September 2008 - Microsoft Teams & Staff

A New Resource about Windows Update is Available

Hi Everyone - Want to better understand updating behavior and what Microsoft is trying to do with Windows Update? We've created a whitepaper called Windows Update Explained, which provides information about how Windows Update works, including how to check for, download, and install updates. It also...

Published 09-30-2008 19:19 by Microsoft Update Product Team Blog

Filed under: General

When, if and how do you modify Outlook Providers?

As mentioned in my previous post on the subject of Autodiscover Service and Outlook Providers - I wanted to follow-up with the discussion of modifying the providers. What is the impact when we change the Outlook provider configuration? In what scenarios...

Published 09-29-2008 11:47 by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Tips 'n Tricks, Exchange 2007, Role: Client Access, Outlook

The Autodiscover Service and Outlook Providers - how does this stuff work?

To allow Autodiscover to function completely there is an important component in Exchange 2007 Server named Providers. Providers are components that are specifically related to the type of client that is trying to connect and be configured. When the Client...

Published 09-26-2008 8:47 by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Exchange 2007, Role: Client Access, Outlook

Exchange 2007 Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator updated to v 16.0

Please go to our Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator updates tracking page to see what is in this new version! A blog post explaining the calculator (updated for this new version) is here . Comments welcome! - Ross Smith IV Share this...

Published 09-23-2008 9:47 by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Exchange 2007, Storage, Role: Mailbox, Tools

New Category for Microsoft Expression Product Family

In the next few weeks, we are adding a new category to your WSUS server – Expression Media 2 . The category belongs to the Microsoft Expression product family. The category will include updates for Expression Media 2, including service packs, optional...

Published 09-17-2008 21:55 by WSUS Product Team Blog

Filed under: WSUS, Windows Server Update Services

New Revisions for MS08-053 (KB954156) and MS08-054 (KB954154)

WSUS Admins, Just a heads up that MS08-053 (KB954156) and MS08-054: (KB954154) have been revised today. You will see new revisions for both in your WSUS synchronization results, and the WSUSscan.cab will be re-released as well. For further details on...

Published 09-15-2008 23:08 by WSUS Product Team Blog

Restoring Multiple Stores into an Exchange 2007 RSG

Recently we have learned that some of our customers that use Recovery Storage Group and add multiple databases to it, ran into the following issue: Recovery configured through Database Recovery Management in Exchange Management Console has and issue with...

Published 09-15-2008 11:56 by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Exchange 2007, Troubleshooting, Storage

Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers - September 2008

Hi, During this month’s webcast we were able to address 22 questions in the time allotted. The majority of the questions were regarding the GDI+ update (bulletin number MS08-052 ). We strongly recommend that you review the bulletin in detail for specific information regarding bulletins superseded by...

Published 09-12-2008 12:26 by The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)

Filed under: Webcast Q&A

The case of disappearing Update Rollup 4

For a brief period of time on 9/9 (Tuesday), a pre-release version of Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB952580) was inadvertently made available to Microsoft Update , the Microsoft Update Catalog , and WSUS servers for download...

Published 09-11-2008 10:52 by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Tips 'n Tricks, Exchange 2007, Setup, Troubleshooting

September 2008 Monthly Bulletin Release

I'm Simon, Release Manager in the MSRC. The September 2008 release contains 4 new bulletins, all with maximum severities of "Critical". MS08-052 Vulnerabilities in GDI+ Could Allow Remote Code Execution (954593) MS08-053 Vulnerability in Windows Media Encoder 9 Could Allow Remote Code Execution...

Published 09-09-2008 12:50 by The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)

Exchange 2007 PrepareAD could interfere with Exchange 2003 mailflow when e-mail address space is ambiguously nonauthoritative

We've recently encountered a small handful of customers who reported mailflow problems shortly after running Exchange 2007's /prepareAD, or after they installed their first Exchange 2007 role (which auto-launches the pre-requisite prepareAD process...

Published 09-05-2008 9:48 by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Tips 'n Tricks, Exchange 2007, Setup, Scripting

Securing Exchange Data from Unapproved Mobile Devices (or how to block a phone or service from taking data out of your Exchange Server)

Many companies and users consider mobile access to Exchange data an essential feature. Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) is very popular as it allows this access and many devices have licensed and implemented EAS (including Windows Mobile). Some companies use...

Published 09-05-2008 9:20 by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Tips 'n Tricks, Exchange 2007, Mobility, Security

September 2008 Advanced Notification

Hello, Bill here. I wanted to let you know that we just posted our Advance Notification for next week’s bulletin release which will occur on Tuesday, September 9, 2008 around 10 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. It is important to remember that while the information posted below is intended to help with your...

Published 09-04-2008 12:55 by The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)

Exchange Server Documentation Updates - September 2008

The Exchange Server documentation team is pleased to announce updates to the Exchange Server content. To see what content has changed for Exchange Server 2007 with Service Pack 1, take a look at Exchange Server 2007 Documentation Updates . To see what...

Published 09-04-2008 7:38 by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Exchange 2007, Documentation, Documentation updates

Building a Lab with Exchange 2007 on Windows 2008 Using PowerShell

Hi from Alabama, This is a follow-up to my last post , which was about building a lab with Exchange 2007 on Windows Server 2003 using a PowerShell script. This post is about building the same lab using Exchange Server 2007 SP1 on Windows Server 2008....

Published 09-03-2008 11:53 by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Tips 'n Tricks, Administration, Setup, Scripting, Clustering, Tools