Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator v4.5

Mais uma vez, o Ross Smith IV anunciou no Microsoft Exchange Team Blog que a ferramenta Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator foi actualizada para a versão 4.5

Enhancements

There are only three improvements to the calculator in this release:

• Added the calculations to help you determine the minimum number of global catalog cores you need to deploy with your architecture.
• Added the ability to define different RAID parity settings for your Restore LUN architecture.
• Improved the calculation of the formatted capacity of a disk drive.

Bug Fixes

• The following issues were identified and addressed in this release:
• For HA solutions that chose to deploy in JBOD configuration, two fixes were made:
  • In certain scenarios, the calculator would calculate the number of mailboxes per database to be higher than the total amount of random IO available on the disk. As a result the calculator couldn't recommend a JBOD configuration. This has been corrected by rounding down the number of mailboxes per disk from an IO perspective calculation.
  • In certain situations the JBOD disk configuration isn't applicable. In past versions, the calculator would simply tell you this was because of "Insufficient Disk Capacity". This has been corrected to tell you if the insufficiency is based on disk capacity or IO capacity.
• Addressed several CPU calculation related errors:
  • Fixed the issue where #VALUE was reported in the secondary datacenter processor core ratio table when you deployed only a lagged copy in the secondary datacenter.
  • Fixed the required mailbox CPU calculations to take into account certain site resilient scenarios where neither datacenter could support a single server failure (e.g. 2 member DAG).
• Fixed an issue with the total disk count calculations with dedicated lagged copy servers as a result of rounding error.
• Fixed an issue where /DAG LUN space totals didn't take into account the 2 LUNs / Backup Set architecture.

Para obter instruções detalhadas sobre a utilização da ferramenta, consultem Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator.

Para fazer download da ferramenta, cliquem aqui.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Outlook’s Social Connect: Social isn’t AIR toys anymore!
• How can I analyze my public folder usage?
• New Whitepaper – How to protect Hyper-V with DPM 2010
• Q&A Log from TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2010 Upgrade and Co-existence with Exchange 2007 and 2003 (02/04/2010)
• Outlook Gets Social with LinkedIn, Facebook, and MySpace
• Microsoft Revamps Mobile Strategy with Windows Phone 7
• Exchange 2010 Site Disaster Recovery on a Dime! Part 1: Building the Solution
• OABGen with regards to public folders and backup’s
• Exchange Server 2007 May Not Warn of Active Mailboxes When Removing Databases
• Two-Member DAG in a Multi-site scenario supported?
• Digging a little deeper to look to see if a mailbox is being used with the EWS Managed API and Powershell
• Administrator Audit Logging In Exchange 2010…
• Blocking Web Beacons & HTML Forms In Outlook Web App…
• Update to Windows Server 2008 Brings Failure Behavior Change for the File Share Witness resource
• Configuring the Native Exchange 2007 MP for OpsMgr 2007 R2 (Part 4)
• Using Microsoft ForeFront Server Security Management Console (Part 1)
• Why you shouldn't use "catch all" mailboxes
• Catch All Mailboxes and the POP3 Connector
• How to Securely Deploy iPhones with Exchange ActiveSync in the Enterprise
• Call Answering Rules (Part 2): Call Answering Conditions

TechNet Magazine – Cloud Computing

A TechNet Magazine publicou uma edição especial sobre Cloud Computing.

Destaques:

• Editor's Note: Considering the Cloud Is cloud computing ready for primetime? Let us know what you think
  by Jeff James
• Cloud Computing: Clearing the Fog around Cloud Computing A Closer Look at the Windows Azure Platform and the Business Productivity Online Suite
  by Karen Forster
• Use cmdlets to Create Room and Equipment Mailboxes in Exchange 2010 Here’s what you need to know to use Exchange Management Shell to create a user account with a mailbox for a room or equipment.

Colunas:

• Toolbox: New Products for IT Professionals Greg Steen discusses free tools that can help you manage multiple systems, obtain IP address information, and create database queries
  by Greg Steen
• Windows PowerShell: Cool Pipeline Tricks Redux Take advantage of pipeline parameter binding to turn complex tasks into one-line Windows PowerShell commands
  by Don Jones
• Geek of All Trades: Extend your Applications and Data to…Everywhere! Using Remote Desktop Services (RDS) to help you keep the lights on and the servers running
  by Greg Shields
• Windows Confidential: Evolution of the File Property Timestamp Raymond offers up a detailed explanation of how different version of Windows register file timestamps
  by Raymond Chen
• Utility Spotlight: Office Web Apps This year, Microsoft brings us Office 2010 and also a new version of the Office Web Apps
  by Lance Whitney
• Exchange Queue & A: Installing Exchange 2003/2007 in an Exchange 2010 Environment Henrik answers reader email about using Exchange 2003/2007 in an Exchange 2010 environment and discusses changes that Exchange 2010 brings to cross-forest mailbox moves
  by Henrik Walther

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Exchange 2010 Unified Messaging
• Exchange Server 2007 Mailbox Access and Mail Routing Issues in an Exchange Server 2003 Coexistence Environment
• Calls routed to Exchange 2010 Unified Messaging servers may be rejected due to URI parsing logic
• USMT, OST, and PST
• Forefront TMG 2010 Email Protection Updates
• Better IMAP in Outlook 2010
• How to change the temp location for the OAB Generation process on Exchange 2007 sp2 and Exchange 2010
• Block Users Sending to Specific Domains with Exchange Server 2007
• Block Users Sending to Specific Domains with Exchange Server 2010
• Browsing Mailbox Databases in Exchange 2007 and 2010
• Administrator Audit Logging in Exchange 2010
• Outlook Anywhere logon report powershell GUI
• FIM 2010 RC1 Update 3 supports Exchange 2010 Provisioning
• Differences between Update-Recipient cmdlet in Exchange 2007 and 2010
• Points To Note While Designing Database Availability Group…
• Exchange 2010 Public Folders Are Not Protected By DAG…
• Lagged Database Copies In Exchange 2010 DAG…
• Deploying Exchange Server 2007 and Office Communications Server 2007 R2 (Part 8)
• Exchange 2007 Mailbox Access Auditing (Part 2)
• Outlook 2003 and RPC Client Access Array Encryption
• Going Backup-less with Exchange 2010?
• What's new with Exchange 2010 languages support?
• How to recreate the legacy Exchange Virtual Directories in Exchange 2010?
• Simple Exchange server certificate management
• Microsoft Exchange 2010 Voicemail Preview well positioned with competitors

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Exchange 2010 Upgrade Strategies Outlined in Report
• New features in Microsoft Outlook 2010
• An Exchange Server 2007 performance monitoring primer
• some autodiscover fun
• Q&A Log from Momentum Webcast: Top Five Reasons to Upgrade to Exchange Server 2010 (01/12/2010)
• Using Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange in Hyper-V virtual environments
• Service Issue with Outlook Calendar Sharing Service
• Dude, Where's my Backup?
• What Exchange 2010 on Windows Datacenter Means
• Not-So-Common Forefront Registry Keys
• Forefront 2010 For Exchange Provides DNS Blocklist (DNSBL) Out Of The Box…
• Setting Maximum Active Databases Limit On Exchange 2010 DAG Members…
• Exchange 2007 Mailbox Access Auditing (Part 1)
• Uncovering Exchange 2010 Database Availability Groups (DAGs) (Part 3)
• Prepare Mailboxes for Cross-Forest Moves Using the PrepareMoveRequest.ps1 script in the Shell
• New Exchange 2010 Webcasts and Videos
• Triaging Exchange Performance issues related to Active Directory (AD) Performance (including Networking and DNS performance)
• Troubleshooting Exchange 2010 Management Tools startup issues
• Unified Communications Delivers a Scalable, Consolidated, and Manageable Communication Experience

Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator v3.5

O Ross Smith IV anunciou no Microsoft Exchange Team Blog que a ferramenta Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator foi actualizada para a versão 3.5

Version 3.5 introduces the following fixes:

• Improved the text on the input tab with regards to the number of database copy instances you would like for both HA and lagged copies.
• Fixes an issue where in a high availability architecture the calculator may size the solution based on activating more database copies during a second server failure event than the total number of database copies deployed on the server.

Para obter instruções detalhadas sobre a utilização da ferramenta, consultem Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator.

Para fazer download da ferramenta, cliquem aqui.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• It's "clean out your inbox week"
• Exchange 2010 - Role Based Access Control
• Exchange 2010 RTM: The online archive
• Hardware sizing for Exchange Server 2010
• Script: Integrating OCS and OWA in Exchange Server 2010
• ILM 2007 FP1 Service Pack 1 Released
• Log Shipping In Exchange 2010 DAG…
• Exchange Autodiscover
• Configuring the Native Exchange 2007 MP for OpsMgr 2007 R2 (Part 3)
• Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007 FP1 SP1 supports Exchange 2010
• Installing Exchange 2010 rollups on DAG servers…
• Protecting Your Organization from Spear-Phishing
• Interception and Redirection of Messages Using Transport Rules or Journaling

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• ‘Sorry! Access Denied’ error received when accessing Voice Mail options in Outlook 2010
• Top Ten Reasons to Move to Exchange Server 2010 in 2010.
• What can you tell me about Messaging Records Management and Exchange Server 2010?
• DPM 2010 Protecting Exchange 2010 DAG in a Single Site
• Exchange 2010 Moderation Features Grayed Out?
• Changing you Colour Scheme in Office and Outlook 2010
• Speeding Reboot When Exchange is on a DC/GC
• Issue with message sizes in Outlook 2010 Beta
• Understanding Exchange 2010 Storage Architecture: Part 2
• Exchange Server 2010: "Try to access it again in 10 seconds"
• From Whence Redundancy? Exchange 2010 Storage Essays, part 1
• Understanding the right terminology…
• Forefront Obsolete Notifications
• Exchange 2007 Standby Continuous Replication - Configuration & Testing
• Disclaimers in Exchange 2010
• Writing a simple scripted process to download attachmentts in Exchange 2007/ 2010 using the EWS Managed API
• Opening other users Inboxes/Mailboxes using OWA 2010
• Ports Opened By Exchange 2010 Setup…
• Points To Note While Creating A Database Availability Group (DAG)
• Assigning Static IP Address For Database Availability Group...
• Change The Replication Port Used By Database Availability Group…
• Configure MailTips in Exchange Server 2010
• Outlook Web Access Security Features (Part 5)
• Configuring the Native Exchange 2007 MP for OpsMgr 2007 R2 (Part 2)
• Deploying Exchange Server 2007 and Office Communications Server 2007 R2 (Part 7)
• Uncovering Exchange 2010 Database Availability Groups (DAGs) (Part 2)
• Exchange 2010 DAG port
• Exchange Server and Uptime: The Search for More 9s
• Raising diagnostic logging for Message Access might cause calendar issues with Exchange 2007 SP2
• Exchange 2010 Delivery Reports
• Announcing Additional Upgrade Scenarios for the Exchange Server 2010 Deployment Assistant
• Restricting email to the Internet on a per user AND per domain basis
• Making sense of Exchange Logs using ExLogAnalyzer

Actualização do filtro Junk Email do Outlook (Janeiro 2010)

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 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB977840)
• Description of the Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (KB977839)

Apresentações do TechNet Roadshow Belga

O conteúdo técnico (apresentações PowerPoint e gravação das sessões) do TechNet Roadshow Belga que ocorreu no passado mês de Dezembro está disponível para download (idiomas: EN, FR and NL).

AGENDA:

• 13:30 - 14:00 Introduction in Exchange 2010
• 14:00 - 15:00 Flexible and Reliable Messaging Infrastructure with Exchange 2010
• 15:15 - 16:15 Information Protection and Control
• 16:15 - 17:30 Migration & BPOS

SPEAKER:

Ilse Van Criekinge has recently joined Microsoft as a Technology Advisor - Microsoft Unified Communications. Before that she worked as an ICT Trainer and Consultant for Global Knowledge. Being an MCT, Ilse has offered several companies guidance in their Exchange and MOM deployments, as well as auditing the disaster recovery capabilities in their mail environment. During the last couple of years she has ignited many IT Professionals with the power of Exchange and OCS, by delivering training and by co-founding a new user group Pro-Exchange in Belgium, focused on Microsoft Unified Communications. Ilse has held the Exchange MVP award for three years since April 2007. Ilse has co-authored an Exchange Exam Prep Guide, written Sapien's Exchange Management Shell: TFM book.
She blogs her experiences in the Unified Communications field on http://blogs.technet.com/ilvancri

TechNet Magazine – Janeiro 2010

A edição de Janeiro 2010 da TechNet Magazine já está disponível para ser lida online.

Destaques:

• Editor's Note: Choose your Upgrade
• System Center Configuration Manager: SQL Server Reporting Services and System Center Configuration Manager
• Microsoft Deployment Toolkit: Using MDT and Single-Instance Storage

Colunas:

• Inside SharePoint: Using Kerberos for SharePoint Authentication
• Windows Confidential: What Happened to the File Types Dialog?
• The Cable Guy: End-to-End WAN Optimization with BranchCache
• Windows PowerShell: Windows PowerShell 2.0 Brings Scripting to ActiveDirectory
• Utility Spotlight: Microsoft Security Essentials
• Geek of All Trades: Tape Is Dead! LongLive Tape!
• SQL Q&A: Corruption Recovery Tips, Database Shrinkage Advice and More

Próximos Webcasts de Exchange 2010

• TechNet Webcast: Addressing E-Mail Archiving and Retention with Exchange Server 2010 (Level 300)
  Start Date: Thursday, January 28, 2010 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
  Presenter: Kamal Janardhan, Principal Program Manager, Exchange Mailbox, Microsoft Corporation
  Event Overview: As e-mail volume continues to grow, Microsoft recognizes users' desires for an infinite inbox and IT administrators' goals to preserve and discover these mailboxes in a cost-effective matter. Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 introduces integrated archiving along with message retention and multi-mailbox discovery capabilities to help address these needs. In this webcast, we take a technical deep dive into e-mail archiving and retention in Exchange Server 2010, we demonstrate the archiving experience in Microsoft Office Outlook and Outlook Web Access (OWA) from the user and IT professional perspectives, and we demonstrate Exchange Management Console and Windows PowerShell. We also highlight the message retention capabilities using Move and Delete policies in Outlook, OWA, and Windows PowerShell.
  
• TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2010 Upgrade and Coexistence with Exchange Server 2007 and 2003 (Level 200)
  Start Date:Thursday, February 04, 2010 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
  Presenter: Harold Wong, Senior IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
  Event Overview: In this webcast, we walk you through the process for introducing Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 into an organization that already has Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 or Exchange Server 2003. Learn the prerequisites, steps required, and the impact to client access for MAPI, Outlook Anywhere, Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access (OWA), ActiveSync, and POP/IMAP clients after the upgrade to Exchange Server 2010 has occurred.
  
• TechNet Webcast: Introducing Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 (Level 200)
  Start Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
  Presenter: Rand Morimoto, President, Convergent Computing
  Event Overview: In a time when your organization requires its communication tools to be cost-effective and flexible, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 enables you to achieve new levels of reliability and performance by delivering features that can simplify your administration, help protect your communications, and delight your users by meeting their demands for great business productivity. In this webcast, we introduce you to Exchange Server 2010 and we highlight and demonstrate key investments made in this latest release.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• A short history of Hotmail
• Top 5 Microsoft Exchange Server tips of 2009
• Exchange Server Archiving for E-Discovery
• Security Configuration Wizard and Exchange 2010
• Understanding Contact Objects in Exchange Online
• Follow-Up: import-recipientdataproperty
• Retrieving the Mailbox Size in BPOS
• Exchange 2010 Voice Mail with the iPhone
• Understanding Exchange 2010 Storage Architecture: Part 1
• Adding images to AD users using a UploadPhoto.ps1 script
• Exchange 2007 and 2010 Address List Segregation changes
• Exchange 2010 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 operating system prerequisites
• Can’t Move Mailbox In Exchange 2010…
• Client Throttling Policy In Exchange 2010…
• Managing Mobile Devices Using Exchange 2007 Console…
• Deploying Exchange Server 2007 and Office Communications Server 2007 R2 (Part 6)
• Uncovering the new RPC Client Access Service in Exchange 2010 (Part 3)
• Windows 2008 – Exchange 2007 SP1 – Alternate Cluster Setup
• Windows 2003 / Exchange 2007 SP1 – Alternate Cluster Setup
• Exchange 2010 – Pre-staging the Cluster Name Object (CNO) to support a Database Availability Group (DAG)
• Troubleshooting MailTips
• Management Tool Interoperability

Leitura de Ano Novo

• Exchange 2007 SP2 on SBS 2008
• To virtualize Exchange or not to virtualize Exchange?
• 2009, The Year in Spam
• Updated: Installing Exchange 2010 rollups on DAG servers - now with a script!
• Hotfix ID – What Does This GUID Stand For?

eBooks GRÁTIS

                                       

Uma vez que estamos em época de Natal, achei que gostariam de saber que têm estes 2 presentes à vossa espera:

• First Look: Microsoft Office 2010 - For a limited time you can download this free e-book without stepping through any registration. First Look: Microsoft Office 2010, by Katherine Murray, offers 14 chapters of early content.
• Windows PowerShell v.1 TFM - With the recent release of Windows PowerShell v.2 and the immanent publication of our well regarded Windows PowerShell v.2 TFM book by Don Jones and Jeff Hicks, SAPIEN is releasing our Windows PowerShell v.1 TFM eBook as a FREE download to the public. Even though this eBook is for version 1 of PowerShell, the book still contains loads of valuable information about PowerShell’s core workings and cmdlets.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Exchange Server 2010 Compliance Capabilities
• Upgrade Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010
• Customizing the Outlook Address Book
• Roadshow follow-up – Part 2: Set-Mailboxautoreplyconfiguration
• Upgrading to Exchange 2007 SP2 and Impersonation
• Exchange Server 2010 RTM and Organizational Health miscalculation
• Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (FPE) Capacity Planning Guidance v. 2
• What’s new in the Outlook Navigation Pane
• Check Out These Conversations Videos!
• To virtualize Exchange or not to virtualize Exchange?
• U-BTech: Exchange 2010 ROI Tool
• Using PowerShell to sort mailboxes by size
• Using ADSI to find your CAS or Mailbox Role servers in VBS or PowerShell
• Exchange 2010 & synchronization/provisioning using IIFP/ILM/FIM
• Federated Sharing - Points To Note…
• Busting the Exchange Trusted Subsystem Myth
• Fix for Cannot Logon to OWA Using ISA 2004
• OWA Customization in Exchange 2010

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Deploying Phones with Windows Mobile 6.5 on Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
• How do I check Update Rollup version on Exchange 20xx Server?
• How to View Caller ID for NON UM enabled users?
• Watch this video overview of the new Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server antispam filters
• New Planning and Architecture content available in our TechNet library
• Cleaner configuration of the FilterPack for Exchange Server 2010
• Installing Exchange 2010 rollups on DAG servers
• Installing Exchange 2007 & 2010 rollups on servers that don't have Internet access
• Installing Update Rollup 1 For Exchange 2010 On DAG Servers…
• Configuring External Postmaster Address In Exchange 2010…
• Configuring Client Access Array for Exchange 2010 – Walkthrough
• Improved PAL analysis for Exchange 2007
• Deploying Exchange Server 2007 and Office Communications Server 2007 R2 (Part 5)
• Outlook Web Access Security Features (Part 4)
• Is Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server x86 or x64?
• Early look: Exchange 2010 perf counters and thresholds to watch
• Moderation with transport rules
• ISA 2006 SP1 Configuration with Exchange 2010
• Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging Codecs and mobile phones

Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer

O Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer foi recentemente disponibilizado!

Brief Description
The FPE 2010 Best Practices Analyzer examines a local server running FPE 2010 and presents a list of warnings and errors for configurations that do not conform to recommended best practices.

Overview
The FPE 2010 Best Practices Analyzer examines a server running FPE 2010 and checks the server’s system configuration as well as the FPE 2010 product configuration. Any settings or combination of settings that do not conform to FPE 2010 best practices are summarized and displayed in a consolidated report, so that administrators can easily identify and address these issues.
The FPE 2010 Best Practices Analyzer also includes documentation that explains each best practice, as well as the reasons why a setting might violate that best practice, so that administrators can judge whether that best practice applies to their server.

Actualização do filtro Junk Email do Outlook (Dezembro 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 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB976882)
• Description of the Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (KB976884)

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Delegating Setup for Exchange Server 2010 Installation
• How to Enter the Exchange Server 2010 Product Key for Multiple Servers
• OWA vs. Outlook in 2010
• Configuring Exchange 2010 Database Availability Groups
• What if I need to install earlier versions of Exchange with Exchange Server 2010?
• Exchange 2010 Network Port Reference
• How to setup an Exchange 2010 CAS Array to load balance MAPI
• COOL: Outlook 2010 can connect up to 15 Exchange Organizations
• Migrating from Forefront Security for Exchange Server Version 10
• Granting Granular Administrative Permissions in Exchange 2010
• Automated prerequisite installation via PowerShell for Exchange Server 2010 on Windows Server 2008 R2
• Exchange 2010 E-Discovery (Multi-Mailbox Search)
• Exchange 2010 Update Rollup: What should you know about it?
• Microsoft and Research in Motion announce full BES support for Exchange 2010
• Changing OWA configuration setting with EWS in Exchange 2010
• Exchange 2010 DAG Needs The Same Operating System For Membership…
• Configure Custom MailTips In Exchange 2010…
• Possible Number Of Databases In Exchange 2010…
• Curious about Exchange 2010 Retention Policies?
• Installing Update Rollup 1 for Exchange 2010 on DAG Members
• Exchange Server Forums
• Uncovering Exchange 2010 Database Availability Groups (DAGs) (Part 1)
• Configuring the Native Exchange 2007 MP for OpsMgr 2007 R2 (Part 1)
• Exchange 2010 on Windows 2008 Server R2 Server Core ?
• Quick Post – Script to Create Lab Users – Powershell version…
• Protecting Exchange Server Data at Rest
• Finding High Item Count Folders Using the Exchange Management Shell
• Upgrading Exchange ActiveSync to Exchange 2010
• Exchange 2010 Update Rollup 1 is now released
• BlackBerry Enterprise Server fully supported on Exchange 2010

TechNet Magazine – Dezembro 2009

 

 

 

 

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.

Apesar de existirem bastantes artigos sobre Windows 7 e Windows Server 2008 R2, o meu destaque vai todo para estas 2 colunas bastante interessantes sobre Exchange Server 2010:

• Exchange 2010: A Closer Look - Microsoft’s latest Exchange features enable new levels of reliability, better performance, simplified administration, improved protection of communications, and greater business mobility for users. Read this article for the lowdown on what’s so great in Exchange 2010.
  by Henrik Walther
• Exchange 2010: Ensuring High Availability In Microsoft Exchange 2010 - Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 incorporates a number of new high availability features that system administrators will find useful, including a new database availability groups (DAG) feature.
  by William R. Stanek

eBook GRÁTIS: Exchange 2010 - A Practical Approach

Para todos aqueles que se sentem entusiasmados pela nova versão de Exchange Server, está disponível para download um eBook grátis: "Exchange 2010 - A Practical Approach" da autoria do MVP de Exchange  Jaap Wesselius.

The 180-page book from Red Gate Publishing provides practical information and pitfalls for system administrators who don’t have time to read a long textbook. Wesselius installs Exchange 2010 in various set ups and guides readers through the steps required for successful implementation.

An area of special focus is coexistence with past Exchange versions, which Wesselius describes as “by far the most difficult part of transitioning to Exchange 2010.”

Este eBook contém 5 capítulos:

• Chapter 1 is an overall chapter – what’s new in Exchange Server 2010 and what has deprecated with respect to Exchange Server 2007. Also there’s some information regarding Active Directory, the three containers in Active Directory and some information regarding Active Directory sites.
• Chapter 2 is an installation chapter dealing with a fresh installation of Exchange Server 2010 and the subsequent basic configuration to get it up and running.
• Chapter 3 is the coexistence chapter and it probably deals with most scenarios; installing Exchange Server 2010 in an existing Exchange Server 2003 or Exchange
  Server 2007 environment.
• Chapter 4 is about managing the Exchange environment using the Exchange Management Console, the Exchange Management Shell and the Exchange Control Panel. And, real cool in Exchange Server 2010, are the remote options in PowerShell version 2.
• Chapter 5 is the high availability chapter. It deals with the new continuous replication when using Database Availability Groups, the best Exchange Server high availability solution ever made.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Ensuring High Availability in Exchange Server 2010
• Moving Exchange to the Cloud, Part 1
• Microsoft Exchange/Outlook 2010 UC Mobile and Voicemail Features (Beta) Release!
• Microsoft Planning Exchange Server 2007 SP3 Next Year
• Visualizing Quota Information using Outlook 2010 and Outlook Web App
• PLEASE READ –> Events 9320 and 9359 on new installation of Exchange 2010
• Basic Powershell script to show appointments from a calendar using the EWS Managed API
• Using Contact photo's in EWS in Exchange 2010
• Exchange 2010 and InterOrg (IORepl)
• Message Moderation In Exchange 2010…
• Organization Tab In Outlook 2010 User Contact Card…
• Task - Configure Message Moderation For Dynamic Distribution Group In Exchange 2010…
• Message Moderation Is Not Working In 2007 & 2010 Mixed Organization…
• Deploying Exchange Server 2007 and Office Communications Server 2007 R2 (Part 4)
• Outlook Web Access Security Features (Part 3)
• Updates to the Exchange Supportability Matrix
• Upgrading Outlook Web App to Exchange 2010
• Exchange, meet ExFolders

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Announcing Microsoft Office 2010 Beta
• How to Find Exchange Server 2007 and Build Information
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 review
• How to REALLY make import / export mailboxes on Exchange 2010 work
• Exchange 2010: And then there is the long awaited cmdlet Add-MailboxFolderPermission
• How do I enable Exchange 2010 MWI with Call Manager 7.x?
• Upload picture in Outlook 2010 using the Exchange Management Shell (Exchange 2010)
• Exchange Server 2010: Database Availability Group
• 5 Tips to Protect Yourself From Spam Scams (That Don’t Quite Work)
• Send Emails Easily Using Powershell v2 Cmdlet Send-MailMessage…
• Error While Deleting The Default Mailbox Database In Exchange 2010…
• Behind the Music: Exchange 2010 Demo at TechEd Europe 2009
• Oh little Move-Mailbox -ConfigurationOnly switch, we hardly knew ye
• Exchange Backup and Restore - Streaming and Volume Shadow Service (VSS) Techniques
• Uncovering the new Exchange 2010 Volume Snapshot (VSS) Plug-in (Part 2)
• Exchange Admin's Holiday Gift Guide 2009
• How to Manage Groups that I already own in Exchange 2010?
• Transitioning Client Access to Exchange Server 2010
• Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 has been released

Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator

Há algumas semanas atrás, a equipa de Exchange Server da Microsoft anunciou a disponibilização pública da ferramenta Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator. Agora já podemos começar a planear e a desenhar servidores de mailboxes Exchange Server 2010.

“With Exchange 2010 you can deploy a solution that leverages mailbox resiliency and has multiple database copies deployed across datacenters, implements single item recovery for data recovery, and has the flexibility in storage design to allow you to deploy on storage area networks utilizing fibre-channel or SATA class disks or on direct attached storage utilizing SAS or SATA class disks with or without RAID protection. But, in order to design your solution, you need to understand the following criteria:

• User profile - the message profile, the mailbox size, and the number of users
• High availability architecture - the number of database copies you plant to deploy, whether the solution will be site resilient, the desired number of mailbox servers
• Server's CPU platform
• Storage architecture - the disk capacity / type and storage solution
• Backup architecture - whether to use hardware or software VSS and the frequency of the backups, or leverage the Exchange native data protection features
• Network architecture - the utilization, throughput, and latency aspects

Previous versions of Exchange were somewhat rigid in terms of the choices you had in designing your mailbox server role. The flexibility in the architecture with Exchange 2010, allows you the freedom to design the solution to meet your needs.”

O post mencionado tem tudo o que é preciso saber sobre a utilização desta ferramenta. Para fazer o download da calculadora, basta seguirem este link.

TechNet Magazine – Novembro 2009

 

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.

Se no número anterior o destaque foi todo para o Windows 7, nesta edição o seu irmão mais velho, Windows Server 2008 R2, é rei.

Mas Novembro é também mês da nossa coluna favorita sobre Exchange Server Q&A: Exchange Queue & A -Transitions and Migrations.

Boa leitura!

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Unified Messaging (Voicemail) in Exchange 2010
• Understanding Shadow Redundancy in Exchange 2010
• Exchange 2010 RTM DAG using Server 2008 R2 – Part 4
• Introducing the Outlook Social Connector
• Review of Outlook Social Connector Provider Extensibility
• How do I disable these engine end-of-life notifications I am receiving from Antigen and Forefront?
• 11 Languages MUI out of the box
• Announcing the Outlook Social Connector
• Developing a provider for the Outlook Social Connector
• how to publish Exchange 2010 OWA behind ISA 2006 or TMG beta 3
• We Have Not Won The War On Spam
• OCS R2 Presence in Exchange 2010 OWA
• Understanding MailTips Architecture
• Bulk mailbox creation: Import passwords from a file
• Office 2010 Beta: Outlook 2010 Shines
• Finding Users Who Have “Out Of Office” Enabled In Exchange 2010…
• Uncovering the new Exchange 2010 Volume Snapshot (VSS) Plug-in (Part 1)
• Deploying Exchange Server 2007 and Office Communications Server 2007 R2 (Part 3)
• OCS Presence in Exchange 2010 in action
• Installation of OCS 2007 R2 Web Service Provider for Exchange 2010
• Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Web Service Provider
• How to Manage Groups that I already own in Exchange 2010?
• Installing Exchange 2010 Pre-requisites For Windows 2008 SP2…
• Script to install Exchange 2010 pre-requisites for Windows Server 2008 R2

Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 SP2

Já está disponível para download o Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (KB971534).

Overview
Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2007 SP2 since the software was released. This update rollup is highly recommended for all Exchange Server 2007 SP2 customers.
For a list of changes that are included in this update rollup, see KB971534.
This update rollup does not apply to Exchange Server 2007 Release To Manufacturing (RTM) or Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1). For a list of update rollups applicable to Exchange Server 2007 RTM or Exchange Server 2007 SP1, refer to the Knowledge Base article KB937052.

Para mais informações técnicas sobre os procedimentos de instalação, queiram por favor ler o seguinte tópico da Exchange Server 2007 Technical Documentation Library: How to Install the Latest Service Pack or Update Rollup for Exchange 2007.

Exchange Server 2010 Transport Server Role Architecture Diagrams

Muito, muito bom! É o que apetece dizer depois de ver estes novos Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Transport Server Role Architecture Diagrams:

• Hub Transport Server Role Architecture
• Hub Transport Extensibility

Brief Description
This download contains architectural diagrams that illustrate the Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Hub Transport server role and Hub Transport extensibility.

Overview
Many components are involved in the transport of messages through the Exchange Server 2010 mail flow pipeline. The Hub Transport server role diagram can help you understand the role each component plays in the processing of messages that enter the Exchange 2010 mail flow pipeline. Exchange administrators can use this information to help diagnose mail flow problems. The Hub Transport extensibility diagram can help you understand how the agents process a message that is in the Exchange 2010 mail flow pipeline. Developers can use this information to help create third-party agents and applications to work with Exchange 2010.

Forefront Security for Exchange Server 10.1 MP for OpsMgr 2007

Está disponível para download uma versão actualizada do Forefront Security for Exchange Server 10.1 MP for OpsMgr 2007.

Brief Description
The Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Management Pack monitors Exchange Servers for virus and worm activity.

Overview
The Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 supports the 10.1 version of Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server with Service Pack 1. The MP supplies critical events and alerts on virus and worm activity to Operations Manager 2007, and also monitors the health and availability of these products.
The Management Pack for Forefront Security for Exchange Server 10.0 can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=147D908C-9DC4-4F90-81B2-EE0764300BE2&displaylang=en
Management Pack Release History:
11/29/2007 Original release of English version of Management Pack. Localized versions of this MP scheduled for release in December 2007.

Recursos técnicos de Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server

Agora que o Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server entrou em RTM, convém não esquecer de ler a respectiva documentação:

• Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server Documentation - Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (FPE) provides fast and effective detection of viruses, worms, spyware and spam by integrating multiple scanning engines from industry-leading security partners in a single solution. Its comprehensive messaging protection includes integration with Forefront Online Protection for Exchange for the defense-in-depth benefits of hosted and on-premise filtering and content filtering to prevent out-of-policy content from entering or leaving your network. The documents available in this download include information about FPE deployment, operations, technical reference, and troubleshooting. This information is also available in the Microsoft TechNet Library at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=111583.

Existe ainda uma série de recursos técnicos adicionais que podem ser bastante úteis:

• Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server RTM Capacity Planning Guidance
• Official Microsoft Site
• Trial download
• White Papers
• TechNet Library documentation
• Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007

Actualização do filtro Junk Email do Outlook (Novembro 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 (KB975960)
• Description of the Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB975958)

Exchange Server 2007 Management Tools (32-Bit) v685.25

As ferramentas de administração do Exchange Server 2007- Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Management Tools (32-Bit) v685.25 – estão disponíveis para download.

Brief Description
Exchange Server 2007 is a native 64-bit application that includes 64-bit management tools. You can use the management tools to administer your Exchange Server environment remotely. If the remote computer is running a 32-bit operating system, you will need to download the 32-bit management tools.

Overview
The Exchange management tools include the Exchange Management Console, the Exchange Management Shell, the Exchange Help file, the Microsoft Exchange Best Practices Analyzer Tool, and the Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant Tool.
The new Exchange Management Console (formerly named Exchange System Manager) provides Exchange administrators with a graphical user interface (GUI) to manage the configuration of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 organizations. For more information about the improvements to the Exchange Management Console, see New Administration Functionality in the Exchange Management Console.
The Exchange Management Shell is a new Exchange-specific command-line interface based on Microsoft Windows PowerShell, formerly codenamed “Monad”. You can use the Exchange Management Shell to run a single command or a series of multiple commands for managing your Exchange Server 2007 servers and objects. For more information about the Exchange Management Shell, see Using the Exchange Management Shell.

Documentação de Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE)

Para os interessados em Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE), também conhecido como Forefront Online Security for Exchange (FOSE), ex-Exchange Hosted Filtering (EHF), os seguintes downloads contêm a mais recente informação técnica:

• Setup Checklists: Microsoft® Forefront Online Protection for Exchange and Exchange Hosted Archive 9.2 - Use the following setup checklists to help you set up the individual or combined services that you signed up for. You can choose from a combined setup checklist for both Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange and Microsoft Exchange Hosted Archive, or the checklists for each individual service.
• Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE) 9.3 Product Documents – Product documents for FOPE 9.3 include the following: New Features Guide, Administration Center User Guide.
• New Features Guide: This 12-page guide provides up-to-date information about the latest features and changes for Microsoft® Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE), including new features of the Directory Synchronization Tool, new company filtering service settings, domain enhancements, and enhanced reporting features. You can use the information in this document to help prepare your messaging environment for updated services, and to communicate information to customers, partners, and employees.
• Administration Center User Guide: This guide provides in-depth information and instructions for using the Microsoft® Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE) Administration Center, a Web-based tool that allows you to create reports and customize your e-mail filtering account services. It includes essential information for finding what you need in the Administration Center and using it to optimize your FOPE antispam, antivirus, filtering, user management, and reporting services, among others.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• How to Achieve Optimal Availability for Microsoft Exchange
• Tony Redmond's Top 10 Things About Exchange 2010
• 12 Key Features of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
• Exchange 2010 Availability Announced at TechEd Europe
• What is the Mac experience with Exchange Online?
• Exchange 2010 RTM DAG using Server 2008 R2 – Part 3
• Using different versions of Microsoft Outlook for manager/delegate pairs
• The Total Economic Impact Of Microsoft Exchange 2010
• Email Protection in Forefront TMG 2010 Release Candidate
• Action Required by Dec. 1, 2009: Keep your Protections Current!
• Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server now available!
• Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server RTM Capacity Planning Guidance
• Best Practices for Outlook 2007
• Microsoft Announces Exchange Server 2010 Availability and Wave of Innovations at Tech•Ed Europe 2009
• E-Mail 'Biggest' Security Risk, Microsoft Says
• Installing Exchange Server 2010 pre-requisites on Windows Server 2008 R2
• What’s the ROI of Exchange 2010..?
• Importing a file of bad words and phrases into the Content Filter in Exchange Server 2010
• Overview of Exchange 2007 Cluster Continuous Replication
• Reporting on Outlook Anywhere users from the IIS logs using Powershell
• Changing what OutlookAnywhere proxy a pc is using remotely via a script
• WebDAV Dropped In Exchange 2010…
• Shadow Redundancy In Exchange 2010…
• Deploying Exchange Server 2007 and Office Communications Server 2007 R2 (Part 2)
• Exporting and Importing Mailboxes with Exchange Server 2010
• Exchange 2007 - Tracking and Analysing Large Mailbox Move Reports – using the ExchangeMoveMailboxTaskViewer Tool….
• Fix for 'The server name is invalid' error when installing Exchange 2007 Management Tools
• Exchange Server 2010 RTM Upgrade and Installation - Phase 3
• Speed up Outlook 2007 Access
• Exchange 2007 Will Run on Server 2008 R2 . . . Eventually
• Exchange Server 2010 is now available worldwide!
• Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator
• Announcing the Release of the Exchange Server 2010 Deployment Assistant
• New Content Available for Exchange 2010: Highlights
• Exchange anti-spam myths revealed