Exchange-Genie

Microsoft has released Exchange 2007 SP3 which can be downloaded from the following link:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1687160b-634a-43cb-a65a-f355cff0afa6&displaylang=en

You can find out whats new with Exchange 2007 SP3 here : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607226(EXCHG.80).aspx

Applies to: Exchange Server 2007 SP3 Topic Last Modified: 2010-03-31

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (SP3) introduces many new features for each server role. This topic discusses the new and improved features that are added when you install Exchange 2007 SP3.

To download Exchange 2007 SP3, see Exchange Server 2007 Downloads.

 New Deployment Options

 Windows Server 2008 R2 Support

Exchange Server 2007 SP3 supports all Exchange 2007 roles on the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system.

Exchange 2007 SP3 provides support only for a new installation of Exchange on Windows Server 2008 R2. Exchange 2007 SP3 is not supported in an upgrade scenario on Windows Server 2008 R2. For example, Exchange 2007 SP3 does not support the following installation scenarios:

• A new Exchange 2007 SP3 installation on a Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer that has been upgraded from Windows Server 2008
• Upgrading Exchange 2007 SP2 to Exchange 2007 SP3 on a Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer that has been upgraded from Windows Server 2008
• Upgrading the operating system from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2008 R2 on a computer that has Exchange 2007 SP3 installed

For more information about the installation prerequisites for installing Exchange 2007 SP3 on a Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer, see How to Install Exchange 2007 SP1 and SP2 Prerequisites on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista. For more information about the supported operating systems for Exchange 2007 SP3, see Exchange 2007 System Requirements.

 Windows 7 Support

Exchange 2007 SP3 supports the installation of the Exchange 2007 management tools on a computer that is running Windows 7. Additionally, Exchange 2007 SP3 provides support for the installation of the Exchange 2007 Management Tools together with the Exchange Server 2010 Management Tools on the same Windows 7-based computer.

Exchange 2007 SP3 provides support only for a new installation of the Exchange Management Tools on Windows 7. Exchange 2007 SP3 is not supported in an upgrade scenario on Windows 7. For example, Exchange 2007 SP3 does not support the following installation scenarios:

• A new Exchange 2007 SP3 installation on a Windows 7-based computer that has been upgraded from Windows Vista
• Upgrading Exchange 2007 SP2 to Exchange 2007 SP3 on a Windows 7-based computer that has been upgraded from Windows Vista
• Upgrading the operating system from Windows Vista to Windows 7 with Exchange 2007 on a computer that has Exchange 2007 SP3 installed

For more information about how to install the Exchange 2007 management tools, see How to Install the Exchange 2007 Management Tools.

 Improved Password Reset Functionality

Exchange 2007 SP3 introduces password reset functionality for Internet Information Services (IIS) 7. For more information, see How to Enable the Exchange 2007 SP3 Password Reset Tool.

 Updated Search Functionality

Exchange 2007 SP3 includes updates to the Exchange Search (MSSearch) component. MSSearch provides support for creating full text indexes for Exchange stores. Exchange 2007 SP3 updates the MSSearch binary files to MSSearch 3.1.

 Schema Changes

Exchange 2007 SP3 includes Active Directory schema changes for certain Unified Messaging (UM) mailbox attributes. For more information, see Active Directory Schema Changes (SP3).

 Support for Right-to-Left Disclaimer Text

Exchange 2007 SP3 includes support for Right-to-Left text in e-mail message disclaimers in a right-to-left language, such as Arabic. In earlier versions of Exchange, when you use a transport rule to create a disclaimer in a right-to-left language on an Exchange 2007 Hub Transport server, the text appears incorrectly when you view it from Outlook 2007.

Exchange 2007 SP3 adds functionality to the transport rule setting to fully support right-to-left text in disclaimers

Microsoft has released SP1  Threat Management Gateway and can be down loaded here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f0fd5770-7360-4916-a5be-a88a0fd76c7c&displaylang=en

The service pack includes the following new features and feature improvements:

New Reports
• The new User Activity report displays the sites and site categories accessed by any user.
• All Forefront TMG reports have a new look and feel.

Enhancements to URL Filtering
• You can now allow users to override the access restriction on sites blocked by URL filtering. This allows for a more flexible web access policy, in that users can decide for themselves whether to access a blocked site. This is especially useful for websites that have been incorrectly categorized.
• You can now override the categorization of a URL on the enterprise level; the override is then effective for each enterprise-joined array.
• Denial notification pages can now be customized for your organization’s needs.

Enhanced Branch Office Support
• Collocation of Forefront TMG and a domain controller on the same server, which can help reduce the total cost of ownership at branch offices.
• When installed on a computer running Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1 simplifies the deployment of BranchCache at the branch office, using Forefront TMG as the Hosted Cache server.

Support for publishing SharePoint 2010
• Forefront TMG SP1 supports secure publishing of SharePoint 2010.

Roll up 4 to Exchange 2010 has been recently released and can be found here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=09b4973e-3a80-4fb9-9f60-5c6e2b7a2727&displaylang=en

All,

I am sorry I have not written many posts lately, what you may not know is that I just had my first child a few weeks ago and have been living the new baby life.  The good news is I now have a little assistant that I have already begun his training to assist with the site.  Let me introduce you to my new little helper and Exchange Genie Jr.

The next Exchange Genie

For all those Xbox lovers like me you want to check out the new Kinect formaly code named project Natal that is coming this holiday season

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/kinect

Microsoft recently released a Beta build of Exchange 2010 SP1 located here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a0965fc9-2723-4947-ae6b-74bc3808e72a&displaylang=en , this is a solid build of SP1 however it is a Beta release so please deploy to your labs.

A former co worker of mine has started a new blog related to Exchange and I wanted to pass along the link http://fishexchange.spaces.live.com

Recently Microsoft acknowledge they have been working on  Service Pack 1 for Exchange 2010 and have started to release what feature improvements/enhancements that will be added in the service pack. More information can be found on the Exchange Team page located here http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/04/07/454533.aspx

Microsoft has recently made the annoucement that Office 2010 has now reached RTM

http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/archive/2010/04/15/office-2010-reaches-rtm.aspx

Yesterday Microsoft made an annoucement about a number of features that are being released with Exchange 2010 Sp1 which can be found here http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/04/07/454533.aspx. One feature that a number of people have been asking for is the ability to add a personal archive to Outlook 2007, Microsoft has heard from the masses and will be adding this to Outlook 2007 in a future update.