December 2009 – Technology Rollup Mail – Unified Communications
News
Exchange
You Had Me At EHLO...
https://msexchangeteam.com/default.aspx
Microsoft UK UC Blog
https://blogs.technet.com/msukucc
Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting
Office Communications Server Team Blog
https://communicationsserverteam.com
Outlook
Microsoft Office Outlook Team Blog
https://blogs.msdn.com/outlook/default.aspx
Documents
Antigen & Forefront
Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server Documentation
Documentation about Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server
Exchange
Quick Start Guide for Outlook Voice Access 2010
This download contains a quick reference sheet that can be used when navigating the menu system found in Outlook Voice Access.
Exchange Server 2010 and Outlook Standards Documentation
The Exchange Server and Outlook Standards Documents describe Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and Outlook support for industry messaging standards and Requests for Comments (RFCs) related to iCalendar, IMAP4, and POP3.
Exchange Server 2010 Beta Protocol Documentation Set
The Microsoft Exchange Server protocols documentation provides detailed technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols (including extensions to industry-standard or other published protocols) used by Microsoft Exchange Server to communicate with other Microsoft products.
Exchange Server 2010 Beta and Outlook Standards Documentation
The Exchange Server and Outlook Standards Documents describe Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Beta and Outlook support for industry messaging standards and Requests for Comments (RFCs) related to iCalendar, IMAP4, and POP3.
Exchange Server 2010 Protocol Documentation Set
The Microsoft Exchange Server protocols documentation provides detailed technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols (including extensions to industry-standard or other published protocols) used by Microsoft Exchange Server to communicate with other Microsoft products.
Exchange Server 2010 Release Notes
This download contains a stand-alone version of the Exchange Server 2010 Release Notes.
Hosted Messaging Collaboration
Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting
Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Protocol Documentation
The Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies protocol documentation provides technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols that are implemented and used in SharePoint Products and Technologies.
Microsoft Office Protocol Documentation
The Office protocol documentation provides technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols that are implemented and used in the Microsoft Office system.
Outlook
Fact Sheets
Quick overview of the accessibility features of major Microsoft products.
Downloads
Antigen & Forefront
Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server
Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (FPE) provides fast and effective protection against malware and spam by including multiple scanning engines from industry-leading security partners. It also integrates with Forefront Online Protection for Exchange to provide the defense-in-depth benefits of hosted and on-premise filtering in a single solution.
IT Compliance Management Series
The IT Compliance Management Series is intended for IT managers, professionals, and partners who must configure Microsoft products to address specific IT governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) requirements. Successful implementation of the recommendations in this series will allow organizations to shift the enforcement and management of IT GRC requirements onto underlying Microsoft technologies.
FIM 2010 RC1 Demo Hyper-V VHD
This package contains a Hyper-V-based demo of Microsoft® Forefront (TM) Identity Manager (FIM) 2010 RC1 (formerly code-named ILM "2").
Exchange
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP2 Help
This download contains a standalone version of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP2 Help.
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 helps you achieve new levels of reliability and performance by delivering features that help to simplify your administration, protect your communications, and delight your customers by meeting their demands for greater business mobility.
Microsoft Exchange Server Inter-Organization Replication Tool
Replicate public folder and free and busy information between Exchange organizations.
Exchange Server 2010 UM Language Packs
These downloads contain pre-recorded prompts, grammar files, text to speech data, Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) files, and Voice Mail Preview capabilities for a specific language that is supported by Exchange 2010 Unified Messaging. Warning: This UM language pack must only be installed as an add-in to Exchange Server 2010 Unified Messaging.
Exchange 2010 Language Pack Bundle
This download contains the most recently updated language packs for Exchange 2010. The language bundle includes all packs for all supported languages.
Exchange Server 2007 - Management Tools (32-Bit)
Exchange Server 2007 is a native 64-bit application that includes 64-bit management tools. You can use the management tools to administer your Exchange Server environment remotely. If the remote computer is running a 32-bit operating system, you will need to download the 32-bit management tools.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online E-mail Router
The E-mail Router transfers e-mail messages to Microsoft Dynamics CRM, and it sends outgoing e-mail messages.
Infrastructure Planning and Design
The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides are the next version of Windows Server System Reference Architecture. The guides in this series help clarify and streamline design processes for Microsoft infrastructure technologies, with each guide addressing a unique infrastructure technology or scenario.
Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting
Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 Hotfix KB 972884
This download contains an update for Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2.
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Hotfix KB 968802
This download includes all available updates for Office Communications Server 2007 R2.
Events/Webcasts
Exchange
Cloud Computing Webcast Series - 'Why Microsoft has the best cloud computing story.'
Wednesday, December 09, 2009 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Join us for a live webcast to hear 'Why Microsoft has the best cloud computing story'!
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032433504&culture=en-US
Cloud Computing Webcast Series - 'The Business Value of Online Services'
Monday, December 14, 2009 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Join us for a live webcast to discuss 'The Business Value of Online Services'!
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032433505&culture=en-US
IT Manager Webcast: IT Manager Community Chat with Kevin Remde: Let's Communicate (Level 100)
Thursday, December 10, 2009 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
With the significant advances in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, you can achieve new levels of reliability and performance while controlling costs. Join Kevin Remde, a senior IT professional evangelist at Microsoft, and his guests for this webcast in which they address how Exchange Server 2010 helps lower IT costs with cost-effective storage options, provides the mobile workforce with rich mobile access to their entire inbox, and manages the risks of costly exposure with expanded information control and archiving.
Presenter: Kevin Remde, Senior IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
Kevin Remde is a prolific blogger who shares his thoughts, ideas, and tips on the TechNet Events Bloggers Web site and the IT Professional Community Web site. As a webcast presenter, he has landed on the Microsoft top 10 webcast list several times. Kevin has worked as both a developer and an IT professional, so he loves sharing helpful new solutions and technologies with his IT peers. At Microsoft, Kevin relishes the opportunity to generate fresh ideas and run with them. He received his bachelor's degree in computer science at the University of Minnesota (go Gophers!), where he also studied music theory and composition.
View other sessions from: IT Manager Connections: Build Business and Careers on the Microsoft Platform
If you have questions or feedback, contact us.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032433610&culture=en-US
Other
IT Manager Webcast: Technical Talks with Tim Vander Kooi: Integrated Communications (Level 200)
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Employees in your organization want access to information and people regardless of what device they use; the ability to instantly see the status of colleagues and chat with them is a business requirement. You want to embrace this new thinking and let people in your organization communicate via voice, e-mail, or video and access corporate information anywhere anytime, but you have responsibly to keep your network and information secure.
Attend this webcast to learn how Microsoft Office Communications Server combined with the Microsoft Office Communicator client give you the ability to provide a voice over IP (VoIP) and conference solution your workforce can use anywhere. Discover how you can use With Microsoft Exchange Server to integrate all your communications into one inbox and provide access via any device.
Presenter: Tim Vander Kooi, Systems Administrator, Explorer Pipeline
Tim Vander Kooi has worked in the information technology industry for 15 years. Currently, Tim works for Explorer Pipeline, a fuel transportation company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he has spent the last five years as a Microsoft systems administrator. Tim also shares his expertise in many user forums and online community sites and was named a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager and Microsoft System Center Essentials in 2007. Tim's passion for IT does not stop there. He has been involved in user-group communities for more than 10 years. Tim started the Tulsa IT Pros user group, where he still serves as president. In addition, Tim is the current chairman of the board for the North American board of Culminis. His vision for the IT community is a place where knowledge and real-world solutions are shared to help all of IT succeed.
View other sessions from: IT Manager Connections: Build Business and Careers on the Microsoft Platform
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032434027&culture=en-US
Momentum Webcast: Leveraging New Ways to Work (Level 100)
Thursday, December 10, 2009 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Businesses are constantly looking for ways save money, improve efficiency, and innovate. As a result, businesses are turning to their IT departments to help save money by controlling costs, improving efficiency, and increasing revenue streams through innovation. Attend this webcast to learn how to enable a highly flexible, reliable, and innovative work environment by taking advantage of your existing technology investment. Staying ahead of the competition often means being able to adapt faster than the market. To achieve that, Microsoft technologies like SharePoint Server, Communications Server 2007 R2, Exchange Server 2010, and the 2007 Microsoft Office system let employees collaborate and communicate anywhere and anytime, online or offline, which can lead to innovation and growth in business.
Presenter: Richard Gleeson, Director of TDM Strategy, Advaiya, Inc
Richard Gleeson is the Director for IT Strategy at Advaiya, Inc, in the Business Solutions Group. At Advaiya, Rich has worked with Microsoft on numerous strategic projects including consulting services, audience marketing, IW compete, Online Services (BPOS), Infrastructure Optimization (IO) and business value assessments (BVA). Prior to Advaiya, Rich was a Senior Business Strategy Consultant at Microsoft working with large enterprise customers to identify business value and drive Information Worker adoption.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032428628&culture=en-US
Momentum Webcast: Reduce Your Operational Expenses! (Level 100)
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Join Microsoft to learn how to start saving on both your travel and telephony expenses allowing you to invest those dollars in other components of your business success.
Reduce travel costs by giving employees new ways to communicate using and integrated audio, video, and Web conferencing solution. Reduce your toll charges further by integrating unified communications technologies with existing PBX and telephony infrastructure. Microsoft will demonstrate the ease of use and rapid deployment strategies in products such as Office Communicator, OCS R2, Live Meeting, Exchange Server 2010, along with the suite of Office productivity applications. You will quickly see how Microsoft can enable you to connect the right people at the right time in an economically feasible way.
Presenter: Richard Gleeson, Director of TDM Strategy, Advaiya, Inc
Richard Gleeson is the Director for IT Strategy at Advaiya, Inc, in the Business Solutions Group. At Advaiya, Rich has worked with Microsoft on numerous strategic projects including consulting services, audience marketing, IW compete, Online Services (BPOS), Infrastructure Optimization (IO) and business value assessments (BVA). Prior to Advaiya, Rich was a Senior Business Strategy Consultant at Microsoft working with large enterprise customers to identify business value and drive Information Worker adoption.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032428631&culture=en-US
New KB's
Antigen & Forefront
Antigen 8.0 for MS Exchange EN: Description of notification messages that refer to an "ExceedinglyInfected virus" and to an "ExceedinglyNested compressed file" (Updated)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/906002/EN-US
Antigen 8.0 for MS Exchange EN: Support for Sybari Antigen 8 for Exchange and Sybari Antigen 8 for SMTP Gateways ends December 31, 2009
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/977545/EN-US
Antigen 9.0 for Exchange AL: Users receive an e-mail message that states that a file was deleted because of its "Large uncompressed size characteristics" (Updated)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/924952/EN-US
Antigen 9.0 Spam Manager EN: How to notify Microsoft of false negative and false positive spam messages that are identified by Antigen or Forefront (Updated)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/924951/EN-US
Forefront Sec Exchange Svr EN: How to install a service pack or a software update on an Exchange Server computer that is running Forefront Security (Updated)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/929080/EN-US
Forefront Sec Exchange Svr EN: Guidelines about how to install and to uninstall Forefront Security for Exchange Server or Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server on an Exchange 2007 cluster continuous replication (CCR) cluster (Updated)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/929081/EN-US
Forefront Sec Exchange Svr EN: Forefront Server Security or Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server does not obtain scan engine updates, and the following error message is logged in the Programlog.txt file: "Error: The <EngineName> scan engine update timed out" (Updated)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/939411/EN-US
Forefront Sec Exchange Svr EN: Guidelines for installing and for uninstalling Forefront Security for Exchange Server or Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server on an Exchange 2007 standby continuous replication (SCR) (Updated)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/943616/EN-US
Forefront Sec Exchange Svr EN: Folders to exclude when you perform a file-level antivirus scan on a server operating system (Updated)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/943620/EN-US
Exchange
Exchange Svr 2007 SP1 AL: The logon page does not display the “This is a private computer” option correctly in the Greek version of Outlook Web Access (Updated)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/961856/EN-US
Exchange Svr 2007 SP2 AL: An error message occurs when you run the "Isinteg" command on a newly created Exchange 2007 database
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/941775/EN-US
Exchange Svr 2007 SP2 AL: The User account is not logged in Event ID 566 after the user makes changes to a mailbox
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/967174/EN-US
Exchange Svr 2007 SP2 AL: When you install an Exchange Server 2007 update rollup by using a user account that has no Exchange Server Administrator permissions, the installation program fails
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/970104/EN-US
Exchange Svr 2007 SP2 AL: Description of Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/971534/EN-US
Exchange Svr 2007 SP2 AL: After you synchronize your mobile device to work with an Exchange Server 2007 server, the synchronization time and the request time are shown in UTC
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/971641/EN-US
Exchange Svr 2007 SP2 AL: The storage limit does not affect the managed custom folder if you copy messages into this folder by using Outlook Web Access (OWA)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/971857/EN-US
Exchange Svr 2007 SP2 AL: E-mail messages cannot be retrieved by an Exchange Web Service (EWS)-based application if there are invalid control characters in the text body of the e-mail message
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/972009/EN-US
Exchange Svr 2007 SP2 AL: A transport rule is not applied to MDNs in Exchange Server 2007
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/972115/EN-US
Exchange Svr 2007 SP2 AL: The "Display sender’s name on messages" option in the Exchange Management Console of Exchange Server 2007 does not work for Message Delivery Notifications (MDNs) that are to remote domains
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/972172/EN-US
Exchange Svr 2007 SP2 AL: A new download method is available for HTTP offline address books on Exchange Server 2007 servers that has the Client Access Server role installed
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/972272/EN-US
Exchange Svr 2007 SP2 AL: You cannot view a clear-signed e-mail message in Exchange Server 2007 SP2 when you open the message by using a non-MAPI client
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/972357/EN-US
Exchange Svr 2007 SP2 AL: Outlook Web Access (OWA) removes the Calendar items for a recurring meeting when you delete the meeting request from the Deleted items folder in Exchange Server 2007
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/972473/EN-US
Exchange Svr 2007 SP2 AL: Event ID 4011 is logged when you query free/busy data for external contacts in Exchange Server 2007
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/972514/EN-US
Exchange Svr 2007 SP2 AL: The wrong attendee is removed in Scheduling Assistant when you remove attendees from a meeting request in Outlook Web Access server light version
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/973190/EN-US
Exchange Svr 2007 SP2 AL: Message delivery times are stamped with the current date and time when Exchange Server 2007 users submit messages by using an IMAP4 client and the APPEND command
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/973253/EN-US
Exchange Svr 2007 SP2 AL: The Edge Transport server's transport process fails during an e-mail address rewrite on an Exchange Server 2007 server
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/973293/EN-US
Exchange Svr 2007 SP2 AL: An application that uses Exchange Web Services returns an exception on an Exchange Server 2007 server
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/973307/EN-US
Exchange Svr 2007 SP2 AL: Hidden messages in an Exchange Server 2007 mailbox can be downloaded by any IMAP4 client
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/973361/EN-US
Exchange Svr 2007 SP2 AL: Error message in Exchange Management Shell in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 when you run the "new-dynamicdistributiongroup" command: “You must provide a value expression on the right-hand side of the '-and' operator.”
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/973490/EN-US
Exchange Svr 2007 SP2 AL: When an Exchange Server 2007 user sends a meeting request to external recipients with the Reminder turned off, the default 15 minute Reminder pop-up window still appears
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/973761/EN-US
Exchange Svr 2007 SP2 AL: A delegate cannot cancel meetings in the organizer's calendar by using Exchange Web Service (EWS)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/973868/EN-US
Exchange Svr 2007 SP2 AL: Error message when an Exchange 2007 user clicks "Post" or "Send" to submit a new post item for a moderated public folder in OWA: "The item that you attempted to access no longer exists" (Updated)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/973912/EN-US
Exchange Svr 2007 SP2 AL: Recipients cannot see the attendee entry for Domino Room resource after an Exchange Server 2007 user sends a meeting request that includes a Domino room resource to the recipient
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/974010/EN-US
Exchange Svr 2007 SP2 AL: The abbreviation sequence is incorrect when an Outlook Web Access Light user checks the calendar in Weekly view after the user sets the language to "Basque" in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/974242/EN-US
Exchange Svr 2007 SP2 AL: The whole calendar view is broken and an error message is returned when you view an exception occurrence of a private recurring meeting in OWA
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/974640/EN-US
Exchange Svr Std 2007 AL: E-mail messages are queued when you use the DNS round robin feature on multiple Exchange Server 2007 hub servers
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/969046/EN-US
Exchange Svr Std 2007 AL: The IMAP4 service crashes, and then event error 4999 occurs on a computer that is running Exchange Server 2007
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/970118/EN-US
Exchange Svr Std 2007 AL: The Edgetransport.exe program intermittently crashes on Exchange Server 2007
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/971053/EN-US
Exchange Svr Std 2007 AL: The IMAP service crashes and event error 4999 occurs on a computer that is running Exchange Server 2007
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/971431/EN-US
Exchange Svr Std 2007 AL: The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service crashes during move-mailbox operations and event error 4999 occurs in Exchange Server 2007
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/972103/EN-US
Exchange Svr Std 2007 AL: Update of Private status in a meeting request is not reflected in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/972278/EN-US
Exchange Svr Std 2007 AL: Error message when you save a filter as default in the Exchange Management Console (EMC) and then restart the EMC: "The search filter is invalid"
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/972426/EN-US
Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting
Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: You cannot join a multiparty Instant Messaging conference, and those who are on the conference are disconnected in Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/974009/EN-US
Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: Audio callers in the UCMA 2.0 SDK's Automatic Call Distributor sample application cannot connect to the back-office audio conference when they are outside the corporate network
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/975895/EN-US
Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: An application that is based on Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Unified Communications Managed API 2.0 Core Redist 64-bit crashes
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/975898/EN-US
Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: Error message when you use the RGSLang.exe utility after you perform a command-line installation and a command-line activation of Office Communications Server 2007 R2: "Could not extract languages from WMI!"
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/977281/EN-US
Office Comm Svr Ent 2007 R2 AL: Error message when a delegate user tries to schedule an Office Communications Server 2007 R2 conference on behalf of another user: "You do not have permissions to schedule meetings and conferences on behalf of the owner of this account"
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/977282/EN-US
Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: Updates for Communications Server 2007 R2 (Updated)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/968802/EN-US
Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: Description of the Cumulative Update for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Unified Communications Managed API 2.0 Core Redist 64-bit: October 2009 (Updated)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/974007/EN-US
Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: The Response Group Service that runs on Office Communications Server 2008 R2 stops responding when a custom application passes availability status in XML
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/976056/EN-US
Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: Some user accounts are locked out when you use Office Communicator 2007 R2
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/976985/EN-US
Office Comm Svr Std 2007 R2 AL: Description of the update package for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 XMPP Gateway: November 2009
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/977187/EN-US
Outlook
Outlook 2003 Win32 AL: MS08-015: Description of the security update for Outlook 2003: March 11, 2008 (Updated)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/945432/EN-US
Outlook 2003 Win32 AL: MS09-060: Description of the security update for Outlook 2003: October 13, 2009 (Updated)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/973705/EN-US
Outlook 2003 Win32 AL: Description of the Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter update: November 10, 2009
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/975958/EN-US
Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: How to obtain the latest Outlook Junk E-mail Filter update (Updated)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/872976/EN-US
Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: MS08-015: Vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook could allow remote code execution (Updated)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/949031/EN-US
Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: MS09-060: Description of the security update for Outlook 2007: October 13, 2009 (Updated)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/972363/EN-US
Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: When you change the date of a reminder by typing a new value in the Russian version of Outlook 2007, the year value of the reminder is multiplied by 2
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/975605/EN-US
Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Description of the Outlook 2007 hotfix package (Outlook-ru-ru.msp): October 27, 2009 (Updated)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/975729/EN-US
Outlook 2007 Win32 ML: Description of the Outlook 2007 Junk E-mail Filter update: November 10, 2009