Month: February 2010

Amazon, Microsoft in cross-licensing deal with Kindle

by ucinfo, posted in !News, Flaphead, Microsoft

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.

Iron Mountain Acquires Mimosa Systems

by ucinfo, posted in Exchange, Flaphead

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.

A Month in #Exchange: February 2010

by ucinfo, posted in A Month in Exchange, Exchange, Flaphead, MsExchange

#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

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 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd795096(EXCHG.140).aspx

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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc164372.aspx

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

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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