Month: October 2004

Exchange: Shared Hosting with Exchange 2003 (Part 2) http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Shared-Hosting-Exchange-2003-Part2.html ADAM: Introduction to Active Directory® to ADAM Synchronizer http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=06787254-d7f4-4fff-8e02-2609956cb19e&displaylang=en Windows 2000: Critical Update for Windows 2000 (KB887811) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5eaf5898-2175-45ee-ab57-91f89434c2ae&displaylang=en Miscellaneous: Running Domain Controllers in Virtual Server 2005 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=64db845d-f7a3-4209-8ed2-e261a117fc6b&displaylang=en LOB Application Compatibility Testing at Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=58bc8791-6fe6-42aa-820e-67ce7bf38196&displaylang=en Microsoft Office Project Initiation Tool http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2911d03d-5676-420e-903f-dfcd68a6a357&displaylang=en  

Exchange: Exchange Server 2003 Webcast Week Is Coming! 11 exciting events and you could win free stuff 🙂 http://blogs.msdn.com/exchange/archive/2004/10/27/248563.aspx Windows Mobile Webcasts http://hellomate.typepad.com/exchange/2004/10/windows_mobile_.html Sender ID Info – 6 documents http://hellomate.typepad.com/exchange/2004/10/sender_id_info.html XP: Critical Update for Windows XP (KB887822) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d845a526-0876-45b9-9e8b-54e01cd5d240&displaylang=en Using Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 in a Managed Environment http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c76c9317-5170-498f-a383-bd967794edfd&displaylang=en SMS: Patch Management Using Systems Management Server 2003 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=e9eab1bd-13e7-4e25-85c5-ce2d191c3d63&displaylang=en MIIS: Update for Identity Integration Feature Pack for Microsoft Windows Server Active Directory (KB884192) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=bee863ec-a911-49bf-a967-c74006929c29&displaylang=en Miscellaneous: Smart Client Architecture and Design Guide http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8ec600bd-a2e5-44ac-9a8f-68d06361853e&displaylang=en Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1000bba1-0452-4462-90ec-48ce352b7ac7&displaylang=en SqlXml 3.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3) … Continue reading Exchange, XP, SMS, MIIS, Misc.

Exchange: Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Release Notes – New and improved. Read these BEFORE you deploy http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a49560ad-4c8b-4449-9947-b054d7f12cce&displaylang=en Microsoft IT Scalability Experience with Windows Mobile 2003 and Exchange Server 2003 Mobile Messaging http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/business/whitepapers/scalability.mspx How to Properly Configure File System Antivirus Software on Exchange Server http://www.msexchange.org/articles/Properly-Configure-file-system-antivirus-Exchange.html Do we need to file-level defragment Exchange database drives? http://blogs.msdn.com/exchange/archive/2004/10/25/247342.aspx XP: Windows XP Deployment and Support: Microsoft’s IT Group Shares Its Experiences http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d99c69de-b5fe-4f5c-9e04-128d1f616769&displaylang=en Office: Clinical Systems Integration Reference Implementation for Microsoft Office 2003 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5fd38bbc-ce99-4634-9511-d49109bc157b&displaylang=en Article: Pretty good study about safety and home user’s security, which affect all of us. http://www.staysafeonline.info/news/safety_study_v04.pdf Holiday Fun: Make fun … Continue reading Exchange, XP, Office, Article, Holiday Fun

MSDTC installation procedures: 1) For Windows Server 2003 follow http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817064 on each machine BEFORE you install the cluster service. This is important, if you go out of order you may corrupt your the Cluster Registry (see Note below for a fix). For Windows 2000, proceed to step 2. 2) To increase the size of the MSDTC log. On each node: Open component services Computers My Computer Properties MSDTC tab Capacity = 12 or 16 or anything larger then 4 MB Close it out Configure both machines with the same size MSDTC log.3) Install Microsoft clustering.4) Follow http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;3016005) Install SQL/Exchange into the cluster. SQL Note: SQL MSDTC could … Continue reading Clustering MSDTC – revised

Exchange: Solution Accelerator for Exchange Consolidation and Migration http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=51e6ef23-0ba3-4f55-bfc0-7727dd1e74e8&displaylang=en  MS Exchange and Outlook, Market Analysis 2004-2008. “At the end of 2003, there were 51.8 million Exchange 5.5 users, 40.8 million Exchange 2000 users and 1.4 million Exchange 2003 users, according to The Radicati Group. For the end of 2005 the forecast is for Exchange 2003 to hit 49.4 million users, Exchange 5.5 to be at 31.9 million and Exchange 2000 at 47.8 million, Takahashi said.” “(Microsoft) has had over 175,000 requests for evaluations of the product and more than 31,000 people have participated in Microsoft’s Exchange Server 2003 classes.” http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1389055547;fp;16;fpid;0 … Continue reading Exchange, XP

AD: Active Directory in Networks Segmented by Firewalls – Windows 2000 document recently updated. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c2ef3846-43f0-4caf-9767-a9166368434e&displaylang=en SPS: Technical Guidance for Connecting Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Portal Server 2003 to SAP R/3 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4a581c05-4a3f-4daf-b96d-804b83f34868&displaylang=en Miscellaneous: Windows XP Media Center Edition Test Kit v2.0 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=44473cb2-133b-4513-9367-3d8045ca29cd&displaylang=en Media Transfer Protocol Porting Kit – Cool 🙂 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7976db5d-afa4-4dff-83bd-3f83635d2d5b&displaylang=en  

Server Clusters Management Pack for MOM 2005 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0a533e00-098a-46dc-a8a5-e22f77d47c64&displaylang=en

Exchange: Mi8’s Exchange Hosting – Voted MSExchange.org Readers’ Choice Award Winner – Exchange Hosting Category http://www.msexchange.org/news/Mi8s-Exchange-Hosting-Readers-Choice-Award.html RIM Previews New BlackBerry Handheld for WLAN Networks http://www.rim.net/news/press/2004/pr-18_10_2004-02.shtml MIIS: Update for Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 (KB842531) – cumulative update for MIIS. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=fa9dbb67-4654-4c94-b073-aa59676130af&displaylang=en MOM: Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Conceptual Guide http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=e06970bb-02f9-40da-b986-00d98d595696&displaylang=en

Exchange: Background on Virus Scanning API (VSAPI) http://blogs.msdn.com/exchange/archive/2004/10/20/245157.aspx You Perform 1.1 http://hellomate.typepad.com/exchange/2004/10/you_perform_11.html & http://www.yousoftware.com/perform/ SPS: Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Help http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b189b0b9-d8c9-4149-8f88-685b509d48e5&displaylang=en XP: Microsoft Helpdesk Use of Remote Assistance in Windows XP Professional http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=718989eb-12a5-424b-b7f1-c21ef9b175d0&displaylang=en 2003: Windows Server 2003 Security Guide http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8a2643c1-0685-4d89-b655-521ea6c7b4db&displaylang=en Threats and Countermeasures: Security Settings in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1b6acf93-147a-4481-9346-f93a4081eea8&displaylang=en 2000: Securing Windows 2000 Server http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9964cf42-e236-4d73-aef4-7b4fdc0a25f6&displaylang=en

MOM 2000 MP for Microsoft Windows Server Clusters http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8ce27fde-12b0-4375-a158-82f37b4f58b1&displaylang=en