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Exchange 2007 SP1: Microsoft release Exchange 2007 SP1

2007-12-01T20:20:00Z

If you have been hiding in a cave somewhere or just been busy with work you may have missed the release of Exchange 2007 SP1.

The download for of Exchange 2007 SP1 and related documentation can at the Exchange 2007 Downloads Page

Exchange 2007 Downloads Page

So what improvements & new features does Exchange 2007 SP1 give us?

· Exchange 2007 SP1 can be installed on Windows Server 2008 & use IPv4 & IPv6 IP addressing formats

· ActiveSync administration and end user improvements

o ActiveSync default mailbox policy

o New ActiveSync policies

o Remote wipe confirmation

o Direct Push performance enhancements.

· Outlook Web Access (OWA)

o Outlook Web Access light will now monitor user activity so it won’t time out during composition of long message

o Creation & editing of Personal Distribution Lists

o Creation & editing of server side rules

o WebReady Document viewing added support for some Office 2997 file formats

o Access to Dumpster and ability to recover deleted items

o Monthly Calendar added

o Move Copy commands added to OWA user interface

o Public Folders are supported though the /owa virtual directory

o S/MIME Customization features

§ Ability to intergrate with custom message times

§ Ability to customizes the OWA user interface to seamlessly intergrate custom applications with OWA

· POP3/IMAP

o Port settings

o Authentication settings

o Connection settings

o Message and calendar settings

· Transport Improvements

o Core Transport improvements

§ Back pressure algorithm improvements

§ The addition of transport configuration options to the Exchange Management Console

o Hub Transport Server improvements

§ Priority queuing

§ Message size limits on Active Directory site links

§ Message size limits on routing group connectors

§ The addition of Send connector configuration options to the Exchange Management Console

§ The addition of the Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) agent

§ X.400 authoritative domains

§ Transport rules are now able to act on Unified Messaging messages

o Edge Transport Server improvements

§ Improvements to the following EdgeSync cmdlets:

· Start-EdgeSynchronization cmdlet

· Test-EdgeSynchronization cmdlet

§ Improvements to the cloned configuration scripts

· Mailbox Server Role Improvements

o Public folder management by using the Exchange Management Console

o New public folder features

o Mailbox management improvements

o Ability to import and export mailbox by using .pst files

o Changes to Messaging Records Management (MRM)

o New performance monitor counters for online database defragmentation

· High Availability

o Standby continuous replication

o Support for Windows Server 2008

§ Support for multi-subnet failover clusters

§ Support for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) IPv4

§ Support for IPv6

§ New quorum models (disk and file share witness)

o Continuous replication (log shipping and seeding) over redundant cluster networks in a cluster continuous replication environment

o Reporting and monitoring improvements

o Performance improvements

o Transport dumpster improvements

o Exchange Management Console improvements

· Unified Communications

o Features with Exchange 2007 SP1 and Communications Server 2007

§ Ability to create SIP URI and E.164 dial plans by using the New Dial Plan wizard

§ Additional logic for resolving internal calling number

§ Notification of forwarding when leaving voice messages in scenarios where the destination uses call forwarding

§ Support for recording high-fidelity voice messages in Exchange Unified Messaging

§ Access to Outlook Voice Access from Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 without requiring the user to enter a PIN

§ Ability for Office Communicator 2007 clients to associate subjects and priorities to voice messages

§ Support for media streams to traverse firewalls Integration of missed call notification e-mail messages with Office Communicator 2007

§ Ability to prohibit Play on Phone calls that are placed by using Office Communicator 2007 from being subjected to call forwarding rules that are configured

o New Exchange 2007 UC features without Communications Server 2007

§ Support for Secure Realtime Transport Protocol (SRTP).

§ Exchange Management Console support for configuring Mutual Transport Layer Security (mutual TLS) for dial plans.

§ Ability to add a SIP or E.164 address for a user by using the Enable Unified Messaging Wizard.

§ Ability to modify extension numbers and SIP and E.164 addresses for a UM-enabled user by using the Exchange Management Console.

§ In-band fax tone detection. By default, this feature is disabled but can be enabled in environments that use IP PBXs.

§ Quality of Service (QoS) support.

· Development/API improvements

o Support for public folder access. Public folders can now be created, deleted, edited, and synchronized by using the Exchange Web Services.

o Improved delegate access.

o Delegate management.

o Item identifier translation between identifier formats.

o Folder level permissions.

o Proxy to the best Client Access server.

Microsoft Release New Exchange 2007 Documentation

2007-11-08T12:05:00Z

Microsoft have just released new Exchange 2007 Documentation, released documents include:

Service Pack 1 Highlights
History is Made by those who show Up (A Q&A session with David Espinoza & Sara Windsor)
Poster: Exchange Server 2007 Component Architecture
Planning, Deploying & Managing Unified Messaging with Exchange Server 2007

The following Downloads are also available:

Nice stuff I now have a few nights reading ahead of me :)

Microsoft Launch New and Improved Exchange TechCenter, Library and Community Pages

2007-05-23T15:29:00Z

Microsoft have just launched New and Improved Exchange TechCenter, Library and Community Pages, after taking a quick look around I have to say their layout is simplified and more easily read, Great work. The pages can be found here:

Microsoft Exchange Server TechCenter
Microsoft Exchange Library
Microsoft Exchange Community Page

Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 Beta Download on TechNet Site

2007-04-10T15:36:00Z

Exchange 2007 SP1 Beta: If you have a subscription to TechNet and are interested in getting your hands on Exchange 2007 SP1 Beta, then good news is that it has just been added to the TechNet download site. So why not login and give it a try on your test lab.

Both the x64 and x86 versions have been released with the x64 version being 716Mb

Good luck

Anti-Spam setting migration from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007

2007-03-22T12:33:00Z

Via EHLO, The Microsoft Exchange team have created and released a tool (Exchange2007AntiSpamMigration.exe) to allow administrators to migrate some of their anti-spam setting from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007.

As stated in the EHLO post the tool can be ran on either Windows Server 2000 or Windows Server 2003 and requires .NET Framework 1.1 or higher to run and an account that has read access to the Active Directory configuration container and access to the MSExchange.UCEContentFilter.xml file.

The download for the Exchange Anti Spam Migration Tool can be found on the URL:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=805eaf35-ebb3-43d4-83e4-a4ccc7d88c10&DisplayLang=en

Windows Mobile 6 Standalone Emulator

2007-03-22T05:19:00Z

Chris Rue over at "welcome to the funcave" has published pictures of what looks like the first stand alone (Visual Studio 2005 not required)Windows Mobile 6 emulator. Requirements for running this beast without Visual Studio 2005 are at least 24Gb of free disk space.

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 released to Microsoft Update

2007-03-16T02:02:00Z

If you have been waiting for it, has finally arrived Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 has been released as a Download and to Microsoft Update. As with ANY update it should be extensively tested before being deployed into production.

To start testing head over to Microsoft update.

For the download version of Service Pack 2 head over to the following URL:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsserver/sp2.mspx

The update totals around 372 Mb for the 32bit x86 version of the update and 350.9 for the 64bit x64 version; you can also find Service Pack 2 for Windows XP Professional 64bit on the same above URL.

I would be interested in hearing how you have found this Service Pack, any issues or problems please let me know, so I can get as much information about this update before deploying into production.

EHLO - Helpdesk Guidelines document for the Outlook Time Zone Update Tool

2007-03-15T21:06:00Z

EHLO has published a helpdesk guidelines document for the application of the Outlook Time Zone Update Tool/Patch to comply with the Daylight Savings Time (DST) 2007 rule change. The EHLO post can be found here:

http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/03/06/436731.aspx

New Exchange 2007 Documentation Released

2007-03-09T21:35:00Z

Via EHLO: The Exchange documentation team have announced the release of new Exchange 2007 documenation at the Microsoft Exchange Server TechCenter.

The newly released documentation includes: