The latest Unified Communications technical rollup covers the following topics:

• News
• Documents
• Downloads
• Events/Webcasts
• New KB’s

As usual, this information is posted every month at the Technical Rollup blog.

Migrate from Exchange Public Folders to Microsoft Business Productivity Online Standard (BPOS) Suite is a new technical paper published by Microsoft.

Brief Description
This paper discusses the most common public folder scenarios and how they are represented in Business Productivity Online Standard Suite services. It also provides the information you need to decide whether Microsoft Online Services is a good match for you based on your current public folder usage.

Overview
Exchange public folders are widely used in on-premises Exchange environment. However, Exchange Online does not support customer usage scenarios of public folders. If you or your customers are using Exchange public folders, there are special considerations for moving customers to Microsoft Business Productivity Online Standard Suite. This document outlines these considerations for field representatives, discusses the most common public folder scenarios and how they are represented in Business Productivity Online Standard Suite services. It also provides the information you need to decide whether Microsoft Online Services is a good match for you based on your current public folder usage.

SignatureOne is a utility which enables you to create an Outlook Signature template which embeds Active Directory properties and distribute the signature to users in your organization.

Create an Outlook signature automatically for every user in the organization!

• SignatureOne makes an automatic email signature to all organization users!
• synchronized with Active Directory!
• Freeware!

Requirements:

• Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista and 2008.
• Office 2003 and 2007.
• Preconfigured Exchange account.
• .Net Framework 2.0.

There are 2 new TechNet Chopsticks available about Exchange Server 2010:

• Exchange Server 2010 (part 1): Get a high-level overview of the next version of Microsoft Exchange Server, presented by Tonino Bruno, Johan Delimon, and myself (Ilse van Criekinge). What’s new, what’s gone, what’s different? A lot…;-)
• Exchange Server 2010 (part 2): Demo.

TechNet Chopsticks is a webcast platform (based on Silverlight) from the MSDN and TechNet teams in Belgium. It has all kinds of technical stuff, provided by Microsoft employees, MVPs, User Groups and content from other events like TechDays.

Microsoft Exchange Server MAPI Editor (MFCMAPI) is now hosted on CodePlex. Visit the MFCMAPI
page on CodePlex at http://MFCMAPI.codeplex.com.

Project Description
MFCMAPI uses Microsoft’s published APIs to provide access to MAPI stores through a graphical user interface. Its purpose is to facilitate investigation of Exchange and Outlook issues and to provide developers with a canonical sample for MAPI development.

For more information and a list of features, please read A Brief History Of MFCMAPI.

Related links:

• MFCMAPI demonstrates MAPI client code
• Microsoft Exchange Server MAPI Editor
• So Long Mapi Editor…And Thanks For All The Fish

The Microsoft Directory Synchronization Tool 9.1 is now available to download.

Brief Description
The Microsoft Directory Synchronization Tool 9.1 enables you to securely synchronize selected data between an on-premise Active Directory and the Forefront Online Security for Exchange (FOSE) and Exchange Hosted Archive (EHA) services.

Overview
The Microsoft Directory Synchronization Tool 9.1 synchronizes valid end-user proxy addresses (and their Safe Senders if available) from Active Directory to the Forefront Online Security for Exchange (FOSE) and Exchange Hosted Archive (EHA) network and populates the Administration Center with these accounts. This tool should be used if you have a subscription to the FOSE Filtering service or the post-8.1 Exchange Hosted Archive service.

System Requirements

• Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2008 Enterprise; Windows Server 2008 Standard
• Active Directory (single-forest topology)
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Service Pack 2 or Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 (required for the Safe Senders feature)
• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
• PowerShell 1.0 (optional - required for additional scripting on the client side)

Microsoft has just released the June update for the Windows Mail Junk e-mail Filter.

“Install this update for Windows Mail to revise the definition files used to detect e-mail messages that should be considered junk e-mail or that may contain phishing content.”

The update is available through Microsoft Update or you can click the following links, according to your OS architecture:

• Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter (x32)
• Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter (x64)

As usual the update comes with the corresponding Knowledge Base article:

• Description of the definition updates for Windows Mail (KB905866)

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The Forefront Online Security for Exchange (FOSE) 9.1 Product Documents were recently made availale to download. Forefront Online Security for Exchange is the new name of the service previously known as Exchange Hosted Filtering.

Brief Description
Product documents for FOSE 9.1 include the following: New Features Guide, Administration Center User Guide, Directory Synchronization Tool Administration Guide, Customer Quick Cards and Forefront Online Security for Exchange Filtering Service Launch and Best Practices.

Overview
New Features Guide: This 12-page guide provides up-to-date information about the latest features and changes for Microsoft® Forefront Online Security for Exchange (FOSE), including new features of the Directory Synchronization Tool, new company filtering service settings, domain enhancements, and enhanced reporting features. You can use the information in this document to help prepare your messaging environment for updated services, and to communicate information to customers, partners, and employees.

Administration Center User Guide: This guide provides in-depth information and instructions for using the Microsoft® Forefront Online Security for Exchange (FOSE) Administration Center, a Web-based tool that allows you to create reports and customize your e-mail filtering account services. It includes essential information for finding what you need in the Administration Center and using it to optimize your FOSE antispam, antivirus, filtering, user management, and reporting services, among others.

Directory Synchronization Tool Administration Guide: This document provides installation and configuration information for the DST. It is important to read document before you begin the installation process for the tool, as there is important pre-deployment and service information that you need to consider before installing the DST.

Customer Quick Cards: These two page documents assist organizations to educate their users about how to use the spam quarantine features of Forefront Online Security for Exchange (FOSE) products.

Launch and Best Practice Checklists: These guides provide information about how to start the Forefront Online Security for Exchange (FOSE) Hosted Filtering service, the configuration requirements, and provide suggestions to optimize your experience.

There are 2 new white papers available at the Microsoft TechNet site:

• Fundamentals of Troubleshooting Unified Messaging in Exchange 2007 - This white paper discusses the fundamentals of troubleshooting Unified Messaging (UM) in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. By using the troubleshooting tools available in Exchange 2007, as well as the backup and disaster recovery techniques described in this white paper, you can perform the troubleshooting fundamentals for Unified Messaging
• Determining the Scalability of Combined Client Access and Hub Transport Server Roles in Exchange 2007 - This white paper provides information about the scalability of computers running Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 with the Client Access server role and the Hub Transport server role installed on the same server. It also provides planning guidance to help you select the appropriate hardware platform(s) for an Exchange 2007 deployment where you are deploying the Client Access and Hub Transport server roles on the same computer.

The Exchange Server 2010 Beta VHD is a pre-configured virtual hard disk to use with Hyper-V, that enables you evaluate Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Beta VHD for 60 days.

Overview
Download this fully configured virtual machine of the latest release of Exchange Server 2010 Beta. Evaluate the new capabilities of Exchange Server 2010 Beta, which helps you achieve new levels of reliability and performance by delivering features that help to simplify your administration, protect your communications, and delight your users by meeting their demands for greater business mobility.

System Requirements

• Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2008; Windows Server 2008 Enterprise; Windows Server 2008 Standard

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V is required to use this virtual machine
In addition to the system requirements for Windows Server 2008 as described in the release notes, a 64-bit system with hardware-assisted virtualization enabled and data execution prevention (DEP) is required.
It is also recommended to ensure that you have a clean install of x64 edition of Windows Server 2008 to be able to use the Hyper-V technology.
Prerequisites, installation steps, OS recommendations, and known issues of Hyper-V can be found here.