MSExchange.org Monthly Newsletter of October 2010 Sponsored by: Red Gate

Welcome to the MSExchange.org newsletter by Henrik Walther, Exchange MVP, MCA: Messaging (Exchange Ranger) Apprentice, MCTS Windows Server 2008, MCITP Exchange 2007, MCSE 2003 Messaging/Security. Each month we will bring you interesting and helpful information on Exchange Server. We want to know what all *you* are interested in hearing about. Please send your suggestions for future newsletter content to: henrik@msexchange.org

1. Say Welcome to Office 365 & Exchange 2010 SP1 in the cloud

Welcome to the October 2010 edition of the MSE Newsletter! What a month it has been!! I mean not only did Microsoft and partners unveil the Windows Phone 7 global portfolio (devices will be available in Europe October 21, and the United States on November 8, 2010), but this was also the month where Microsoft announced the company’s next generation in its cloud productivity package that brings together Microsoft Office, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online and Lync Online. Office 365 (formerly known as BPOS) was announced on October 19, 2010.

Since this is an Exchange newsletter, we’ll focus on Exchange Online. As many of you know the Exchange Online version included with BPOS v1 was based on Exchange 2007. The new Exchange Online included with Office 365 is based on Exchange 2010 SP1, which means that many of the improvements that customers with on-premise Exchange 2010 SP1-based solutions already enjoy, will also be available to businesses that have already moved or are moving to the cloud. Exchange Online users will be offered 25 GB mailboxes by default and will benefit from online archives, retention policies, conversation views, features available via the Exchange Control Panel (ECP) and many of the other Exchange 2010 SP1 specific features.

Unlike Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010 SP1 utilizes PowerShell 2.0 features such as remote PowerShell functionality; which means that organizations, for instance, will be able to manage their Exchange Online environment via the Exchange Management Shell and/or Exchange Management Console. The Exchange online administration portal is of course also based on ECP.

Personally I have had the pleasure of having my personal e-mail domain hosted in Exchange Labs for a couple of years. Exchange Labs is an Exchange 2010 SP1-based messaging environment hosting domains for Microsoft employees and friends as well as Live@EDU. I must say that both in terms features and availability, I have absolutely no complaints to make. It just works and is always available. But hey, what should you expect when the underlying messaging infrastructure is built using Exchange 2010 database availability groups (DAGs) spread across a large number of datacenters, client traffic load balanced using CAS arrays and hardware load balancers, and incoming/outgoing e-mail messages going through Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE).

Okay Henrik you got me all hooked up and excited, how do I get the opportunity to try out Office 365? Well the service isn’t generally available yet, but you can sign up for the beta via the Office 365 site. Unfortunately there are no guarantees you will be accepted into the beta as there are limited slots available, but it doesn’t hurt to try.

With Office 365 we get the close to perfect cloud package for enterprises - big and small as well as private users.  And with the prices mentioned here everybody should be able to afford moving to Office 365.

With Office 365 it no longer makes sense to compare Microsoft’s cloud package with the one offered by Google (Google Apps) and IBM (Lotus Live) respectively since this would be the same as comparing apples to oranges. Office 365 is a much more feature-rich and enterprise ready solution.
 
With that this month's MSE Newsletter reached the end.

Until next month,

Henrik Walther
Technology Architect/Writer
MCM: Exchange 2007 | MVP: Exchange Architecture

Note:
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3. MSExchange.org Learning Zone Articles of Interest

We have a great group of articles in the Learning Zone that will help you get a handle on your most difficult configuration issues. Here are just a few of the newer and more interesting articles:

• The Offline Address Book (Part 4)
• How to configure Unified Messaging with Asterisk SIP Gateway (Part 2)
• Video: Getting Anti-Spam with Edge Transport Server
• Designing a Site Resilient Exchange 2010 Solution (Part 2)
• Anti-Spam by Using Edge Transport Server (Part 1)
• The Offline Address Book (Part 3)
• Using DPM 2010 to protect mail on client machines (Part 1)
• Designing a Site Resilient Exchange 2010 Solution (Part 1)
• The Offline Address Book (Part 2)
• Deploying Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3      
  

4. KB Articles of the Month

Below you find the Exchange 2003, 2007, and 2010 related KB articles that were published since the last MSE newsletter.

Exchange Server 2010

• Office Communicator cannot place calls to the Exchange Unified Messaging Auto Attendant
• Forward or Reply may Fail on a message with an attachment from a 3rd Party MAPI/CDO client in Exchange 2010
• You get Error Unknown error (0x80005000) when you try to manage Client Access Server from Remote Hub -Transport server using Exchange Management console and Exchange Management shell
• XCON | Exchange 2010 | Mail Flow | Some users on Exchange 2010 were receiving emails with blank content
• [SDP 3][A51D3710-07DA-400D-B4B3-380A8CC9B18E] Exchange Server 2007 SP3 and Exchange Server 2010 High Item-Count Mailbox Folders Troubleshooter for Windows 2008 R2
• [SDP 2][A267EFB2-B18D-41A3-9865-38307EC74210] Exchange Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2010 High Item-Count Mailbox Folders Troubleshooter for Windows 2003 and Windows 2008
• Unable to view attachments in Owa 2003, when sent from Owa 2010 
• You cannot view updated content of an Exchange Server 2010 public folder
• The email address of a user is updated unexpectedly after you run the Update-Recipient cmdlet on an Exchange Server 2010 server
• Exchange Server 2010 users cannot access the public folder
• Exchange Server 2010 removes the sender's email address from the recipient list in a redirected email message
• Event ID 3022 is logged and you still cannot replicate a public folder from one Exchange Server 2010 server to another
• Description of Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1
• An IMAP4 client cannot send an email message that has a large attachment in a mixed Exchange Server 2010 and Exchange Server 2003 environment
• Notes in an Archive mailbox cannot be viewed in Outlook Web App (OWA)
  

Exchange Server 2007

• Office Communicator cannot place calls to the Exchange Unified Messaging Auto Attendant
• You get Error Unknown error (0x80005000) when you try to manage Client Access Server from Remote Hub -Transport server using Exchange Management console and Exchange Management shell
• [SDP 3][A51D3710-07DA-400D-B4B3-380A8CC9B18E] Exchange Server 2007 SP3 and Exchange Server 2010 High Item-Count Mailbox Folders Troubleshooter for Windows 2008 R2
• [SDP 2][A267EFB2-B18D-41A3-9865-38307EC74210] Exchange Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2010 High Item-Count Mailbox Folders Troubleshooter for Windows 2003 and Windows 2008
• Notes in an Archive mailbox cannot be viewed in Outlook Web App (OWA)

Exchange Server 2003

No Exchange 2003 KB articles have been published since the last MSE Newsletter.

5. MSExchange News of the Month

• My latest Exchange Queue & A for TechNet Magazine published
• Microsoft Office 365 (BPOS v2) announced
• Exchange 2010 SP1 now supports InterOrg BUT... 
• TechNet Wiki - Concern: Is having Outlook 2003 clients going to prevent me from deploying Exchange 2010?
• Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2010 SP1 released
• One more MSExchange.org author receives the Exchange MVP award
• Microsoft sues Motorola over Android patent infringements
• Exchange 2010 SP1 - Experiencing an OWA HTTP 500 Error? 
  

6. Ask Henrik Walther a question

QUESTION:

We have several users within the organization using Mac computers. Currently they are connecting to Exchange 2010 using Entourage 2008 (with EWS update applied). We're planning to upgrade to the new Outlook 2011 for Mac when it's available.

Do you know if the new Outlook 2011 for Mac supports personal online archives like Outlook 2010 does?

ANSWER:

For the last month I've been testing the new Outlook 2011 for Mac and although it is a great Exchange client with a lot of improvements included, it doesn't support Exchange 2010 features such as the personal online archive and retention policies for that matter. However, it is something the Outlook team within the Mac business group are looking at for a future release, but there are no timelines or confirmations at this point.