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Now it's easy to switch to Google Apps from Microsoft #Exchange

Interesting: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/03/now-its-easy-switch-to-google-apps-from.html

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 9:00 AM

Today we're making it a lot easier for customers of Microsoft Exchange to go Google with Apps. Google Apps Migration for Microsoft® Exchange is a new server-side tool that migrates your company's email, calendar and contact data from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps.

With the tool, migrations are:

  • Easy: set it up in just 4 steps
  • Efficient: select the combination of mail, calendar and contact data that you want to move, with the option of doing so in phases
  • Fast: migrate hundreds of users at the same time
  • Painless: employees can continue to use Microsoft Exchange during the migration without interruption or any involvement on their part

Switch from Microsoft Exchange

Google Apps delivers savings, security and innovation

Get 25GB inboxes, video chat, anti-virus/spam protection, disaster recovery, and a 99.9% uptime SLA for $50 per user per year with Google Apps Premier Edition.

Posted: 19 March 2010 18:35 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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#Exchange Server 2007 Update Rollup 3 for Service Pack 2

#Exchange2007

Update Rollup 3 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 KB979784

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.

This is a cumulative update rollup and replaces the following:

  • KB971534 Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (KB971534)
  • KB972076 Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (KB972076)
Before you install an update rollup or a service pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site: How to Install the Latest Service Pack or Update Rollup for Exchange 2007 (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee221147(EXCHG.80).aspx)

For more information about prerequisites, installation instructions, and known issues, visit the following Microsoft Web site: Applying Exchange 2007 Update Rollups to Clustered Mailbox Servers
(http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb885043(EXCHG.80).aspx)


Details from Revision 1.1 of the KB (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=979784)

  • 976108 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976108/ ) "451 4.4.0 DNS Query Failed" status message in an Exchange Server 2007 Edge Transport server
  • 976460 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976460/ ) Later updates do not match a calendar item that an Exchange Server 2007 user updates by using Exchange ActiveSync on a mobile device
  • 977179 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977179/ ) You receive an "0x800423f0" error message when you perform system state backups on the passive node of Windows Server 2008-based Exchange Server 2007 CCR clusters
  • 977531 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977531/ ) An external recipient misses the last occurrence of a recurring meeting request or a recurring appointment that is sent from an Exchange Server 2007 user
  • 977923 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977923/ ) The Edgetransport.exe process crash when it process meeting requests in Exchange Server 2007
  • 978137 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978137/ ) The subject of a confirmation message is garbled for certain languages when a remote device wipe operation is performed in Exchange Server 2007
  • 978200 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978200/ ) The sender address of a forwarded meeting request does not include "on behalf of" as expected in an Exchange Server 2003 organization and an Exchange Server 2007 organization mixed environment
  • 978253 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978253/ ) A SSL certificate validation error is generated on an Exchange Server 2007 server when you run any test commands after you run the Test-SystemHealth command
  • 978469 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978469/ ) A mailbox that was moved from an Exchange Server 2007 server to an Exchange Server 2010 server cannot be accessed by using Outlook
  • 978517 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978517/ ) The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service stops responding on an Exchange Server 2007 server
  • 978521 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978521/ ) The synchronization and the reconciliation between Microsoft Office Outlook and a BlackBerry mobile device fails when a mailbox is moved around between two Exchange Server 2007
  • 978528 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978528/ ) The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service crashes on a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 server when a user tries to access a specific calendar item
  • 978832 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978832/ ) Read items are marked incorrectly as unread items in an Exchange Server 2007 public folder
  • 979055 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979055/ ) A delegate cannot save three settings of Resource Settings for an Exchange Server 2007 resource mailbox in OWA
  • 979170 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979170/ ) You receive an error message when you use ExBPA to schedule a scan on an Exchange Server 2007 SP2 server
  • 979219 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979219/ ) The store.exe process hangs on an Exchange Server 2007 server
Posted: 19 March 2010 18:26 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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HP Sizer for Microsoft #Exchange Server 2010

#Exchange2010 .. I know you have already seen this, but here it is again!

http://h71019.www7.hp.com/ActiveAnswers/us/en/sizers/microsoft-exchange-server-2010.html

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 is a complex application that requires intensive knowledge of deployment strategies, interdependencies, server and storage performance related issues. HP has developed the HP Sizer for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 to assist customers with proper server and storage sizing for their Exchange Server 2010 deployments. The algorithms developed and implemented in this tool are based upon extensive testing of Exchange Server 2010 server roles and technologies, HP’s deep experience with Microsoft Exchange, and intricate knowledge of server CPU, memory, and I/O subsystems. This tool is free to download and use, and is designed to simplify configuration across a broad range of deployments. This newest Microsoft Exchange Server Sizer provides support for multiple site deployments, varied client types and access methods, all Exchange Server 2010 server roles, Database Availability Group (DAG) high availability options, choice of tower, rack mounted, or HP BladeSystem server platforms, and either direct attached or SAN-based storage solutions. Based on your input, the tool provides a comprehensive bill of materials along with a deployment overview of the Exchange Server 2010 server roles and storage configurations. Once this Sizer is installed, updates can be downloaded automatically to the underlying software engines that are necessary to provide support for HP server and storage product information details.

Posted: 17 March 2010 19:16 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Should #Exchange 2010 use DAS or SAN

#Exchange2010 .. This makes an interesting read

http://wikibon.org/wiki/v/Should_Exchange_2010_use_DAS_or_SAN

Posted: 11 March 2010 20:24 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Patients' medical records go online without consent

Interesting, wonder what the process is to say NO!


Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7408379/Patients-medical-records-go-online-without-consent.html

Those who do not wish to have their details on the £11 billion computer system are supposed to be able to opt out by informing health authorities.

But doctors have accused the Government of rushing the project through, meaning that patients have had their details uploaded to the database before they have had a chance to object.

The "summary" records contain basic medical information including illnesses, vaccination history, and could include medication patients have been given. Ages and addresses are also included.

Patients are supposed to be notified by letter at least 12 weeks before their details go live on the system and given the chance to opt out.

Posted: 10 March 2010 06:07 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Hard drive evolution could hit Microsoft XP users

Interesting


Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8557144.stm

Hard drives are about to undergo one of the biggest format shifts in 30 years.

By early 2011 all hard drives will use an "advanced format" that changes how they go about saving the data people store on them.

The move to the advanced format will make it easier for hard drive makers to produce bigger drives that use less power and are more reliable

Posted: 09 March 2010 15:29 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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#Exchange 2010 & NetApp Deduplication

#Exchange2010 .. This is an interesting blog by Mark Arnold


Source:http://markarnold.blogspot.com/2010/03/exchange-2010-netapp-deduplication.html

Lots of testing of various stores under various situations. As you know SIS has been eliminated from Exchange 2010 and a form of store compression introduced. This, along with the other capabilities of the NetApp platform have played right into our hands. NetApp is the only vendor to offer deduplication on primary data. The deduplication is not an in-line process but rather is scheduled. Hourly, twice daily, daily, weekly, whatever. You set it to suit your requirements.

Posted: 09 March 2010 14:45 by Paul Flaherty | 1 Comments
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SharePoint 2010 & Office 2010 Launch

A few days late :-|


Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2010/03/05/sharepoint-2010-office-2010-launch.aspx

Today, we officially announced that May 12th, 2010, is the launch date for SharePoint 2010 & Office 2010. In addition, we announced our intent to RTM (Release to Manufacturing) this April 2010.

Posted: 09 March 2010 12:09 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Lucozade to lose colour linked to hyperactivity

Isn’t that the whole idea of Lucozade?


Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1256242/Lucozade-lose-orange-colour-linked-hyperactivity.html

Lucozade could lose its distinctive orange colour because research has shown the colouring agent Sunset Yellow is linked to hyperactive behaviour. GlaxoSmithKline is struggling to find a replacement for the food additive, and has decided to put a warning label on bottles until the chemical is removed

Posted: 08 March 2010 12:36 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Released: Update Rollup 2 for #Exchange Server 2010

#Exchange2010 RU2

http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/03/05/454155.aspx
Exchange CXP team has released Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2010 RTM (KB 979611) to the download center.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979611
Taken from: Revision: 1.0 March 4, 2010 .. Issues that the update rollup fixes

Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2010 fixes the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) articles:

977633 Certain third-party IMAP4 clients cannot connect to Exchange Server 2003 mailboxes through an Exchange Server 2010 CAS server
In a mixed Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 environment, the Exchange Server 2003 mailboxes are accessed through an Exchange Server 2010 Client Access Server (CAS) server. In this case, users cannot access their Exchange Server 2003 mailboxes by using certain third-party IMAP4 clients. Additionally, the users may receive the following error message:

"Login to server <servername> failed"

979431 The POP3 service crashes when a user connects to a mailbox through the POP3 protocol and the user is migrated from an Exchange Server 2003 server to an Exchange Server 2010 server
Consider the following scenario:

  • You migrate a mailbox from a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 server to a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 server.
  • A user connects to this mailbox through the POP3 protocol.
In this scenario, the POP3 service on the Exchange 2010 Client Access server crashes.

979480 Users cannot receive new messages if they access mailboxes that are moved to another Exchange Server 2010 RU1 server by using IMAP4 clients

  • You install Update Rollup 1 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 on computers that are running Exchange Server 2010.
  • You move mailboxes from one server to another server within the same database availability group.
  • Users access the mailboxes by using IMAP4 clients.
In this scenario, the users can view the old messages that were received before the mailboxes were moved. However, the users cannot view new messages.

979563 Exchange Server 2010 Push Notifications does not work
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 introduces an event notification subsystem which enables client applications to subscribe to particular events. Push Notification is a notification type in which the client application provides the Client Access server a callback address to a client-side Web service. Event notifications are delivered to this Web service. However, Push Notifications does not work as expected in Exchange Server 2010. Depending on the response of the client applications, a HTTP 500 error may be logged on the Exchange Server.

979566 A 0x85010014 error is generated when linked mailbox users try to synchronize their mailboxes with mobile devices in a CAS-CAS proxying scenario in Exchange Server 2010

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 servers are deployed in a Client Access server to Client Access server (CAS-CAS) proxying scenario.
  • Client Access server 1 locates in site 1.
  • Client Access server 2 locates in site 2.
  • Client Access server 1 is the Internet-facing server.
  • Client Access server 1 takes the proxying role.
  • There are linked mailboxes in site 2.
In this scenario, linked mailbox users receive a 0x85010014 error when the users try to synchronize their mailboxes with mobile devices

980261 This fix introduces the supports for Exchange Server 2010 page patching when a "-1022" disk I/O error is generated
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 high availability introduces a new Extensible Storage Engine mechanism known as page patching. When a database corruption is caused by minor disk faults, Exchange Server 2010 page patching automatically repairs the corrupted database by using one of the database copies that are configured for high availability. This fix introduces the supports for page patching when the Extensible Storage Engine "-1022" disk I/O error is generated.

980262 Event ID 2156 is logged on a computer that is running Exchange Server 2010
On a computer that is running Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, the following error message is logged in the Application log:

Log Name: Application
Source: MSExchangeRepl
Event ID: 2156
Task Category: Service
Level: Error
Description: The log copier for database '<database name>' could not send a log file to server '<target server which hold the passive copy>' because an I/O error occurred while attempting to access file '<database log file>' on source server <the server which holds the active copy>. Error: The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error.

After this error message is logged, you cannot move the database or copy a log file.

Posted: 06 March 2010 17:07 by Paul Flaherty | 2 Comments
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Microsoft Offers Users Rival Web Browsers

Kewl just noticed this … it’s an option in Windows Update

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Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8537763.stm

Microsoft is to ask millions of users across Europe if they want to use a web browser other than its own.

Windows users will be offered the choice as part of a deal Microsoft struck with the European Commission.

The agreement resolves a long-running case in which the software giant was accused of abusing its market position.

A pop-up window will prompt people to choose and install one of 12 different browsers or let them stick with Microsoft's Internet Explorer

Posted: 06 March 2010 16:22 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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#Exchange Server 2010 Help

#Exchange2010 .. Oh just stumbled across this ..

Use Exchange Server 2010 Help content to help you plan, deploy and manage your Exchange 2010 organization.

File Name Exch2010Help.exe
Version March2010
Date Published 3/3/2010

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8071c31f-45be-48dc-bfca-e1fb51f544d2&displaylang=en

Posted: 04 March 2010 10:36 by Paul Flaherty | 1 Comments
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Multiple or incorrect Coding Notices: information for employees and pensioners

Whoops! that might explain why I have two codes for two different companies :-|


Source: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/incometax/annual-coding-individuals.htm

HMRC has recently introduced the new National Insurance and PAYE Service (NPS) which we are using to issue tax coding notices for the first time. The transition to the new system has brought to light some discrepancies in our existing records and this is resulting in a number of incorrect Coding Notices being issued. This page gives you the latest information.

We have completed our analysis to identify areas where there may be discrepancies in the data held by NPS. We are now reviewing individual cases to correct as many of these discrepancies as possible before the start of the new tax year. We are doing all we can to ensure that no one pays too much tax from 6 April.

If your code number does not need to change for the 2010/11 tax year you will not be sent a Coding Notice. Your employer will continue to use your existing code number.

Posted: 02 March 2010 10:57 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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A Month in #Exchange: March 2010

#Exchange2010 …

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Microsoft Exchange … In Blog Posts and News from last month

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New Downloads available in February 2010

EMEA case study resources
Avanade Case Study
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=76cb47e0-546a-4212-9b4a-c58959427b0d

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 Help
The Exchange Server 2007 SP2 Help can help you in the day-to-day administration of Exchange. Use this information to guide you through Exchange Server 2007 SP2 features, tasks, and administration procedures.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=85c5ef71-6a1f-4eb0-9ff3-3feee6057e96

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and Outlook Standards Documentation
The Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and Outlook Standards documentation is intended for use in conjunction with publicly available standard specifications and network programming art, and assumes that the reader either is familiar with the aforementioned material or has immediate access to it. A protocol specification does not require the use of Microsoft programming tools or programming environments in order for you to develop an implementation. If you have access to Microsoft programming tools and environments you are free to take advantage of them.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=6fa94dc9-d4b6-402b-8c22-8a52acea2284

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) Release Notes
The Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP2 Release Notes contain late-breaking information for Exchange Server 2007.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ee7829a3-0ae8-44de-822c-908cd1034523

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Protocol Documentation
The Microsoft Exchange Server protocols documentation provides detailed technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols (including extensions to industry-standard or other published protocols) used by Microsoft Exchange Server to communicate with other Microsoft products.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=a9aae935-ad23-4117-a3d9-9ed6093d6d7f

Infrastructure Planning and Design
The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides are the next version of Windows Server System Reference Architecture. The guides in this series help clarify and streamline design processes for Microsoft infrastructure technologies, with each guide addressing a unique infrastructure technology or scenario.

  • Updated! Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6
  • Updated! IPD Series Introduction – guide version 2.1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ad3921fb-8224-4681-9064-075fdf042b0c

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* New On-Demand Web Content from February 2010

TechNet Webcast: Network Considerations for Deploying Communications Server 2007 R2 (Level 300)
Deploying and scaling Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 in your enterprise network requires thoughtful consideration to ensure the quality of experience for end users. In this webcast, we discuss the features of Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 R2 that are relevant to the network administrator, including codecs, quality monitoring, quality of service (QoS), and virtual local area network (VLAN) support. Discover how large enterprises have used these features, along with network right-provisioning and bandwidth planning, for their own successful OCS deployments, and learn how to apply these techniques to your enterprise network.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032439127&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2010 Upgrade and Coexistence with Exchange Server 2007 and 2003 (Level 200)
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
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032438996&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

TechNet Webcast: Yankee Group: Analyst Perspectives on Office Communications Server and the Enterprise Network (Level 200)
Join Microsoft for a special webcast presented by two highly respected analysts from the Yankee Group (www.yankeegroup.com) as they discuss their perspectives on unified communications (UC), customer deployments of Microsoft Office Communications Server, and the effects of UC on enterprise networks. In this webcast, we look at UC through the lens of a strategic collaboration platform, consider four diverse customer UC deployment case studies, review recommendations and best practices regarding network considerations for implementing UC, and we discuss the costs and benefits of Office Communications Server, including a look at the potential savings. Don't miss this chance for a unique, third-party perspective of Microsoft unified communications offerings and customer deployments.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032440895&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

TechNet Webcast: Voice Administration and Monitoring for Communications Server 2007 R2 (Level 300)
If you have deployed Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 or are about to start your deployment, it is critical that you have the right monitoring and administration approach. Attend this this webcast to learn about the Microsoft Quality of Experience approach to voice quality monitoring and how you can incorporate this approach into your deployment.  

This webcast covers the fundamentals of the various voice-related administration and monitoring capabilities within Communications Server 2007 R2. We discuss voice-related monitoring theory and practice, how to ensure your Communications Server deployments are set up for successful monitoring, and how to integrate Communications Server monitoring with other management products so that you can fix problems before they affect your users
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032440397&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

TechNet Webcast: Information Protection and Control in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 (Level 300) 
Are you worried about employees accidentally leaking valuable corporate e-mail? In this webcast, we introduce new methods of information protection and control powered by Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, including a new transport rule for moderation, dynamic signatures, and application of rights management. We also discuss the use of Active Directory Rights Management Service in parallel with Exchange Server, and we explain how new features in Exchange Server 2010 can be applied to real-world messaging control scenarios.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032440403&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

TechNet Webcast: Voice Architecture and Planning for Communications Server 2007 R2 (Level 300)
Do you want to know the architecture behind the voice features in Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2, and what it would take to deploy the product? In this webcast, we present the deployment scenarios for enterprise voice functionality, including sizing and topology considerations, call routing and management, and interoperability with existing telephony infrastructure. Whether you are interested in blending voice features and functionality with your enterprise IP-PBX or exploring how Communications Server 2007 R2 can be used as a peer voice platform, this webcast provides you with the framework and knowledge to confidently move forward with your Communications Server deployment.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032440405&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

Microsoft Office System Webcast: Tips and Tricks for Outlook 2007 (Level 100)
We invite you to attend a Live Meeting presentation that will help you get the most out of Outlook 2007. Learn about new features and timesavers to help you in your day-to-day work. This session is good for beginner and intermediate users. We’ll also include a look at some of the new features in Office 2010.

The time you take to attend this session can help save you time later – past participants report saving from 15 to over 30 minutes a day after attending a Tips and Tricks session. Led by an expert Microsoft technology presenter, the session will be informative and entertaining, designed to help you learn how to work more effectively.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032442268&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

TechNet Webcast: Getting the Most Out of Exchange Server 2010: Performance and Scalability (Level 300)

Selecting the right server hardware for a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 deployment becomes much easier when you know the product team's scalability and performance guidelines. In this webcast, we review the product team's guidance for the processor and memory requirements of each server role in Exchange Server 2010. We discuss a number of key performance enhancements from this release, and we explain how to use related tools like the Exchange Storage Calculator, Exchange Profile Analyzer, Loadgen, and Jetstress to take the guesswork out of server sizing
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032441262&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

Momentum Webcast: Secure Messaging and Collaboration (Level 100)
Please join us for the Microsoft-led seminar Secure Messaging and Collaboration, where you can learn how secure messaging and collaboration is a key tenet of the Microsoft business-ready security approach
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032432854&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 High Availability (Level 300)
Welcome to the future of Microsoft Exchange high availability. In this webcast we reveal the changes and improvements to the built-in high-availability platform in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, including a unified solution for high availability and disaster recovery that is quick to deploy and easy to manage. Join us to learn about all of the new features in Exchange Server 2010 that make it the most resilient, highly available version of Microsoft Exchange yet.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032441266&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Webcasts of interest showing at a desktop near you in March 2010

Monday, March 01, 2010: TechNet Webcast: Hyper-V for the VMware Administrator (Level 300)
If you are a VMware administrator or you are considering a virtualization platform purchase, then this webcast is for you. Using demonstrations, we compare Microsoft and VMware virtualization platforms and highlight the differences in the two platforms. Topics we cover include Failover Clustering, the Microsoft high availability solution; live migration, how Microsoft does VMotion; using Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO) to move virtual machines; and much more. 
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032441810

Tuesday, March 02, 2010: TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Audio Conferencing Deep Dive (Level 200)
Are you familiar with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 dial-in conferencing and want to go deeper into the technical details? Or, are you thinking about deploying dial-in conferencing but have not yet done so? Attend this webcast for a demonstration of how Communications Server 2007 R2 works in practice, and get a detailed look at component interactions and call flows.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032441774

Wednesday, March 03, 2010: TechNet Webcast: Monitoring, Backing Up, and Restoring Exchange Server 2010 with System Center (Level 300)
Microsoft System Center helps you get the most from your mission-critical messaging infrastructure with management solutions that enhance the availability features built into Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. In this webcast, we look at how System Center can improve the health and availability of your servers running Exchange with the Exchange Server 2010 Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2007 and Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007. System Center has application awareness built into its management solutions to help deliver guidance and best practices to Exchange administrators, ensuring service level agreements (SLAs) are met and saving organizations money.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032437151

Thursday, March 04, 2010: TechNet Webcast: Discover the New OWA: Outlook Web App (Level 200)
Outlook Web App provides the most robust Web experience for accessing Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. With Outlook Web App, users get more ways to communicate from the Web, including the new Outlook Web App instant messaging (IM) and SMS sync features, changes made to the conversation view, new communication types, and presentation methods in Outlook Web App that can increase user productivity. Attend this webcast to learn about Outlook Web Access and to see demonstrations of new features like MailTips, side-by-side calendars, delegate access, and delivery reports. We focus on the new end-user functions in Outlook Web App 2010, walk you through the configuration of IM with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2, and demonstrate how to troubleshoot common configuration errors in setting up Outlook Web App IM.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032441267

Wednesday, March 10, 2010: TechNet Webcast: Information About Microsoft March Security Bulletins (Level 200)
Join us for a brief overview of the technical details of the March security bulletins. We intend to address your concerns in this webcast, therefore, most of the webcast is devoted to attendees asking questions about the bulletins and getting answers from Microsoft security experts.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032427711

Thursday, March 11, 2010: TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Management and Operations (Level 200)
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 includes new capabilities that make the operation of your Exchange environment more efficient. Attend this webcast to discover how Microsoft made the Exchange Management Console more powerful, extended the reach of PowerShell, made it easier to delegate management tasks, and built Web-based tools to make the job of managing Exchange easier than ever. Join us to learn more.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032441269

Tuesday, March 16, 2010: TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Unified Messaging (Level 300)
Unified messaging in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 made it possible to connect with a telephone system and put voice mail into an Outlook inbox. In this webcast, we demonstrate how deeper use of speech recognition in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 unified messaging makes "anywhere access" to information even easier. We also discuss other new features, product architecture, and upgrading from Exchange Server 2007.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032442907

Tuesday, March 23, 2010: TechNet Webcast: Deploying and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Transport Servers (Level 200)
The transport server role in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 provides some exciting new management functionality that makes mail flow issues easier to monitor and diagnose. In this webcast, we show you the best ways to take advantage this functionality, including Direct Deliver, Shadow Redundancy, and transport service level agreement (SLA) measurement and reporting. Learn how to plan for the most efficient transition to Exchange Server 2010, whether you are moving from Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 or Exchange Server 2003
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032441274

Thursday, March 25, 2010: TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Storage Architecture (Level 300)
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 carries on the tradition begun in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 of dramatically reducing mailbox storage costs. Attend this webcast to learn about the new levels of storage flexibility in Exchange Server 2010, and find out the technical details to help you select the right storage solution for your Exchange Server 2010 environment. We focus on how the storage architecture in Exchange Server 2010 has evolved and goes beyond the investments previously made to positively impact Microsoft customers.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032442911

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Technical White Papers for Exchange Server 2007
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc164340.aspx

White Paper: Configuring Virtual Organizations and Address List Segregation in Exchange 2007
Topic Last Modified: 2010-01-28
This white paper provides the information that you need in order to configure Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 with multiple address lists so different groups of users can have their own address list and secure those address lists so that groups of users can only see their specific address list.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb936719(EXCHG.80).aspx

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Technical White Papers for Exchange Server 2010
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd795096(EXCHG.140).aspx

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Exchange 2007 Documentation Updates
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc164372.aspx

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Documentation Updates from the Exchange Team Blog http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/category/11153.aspx

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* New KBs from Last Month
New means they appear in KB as Revision 1.0! 
Exchange 5.5:  http://kbalertz.com/Technology_55.aspx
Exchange 2000: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_53.aspx
Exchange 2003: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_313.aspx
Exchange 2007: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_515.aspx
Exchange 2010: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_1282.aspx
Exchange 2010 Coexistence: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_1281.aspx
Forefront For Exchange: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_523.aspx
Communications Server 2007: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_557.aspx

February 19, 2010
980048 Error message when you try to submit an HTTP POST programmatically to Exchange Server 2010 Web Services: "HTTP 404 Resource Not Found"

February 15, 2010
979704 Description of Update Rollup 6 for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 4.5

February 10, 2010
980050 The Exchange Server 2010 setup on a Hyper-V virtual machine fails and a “2147504141” error occurs

February 8, 2010
979177You cannot use Outlook 2003 to connect to an Exchange 2003 server by using RPC over HTTPS

February 5, 2010
978973 Error message when you try to install Forefront Security for Exchange or Antigen 9.0 for Exchange: "Setup failed to create the Antigen resource and configuration in the EVS"

February 2, 2010
978775 You cannot remove the OWA virtual directory from IIS 7 on an Exchange Server 2007 server

February 1, 2010
979174 Event ID: 1035 is logged when some e-mail messages are stuck in a remote delivery queue in a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 environment or in a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 environment
975807After you install Exchange Server 2007 CCR Service Pack 2, the Exchange Management Console displays an error: "Warning: The server administrator '<CCR_node>' not a member of the Exchange View-Only Administrators"

Posted: 01 March 2010 13:30 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Amazon, Microsoft in cross-licensing deal with Kindle

More interesting news .. not sure about the Linux stuff :-|


Source: http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/02/22/microsoft.deal.may.hint.at.courier.plans/

Amazon and Microsoft tonight agreed to a cross-licensing deal for each other's patents. The deal gives Microsoft special access to technology behind the Kindle reader as well as Amazon's implementation of Linux on servers. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed, including what technology Amazon would get, but the online retailer will pay Microsoft an unmentioned sum as part of the transaction.

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Iron Mountain Acquires Mimosa Systems

Interesting, cheap as chips .. only $112 million in cash


Source: http://www.ironmountain.com/mimosa/

BOSTON (Feb. 22, 2010) – Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), an information management services company, today announced it has acquired Santa Clara, Calif.-based Mimosa Systems, Inc., a leader in enterprise-class content archiving solutions, for approximately $112 million in cash, subject to closing adjustments. The deal provides Iron Mountain with an integrated archive for email, SharePoint data and files, and gives the company an on-premises archiving option to complement its existing cloud-based archives.

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A Month in #Exchange: February 2010

#Exchange2010 … You have got to be joking what happened to January? …

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Microsoft Exchange … In Blog Posts and News from December 2009

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New Downloads available in January 2010

Quick Start Guide for Outlook Voice Access 2010
Outlook Voice Access lets UM-enabled users to access their Exchange 2010 mailbox using analog, digital, or cellular telephones. By using the menu system found in Outlook Voice Access, UM-enabled users can read e-mail, listen to voice messages, and interact with their Outlook calendar. This quick reference sheet shows the navigational tree and the options that are available to UM-enabled users when they are using Outlook Voice Access.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=77f1f82e-5da1-4ab5-9969-d1eb72b2ee0f

Microsoft Exchange Server MAPI Client and Collaboration Data Objects 1.2.1
The Messaging API is a COM-like API that provides access to the contents of messaging stores. CDO 1.2.1 (Collaboration Data Objects, version 1.2.1) is a package providing access to Outlook-compatible objects through a COM-based API. Using either CDO or MAPI, a program can connect to a MAPI store, and then perform operations against that store. Starting with Exchange 2007, Microsoft will distribute the MAPI client libraries and CDO 1.2.1 as a Web download.
File Name: ExchangeMapiCdo.EXE
Version: 6.5.8153.0
Date Published: 1/12/2010
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=94274318-27c4-4d8d-9bc5-3e6484286b1f

Collaboration Data Objects, version 1.2.1
CDO 1.2.1 (Collaboration Data Objects, version 1.2.1) is a package providing access to Outlook-compatible objects through a COM-based API. Using CDO, a program can connect to a MAPI store, and then perform operations against that store, including creating and processing calendar items, and resolving and handling mail recipients. Starting with Exchange Server 2007 and Outlook 2007, Microsoft will distribute CDO 1.2.1 as a Web download, separated from the two products.
File Name: ExchangeCdo.EXE
Version: 6.5.8153.0
Date Published: 1/12/2010

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=2714320d-c997-4de1-986f-24f081725d36

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* New On-Demand Web Content from January 2009

Momentum Webcast: Top Five Reasons to Upgrade to Exchange Server 2010 and Why You Should Care (Level 200)
Organizations want their communication tools to be cost-effective and flexible. Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 helps you achieve new levels of reliability and performance by delivering features that simplify your administration, help protect your communications, and delight your users by meeting their demands for greater business mobility. Microsoft Exchange is the cornerstone of the Microsoft unified communications solution, and it has long been the choice of organizations that want to enable rich and productive collaboration among their users.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032432844&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

TechNet Webcast: Get Ready for Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010 Release Candidate (Level 300)
Hopefully you have been enjoying the DPM 2010 beta since September, but we are almost finished with the Release Candidate and our last milestones towards delivery.  In this webcast, we will demonstrate the pre-RC that our early adopters have been running in production.  We’ll demonstrate the new Windows client protection capabilities, the new SQL/SharePoint/Exchange protection and recovery features, as well as the enhanced Disaster Recovery scenario.  We’ll also update you on our auto-healing/auto-scaling features, as well as a few surprises that weren’t in the beta.  Come join us to see what is coming in DPM 2010.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032437133&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

TechNet Webcast: Introducing Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 (Level 200)
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.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032438992&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

TechNet Webcast: Addressing E-Mail Archiving and Retention with Exchange Server 2010 (Level 300)
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.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032433806&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Webcasts of interest showing at a desktop near you in February 2010

Tuesday, February 02: TechNet Webcast: Network Considerations for Deploying Communications Server 2007 R2 (Level 300)
Deploying and scaling Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 in your enterprise network requires thoughtful consideration to ensure the quality of experience for end users. In this webcast, we discuss the features of Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 R2 that are relevant to the network administrator, including codecs, quality monitoring, quality of service (QoS), and virtual local area network (VLAN) support. Discover how large enterprises have used these features, along with network right-provisioning and bandwidth planning, for their own successful OCS deployments, and learn how to apply these techniques to your enterprise network.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032439126

Thursday, February 04: TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2010 Upgrade and Coexistence with Exchange Server 2007 and 2003 (Level 200)
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.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032438995

Tuesday, February 09: TechNet Webcast: Voice Administration and Monitoring for Communications Server 2007 R2 (Level 300)
If you have deployed Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 or are about to start your deployment, it is critical that you have the right monitoring and administration approach. Attend this this webcast to learn about the Microsoft Quality of Experience approach to voice quality monitoring and how you can incorporate this approach into your deployment.  

This webcast covers the fundamentals of the various voice-related administration and monitoring capabilities within Communications Server 2007 R2. We discuss voice-related monitoring theory and practice, how to ensure your Communications Server deployments are set up for successful monitoring, and how to integrate Communications Server monitoring with other management products so that you can fix problems before they affect your users.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032440396

Thursday, February 11: TechNet Webcast: Information Protection and Control in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 (Level 300)
Are you worried about employees accidentally leaking valuable corporate e-mail? In this webcast, we introduce new methods of information protection and control powered by Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, including a new transport rule for moderation, dynamic signatures, and application of rights management. We also discuss the use of Active Directory Rights Management Service in parallel with Exchange Server, and we explain how new features in Exchange Server 2010 can be applied to real-world messaging control scenarios.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032440402

Friday, February 12: TechNet Webcast: Protecting Exchange Server 2010 Using Hybrid Forefront Protection for Exchange (Level 300)
Attend this webcast to learn how Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 work better together. Discover how Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (FPE) and Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE) facilitate the protection of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 from malware, unsolicited e-mail, and other security threats.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032433626

Tuesday, February 16: TechNet Webcast: Voice Architecture and Planning for Communications Server 2007 R2 (Level 300)
Do you want to know the architecture behind the voice features in Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2, and what it would take to deploy the product? In this webcast, we present the deployment scenarios for enterprise voice functionality, including sizing and topology considerations, call routing and management, and interoperability with existing telephony infrastructure. Whether you are interested in blending voice features and functionality with your enterprise IP-PBX or exploring how Communications Server 2007 R2 can be used as a peer voice platform, this webcast provides you with the framework and knowledge to confidently move forward with your Communications Server deployment.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032440404

Thursday, February 18: TechNet Webcast: Getting the Most Out of Exchange Server 2010: Performance and Scalability (Level 300)
Selecting the right server hardware for a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 deployment becomes much easier when you know the product team's scalability and performance guidelines. In this webcast, we review the product team's guidance for the processor and memory requirements of each server role in Exchange Server 2010. We discuss a number of key performance enhancements from this release, and we explain how to use related tools like the Exchange Storage Calculator, Exchange Profile Analyzer, Loadgen, and Jetstress to take the guesswork out of server sizing.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032441261

Thursday, February 25: TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 High Availability (Level 300) 
Welcome to the future of Microsoft Exchange high availability. In this webcast we reveal the changes and improvements to the built-in high-availability platform in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, including a unified solution for high availability and disaster recovery that is quick to deploy and easy to manage. Join us to learn about all of the new features in Exchange Server 2010 that make it the most resilient, highly available version of Microsoft Exchange yet.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032441265

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Technical White Papers for Exchange Server 2007
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc164340.aspx

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Technical White Papers for Exchange Server 2010
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd795096(EXCHG.140).aspx

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Exchange 2007 Documentation Updates
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc164372.aspx

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Documentation Updates from the Exchange Team Blog http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/category/11153.aspx

Exchange Server 2010 Deployment Assistant: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/exdeploy2010/default.aspx#Home

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* New KBs in October 2009
New means they appear in KB as Revision 1.0! 
Exchange 5.5:  http://kbalertz.com/Technology_55.aspx
Exchange 2000: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_53.aspx
Exchange 2003: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_313.aspx
Exchange 2007: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_515.aspx
Exchange 2010: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_1282.aspx
Exchange 2010 Coexistence: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_1281.aspx
Forefront For Exchange: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_523.aspx
Communications Server 2007: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_557.aspx

January 29, 2010
977968 Users cannot use Outlook Anywhere to open a shared mailbox that was moved to Exchange Server 2010

January 27, 2010
979176 An HTTP 401.3 Error occurs when you configure the RPC over HTTP/S feature on an Exchange Server 2003 server that is running Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
978777 Office Outlook 2003 does not connect to two or more additional mailboxes in a mixed Exchange Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2010 environment

January 26, 2010
973299 The contact name appears incorrectly in an Exchange Server 2007 environment if you set the language to Spanish in OWA
977919 The "Get-StorageGroupCopyStatus" command incorrectly shows that the storage group of a SCR on Exchange Server 2007 is disabled

January 22, 2010
975990 Messages that have duplicate message IDs are deleted when they are archived to an Exchange 2007 mailbox
976787 The Calendar Month View displays a numeric date and not an abbreviated month name when you set the Regional Settings to Japanese or to Korean in Outlook Web Access for Exchange Server 2007
974775 The EdgeTransport.exe process crashes intermittently on an Exchange Server 2007 server
971889 When a Unified Messaging-enabled user calls Outlook Voice Access on Exchange Server 2007 to play a voice mail message, there is a delay before the voice mail message is played
974161 Some attendees do not receive a meeting cancellation notification when the appointment recurrence pattern is changed by using EWS in Exchange Server 2007
970817 An appointment is displayed incorrectly as an all-day event if you use a mobile device to synchronize the calendar in Exchange Server 2007
974155 OWA does not highlight misspelled words in an Exchange Server 2007 CAS proxy environment
974312 Unread messages are marked as "read" when Exchange Server 2007 processes the EXAMINE command
977355 Non-ASCII characters in a display name of a forwarded message are shown with a "?" when the display name of a contact is in East Asia characters in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
976106 Microsoft Exchange Transport services crashes and a "StackOverflowException" error is logged when Message Journaling is enabled on Exchange Server 2007
977085 An incorrect value for DumpsterMessagesDeleted is reported in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
969230 The "age limits" function of a public folder do not work as expected in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
973486 Some message parts are not readable when Exchange Server 2007 must convert the message part encoding from binary or from 8 bit to 7 bit
969948 A Computer that is running the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Client Access Server role becomes slow when a user tries to open a folder that contains many items
974843 The Exchange Server 2007 "Messages queued for submission" performance counter displays an incorrect value
974401 Store sessions are not released when you run the "Add-PublicFolderClientPermission" cmdlet or the "Remove-PublicFolderClientPermission" cmdlet in public folders on a computer that is running Exchange Server 2007
977091 The time for an updated meeting request is shown incorrectly in an exception instance of a recurring meeting request in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
974450 A new accepted domain that is added does not work in an Exchange Server 2007 organization
974946 Exchange Server 2007 OWA users receive an error message when the users change the display line for the search results on the address books
976946 The message delivery time is incorrect when you send e-mail messages by using an IMAP4 client together with the APPEND command in Exchange Server 2007
977412 Error message when a client that uses the WebDAV protocol to connect to an Exchange Server 2007 server: "Error 1000"
975918 When an IMAP4 client sends a FETCH (bodystructure) request to a server that is running the Exchange Server 2007 IMAP4 service, a corrupted response is sent as a reply

January 4, 2010
977953 In Exchange Server 2010 you cannot forward a signed S/MIME message by using forwarding rules in Exchange Control Panel

Posted: 01 February 2010 13:00 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Bing – Who pulled the plug?"!

doh what happened to bing?

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Posted: 26 January 2010 11:22 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Log on Locally

Learnt a funky tip yesterday from my mate Bungy … if you need to log on locally to a PC and can’t remember the name of it, use

.\<username>

in the logon box .Cool hey!

Posted: 23 January 2010 10:22 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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VMotion and #Exchange 2010, not supported

#Exchange2010

Source: http://kennethvanditmarsch.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/vmotion-and-exchange-2010/

Now this is very very interesting and may explain why my DAG databases keep failing over..

… vSphere Update 1 states:

Enhanced Clustering Support for Microsoft Windows – Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) for Windows 2000 and 2003 and Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering is now supported on an VMware High Availability (HA) and Dynamic Resource Scheduler (DRS) cluster in a limited configuration. HA and DRS functionality can be effectively disabled for individual MSCS virtual machines as opposed to disabling HA and DRS on the entire ESX/ESXi host

Posted: 17 January 2010 00:18 by Paul Flaherty | 1 Comments
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Webcast Reschedule: TechNet Webcast: Protecting Exchange Server 2010 Using Hybrid Forefront Protection for Exchange (Level 300)

Just an FYI, this webcast was has been rescheduled for:

Date: 02/12/2010
Time: 01:00 PM-02:30 PM U.S. Pacific Time

… Attend this webcast to learn how Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 work better together. Discover how Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (FPE) and Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE) facilitate the protection of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 from malware, unsolicited e-mail, and other security threats.

Posted: 16 January 2010 13:46 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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NEW UK Windows Server User Group

I received this email today … from Mark Parris who run the UK Active Directory User  Group

Towards the end of last year Mark Wilson and I had a conversation around combining the Active Directory User Group with the Windows Server Team user group that Mark had been looking after in Scotty McLeod's absence.

The reasoning behind our conversation is that Active Directory touches almost every component of Windows Server and the division between Windows Server content and Active Directory content was becoming very blurred - so we agreed to merge the two user groups and become collectively known as the Windows Server User Group.

I have set up what is by no means perfect, a WordPress website and forums at:

http://wsug.co.uk.

The website and forums share credentials and support normal user authentication and OpenID credentials.

The Active Directory User Group will still exist - but will now be found at the WSUG website.

Please let me know what you would like to see on the forums and if you would like to get more involved, please drop me a line at mark.parris@wsug.co.uk

for the community.

Mark Parris
MVP-DS

Mark Wilson
MVP-VM

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A Month in #Exchange: January 2010

#Exchange2010 … Happy New Year to you all and lets get this party started …

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Microsoft Exchange … In Blog Posts and News from December 2009

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* New Downloads available in December 2009

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online E-mail Router
The E-mail Router is an interface between Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online and one, or more, Microsoft Exchange servers, or POP3 servers, for incoming e-mail, and one or more SMTP servers for outgoing e-mail. E-mail messages come into Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online through the E-mail Router.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=261a17f6-72c9-45a3-b19a-75ae844b9dd0

Microsoft Exchange Server MAPI Client and Collaboration Data Objects 1.2.1
The Messaging API is a COM-like API that provides access to the contents of messaging stores. CDO 1.2.1 (Collaboration Data Objects, version 1.2.1) is a package providing access to Outlook-compatible objects through a COM-based API. Using either CDO or MAPI, a program can connect to a MAPI store, and then perform operations against that store. Starting with Exchange 2007, Microsoft will distribute the MAPI client libraries and CDO 1.2.1 as a Web download.
File Name: ExchangeMapiCdo.EXE
Version: 6.5.8147.0
Date Published: 12/9/2009
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=94274318-27c4-4d8d-9bc5-3e6484286b1f

Infrastructure Planning and Design
The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides are the next version of Windows Server System Reference Architecture. The guides in this series help clarify and streamline design processes for Microsoft infrastructure technologies, with each guide addressing a unique infrastructure technology or scenario.
New! Forefront Unified Access Gateway
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ad3921fb-8224-4681-9064-075fdf042b0c

Collaboration Data Objects, version 1.2.1
CDO 1.2.1 (Collaboration Data Objects, version 1.2.1) is a package providing access to Outlook-compatible objects through a COM-based API. Using CDO, a program can connect to a MAPI store, and then perform operations against that store, including creating and processing calendar items, and resolving and handling mail recipients. Starting with Exchange Server 2007 and Outlook 2007, Microsoft will distribute CDO 1.2.1 as a Web download, separated from the two products.
File Name: ExchangeCdo.EXE
Version: 6.5.8147.0
Date Published: 12/10/2009
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=2714320d-c997-4de1-986f-24f081725d36

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* New On-Demand Web Content from November 2009

TechNet Webcast: What's New in Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010? (Level 300) 
Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 is the new and much improved version of Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server. In this webcast, we cover the new features and improvements that have been introduced in Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010, including new protection mechanisms (Edge Malware Protection, Network Inspection System, URL filtering, and HTTPS inspection), improved management, multiple Internet service provider (ISP) support, e-mail protection, and more.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032433940&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Secure Messaging Solution (Level 300)
Join for this webcast as we walk you through the best practices and technologies that are available to protect your e-mail platform from virus, malware, and information leakage. Learn how to protect your e-mails from malware and inappropriate content, protect your e-mails from leaking into the wrong hands, and secure publish your Microsoft Exchange server for access from virtually any device.  
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032433615&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

TechNet Webcast: What's New in Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server? (Level 200)
Attend this webcast to learn about Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server and the new capabilities you have for protecting your Microsoft Exchange Server environment. Join us as we walk you through anti-spam, anti-malware, and hybrid protection scenarios that benefit from a Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server security solution.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032433620&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

TechNet Webcast: Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server and Exchange 2010 Better Together (Level 300)
Attend this webcast to learn how Microsoft Forefront and Exchange Server 2010 work better together. We explain how Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server facilitates the protection of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 from malware, unsolicited e-mail, and other security threats.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032433623&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

TechNet Webcast: Forefront Threat Management Gateway: Deployment, Migration, and Licensing (Level 300)
Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 is the newest version of Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server. In this webcast, we discuss Forefront TMG deployment, including how to install and configure Forefront TMG in different scenarios, and we explain how to migrate to Forefront TMG from previous versions of ISA, and how Forefront TMG licensing works.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032433924&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2008 R2 AD RMS and Exchange Server 2010 Better Together (Level 300)
Windows Server 2008 R2 and the new wave of 2010 server products introduce powerful new usage scenarios, features, and tools for AD Rights Management Services (AD RMS). In this webcast, you learn how AD RMS integrates with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 for information protection and compliance.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032433735&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Webcasts of interest showing at a desktop near you in January 2010

Tuesday, January 12, 2010: Momentum Webcast: Top Five Reasons to Upgrade to Exchange Server 2010 and Why You Should Care (Level 200)
Organizations want their communication tools to be cost-effective and flexible. Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 helps you achieve new levels of reliability and performance by delivering features that simplify your administration, help protect your communications, and delight your users by meeting their demands for greater business mobility. Microsoft Exchange is the cornerstone of the Microsoft unified communications solution, and it has long been the choice of organizations that want to enable rich and productive collaboration among their users.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032432843

Wednesday, January 13, 2010: TechNet Webcast: Information About Microsoft January Security Bulletins (Level 200)
Join us for a brief overview of the technical details of the January security bulletins. We intend to address your concerns in this webcast, therefore, most of the webcast is devoted to attendees asking questions about the bulletins and getting answers from Microsoft security experts.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032427677

Thursday, January 14, 2010: TechNet Webcast: Announcing Data Protection Manager 2010 Beta (Level 300)
This month, Microsoft released the public beta for Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010. Before you download the software, attend this webcast to learn about Data Protection Manager 2010 and the product features that are causing excitement in the IT community. During the webcast, we deploy a DPM 2010 server and walk you through most of the new features in DPM 2010 and the enhancements that were made to the Data Protection Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) solution, which is protecting Windows-based application servers and file servers today.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032437132

Friday, January 15, 2010: TechNet Webcast: Protecting Exchange Server 2010 Using Hybrid Forefront Protection for Exchange (Level 300)
Attend this webcast to learn how Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 work better together. Discover how Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (FPE) and Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE) facilitate the protection of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 from malware, unsolicited e-mail, and other security threats.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032433626

Thursday, January 21, 2010: TechNet Webcast: Introducing Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 (Level 200)
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.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032438991

Wednesday, January 27, 2010: TechNet Webcast: Monitoring, Backing Up, and Restoring Exchange Server 2010 with System Center (Level 300)
Microsoft System Center helps you get the most from your mission-critical messaging infrastructure with management solutions that enhance the availability features built into Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. In this webcast, we look at how System Center can improve the health and availability of your servers running Exchange with the Exchange Server 2010 Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2007 and Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007. System Center has application awareness built into its management solutions to help deliver guidance and best practices to Exchange administrators, ensuring service level agreements (SLAs) are met and saving organizations money.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032437151

Thursday, January 28, 2010: TechNet Webcast: Addressing E-Mail Archiving and Retention with Exchange Server 2010 (Level 300)
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.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032433805

Thursday, January 28, 2010: IT Manager Webcast: Maintaining High Availability for Microsoft.com (Level 200)
Managing a Web infrastructure is not an easy task. Learn how Microsoft IT maintains one of the highest availability in the industry while supporting 300 million/month unique users, 200 million daily page views, and an average of 555,000 connections to a total of 112 Web servers.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032437888

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Technical White Papers for Exchange Server 2007
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc164340.aspx

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Technical White Papers for Exchange Server 2010
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd795096(EXCHG.140).aspx

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Exchange 2007 Documentation Updates
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc164372.aspx

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Documentation Updates from the Exchange Team Blog http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/category/11153.aspx

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* New KBs in October 2009
New means they appear in KB as Revision 1.0! 
Exchange 5.5:  http://kbalertz.com/Technology_55.aspx
Exchange 2000: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_53.aspx
Exchange 2003: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_313.aspx
Exchange 2007: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_515.aspx
Exchange 2010: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_1282.aspx
Exchange 2010 Coexistence: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_1281.aspx
Forefront For Exchange: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_523.aspx

December 30, 2009
977968 Users cannot use Outlook Anywhere to open a shared mailbox that was moved to Exchange Server 2010

December 29, 2009
977965 You cannot edit a transport rule in Exchange Server 2010 Management Console after you import the rule from Exchange Server 2007

You cannot edit a transport rule in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Management Console after you import the rule from Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2010

This hotfix is scheduled to be included in Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1.

December 28, 2009
975978 When you recover an Exchange Server database on an Exchange Server 2003 server, the Exchange Server database cannot be mounted

When you recover an Exchange Server database on a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 server, you experience that the database cannot be mounted

977964 Error message occurs when you move a mailbox from an Exchange Server 2003 server to an Exchange Server 2007 or Exchange Server 2010 server

You move a mailbox from an Exchange Server 2003 server to an Exchange Server 2007 or Exchange Server 2010 server. When you do this, the operation fails. The move operation fails when the SimpleDisplayName attribute of the Exchange Server 2003 mailbox contains Nonprintable characters.

977967 Single Sign-On does not work when you log on to Exchange Control Panel by using Office Outlook Web App for Exchange Server 2010

In a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 environment, you use Microsoft Office Outlook Web App to log on to Exchange Control Panel. When you select Options, a logon prompt is presented again for authentication. However, you should have a single sign-on experience and the prompt should not appear.

978776 The Exchange Mailbox role installation process fails when you install the Exchange Server 2010 Mailbox role

You may experience that the Exchange Server 2010 Mailbox role installation process fails because a federated e-mail account does not exist, or because a federated e-mail account in Active Directory is corrupted

977966 You cannot manage OWA, ActiveSync, ECP, or OAB virtual directories from Exchange Management Console in Exchange Server 2010

You receive an error message that resembles the following:

The task wasn't able to connect to IIS on the server <CAS server name>. Make sure that the server exists and can be reached from this computer. The RPC server is unavailable. It was running the command 'Get-OwaVirtualDirectory'.

December 23, 2009
978385 December 2009 cumulative DST update for Exchange Server 2003 Connector for Lotus Notes, Exchange Server 2003 Calendar Connector for Lotus Notes, and Exchange Server 2003 Migration Wizard for Lotus Notes

December 18, 2009
977957 The message tracking task does not work in the Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant tool on an Exchange Server 2010 edge server

When you use the message tracking task in the Microsoft Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant tool (Extra.exe) on a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 edge server, you receive the following error message:

Unable to query the queue settings on Edge Box.User credentials may be incorrect, or there may be a problem with the power shell service on that computer. Error message: The process "ExTRA (PID=576) has been initialized as unknown multiple instance type un-expectedly. 1.Reasons of this exception:1.For any product executeables,which will be shipped out of box, they should never use AD driver functionality without initializing its performance counter instance since we can NOT show a intuitive Perf Counter instance name here 2.We don't need the validation for test assembly because we don't care for its performance counter missing;however,we definitely want to make sure it is under our control, so that we don't miss any out of bos product DLLs/EXEs.What to do avoid this exception: For any newly added exchange test executables which utilize AD perf,please add the executable name of the process into exclusion list in Microsoft.Exchange.Data.directory. globals.checkexchangetestexecutables

977956 Event ID 9771 is logged when you try to restore a Volume Shadow Copy Service backup by using an Exchange-aware application that supports the Volume Shadow Copy Service writer for Exchange Server 2010 Standard version

Consider the following scenario. On a computer that is running Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Standard version, you have five mounted mailbox databases and one mounted recovery database on an Exchange Server 2010 Standard server. In this scenario, you try to restore a Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) backup to the Exchange Server 2010 Standard server by using an Exchange-aware application that supports the VSS writer for Exchange Server 2010 Standard version. However, the following event is logged in the Application log:

Source: MSExchangeIS Date: datetime Event ID: 9771 Task Category: Exchange VSS Writer Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: servername Description: Exchange VSS Writer failed restoring a backup with error code -1214 when performing an integrity

977962 You cannot a remote connection to a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010-based server when you use the remote feature in Windows PowerShell 2.0

Windows PowerShell 2.0 provides support that lets you remotely execute cmdlet commands and cmdlet scripts. However, you cannot remotely connect to a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010-based server when you use the remote feature in Windows PowerShell 2.

977960 You cannot create a new Exchange Server 2010 database in a multiple domain environment

When you create a database in a multiple domain environment and then mount the database on a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 server, the database mounting fails

December 9, 2009 [KBs for Exchange Server 2010 Update Rollup 1]
976573 Description of Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2010

  • 977439 Exchange Server 2010 users cannot open certain attachments when they access their mailboxes by using Outlook Web App
  • 977551 Meeting requests that are sent to a room mailbox are not processed in Exchange Server 2010
  • 977552 Exchange RPC Client Access service crashes in the Handler.dll that is located on an Exchange 2010 Client Access service server
  • 977553 Exchange RPC Client Access service crashes in Parser.dll on the Exchange Server 2010 CAS server
  • 977554 The subject or body of a message that is hosted in an Exchange Server 2010 mailbox is not set as expected
  • 977555 The message body is inaccessible when the property conversion from PR_BODY_HTML to PR_BODY fails
  • 977556 The body text of an e-mail message is invisible after you create exceptions for a recurring appointment or for a recurring meeting by using a CDO application together with Exchange Server 2010
  • 977557 An E_FAIL error occurs when you create an exception to a meeting request by using a CDO application for a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 mailbox
  • 977558 A folder name is not changed when you try to move and then rename the folder in an Exchange Server 2010 mailbox by using the CopyFolder method of the IMAPIFolder interface
  • 977559 The location of a meeting or an appointment is not updated on an Exchange Server 2010 mailbox
  • 977560 Update fails when you use a CDO application to update a recurrence task on Exchange Server 2010
  • 977561 VSS backup process stops responding when you try to perform a Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) backup for Exchange Server 2010 databases
Posted: 04 January 2010 13:23 by Paul Flaherty | 6 Comments
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Michael Schumacher signs up for #F1 return with Mercedes

The worst kept secret in F1

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8427552.stm

Seven-times Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher will come out of retirement to race for Mercedes next year, BBC Sport understands.

The German, who will be 41 on 3 January, has signed a contract and the deal will be announced imminently.

Schumacher will partner compatriot Nico Rosberg in the team that won the drivers' and constructors' titles in 2009 in its former guise as Brawn.

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HP Product Bulletin

wanted to thank Stu for pointing me at this …

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/productbulletin.html#CD_Files

The HP Product Bulletin provides you with the latest QuickSpecs at all times

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