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error when migrating users to Live@Edu user UserPrincipalName is not valid SMTP address #msexchange #office365

June 27, 2012 Leave a comment

Symptoms: you are synchronizing users using FIM 2010 and OLSync to Live@EDU domain, everything is configured and when you run the MA you get:

Metaverse object 1%: The expected generated Windows Live ID 2% is invalid. Reason: The UserPrincipalName of MetaVerse object “MV GUID” used to generate a Host WindowsLiveId ‘@domain.edu’ is not a valid Smtp Address.

Solution: make sure that the account used in synchronization is member of domain admin group permissions.

 

The error is 100% not related but that solved the problem.

Mahmoud

iPhone/iPad Client for Lync 2010 now available #lync2010 #ucoms #iphone #apple #Microsoft #ipad

June 23, 2012 Leave a comment

the IPhone/iPad clients for Lync 2010 are now available, links and Kbs are here

Product

KBs

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Version

Type

External

External

4.2

Mobile Client

External

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4.2

Mobile Client

External

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you might get an NDR 550 550 5.4.1 Relay Access Denied (state 13). when you move to office 365 #office365 #msExchange #microsoft

June 20, 2012 Leave a comment

you might have seen that error, or you might get it if you deleted your domain from Office 365 and migrated it to a new account, or recently created your domain, or it has been a period of de-activation, the reasons might vary but here is the solution:

– follow the steps here to connect powershell remotely, http://help.outlook.com/en-us/140/cc952755.aspx

 

– issue the following command: set-acceptedomdain <domainname> –outboundonly $True followed by set-acceptedomdain <domainname> –outboundonly $flase

you will have to wait 30-45 minutes for information to propagate to Edge servers cloud @ Microsoft.

have fun.

The UC Architects is online #mvpbuzz

June 20, 2012 Leave a comment

It’s my pleasure to let you know thatlast week, the UC architects community is launches, we will do regular Podcasts, you can download the first regular instalment of The UC Architects, a regular bi-weekly podcast focusing on Exchange and Lync including:

  • Exchange and Lync tips and tricks
  • Deep dives into new features and products
  • Round ups of the Exchange and Lync news so you don’t miss an interesting new tool made available by the community.

In this week’s episode, I talk to Dave Stork, John A Cook, Michael Van Horenbeek andSerkan Varoglu about Exchange 2010 SP2 Update Rollup 3 and why you should take notice, we chat about Exchange 15 (or is it 2013?) rumours and then chat about TechEd, MEC and what’s new this week around Lync and Exchange.

UC_Architects_PodCast_1

In future episodes you’ll also get to hear from the rest of the team, including Exchange and Lync MVPs Pat Richard,Mahmoud Magdy, Johan Veldhuis, Tom Arbuthnot and Ståle Hansen – along with Exchange and Lync bloggers Michel De Rooij, Paul Cunningham and Andrew Price. As you can see we’ve got quite a line-up – and we also hope to have some other guests in from the community and Exchange and Lync product teams too.

The UC Architects is available as an RSS feed you can subscribe to, and over the next couple of days will be available in the iTunes and Zune stores for free download too. Find out more by clicking the link below!

Download the podcast!

By the way – if you’re interested in getting involved or have any feedback, as well as our website we’ve got Facebook andLinkedIn groups along with our Twitter account, @TheUCArchitects

Categories: Uncategorized

New Android Client update for Lync 2010 #android #lync2010

June 20, 2012 Leave a comment

Just released:

 

Product

KBs

Download

Product

Version

Type

External

External

Lync 2010 for Android

4.0.5324.3000

Mobile Client

External

Download

Categories: Lync, Lync 2010, Microsoft

New June Updated for Lync 2010 server products and client #lync2010 #lync #ucoms #Microsoft

June 17, 2012 Leave a comment

Today, Microsoft released the following updates for Lync 2010 products and client:

Product

Version

KBs

Download

Lync 2010 (64bit client)

4.0.7577.4103

2701664

MS download

Lync 2010 (32bit client)

4.0.7577.4103

2701664

MS download

Lync Server 2010

4.0.7577.199

2493736

MS download

       

Lync 2010 Group Chat Client

4.0.7577.4102

2701665

MS download

Lync 2010 Group Chat Admin

4.0.7577.4102

2707265

MS download

       

Lync 2010 Phone Edition

[Polycom CX700 and LG-Nortel IP Phone 8540]

4.0.7577.4100

2724545

MS download

Lync 2010 Phone Edition

[PolycomCX500, CX600 and CX3000]

4.0.7577.4100

2701671

MS download

Lync 2010 Phone Edition

[Aastra 6721ip and 6725ip]

4.0.7577.4100

2701667

MS download

Lync 2010 Phone Edition

[HP 4110 and 4120]

4.0.7577.4100

2701670

MS download

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June 2012 Technical Rollup–Full Edition

June 15, 2012 Leave a comment

News

Forefront TMG and ISA Server

Forefront Security TechCenter

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/forefront/default.aspx

Please note that if you have feedback on documentation or wish to request new documents – email isadocs@microsoft.com

Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 homepage

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/forefront/ee807302.aspx

Forefront TMG (ISA Server) Product Team Blog

The ISA Server Product Team Blog (http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/) is updated on a regular basis. Latest entries include:

Solution for ISA VPN hang after applying MS11-030

http://blogs.technet.com/b/isablog/archive/2012/04/03/solution-for-isa-vpn-hang-after-applying-ms11-030.aspx

NIS & Anti-Malware Info is not updated as expected in Update Center

http://blogs.technet.com/b/isablog/archive/2012/04/12/nis-amp-anti-malware-info-is-not-updated-as-expected-in-update-center.aspx

TMG Event Log IDs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/isablog/archive/2012/04/18/tmg-event-log-ids.aspx

Mac OS Clients fail to access SSL Websites after you enable HTTPS Inspection in Forefront TMG 2010

http://blogs.technet.com/b/isablog/archive/2012/04/20/mac-os-clients-fail-to-access-ssl-websites-after-you-enable-https-inspection-in-forefront-tmg-2010.aspx

Another Behavior of the TEST RULE Button in Threat Management Gateway 2010

http://blogs.technet.com/b/isablog/archive/2012/04/24/another-behavior-of-the-test-rule-button-in-threat-management-gateway-2010.aspx

Forefront Unified Access Gateway & Intelligent Application Gateway 2007

Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 Technical Resources

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/forefront/edgesecurity/ee907407.aspx

For comments, feedback, and requests, contact the Forefront UAG User Assistance team at uagdocs@microsoft.com.

Forefront Unified Access Gateway Product Team Blog

The UAG Product Team Blog (http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog) is updated on a regular basis. Latest entries include:

MS12-026: Description of the security update for Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 Service Pack 1: April 10, 2012

http://blogs.technet.com/b/edgeaccessblog/archive/2012/04/19/ms12-026-description-of-the-security-update-for-microsoft-forefront-unified-access-gateway-2010-service-pack-1-april-10-2012.aspx

SSO (Single Sign On) not working for a published Web Application with UAG

http://blogs.technet.com/b/edgeaccessblog/archive/2012/04/24/sso-single-sign-on-not-working-for-a-published-web-application-with-uag.aspx

Forefront Edge on the Wiki

The home of community-generated content about Microsoft technologies — that anyone can edit! Read the latest wiki articles about TMG and UAG.

TMG – http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/tags/tmg/default.aspx.

UAG – http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/tags/UAG/default.aspx

The latest entries include:

Forefront UAG: About Publishing Remote Desktop Services (RDS)

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/461.forefront-uag-about-publishing-remote-desktop-services-rds.aspx

Downloads

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New KB’s

UAG

MS12-026: Description of the security update for Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 Service Pack 1: April 10, 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2649261

MS12-026: Description of the security update for Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 Service Pack 1 Update 1: April 10, 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2649262

 

Windows Platform

News

Microsoft Announces Availability of Windows 8 Release Preview

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Press/2012/May12/05-31Windows8RPPR.aspx

Download Windows 8 Release Preview

This is our final pre-release, and includes Windows 8, Internet Explorer 10, new Windows 8 apps for connecting to Hotmail, SkyDrive, and Messenger and hundreds of new and updated apps for Windows Store.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-8/release-preview

Microsoft Announces Availability of Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/presskits/infrastructure/default.aspx

Video Demos f Network Virtualization, Storage Spaces, Live Migration, Server Management

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/new.aspx

Download Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh670538.aspx

Blogs:

Windows Server Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/

Windows 8 Blog | Building Windows 8

http://blogs.msdn.com/b8

Windows Virtualization Team Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization

The World Simplified is a Virtual World

http://blogs.technet.com/virtualworld

The App-V Product Team Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/appv

The Official MDOP Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/mdop

Ask the Directory Services Team

http://blogs.technet.com/askds

Ask the Performance Team

http://blogs.technet.com/askperf

Microsoft Enterprise Networking Team

http://blogs.technet.com/networking

Ask the Core Team

http://blogs.technet.com/askcore

Ntdebugging Blog

http://blogs.msdn.com/ntdebugging

The Hot Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/hot

Documents

Windows 8 RP and Windows Server 2012 RC Compatibility Cook Book

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27416

Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=732

Design case study: iPad to Windows 8 Metro style app

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29903

Windows Azure Datacenter IP Ranges

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29840

Case Study: How Microsoft IT has Deployed IPv6 on the Microsoft Corpnet

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29887

Mitigating Risk: Why Sticking with Windows XP is a bad idea (IDC White Paper)

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29883

Hypervisor Top-Level Functional Specification 2.0A: Windows Server 2008 R2

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=18673

Downloads

Download Windows 8 Release Preview

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-8/release-preview

Download Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/new.aspx

Remote Server Admin Tools for Windows 9 RP

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=28972

Active Directory Rights Management Service Client 2.0

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29892

Active Directory Rights Management Service SDK 2.0

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29893

Morocco DST Update

The government of Morocco has announced that the country will switch to daylight saving time(DST) every year from 2012 onwards.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2698707

Description of the System Update Readiness Tool for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947821

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=25175

Tracing the Execution of MPI Applications with Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 3

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29849

Windows 8 Camp in a Box, Consumer Preview Edition

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29854

Events/Webcasts

Microsoft Events:

Full list can be found at: http://www.microsoft.com/events/default.mspx

Interactive Webcast Calendar

The interactive calendar will help you quickly find live webcasts that fit your schedule as well as on-demand webcasts to view at your convenience. You can choose your time zone and filter this list by audience, webcast series, product or topic, and presenter.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/webcasts/calendar/monthview.aspx

Monthly Archived Webcasts:

http://www.microsoft.com/events/webcasts/library/default.mspx

New KB’s

Windows Client

Windows 7 Enterprise: File corruption occurs when you perform file operations on a file server that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2559767/en-US

Windows 7 Enterprise: overview of group policy preferences in Windows 7 and changes to them for Windows 7

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2688736/en-US

Windows 7 Enterprise: Slow performance when you browse the My Documents folder in the document library in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2690528/en-US

Windows 7 Enterprise: "0x000000F4" Stop error when you stop a PowerShell script in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2690750/en-US

Windows 7 Enterprise: "0x0000007E" or "0X00000050" Stop error when you run the Common Scenario Stress with IO test in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2695584/en-US

Windows 7 Enterprise: Task Scheduler runs a missed task unexpectedly on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2698800/en-US

Windows 7 Enterprise: Microsoft: Protected EAP (PEAP) option is missing while creating the Wireless Profile

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2699785/en-US

Windows 7 Enterprise: Windows 7 opens to the boot menu when starting your computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2709878/en-US

Windows 7 Enterprise: Error 0x8024200D, when you install Windows 7 Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2712531/en-US

Windows 7 Home Basic: Media Streaming may not work with Internet Connection Sharing enabled.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2708755/en-US

Windows 7 Home Basic: A WSD scan job may not complete after you uninstall and reinstall a WSD MFP  device on Windows 7

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2712621/en-US

Windows 7 Service Pack 1: MS12-034: Description of the security update for DirectWrite in Windows: May 8, 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2658846/en-US

Windows 7 Service Pack 1: MS12-034: Description of the security update for Windows Journal: May 8, 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2660649/en-US

Windows 7 Service Pack 1: MS12-034: Description of the security update for Windows kernel-mode drivers: May 8, 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2676562/en-US

Windows 7 Service Pack 1: MS12-032: Vulnerability in TCP/IP could allow elevation of privilege: May 8, 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2688338/en-US

Windows 7 Service Pack 1: MS12-033: Vulnerability in Windows Partition Manager could allow elevation of privilege: May 8, 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2690533/en-US

Windows 7 Service Pack 1: You cannot use L3codeca.acm to create MP3 content in Windows 7 and in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937141/en-US

Windows Server

Windows Server 2008 Datacenter: A volume is not locked or unmounted when there are approximately 1,500 quota settings on the volume in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2684607/en-US

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise: You cannot query performance counters by using the Remote Registry service in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2695149/en-US

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise: On-demand antivirus scans do not work as expected in Windows Vista, in Windows 7, in Windows Server 2008, or in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2698155/en-US

Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter: Virtual machine is restored in the Saved state incorrectly on a Hyper-V server that is running Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2668084/en-US

Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter: Free disk space is not reallocated to a disk quota when you delete files in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2679054/en-US

Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter: Win32_PhysicalMedia class does not use the IOCTL_SMART_GET_VERSION control code to query the disk serial number on a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2697022/en-US

Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter: Pointer in a Linux guest operating system does not work correctly when you rotate the wheel button on the mouse in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2698672/en-US

Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter: RemoteApp session is disconnected when the RDP encryption level is set to Low and RDP compression is disabled in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2699817/en-US

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: You cannot search for content in a folder that is encrypted by EFS in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2686369/en-US

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: Workgroup names are displayed instead of computer names when you run an application to obtain the names of computers in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2687799/en-US

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: "0x000000D1" and "0x000000C9" Stop errors when Message Queuing moves unsent messages to a dead-letter queue in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2688203/en-US

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: You do not receive an error message when you try to copy an email message that contains invalid characters from Outlook to SharePoint in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2691785/en-US

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: "0x80041001" error when the Win32_Environment WMI class is queried by multiple requestors in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2692929/en-US

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: You cannot query performance counters by using the Remote Registry service in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2695150/en-US

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: You are disconnected from a RemoteApp application when you minimize the main frame window of a RemoteApp application that is published in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2696020/en-US

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: Memory leak in Wmiapsrv.exe on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2697479/en-US

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: The files in the previous session are missing from a CD-RW disc when you add some new files to the disc on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2697645/en-US

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: "Unable to check the status of the firewall" error message when you run the "Enable-PSRemoting -force" PowerShell command on a Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer that uses Czech as the display language

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2697738/en-US

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: The Spoolsv.exe process stops responding when you connect to more than 200 network printers from a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2697865/en-US

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: Settings that are driven by a Netlogon GPO do not work as expected in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2698279/en-US

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: AppFabric session-state provider ignores the session time-out value that you specified on a custom ASP.NET webpage in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2699092/en-US

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: Memory leak in the Remote Registry service on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2699780/en-US

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: Change in default value of Restrictchown on Windows 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2708985/en-US

Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1: The Mount command accesses an NFS share by using incorrect user credentials in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2684578/en-US

Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1: Hibernation feature does not work on certain HP Proliant computers that are running Windows 7 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2698957/en-US

Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard: Iscsilog.dll is not included in the system state backup files on a Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2680097/en-US

Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2: The number of physical processors is incorrectly reported in Windows Server 2008 x86 when MCM based CPUs are used

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2711085/en-US

 

Internet

News

SharePoint Technologies

None this month

Premier

OpsVault — Operate and Optimize IT

http://www.opsvault.com/

Microsoft Premier Support UK – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/mspremuk/

Documents

SharePoint Technologies

None this month

Downloads

SharePoint Technologies

None this month

Microsoft Internet Information Server

IIS DownloadCENTER

This is your single source for finding Microsoft Internet Information Services tools, samples, extensions, filters and modules created by Microsoft and the IIS community.

http://www.iis.net/downloads

Events / Webcasts

SharePoint Technologies

Business Intelligence 101

6/21/2012 2:00 PM Time zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

This session focuses on building dashboards, reports, and scorecards using the Microsoft Business Intelligence stack (SQL, SharePoint, and Microsoft Office).

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032513844&culture=en-US

Business Intelligence 101 – 2nd Delivery

7/19/2012 2:00 PM Time zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

This session focuses on building dashboards, reports, and scorecards using the Microsoft Business Intelligence stack (SQL, SharePoint, and Microsoft Office).

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032513845&culture=en-US

Three Ways to Identify If You are Ready for SharePoint Online

6/20/2012 4:00 PM Time zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Ready or not, Office365 for SharePoint is here to stay. But, is your institution ready to leverage it to the fullest? Join us on this webinar to find out the three key questions you need to be asking yourself. Attendees will also be treated to an exclusive sneak peak of ControlPoint Education Edition designed specifically to enable your organization to embrace the Office365 version of SharePoint with complete control, governance and security.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032515200&culture=en-US

Unleash Your Productivity – Support Executive Decision Systems with Business Intelligence

6/22/2012 11:00 AM Time zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Are you interested in Microsoft productivity solutions and would like to hear more about the technology directly from Microsoft? Join us for 60 minutes to hear Microsoft technology experts deliver information on the latest Microsoft technologies, solution demos and product tips and tricks.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032502948&culture=en-US

New KB’s

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

None this month

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

SharePoint Designer 2007

None this month

SharePoint Server Foundation 2010

No search results are returned when you perform a search after you change the name of the current user account in SharePoint Foundation 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2598293

Multiple OnWorkflowItemChanged activities fail on SharePoint Server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2694420

SharePoint Server 2010

Error accessing SharePoint 2010 Managed Accounts

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2711528

SharePoint Designer 2010

None this month

Microsoft SharePoint Workspace 2010

List attachments larger than 3 MB are not available offline in a SharePoint workspace

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2711474

A Summary Task name that contains a slash or backslash cannot sync with a SharePoint server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2712005

Functions that are disabled in safe mode in SharePoint Workspace

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2711957

 

SQL Server

News

Microsoft, SAP, IBM, Citrix, Progress Software and WSO2 co-submit OData to OASIS for standardization

http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2012/05/24/microsoft-sap-ibm-citrix-progress-software-and-wso2-co-submit-odata-to-oasis-for-standardization.aspx

The Fantastic 12 of 2012: Behind the Scenes of Credible, Consistent Data

http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2012/05/24/the-fantastic-12-of-2012-behind-the-scenes-of-credible-consistent-data.aspx

The Fantastic 12 of 2012: Behind the Scenes of Managed Self-Service BI

http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2012/05/17/the-fantastic-12-of-2012-behind-the-scenes-of-managed-self-service-bi.aspx

SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 Customer Technology Preview (CTP) Available

http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2012/05/14/sql-server-2008-r2-service-pack-2-customer-technology-preview-ctp-available.aspx

The SQL Server Benchmark Story

http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/product-info/benchmarks.aspx

Other

http://blogs.technet.com/trm/default.aspx

Events/Webcasts

The New World of Data Symposium

http://www.microsoft.com/business/events/en-us/newworldofdata/#fbid=IdQhylMq4Df

Documents

The Fantastic 12 of 2012

http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/8/6/086EF32A-9A74-4978-AA76-89113AE58493/Fantastic-12-of-2012-Booklet-FINAL.pdf

New KB Articles

SQL 2012

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise

Error message when you try to create an instance of an OLE DB provider in SQL Server: "Cannot create an instance of OLE DB provider"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2647989

SQL 2008

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard

List of the bugs that are fixed in SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 CTP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2630455

SQL 2005

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard

SQL Server stored procedure custom conflict resolver adds "0x00" to conflicting columns

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2585240

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise

Error message when you try to create an instance of an OLE DB provider in SQL Server: "Cannot create an instance of OLE DB provider"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2647989

 

Unified Communications

News

Premier

OpsVault — Operate and Optimize IT

http://www.opsvault.com/

Microsoft Premier Support UK – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/mspremuk/

Antigen & Forefront

http://blogs.technet.com/forefront

http://blogs.technet.com/fssnerds

Exchange

Exchange Team Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/

MCS UK Unified Communications Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/msukucc

Microsoft Online Services Team Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/msonline/

How large is my Exchange Offline Address Book (OAB)?

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/04/27/how-large-is-my-exchange-offline-address-book-oab.aspx

Released: Processor Query Tool v1.1

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/04/30/released-processor-query-tool-v1-1.aspx

Exchange Server Deployment Assistant Update for Exchange 2007 and Office 365 Hybrid Deployments

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/05/02/exchange-server-deployment-assistant-update-for-exchange-2007-hybrid-deployments-with-office-365.aspx

Is ARIA ready to make Web 2.0 accessible? The OWA team says "YES!"

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/05/16/is-aria-ready-to-make-web-2-0-accessible-the-owa-team-says-quot-yes-quot.aspx

Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2 Language Pack Available for Download

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/05/23/exchange-2010-service-pack-language-pack-available-for-download.aspx

Exchange Server Deployment Assistant Update for Exchange 2010 Hybrid Deployments with Office 365

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/05/23/exchange-server-deployment-assistant-update-for-exchange-2010-hybrid-deployments-with-office-365.aspx

Released: Update Rollup 3 for Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/05/29/released-update-rollup-3-for-exchange-2010-service-pack-2.aspx

RPC Client Access Cross-Site Connectivity Changes

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/05/30/rpc-client-access-cross-site-connectivity-changes.aspx

Holy COW! Changes to Recoverable Items versioning in Exchange 2010 SP2 RU3

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/06/01/holy-cow-changes-to-recoverable-items-versioning-in-exchange-2010-sp2-ru3.aspx

Everything You Need to Know About Exchange Backups* – Part 1

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/06/04/everything-you-need-to-know-about-exchange-backups-part-1.aspx

Check Out Some TechNet Radio Podcasts on Hybrid Deployments

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/06/05/check-out-some-technet-radio-podcasts-on-hybrid.aspx

Lync, Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

NextHop – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/

DrRez: Microsoft Lync Server Technical Reference Hub

http://blogs.technet.com/b/drrez/

Deploying Lync Jump Start Video Series

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/04/27/deploying-lync-jump-start-series.aspx

Lync and Learn: Delivering Professional Quality Webcasts Using Lync Online

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/04/27/lync-and-learn-session-delivering-professional-quality-webcasts-using-lync-online.aspx

Troubleshooting Lync Server 2010 with Snooper: Part 3

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/04/30/troubleshooting-lync-server-2010-with-snooper-part-3.aspx

Interview with a Lync Pro: Elan Shudnow

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/05/02/interview-with-a-lync-pro-elan-shudnow.aspx

Planning and Designing a Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Solution Jump Start

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/05/04/planning-and-designing-a-microsoft-lync-server-2010-solution-jump-start.aspx

Troubleshooting Lync Server 2010 with Snooper: Part 4

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/05/07/troubleshooting-lync-server-2010-with-snooper-part-4.aspx

Notes from the Field: Three Unified Communications Success Criteria Every IT Team Should Consider

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/05/09/notes-from-the-field-three-unified-communications-success-criteria-every-it-team-should-consider.aspx

Video: Troubleshooting “Cannot Connect to the Server” Error When Using Lync Mobile for Office 365

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/05/10/video-troubleshooting-cannot-connect-to-the-server-error-when-using-lync-mobile-for-office-365.aspx

Lync Server 2010 Geographically Dispersed Edge Topology: Part 1

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/05/15/lync-server-2010-geographically-dispersed-edge-topology-part-1.aspx

Push Notification Flow for Windows and iOS Mobile Device on Lync Server 2010 Internal Network

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/05/21/push-notification-flow-for-windows-and-ios-mobile-device-on-lync-server-2010-internal-network.aspx

Using Server-Side Logging to Troubleshoot Lync Server 2010 Mobility Issues

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/05/23/using-server-side-logging-to-troubleshoot-mobility-issues.aspx

LyncMD: Troubleshooting Installation Issues when Deploying Lync Server 2010 with Other Microsoft Products

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/05/24/lyncmd-troubleshooting-installation-issues-when-deploying-lync-server-2010-with-other-microsoft-products.aspx

Introducing Lync Partner Connect!

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/05/29/introducing-lync-partner-connect.aspx

Microsoft Announces New MVP Website

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/06/01/microsoft-announces-new-mvp-web-site.aspx

Outlook

http://blogs.msdn.com/outlook/default.aspx

Other

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/ocs/ee465814.aspx

http://blogs.technet.com/themasterblog

Documents

Antigen & Forefront

FOPE-EHA Support Contact Information and Support SLO Details

Document contains all contact and SLO information for FOPE-EHA

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=28774

Exchange

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).

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13800

Microsoft Exchange Server Protocol Documentation

The Microsoft Exchange protocol documentation provides detailed technical specifications for the Microsoft protocols that are implemented and used by Microsoft Exchange to interoperate or communicate with other products. It also provides technical specifications for extensions to industry-standard and other published protocols that are used by Microsoft Exchange.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=15779

How To Successfully Migrate From Novell GroupWise to Microsoft Exchange

Learn how organizations perform successful migrations from Novell GroupWise to Exchange Server or Office 365 using migration tools from Quest Software and services provided by Dimension Data.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29683

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.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=ad3921fb-8224-4681-9064-075fdf042b0c

Open Specifications Poster

The Open Specifications Poster (PDF format) makes it easy for interoperability developers to explore the Open Specifications overview documents for Office client, Lync, SharePoint, Office file formats, and Exchange Server.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=1b9a43e0-2e37-481b-9e00-686973094ca0

Hosted Messaging Collaboration

Lync, Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

Open Specifications Poster

The Open Specifications Poster (PDF format) makes it easy for interoperability developers to explore the Open Specifications overview documents for Office client, Lync, SharePoint, Office file formats, and Exchange Server.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=1b9a43e0-2e37-481b-9e00-686973094ca0

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.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=16857

Training Presentation – Scheduling Lync 2010 Online Meetings

Learn how to schedule online meetings and conference calls with Lync 2010, and the familiar user interface of Microsoft Outlook.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26793

Outlook

Open Specifications Poster

The Open Specifications Poster (PDF format) makes it easy for interoperability developers to explore the Open Specifications overview documents for Office client, Lync, SharePoint, Office file formats, and Exchange Server.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=1b9a43e0-2e37-481b-9e00-686973094ca0

Downloads

Exchange

Exchange Server 2010 SP2 Help

This download contains a standalone version of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP2 Help.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=28207

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP2 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.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=28953

Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 (KB2685289)

Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 (KB2685289)

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29899

Lync, Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit Tools

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit Tools are provided to help make some routine tasks easier for IT administrators who deploy and manage Lync Server 2010.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=21165

Outlook

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB2598343)

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.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29725

Calendar Checking Tool for Outlook

The Calendar Checking Tool for Outlook (CalCheck) is a program that checks the Microsoft Outlook Calendar and items for problems or for potential problems.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=28786

Events/Webcasts

New KB’s

Antigen & Forefront

Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange: Legitimate email messages are marked as spam for a Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE) user

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2669119/en-US

Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange: How to perform a message trace in the Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE) Administration Center

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2690809/en-US

Exchange

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition: How to reset system folders in Exchange Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822444/en-US

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition: How to reset the default virtual directories that are required to provide Outlook Web Access, Exchange ActiveSync, and Outlook Mobile Access services in Exchange Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883380/en-US

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Enterprise: The E-mail Signature text box is not editable in Outlook Web App when you use Google Chrome in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2695022/en-US

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Enterprise: You cannot move some users’ mailboxes from one Exchange Server 2010 mailbox database to another

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2698960/en-US

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Enterprise: Event ID 122 is logged incorrectly on a server that is running  Exchange Server 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2716912/en-US

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Standard: Application-generated email messages or email messages from a user in an external organization generate an NDR that has a 5.6.0 status code when messages are sent to an Exchange Server user

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2710089/en-US

Outlook

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: XCLN: Error Message: Text Formatting Command Is Not Available

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/235244/en-US

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter update: May 8, 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2598343/en-US

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: You experience issues when your Exhange account uses Cached Exchange Mode and you set a .pst file as the default delivery location in Outlook

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2701020/en-US

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Error printing from Outlook 2003 "The system cannot find the file specified"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2711221/en-US

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: How to configure how the Offline Address Book is downloaded when you use Outlook in Cached Exchange Mode

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823580/en-US

Microsoft Office Outlook 2007: Description of the Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter update: May 8, 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2598290/en-US

Microsoft Outlook 2010: How to configure the default message class for new items in an Outlook folder

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2697986/en-US

Microsoft Outlook 2010: Outlook cannot encrypt by using AES when Outlook is running on Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2710636/en-US

Microsoft Outlook 2010: Email remains in the Outbox when the StrictAccountOrder registry value is non-zero

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2713772/en-US

Microsoft Outlook 2010: Office document attachments in Outlook unexpectedly open in Protected View mode

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2714439/en-US

Microsoft Outlook 2010: Problems when Outlook and Exchange components (2003 and earlier) are installed on the same computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2715315/en-US

Microsoft Outlook 2010: Administering the offline address book in Outlook

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841273/en-US

 

Manageability

News

Premier

OpsVault — Operate and Optimize IT

http://www.opsvault.com

Microsoft Premier Support UK – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/mspremuk/

General

Steve Rachui’s Manageability blog – ConfigMgr/OpsMgr – Site Home – MSDN Blogs

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/steverac/

System Center WebLog by Russ Slaten – Site Home – MSDN Blogs

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rslaten/

The Manageability Guys – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/manageabilityguys/

Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/

Insufficient data from Andrew Fryer – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/andrew/

Configuration Manager & SMS

The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/configurationmgr/

The Deployment Guys – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/deploymentguys

System Center Configuration Manager Solutions – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/mwiles/

Carlos Santiago’s Manageability Blog – Configuration Manager – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/carlossantiago/

Michael Niehaus’ Windows and Office deployment ramblings – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/mniehaus/

Paul Thomsen at myITforum.com

http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/pthomsen/default.aspx

Jeff Gilbert’s Web blog at myITforum.com

http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jgilbert/default.aspx

Operations Manager & MOM

The System Center Operations Manager Support Team Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/operationsmgr/

Kevin Holman’s System Center Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/

http://blogs.technet.com/b/jonathanalmquist/

http://blogs.technet.com/b/jonathanalmquist/

Jimmy Harper’s Operations Manager Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/jimmyharper/

Emre’s OpsMgr Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/emreguclu/

MPAuthor – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/mpauthor/

Other

System Center: Virtual Machine Manager Engineering Team Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/scvmm/

The Microsoft Application Virtualization Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/appv/

The Out Of Band Management Support Team blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/oob/

Tweets

Operations Manager & MOM

@OpsMgr

Tweets from the Ops manager team

@MPReleases

Notification of new Management Pack Releases as they happen.

@MS_SystemCenter

We are the System Center Support team. We support App-V, ConfigMgr, DPM, MED-V, Opalis, OpsMgr, Server App-V, Service Manager, SCE, SCVMM, WSUS and more.

@system_center

The folks at Microsoft who work on the System Center family of products and solutions.

Downloads

Operations Manager

Monitoring Pack for UNIX and Linux Operating Systems

The UNIX and Linux Operating Systems Monitoring Packs enable discovering, monitoring, and managing UNIX and Linux computers with System Center 2012 – Operations Manager. They provide both proactive and reactive monitoring of the UNIX and Linux operating systems. The management packs monitor components such as processes, resources, and server agents. The monitoring provided by the management packs includes availability and configuration monitoring, performance data collection, and default thresholds. You can integrate the monitoring of UNIX and Linux components into your service-oriented monitoring scenarios. In addition to health monitoring capabilities, the management packs include reports, diagnostics, tasks, and views that enable near real-time diagnosis and resolution of detected issues. The management packs also enable the installation of the Audit Collection Services for UNIX/Linux Management Packs.

http://systemcenter.pinpoint.microsoft.com/en-US/applications/monitoring-pack-for-unix-and-linux-operating-systems-12884940847

New KB’s

Operations Manager & MOM

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007: Understanding Operations Manager Maintenance Mode

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2704170/en-US

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2: Cumulative Update 6 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 is available

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2626076/en-US

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1: Support for running System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 and System Center Essentials 2007 Service Pack 1 on a Windows Server 2008-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953141/en-US

Microsoft System Center 2012 Operations Manager: Update Rollup 1 for Microsoft System Center 2012 is available

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2686249

Other

Microsoft System Center Service Manager 2010: Service Manager 2010 Reports fail to include current data

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2703027/en-US

Microsoft System Center Service Manager 2010: The System Center Service Manager console crashes when creating a Knowledge Article

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2703129/en-US

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June 2012 Technical Rollup _ UC

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Premier

OpsVault — Operate and Optimize IT

http://www.opsvault.com/

Microsoft Premier Support UK – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/mspremuk/

Antigen & Forefront

http://blogs.technet.com/forefront

http://blogs.technet.com/fssnerds

Exchange

Exchange Team Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/

MCS UK Unified Communications Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/msukucc

Microsoft Online Services Team Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/msonline/

How large is my Exchange Offline Address Book (OAB)?

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/04/27/how-large-is-my-exchange-offline-address-book-oab.aspx

Released: Processor Query Tool v1.1

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/04/30/released-processor-query-tool-v1-1.aspx

Exchange Server Deployment Assistant Update for Exchange 2007 and Office 365 Hybrid Deployments

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/05/02/exchange-server-deployment-assistant-update-for-exchange-2007-hybrid-deployments-with-office-365.aspx

Is ARIA ready to make Web 2.0 accessible? The OWA team says "YES!"

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/05/16/is-aria-ready-to-make-web-2-0-accessible-the-owa-team-says-quot-yes-quot.aspx

Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2 Language Pack Available for Download

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/05/23/exchange-2010-service-pack-language-pack-available-for-download.aspx

Exchange Server Deployment Assistant Update for Exchange 2010 Hybrid Deployments with Office 365

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/05/23/exchange-server-deployment-assistant-update-for-exchange-2010-hybrid-deployments-with-office-365.aspx

Released: Update Rollup 3 for Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/05/29/released-update-rollup-3-for-exchange-2010-service-pack-2.aspx

RPC Client Access Cross-Site Connectivity Changes

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/05/30/rpc-client-access-cross-site-connectivity-changes.aspx

Holy COW! Changes to Recoverable Items versioning in Exchange 2010 SP2 RU3

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/06/01/holy-cow-changes-to-recoverable-items-versioning-in-exchange-2010-sp2-ru3.aspx

Everything You Need to Know About Exchange Backups* – Part 1

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/06/04/everything-you-need-to-know-about-exchange-backups-part-1.aspx

Check Out Some TechNet Radio Podcasts on Hybrid Deployments

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/06/05/check-out-some-technet-radio-podcasts-on-hybrid.aspx

Lync, Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

NextHop – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/

DrRez: Microsoft Lync Server Technical Reference Hub

http://blogs.technet.com/b/drrez/

Deploying Lync Jump Start Video Series

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/04/27/deploying-lync-jump-start-series.aspx

Lync and Learn: Delivering Professional Quality Webcasts Using Lync Online

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/04/27/lync-and-learn-session-delivering-professional-quality-webcasts-using-lync-online.aspx

Troubleshooting Lync Server 2010 with Snooper: Part 3

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/04/30/troubleshooting-lync-server-2010-with-snooper-part-3.aspx

Interview with a Lync Pro: Elan Shudnow

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/05/02/interview-with-a-lync-pro-elan-shudnow.aspx

Planning and Designing a Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Solution Jump Start

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/05/04/planning-and-designing-a-microsoft-lync-server-2010-solution-jump-start.aspx

Troubleshooting Lync Server 2010 with Snooper: Part 4

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/05/07/troubleshooting-lync-server-2010-with-snooper-part-4.aspx

Notes from the Field: Three Unified Communications Success Criteria Every IT Team Should Consider

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/05/09/notes-from-the-field-three-unified-communications-success-criteria-every-it-team-should-consider.aspx

Video: Troubleshooting “Cannot Connect to the Server” Error When Using Lync Mobile for Office 365

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/05/10/video-troubleshooting-cannot-connect-to-the-server-error-when-using-lync-mobile-for-office-365.aspx

Lync Server 2010 Geographically Dispersed Edge Topology: Part 1

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/05/15/lync-server-2010-geographically-dispersed-edge-topology-part-1.aspx

Push Notification Flow for Windows and iOS Mobile Device on Lync Server 2010 Internal Network

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/05/21/push-notification-flow-for-windows-and-ios-mobile-device-on-lync-server-2010-internal-network.aspx

Using Server-Side Logging to Troubleshoot Lync Server 2010 Mobility Issues

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/05/23/using-server-side-logging-to-troubleshoot-mobility-issues.aspx

LyncMD: Troubleshooting Installation Issues when Deploying Lync Server 2010 with Other Microsoft Products

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/05/24/lyncmd-troubleshooting-installation-issues-when-deploying-lync-server-2010-with-other-microsoft-products.aspx

Introducing Lync Partner Connect!

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/05/29/introducing-lync-partner-connect.aspx

Microsoft Announces New MVP Website

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/06/01/microsoft-announces-new-mvp-web-site.aspx

Outlook

http://blogs.msdn.com/outlook/default.aspx

Other

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/ocs/ee465814.aspx

http://blogs.technet.com/themasterblog

Documents

Antigen & Forefront

FOPE-EHA Support Contact Information and Support SLO Details

Document contains all contact and SLO information for FOPE-EHA

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=28774

Exchange

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).

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13800

Microsoft Exchange Server Protocol Documentation

The Microsoft Exchange protocol documentation provides detailed technical specifications for the Microsoft protocols that are implemented and used by Microsoft Exchange to interoperate or communicate with other products. It also provides technical specifications for extensions to industry-standard and other published protocols that are used by Microsoft Exchange.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=15779

How To Successfully Migrate From Novell GroupWise to Microsoft Exchange

Learn how organizations perform successful migrations from Novell GroupWise to Exchange Server or Office 365 using migration tools from Quest Software and services provided by Dimension Data.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29683

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.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=ad3921fb-8224-4681-9064-075fdf042b0c

Open Specifications Poster

The Open Specifications Poster (PDF format) makes it easy for interoperability developers to explore the Open Specifications overview documents for Office client, Lync, SharePoint, Office file formats, and Exchange Server.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=1b9a43e0-2e37-481b-9e00-686973094ca0

Hosted Messaging Collaboration

Lync, Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

Open Specifications Poster

The Open Specifications Poster (PDF format) makes it easy for interoperability developers to explore the Open Specifications overview documents for Office client, Lync, SharePoint, Office file formats, and Exchange Server.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=1b9a43e0-2e37-481b-9e00-686973094ca0

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.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=16857

Training Presentation – Scheduling Lync 2010 Online Meetings

Learn how to schedule online meetings and conference calls with Lync 2010, and the familiar user interface of Microsoft Outlook.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26793

Outlook

Open Specifications Poster

The Open Specifications Poster (PDF format) makes it easy for interoperability developers to explore the Open Specifications overview documents for Office client, Lync, SharePoint, Office file formats, and Exchange Server.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=1b9a43e0-2e37-481b-9e00-686973094ca0

Downloads

Exchange

Exchange Server 2010 SP2 Help

This download contains a standalone version of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP2 Help.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=28207

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP2 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.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=28953

Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 (KB2685289)

Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 (KB2685289)

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29899

Lync, Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit Tools

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit Tools are provided to help make some routine tasks easier for IT administrators who deploy and manage Lync Server 2010.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=21165

Outlook

Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB2598343)

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.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29725

Calendar Checking Tool for Outlook

The Calendar Checking Tool for Outlook (CalCheck) is a program that checks the Microsoft Outlook Calendar and items for problems or for potential problems.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=28786

Events/Webcasts

New KB’s

Antigen & Forefront

Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange: Legitimate email messages are marked as spam for a Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE) user

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2669119/en-US

Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange: How to perform a message trace in the Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE) Administration Center

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2690809/en-US

Exchange

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition: How to reset system folders in Exchange Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822444/en-US

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition: How to reset the default virtual directories that are required to provide Outlook Web Access, Exchange ActiveSync, and Outlook Mobile Access services in Exchange Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883380/en-US

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Enterprise: The E-mail Signature text box is not editable in Outlook Web App when you use Google Chrome in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2695022/en-US

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Enterprise: You cannot move some users’ mailboxes from one Exchange Server 2010 mailbox database to another

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2698960/en-US

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Enterprise: Event ID 122 is logged incorrectly on a server that is running  Exchange Server 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2716912/en-US

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Standard: Application-generated email messages or email messages from a user in an external organization generate an NDR that has a 5.6.0 status code when messages are sent to an Exchange Server user

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2710089/en-US

Outlook

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: XCLN: Error Message: Text Formatting Command Is Not Available

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/235244/en-US

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Description of the Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter update: May 8, 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2598343/en-US

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: You experience issues when your Exhange account uses Cached Exchange Mode and you set a .pst file as the default delivery location in Outlook

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2701020/en-US

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: Error printing from Outlook 2003 "The system cannot find the file specified"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2711221/en-US

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003: How to configure how the Offline Address Book is downloaded when you use Outlook in Cached Exchange Mode

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823580/en-US

Microsoft Office Outlook 2007: Description of the Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter update: May 8, 2012

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2598290/en-US

Microsoft Outlook 2010: How to configure the default message class for new items in an Outlook folder

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2697986/en-US

Microsoft Outlook 2010: Outlook cannot encrypt by using AES when Outlook is running on Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2710636/en-US

Microsoft Outlook 2010: Email remains in the Outbox when the StrictAccountOrder registry value is non-zero

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2713772/en-US

Microsoft Outlook 2010: Office document attachments in Outlook unexpectedly open in Protected View mode

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2714439/en-US

Microsoft Outlook 2010: Problems when Outlook and Exchange components (2003 and earlier) are installed on the same computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2715315/en-US

Microsoft Outlook 2010: Administering the offline address book in Outlook

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841273/en-US

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Windows 2012 Administration–First impression #Microsoft #win2012 #windows2012

June 7, 2012 Leave a comment

I started my test drive for Windows Server 2012 yesterday, I was late behind until the RC, I don’t like the betas (unless of course for Exchange and Lync) as I always tend to wait for the RC and start taking the learning curve.

One of the most impressive thing about Windows Server 2012 is its administration, first let us take a look on how it is effective and productive the new Windows Server 2012 administration:

the first, you will not the new server manager, it is very awesome and starts directly after windows login, and it enables you to open and administrate every aspect of the server:

for example in my labs I like to disable windows firewall, previously I had to go to start menu, administrative tools and then choose the windows firewall, or if you are in server manager you have to go to the top menu and chosoe the windows firewall.

in Windows Server 2012, and from the server Manager console and from anywhere I am I can go tools and open the event viewer, the firewall or any preferred tool listed in the tool section

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now let us change the computer name, instead of going to the computer properties , all what you need is to go the local server and choose the settings you want to modify:

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now let us add a group of servers to manage:

from the dashboard you create a group of servers, I will create a group of my Windows Server 2012:

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Now I created a group and added my Windows Server 2012 Servers:

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now I can go to the group and find them listed there:

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now I can click on the server and manage it, add roles to it RDP

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I loved how it is easy and effective to manage now server 2012, the new server manager is way too awesome and effective and the new management capabilities is great. WAY TO GO Windows Server 2012