Jan 16 2008 6:31PM GMT
Posted by: Michael Khanin
Exchange
Microsoft has released new Exchange Best Practices Analyzer. This download contains the latest XML and ExBPA.chm files. Use this package to update your existing installation of the Exchange Best Practices Analyzer.
NOTE: If Internet connectivity is available, the Exchange Best Practices Analyzer will attempt to automatically update itself from the Internet. Where updates are being applied automatically, there is no need to download the Web Update Pack.
To find out which version of ExBPA.Config.xml is installed on your computer, click the ‘About Exchange Best Practices Analyzer‘ link within the tool. The upper version number refers to the core application (e.g. 2.9.7926.0), the lower version is for the configuration XML file.
Dec 6 2007 8:42AM GMT
Posted by: Michael Khanin
Exchange
If you want to evaluate MS Exchange 2007 with SP1 installed you can download a pre-configured VHD. This download enables you to evaluate Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1.
This download enables you to evaluate Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1. Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 is designed to reduce the growing cost and complexity of managing a corporate messaging system by providing more control for IT administrators, more value and expanded inbox access for end users, and increased security and compliance for the organization as a whole.
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 provides built-in protection technologies to help keep the e-mail system up and running and better protected from outside threats while allowing employees to work from wherever they are using a variety of clients including Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Web Access, and mobile devices. Exchange Server 2007 SP1 makes it easier for IT to deliver these new capabilities to their organizations by making the messaging environment easier to manage and more cost efficient.
Download Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 VHD
Nov 1 2007 10:54AM GMT
Posted by: Michael Khanin
Exchange
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 introduces many new features for each server role. Lets
- New deployment options: You can now install Exchange 2007 SP1 on a server that is running Windows Server 2008
- Client Access Server Role Improvements: We’ve added an UI to manage POP3 / IMAP4, OWA improvements, Active sync improvements with the addition of for example remote wipe information and much more
- Transport: Enhancements to message processing and routing functionality on the Hub Transport role.
- Mailbox Server Role Improvements: Public folder management in the Exchange Management console, mailbox management improvements, etc…
- High Availability: In SP1 we will introduce the Standby Continuous Replication in addition to LCR and CCR, further more we support the WS2008 Failover clustering and we improved the Exchange management console.
- Unified Messaging Server Role: Unified Messaging has been improved and has added new features in Exchange 2007 SP1. To use some of these features, you must correctly deploy Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 in your environment.
As you can see we have made a lot of improvements onto Exchange Server 2007 with this Service Pack and especially for the Unified Communication Role.
Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging combines voice messaging, fax, and e-mail into one Inbox, which can be accessed from the telephone and the computer. Unified Messaging integrates Exchange Server 2007 with the telephony network in your organization and brings the features found in Unified Messaging to the core of the Exchange Server product line.
Oct 27 2007 7:30PM GMT
Posted by: Michael Khanin
Exchange
Microsoft has released Update Rollup 5 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. Update Rollup 5 for Exchange 2007 fixes the issues that are described in the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
940051 The recipient information in an e-mail message incorrectly contains the character string “%40″ in the address instead of the at sign (@) in Exchange Server 2007
940058 Non-English characters in the meeting description field are replaced by question marks when an Exchange Server 2007 user opens a meeting invitation that was sent by a Lotus Notes user.
Update Rollup 5 for Exchange 2007 is a cumulative update. This update replaces the updates that are described in the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
930809 Description of Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007
935490 Description of Update Rollup 2 for Exchange 2007
935999 Description of Update Rollup 3 for Exchange 2007
940006 Description of Update Rollup 4 for Exchange 2007
The following list describes the prerequisites for applying Update Rollup 5 for Exchange 2007:
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Make sure that Exchange Server 2007 is installed on the computer. |
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Remove all interim updates for Exchange Server 2007. Weird first they say it is cumulative, then they say remove interim updates. |
Download the Exchange2007-KB941421-x64-EN package now.
Oct 19 2007 3:41PM GMT
Posted by: Michael Khanin
Networking,
Exchange
The Exchange Server Recipient Update Service (RUS) is responsible for maintaining address information about mail-enabled objects and for applying changes when you create or remove recipient policies (as described in the Microsoft article “XADM: How the Recipient Update Service Applies Recipient Policies“). If the RUS stops working, such changes won’t be applied correctly.
To know if the RUS is behaving badly, Check out the Microsoft article “How To Verify That the Recipient Update Service Is Working Correctly“.
