If you’re a developer and you want to know more about Visual Studio 2012 and .Net 4.5, then visit https://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/whats-new and also have look series of videos available on demand @ https://www.visualstudiolaunch.com/vs2012vle/Modernapps just hit All Sessions –> View All.

Few of the interesting ones to watch out are as below:

• What’s new in Visual Studio 2012 for web developers with Mads Kristensen

  Take a journey through the features of the most significant Visual Studio release for web developers yet. Explore the HTML 5, CSS 3, and JavaScript editors, highlighting both the big and the small features that increase both productivity and developer happiness.

• Building your first app for Office with Microsoft "Napa" and Visual Studio 2012 with Saurabh Bhatia

Modern app development is tightly related to end-users’ work in which Office is “a must.” Office 2013 introduces a new app model that brings the best of web development to Office. Join us in this session to see how easy it is to start building apps for Office using these new development tools.

• Using Visual Studio 2012 to build a Windows Store app using HTML and JavaScript with Jordan Matthiesen

Customers want rich, new experiences for work, play, and entertainment. Visual Studio 2012 and Windows 8 have the answer. Take a tour through the tools you can use in Visual Studio to design, develop, and debug Windows Store Apps. Learn how you can use your existing HTML skills to target millions of customers through the Windows App Store.

• Build engaging, connected Windows 8 Store apps in minutes with Windows Azure with Josh Twist

The best apps need cloud services. Join this session to see how you can leverage Visual Studio 2012 and Windows Azure Mobile Services to add structured storage, integrated authentication, and even push notifications in literally minutes to your Windows 8 Store app.

• Dev tips for building the best Windows Store app with JavaScript using Visual Studio with Jeff Fisher

This session takes you through the new tools available in Visual Studio 2012 for building Windows Store Apps with JavaScript and HTML. Whether you are an experienced web developer or new to JavaScript, you will learn how Visual Studio can help you debug your app and solve layout problems.

Enjoy!

This opens up a whole new world of opportunities for developers like you and me to develop and amaze a potential audience of a billion users.

The possibilities are limitless.

So, Let’s explore the possibilities for developers in the new Office (Office 2013 Preview).

Introducing a new class of apps

Wondering what apps can do?

How do app works anyway?

One can create apps for Office and SharePoint using the same tools and skills. The new development model is consistent between the two.

Develop apps as web applications. You can use HTML and JavaScript for client-side code, and your choice of language for server-side code, such as C#, PHP or VB.NET.

Apps can interact with Office thanks to a new JavaScript API, consistent across multiple Office applications.

Finally, publish and sell your apps through the Office and SharePoint Store or distribute IT-approved apps through an internal App Catalog.

Hope it sounds interesting and are you ready to learn more? Visit @ Build apps for Office

Enjoy! and stay tuned…

I would highly recommend you to prefix the question title as [Ex20XX] [EWS JAVA API 1.X]… so that the members of the forum could easily review/relate the questions specific to EWS JAVA API.

You must be wondering that why I haven’t suggested you to contact Microsoft Support?

Basically, if we have closer look at license agreement under which Microsoft has published the EWS Java API, you would see: 

9. SUPPORT SERVICES. Because this software is “as is,” we may not provide support services for it.

Its clearly mentioned that EWS JAVA API is provided on “as is” basis, therefore the recommendation above.

However, if you are able to repro the issue using the EWS SOAP Request(outside of Java code) or using Microsoft Exchange Web Services Managed API 1.2 against recent build of Exchange 2007/2010 then please report the issue to https://support.microsoft.com. we would be more than happy to assist you with the issue.

We could also use handy utility like EWS Editor available @ https://EWSEditor.codeplex.com published by Matt Stehle(mstehle: The CDOs and CDONTS of Messaging Development) to repro the issue outside of Java and that would help us understand if the issue is specific to EWS JAVA API or EWS protocol.

As mentioned earlier, if we happen to find issue specific to EWS protocol or EWS Managed API then we could definitely take up that issue with Microsoft Product group.

Hope this helps!

Microsoft® Script Explorer for Windows PowerShell® (pre-release) helps scripters find Windows PowerShell scripts, snippets, modules, and how-to guidance in online repositories such as the TechNet Script Center Repository, PoshCode, local or network file systems and Bing Search Repository. Microsoft® Script Explorer enables:

• Integrated community and Microsoft resources to help you unlock the power of Windows PowerShell.
• Seamless searching across online repositories to locate script samples relevant to you
• Establishing and searching local, network, and corporate script repository is easy

Here the snapshot of this cool tool:

Download it @ Microsoft Script Explorer for Windows PowerShell (pre-release) 

Enjoy Scripting!

If you would like to take advantage of access to information about protocols, file formats, standards and other technical specifications for Microsoft high-volume products then visit Open Specifications Developer Center . As part of an on-going commitment to providing interoperability with Microsoft products, the Learn Open Specifications and Interoperability page (also referred to as the Learn Tab) in the Open Specifications Developer Center page hosts instructional content about protocols, file formats, standards and other technical specifications for Microsoft products. Learning modules bring together content from MSDN, Channel 9, and other Microsoft websites, making them the “one-stop shopping” solution for common interoperability topics.

Also if you have not discovered the Open Specifications Interactive Pivot yet? then explore it Open Specifications Interactive Pivot, which makes it easy to find the Open Specifications documents you need in a visual, intuitive way. The Pivot uses Silverlight Deep Zoom technology, which lets you visually search and filter the open specifications documents. Once you use it, you’ll see why we’re excited. The Pivot currently features Exchange, Internet Explorer, Lync, Microsoft Office, and SharePoint protocols. In upcoming months, we plan to add Windows and SQL Server.

And not forget to visit Office Developer Center to find developer resources for creating custom solutions with Microsoft Office 2010, 2007, and 2003.

One of my interesting find on it is Microsoft Office 2010 Developer Map, the Microsoft Office 2010 Interactive Developer Map is a Silverlight application that helps developers visualize the different kinds of applications, services, client/server data-access technologies, on-premise servers, platform products and technologies, and tools that can help developers build multiple line-of-business solutions.

The map is a living document that provides links to MSDN Library reference documentation, MSDN portal pages, videos, and RSS feeds that describe how developers can use Office 2010 and associated tools and technologies to develop solutions that meet their needs. It allows them to drill down to each product and technology and learn about new features, objects, web services, protocols, and content resources that show you how to use and extend Microsoft Office and build custom solutions.

We could use below mentioned code snippet to set Folder Description property as Extended Property using EWS Managed API.

NOTE: Following programming examples is for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose. This sample code assumes that you are familiar with the programming language being demonstrated and the tools used to create and debug procedures. This sample code is provided for the purpose of illustration only and is not intended to be used in a production environment.

<SAMPLE CODE>

public static ExtendedPropertyDefinition FolderDescription = new ExtendedPropertyDefinition(0x3004, MapiPropertyType.String);

Folder fl = new Folder(service);
fl.DisplayName = "Test";
fl.SetExtendedProperty(FolderDescription, "Blogging Mail Folder");
fl.Save(WellKnownFolderName.Inbox);

</SAMPLE CODE>

In order to set Outlook Folder Homepage URL property(as shown in below snapshot) we could refer Henning Krause post @ https://www.infinitec.de/post/2011/10/05/Setting-the-Homepage-of-an-Exchange-folder-using-the-EWS-Managed-API.aspx

IMP: However, We need to keep in mind that, when we set the Outlook Homepage URL within Outlook it configures the PR_FOLDER_WEBVIEWINFO or https://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/0x36DF0102  property. This property is a Binary property and its format is UNDOCUMENTED and hence NOT SUPPORTED by Microsoft. The one thing to note is this it is an unsupported thing to do so make sure we do plenty of testing first.

Hope this helps!

Specifically, these are the key areas of improvement in SP1 for Outlook 2010 SP1

• Outlook 2010 SP1 includes Office 365 support.
• Outlook 2010 SP1 can be set to always use the default sending account.
• Fixes an issue in which the snooze time does not between appointments.

We can refer to the KB Articles referenced below for the further details and download links:

• Description of Office 2010 SP1: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2460049
• Known issues when you install Office 2010 SP1 and SharePoint 2010 SP1: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2532126
• You can download (.xls) lists the issues that are fixed by this service pack.
• You can download the Microsoft Office 2010 SP1 (32-bit/64-bit) packages: Download the Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 64-bit package now. | Download the Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 32-bit package now

The service was introduced in beta last year with enthusiastic response and, in a few months, more than 200,000 organizations signed up and began testing it. Businesses using Office 365 are already reporting impressive results and reducing IT costs by up to an estimated 50 percent while boosting productivity. So, What are you waiting for? Try it Now @ Learn more about Office 365 or Office 365 

If we use Get-Host it will just shows you the version of the host (i.e. of Console.Exe) as below:

We can refer to the article Description of Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 to know issues that the update rollup fixes And download it from Download the Exchange2007-KB2492691-EN package now.

Important

Before you install an update rollup or a service pack, visit the following Microsoft website for prerequisites, installation instructions and known issues:

How to Install the Latest Service Pack or Update Rollup for Exchange Server 2007 (https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee221147(EXCHG.80).aspx)

For a list of update rollups that apply to Exchange Server 2007 RTM, Exchange Server 2007 SP1 or to Exchange Server 2007 SP2, the following Microsoft website:

How to Obtain the Latest Service Pack or Update Rollup for Exchange Server 2007 (https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee221180.aspx) 

Here are few important issues related to Exchange development APIs fixed in the release of RU3 :

2450078 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2450078/ ) The sent time in an email message body is incorrect when you reply or forward the email message by using an EWS application in an Exchange Server 2007 environment.

2445129 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2445129/ ) The W3WP.exe process may crash when a WebDAV client connects to an Exchange Server 2007 server

2394853 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2394853/ ) The returned URL is incorrect when you use the WebDAV "X-MS-ENUMATTS" method to enumerate an attachment in an Exchange Server 2007 environment

2267661 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2267661/ ) Some body parts of a message are displayed as attachments when an Exchange Server 2007 user sends the message by using a third-party mail client

955480 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/955480/ ) A meeting request is stamped as Busy instead of Tentative when it is sent from an external user to an Exchange Server 2007 user