Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2

Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2007 SP2 since the software was released. This update rollup is highly recommended for all Exchange Server 2007 SP2 customers.




For a list of changes that are included in this update rollup, see KB979784.



This update rollup does not apply to Exchange Server 2007 Release To Manufacturing (RTM) or Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1). For a list of update rollups applicable to Exchange Server 2007 RTM or Exchange Server 2007 SP1, refer to the Knowledge Base article KB937052.



This is a cumulative update rollup and replaces the following:


KB971534 Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (KB971534)

KB972076 Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (KB972076)
 
 
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c781326a-7b81-444d-9836-760fa1e3a28a&displaylang=en

versions versions versions !

Run on PS: GCM exsetup | %{$_.Fileversioninfo}

then follow

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/158530
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb232170(EXCHG.80).aspx

Outlook 2003: E-mail messages take a long time to send and receive when you use an Exchange 2010 mailbox

This problem occurs because Exchange Server 2010 does not issue UDP notifications to Outlook 2003. Therefore, Outlook 2003 cannot register to receive UDP notifications from Exchange Server 2010. Additionally, Outlook 2003 is not notified about changes that are made to a folder until Outlook 2003 polls the server for these changes. The default polling interval for Outlook 2003 is about 60 seconds. This is why you see delays that last approximately 1 minute in these folder actions

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2009942

Latest Exchnage Updates

Exchange 2010: Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2010 (KB979611) Release Date: February 18, 2010 Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2010 resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2010 since the software was released. This update rollup is highly recommended for all Exchange Server 2010 customers. For a list of changes that are included in this update rollup, see KB979611. This is a cumulative update rollup and replaces the following:  KB976573 Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2010 (KB976573)

Exchange 2007: Update Rollup 2 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (972076) Release Date: January 21, 2010 For a list of changes that are included in this update rollup, see KB972076. This update rollup does not apply to Exchange Server 2007 Release To Manufacturing (RTM) or Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1). For a list of update rollups applicable to Exchange Server 2007 RTM or Exchange Server 2007 SP1, refer to the Knowledge Base article KB937052. This is a cumulative update rollup and replaces the following:  KB971534 Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (KB971534

Helpful Notes: ·        For detailed steps about how to install update rollups on a clustered mailbox server in Exchange 2007, see the following: o   How to Install Update Rollups in a CCR Environment o   How to Install Update Rollups in a Single Copy Cluster ·        For detailed steps about how to install update rollups on Exchange 2010 on DAG server, see the following: o   Installing Exchange 2010 rollups on DAG servers ·        Installing Exchange 2007 & 2010 rollups on servers that don't have Internet access

EXCHANGE BUILDS NUMBERS

E2000 ("Platinium"): 6.0.4417 RTM 11/2000
SP3: .6249 07/2002
“Aug rollup” v2: .6603.1 (KB870540) 08/2004

E2003 ("Titanium"): 6.5.6944 RTM 06/2003
SP1: .7226 (TI SP1) 04/2004
SP2: .7638.2 (TI SP2) 10/2005
Post SP2 GDR: .7650.28 01/2006
 KB 916160 : includes ALL E2003 PFDs tracing

E2007 ("E12"): 8.0.685 RTM 12/2006
…
8.0.783.2 RU6 KB942846 02/21/2008
8.1.240.6 SP1 11/29/2007
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8.1.336.1 SP1 RU5 KB953467 11/20/2008
MS09-003 <- 8.1.340.1 SP1 RU6 KB959241 02/10/2009
8.1.359.2 SP1 RU7 KB960384 03/18/2009
8.1.375.2 SP1 RU8 KB968012 05/19/2009
8.1.393.1 SP1 RU9 KB970162 07/17/2009
8.2.176.2 SP2 08/24/2009
8.2.217.3 SP2 RU1 KB971534 11/19/2009

E2010 ("E14”): 14.0.639.21 RTM 10/2009

Exchange 2010 trainings

Some cool new trainings for the upcoming Exchange 2010 are available now FREE for a while, enjoy !

Clinic 6901: Exchange Server 2010 in an Enterprise
This one-hour clinic describes Exchange Server 2010 features that are useful in an enterprise. It covers features such mailbox server configurations, unified messaging, and high availability.

Clinic 6900: Introduction to Exchange Server 2010
This one-hour clinic describes Exchange Server 2010 features, deployment scenarios, and development platform options. It also contains descriptions of tools used for managing Exchange Server 2010.

Collection 6899: Exploring Features of Exchange Server 2010
This two-hour collection provides you with an overview of the new features in Exchange Server 2010. It also describes the enhancements made over Exchange Server 2007.

Exchange 2007 clips

Great Exchange clips
http://www.exclusivelyexchange.com/exchange.html

Information about Interim updates

If you experience a critical problem with Exchange 2007, the fix process resembles the fix process of earlier versions of Exchange. We use the following process to help resolve the problem:

1.You work with a Customer Support Specialist or with the Microsoft Escalation Services personnel to troubleshoot the problem.
2.The Customer Support Specialist or the Microsoft Escalation Services person escalates the fix request to the Exchange Customer Experience Team.
3.The Exchange Customer Experience Team creates an interim fix to resolve the problem.
4.The Exchange Customer Experience Team offers this fix to help resolve the problem until the next scheduled update rollup package that contains the fix is released.

Note: We deliver the interim fix under the same service-level agreement that is currently used. However, an additional agreement states that you must remove the fix when an update rollup package that contains the fix is released. Then, you must reinstall the fix by using the appropriate update rollup package. This agreement helps guarantee that the Exchange installation is restored to a known and quantifiable state as soon as possible.

Interim fixes (interim updates) and cumulative update rollup packages benefit from much of the same testing. However, an interim fix does not receive the comprehensive testing that we perform for an update rollup package. Additionally, an interim update is specific to a particular update rollup. For example, an interim update that we create to fix a problem in the release version of Exchange 2007 may not function correctly on an Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 installation. Therefore, if you receive an error message when you try to install an interim update, you may be experiencing one of the following problems:

•You have another interim update installed.
•You are trying to install an interim update that was designed for a different update rollup package.

Interim update interaction with update rollup packages

If you have an interim update installed in Exchange 2007, you must remove the interim update before you apply the next update rollup package. To remove the interim update, use Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel. If you do not remove the interim update before you install an update rollup package, you may receive an error message when you try to install the update rollup package. You may also receive an error message when you try to install an earlier update rollup package after a later update rollup package has been installed.The main technical reason why only one interim update installation is allowed is that all interim updates for a particular rollup package share the same build version. This means that if you have an interim update installed, and if you enable a second interim update to be installed, any files that are common to both interim updates will not be installed when the second interim update is installed. Therefore, the fix may not be installed when the second interim update is installed. The seemingly obvious alternative is for each interim update to have a unique build version. However, this condition would cause currently installed changes to be overwritten. This means that a previously installed fix would no longer function. To avoid these conditions, we have implemented a blocking strategy. This strategy lets only a single interim update be installed. The fact that all interim updates for a particular rollup package share the same build version is also the technical reason for the following requirements:

•You must uninstall an interim update before you install an update rollup.
•You must install the correct update rollup before you install an interim update.

Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 has been released

Final version of Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1
Download:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8B492ED2-EA92-412F-A852-3AA1C58D9499&displaylang=en

Related KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952580

The rollup is available via the download center. It will be available via Microsoft Update starting with 11/4/2008.

Amazing Exchange 2007 posters

Great posters defintly worth your time

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fdcdf6e5-de47-4b58-8086-282101bcdde9&DisplayLang=en

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=612F811D-2953-4C08-945E-833C17150083&displaylang=en

Licensing Advisor and Virtual Licensing Calculators

Here are some great licensing resources I wanted to share to help you understand some of the licensing challenges that you face from time to time.

Let me start with “The Microsoft Product Licensing Advisor” an online tool that will help you figure out what licensing program is best for you based on your requirements. This online tool has been updated recently and can be reach from the following link. please note that you can review your report offline and save your quote to send to someone later.
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/mplahome.mspx

In the virtualization world there are 2 calculators which would help you figure out what you need based on your virtualization strategy. Calculator 1 lets you interactively build virtual machines running multiple Microsoft server products to estimate the licenses and costs for Windows Server by edition (Standard, Enterprise and DataCenter) and many Microsoft server products. It starts with configuring your server based on virtualization technology, sockets and clustering requirements, and then builds the virtual machines.
Calculator 2 provides two ways to estimate the number and cost of Windows Server Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition and DataCenter Edition licenses needed for your virtualization scenarios to help you determine the most cost-effective edition of Windows Server.
You can find both calculators at

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/calculator.mspx

In addition the licensing team has also produced this video that explains virtualization licensing in depth. It is a long video but well worth the time as there are plenty of examples and scenarios covering Windows, SQL, multi-core, multi-CPU and more...Video: Licensing Microsoft Servers for Virtualization

SCR

Very interesting SCR blog from the exchange team
http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/09/13/447006.aspx

download and make sure to watch maximized.

I have asked Scott for a list of commands used and here is the link "thanks Scott"
http://blogs.technet.com/scottschnoll/archive/2007/09/19/cmdlets-and-commands-used-in-scr-blogcast.aspx

List of all Microsoft Team Blogs

Thanks to Brandon LeBlanc for the list of Microsoft Team blogs

http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/pages/microsoft-blogs.aspx

Exchange Server 2007 Beta 2 Demos

Built-in Protection

• Business Continuity
Data Protection With Local Continuous Replication110 KB 300 KB

• Compliance
Enabling Compliance With Ethical Walls110 KB 300 KB

Enabling Compliance With Journaling110 KB 300 KB

•Enabling Compliance With Message Classification110 KB 300 KB

Anti-Spam and Antivirus Protection

Antivirus Protection With Attachment Filtering110 KB 300 KB

Anti Spam Protection With The Edge Transport Server Role110 KB 300 KB

Anywhere Access

• Outlook Web Access
E-mail And Meeting Experience With Outlook Web Access110 KB 300 KB

Address Book Enhancements In Outlook Web Access110 KB 300 KB

Scheduling Assistant With Outlook Web Access110 KB 300 KB

Out Of Office With Outlook Web Access110 KB 300 KB

Search With Outlook Web Access110 KB 300 KB

• Outlook 2007 and Exchange Server 2007

Office Outlook 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 OverviewView the demo Requires Macromedia Shockwave Player

Auto Account Setup With Office Outlook 2007110 KB 300 KB

Calendar Sharing With Office Outlook 2007110 KB 300 KB

Managed Email Folders With Office Outlook 2007110 KB 300 KB

Out Of Office With Office Outlook 2007110 KB 300 KB

Phone-Based User Experience With Outlook Voice Access110 KB 300 KB

Scheduling Assistant With Office Outlook 2007110 KB 300 KB

Search With Office Outlook 2007110 KB 300 KB

• Unified Messaging
Integrating Communications With Exchange Unified Messaging110 KB 300 KB

Phone-Based User Experience With Outlook Voice Access110 KB 300 KB

Operational Efficiency

• Deployment
Installation Experience With Exchange Server 2007110 KB 300 KB

• Administration
Using The New Exchange Management Console110 KB 300 KB

Automation And Reporting With The Exchange Management Shell110 KB 300 KB

Proactive Management With Exchange Best Practices Analyzer110 KB 300 KB

Microsoft Releases Public Betas of Exchange Server 2007 and Forefront Security for Exchange Server

Microsoft Corp. today announced availability of the public betas of Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 and the new Forefront Security for Exchange Server. Exchange Server 2007 builds on the leading e-mail, messaging and calendaring server with new features for improved security, remote and mobile access, compliance management, and unified messaging. Forefront Security for Exchange Server helps provide advanced protection against viruses, worms and spam, and is the first product available under the recently announced Microsoft Forefront brand for business security products.

Exchange Server 2007 beta 2 is available for download from http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/beta2 , and Forefront Security for Exchange Server beta can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/serversecurity/exchange/download-beta.mspx .

“Today we enter the home stretch of delivering an unparalleled messaging solution, providing our customers with a cost-effective way to meet their most challenging messaging needs including compliance management and protection against constantly evolving security threats,” said Dave Thompson, corporate vice president of the Exchange Business Unit at Microsoft. “In conjunction with Exchange Server 2007, Forefront Security for Exchange will provide our customers with the advanced anti-virus and anti-spam protection needed in today’s world.”

Exchange Server 2007

The feature-complete Exchange Server 2007 beta 2 is a milestone toward general product availability scheduled for late 2006 or early 2007. This version of Exchange Server includes several new enhancements, including advanced built-in protection to improve e-mail reliability, management tools that help reduce the cost of running messaging environments, new mobility features, and unified messaging capabilities.

Exchange Server 2007 beta 2 delivers the following:

• Built-in protective technologies enable confidential business communications while helping to meet compliance regulations.

• Increased productivity for employees is enabled by anywhere access to e-mail, voice mail, calendars and contacts from a variety of clients and devices.

• New levels of operational efficiency are possible through capabilities that optimize hardware and networking investments and features that help increase productivity for administrators.


As part of Microsoft’s global efforts, Exchange Server 2007 will support 11 languages, including new support for Brazilian Portuguese and Russian. Language support in Microsoft Office Outlook® Web Access has also been increased; its support for 47 languages is nearly double that previously offered.

Forefront Security for Exchange Server

Forefront Security for Exchange Server is the next generation of Microsoft Antigen for Exchange, which was released to market in early June. Forefront Security for Exchange Server integrates with Exchange Server 2007 to provide advanced protection, optimized performance and centralized management, helping customers deploy and maintain a secure messaging environment.

The Forefront Security for Exchange Server beta delivers the following:

• Advanced protection against viruses, worms, phishing and other threats by utilizing up to five anti-virus engines simultaneously at each layer of the messaging infrastructure

• Optimized performance through coordinated scanning across edge, hub and mail servers and features such as in-memory scanning, multithreaded scanning processes and performance bias settings

• Centralized management of remote installation, engine and signature updating, reporting and alerts through the Forefront Server Security Management Console


“We are evaluating Exchange Server 2007 for its unified messaging, built-in security, and management capabilities, and we are simultaneously evaluating the new Forefront for Exchange Server product to provide the critical layer of security and protection from viruses and spam.” said Brandt Faatz, executive director of End-User Services, Hewlett-Packard IT.

Product Availability

General availability for Exchange Server 2007 and Forefront Security for Exchange Server is scheduled for late 2006 or early 2007. Both products will be available through Microsoft’s Volume Licensing program and worldwide partner channel. Forefront Security for Exchange Server will be available as a stand-alone product or as part of the Exchange Enterprise Client Access License package. More information about Exchange Server 2007 can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/preview/default.mspx . Additional information about Forefront Security for Exchange Server can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/forefront .


Exchange Team Blog

You can read more about the specifics of this Beta on the Exchange Blog at: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2006/07/24/428390.aspx

New and Updated Exchange 2003 Content Available!

from http://msexchangeteam.com/

The following topics are new:

Welcome to Exchange Server 2007
Exchange Server Analyzer articles (102 topics)
Microsoft Exchange Server Intelligent Message Filter v2 Operations Guide (7 topics)
Exchange Server 2003 Coexistence and Migration for Lotus Domino Mail (5 topics)


The following topics have had major updates (for example: procedures changed, support policies changed, best practices guidance changed):

Exchange Server 2003 Coexistence and Migration for Lotus Domino Mail (23 topics)
Migrating from Lotus Notes to the Microsoft Collaboration Platform (5 topics)


The following topics have had minor updates (for example: spelling errors corrected, URLs updated):

Exchange Server Analyzer articles (11 topics)
Application Analysis Envisioning Process (1 topic)

The following documentation downloads are new:

To read the most current version online of the Exchange Server 2003 documentation, see the Microsoft Exchange Server TechCenter.


Content Available Only in English
Administration Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
Best Practices for Microsoft Exchange Server Public Folders
Configuring and Comparing the POP3 Service in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Deployment Guidelines for Microsoft Exchange Server Multi-Site Data Replication
Front-End and Back-End Server Topology Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange 2000 Server
How to Configure and Run Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Clusters in a Security-Hardened Environment
Journaling with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
Microsoft Exchange Intelligent Message Filter V2 Operations Guide
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Client Access Guide
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Deployment Guide
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Disaster Recovery Operations Guide
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 High Availability Guide
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Interoperability and Migration Guide
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Management Pack for MOM 2005
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Operations Guide
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Performance and Scalability Guide
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 RPC over HTTP Deployment Scenarios
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Technical Reference Guide
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Transport and Routing Guide
Offline Address Book Best Practices Guide
Optimizing Storage for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
Planning a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Messaging System
Running Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Clusters in a Security-Hardened Infrastructure
Server Consolidation Using Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
Slowing and Stopping E-Mail Transmitted Viruses in an Microsoft Exchange Environment
Using Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Recovery Storage Groups
What's New in Exchange Server 2003
Working with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Stores
Working with Store Permissions in Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server and Exchange Server 2003


The following documentation downloads have been updated:

Application Analysis Envisioning Process
Microsoft Application Analyzer 2006 for Lotus Domino
Migrating from Lotus Notes to the Microsoft Collaboration Platform
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Message Security Guide
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Security Hardening Guide
Working with Active Directory Permissions in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003

Mobility Training

training available online here:  http://www.windowsmobiletraining.com/index.aspx

 

 

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 - Learning Portal

The Microsoft Learning Exchange Server 2007 Page is now live at:
www.microsoft.com/learning/exchange2007/default.mspx
During the beta release, Microsoft Learning is offering two free e-learning courses that will show you how to take advantage of innovations in Exchange Server 2007, including Unified Messaging and new security and disaster recovery features.
The courses available now are:
Clinic 3053: What's New in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 AdministrationThis clinic introduces the new role based installation procedure for Exchange Server 2007 and describes the various server roles. It also provides guidance on how to administer Exchange Server 2007 by using Exchange System Manager and Exchange Management Shell, in addition to introducing key concepts that are related to Unified Messaging.
Clinic 3054: Overview of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 ArchitectureThis clinic describes the most significant changes that are in the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 architecture, including the communication between the five server roles and changes to the message store. It also describes different deployment scenarios.

Exchange 2007 Beta 2 Demos

A number of cool Exchange Server 2007 Beta 2 demos (on demand) are available now . view these short demos given by Exchange Server experts by visiting:-
http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/preview/evaluation/demos.mspx
· Built-in Protection
· Anywhere Access
· Operational Efficiency

Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2003 Upgrade

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;821896
http://www.amset.info/exchange/migration.asp
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=264879
http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Upgrade_Exchange_2000_to_2003.html
http://tinyurl.com/s3yb6
http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/exchange2003/exchange_2003_upgrade_2000.htm http://hellomate.typepad.com/exchange/2003/07/upgrading_to_ex.html
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/2003/library/messsyst.mspx
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=321648
http://tinyurl.com/rhqhq
http://www.windowsitpro.com/WindowsMigration/Article/ArticleID/46382/46382.html
http://tinyurl.com/d2cxp