Carpe Diem: Flaphead.com

Supporting #Exchange 2007 on Windows Server 2008 R2

2009-11-05T22:09:27Z

Cool at last, will probably be the first SP2 Rollup? .. you see “we” do have a voice and Microsoft do listen ! http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/11/04/453026.aspx … Earlier this year we made a decision in one direction, and due to the feedback we have received on this blog and elsewhere, we have reconsidered. In the coming calendar year we will issue an update for Exchange 2007 enabling full support of Windows Server 2008 R2...(read more)

Trend Micro Announces ScanMail for #Exchange2010

2009-11-04T14:02:49Z

#Exchange Missed this .. http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS154453+03-Nov-2009+PRN20091103 Trend Micro Announces the Latest ScanMail(TM) for Microsoft Exchange Tue Nov 3, 2009 11:00am EST ScanMail 10, providing the immediate protection of the Trend Micro(TM) Smart Protection Network(TM) with half the administration and twice the performance, will support Microsoft Exchange Server 2010...(read more)

A Month in #Exchange: November 2009

2009-11-03T13:52:26Z

Damm November already, where has this year gone? #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Microsoft Exchange … In Blog Posts and News from October 2009 #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* New Downloads available in October 2009 Quick Start Guide for Outlook Voice Access 2010 Outlook Voice Access lets UM-enabled users to access their Exchange 2010 mailbox using analog, digital, or cellular telephones. By using the menu system found in Outlook Voice...(read more)

FREE! Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 ebook

2009-10-30T17:38:29Z

Stu just sent me this link .. go get it baby, it’s free http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/C/0/5C0BD0AB-040D-4C56-A60B-661001012DDA/Windows_Server_2008_R2_e-book.pdf...(read more)

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Virtualization Best Practices for Exchange Server (Level 300)

2009-10-29T07:53:01Z

Roll up roll up register why you can … in the UK it’s 1800-1900 :-| http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032428203&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US Wednesday, November 04, 2009 : Virtualizing business critical applications delivers significant benefits, including cost savings, enhanced business continuity, and an agile and efficient management solution. In this webcast, we focus on virtualizing Microsoft Exchange Server using Microsoft solutions,...(read more)

FREE! @Exchange 2010 - A Practical Approach ebook

2009-10-27T13:37:17Z

Check it out, all you need is your name and email address. http://www.red-gate.com/specials/Exchange/esa_exchange2010.htm?utm_source=simpletalkarticle&utm_medium=weblink&utm_content=2010ebookoct09 It’s a 195 PDF doc with five chapters: Chapter 1 is an overall chapter, what’s new in Exchange Server 2010 and what has deprecated with respect to Exchange Server 2007. Also there’s some information regarding Active Directory, the three containers in Active Directory and some information regarding...(read more)

Roadmap for Outlook Personal Folders (.pst) Documentation

2009-10-27T13:31:05Z

Interesting .. maybe someone will write a PST interface for Outlook Web Access :-o http://blogs.msdn.com/interoperability/archive/2009/10/26/roadmap-for-outlook-personal-folders-pst-documentation.aspx Data portability has become an increasing need for our customers and partners as more information is stored and shared in digital formats. One scenario that has come up recently is how to further improve platform-independent access to email, calendar, contacts, and other data generated by Microsoft...(read more)

Microsoft Office 2010 Beta Coming Soon - Technical Preview Program to Close

2009-10-25T14:28:08Z

Got an email on Friday .. about time too the Tech Preview is a bit buggy, but you expect that Thank you for continuing to utilize, evaluate and provide feedback on the Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview. We wanted to notify you the Office 2010 Beta will be available for you to download next month (November 2009). The Beta release of Office 2010 marks the end of the Technical Preview program you currently belong to. We will release the Beta on public download sites, where you can download and...(read more)

Blackberry Enterprise Server and Exchange 2010

2009-10-21T06:38:14Z

As you should know by now Exchange 2010 removes certain programming hinterfaces that breaks the likes of BES and Enterprise Vault. Found this: http://na.blackberry.com/eng/support/software/server_compatibility.jsp#tab_tab_news October 20, 2009 - Research In Motion (RIM) is pleased to notify you that we are working in close collaboration with Microsoft on compatibility and support for BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010. Compatibility is expected later this year....(read more)

A Month in Exchange: October 2009

2009-10-09T07:01:35Z

I know, I know its late, but hey did u c the announcement last night .. " Exchange 2010 is Code Complete and on its way to General Availability " .. yeah baby! #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Microsoft Exchange … In Blog Posts and News for September2009 ish #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* New Downloads available in September 2009 Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 Unified Messaging Language Packs Version: 08.02.0176.002...(read more)

Upgrade Your Hotmail Live Account.

2009-10-06T16:39:05Z

If you get an email like this in your hotmail account DO NOT reply to it .. and I really mean DO NOT reply to it. Microsoft NEVER sends email like this out! Check these out: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8291268.stm http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/06/hotmail-phishing http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/microsoft/6264539/Microsoft-Hotmail-leak-blamed-on-phishing-attack.html# From: Windows Live Hotmail Member Services [mailto:member--services@live.com] Sent: 03 October...(read more)

Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) RC0

2009-09-25T12:01:18Z

Sweet http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=a3f5729a-3989-4f60-980f-1b87dd198988 Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) is a secure application gateway, to manage, control, and optimize remote access for managed and non-managed endpoints, to corporate applications and resources. Forefront UAG RC0 provides a number of new features, including support for migration from Forefront UAG Beta 2. Forefront UAG provides the following: Remote access : Using Forefront...(read more)

e2010 Test-ServiceHealth for all

2009-09-23T07:41:30Z

Wanted to share this with you .. get the Service Health or all you Exchange 2010 Servers Get-ExchangeServer | where {$_.AdminDisplayVersion.Major -eq 14 –AND $_.IsProvisionedServer -eq $False} | ForEach{$s = $_.Name; "`n$s"; Test-Servicehealth $s | Select Role, RequiredServicesRunning | FT -auto}...(read more)

Dell to acquire Perot for $3.9bn

2009-09-21T14:14:15Z

Interesting Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8267054.stm ; http://www.perotsystems.com/MediaRoom/PressRelease092009 ; http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/d/secure/2009-09-21-Perot-Systems.aspx Computer giant Dell is buying IT services provider and fellow Texan firm Perot Systems for $3.9bn (£2.4bn). Dell said the takeover, which it hopes to conclude between November and January, will help it provide a wider range of services to its customers … Perot Systems provides world-class services,...(read more)

Support changes coming July 2010 for Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003

2009-09-21T07:00:17Z

Saw this email … Windows 2000 Server Extended Support for Windows 2000 Server will end on July 13, 2010. At this time, Windows 2000 Server will no longer be publicly supported. You will be able to continue using "Self-Help Online Support"* Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 R2 Also on July 13, 2010, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 R2 (at a supported service pack level) will move from the Mainstream Support phase to the Extended Support phase. During the...(read more)

A Month in Exchange: September 2009

2009-09-01T14:15:25Z

Only 114 days until Christmas ;-). So August the release of Exchange 2007 Service Pack 2 and Exchange 2010 Release Candidate #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Microsoft Exchange … In Blog Posts and News for August 2009 ish #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* New Downloads available in August 2009 Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console Documentation Version: RTM Forefront Server Security Management Console allows administrators...(read more)

British Airways: Earn Tier points on all economy flights

2009-08-26T09:17:46Z

About bl00dy time too, I fly BA a fair bit, but I pay so want to do it cheap! .. I received this in an email: We’re delighted to tell you that as of 18 August 2009, you’ll be able to earn Tier Points on every flight* you take with us and our oneworld® partners. This even includes flights on discount economy tickets, for which you’ll receive 25% of the Tier Points you’d earn on fully flexible economy tickets. It’s a programme change that has been frequently suggested in the feedback we’ve received...(read more)

Notes from the MMMUG August 2009

2009-08-26T07:38:07Z

Wow not many spare chairs, so this was an Exchange 2010 HA session with Ewan Tsang-MacKellar. Session started with the HA options Exchange 2007 gave us. Then Ewan introduced us to Exchange 2010 DAG’s (Database Availability Groups). DAG Config information is stored in the AD and the Windows Failover cluster (yeah it’s still used). It uses the cluster database, heartbeats and the quorum for a failover cluster The DAG is the boundary of replication and failover. Each DAG contains a number...(read more)

VMware vSphere 4: Exchange Server on NFS, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel

2009-08-25T09:14:52Z

Thanks to Ash for pointing me at this: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere_perf_exchange-storage-protocols.pdf Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 is a storage intensive workload used by a large number of IT organizations to provide email for their users. In this paper, a large installation of 16,000 Exchange users was configured across eight virtual machines (VMs) on a single VMware vSphere 4 server. The performance of this configuration was measured when using storage supporting Fibre Channel, iSCSI,...(read more)

More on Exchange 2007 SP2

2009-08-25T08:13:33Z

Okay been trawling the web and found these: Active Directory Schema Changes (SP2) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee221142.aspx What's New in Exchange Server 2007 SP2 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee221150.aspx Exchange Management Shell (SP1 and SP2) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124413.aspx Help Reference (SP1 and SP2) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998269.aspx Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) Release Notes http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ee7829a3-0ae8-44de-822c-908cd1034523&displaylang=en...(read more)

What's New in Exchange Server 2007 SP2

2009-08-25T07:07:57Z

Okay the link on the download site doesn’t work, but it should go here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee221150.aspx Deploying Exchange Server 2010: You can deploy Exchange Server 2010 in your organization … Exchange Backup Functionality: Exchange 2007 Service Pack 2 includes a VSS plug-in for Windows Server Backup to support Exchange backups. Enhanced Auditing: New Exchange auditing events and audit log repository enable Exchange administrators to more easily audit the activities occurring...(read more)

Access Hidden Regional Themes in Windows 7

2009-08-25T06:59:47Z

How funky is this! Source: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/3476/access-international-themes-in-windows-7/ Basically, navigate to C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT and see the themes. I have 5, AU, CA, GB, US and ZA...(read more)

Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2

2009-08-25T06:31:55Z

Shame the What’s New link doesn't work! Source: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=4c4bd2a3-5e50-42b0-8bbb-2cc9afe3216a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) has been designed specifically to help meet the challenges of any business and the needs of all the different groups with a stake in the messaging system. Exchange Server 2007 SP2 is a mission-critical communications tool that enables employees to be more productive and access their information...(read more)

Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Web Scheduler

2009-08-18T12:29:51Z

Interesting Source: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=6d6848ec-e7d6-41f4-82d9-5bed3526fcbd Web Scheduler is a 64-bit tool for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2. It provides a Web-based alternative to the add-in for the Microsoft Outlook messaging and collaboration client for the purpose of scheduling a meeting using Office Communications Server 2007 R2. It also provides a browser-based conference management experience that includes operations...(read more)

Forefront Security 2010 for Exchange Server Release Candidate

2009-08-18T12:28:36Z

Ohhh Source: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b8a7d36f-cc8d-4335-ae60-8f27c48f3a37&displayLang=en Microsoft Forefront Security 2010 for Exchange Server provides fast and effective protection against malware and spam by including multiple scanning engines from industry-leading security partners. It also integrates with Forefront Online Security for Exchange to provide the defense-in-depth benefits of hosted and on-premise filtering in a single solution....(read more)