Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Upgrade Guide
• Microsoft Exchange 15 to include offline OWA access: Sources
• Does Microsoft Explain Cloud Outages Better Than Google?
• What's new in Microsoft's Office 365? There's a wiki for that
• Exchange’s monopoly and its importance to Microsoft
• Office, Exchange '15' Coming Early 2013, According To Leaked Roadmap
• Restoring Exchange 2010 Mailbox Databases to RDB using System Center Data Protection Manager
• Schedule View in Outlook 2010
• Tip o' the Week #110 - Tracking Outlook responses
• More throttling changes for Exchange Online
• Calculate Daily Email Traffic using Message Tracking Logs and Log Parser
• Working with PST Capture
• Using Exchange Control Panel While Co-Existing 2010 With 2003
• Redirecting OWA Urls in Exchange 2010
• Customizing Lync 2010 Client policy
• Exchange Server 2007, 2010: How to query user mailboxes, its permissions using Exchange PowerShell?
• Admin: How to remove retention policy from Outlook/Exchange?
• Areas to Consider For a Smooth Exchange 2010 Installation (Part 1)
• Microsoft PST Capture Tool (Part 1)
• What is lost by exporting/importing pst-files?
• Color coding Holidays, Birthdays and Anniversaries
• Q: How can I prevent valid email messages from going to Outlook's Junk E-mail folder?

Update Rollup 7 for Exchange Server 2007 SP3 *FINAL RELEASE*

Está disponível para download o Update Rollup 7 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (KB2655203).

Support lifecycle statement: This is the final release under standard support for Exchange 2007, as the Exchange 2007 Mainstream Support has now ended. Extended Support for Exchange 2007 SP3 will end on 4/11/2017. Please see the Microsoft Support Lifecycle page for more information about Microsoft Support Lifecycle for Exchange 2007. Got questions about Microsoft Support Lifecycle Policy? Head over to Microsoft Support Lifecycle Policy FAQ.

Overview
Update Rollup 7 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (SP3) resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2007 SP3 since the software was released. This update rollup is highly recommended for all Exchange Server 2007 SP3 customers.
For a list of changes that are included in this update rollup, see KB2655203.
This update rollup does not apply to Exchange Server 2007 Release To Manufacturing (RTM), Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2).
For a list of update rollups applicable to Exchange Server 2007 RTM , Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2), refer to the Knowledge Base article KB937052.

System requirements
Supported operating systems: Windows 7, Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 editions, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP Service Pack 3

Exchange Server 2007 SP3 must be installed prior to installing this update rollup.
This update rollup cannot be installed if you are using Exchange Server 2007 RTM, Exchange Server 2007 SP1 or Exchange Server 2007 SP2.
Any Interim Updates for Exchange Server 2007 must be uninstalled prior to installing this update rollup.

 

A equipa do Microsoft Exchange também anunciou esta actualização num post no seu blog, com a seguinte nota::

Note for Forefront Protection for Exchange users For those of you running Forefront Protection for Exchange, be sure you perform these important steps from the command line in the Forefront directory before and after this rollup's installation process. Without these steps, Exchange services for Information Store and Transport will not start after you apply this update. Before installing the update, disable ForeFront by using this command: fscutility /disable. After installing the update, re-enable ForeFront by running fscutility /enable.

Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2

Já está disponível para download o Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 (KB2661854).

Overview
Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 since the software was released. This update rollup is highly recommended for all Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 customers.
For a list of changes that are included in this update rollup, see KB2661854.

System requirements
Supported operating systems: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2, Windows Vista Service Pack 2

• Exchange Server 2010 must be installed prior to installing this update rollup.
• Any Interim Updates for Exchange Server 2010 must be uninstalled prior to installing this update rollup.

 

A equipa do Microsoft Exchange também anunciou esta actualização num post no seu blog, com a seguinte nota:

Note for Forefront Protection for Exchange users For those of you running Forefront Protection for Exchange, be sure you perform these important steps from the command line in the Forefront directory before and after this rollup's installation process. Without these steps, Exchange services for Information Store and Transport will not start after you apply this update. Before installing the update, disable ForeFront by using this command: fscutility /disable. After installing the update, re-enable ForeFront by running fscutility /enable.

Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator v18.9

Ross Smith IV anunciou no Microsoft Exchange Team Blog que a ferramenta Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator foi actualizada, agora para a versão 18.9.

De acordo com a página de registo de actualizações, estas são as principais novidades:

Version 18.9 Updates

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the Storage worksheet’s "RAID Storage Configuration" Table to exclude showing "Total Number of Disks Required" for designs that do not have lagged database copies and are deploying in a JBOD configuration.
• Added a notification to Role Requirements regarding scenarios that result in >2TB databases.
• Fixed an error notification to indicate when the input parameters have resulted in a design that has more HA copies than available Mailbox servers.
• Fixed the DAG LUN total space calculation to be based on the total number of database copies, not the total number of mailbox servers.
• Fixed the database copy validation formula to ensure there is at least 1 HA copy or lagged database copy in the secondary datacenter when site resilience is enabled.
• Fixed servers.csv to not add a space between the comma and drive letter.
• Fixed cells to have the correct color formatting.
• Updated BDM throughput requirements to stipulate 7.5MB/s per database as the worst case, which aligns with what can potentially be seen in Jetstress runs.

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

Para fazer download da ferramenta, cliquem aqui.

Exchange Online Migration Performance Guide

O Exchange Online Migration Performance Guide é um documento técnico que detalha os potenciais desafios de uma migração para Office 365 e oferece algumas melhores práticas, baseadas em casos reais, de como endereçar problemas de desempenho.

Introduction
There are many paths to migrate Personal Information Management (PIM) data from an on-premises email organization into Microsoft Exchange Online in Microsoft Office 365. When planning a migration to Exchange Online, a common question is about how to improve the performance of data migration. This document will help IT administrators understand migration performance facts and present best practices to improve migration efficiency.
This document doesn’t cover details about how to migrate data.
This document doesn’t provide performance-issue troubleshooting steps.
This document remains high level for external and on-premises matters but goes deeper for Microsoft products and services.
This document assumes that there are no functional issues and that the migration to Office 365 is working correctly.

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Short List of My Favorite Microsoft Outlook Add-ins
• Exchange 2013 to RTM in mid-November 2012?
• Virtualization for Exchange Server Training
• Exchange 2003 and Outlook 2003 enter the final two years
• Dispelling myths and other half truths
• Q: Can I connect System Center Service Manager 2012 to multiple Microsoft Exchange mailboxes?
• Q: Can an Active Directory user have more than one Exchange mailbox?
• Q: When setting up the Exchange Connector for System Center Service Manager, where do I find the Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.dll file?
• Office 365 and “There are no items to show in this folder”
• Reporting Exchange Server 2010 Message Tracking Event IDs with PowerShell
• Reporting Exchange Server 2010 Message Tracking Event IDs with Log Parser
• Geek Out With Perry on Mailbox Replication Service (MRS)
• AD RMS Cryptographic Mode 2 and Exchange 2010 Information Rights Management
• EWS Managed API and Powershell How-To Series Part 7 Using the Configuration Information Operation
• PowerShell Execution Policy While Upgrading To Exchange 2010 SP2
• Error – The Active Directory Schema Is Not Up-To-Date & Ldifde.exe IS Not Installed On This Computer
• Slide Decks and Code Samples from Exchange Connections Spring 2012
• Deep dive into rich coexistence between Exchange Forests (Part 10)
• Optimizing SMTP traffic with Exchange Server 2010 and WAN Optimizer devices (Part 2)
• Do not count and show RSS items in Unread Mail
• Reply with a message template via Quick Steps
• Microsoft Exchange Online Migration Performance Guide for Office 365
• Full Mailbox Access Rights + Send On Behalf = Send As ?

Work Smart Guides

Work Smart Guide Zip Download é uma colecção de tutoriais, truques e dicas em geral sobre as ferramentas de comunicação e colaboração da Microsoft.

Entre os documentos disponíveis, gostaria de destacar os seguintes:

• 0669OutlookSharePointIntegrationOV_WSG XT.docx
• 0675OutlookSharePointIntegrationGS_WSG XT.docx
• 0681WorkSmarterwithEmailandTasksCL_WSG XT.docx
• 0696OutlookEmailSignaturesGetStartedWSG XT.docx
• 2572_OWAGetStarted_External.docx
• 2573_Outlook2010_RTM_CalendarScenariosWSG_External.docx
• 2574_MicrosoftOutlook2010_RTM_WSG_External.docx
• 2582_ManagingEmailBestPracticesGetStarted_WSG_External.docx

Overview
Download customizable versions of Work Smart materials to use as samples and reusable templates that specifically address the scenarios and processes in your information worker environment.

Leitura de Páscoa

• Microsoft Exchange Conference - registration is now live
• Microsoft to showcase Exchange 15 at new September conference
• Immutability, Perry, and Exchange
• PowerShell Updates to Retrieve Distribution Groups, Update User Addresses, and More
• An Easy Solution to Your Spam Problem… Kill All the Users?
• How to delete messages using Search-Mailbox in Exchange Server 2010
• Using the Power of PowerShell to Manage Your Exchange On Premises and Exchange Online Environment
• Exchange Hybrid deployment and SMTP inspection
• EWS item identifier and your database
• Exchange Online EWSMaxSubscriptions throttling budget calculation has been updated!
• Introduction to Exchange Server 2010 Message Tracking
• Searching Exchange Server 2010 Message Tracking Logs with PowerShell
• Geek Out with Perry on New Exchange Online Functionality
• Storage Validation in A Virtual World
• MEC 2012 registration is open!
• How Outlook 2011 Connects To Exchange 2010 SP1+
• Exchange 2010 Test CAS Connectivity User Gets Locked Out with SCOM Management Pack
• Understanding Internet Database Availability Groups
• A Question of Quotas in Exchange Server 2010 (Part 2)
• Evenly Distributing Mailbox During Migrations (Part 2)
• Outlook 2010 is mixing up header IMAP accounts
• Remove attachments from meeting invitation
• Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC): the story continues…
• The finer details of Exchange high availability

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• Send Text Messages Using Outlook 2010
• 5 Tips on using Bcc in Outlook Email
• iPhone meet Exchange 2010
• Exchange 2010 MoveRequests
• Public Folders – Folders Assistant Not Forwarding Messages
• Publishing Different Geographic ActiveSync URLs using AutoDiscover
• Demystifying the CAS Array Object - Part 1
• Demystifying the CAS Array Object - Part 2
• Installing PST Capture
• EWS Managed API and Powershell How-To Series Part 6 FreeBusy and OOF Operations
• Developer Webcasts on Exchange Server 2010 programming
• Deep dive into rich coexistence between Exchange Forests (Part 9)
• Optimizing SMTP traffic with Exchange Server 2010 and WAN Optimizer devices (Part 1)
• Change time-slot of multiple appointments at once
• Create a Desktop shortcut to an Outlook folder
• Office 365 Shared Mailbox Tool
• The "not so simple" Simple Display Name
• Backups fail due to consistency check failure
• Of vaults and retention policies
• Q: Is there an easy way to view security information about incoming messages in Microsoft Outlook?

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• What's Coming in Microsoft Outlook 15
• Exchange 2010 SP2: The Value of Custom Attributes
• Contest Kickoff: Worst Software in the Exchange World
• Webinar: Unclutter your Outlook inbox
• Update Calendar folder permission
• Federation Information could not be received
• Thoughts on "VMware Zimbra vs Microsoft Exchange"
• PowerShell Script to Generate Email Traffic in a Test Lab Environment
• Introduction to Exchange Server 2010 ActiveSync
• How to Run Virtual Android Devices for Exchange ActiveSync Training
• The User Hasn’t Logged on to Mailbox So There is No Data to Return
• Microsoft Exchange on Twitter: A new hash tag for Exchange
• Exchange Server Deployment Assistant Update for Exchange 2010 SP2 and Office 365 Hybrid Deployments
• Foreign Connector In Exchange 2010
• Delivery Agent Connector In Exchange 2010
• Delivery Reports Error – Server In Domain Encountered An Error Reading An Active Directory Object Or Attribute. Default Domain Not Found in Organization
• A Question of Quotas in Exchange Server 2010 (Part 1)
• Evenly Distributing Mailbox During Migrations (Part 1)
• Use RE: and FW: instead of localized subject prefix
• Prevent Calendar changing from Month to Day view
• Forcing a full OAB download in Outlook 2011
• Unreported and unloved: March 16 APAC Exchange Online outage
• Q: What is the meeting request calendar preview in Outlook 2010 and how does it work?

TechEd Europe 2012 - Early-bird até 31 de Março

Registe-se no TechEd Europe, liberte-se da rotina do seu dia-a-dia e conheça em profundidade as grandes novidades Microsoft para 2012, beneficiando do networking que só o TechEd possibilita!

O TechEd é o maior evento tecnológico realizado pela Microsoft na Europa, que conta com mais de 400 sessões técnicas, hands-on labs e demonstrações, com os melhores speakers Microsoft e da indústria. É também a oportunidade para conhecer, discutir e trocar impressões com os milhares de pessoas que, em Portugal e pela Europa, partilham os seus desafios – bem como a sua paixão pela tecnologia. Neste ano de 2012 repleto de lançamentos extraordinários (Windows 8, Windows Server 8, System Center 2012, SQL Server 2012 ou o novo Visual Studio, entre outros), o TechEd Europe é o momento para conhecer em detalhe todas estas novidades, preparando-se para ser o primeiro a dominar o que é possível fazer com elas. No TechEd poderá: CONHECER em profundidade as últimas tendências e novidades tecnológicas, mas acima de tudo saber como aproveitá-las ao máximo para si e para a sua organização DESCOBRIR o futuro dos produtos, tecnologias, soluções e serviços Microsoft, directamente pela boca dos seus responsáveis através de announcements, notícias em primeira mão, e demonstrações NETWORKING com os milhares de experts tecnológicos que também participam no TechEd, e com os líderes Microsoft e da Indústria que partilham os seus desafios e paixão pela tecnologia. PLANEAR com informação privilegiada as features e arquitectura para suportar os seus objectivos de negócio, e roadmap de produtos

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Registe-se já para o TechEd 2012!

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TechNet Magazine – Março 2012

A edição de Março 2012 da TechNet Magazine já está disponível para leitura online.

• Editor’s Note: Do It Yourself

Artigos em Destaque:

• IT Management: Network Intelligence—the IT Advantage
  By Romi Mahajan
  Unlocking the intelligence inherent to your network of contacts can breed significant intellectual advantage.
• Exchange Server 2010: Exchange Archiving and Compliance
  By Jaap Wesselius
  Establishing and maintaining an archive within your Exchange Server 2010 infrastructure is essential, but there are right ways and wrong ways.
• Microsoft Service and Support: Fix It Expedites Troubleshooting
  By Steve Justice
  Your troubleshooting efforts will be more efficient and more accurate with the new Microsoft Fix it Center Pro.
• Windows 7: Load and Configure Windows XP Mode
  By Jorge Orchilles
  By setting up the virtual Windows XP mode within Windows 7, you can greatly extend the functionality of your new environment.
• Virtualization in and Beyond the Cloud
  By Joshua Hoffman
  Virtualization technology might be driving the cloud computing environment, but that’s just one of its many benefits.
• Cloud Computing: Cloud Provisioning and Storage
  By Vic (J.R.) Winkler
  Beyond the flexibility and costs savings of cloud computing are certain tactical advantages like automated provisioning and encrypted storage.
• Security Management: The Scary New Hacking Trend
  By Phil Lieberman
  You can mitigate the risks of falling prey to a disturbing new trend in hacking, but you have to be prepared.

Colunas:

• Utility Spotlight: Scan for Problems in Microsoft Outlook
  By Lance Whitney
  The Microsoft Outlook Configuration Analyzer Tool scans your Outlook profiles to identify any potential issues.
• Windows Confidential: Why Can't We All Just Work Together?
  By Raymond Chen
  One danger of designing an interoperability document is that you might find nobody wants to implement any of your specs.
• SQL Q&A: Fine Tuning for Optimal Performance
  By Paul S. Randal
  Duplicate indexes, cancelled rollback operations and I/O spikes can cause performance issues, but you can work around them.
• Windows PowerShell: Create and Manage Virtual Machines
  By Don Jones
  You can configure Windows PowerShell to use data stored in a SQL Server database. Here's how.
• Toolbox: New Products for IT Professionals
  By Greg Steen
  This month's tools let you mine files and folders for e-mail addresses, perform bulk file-renaming tasks, and test your attack surface and port exposure online.
• Geek of All Trades: The Rule of 3
  By Greg Shields
  When it comes to demystifying Windows 7 licensing practices, it helps to remember the "Rule of 3."

Actualização do filtro Junk Email do Outlook – Março 2012

Está disponível uma nova actualização para o filtro Junk E-mail do Outlook 2003/2007/2010.

"Esta atualização fornece ao Filtro de Correio Eletrónico Publicitário Não Solicitado do Microsoft Office Outlook uma definição mais atual das mensagens de correio eletrónico que deverão ser consideradas correio eletrónico publicitário não solicitado."

O download está disponível para as versões Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007 e Outlook 2010 (32-bit, 64-bit) ou através do Microsoft Update. Como é habitual, está acompanhado pelo respectivo artigo da Knowledge Base:

• Atualização para o Filtro de Correio Eletrónico de Lixo do Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 (KB2598246)
• Atualização para Microsoft Office 2007 suites (KB2597970)
• Actualização de definição para Microsoft Office 2010 (KB982726)

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• E-Discovery in Microsoft Exchange 2010: Part 3
• Exchange 2013 anyone?
• Generational Comparison between Microsoft Exchange 2010 on Dell PowerEdge R720xd and Exchange 2007 on Dell PowerEdge R510
• Exchange 2010 uses two distinct types of circular logging
• Q: To back up SQL Server and Exchange Server servers virtualized with Hyper-V and protected by System Center Data Protection Manager, do I run the DPM agent within the VM or can I just back up at the Hyper-V host level with DPM?
• Using Exchange Management Shell to manage your Exchange Online and Exchange On Premises Environment
• Managing UPN to help Exchange authentication
• Moving Mailboxes with the Mailbox Replication Service
• A Few Recommendations for Exchange 2010
• You Can’t Add the First Passive Copy of a Mailbox Database While Circular Logging is Enabled
• Check out Microsoft Script Explorer for Windows PowerShell (pre-release)
• FOPE: New updates for managing policy rules
• Two cool scripts you will always need
• EWS Managed API and Powershell How-To Series Part 5 Delegate Operations
• How To Series Sample 5 : Clearing the Suggested Contacts with EWS and Powershell
• Deep dive into rich coexistence between Exchange Forests (Part 8)
• Using Exchange Control Panel (ECP) to manage an Exchange Organization (Part 4)
• New and renamed shared folders not visible
• Associate Tasks with a Calendar Appointment
• Exchange 2010 and why you shouldn’t configure static domain controllers…
• Enabling Kerberos authentication on a CAS Array
• Exchange and VSS -- My Exchange writer is in a failed retryable state…
• Verifying the file share witness server / directory in use for Exchange 2010
• Exchange 2010: Log Truncation and Checkpoint At Log Creation in a Database Availability Group
• Six months of solid Office 365 performance (but...)
• Q: How can I have Microsoft Outlook automatically close the original message window after a reply is sent?

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• MEC Brings Back Exchange Community
• KB: HTTP Redirect in Threat Management Gateway 2010 fails when the Exchange 2010 Edge role is installed
• Tip o' the Week #102 - When did someone really put something in their calendar?
• Exchange 2010 DAG - NetworkManager has not yet been initialized
• Released: Outlook Configuration Analyzer Tool (OCAT)
• MEC is Back!
• Introducing: Log Parser Studio
• Exchange Client Network Bandwidth Calculator BETA2
• How To Sample 3 - Scanning all folders in a mailbox for updated Items in EWS
• How To Series Sample 4 : Reporting on Items of a certain Type
• linked connector in exchange 2010
• Blocking Lync From Searching Outlook Contact Folders
• Mailbox Auto-Mapping in Exchange Server 2010 (Part 2)
• Exchange 2010 ECP Performance Console 
• Quickly collapse all opened subfolders
• Spelling and grammar check not working
• Migrate from an on-premise Blackberry Enterprise Server to Blackberry Business Cloud Services in Office 365
• Microsoft Lync 2010 MAPI COM Server Authentication Prompt Explained
• SSL Compatibility and Testing
• MEC returns in September 2012: the Exchange community applauds!

Best Practices for Virtualizing Exchange Server 2010 with Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper V

Este é um daqueles documentos que tem mesmo de ser lido: Best Practices for Virtualizing Exchange Server 2010 with Windows Server® 2008 R2 Hyper V™.

Brief Description
The purpose of this paper is to provide guidance and best practices for deploying Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 in a virtualized environment with Windows Server® 2008 R2 Hyper V™ technology. This paper has been carefully composed to be relevant to organizations of any size.

Overview
Many organizations today rely on some degree of virtualization. Whether it is a few virtual machines running on a single physical computer or a whole server farm across multiple root servers, virtualization optimizes investment in hardware and network infrastructure by: • Increasing the utilization of underused hardware. • Improving server availability. • Reducing IT costs. The purpose of this paper is to provide guidance and best practices for deploying Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 in a virtualized environment with Windows Server® 2008 R2 Hyper V™ technology. This paper has been carefully composed to be relevant to organizations of any size.

TechNet Magazine – Fevereiro 2012

A edição de Fevereiro 2012 da TechNet Magazine já está disponível para leitura online.

• Editor’s Note: Manage the Migration

Artigos em Destaque:

• Windows 7: Group Policy Preferences
  By William R. Stanek
  Group Policy preferences let you control computers in a number of ways. Think of them as unmanaged settings for your computers and users.
• IT Management: Audit Those Windows Servers
  By Tom Kemp
  Often times, it’s difficult to articulate the business justification for auditing efforts and expenses to senior management. Here are three major business reasons why you should audit your Windows Servers.
• Cloud Computing: Virtualization Classes
  By Kai Hwang , Jack Dongarra , and Geoffrey Fox
  There are several different approaches to—or classes of—virtualization, each suited to their own specific situations.
• SQL Server: SQL Server Delays Demystified
  By Glenn Berry , Louis Davidson , and Tim Ford
  You can use the tracking data for SQL Server transaction wait times to find overused resources and eliminate bottlenecks.
• System Center Operations Manager 2012: Expand Monitoring with Ease
  By Paul Schnackenburg
  The new System Center Operations Manager promises to bring better integrated and extended network monitoring capabilities.
• Microsoft Project: Plan Better with Microsoft Project
  By Eric Uyttewaal
  When planning and executing IT project plans, defaulting to using Excel could impede your progress. It could be worth learning Microsoft Project
• Microsoft Lync Server 2010: Access the Address Book with Ease
  By John Policelli
  One of the real benefits of Microsoft Lync Server is the seamless manner in which you can access the updated address book from any device.

Colunas:

• Exchange Queue & A: Migration Management
  By Henrik Walther
  Managing the migration process is always an issue. There are several ways to better streamline and control the process.
• Windows Confidential: Power to the Power User
  By Raymond Chen
  The line between a power user and a full-on administrator is a thin line indeed. A power user is just an administrator who doesn't realize it yet. They're just a couple of simple steps away.
• Utility Spotlight: Create and Manage Virtual Machines
  By Lance Whitney
  Microsoft Virtual PC gives you all the functionality you need to manage virtual machines, including running them in Windows XP mode.
• Windows PowerShell: Revisiting Reports
  By Don Jones
  Text-based reports can be dull and less informative, so why not use Windows PowerShell to generate HTML reports?
• Toolbox: New Products for IT Professionals
  By Greg Steen
  This month's tools will help you verify e-mail messages sent via a messaging service, seamlessly integrate multiple monitors, and copy and paste plain text.
• Geek of All Trades: Cheating Isn't Always Bad
  By Greg Shields
  You can cheat a bit by updating WIMs offline with Windows Updates. Here's how.

Actualização do filtro Junk Email do Outlook – Fevereiro 2012

Está disponível uma nova actualização para o filtro Junk E-mail do Outlook 2003/2007/2010.

"Esta atualização fornece ao Filtro de Correio Eletrónico Publicitário Não Solicitado do Microsoft Office Outlook uma definição mais atual das mensagens de correio eletrónico que deverão ser consideradas correio eletrónico publicitário não solicitado."

O download está disponível para as versões Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007 e Outlook 2010 (32-bit, 64-bit) ou através do Microsoft Update. Como é habitual, está acompanhado pelo respectivo artigo da Knowledge Base:

• Atualização para o Filtro de Correio Eletrónico de Lixo do Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 (KB2597968)
• Atualização para Microsoft Office 2007 suites (KB2597998)
• Actualização de definição para Microsoft Office 2010 (KB982726)

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• E-mail shines in Windows 8 with radical overhaul of mail client
• Update Rollup 1 for Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2
• Microsoft Releases Outlook Troubleshooting Tools
• Understanding the bug fix for OAB downloads in Exchange 2010 SP2 RU1
• Better Searching in Outlook 2010
• A Few Hotfixes to Consider…
• Exchange Databases Failover Due to Low Memory
• The case of the missing Free/Busy public folder pt.2
• Getting Started with Exchange Server 2010 Client Access Server Arrays
• How to Remove the Default Public Folder Database for an Exchange Mailbox Database
• Windows 8 Mail Client and Exchange ActiveSync Policies
• Installing Exchange Server 2010 on Windows Server 8 Beta
• ESE Access to Exchange: Spamcops!
• Introducing Exchange 2007/2010 Anti-Spam Agent Logging
• Microsoft Partnership To Bring Encrypted E-Mail for Windows Phones
• HowTo Series Sample 1 - Unused Mailbox report for Exchange 2010
• HowTo Series Sample 2 - Accessing System Public Folders : OAB Stats script
• protocol logging on “invisible” send connectors in exchange 2010
• “this is a pending certificate signing request (csr)” status even after importing the third party certificate
• Deep dive into rich coexistence between Exchange Forests (Part 7)
• Using Exchange Control Panel (ECP) to manage an Exchange Organization (Part 3)
• Trim down the list of translation languages
• Setting Export filter criteria
• Microsoft Fix it Center Pro Now Available and Supports (Exchange & Lync)
• Exchange 2010: User Permission Enumeration Script
• Relaying with Exchange Online: sometimes an unexpected endeavor
• Why sharing real-life support tools is so important

Leitura de fim-de-semana

• The CalCheck Tool for Microsoft Outlook
• Prioritizing Exchange 2010 mailbox move requests
• Product Review: HP E5000 Messaging System for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
• OCAT: Microsoft's Outlook Configuration Analysis tool
• The war on graymail after 90 days: Over 100 million sweeps, cleanups and newsletters filtered
• How do you find the information you need?
• Two PowerShell functions for getting and setting UAC status
• PowerShell function to show balloon tips
• Programatically add keys and values to edgetransport.exe.config for Exchange 2010
• Fix for Dutch “Global Addresslist” issue w/Exchange 2010 SP2
• How to Configure a File Share Witness for an Exchange 2010 Database Availability Group
• Exchange 2010 FAQ: Can You Automate Rebalancing a Database Availability Group?
• Exchange Server 2010 Email Address Policies
• BRANCHCACHE for Exchange 2010 OAB Download How-To
• It Takes a Long Time…
• CalCheck - The Outlook Calendar Checking Tool
• EWS Managed API and Powershell How-To series Part 4 - Items Part 2
• Using SharePoint to Provide Public Folder Functionality
• Preventing AutoReply Storms (Part 2)
• Accessing/sharing non-default Outlook folders
• Including a screenshot or clipping in your email
• Your chance to improve the Exchange Server documentation
• 7 Important Microsoft Exchange Server Innovations

Outlook Configuration Analyzer Tool & CalCheck

A Microsoft Outlook Configuration Analyzer Tool está disponível para download.

Brief Description
The Outlook Configuration Analyzer Tool (OCAT ) provides a quick and easy method to analyze your Microsoft Office Outlook profile for common configurations that may cause problems in Outlook. This can be very useful for busy Help Desk personnel when end-users call for help with Outlook or when you want to identify possible issues with Outlook proactively.

Overview
The Outlook Configuration Analyzer Tool provides a detailed report of your current Outlook profile. This report includes many parameters about your profile, and it highlights any known problems that are found in your profile. For any problems that are listed in the report, you are provided a link to a Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article that describes a possible fix for the problem. If you are a Help Desk professional, you can also export the report to a file. Then, the report can be viewed in the Outlook Configuration Analyzer Tool on another client computer where the tool is installed.

 

Para quem está interessado noutras ferramentas de troubleshooting do Outlook, no mesmo dia também foi disponibilzada a  Calendar Checking Tool for Outlook.

Overview
The Calendar Checking Tool for Outlook is a command-line program that checks Outlook Calendars for problems. To use this tool, the Outlook calendar must reside on a Microsoft Exchange Server. The tool does not work with IMAP, with POP3, or with other non-Exchange mail servers.
The tool opens an Outlook profile, opens the Outlook Calendar, and then checks several things such as permissions, free/busy publishing, and auto booking. Then, the tool checks each item in the calendar folder for problems that can cause items to seem to be missing or that might otherwise cause problems in the Calendar.

Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2010 SP2

O Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 já está disponível para download. De acordo com um post no Microsoft Exchange team blog, estas são as principais correções:

• New updates for Dec DST - Exchange 2010 - SP2 RU1 - Display name for OWA.
• 2616230 Exchange 2010 CAS server treats UTF-7 encoding NAMESPACE string from CHS Exchange 2003 BE server as ASCII, caused IMAP client fails to login.
• 2599663 RCA crashes when recipient data is stored in bad format.
• 2492082 Freebusy publish to Public Folders fails with 8207 event.
• 2666233 Manage hybrid configuration wizard won't accept domains starting with a numeral for FOPE outbound connector FQDN.
• 2557323 "UseLocalReplicaForFreeBusy" functionality needed in Exchange 2010.
• 2621266 Exchange 2010 Mailbox Databases not reclaiming space.
• 2543850 Exchange 2010 GAL based Outlook rule not filtering emails correctly.

Overview
Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 since the software was released. This update rollup is highly recommended for all Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 customers.
For a list of changes that are included in this update rollup, see KB2645995.

System requirements

Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7, 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 Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP Service Pack 3

• Exchange Server 2010 must be installed prior to installing this update rollup.
• Any Interim Updates for Exchange Server 2010 must be uninstalled prior to installing this update rollup.

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Microsoft Exchange PST Capture v.14.03.0016.004

A ferramenta Microsoft Exchange PST Capture v.14.03.0016.004 está disponível para download.

Overview
Microsoft Exchange PST Capture is used to discover and import .pst files into Exchange Server or Exchange Online.

Overview
PST Capture is used to discover and import Outlook Personal Folder (.pst) File Format files into Exchange Server and Exchange Online. PST Capture helps an organization that wishes to gain more control over their email data repositories by placing them into Exchange. By optionally installing PST Capture Agents on target machines, administrators can determine where .pst files are located and who their file owner is via the PST Capture Console. Administrators can import .pst files via Import Lists to Exchange Server or Exchange Online. Data can be directly imported into the primary mailbox or associated archive mailbox.

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Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2007 SP3

O Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 já está disponível para download.

Overview
Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (SP3) resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2007 SP3 since the software was released. This update rollup is highly recommended for all Exchange Server 2007 SP3 customers.
For a list of changes that are included in this update rollup, see KB2608656.
This update rollup does not apply to Exchange Server 2007 Release To Manufacturing (RTM), Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2).
For a list of update rollups applicable to Exchange Server 2007 RTM , Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2), refer to the Knowledge Base article KB937052.

System requirements
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7, Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 editions, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP Service Pack 3

Exchange Server 2007 SP3 must be installed prior to installing this update rollup.
This update rollup cannot be installed if you are using Exchange Server 2007 RTM, Exchange Server 2007 SP1 or Exchange Server 2007 SP2.
Any Interim Updates for Exchange Server 2007 must be uninstalled prior to installing this update rollup.

Outlook Social Connector Provider for Facebook v14.0

O Microsoft Outlook Social Connector Provider for Facebook v14.0 está disponível para download.

Brief Description
Connect your Facebook account to the Outlook Social Connector and stay up to the minute with the people in your network by accessing everything from e-mail threads to status updates in one single, centralized view.

Overview
The Microsoft Outlook Social Connector Provider for Facebook allows you to connect your Facebook account to the Outlook Social Connector and obtain information about your friends and colleagues. You can see status updates and recently posted items from your Facebook contacts.
You can also use Outlook Social Connector to display a quick view of related Outlook content when you click on an email from a contact, such as recent e-mail conversations, meetings, and shared attachments to help you easily track your communications
NOTE: The Microsoft Outlook Social Connector Provider requires Microsoft Outlook Social Connector and the related update (KB983403) to be installed. If these components are not already installed on your machine, the Microsoft Outlook Social Connector Provider for Facebook will download and install the necessary updates from the Microsoft Download Center before completing the provider installation.