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| [ | 118 | ] | General | Last updated: Feb 09, 2006 |
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- Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Certificate-Based Authentication Tool Released
- Date - Feb 09, 2006
- This tool deals with one of the weakest features of ActiveSync, namely authentication with certificates.
- Exchange ActiveSync - Not Just for Windows Mobile Anymore
- Date - Feb 06, 2006
- Direct Push, Remote Wipe Security and Global Address List Now Supported in RoadSync for Symbian OS based UIQ and Series 80 Smartphones.
- Microsoft Blogs About Its Migration Tools
- Date - Feb 06, 2006
- Microsoft have always had the most extensive migration options, and these keep getting more robust.
- Exchange Server 2003 Security Hardening Guide is Updated
- Date - Feb 03, 2006
- The Exchange hardening guide is updated for Exchange 2003 SP1.
- Microsoft Merges Exchange with Real-Time Communication Group
- Date - Feb 01, 2006
- Exchange and the Real Time Messaging services have been this on-and-off couple for quite some time. Originally released as part of Exchange 2000, and split up with the release of Exchange 2003 and Live Communications server, the internal real time messaging component continues to evolve.
- MS06-003 TNEF Encoding Vulnerability Patched
- Date - Jan 11, 2006
- Included in the January 2006 patches released on January 10, 2006, is a critical patch to fix a TNEF decoding vulnerability.
- Version 2 of the Exchange 200x Catchall Script Released
- Date - Jan 09, 2006
- Allow your Exchange Server to "catch" mail for more than one domain.
- Microsoft Messaging Hygiene Documentation Updated
- Date - Dec 25, 2005
- This is probably Microsoft's Christmas present for you – not so shocking details of the way Microsoft, the most attacked and spammed entity on earth handles its incoming and outgoing mail.
- E12 Beta 1 Has Been Released by Microsoft
- Date - Dec 16, 2005
- Microsoft today announced the release of Microsoft Exchange “12” Beta 1 — the code name for the next version of its leading server for e-mail, calendaring and unified messaging, to a select group of testers.
- Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Administration Tool
- Date - Dec 14, 2005
- In order to complete the new Exchange 2003 SP2 mobile enhancement, Microsoft releases a tool to manage mobile devices at the enterprise level.
- TechNet Support WebCast: Understanding and Troubleshooting DSAccess for Exchange Server 2003
- Date - Dec 07, 2005
- Mid-level webcast covering the way Exchange interacts with Active Directory and the changes made to this process in Exchange 2003 SP2.
- New Exchange Best Practices Analyzer version 2.9.0.1 Released
- Date - Dec 07, 2005
- The most updated Microsoft utility just got better once again. Check out the list of new features here.
- Exchange 12 will be 64-Bit Only
- Date - Nov 17, 2005
- As part of the push towards 64-bit environments, it has been announced at IT Forum 2005, that E12 will be 64-bit only.
- Additional Exchange Analyzing Tools Released
- Date - Nov 09, 2005
- In a further effort to make Exchange easier to manage and troubleshoot and potentially save support centers some calls, Microsoft releases two more tools, the Microsoft Exchange Server Disaster Recovery Analyzer (ExDRA), and the Microsoft Exchange Server Performance Troubleshooting Analyzer (ExPTA).
- Microsoft Exchange Server Public Folder DAV-based Administration Tool Updated
- Date - Nov 09, 2005
- As part of the release of Exchange 2003 SP2 you can expect most of the Exchange related tools to be updated. Amongst those is the PFDAVAdmin tool that allows you to gather more information about your public folders and manage permissions and replicas more effectively.
- Exchange 2003 is now Supported on Microsoft Virtual Server
- Date - Oct 28, 2005
- It took a while but now this is a supported configuration as long as you've installed Exchange 2003 SP2 and Virtual Server 2003 R2. Clustered Exchange is still not supported.
- Mac Office 2004 Update for Entourage
- Date - Oct 24, 2005
- Microsoft are still trying to bring Entourage closer to Outlook's capabilities as an Exchange client. Could it be that Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Service Pack 2 was out the door too soon? Anyhow, an update is already available that fixes issues with synchronization and permissions.
- Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 Released
- Date - Oct 19, 2005
- Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) enhances your messaging environment by adding improved mobile e-mail, better protection from spam, and advanced mailbox fundamentals.
- Baseline BIS TCO Assessment V3 Released
- Date - Oct 13, 2005
- This free tool allows you to assess the ROI (Return on Investment) that migration to Windows 2003 and Exchange 2003 from NT4, NetWare, Exchange 5.5, and GroupWise will bring an end customer. It is an invaluable tool for migration project managers.
- Microsoft Exchange 2000 Security Patch Released
- Date - Oct 13, 2005
- The patch relates to a vulnerability in CDO. This vulnerability apparently does not exist in Exchange 2003 but also appears in the all the other supported Microsoft products that run IIS, including Windows 2003 SP1.
- Best Practices for using VSS with Exchange 2003 Guide Released
- Date - Oct 11, 2005
- With Windows 2003, Microsoft delivered the Volume Shadow Copy Service, essentially, Microsoft's take on snapshot technology allowing fast backup and restores. I remember everyone at the office excited about this, only it didn't worked quite as we hoped for, initially. Also, it didn't support Exchange. Now, following Windows 2003 and Exchange 2003 service packs, VSS for Exchange is now supported.
- Solution of Clustered Exchange Standby Server Released
- Date - Oct 11, 2005
- Standby servers are really useful in large environments. They are used to implement secondary sites for disaster recovery, and for testing purposes. For years, there was never a good solution for implementing a standby solution for Exchange clusters due to the complex nature of clustering. Now Microsoft releases and supports a solution for standby clustered Exchange 2003.
- Security Patch for Exchange to be Released on October 11th
- Date - Oct 10, 2005
- Nine patches will be released for the Windows platform, one of them affecting Exchange.
- ADModify 2.1 Released
- Date - Oct 10, 2005
- ADModify.NET is a free tool primarily that can be utilized by Exchange and Active Directory administrators to facilitate bulk user attribute modifications.
- Exchange 2003 Webcast Week is Upon Us
- Date - Oct 10, 2005
- As Exchange 2003 SP2 draws by, Microsoft will take you through all the new features and improvements in a series of webcasts starting October 17th. Later in the month you get a series of Exchange 2003 In Depth webcasts covering administration and maintenance issues.
- E12 Special Developer Conference Announced
- Date - Oct 06, 2005
- Microsoft announced today the agenda for this conference on the 7th and 8th of November. While this conference is aimed at serious exchange ISVs and developers it will shed light on some new features of the next Exchange version. It also means that a circulation of a beta version of E12 is near, even if it is a closed one.
- E12 New Programming Interfaces Presentation Available
- Date - Sep 26, 2005
- In the presentation from PDC, the Microsoft developer convention, Exchange Program Managers show how E12 will unify a lot of the APIs available today.
- More details on Exchange 2003 SP2 Increase of Standard Edition database size
- Date - Sep 16, 2005
- It appears that extending the database size on Exchange 2003 Standard Edition servers after installing SP2 will have to be done using the registry.
- Microsoft Publishes In-Depth Details on Application Layer Protection for Exchange with ISA Layer
- Date - Sep 13, 2005
- ISA Server, as a newcomer Firewall from Microsoft was generally greeted with some skepticism from security experts due to the reputation Microsoft had for security holes in its other products. That said, as an application layer protection Firewall, ISA server had for a period, no competition and is still considered the best one for allowing secure access to Exchange services from the Internet.
- E12 to be Available on DVD Media Only
- Date - Sep 12, 2005
- You knew that sooner or later this was going to happen, so make way for the future of computing as the next version of Exchange is made available only on DVD media.
- Microsoft Holds Mobility Event in London
- Date - Aug 24, 2005
- Microsoft will hold a great event on Mobility titled "The Mobile Opportunity - are you missing it?" on the 2nd September, 2005 in London.
- Microsoft Develops an Exchange SLA Scoreboard
- Date - Aug 24, 2005
- It has always been difficult to explain the importance of the IT department. Some executives see this the department as "the one that constantly spends and doesn't make a profit". One of the reasons for this is the difficulty in showing the value of having a competent IT staff and quality software and hardware and measuring the output of this department.
- Exchange 2003 SP2 CTP to be Released
- Date - Aug 18, 2005
- On August 19, Microsoft will release a preview release of Exchange 2003 SP2.
- Upcoming Exchange Webcasts
- Date - Aug 11, 2005
- Microsoft will hold a couple of Technet support webcasts today and next week which will help you troubleshoot Exchange Client connectivity issues and Offline Address Book (OAB) download issues.
- Exchange Best Practices Analyzer v2.1a released
- Date - Aug 10, 2005
- It seems that there were a few bugs with the 2.1 release that indicated poor quality or rushed testing.
- Exchange Tools are Updated
- Date - Aug 08, 2005
- I'm happy to note that the Microsoft Exchange team seems determined to continuously improve their Exchange support utilities while we are waiting for Exchange SP2 and E12.
- Exchange 2003 SP2 to Provide Anti-Spam Enhancements
- Date - Jul 22, 2005
- Exchange 2003 SP2 will include a number of new anti-spam features as part of Microsoft's ongoing commitment to combat spam.
- Microsoft Gets into the Hosted Exchange Business
- Date - Jul 22, 2005
- Microsoft will acquire FrontBridge Technologies, a leading provider of managed services so it will be able to offer in the near future hosted messaging services based on its constantly improving hosted offerings.
- Exchange 2003 SDK June 2005 Update
- Date - Jul 22, 2005
- The quarterly update of the Exchange Server 2003 Software Development Kit (SDK). Documentation and Samples are available for download.
- Exchange 64-Bit Support
- Date - Jul 15, 2005
- Exchange 2000 and 2003 are not supported on Windows 2003 64-Bit Edition. Unfortunately, Exchange 2003 SP2 will not even deliver WOW64 support for Exchange.
- Sender ID Framework SPF Record Wizard is Available
- Date - Jul 04, 2005
- Microsoft is trying to push the Sender ID technology in an effort to globally reduce junk e-mail levels. One of the major obstacles is that this technology needs to be adopted by all the DNS servers providing mail services. The next versions of Microsoft's anti-spam components of Outlook and Exchange will think of any e-mail coming from a source that did not implement Sender ID as suspect. Should you panic? Not yet.
- Microsoft Baseline Analyzer Tool v2.0 Released
- Date - Jul 04, 2005
- The Microsoft free security analysis tool has just been updated. For Exchange admins this tool can be used to determine whether patches are required for Exchange server, Outlook clients and supported operating systems.
- Microsoft Issues Fix for SBS 2003 Slow Shutdown
- Date - Jul 04, 2005
- The problem of slow shutdowns is not actually a SBS specific one. It exists for every server which is both a domain controller and an Exchange server. There are workarounds for this available which mostly include shutting down Exchange services before shutting down the operating system as described in one of my articles.
- Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer v2.1 Released
- Date - Jun 27, 2005
- New version of ExBPA v2.1 is now available. It includes new WMI extensions to collect hardware information, performance baseline scan, cluster reporting, wildcard collection from the registry, UDP support, checksum operations, improved interface , and over a hundred new rules. It also includes various bug fixes.
- Messaging Webcasts in July
- Date - Jun 23, 2005
- July is a mixed bag in terms of Exchange webcasts, though it seems that security remains the primary issue for Microsoft as webcasts continue to focus around this subject.
- Configuration of Exchange SMTP Gateways at Microsoft Revealed
- Date - Jun 23, 2005
- Microsoft is known for the transparency of its internal IT services that serve as a model for large IT infrastructures.
- Exchange 2003 SP2 News
- Date - Jun 08, 2005
- Great news for Exchange users as the expected service pack will raise the 16GB limit to a mind boggling 75GB which is more than enough for most small to medium businesses considering the cost of disk space.
- Updated Outlook Profile Update Tool is Released
- Date - Jun 06, 2005
- The Exchange Profile Update tool (Exprofre.exe), released last year as a replacement for the Outlook 2000 newprof.exe tool is now updated to support Exchange 2003 SP1.
- Small Business Server 2003 SP1 is Released
- Date - May 20, 2005
- This update includes a number of Service Packs including Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP1 and Microsoft Outlook 2003 SP1.
- New Security Enhancements in OWA 2003 Webcast
- Date - May 18, 2005
- A webcast on the 25th of May presented by Kevin Laahs, Principal Consultant in HP Services' Advanced Technology Group, about the new security enhancements and other features in OWA plus options for implementation.
- New Public Folder Administration coming in Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2
- Date - May 17, 2005
- Public Folder management is finally getting some interesting improvements and will become wizard based with Exchange 2003 SP2.
- Windows Mobile 5.0 is Released
- Date - May 11, 2005
- In a packed hall of developers and industry partners at Microsoft Mobile & Embedded DevCon 2005, Microsoft Corp.'s annual mobile and embedded developers conference, Bill Gates, chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft, announced the release to manufacturing (RTM) of Windows Mobile (TM) 5.0.
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 to Exchange 2003 Deployment Kit
- Date - May 06, 2005
- Microsoft has published a Deployment Kit for Upgrading Exchange Server 5.5 to Exchange 2003 in a Medium-Sized Organization.
- SBS 2003 SP1 Soon to be Released
- Date - May 02, 2005
- The Microsoft Small Business Server page has already begun preparations for the rollout of the next service pack due at the beginning of next month.
- A Sneak Peak at the Future of Server Clustering Webcast
- Date - Apr 25, 2005
- For some companies, Exchange server availability has become a top priority due to the increased use of e-mail for business use. For some companies Exchange downtime could mean loss of millions of dollars.
- Exchange 2003 SP2 and E12 Features to be Revealed in Tech Ed 2005
- Date - Apr 25, 2005
- Tech·Ed 2005 is Microsoft's largest technology educational conference and will be held in Orlando, Florida June 5-10. It is sold out by now but you can get your hands on the latest Exchange and other developments by watching webcasts, ordering the DVD box or attending some of the other worldwide Tech Ed conferences. Here at MSExchange.org we will comb through the information released in Tech Ed and bring you a summary of the new Exchange developments.
- Microsoft Release Improved Log Parser Tool
- Date - Apr 22, 2005
- The Log Parser tool has been quite a useful tool for analyzing IIS, Event Viewer log files and such. This tool is now even better, allowing you to analyze those cryptic XML outputs that almost every new Microsoft application now provides. It can also read registry and Active Directory information which can be quite handy.
- Microsoft Exchange Team Releases Mailbox Manager FAQ
- Date - Apr 20, 2005
- Anything and everything you always wanted to know about this handy tool that helps enforce corporate message retention policies and manage information store sizes, straight from the guys who develop it.
- Sonasoft Announces Disaster Recovery Seminar for Microsoft Exchange Server
- Date - Apr 15, 2005
- San Jose, California - Sonasoft, Corp. announces that it will be conducting a series of seminars around the country on the topic “Disaster Recovery for Microsoft Exchange Servers”. The first seminar will be conducted at the Microsoft facility in Mountain View, California on April 27. Industry experts and partners will be invited to present in these seminars.
- Security Patch for Exchange Released
- Date - Apr 13, 2005
- Microsoft released a warning regarding a security flaw in the SMTP engine of Exchange 2000 and 2003.
- Microsoft Exchange User Monitor (Exmon) Tool Released
- Date - Apr 08, 2005
- The new tool, originally used internally in Microsoft, allows you on a user basis, to see how much resources a user on an Exchange server consumes in terms of CPU, latency, network traffic and disk space.
- Quest Software Provides Free Exchange Migration Survival Guide and Poster
- Date - Apr 07, 2005
- The company which has automated Exchange-related products, including a handy migration assistant, provides yet another general migration guide.
- Microsoft Releases News Exchange 2003 Management Pack Configuration Wizard for MOM
- Date - Apr 06, 2005
- Any of you using Microsoft Operations Manager to monitor Exchange should be glad to know that a new version is out.
- Running Windows 2003 SP1 Security Configuration Wizard May Prevent Outlook Access to Exchange
- Date - Apr 04, 2005
- The Security Configuration Wizard (SCW) adds the Exchange services executables to the Exceptions tab of the Windows Firewall. However, if these executables are not found in the default location then SCW misses them.
- SBS 2003 SP1 will be available in two months
- Date - Apr 01, 2005
- Following the release of Windows 2003 SP1, SBS 2003 SP1 is planned for release at the beginning of June 2005.
- DataViz Licenses Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Protocol to Integrate with RoadSync
- Date - Apr 01, 2005
- So, by now all the major players in the mobile solutions business have licensed the Exchange ActiveSync technology and will enable all of their newest models. But what about existing models?
- Windows 2003 SP1 is Released
- Date - Apr 01, 2005
- The new Service Pack contains a lot of bug fixes and security enhancements.
- Learn about Messaging Hygiene at Microsoft
- Date - Mar 28, 2005
- It is no secret the Microsoft is the most attacked company over the Internet. There is much to be learned from the way the Microsoft IT department handles its large quantities of unsolicited e-mail and infected messages.
- Microsoft Team Asks You to Tell Them about Annoying Exchange Messages
- Date - Mar 28, 2005
- I've encountered some pretty weird error messages in my time as an Exchange expert. Microsoft plans to change this situation in the upcoming service pack and with E12, the successor to Exchange 2003.
- Webcasts in April
- Date - Mar 24, 2005
- More webcasts are coming your way in April, it feels like its online TechEd all year long. April, so it seems, is the month of in-depth technical presentations, all level 300, and recommended even to Exchange experts. Watch out for slides showing inside tips as they can be quite useful!
- Windows Server Update Service has Reached Release Candidate Status
- Date - Mar 23, 2005
- Now officially called WSUS or Update Services, the next version of Software Update Services has been released in release candidate status.
- Symbian licenses Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Protocol for Symbian OS
- Date - Mar 23, 2005
- Following Nokia's declaration of licensing the ActiveSync Protocol used to synchronize mobile devices with Exchange over the web.
- Outlook Deployment Options Whitepaper is Released
- Date - Mar 21, 2005
- Microsoft posted on its web site a whitepaper describing the use of the PRF that can be used to configure new Outlook profiles or modify existing ones.
- Exchange Best Practices Analyzer v2.0 is Released
- Date - Mar 18, 2005
- The fastest growing Exchange tool ExBPA just reached the second full release.
- Exchange Best Practices Analyzer Management Pack for MOM 2005 Released
- Date - Mar 17, 2005
- The Microsoft Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer (ExBPA) Management Pack can be used to deploy the ExBPA tool on computers running Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5, Exchange 2000 Server and Exchange Server 2003.
- Exchange Server 2003 Security Hardening Guide is Updated
- Date - Mar 09, 2005
- This important guide has been updated with a document detailing the specific issues when securing Windows 20003/Exchange 2003 Clusters.
- Migration from Novell GroupWise 6 and 6.5 to Exchange is Now Supported
- Date - Mar 09, 2005
- Microsoft now supports using the Exchange Migration Tools to upgrade from the latest versions of Novell GroupWise.
- TrendMicro Issues Fix for its VSAPI Engine
- Date - Mar 04, 2005
- TrendMicro's Antivirus products are widely used, especially in medium to large companies. The Internet Security Systems Protection Advisory has published an advisory concerning flaw in the ARJ parsing engine used by the entire TrendMicro Antivirus line that has been discovered and researched by Alex Wheeler of the ISS X-Force.
- 32K Storage Limit for Server-Side Rules Lifted in E12
- Date - Mar 03, 2005
- In all Exchange versions since version 5.0 you can create up to 75 rules using the Outlook Rules Wizard and the Out of Office Assistant. The numbers of rules you can create may vary according to the size of each rule. Rules grow larger if you have a lot of recipients in them, for example.
- Free Exchange Web Seminars
- Date - Feb 23, 2005
- Extending your knowledge of Exchange by using the web has become quite easy in the last month with Microsoft providing webcasts, articles and documentation. If this isn't enough for you, you can now register to two free Exchange web seminars provided by Windows IT Pro, known for their popular magazines.
- Exchange 12 Features Announced
- Date - Feb 21, 2005
- Microsoft revealed some of the features and other changes planned for E12, the next Exchange version.
- March Exchange Webcasts
- Date - Feb 18, 2005
- Next month webcasts will focus on real life issues and are targeted at Exchange administrators who are interested in technical issues.
- Exchange 2003 Post-SP1 Update Fixes Memory Leak Condition
- Date - Feb 18, 2005
- The memory leak could happen when you use a program such as LoadSim that uses Collaborative Data Objects (CDO) or MAPI32 to log on to or to log off mailboxes from multiple mailboxes at once.
- Nokia jumps on the ActiveSync bandwagon
- Date - Feb 14, 2005
- Following PalmOne and Motorola's licensing of ActiveSync, Nokia has also announced the inclusion of this technology synchronizing Exchange with cellular devices.
- SMTP Security Patch Released
- Date - Feb 11, 2005
- Microsoft released in the last few days a few security related patches for all kinds of vulnerabilities. I would recommend installing all of them, preferably after testing in a lab environment. For Exchange Administrators a new vulnerability found in the SMTP engine allowing remote execution of code is the most relevant patch.
- Microsoft releases an Exchange 2003 Post SP1 Update
- Date - Feb 08, 2005
- This time it’s a minor update allowing you to move a mailbox ,using a script, from one Administrative Group to another.
- Intelligent Message Filter Update
- Date - Feb 03, 2005
- A much anticipated update for IMF, the Exchange 2003 free anti-spam add-on, has been released.
- New Patches for Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003
- Date - Jan 31, 2005
- A bug has been found in Exchange allowing Outlook 2003 users to recover deleted items even if the server has been configured not to allow this. This problem affects both Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003.
- Next Exchange Version is E12
- Date - Jan 25, 2005
- Microsoft decides to align its next Office version and Exchange version naming which apparently will go back to version numbers instead of years. For now the next version, scheduled to be released in late 2006 or early 2007, is named E-12.
- The Exchange Best Practices Analyzer Tool has Been Updated
- Date - Jan 25, 2005
- It seems like just a week and a half ago the ExBPA tool has been updated and yet 50 more rules have been added and the version has been updated from 1.6.3.1 to 1.6.7.1.
- Security Update for Exchange 2003 Server
- Date - Jan 24, 2005
- A recipient filtering configuration has been discovered that can make your Exchange 2003 server susceptible to directory harvesting attacks.
- Microsoft Publishes Small and Medium Whitepapers
- Date - Jan 24, 2005
- Just when you thought Microsoft published through its website all the whitepapers you could use, fifteen new ones are now available, aimed at the small to medium business market.
- Upcoming Microsoft Webcasts
- Date - Jan 19, 2005
- Tune in for the webcasts listed below intended for IT Managers, decision makers and for Exchange 2003 newbies.
- Microsoft Scriptomatic Version 2.0 Released
- Date - Jan 19, 2005
- The Scriptomatic tool allows you to easily create WMI based scripts to query your hardware, operating system and applications for all type of information.
- Microsoft Publishes New Troubleshooting Exchange KB Articles
- Date - Jan 13, 2005
- Two new troubleshooting articles, one about RUS permissions and the other regarding (mostly SMTP) transport issues have been published on the Microsoft website.
- Microsoft Releases Activesync 3.8
- Date - Jan 11, 2005
- Anybody who deals with synchronizing Exchange and PocketPCs or Mobile Smartphones (soon to be simply called Windows Mobile) would know that doing so is not always a straightforward process. Sometimes the process provides cryptic errors, and is accompanied by all kinds of reboots in an attempt to troubleshoot them. So, a new release of Activesync naturally brings joy to our hearts.
- Upcoming Technet Exchange Webcasts
- Date - Jan 10, 2005
- Over the next couple of days Microsoft will be holding two Technet webcasts that cover Exchange 2003 troubleshooting and high availability.
- Microsoft updates the Exchange Best Practices Analyzer Tool
- Date - Jan 10, 2005
- Now in version 1.6.3.1, this tool keeps getting better, now adding checking abilities for FSMO roles, directory replication connectors, ISA server, recently installed Windows and Exchange updates, and cluster node discrepancy detection.
- Microsoft Releases Some Exchange Edge Services Components as Part of Exchange 2003 SP2
- Date - Dec 30, 2004
- It has been a confusing week as different media sources got conflicting announcements from Microsoft officials regarding the release of Exchange Edge Services, essentialy a componentialized mail relay system that will also protect e-mail from junk e-mail and other attacks.
- Microsoft Releases an Overview of Exchange High Availability
- Date - Dec 14, 2004
- Microsoft's internal IT department publishes the means by which they keep their own Exchange servers available 99.99% of the time.
- Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer Version 1.1
- Date - Dec 09, 2004
- Microsoft really are intent on making this tool a useful one for Exchange admins as version 1.1 is out the door real fast. It now includes a slightly improved GUI and performs more tests.
- Microsoft Release An Update for the Exchange 2003 SMTP Component
- Date - Dec 06, 2004
- This update is the second version for the SMTP componenet since Exchange 2003 SP1 has been released and takes care of a problem that occours when you use VAPI 2.5 and the Intelligent Message Filter.
- Microsoft continues to publish more information and guides about Exchange 2003
- Date - Dec 02, 2004
- The recent publications include The Offline Address Book Best Practices Guide and The Exchange 2003 Operations Checklists guide.
- Motorola Licenses Activesync Technology for its Smartphones
- Date - Dec 01, 2004
- Though Motorola has been delivering synchronization with Exchange using Activesync technology for its MPx220 Smartphones based on Microsoft's Smartphone OS, Motorola now lincensed Activesync technology for use in its Linux based A780 mobile phones.
- Microsoft publishes an update for Exchange Best Practices Analyzer Tool
- Date - Nov 30, 2004
- The MSExBPA tool used to diagnose Exchange problems and offer solutions just got better as Microsoft publishes version 1.6.0.1. Updated in this release are the XML file used by the tool to analyze information and the help file.
- Microsoft Releases Exchange 2003 Post SP-1 Update
- Date - Nov 15, 2004
- Earlier than expected, Microsoft releases a rollup update containing bug fixes found since the release of Exchange 2003 SP1.
- Attend Live Technet Exchange 2003 Webcasts and Win Prizes!
- Date - Nov 05, 2004
- It's Exchange 2003 Webcast week (November 8th - November 12th) at Microsoft so you can tune in to several Level 200 Technect Webcasts.
- Microsoft resubmits the Sender ID framework specification to IETF
- Date - Nov 03, 2004
- Microsoft resubmitted the Sender ID framework specification to the Internet Engineering Task Force which should publish a preliminary RFC in a few weeks.
- Microsoft Announces Windows Mobile Webcasts Week
- Date - Oct 27, 2004
- If you like Technet webcasts and are interested in connecting devices to Exchange 2003 November 15-18 is the week for you as Microsoft tells all about wireless connectivity using mobile devices to Exchange 2003.
- Microsoft's Solution Accelerator for Exchange Consolidation and Migration
- Date - Oct 25, 2004
- Microsoft publishes new online guides on migrating to and implementing Exchange 2003 as part of its "Solution Accelerator".
- Microsoft Releases Exchange MSSearch Administration Tool
- Date - Oct 19, 2004
- The MSSearch component of Exchange provides a way to create Full-Text Indexes for Exchange Stores which allows for faster searches. Microsoft has now released a VBScript based tool to manage, fix and get the status of Full-Text Indexes in the entire organization.
- Microsoft Provides A Technet Support Webcast on Hosted Exchange 2003
- Date - Oct 14, 2004
- There is little information on hosting Exchange on the Internet. Microsoft provides a seemingly comprehensive document about hosting Exchange 2000 but with little real technical know-how information. Now is your time to learn about this hefty subject straight from the source.
- Microsoft Issues Warnings About SMTP and NNTP Vulnerabilities
- Date - Oct 14, 2004
- The SMTP vulnerability affects Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2003 SP1 when installed on Windows 2003 and Exchange 2003 when installed on Windows 2000.
- Microsoft Publishes New Implementation and Interoperability Exchange 2003 KB Articles
- Date - Oct 06, 2004
- Microsoft has always been the company most dedicated to providing extensive documentation of its products. To make it easier to search for these articles Microsoft published the availability of these articles at the Microsoft support web site as Knowledge Base articles.
- Microsoft Delivers a TechNet Webcast on Microsoft Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer
- Date - Oct 05, 2004
- This Level 300 webcast will be delivered by Paul Bowden, a Program Manager at Microsoft and will focus on the now commonly referred to as ExBPA tool, the automated health check and troubleshooting tool for Exchange 2000/3.
- Microsoft releases Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool
- Date - Sep 22, 2004
- A new tool is available on Microsoft's web site that can be used to troubleshoot Exchange configuration problems by collecting information from your servers.
- Microsoft re-releases Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter
- Date - Sep 20, 2004
- The Outlook 2003 built-in SPAM filtering mechanism has been re-released.
- Microsoft Provides an SSL Diagnostics Utility
- Date - Sep 16, 2004
- As part of last days' barrage of utilities that Microsoft is releasing a tool that can diagnose SSL problems with IIS.
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