Mike Chan, Product Manager for Forefront Server for Exchange (FSE), gives details around some of the new features in the next version of FSE and Stirling. Here’s a little more about how the interview breaks down:

Watch the video at source: http://edge.technet.com/Media/Forefront-Server-for...tures/

The Three UC Amigos blog (http://blogs.technet.com/ucedsg/default.aspx) has blogged about some of the new functionalities that will be found in the new release of OCS (OCS 2007 R2).

You can see the new OC R2 screenshots at http://blogs.technet.com/ucedsg/archive/2008/11/20...s.aspx

Dave Goldman released a new code path for OABInteg tool.

I just have finished a new code path for OABInteg that will now allow you to do a proactive scan against your active directory to see what your mail enabled objects look like when it comes to certificates. This should help you to eliminate certificates from your active directory so you can reduce your OAB’s overall size.

Currently there are three attributes that ship with Windows 2003 and Exchange 2003 that can store user certificates: userCert, userCertificate, and userSMIMECertificate.

Information on Certificates

• userCert - UserCert is a single valued attribute that stores the old Nortel style certificates used long ago with Key Management Server for Exchange (KMS).
• userCertificate - Exchange and Outlook use it to store DER encoded X.509 e-mail certificates, and Windows uses it to store the public keys for logon, EFS and other such keys.
• userSMIMECertificate - UserSMIMECertificate is used only by Exchange and Outlook for PKCS-7 encoded e-mail certificates and all certificates stored here are supposed to be usable for e-mail.

Read more at source: http://blogs.msdn.com/dgoldman/archive/2008/11/21/...g.aspx

You can download it from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?Fa...ang=en

Rollup Update 5 description can be found at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953467

MSExchangeteam blogged a heads up about RU 5 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1, they listed some issues that will be addressed in this new release, as follows:

• CDCR: Need an option to apply ELC policy to only the root instead of applying it recursively to root and all subfolders
• CDCR: Add generatePublisherEvidence enabled=”false” to Exchange Services Config Files
• SCR does not copy logs in a disjoint namespace scenario
• SCR cannot be enabled when DNS suffixes differ on source/target in disjoint namespace scenarios
• Exchange 2007 CAS cannot copy the OAB from the OAB share on Windows Server 2008-based Exchange 2007 CCR clusters
• Messages get stuck in outbox on Windows Mobile 6.1 devices When using CAS proxy
• CDCR: MSI patching doesn’t update logon.aspx if the file is modified by customer

Read more at source: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/11/18/450112.aspx

A new blog from Outlook Team in the Living in Outlook series. In this post they are explaining how to insert links in a template message.

Read more at source: http://blogs.msdn.com/outlook/archive/2008/11/17/l...s.aspx

MSExchangeTeam has blogged a second part explaining how to configure OWA certificate based authentication on a Windows Server 2008 withou ISA Server 2006.

Read more at source: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/11/12/450094.aspx

Identity Lifecycle Manager (ILM) “2″ delivers an integrated identity management solution with powerful self-service capabilities for Office end-users, rich administrative tools and enhanced automation for IT professionals and .NET and WS-* based extensibility for developers. ILM “2″ provides organizations with unique workflow driven solutions to manage user accounts, passwords, groups and distribution lists as well as certificate-based credentials such as smart cards, using identity-based policies that can span across Windows and heterogeneous environments. And when you download the latest beta software, you’re automatically registered to access valuable beta resources assembled in one convenient location.

System requirements: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/ilm2/sysreqs.mspx

Get it here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/evalcenter/cc87...1.aspx

This is the 6 video in a series about OCS 2007 R2. In this one the main subject is the new administration and management features that are coming with OCS 2007 R2.

Read more at source: http://edge.technet.com/Media/What-New-in-Administ...07-R2/

Outlook Team continue the Living in Outlook series. Today subject is how to custom a RSS View in Outlook 2007.

Read more at source: http://blogs.msdn.com/outlook/archive/2008/10/31/c...w.aspx