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Exchange 2007 Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator updated to v 16.0

A new version of Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements was released.

Updates Tracking page: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/07/05/445802.aspx

How to use the calculator: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/01/15/432207.aspx

Read more at source: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/09/23/449899.aspx

Updated script for Moving Domino Groups containing SMTP Addresses

Hello folks,

A new version of the script that moves domino groups to AD was released.

This script will move Domino Groups to Active Directory while preserving SMTP Addresses by creating contacts in AD for these users. By default Move-DominoGroupToAD will drop SMTP addresses if they do not already exist in AD.

Read more at source: http://blogs.technet.com/collabtools/archive/2008/09/05/updated-script-for-moving-domino-groups-containing-smtp-addresses.aspx

Cheers,
Anderson Patricio

Event ID 7000, 5001, 7009, 4999, 5000 and Transport Services are failing after a Rollup Update

Hello folks,

After installing a Rollup Update some managed code services may not start, if you are experiencing this issue you should look at this kb http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944752.

Exchange Server Documentation Updates

Hello folks,

The Exchange Server documentation was updated.

You can download the Service Pack 1 Help file from here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=91471

The Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Shell Help file from here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=101537

Cheers,
Anderson Patricio

Using Maps and Streetview within an OWA custom form

Glen (gsexdev.blogspot.com) demonstrated in his last blog entry how to create an OWA customized form to use Maps and StreetView, there are also pictures in his blog demonstrating the form.

For those brave souls who attended my MVP theatre talk on Friday here's the OWA customization I demo'ed. The basics of creating custom forms are documented in the Exchange SDK . But putting this together can be a little tricky so let's go though some of the basis's step by step.

Firstly I wanted to create a custom form that would display a map of the contacts address information and also a Street-view of the same address information using Google's new Streetview features that was recently released for Australia. For this I created some contact items with a Message class of IPM.Contact.Map.

Read more at source: http://gsexdev.blogspot.com/2008/09/owa-customization-example-using-maps.html

Where is the Mail control panel in 64bit Vista?

Hello folks,

Microsoft Outlook team blogged how to find the mail icon in a computer running Windows Vista x64.

Read more at source: http://blogs.msdn.com/outlook/archive/2008/09/05/where-is-the-mail-control-panel-in-64bit-vista.aspx

A Scalable Networking Pack (SNP) hotfix rollup package is available for Windows Server 2003

Install this update to resolve some reliability issues with Scalable Networking Pack (SNP) on systems that are running Windows Server 2003. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Download it here (x64): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=FEB6F957-8A3E-4D89-B31F-DD61EEDA2F05 and 32bits http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F5D41696-A83D-47CF-A06F-1BF708F6B567

Cheers,
Anderson Patricio