May 2007 - Technical Rollup Mail - Exchange
News
Microsoft Offers Free Trial of Exchange Server 2007 for Enterprise Customers
Unisys Manages Microsoft Exchange Server trial experience.
https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/apr07/04-19ExchangeTrialServicePR.mspx
Downloads
Update rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 (KB 930809)
Update rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 (KB 930809)
Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 4.0
Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 4.0 hosting service providers with tools, tested best practices, scripts, and code samples designed to efficiently deploy messaging and collaboration services on multi tenant servers.
Exchange Load Generator (64 bit)
Exchange Load Generator is a simulation tool to measure the impact of MAPI clients on Exchange servers.
Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress Tool (64 bit)
Simulate disk I/O load on a test server running Exchange to verify the performance and stability of your disk subsystem before putting your server into a production environment.
Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress Tool (32 bit)
Simulate disk I/O load on a test server running Exchange to verify the performance and stability of your disk subsystem before putting your server into a production environment.
Exchange Load Generator (32 bit)
Exchange Load Generator is a simulation tool to measure the impact of MAPI clients on Exchange servers.
Message Statistics Sample Agent
The Message Statistics sample agent examines and records aggregate information about messages submitted to the Edge Transport server.
Microsoft Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino
Microsoft Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino is used for interoperability and migration from Lotus Domino to Active Directory, Exchange Server 2007, and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Help
This download contains a standalone version of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Help.
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SDK April 2007
This release of the Exchange 2007 SDK Documentation and Samples provides new and updated documentation and samples for building applications that use Exchange Server 2007. Use the Exchange 2007 SDK to help you develop collaborative enterprise applications with Exchange.
Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant
The Microsoft Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant can help to determine the cause of performance, mail flow and database mounting issues on computers running Microsoft Exchange Server. The tool automates specialized troubleshooting steps for identified symptoms.
Exchange 2007 Anti Spam Migration Tool
Exchange2007AntiSpamMigration.exe is a tool that helps administrators to migrate anti-spam settings from their Exchange 2003 environment to Exchange 2007 environment.
Microsoft Exchange Server Public Folder DAV-based Administration Tool
Use the Exchange Server Public Folder Distributed Authoring and Versioning (DAV)-based Administration tool (PFDAVAdmin) to perform various management tasks related to public folders and mailboxes.
Managing Transport in Exchange Server 2007
This guide documents the message transport components of a computer that runs Exchange 2007 and has the Hub Transport server role or the Edge Transport server role installed. This guide provides overviews of the transport components and the tasks you must perform to manage and configure them.
Events/WebCasts
1 May 2007 : Momentum Webcast: Unified Communications Featuring Exchange Server 2007 (Level 100)
Businesses do not garner insight or make decisions. Businesses do not close deals, invent new products, or find new efficiencies. People do. In other words, companies excel when they empower their people to drive the business forward. Microsoft is looking to help people communicate and collaborate with their co-workers, partners, and customers more effectively, setting up the environment for what we call a people-ready business. The Microsoft vision for Unified Communications, which includes Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, is consistent with this concept and is about unifying disparate communications. Attend this session to learn about Exchange Server 2007 and its role within the Unified Communications suite.
2 May 2007 : Exchange Server Database Troubleshooting and Recovery with the Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant 1.1 (Level 300)
Issues like power failures, hardware failures, or abnormal application executions can result in critical situations, where quickly restoring database service with minimal data loss is key. However, troubleshooting database recovery failures requires much background knowledge in database and log signatures, database states, log file generations, locations, and required logs. Join this webcast to learn how the database troubleshooter and database recovery management tools within the Microsoft Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant version 1.1 can help you isolate and resolve issues to bring a server back online. We explain how this tool enables you to log calls with Microsoft Customer Support Services with a set of upfront data. We also look at ways Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant can help you:
Analyze log drive space.
Reset log generation numbers.
Repair databases.
Show the database event logs.
Verify the database and transaction log files.
7 May 2007 : Exchange Server Performance Troubleshooting Using the Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant 1.1 (Level 300)
Performance issues can be difficult to troubleshoot because of the many areas that can affect a server. In this webcast, we explain how the Microsoft Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant version 1.1 includes in-depth updates to the Exchange Performance Troubleshooter, which uses a set of rules based on real customer data to help reduce isolation time for performance issues. Join this session to learn how you can maximize the Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant to help you isolate issues and take remedial action to resolve them. Learn how this tool enables you to log calls with Microsoft Customer Support Services with a set of upfront data. In this presentation, we also look at ways the Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant can help you isolate:
The remote procedure call (RPC) Cancel Request dialog box in Microsoft Office Outlook.
Issues where the RPC operations per second may be high (because of third-party products/add-ins).
Issues where the number of outstanding RPC requests are high.
8 May 2007 : TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Deploys Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging (Level 300)
What is the best way to implement the Unified Messaging (UM) features of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007? Join us to discover how Microsoft IT uses Unified Messaging to integrate voice messaging with an internal e-mail messaging environment. In this webcast, we detail the technical implementation and deployment strategy for deploying Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging features in the Microsoft enterprise messaging environment. Learn what UM features and functions are deployed at Microsoft so far, why UM is a compelling service to offer Microsoft employees, and the design issues to consider when planning to integrate Exchange Server 2007 with an existing PBX infrastructure in your own organization.
8 May 2007 : Microsoft Webcast: Maximize Your Existing IT Infrastructure with Microsoft Unified Communications (Level 100)
In this session, we give you a detailed overview of the Microsoft Unified Communications (UC) vision. See a demonstration of how Microsoft is combining e-mail, instant messaging (IM), voice, and video into a single, intuitive system built around people, not technology. In addition, we show you how Microsoft has built people-centric, integrated, secure communications into the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Discover the value of a Unified Communications environment that takes advantage of your existing data and telecommunications infrastructure. We explain how UC enables IT departments to deliver more flexible and secure communications, with a simplified infrastructure that streamlines management and reduces total cost of ownership (TCO).
8 May 2007 : TechNet Webcast: Troubleshooting Exchange Server Mail Flow Issues Using the Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant 1.1 (Level 300)
In this webcast, we explore the Microsoft Exchange Server Mail Flow Analyzer, which is part of Microsoft Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant. We describe how the Microsoft Exchange Server Mail Flow Analyzer is a diagnostic tool that walks you through the correct path for troubleshooting problems with e-mail flow, from analyzing symptoms to implementing solutions. Providing easy access to key data sources, this tool automatically diagnoses retrieved data, presents an analysis of the possible root causes, and suggests corrective actions. The Exchange Server Mail Flow Analyzer also helps you manually diagnose data when automation is not possible. Join this session to learn how this tool empowers you to isolate your own issues and to take remedial action to solve them. We show you how the Exchange Server Mail Flow Analyzer can help you troubleshoot the following symptoms:
Users receive unexpected non-delivery reports when sending messages.
Expected messages from senders are delayed or are not received.
Messages destined to recipients are delayed or are not received.
Messages are backing up in one or more queues on a server.
22 May 2007 : TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Deploys Exchange Server 2007 Edge Transport (Level 300)
Join this webcast to learn how Microsoft IT deployed Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Edge Transport server role, which is used for perimeter network deployment. We discuss how Exchange Server 2007 Edge Transport supports Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) routing, provides anti-spam filtering technologies, and support for antivirus extensibility.
29 May 2007 : TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Designs and Architects its Exchange 2007 Based Messaging Environment (Level 300)
How does a large enterprise plan and implement the design and architecture of its next generation of messaging systems? In this webcast, engineers from the Microsoft IT messaging team uncover the details on how they introduced and fully deployed the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 infrastructure in a production environment with more than 120,000 mailboxes. Join this session as we discuss:
Messaging topology design.
Hardware planning for various Exchange Server 2007 server roles.
Client Access server role and mobility scenarios.
Transport server role architecture.
Mailbox server role and storage designs.
Backup, restore, and high-availability strategies.
30 May 2007 : TechNet Webcast: Technical Overview of Forefront Security for Exchange Server (Level 200)
In this session, we take a look at the advantages Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server provides in antivirus and antispam protection and explore how Forefront Security for Exchange Server fits into your overall enterprise topography. Discover how Forefront Security for Exchange Server ships with and integrates multiple industry-leading antivirus engines and antispam services to provide comprehensive, layered protection against the latest virus, worm, and spam threats. We also describe how a Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) Management Pack enables you to monitor the health of Forefront Security for Exchange Server as part of your corporate operational management practices.
Premier Soundbytes and Workshops (Ask your TAM for more details)
16/07/07: Soundbyte : Exchange 2007 Messaging Records Management
22/10/07: Soundbyte : Exchange 2007 High Availability
17/12/07: Soundbyte : Exchange 2007 Autodiscover
01/05/07: Exchange 2003 Security
08/05/07: Exchange 2003 Storage Design Concepts
17/05/07: Exchange 2003: Best Practices
24/05/07: Exchange 2003 Clustering
29/05/07: Exchange 2007 Upgrade & Migration
15/06/07: Exchange Mobility
18/06/07: Exchange 2003: Advanced Clustering
New KB’s
Error message when you try to move an e-mail message that includes a large attachment from a .pst store to an IMAP4 folder in Outlook: "Can't move the item. This server responded that this message is too big"
https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=930364
Web services such as Exchange ActiveSync or Outlook Web Access unexpectedly stop working after an automatic hotfix installation
https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933359
The To field of a message in the Sent Items folder displays question marks for Japanese display names, for Chinese display names, or for Cyrillic display names
https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=929892
E-mail messages that are tracked in Exchange System Manager display an incorrect track time
https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933902
E-mail messages that have certain 2007 Office documents attached are filtered by Forefront Security for Exchange Server
https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934284
Outgoing mail delivery stops working on an Exchange Server 2007 Hub Transport server after you install Forefront Security for Exchange
https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934286
An e-mail message is not delivered to a document library and Event ID 6874 is logged when you use Forefront Security for SharePoint
https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934285
You cannot add a server that is running Exchange 2000 Server or Exchange Server 2003 to a Hub Transport server role when you set up Exchange Server 2007
https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934258
The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service stops unexpectedly when the Exchange Server 2007-based server replicates the Public folder
https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=932487
The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service does not start successfully on an Exchange 2003 server
https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933398
A snapshot copy backup of a storage group fails and Event IDs are logged in the Application log in Exchange Server 2003
https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933779
You cannot see the SMTP addresses of external contacts in an e-mail message in Outlook Web Access
https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933726
A response from a meeting request recipient is processed as a new attendee when the meeting request recipient cannot be resolved to an Active Directory contact
https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=931767
Setup.exe crashes when you try to install Forefront Security for Exchange on an Exchange Server 2007 Single Copy Cluster
https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934287
How to install a service pack or a software update on a computer that is running Live Communications Server and Antigen 8.0 for IM
https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934438
How to install a service pack or a software update on a computer that is running Sybari Antigen 8.0 for SharePoint Portal Server
https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934437
The DoSnapshotSet method may stop responding in the Exchange store, and a backup application stops responding on an Exchange 2007 server
https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=929756
The Galgrammargenerator.exe program may cause an exception on a computer that is running Exchange Server 2007
https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=929805
Description of Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007
https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=930809
Event ID 9317 is logged when the Microsoft Exchange System Attendant service comes online on an Exchange 2007 cluster node
https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=935676
Support WebCast: Top setup issues for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=922666
How to manually download the latest definition updates for Forefront Client Security