As a part of the broad initiative across Microsoft to support 64 bit versions across many of its product lines, the next release of OCS will support 64-bit operating systems only. This decision will help meet customer demand and is a natural progression of the product that aligns with the same approach taken by the Exchange team (with Exchange 2007) and the SharePoint team (with SharePoint 2007) to support 64 bit operating systems only.

Read more at source: http://communicationsserverteam.com/archive/2008/0...6.aspx

The ExchangeTeam has blogged about Autodiscover and Outlook Providers configuration in two different posts, as follows:

• When, if and how do you modify Outlook Providers?
  http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/09/29/449921.aspx

• The Autodiscover Service and Outlook Providers - how does this stuff work?
  http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/09/26/449908.aspx

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

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/...s.aspx

MsExchangeTeam explained three methods to stop unapproved devices from accessing Exchange data.

Many companies and users consider mobile access to Exchange data an essential feature. Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) is very popular as it allows this access and many devices have licensed and implemented EAS (including Windows Mobile). Some companies use remote servers to access Exchange data and push it out to their mobile clients that aren’t EAS enabled. Of course these mobile access options can be a little concerning when you think about the security implications. Evaluating these devices (and servers) to make sure they comply with data protection policies is a necessary step for a lot of companies that want to protect their messaging data. This post will details some of the options available to companies that want to limit access to a specific set of supported devices.

The first question we usually get is, “How do you stop unapproved devices and servers from accessing Exchange data?” In general, I hear people talk about three ways to block devices:

1. Use an ISAPI filter (Not recommended)
2. Set policies that only the devices you care about can implement (Better)
3. Block the devices at the firewall (Recommended!)

Read more at source: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/09/05/449757.aspx

MSExchangeTeam blogged about the Rollup Update 4 that appeared for a short time in the Windows Update Site last week.

For a brief period of time on 9/9 (Tuesday), a pre-release version of Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB952580) was inadvertently made available to Microsoft Update, the Microsoft Update Catalog, and WSUS servers for download. While we quickly identified and removed the update from Microsoft Update within a short period of time, some servers using these distribution methods might have detected, downloaded and/or installed this version of the update.

Read more at source: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/09/11/449787.aspx

Some managed code services may not start after installing a Rollup Update in Exchange Server 2007.

If you are experiencing this issues you should look at this kb http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944752.

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-customizat...s.html

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

How to find the Mail icon in the Control Panel in a computer running Windows Vista x64.

Read more at source: http://blogs.msdn.com/outlook/archive/2008/09/05/w...a.aspx