upon first glances
• Microsoft's Exchange 14 adds cross-browser support and more
• Exchange UM questions
• Outlook Connector and migration to Windows Live Calendar
• Win2008 – Exchange 2007 move to new hardware – Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5
• Exchange 2007 Sp1 Cluster Install/Recovery Issues
• An inside look at the spammer’s business expenses
• Blackberry without BES?
• 24 hour operation, several thousand mailboxes, high concurrency, heavy profiles – how do you tune Online Maintenance?
• Item Counts, Search Folders and Restrictions
• Applying Exchange 2007 SP1 Update Rollup 6
• Are Distribution Groups really being used?
• Replacing Exchange 2003 Frontend OWA Server with Exchange Server 2007 Client Access Server
• Introduction to Exchange Online- Uncovering BPOS (Part 3)
• MMC Conflict with Exchange 2007 Management Tools on Windows XP
• Having issues with your Exchange servers after/during deploying updates?
• Recommendations for enabling a two node Standby Continuous Replication target based on a Single Copy Cluster (Exchange 2007 SP1)
• Maximum number of members in a Distribution Group?

Templates for Calendar Printing Assistant for Outlook 2007

Se estiverem a utilizar o Calendar Printing Assistant for Outlook 2007, este download é bem capaz de vos interessar: Templates for Calendar Printing Assistant for Outlook 2007.

Brief Description
The Calendar Printing Assistant for Microsoft Outlook 2007 is a program that provides an easy way to print and customize Outlook 2007 calendar information. The files available on this page provide additional templates for use with the Calendar Printing Assistant.

Overview
The files available on this page provide additional templates for use with the Calendar Printing Assistant. The files available for download introduce the following templates:

• Week_WeekList03.catx: This is a custom weekly agenda-view template for the Calendar Printing Assistant. This template draws a shaded box around each all-day event to distinguish them from the hourly appointments and make them easier to read. This new template can be found in the Week Templates group, named Week List 03.
• Week_WeekDetails_01.catx: This is a custom weekly agenda-view template for the Calendar Printing Assistant. To maximize the amount of information shown on the page, this template removes extra formatting. This new template can be found in the Week Templates group, named Week List - Details.

System Requirements

• Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2008; Windows Vista; Windows XP

To install this download, you must have the Calendar Printing Assistant for Outlook 2007.