February–Technical Rollup Mail–Unified Communications
News
Premier
OpsVault — Operate and Optimize IT
Microsoft Premier Support UK - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
https://blogs.technet.com/b/mspremuk/
Antigen & Forefront
https://blogs.technet.com/forefront
https://blogs.technet.com/fssnerds
Exchange
https://msexchangeteam.com/default.aspx
https://blogs.technet.com/msukucc
https://blogs.technet.com/b/msonline/
https://blogs.technet.com/b/msonline/
Hosted Messaging Collaboration
Lync , Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting
NextHop - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
https://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/
Outlook
https://blogs.msdn.com/outlook/default.aspx
Other
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/ocs/ee465814.aspx
https://blogs.technet.com/themasterblog
Documents
Antigen & Forefront
Exchange
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Install Guide Templates
You can use these templates as a starting point for formally documenting your organization's server build procedures for servers that will have Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 server roles installed on them.
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=17206
Migrating Exchange from HMC 4.5 to Exchange Server 2010 SP2
This file contains a white paper and PowerShell scripts to provide the recommended and supported migration path from HMC 4.5 to Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP2. The steps in this guide may also be helpful when migrating from non-HMC environments that have configured some form of multi-tenancy.
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28714
Hosted Messaging Collaboration
Lync , Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting
Microsoft Office 365 Service Descriptions and Service Level Agreements for Dedicated Subscription Plans
Microsoft Office 365 for enterprises provides powerful cloud-based solutions for e-mail, collaboration, instant messaging and web conferencing. The Office 365 dedicated plans deliver these services from a highly reliable network of Microsoft data centers on servers systems dedicated to individual customer—enabling customers to use the latest productivity applications while reducing IT overhead.
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=18128
Unified Communications Phones and Peripherals Datasheets
These datasheets list the phones and peripheral devices that are qualified to display the "Optimized for Microsoft Lync" logo.
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=16857
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Multitenant Pack for Partner Hosting Deployment Guide
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Multitenant Pack for Partner Hosting Deployment GuideThe Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Multitenant Pack for Partner Hosting is an extension of Microsoft Lync Server 2010 software that is designed to allow service providers and system integrators to customize a Lync Server 2010 deployment and offer it as a service to their customers. This guide describes how to deploy and configure a basic architecture.
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28587
Live Meeting-To-Lync Transition Resources
Resources included in this download package are designed to support your organization’s Live Meeting Service to Lync (Server or Online) transition planning. This download will be updated with additional resources as available.
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26494
Outlook
Microsoft Office for Mac 2011: Training Tutorials and Videos
The Office for Mac 2011 training downloads include Portable Document Format (.pdf) and PowerPoint (.pptx) versions of all Office 2011 tutorials and videos. To access the same training online, visit www.microsoft.com/mac/how-to.
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=19790
Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook Standards Documentation
The Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook standards documentation describes how Exchange and Outlook support industry messaging standards and Requests for Comments (RFCs) documents about iCalendar, Internet Message Access Protocol – Version 4 (IMAP4), and Post Office Protocol – Version 3 (POP3).
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=13800
Other
Downloads
Antigen & Forefront
Exchange
Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (KB2608656)
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28751
Microsoft Online Services Migration Tools (64 bit)
Use this tool to support migration of Microsoft Exchange to Microsoft Online Services.
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=7013
Microsoft Online Services Migration Tools (32 bit)
Use this tool to support migration of Microsoft Exchange to Microsoft Online Services.
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=5015
Microsoft Exchange PST Capture
Microsoft Exchange PST Capture is used to discover and import .pst files into Exchange Server or Exchange Online
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28767
Hosted Messaging Collaboration
Lync , Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting
Lync 2010 Hotfix KB 2670498 (64 bit)
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=14490
Lync 2010 Hotfix KB 2670498 (32 bit)
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=25055
VHD Test Drive - Lync Server 2010 VHD (Dev)
This download comes as a pre-configured set of VHD's. This download enables you to fully evaluate the Microsoft Lync 2010 and Microsoft Exchange 2010 developer platform including the Microsoft Lync 2010 SDK, the Exchange Web Services Managed API 1.1 as well as the Microsoft Lync Server 2010 SDK and the Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API 3.0.
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28350
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Hotfix KB 968802
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=19178
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat Hotfix KB 2647090
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=12180
Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 Hotfix KB 2647093
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=21547
Outlook
Microsoft Outlook Social Connector Provider for Facebook
Connect your Facebook account to the Outlook Social Connector and stay up to the minute with the people in your network by accessing everything from e-mail threads to status updates in one single, centralized view.
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=5039
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 for Microsoft Office Outlook (Outlook Client)
Install Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Outlook, also known as the CRM 2011 Outlook client. Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Outlook enables access to your Microsoft Dynamics CRM data through Outlook.
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27821
Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB2597098)
This update provides the Junk E-mail Filter in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 with a more current definition of which e-mail messages should be considered junk e-mail.
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28602
Other
Events/Webcasts
Exchange 2010 Microsoft Certified Masters (MCM) Training & Certification Overview
15 February 2012 09:00 Time zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Communication drives business. Whether onsite or in the cloud, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 is a critical infrastructure to ensure availability and security of an organization’s email, calendar, and contacts. Microsoft Certified Masters (MCMs) who are certified on Exchange Server 2010 are specialists in the design, migration, implementation, and optimization of the mail experience across multiple devices—which in turn helps lower messaging costs and helps ensure availability and security.
All Microsoft Certified Masters on Exchange Server 2010 become an immediate part of an exclusive community of experts that includes fellow graduates and members of the Exchange Server product group as well as valuable resources to which they can contribute and from which they can draw the collective knowledge of that community at any time.
At this event, MCM Program Management will provide a detailed overview for potential candidates and their sponsors.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032504857&culture=en-GB
New KB's
Antigen & Forefront
Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange: How to troubleshoot Higher Risk Delivery Pool email delivery issues in Forefront Online Protection for Exchange
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2655834/en-US
Exchange
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition: Event 1005 or 1013 is logged when you try to start an HTTP resource in an Exchange Server 2003 cluster
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2667815/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2: The Information Store service does not start as expected in Exchange Server 2003 SP2
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2667794/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition: How to troubleshoot public folder replication problems in Exchange 2000 Server and in Exchange Server 2003
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/842273/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition: Stop error code 0x000000D1 when Windows Server 2003 is under a heavy network load
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/842840/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Enterprise Edition: A SCOM 2007 SP1 server does not send out alerts when certain issues occur in an Exchange Server 2007 organization
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2633801/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Enterprise Edition: A meeting reminder is set unexpectedly when you send an email message to an Exchange Server user
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/945854/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3: The week numbers displayed in OWA do not match the week numbers displayed in Outlook for English users and French users in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2289607/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3: "0x80041606" error message when you perform a prefix search by using Outlook in online mode in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2498852/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3: An arrow icon does not appear after you change the email message subject by using OWA in an Exchange Server 2007 SP3 environment
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2499841/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3: A "System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException" exception occurs when you click the "Scheduling Assistant" tab in Exchange Server 2007 OWA
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2523695/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3: Users in a source forest cannot view the free/busy information of mailboxes in a target forest when the cross-forest Availability service is configured between two Exchange Server 2007 forests
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2545080/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3: Applications or services that depend on the Remote Registry service may stop working in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2571391/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3: The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service may crash after you run the Test-ExchangeSearch cmdlet in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2572010/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3: A journaling report remains in the submission queue when an email message is delivered successfully in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2591655/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3: The PidLidClipEnd property of a recurring meeting request has an incorrect value in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2598980/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3: An Outlook Anywhere client loses connection when a GC server restarts in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2616427/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3: Journal reports are expired or lost when the Microsoft Exchange Transport service is restarted in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2617784/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3: Certain changes to address lists may not be updated in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2626217/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3: The Exchange IMAP4 service may stop responding on an Exchange Server 2007 Client Access server when users access mailboxes that are hosted on Exchange Server 2003 servers
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2629790/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3: The update tracking information option does not work in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2641312/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3: The reseed process is unsuccessful on the SCR passive node when the circular logging feature is enabled in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2653334/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3: An Exchange Server 2007 Client Access server responds slowly or stops responding when users try to synchronize Exchange ActiveSync devices with their mailboxes
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2656040/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3: The "PidLidClipEnd" property of a no ending recurring meeting request is set to an incorrect value in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2658613/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3: The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service may stop responding on an Exchange Server 2007 server
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/914533/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3: The scroll bar does not work in OWA when there are more than 22 all-day event calendar items in an Exchange Server 2007 user’s calendar
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/976977/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Coexistence: How to extend the Active Directory schema for the Hierarchical Address Book (HAB) on an Exchange Server 2010 server
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/973788/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Enterprise: The Seniority Index feature in the Hierarchical Address Book does not work as expected in Exchange Server 2010
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2448288/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Standard: Exchange Server 2010 databases grow very large when the Calendar Snapshot feature is enabled
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2661071/en-US
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Standard: Error message when you try to install Exchange Server 2010 SP2: "AuthorizationManager check failed"
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2668686/en-US
Lync , Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat client: Description of the update for the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat client: January, 2012
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2647089/en-US
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat client: The "Send an Instant Message" menu does not start Office Communicator on a terminal server in an Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Group Chat client
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2653953/en-US
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat server: Description of the cumulative update for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat server: January, 2012
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2647090/en-US
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat server: The Channel service stops when a user signs in to a Group Chat client in Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2647095/en-US
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Standard Edition: Description of the cumulative update for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Unified Communications Managed API 2.0 Core Redist 64-bit: January, 2012
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2647091/en-US
Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2: Description of the cumulative update package for Communicator 2007 R2: January 2012
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2647093/en-US
Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2: The file name and icon do not display when you send files in Office Communicator 2007 R2
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2653950/en-US
Outlook
Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter update: January 10, 2012
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2597098/en-US
Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Search Folders created in Outlook do not appear in Outlook Web Access
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/831400/en-US
Microsoft Outlook 2010: Outlook 2010: How to troubleshoot crashes in Outlook
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2632425/en-US
Microsoft Outlook 2010: An email message is stuck in the Microsoft Outlook 2010 Outbox.
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2663435/en-US
Microsoft Outlook 2010: "Unsupported folder class" error when Outlook starts