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2009-05-19T21:07:00.000-07:00

Rollup 8 just hit....

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968012

2009-04-28T10:58:00.000-07:00

SP2 for Office 2007 has been released and there are some major improvments with regards to Outlook performance, especially in cached mode. These were back ported to the Feb. cummulative update but are also included in SP2 along with other stuff.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B444BF18-79EA-46C6-8A81-9DB49B4AB6E5&displaylang=en

2009-04-16T09:23:00.000-07:00

Wow..... the high availabilty changes in Exchange 2010 are a game changer. If it all
works as well as described every Exchange shop in the world will be redundant after
adding a second server. I remember asking about mailbox replication at the MVP
summit a few years ago but they weren't there yet. I'm glad to see they kept on that
direction and hope this turns out to be a solid feature. Paul has a good rundown of the
details involved:

http://www.robichaux.net/blog/2009/04/exchange-2010-availability.php

2009-04-15T08:25:00.001-07:00

The first large scale review of Exchange 2010 is up (one of many) and it sounds like the

next version of Exchange might make up for all the sins 2007 did against the admins. Only

time will tell...

http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/first-look-exchange-2010-beta-shines-485

2009-03-26T09:40:00.002-07:00

Rollup 7 for E2k7/sp1 looks to be a turd as well as there are many reports of the update

failing during the installation process leaving the server in an unusable state. Apply with

caution!

2009-03-26T09:10:00.001-07:00

A recent update to Outlook 2007 really helps speed up the app and allows for much larger cached mode mailbox support (MS claims 5gb now across most hardware should get good performance). This is a big change from the 1-2gb they used to recommend as a max when using cached mode. I've tested this patch on a few systems and it does seem to make performance improvements but time will tell if those improvements stay.

http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/03/24/450881.aspx

2009-03-18T14:36:00.001-07:00

Well that was quick.... rollup 6 turned out to be a turd causing all kinds of issues. MS just
released rollup 7, hopefully it will be better!

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=2074fefd-fa1a-4c3e-bf72-94585e454150

2009-02-04T14:40:00.000-08:00

Just an FYI..... if your trying to run jetstress on a Windows Server 2008 box and having
issues with it starting, try disabling UAC on the server. In my case this resolved the issue
although I haven't seen this documented anywhere.

2009-01-07T08:31:00.000-08:00

Looks like the Mac is about to get a full featured Exchange 2007 client in the near future....

http://www.robichaux.net/blog/2009/01/entourage-to-get-exchange-web-services-s.php

2008-12-05T11:34:00.001-08:00

Found this tool to use for troubleshooting activesync issues. Pretty cool!

https://store.accessmylan.com/main/tools.php

2008-10-08T11:12:00.000-07:00

MS finally released the real E2k7/sp1 update 4 for all to download after a false start

with an early version. Download and patch away:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8B492ED2-EA92-412F-A852-3AA1C58D9499&displaylang=en

2008-10-01T18:25:00.000-07:00

I came across a great post about OAB issues and wanted to mention an issue we see

fairly often that breaks the OAB. If an admin modifies the smtp address of a user object

to something non valid (like inluding an ~ character) the generation of the OAB will

fail until this is corrected. The only way to catch this is to turn up diagnostic logging

on the OAB and then rebuild the offline address book. In the app log you should see the

errors that will point to the offending object in AD.

Checkout the article for a ton of great info on other stuff that can break the OAB:

http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/10/01/449924.aspx

2008-10-01T18:21:00.000-07:00

I've been away for a few months working on some fairly large projects but hope to

be more active on here again.

2008-02-28T11:13:00.000-08:00

Here's a doozy of a problem that is resolved by the recent E2k7 rollups:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943479/

Nothing like ending up with two mailboxes merged to one after the move. Maybe
MS could turn this in to a feature?

2008-02-28T11:09:00.000-08:00

Rollup 1 for E2k7/sp1 is now available:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=945684

2008-02-01T13:28:00.000-08:00

Good info to have for troubleshooting permissions issues on Exchange 2007:

http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/02/01/447989.aspx

2008-01-29T15:00:00.000-08:00

hHere's a nice post on the performance impact of OCS 2007 against Exchange server. This topic has not been widely discussed and seems to be difficult to obtain.

http://communicatorteam.com/archive/2008/01/29/54.aspx

2007-11-29T09:19:00.001-08:00

Exchange 2007 with SP1 has just been posted:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=44C66AD6-F185-4A1D-A9AB-473C1188954C&displaylang=en

2007-10-11T09:32:00.000-07:00

MS released a new mailbox server role calculator for E2k7....

http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/01/15/432207.aspx

2007-09-26T09:31:00.000-07:00

SP1 help file for the EMS in Exchange 2007 is available for download:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0e14dd15-bb52-4b3f-9756-5146179a0809&displaylang=en&tm

2007-08-23T15:13:00.000-07:00

A new rollup has been released for E2k7. Get it while it's hot!

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940006

2007-07-03T17:17:00.000-07:00

Installing certs on Exchange 2007 has become a topic worthy of a book by itself. The
Exchange team just posted a great blog article that sums up most of what you need to
know in one location. Check it out!

http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/07/02/445698.aspx

2007-06-08T09:42:00.000-07:00

There's a great post about SMIME support over at EHLO. I've been testing this
feature with a WM6 and so far it works well. My only complaint here is when you
go to verify a certificate, it fails for me each time. Not sure if this is a device issue
or something else (I only have one WM6 device to test with) but it's a minor issue.

On a side note, while it's nice to see that MS has included encryption of the storage
cards for WM6, why did they also not include on device encryption? This point will
be the difference that alot of corporations use to choose NOT to go to WM devices.
In my environement (Legal), having devices out there with exposed data (even if
only for the amount of time you choose for idle lock out) is un acceptbable. The
thousands of Blackberry devices we have already offer this option so it's a must for
us.

http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/06/07/440445.aspx

2007-05-09T09:52:00.000-07:00

Bink has an interesting post about a new IP PBX that he is testing. Apparently
they have a version that works with Exchange 2007 UM (currently in beta) which
makes this a fairly inexpensive way to go.

We will most likely see alot more of these as the space matures.

http://bink.nu/Article10054.bink

2007-04-18T12:54:00.000-07:00

Update rollup 1 for Exchange 2007 is now available and patches two fairly
serious issues:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fced5b74-b39f-48d4-a9d7-3aef11451f89&DisplayLang=en