Category: KB Articles

A Month in #Exchange and #OCS: May/June 2011: To Read

by ucinfo, posted in A Month in Exchange, Exchange, Flaphead, KB Articles, Lync, MsExchange

Exchange2010 #Lync

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 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124558.aspx

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 http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/category/11153.aspx

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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg490643(v=EXCHG.80).aspx

The following topics have recently been updated:

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 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb676082.aspx

Communications Server 2010
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff770144.aspx -and- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/lync/default.aspx

Check out my previous blogs for Lync docs: http://flaphead.com/archive/2011/06/01/a-month-in-exchange-and-ocs-june-2011-news-linkz-and-downloads.aspx

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New means they appear in KB as Revision 1.0! (well apart from the ones that look interesting too) … I just can’t find a decent source for these anymore! ideas?
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
Communicator 2007: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_558.aspx
Outlook 2007: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_506.aspx
Outlook 2010: http://kbalertz.com/technology_1543.aspx
Lync 2010: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_1859.aspx
Lync Server: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_1860.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/hot/archive/tags/Messaging+Server/
http://blogs.technet.com/b/trm/archive/tags/unified+communications/

April 5, 2011

  • 955572 You cannot cache shared mail folders in Outlook 2007

April 10, 2011

  • 2534447 E-mail attachments are not visible to some recipients
  • 2534468 How to delete corrupted and hidden rules from a single mailbox in Outlook 2003
  • 2534494 The public subfolder that you add to your Favorites public folder does not appear in Outlook 2007 or in Outlook 2003
  • 2534496 The Visual Basic Editor may open without menus or toolbars in Outlook 2007 or in Outlook 2003
  • 2534459 You receive an “Insufficient Disk Space” error message when you install Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager or Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager
  • 2534460 You cannot hide or show the Business Contact Manager toolbar in Outlook 2007 or in Outlook 2003
  • 2522999 Description of the Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter update: April 12, 2011
  • 2534478 Error message when you try to import or to export files in Outlook: “Microsoft Outlook cannot start the required translator”
  • 2534479 How to troubleshoot Search Folders in Outlook 2010, Outlook 2007, and Outlook 2003
  • 2534504 How to send e-mail messages that remain in your Outbox in Outlook
  • 2534505 When you send an e-mail message from a shared mailbox in Outlook 2007, the sent message is not saved in the Sent Items folder of the shared mailbox
  • 2534514 How to configure Outlook to receive e-mail messages from an IMAP server
  • 2534448 After you configure one or more client-only message rules in Outlook, other message rules do not take effect
  • 2534469 You may receive an error message and Outlook does not start when you try to start Outlook on a computer that is running Windows XP
  • 2534513 How to find and run the Inbox Repair tool in Outlook

April 12, 2011

  • 2522981 Description of the Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter update: April 12, 2011

April 20, 2011

  • 972148 When you send an e-mail message from a shared mailbox in Outlook 2007, the sent message is not saved in the Sent Items folder of the shared mailbox

May 3, 2011

  • 2468058 Credentials prompt not shown with Outlook 2010 deployed as a RemoteApp

May 9, 2011
974498 What to do if the size of your Outlook data file increases over time and causes issues

May 10, 2011
 2536411 Description of the Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter update: May 10, 2011

May 13, 2011

  • 2537249 You receive error messages when you turn on the logging feature in Office Communicator 2007 R2 after you install cumulative update KB 2291453
  • 2516293 Outlook 2010 stops responding when you try to open a RMS-protected email message that has a large attachment

May 20, 2011

  • 2555528 Unable to save Outlook email attachment to network share or external memory device
  • 2540106 Description of the Outlook 2010 hotfix package (Outlook-x-none.msp): May 2, 2011

May 25, 2011

  • 2482432 An external federated user who uses a proxy that has Digest authentication enabled cannot join a Live Meeting by using Office Live Meeting 2007
  • 2536682 “An error occurred while sending the e-mail invitation” error message when you click “by E-mail” in a Live Meeting 2007 client
    2536683 Description of the update package for the Windows-based Live Meeting 2007 client: May 2011
  • 2537295 The JAWS screen reader cannot read certain items in a Live Meeting when you use a Live Meeting 2007 client

May 26, 2011

  • 2497077 Outlook 2007 or Outlook 2010 displays incorrect search results of a GAL in Exchange Server 2007 or in Exchange Server 2010

BESX 5.0.3 MR1 now available for download.

by ucinfo, posted in BlackBerry, Exchange, Flaphead, KB Articles, MsExchange

#BlackBerry #Exchange #Exchange2010

WTF within a week an update

BlackBerry Enterprise Server version 5.0 Service Pack 3 Maintenance Release 1 for MS Exchange is now available for download.

http://docs.blackberry.com/en/admin/deliverables/26577/BlackBerry_Enterprise_Server_for_Microsoft_Exchange-Maintenance_Release_Notes–1561918-0404053903-001-5.0.3-US.pdf

What’s new
The BlackBerry® Enterprise Trait Tool includes a new trait named ExchangeEnablePropertyPromotion. This trait specifies if and how the BlackBerry Messaging Agent promotes MAPI properties. The possible values are:

  • 0 – disabled
  • 1 – The BlackBerry Messaging Agent promotes MAPI properties on all folder reloads, if required.
  • 2 – The BlackBerry Messaging Agent promotes MAPI properties on all folder reloads, if required, except for the first folder reload. On the first folder reload the BlackBerry Messaging Agent does not promote MAPI properties.

Example: To disable the promotion of MAPI properties for the BlackBerry Domain, type:
traittool -global -trait ExchangeEnablePropertyPromotion -set 0.

Example: To disable the promotion of MAPI properties for a BlackBerry® Enterprise Server instance, type:
traittool -server -trait ExchangeEnablePropertyPromotion -set 0

Fixed issues

  • BlackBerry Administration Service
    If one BlackBerry® Administration Service instance sent a reconciliation task to a second instance, and the connection between the instances dropped before the second instance could notify the first that the reconciliation was complete, reconciliation stopped on all BlackBerry Administration Service instances. The first BlackBerry Administration Service instance then wrote the following error to its log file: “org.jboss.remoting.CannotConnectException: Can not get connection to server. Problem establishing socket connection for InvokerLocator [sslsocket:”. The BlackBerry Administration Service checks for unprocessed reconciliation events every 24 hours and restarts them at that time. For more information, contact RIM Support. (DT 1159175)
  • BlackBerry Messaging Agent
    In some circumstances email messages were not delivered promptly because of high disk I/O on Microsoft® Exchange 2010 mailbox servers. (DT 1141515)

A Month in #Exchange and #OCS: March 2011: To Read

by ucinfo, posted in A Month in Exchange, Exchange, Flaphead, KB Articles, Lync, MsExchange

#Exchange2010 #Lync

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Technical White Papers for Exchange Server 2010
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124558.aspx

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http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/category/11153.aspx

New High Availability Feature Article and Updated Support Guidance for Exchange 2010
A database availability group (DAG), together with mailbox database copies, can provide automatic recovery from a variety of server, storage, network, and other hardware failures. A DAG can also provide a site resilience solution so that you can perform a datacenter switchover in the event of a site-level disaster. But even a comprehensive, intelligent, and robust solution such as a DAG can’t protect you from all possible disasters, including disasters that affect an entire DAG. For example, consider a two-member DAG deployed in a single datacenter. If the datacenter experiences a flood, fire, or other cataclysmic event that destroys the DAG, the entire DAG will need to be rebuilt from scratch.  How do you do that?
http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2011/02/25/458322.aspx

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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg490643(v=EXCHG.80).aspx

Updated Content

The following topics have recently been updated:

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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb676082.aspx

Communications Server 2010
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff770144.aspx -and- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/lync/default.aspx

Check out my previous blogs for Lync docs: http://flaphead.dns2go.com/archive/2011/03/06/a-month-in-exchange-and-ocs-march-2011-news-linkz-and-downloads.aspx

#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* New KBs from Last Month
New means they appear in KB as Revision 1.0! (well apart from the ones that look interesting too) … very quite KB month
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
Communicator 2007: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_558.aspx
Outlook 2007: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_506.aspx
Outlook 2010: http://kbalertz.com/technology_1543.aspx
Lync 2010: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_1859.aspx
Lync Server: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_1860.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/hot/archive/tags/Messaging+Server/

It is actually getting really hard to find out new KBs.  Wish Microsoft would make it easier (Like BlackBerry/RIM do!) .. any suggestions?

979611 Description of Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2010: February 18, 2010
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979611

2508148 Description of Hotfix Rollup 4 for Forefront Security for Exchange Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2508148

Microsoft Professional Advisory Services
2274305 Configuring Exchange Server 2010 DAG
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2274305

982907 Configuring Exchange Server 2010 Client Access Features for Remote Access
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982907/EN-US

960384: Description of Update Rollup 7 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

by ucinfo, posted in Exchange, Flaphead, KB Articles, MsExchange, Troubleshooting

Well the Exchange team blog says it all:

Yes, it has been only 5 weeks since we shipped the last update roll-up on February 10 and usually our gap between roll-ups is about eight weeks. Since the release of update roll-up 6, we have fixed about 50 issues and wanted to go ahead and provide them to customers.

… The release of the roll-up via Microsoft Update will happen on March 24

So what do we have in this KB.  Well 50 fixes listed in v1.0 and this really is a bug fix release:

  1. 946449 A non-read report message is sent after you perform a “Mark All as Read” operation against unread e-mail messages in Exchange Server 2007

  2. 949113 Unexpected modified instances of a recurring meeting may appear when you use Entourage to access a calendar on a computer that is running Exchange Server 2007

  3. 949114 Duplicate calendar items may appear when you use Entourage to access a calendar on an Exchange 2007 server

  4. 949464 The customized properties are removed in the recipients’ calendars when you send a meeting request that includes customized properties

  5. 950115 When a CDO 1.2.1-based application generates a meeting request that includes some European characters in the message body, these characters appear as question marks in Exchange 2007

  6. 951341  Users cannot read calendar items when they connect Exchange Server 2007 by using certain IMAP4 or POP3 clients

  7. 952778 Event ID 9874 is frequently logged on Exchange Server 2007 with Service Pack 1

  8. 953094 The value in the “Messages queued for submission” performance counter on the mailbox role of Exchange Server 2007 increases after a meeting request is delivered

  9. 954213 All Test commands that are related to the Client Access Server fail when you run the commands on an Exchange 2007 server in a disjoint namespace

  10. 954741 The UseRUSServer parameter does not work if an administrator has specified an RUS server on a target mailbox server

  11. 954898 The LegacyExchangeDN attributes for mail-enabled objects are incorrectly set in an environment that contains Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007

  12. 955027 The Edgetransport.exe process may crash on a hub transport server that is running Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

  13. 955462 You notice high CPU usage when the IMAP service is running on an Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 server that has the CAS role

  14. 955778  You receive a Non-Delivery Report (NDR) message when you send an e-mail message to a non-SMTP address in an Outlook client that is using Cached mode

  15. 956069 A Non-Delivery Report (NDR) is generated when an Exchange Server 2007 user tries to send a message to a recipient who has a one-off FAX address that includes any characters that are larger than 0xFF in Unicode

  16. 956205 Corrupted characters appear in the Subject field or in the Location field of a recurring calendar item after a user adds DBCS characters to a field in a meeting occurrence by using an Outlook 2002 client

  17. 956275  An Exchange 2007 sender’s address is split into two separate addresses when an external recipient replies to the message

  18. 956455 The display name appears in a received message even though the property of the user mailbox is set to “Hide from Exchange address lists” in Exchange Server 2007

  19. 956687 Messages stay in the submission queue after you enable per-mailbox database journaling in an Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange Server 2007 coexisting environment

  20. 957019 Images cannot be pasted in an Exchange Server 2007 Outlook Web Access message body

  21. 957071 The MSExchange Transport service may crash intermittently on the Exchange 2007 server

  22. 957124 do not receive an NDR message even though your meeting request cannot be sent successfully to a recipient

  23. 957227 The Exchange Management Console crashes when one or more domain controllers of a top-level domain are not reachable

  24. 957485 The Test-OwaConnectivity command returns a warning message in Exchange Server 2007 when there is a disjoint namespace

  25. 957504  The IMAP4 service crashes intermittently, and Event ID 4999 is logged on Exchange Server 2007

  26. 957683  An IP Gateway can still be used to dial out for a “Play on Phone” request after the IP Gateway is disabled

  27. 957834 Network shares are deleted and created intermittently by the replication service on an Exchange SCC cluster when SCR is enabled on the Exchange server

  28. 957947 The Exchange Information Store service may crash when an Entourage client synchronizes with an Exchange 2007 server

  29. 958091 You cannot update the task complete percentage to any value other than 0 or 100 in Outlook Web Access

  30. 958093 Voice mail messages are not stamped with the disclaimer that is defined in the transport rule in an Exchange Server 2007 environment

  31. 958128 Replication messages stay in a queue in a retry state after a public folder database is dismounted

  32. 958331 The Restore-StorageGroupCopy command may fail in an Exchange Server 2007 SCR environment

  33. 958444 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958444/ ) Event 522 is logged when replication is resumed on a suspended Storage Group on an Exchange Server 2007 CCR or SCR environment

  34. 958472  An unexpected text string appears at the top of the message body when an Exchange Server 2007 user sends an HTML message by using Outlook Web Access

  35. 958552 The ByteEncoderTypeFor7BitCharsets setting does not take effect for the US ASCII character set after you install the hotfix that is mentioned in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 946641

  36. 958638 Exchange 2007 Server cannot parse X-Priority headers from clients that submit X-Priority headers that contain additional comments

  37. 958803 The EdgeTransport.exe process may stop responding in Exchange Server 2007 when the priority queuing feature is enabled

  38. 958872 The Map This Address feature in the contact page for an OWA client does not work in Exchange Server 2007

  39. 959100 Exchange Server 2007 cannot route e-mail messages to mail enabled Non-MAPI public folders that are hosted on an Exchange Server 2003 server

  40. 959135 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959135/ ) Event 9673 occurs when the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service crashes on a computer that is running Exchange 2007 with Service Pack 1

  41. 959397 An increase in database size is generated unexpectedly when IMAP4 users use a Copy command in Exchange 2007

  42. 959434 The last logon time is not updated to reflect the logon times that have occurred after users log on to their mailboxes by using the Entourage client in an Exchange 2007 environment

  43. 959545 A redirection message in Outlook Web Access 2007 is incorrect when the message is translated to Korean

  44. 959671 The Manage Mobile Devices option is not displayed in Exchange Management Console after a mobile device re-synchronizes with an Exchange 2007 server

  45. 959952 The Set-Mailbox command does not change the AutomateProcessing attribute for an Exchange Server 2007 user when a regular user mailbox is converted from a room mailbox

  46. 960291 Outlook Web Access or an Exchange Web Service application does not correctly display a monthly or yearly recurring appointment or meeting request

  47. 960292 The MSExchangeIMAP4 service may crash intermittently after you apply an update rollup for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

  48. 960349 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960349/ ) The Exchange Information Store service may crash after you enable tracing for the logon actions

  49. 961281 An error is returned when you enable SCR from any source in a child domain after you install Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Rollup 5

  50. 961395 The Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging server does not update the caller information if an external user makes a call

So I’ll keep an eye out for any additions to the list, but I can see potential “issues” in the environment I am currently working on :-o … and what’s the betting SP2 is only round the corner now too !

Oh nearly forgot check out http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchangesoftwareupdate/threads/ too

How to disable the “Sent by Microsoft Exchange Server 2007” branding sentence in an Exchange Server 2007 DSN message

by , posted in !Things2Remember, Exchange, Flaphead, KB Articles, MsExchange, Powershell

So Anderson posted this, and my initial thought was huh?  The KB didn’t really explain either, so it was time for a test.

 So the KB will allow you to remove the circled text below:

And it’s a nice simple PowerShell Command:

Set-TransportConfig WritingBrandingInDSNEnabled $false

But you do need to have Exchange 2007 SP1 with RU3

How to disable the "Sent by Microsoft Exchange Server 2007" branding sentence in an Exchange Server 2007 DSN message

by ucinfo, posted in !Things2Remember, Exchange, Flaphead, KB Articles, MsExchange, Powershell

So Anderson posted this, and my initial thought was huh?  The KB didn’t really explain either, so it was time for a test.

 So the KB will allow you to remove the circled text below:

And it’s a nice simple PowerShell Command:

Set-TransportConfig WritingBrandingInDSNEnabled $false

But you do need to have Exchange 2007 SP1 with RU3

A Month in Exchange: June 2008

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

Bit late this month .. so here we go
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New Downloads available in May 2008

Title Release Date

Microsoft Exchange Server Error Code Look-up Tool

Determine error values from decimal and hexadecimal error codes in Microsoft Windows® operating systems.

5/29/2008

Swett & Crawford case study

Swett & Crawford had been using IBM Lotus Notes for messaging for years. But it was proving hard to find qualified Notes support and the Notes e mail repository was approaching four terabytes in size.

5/29/2008

Sample migration planning materials

Sample e-mail migration planning materials

5/27/2008

Migrate to Microsoft Online

This document describes how to migrate your on-premise Exchange Server mailboxes and POP3 and IMAP4 mailboxes to Exchange Online.

5/22/2008

MSOL Services Sign in tool (Beta)

Client application that enables single sign-on to Microsoft Online Services (Beta)

5/21/2008

SCCP 2007 Datasheet

Datasheet for SCCP 2007

5/16/2008

EHS Marketing in a Box

Advertising materials for EHS

5/15/2008

Quick Reference for Outlook Voice Access

This download contains a quick reference sheet that can be used when navigating the menu system found in Outlook Voice Access.

5/15/2008

Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB948016)

Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB948016)

5/8/2008

Exchange Server 2007 – Management Tools (32-Bit)

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

5/7/2008

How Microsoft IT Implemented New Storage Designs for Exchange Server 2007

How does Exchange Server 2007 enable a large enterprise to increase mailbox quotas globally by a factor of ten and sti
ll lower storage costs, reduce maintenance complexities, and simplify data recovery processes? Microsoft IT was able to take advantage of Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) in new mailbox server designs based on direct attached storage (DAS).

5/7/2008

Unified Messaging Web Service Sample

The Unified Messaging Web Service Sample describes how to create proxy classes that interact with the Unified Messaging Web service. The proxy classes make it easier to implement the interaction between the client and the Web service.

5/6/2008

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Release Notes

This download contains a stand-alone version of the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Release Notes.

5/5/2008

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Webcasts showing at a desktop near you in June 2008 .. there are some good level 300 ones!

Thursday, June 05, 2008: TechNet Webcast: Going Big! Deploying Large Mailboxes with Exchange Server 2007 Without Breaking the Bank (Level 300)
Are your users complaining that they spend almost as much time cleaning out their 25-megabyte (MB) mailboxes as they do actually processing e-mail? Are you hesitant to increase mailbox sizes because of the challenges around storage and backup/restore costs? Join us in this webcast to learn the value of large mailboxes and how Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 can help you overcome the challenges associated with them.
http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032379729%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

Thursday, June 19, 2008: Momentum Webcast: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Mailbox Role Memory Characterization Using HP BladeSystem (Level 200)
When Microsoft set out to design its next-generation Exchange platform, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, one of the major objectives was to tame the I/O demands, which the previous versions placed on the disk storage subsystem. These demands required Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 customers to focus on storage performance and not just on disk capacity. If the storage solution was not capable of providing the disk I/O performance needed, the server would bottleneck, and response times would increase, resulting in unhappy users.
With Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft is able to move to a 64-bit operating system using Windows Server 2003 x64 platforms. This allowed for significant increases in available memory resources for the application, which in turn allowed memory to scale well beyond the four gigabytes available to Exchange Server 2003. Designers could now cache greater portions of the Exchange database(s) in memory. By increasing database cache, larger portions of the user’s mailbox can now be cached, reducing the I/O demands on disk.

In this webcast, we demonstrate the benefits of additional system memory in the HP ProLiant BL480c blade server, and also provide details on other performance considerations when working larger memory configurations.
http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032378658%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

Monday, June 23, 2008: TechNet Webcast: High Availability in Exchange Server 2007 SP1 (Part 1 of 2): CCR vs. Other High Availability Solutions (Level 300)
Are you digging out your backups every time there is a failure? Are you paying a lot for hardware replication that promises zero data loss? Join us in this webcast to learn about the advantages of cluster continuous replication (CCR) over other high availability solutions and get a deep dive into CCR internals.
http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032379770%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

Tuesday, June 24, 2008: TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT uses the Exchange Hosted Services to Protect the Messaging Environment (Level 300)
Microsoft deploys and supports more than 130,000 Exchange Server mailboxes for the global organization. All mail delivered to mailboxes@microsoft.com is first routed through Exchange Hosted Services, a hosted service that filters mail for spam and viruses and enforces corporate e-mail policies “in the cloud” before the mail reaches the Microsoft corporate network. This session describes Microsoft IT deployment, including server configuration and implementation, collecting server evidence, and lessons learned from deployment. Exchange Hosted
Services is a service offering to enterprises that currently serves over 10,000 customers and processes 3.5 billion messages across the EHS global network.
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Thursday, June 26, 2008: TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Storage Deep Dive (Level 300)
In this webcast, we provide advanced training and tools to help you design the right storage architecture for your Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 deployment, with an emphasis on the Mailbox  server role. Expand your knowledge of Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) architecture. Learn how to properly balance disk performance and capacity. See the Exchange Server 2007 mailbox storage requirements calculator  in action. Understand the Microsoft best practices for designing, testing, and monitoring your storage solution.
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New KBs in May 2008
Using KBAlertz now as there is no easy way that I can find to get this from Microsoft.com
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
Forefront For Exchange: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_523.aspx

And the hotfix on the month is … “To resolve this problem, install Update Rollup 2 for Exchange 2007 SP1 on the server that is running Exchange Server 2007“

May 29, 2008
952770 Error message when you try to open a 2007 Office system file attachment in Outlook Web Access: “To open this attachment, you must save it to your disk”

May 28, 2008
951427 MIME e-mail clients cannot read the body of clear signed messages in Outlook Web Access if the S/MIME control is not installed in Exchange Server 2007
953175 In an Exchange Server 2007 environment, you cannot reply directly to an e-mail message if the P2 header of the e-mail message contains data that is formatted incorrectly

May 22, 2008
952772 The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service may stop responding randomly, or the service may crash, in Exchange Server 2003

May 21, 2008
952774 The Information Store service and the MTA Stacks service may not start, and errors are logged in Exchange Server 2003
952119 The Get-ClusteredMailboxServerStatus cmdlet does not run successfully, you receive an error message, and event ID 4999 is logged in Exchange Server 2007

May 15, 2008
951578 The passive node computer account is unexpectedly assigned Full Control permissions after you install the Passive Clustered Mailbox role in an Exchange Server 2007 cluster environment

May 14, 2008
949792 The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service stops responding when you move mailboxes on a server that is running Exchange Server 2003

May 13, 2008
952044 MS08-029: Vulnerability in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine could allow denial of service

May 8, 2008
948830 The MSExchangeSyncAppPool application pool crashes on a server that hosts an Exchange Server 2007 Client Access Server role
944153 Exchange Server 2007 does not have Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format (TNEF) capabilities for POP and IMAP protocols
948831 A user may be unable to synchronize with an Exchange Server mailbox from a mobile device when a Client Access server has been upgraded to Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1
949772 If you run the “isinteg -dump” command against a dismounted store on a server that is running Exchange Server 2007, the Store.exe process stops unexpectedly
949193 The address rewrite agent does not rewrite the address for Out of Office (OOF) messages in Exchange Server 2007
948297 The OOF template may be delivered as an attachment in an Exchange 2007 environment when you use the “Reply with Template” option in Microsoft Outlook
947577 If you try to connect a mobile device to a mailbox server through a server that is running Exchange Server 2007, the mobile device may be unable to connect
947646 Event ID 12011 is logged every time that the MSExchangeTransport service starts after you install Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 on a computer that is running the German version of Windows Server 2003
947458 The Edgetransport.exe process may crash on an Edge server that is running Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1
947451 A recipient sees unexpected text in the top of an e-mail message that you send in Exchange Server 2007
949186 When you try to run the Restore-mailbox cmdlet on a server that is running Exchange Server 2007, you receive an error message
948332
Failover takes a long time to finish in an Exchange Server 2007 cluster continuous replication environment
947360 Error message occurs, and users cannot access the free/busy information after you use the Import-Mailbox cmdlet to import data to a mailbox in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1
948666 When you try to migrate a mailbox from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007, the Exchange Management Shell may stop responding

May 6, 2008
925389 Description of the updated IMailBoxStore::MoveMailbox method in Exchange 2000 Service Pack 3 or in Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2

Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

by ucinfo, posted in Flaphead, KB Articles, MsExchange

Cor blimey look at these fixes .. This is an interesting statement:

“Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2007 SP1 since the software was released. This update rollup is highly recommended for all Exchange Server 2007 SP1 customers.

This update rollup does not apply to Exchange Server 2007 Release To Manufacturing (RTM)“

Source: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948016

Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 fixes the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

You can download from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=99DA32E0-D9E3-4156-AABF-8369BF96E3E7&displaylang=en or let Windows Update break you server for you ;-)

 

A Month in Exchange: May 2008

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

So here we are again:

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New Downloads available in April 2008

Title Release Datedescending

Microsoft Antigen 9.0 with SP1 Readme

The Messaging Security Suite includes Antigen for Exchange, Antigen for SMTP Gateways, and Antigen Spam Manager, and provides server-level protection against the latest e-mail threats.

4/30/2008

Visio 2007 Pro – Exchange Server Connector

This Microsoft Office Visio 2007 Connector is an add-in for Microsoft Office Visio 2007 that you can use to diagram a Microsoft Exchange Server site topology, including sites, servers, and connections for an organization.

4/30/2008

Exchange Server 2007 Protocol Documentation Set

The Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Protocol technical documentation set provides technical specifications for Microsoft protocols, and Microsoft extensions to industry-standard or other published protocols that are implemented and used in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.

4/25/2008

Exchange Load Generator (64 bit)

Exchange Load Generator is a simulation tool to measure the impact of MAPI, OWA, IMAP, POP and SMTP clients on Exchange servers.

4/25/2008

Exchange Load Generator (32 bit)

Exchange Load Generator is a simulation tool to measure the impact of MAPI, OWA, IMAP, POP and SMTP clients on Exchange servers.

4/25/2008

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online E-mail Router

The E-mail Router transfers e-mail messages to Microsoft Dynamics CRM, and it sends outgoing e-mail messages.

4/14/2008

How Microsoft IT Implemented New Storage Designs for Exchange Server 2007

How does Exchange Server 2007 enable a large enterprise to increase mailbox quotas globally by a factor of ten and still lower storage costs, reduce maintenance complexities, and simplify data recovery processes? Microsoft IT was able to take advantage of Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) in new mailbox server designs based on direct attached storage (DAS).

4/11/2008

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Resource Center Video

With the release of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, customers and partners now have a convenient, comprehensive, and configurable resource center easily accessible from within their CRM application.

4/9/2008

Implement Business Productivity Online

Planning for and implementing Microsoft Online Services in your environment.

4/9/2008

Microsoft Exchange 2007 SP1 MP for MOM 2005

MOM 2005 Management Pack for Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1

4/7/2008

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Help

This download contains a standalone version of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Help.

4/2/2008

Security White Papers

Security white papers that address the specific security needs of particular industries, such as the professional services and financial services industries.

4/1/2008

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Release Notes

This download contains a stand-alone version of the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Release Notes.

4/1/2008

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Webcasts showing at a desktop near you in May 2008
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New KBs in April 2008
Using KBAlertz now as there is no easy way that I can find to get this
from Microsoft.com
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
Forefront For Exchange: http://kbalertz.com/Technology_523.aspx

 

April 29, 2008
950157 The Inetinfo.exe process crashes on an Exchange Server 2003 front-end server in certain configurations

April 25, 2008
947468 The deletion text for certain detected files cannot be customized in Antigen products and in Forefront Security products

April 24, 2008
948828 Error message when you enable the “Show in Groups” option for a folder that contains thousands of e-mail messages in Outlook: “Outlook is retrieving data from the Microsoft Exchange Server “

April 21, 2008
951577 The System Attendant resource cannot fail over in an Exchange Server 2003 cluster, and event IDs 1069, 1082 and, 1121 are logged

April 18, 2008
913579 An update to a recurring meeting request that is sent from Exchange Server 2003 does not occur on the receiver side
951402 KBAlertz.com: Multiple Exchange Server 2007 services do not start when you upgrade a computer that is also running Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008

April 17, 2008
947484 Event IDs 9582, 9665, and 9175 may occur on a server that is running Exchange Server 2003

April 14, 2008
951183 Error message when you try to uninstall Exchange Server 2007: “Process execution failed with exit code 5”
951241 You cannot install Forefront Server Security for Exchange and Forefront Server Security for SharePoint on the same server

April 7, 2008
950796 The Exchange ActiveSync process is unsuccessful, and an error code is returned to the mobile device in Exchange Server 2003
948744 ActiveSync cannot synchronize a mailbox if the Exchange Server 2003 store contains a corrupted e-mail item

April 3, 2008
949599 The Inetinfo.exe process may crash frequently after you enable regtrace on an Exchange Server 2003 server
950951 The *.* file filter in Microsoft Antigen may not detect a file attachment that does not have a file name extension

April 2, 2008
946055 The contents of attachments are changed to match the contents of the first attachment in Exchange Server 2003 when an e-mail message contains multiple attachments that have DBCS characters in their file names

April 1, 2008
951061 Description of the March 2008 special daylight saving time (DST) update release of Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2