My blog has now been changed to http://blogs.technet.com/mfugatt This site will continue to exist but all new postings will be made to my new blog.

Got this from Tony Soper's blog http://blogs.technet.com/tonyso/archive/2005/08/12/409120.aspx and it looks pretty cool. Exchange SLA scorecard Microsoft is developing an Exchange SLA scorecard. The userguide introduction explains: "As we move into more complex and interdependent applications, it becomes increasingly difficult to track the capabilities of various IT services. Furthermore, it seems that there is no single formula or presentation mechanism to easily roll up the data and demonstrate

We've refreshed the Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer v2.1 package at http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/exbpa . If you run the MSI, it will identify itself as v2.1a. You can in-place upgrade from v2.1 to v2.1a. Application version number (as shown in the About… link): ExBPA v2.1 2.1.7599.0 ExBPA v2.1a 2.1.7599.4 NOTE: ExBPA v2.1a is available for U.S. English only. Here is the list of bugs fixed with v2.1a: MSI always sets the 'DataDirectory' registry value to the default setting even

We have today released some updated tools for Exchange. Exchange Server Domain Rename Fixup (XDR-Fixup) - v 06.05.7618 Exchange Server Load Simulator 2003 (LoadSim) - v 06.05.7618 Exchange Server Auto Accept Agent - v 06.05.7618 Exchange Server Exchange Profile Update - v 06.05.7618

Thursday, August 18, 2005: 10:00 AM Pacific time (Coordinated Universal Time -7 hours) This Support WebCast will present information to help you troubleshoot Offline Address Book (OAB) download issues in Microsoft Exchange Server. The WebCast will focus on how to troubleshoot issues that occur when the OAB is generated or downloaded. http://support.microsoft.com/?id=905482

This looks like it should be fun. Thursday, August 11, 2005: 10:00 AM Pacific time (Coordinated Universal Time -7 hours) This Support WebCast will describe how support engineers use the Microsoft Network Monitor utility to troubleshoot Exchange Client connectivity issues. We will go over a generic remote procedure call (RPC) logon sequence, best practices, tips and tricks, and why we ask for concurrent Client and Server captures to help resolve support incidents. We will also examine Network Monitor

Vardan Kushnir, Russia's Biggest Spammer, Beaten to Death Russian anti-spam vigilantes are a tough bunch. Not that we'd advocate this approach to reducing the global spam problem, but it's a wonder that this hasn't happened before. The Mosnews has the details: http://mosnews.com/news/2005/07/25/spammerdead.shtml . Source: http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/2901340

REDMOND, Wash. — July 20, 2005 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that it will acquire FrontBridge Technologies Inc., a leading provider of managed services that address corporate e-mail security, compliance and availability requirements. With this acquisition, Microsoft will deliver a service for enforcing compliance through archiving, minimizing spam and viruses, and ensuring e-mail availability in the case of a disaster. FrontBridge’s scalable service-delivery model can be applied

Detailed discussion of the conditions that result in error -1018. It also covers the detection mechanisms that Exchange uses to discover and recover from damage to its database files. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7d6d90f2-50f8-4072-8ce9-b073069b8756&displaylang=en

This does not have anything to do with Exchange but I had to Blog about it, two of the best Cluster Server guru's I know are working together to present this training, if you are looking the learn Clustering this course is a must, both Rod and Russ have a ton of real world experience. You can get more information here http://www.clusterhelp.com/