Okay so I have an Exchange 2003 Virtual Server image and I thought I would see what the deal was.
So I created a reoccuring meeting request over the time change period. Then Installed the Windows 2003 Patch with no problem. Next was the Exchange 2003 Patch. That wanted me to close down w3wp.exe, MMC and MOMHost. Interesting as the MMC wasn't running :-| I chose continue and the patch installed and wanted a reboot!
So next was the outlook tool. It's a mere 8.27mb in size, and you see how large the installed files are below. It looks like a universal binary file that contains both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the tool in one package. Once you install the exe it drops two files into the folder below:
It will then run tzmove.exe and you get this:
If you click on the Icon in the bar on the top left you can select the about screen:
Choose the options you want and then click OK. You will see the progress screen:
In my case it didn't make any changes. Don't know why? and you get this dialog
It does have a command line too, KB 931667 was updated on the 28th Jan 2007. About 3/4 of the way down you see: Command-line parameter options.
On the downloadable package you have 3 switches
/extract, /quite and /?. I suspect /quite will be the most used one. It will do a silent install and run, and drops a log file in to %temp%. It actually looks like it always generates a log file, even if you use the GUI! The /extract switch extract the file to an MSI
Once you have installed the update, you have two switches to use. /ONLYRECURRING and /MAXAPPTS. Check KB 931667 for what they do, but it seems that the initiate the GUI.
Have a play and let me know how you get on
I have a test domain setup with an Exchange server. It worked ok for me. I tried with calendar items and meetings with only one person. I'm going back to my base image and trying with multiple user meetings and other things.
I have multiple workstations in my environment running Outlook 2003. Each individual who logs onto the workstation has a profile that resides in c:\docs & settings\profilename. Each user has a Profile set up in Outlook. My question is this: will each individual user who logs onto the workstation have to run this outlook dst2007 tool under each of their individual logons? It sounds like they will but I just want confirmation. What a pain that they have to be an administrator to install the package. I don't know if I want to run the Exchange Tool due to how long it can take for a large mail store. Does anyone have experience with the Exchange Tool? What was your experience?
I was able to extract the MSI file and can apply this and install it using a GPO, but how do you remotely run the application using GPO afterwards in order to update the users calendar without their intervention?