The Blog by Rodney R. Fournier
Name: Rodney R. Fournier Age: 43 Location: Gravette, Arkansas Likes: Fine Cigars, Fast Cars, Faster Motorcyles, Cold Beer, Cool Computers, and Hot Women Dislikes: Stale Cigars, Slow Drivers without turn signals or ones always left on, BSODs, Cold Women Former MVP: Windows Server - Clustering Current: Senior Premier Field Engineer for Microsoft
Disclaimer
Happy New Year - by the time you read this, it will probably be 2005. If you are reading this in 2004, you better hurry, Windows NT 4.0 support is almost completely gone when the ball drops in NYC to signal in 2005. If you are still on NT 4.0, make a New Year's resolution to decommission it this year. Oh, and Exchange 5.5 was done in 2003 J
Exchange:
Exchange Special Mailboxes Part 3 - SMTP mailbox
http://blogs.msdn.com/evand/archive/2004/12/27/332752.aspx
Mom:
Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Performance and Sizing White Paper
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=cd72e2ba-955c-42cb-a467-e8abaa3c30c4&displaylang=en
Miscellaneous:
Picture It! and Digital Image Security Update
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=235ebc80-564b-4b52-a344-502e25aad7fe&displaylang=en
Wish List:
Happy Holidays to all
Update on Exchange Edge Services from the Exchange Team
http://blogs.msdn.com/exchange/archive/2004/12/22/330184.aspx
MIIS:
Resource Tool Kit 2.0 for Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d3c7bd7a-e8d5-43cf-ad4d-4f1f0ae00d79&displaylang=en
Configuring Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Replication for a System Management Server (SMS) 2003 Management Point
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=51ecb794-d25f-46b6-aa8e-072d91069e1c&displaylang=en
Open Discussion on Windows and Linux
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d05eef30-276f-4f1e-86df-59f30a5dd72c&displaylang=en
Solution Accelerator for Domain Server Consolidation and Migration: Windows NT 4.0 to Windows Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=51047540-d6fe-4ca2-9975-e831acb66239&displaylang=en
Various Licensing Download Documents
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=95fc1841-5311-428e-9cdd-61fa95daf0f3&displaylang=en
Rumors:
Veritas and Symantec will merge...
Exchange Special Mailboxes Part 2 - System Attendant mailbox
http://blogs.msdn.com/evand/archive/2004/12/21/329172.aspx
OWA 2003 Caveats when Deploying Windows XP SP2 in Your Organization
http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/OWA-2003-Caveats-Deploying-Windows-XP-SP2.html
Microsoft to delay SMTP relay software
http://searchexchange.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid43_gci1035120,00.html?track=NL-368&ad=500095
Hotmail dumps McAfee's antivirus for Trend Micro
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5497273.html
A Chat With Microsoft's OEM Chief
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1744704,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
Securing Exchange With ISA Server 2004
http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1807
Update on Exchange Server 5.5 Support Lifecycle
TechNet Webcast: Techniques for Troubleshooting Exchange Server 2003 - Level: 200 Monday, January 10, 2005 - 9:30 - 11:00 AM Pacific Time
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032266392&Culture=en-US
TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Maintains High Availability for Exchange Server 2003 at Microsoft - Level: 200 Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 8:00 - 9:30 AM Pacific Time
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032266444&Culture=en-US
TechNet Webcast: Performance Tuning for Exchange 2003 - Level: 300 Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 8:00 - 9:30 AM Pacific Time Paul Bowden, Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032266555&Culture=en-US
TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Does Messaging Hygiene at Microsoft - (Level 200) Tuesday, January 25, 2005 - 9:00 AM-10:30 AM
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032266448&Culture=en-US
TechNet Support Webcast: Secure messaging in Microsoft Outlook Thursday, January 27, 2005: 10:00 AM Pacific Time
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=891329
Microsoft Small Business Webcast: Introduction to Exchange Server 2003 for a Small Office - Level 100 Wednesday, January 26, 2005 - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032266216&Culture=en-US
Spammers ordered to pay $1 billion - Way cool!
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/12/18/spam.lawsuit.ap/index.html
CPU and Memory Scalability for Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003 - Interesting, especially the part about /nopae
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;827281
For more on /nopae - http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ddtools/hh/ddtools/bootini_37644df1-f3ea-4e1b-9ea6-c5ea00a1164b.xml.asp
November 2004 update rollup for Exchange Server 5.5 - Updated today!!!
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841765
Exchange Special Mailboxes Part 1 - System Mailbox
http://blogs.msdn.com/evand/archive/2004/12/17/323636.aspx
Phishing:
Phishing guide - Free and very interesting
http://www.nextgenss.com/papers/NISR-WP-Phishing.pdf
Anti-Phishing Group website
http://anti-phishing.org/
PayPal Phishing, I have actually gotten a few of these:
http://anti-phishing.org/phishing_archive/11-09-04_Paypal(Your_Account_Will_Be_Suspended)/11-09-04_Paypal(Your_Account_Will_Be_Suspended).html
Big News:
Microsoft Acquires Anti-spyware Leader Giant Company Software Inc. - Very interesting
http://www.giantcompany.com/intro.htm?aspxerrorpath=/p_features.aspx
Christmas 2004 - Cool and free from your friends at Microsoft. 11.4 MB though. For Windows XP. Ho Ho Ho.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e8ccd255-288c-4c33-879f-b9ce7d5fb08c&DisplayLang=en
Bill Gates Answers Most Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0761c124-c627-4555-aa2e-18310ae99300&displaylang=en
Microsoft History Trivia - Fun, I missed only a few
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=48c04675-0dd3-4989-aff6-8ae451c1cab2&displaylang=en
Windows:
Release Notes for Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 Operating Systems with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ec458c7f-9a60-41f4-923c-4a76ec361f91&displaylang=en
XP:
Improving Security at Microsoft through Deployment of Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=36648245-6eac-458e-87bd-046a16f3d385&displaylang=en
Description of the Critical Update for Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886185
Achieving High Availability with Exchange Server at Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a8cf167d-e23c-4a14-86cb-02d19ee3b8fe&displaylang=en
E-Mail Central - Bill Boswell article, good stuff
http://redmondmag.com/features/article.asp?editorialsid=449
Simulating Stress for your Exchange 2003 Hardware using LoadSim 2003
http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Simulating-Stress-Exchange-2003-LoadSim.html
How Exchange Server ActiveSync (EAS) scales for us - From the Exchange Team - interesting stuff
http://blogs.msdn.com/exchange/archive/2004/12/13/282234.aspx
MailTo: Made That Much Easier - pretty cool stuff.
http://seanda.blogspot.com/2004/12/mailto-made-that-much-easier.html
One in five Brits 'buy software from spam' - Glad to be an American?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/10/spam_buyers_survey_bsa/
TrendMicro ScanMail for 50% off - Cool, I love this product :)
http://www.trendmicro.com/en/offers/global/ms-smex.htm
SQL:
.NET Rocks! - Brian Larson on SQL Reporting Services
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ab826fe1-0258-434d-a54c-910facef3044&displaylang=en
Office:
Microsoft Office XP to Microsoft Office 2003 Migration Issues
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3b12295e-6f12-416e-8a58-043010169efe&displaylang=en
Update for InfoPath 2003 (KB887982)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=e0b56708-1e8a-45c9-ad99-beb3ed305cb2&displaylang=en
Security:
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-041
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS04-041.mspx
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-042
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS04-042.mspx
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-043
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS04-043.mspx
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-044
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS04-044.mspx
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-045
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS04-045.mspx
Securing Wireless LANs with Certificate Services
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=cdb639b3-010b-47e7-b234-a27cda291dad&displaylang=en
Explaining Exchange 2003 Http Access (Part 2)
http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Exchange-2003-Http-Access-Part2.html
Patches:
Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification - Before they even come out, cool notice. Sure wish it said a little more.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/advance.mspx
Free:
You can now get a free subscription to Computerworld magazine.
http://www.cwsubscribe.com/cgi-win/cw.cgi?add&p=NNNEWLTR1204
Browsing the Web and Reading E-mail Safely as an Administrator - Very interesting idea and article.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dncode/html/secure11152004.asp
Microsoft iSNS Server 3.0
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0dbc4af5-9410-4080-a545-f90b45650e20&displaylang=en
Windows Server 2003:
TechNet Script Center Sample Scripts - From the Res Kit for 2003, whenever that actually comes out :)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b4cb2678-dafb-4e30-b2da-b8814fe2da5a&displaylang=en
WSS:
Windows SharePoint Services with Service Pack 1
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=efdc7227-549c-4de1-a063-783f71a8bb2b&displaylang=en
Microsoft IT Attack and Penetration Testing Team
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=385fcec0-d4ec-4108-8edd-85b5facd7ec5&displaylang=en
Technet Radio
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=e3e5f987-edf3-4b10-8f41-e80131239529&displaylang=en
.NET Rocks! - Windows Server Technology
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=cc0d67fb-e75b-4824-8e1f-736991735a4f&displaylang=en
Do-It-Yourself Script Center Kit
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d187c9d7-ffa8-49cd-bb33-363db8fa481e&displaylang=en
Selecting the Right OS for the Deployment of an IPTV System
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3f65148d-635f-4045-aada-3adb71a72dc1&displaylang=en
Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool - Version 1.1 :)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=dbab201f-4bee-4943-ac22-e2ddbd258df3&displaylang=en
Creating an Active Directory Site for Exchange Server
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6b263452-7a61-4253-9c9e-b337cb80d460&displaylang=en
Using WinRoute to determine the Routing status of your Exchange organization - Cool tool
http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/WinRoute-Routing-status-Exchange-organization.html
Windows 2003 SP1 RC - Publicly released
http://msgoodies.blogspot.com/2004/12/windows-2003-sp1-rc.html
Changes to Functionality in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c3c26254-8ce3-46e2-b1b6-3659b92b2cde&displaylang=en
Itanium-based versions of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate (64-bit)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=e1ec4c32-3123-4daf-be8f-500d0dd9699f&displaylang=en
LCS:
LCS 2005 Standard and Enterprise is available for download on MSDN :)
Live Communications Server 2005 Document: Security Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=f27fdecc-f567-465a-a3e1-fe54e377c2bd&displaylang=en
Live Communications Server 2005 Document: Proxy Deployment Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1c1b9910-24eb-4d12-8b43-0a931a543207&displaylang=en
Windows Messenger 5.1 Document: Planning and Deployment Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3dbc86bc-e003-4f99-b909-b2bae4536014&displaylang=en
Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 Technical Reference - Version 1.1
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d7894cc9-eeeb-40d9-8f5f-573050624f67&displaylang=en
MSDN Evening Briefing - An Introduction to .NET
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ed172f37-0f8a-4f37-8422-b9b2781a1ce0&displaylang=en
Load Balancing an RMS Cluster Using NLB
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ddd11851-aa48-4929-847f-7f0af20e3cf8&displaylang=en
Offline Address Book Best Practices Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=19b69064-81b8-419e-aae9-612dceb98aeb&displaylang=en
Exchange Server 2003 Operations Checklists
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c5133f35-8e10-4477-b31c-bfd1dc09ab1e&displaylang=en
Customizing the OWA 2003 Forms-Based Authentication Logon Page [preview]
http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Customizing-OWA-2003-Forms-Based-Authentication-Logon.html
Update for Exchange 2003 (KB 883522) - SMTP post SP1 fix
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=dafc0ad9-6a5c-4bff-857d-5699e9a611e8&displaylang=en
E-mail messages that contain a virus remain in the SMTP local delivery queue after you configure Intelligent Message Filter in Exchange Server 2003 - More information on the SMPT post SP1 fix
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=883522
Event Logging for VSAPI and some troubleshooting scenarios - excellent information.
http://blogs.msdn.com/exchange/archive/2004/12/01/273232.aspx
Exchange ActiveSync and Outlook Mobile Access errors occur when SSL or forms-based authentication is required for Exchange Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=817379
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 for Windows XP and Windows 2000 (KB889293)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3a9dbd51-4348-4ee6-9bc1-d9a1e12963ec&displaylang=en
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 for Corporations - Windows XP and Windows 2000 (889669)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c74028e2-10c9-4edd-ad0a-36493677bff8&displaylang=en
Windows Messenger 5.1 - I am using this at my desk, works great against LCS 2003 :)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a8d9eb73-5f8c-4b9a-940f-9157a3b3d774&displaylang=en
Live Communications Server 2005 Document: Live Communications Server 2003 Upgrading and Coexistence
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1caeebc1-f274-4953-9bf7-1b879a1373e3&displaylang=en
Live Communications Server 2005 Document: Deployment Overview
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4e3a1963-51cd-4907-9b8f-c4579abafcf7&displaylang=en
Live Communications Server 2005 Document: Deploying Archiving Service
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=626b41ad-2af8-4746-8efa-38f3e570bbfc&displaylang=en
Live Communications Server 2005 Document: Deploying Access Proxy and Director
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9f8bdd90-d6a5-4f1a-8dfa-782b3870fd7f&displaylang=en
Live Communications Server 2005 Document: Deploying a SIP/PSTN Gateway
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=78154a69-7e6e-4b2a-97c1-64b829ab1d98&displaylang=en
Live Communications Server 2005 Document: Command Line Reference
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a39732db-156f-4a53-98b1-ff3ab697f1fc&displaylang=en
Windows Messenger 5 Document: How to Use Videoconferencing
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b754e876-b8d8-4c45-a171-187b060afb43&displaylang=en
Windows Messenger 5 Document: How to Control Your Online Presence
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2b254adb-3f1d-4028-a1fc-d213be929657&displaylang=en
Windows Messenger 5 Document: How to Use Online Voice Communications
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1077407c-2199-4acf-8410-058827411b3e&displaylang=en
Windows Messenger 5 Document: Get Started with Windows Messenger
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ea42cccc-37d1-4bac-abff-e862e93fe1a2&displaylang=en
Windows Messenger 5 Document: How to Share Applications and Whiteboards
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=cff73c52-6e74-42f3-8fd0-3ea726c0bef9&displaylang=en
Windows Messenger 5 Document: How to Send and Receive Instant Messages
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=aedb1189-475c-428d-a497-286529de45b5&displaylang=en
Windows Messenger 5 Document: How to Send a File or Photo
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1928c9ca-eba0-41a9-835f-edbaf367222e&displaylang=en
Windows Messenger 5 Document: How to Conduct a Remote Assistance Session
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=18083d32-9223-4ab8-b81b-afd11e7fa993&displaylang=en
SQL Server:
Channel 9 MSDN Video Interview - SQL Server Team Tour - Nice 3 short videos.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=df0d2651-354d-4934-b5ce-d460f7b04914&displaylang=en
SPS:
Microsoft SharePointPSSearch SQL Syntax (Preview)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d6a10783-a4e4-4463-8444-f88be48760b3&displaylang=en
Step-by-Step Tutorials for Office Applications and Windows OS
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ffd66071-99cf-494d-844b-c03b35874a9a&displaylang=en
Web Services:
Web Services Enhancements 2.0 Hands On Lab - Messaging
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=89457a1c-d31e-4a9b-92b7-645c1c208a2f&displaylang=en
Web Services Enhancements 2.0 Hands On Lab - Security
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a6b7de77-5a16-482c-8b84-75df0a2e09c4&displaylang=en
Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 2.0 SP2 for Microsoft .NET
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=fc5f06c5-821f-41d3-a4fe-6c7b56423841&displaylang=en
Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 2.0 SP2 for Microsoft .NET Redistributable Runtime MSI
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d3c8f18b-7bbf-489d-90e1-e8d4147205b8&displaylang=en
Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 SP1 Update
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a5f6e8dd-fc60-4a11-9d09-aa0bba2a617e&displaylang=en
Identity Integration Feature Pack 1a for Microsoft Windows Server Active Directory
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d9143610-c04d-41c4-b7ea-6f56819769d5&displaylang=en
Microsoft® Identity Integration Server 2003 Scenarios - latest versions
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=15032653-d78e-4d9d-9e48-6cf0ae0c369c&displaylang=en
Microsoft Password Change Notification Service - for MIIS, neat :)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c0964f2e-fa9f-4fc7-ac13-c43928efee9d&displaylang=en
ISA:
Remote Access Quarantine Tool for ISA Server 2004
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3396c852-717f-4b2e-ab4d-1c44356ce37a&displaylang=en
SMS:
Systems Management Server 2003 Advanced Client for Windows XP Embedded
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3aa2f006-7af7-4044-a2b4-2672936109da&displaylang=en
SMS 2003 SP1 Advanced Client for XP Embedded
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=86a5ade6-eb97-4540-90a1-194806edbd84&displaylang=en
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-040
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS04-040.mspx
WINS Replication IPSec Script - protect your WINS servers, though I still hate WINS and will rule the day it gone forever. Long live DNS!
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=20f8df98-7eee-4293-b80a-c34bb1208828&displaylang=en
The Convergence of the Aging Work Force And Accessible Technology
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0e01de8b-407f-4cc8-95b9-d6bafa6332f3&displaylang=en
The Wide Range of Abilities and Its Impact on Computer Technology
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a91c9921-2e11-4133-9eb1-b9701060e335&displaylang=en
Channel 9 MSDN Video Interview - Enterprise Engineering Center - A really cool video tour, 35 minutes long
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=63d2fcc8-fbd5-4be9-a990-84223f96afcc&displaylang=en
NLB Troubleshooting Overview for Windows® Server 2003 - Excellent!
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9e6f4999-aeeb-40cf-867b-af68742fffdc&displaylang=en
MSDN TV: New XML Features in .NET Framework 2.0
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7137fdfb-b719-497b-9c66-eb6eb6f9534a&displaylang=en
Microsoft Webcasts Calendar downloads
http://blogs.msdn.com/msdnwebcasts/archive/2004/12/01/272688.aspx