Microsoft Entourage 2008 for Mac, Web Services Edition v13.1.3 is now available to download from the Microsoft site.

Brief Description
To take advantage of the latest innovations that Exchange 2007 has to offer, Entourage 2008, Web Services Edition uses Exchange Web Services to communicate with Exchange Server. In this update, Entourage uses Exchange Web Services to provide several calendaring improvements. The update includes support for notes, tasks, and category synchronization with the Exchange Server.

Overview
Microsoft Entourage 2008 for Mac, Web Services Edition uses Exchange Web Services as the primary protocol to communicate with Exchange Server. In addition to several calendaring improvements, this new version of Entourage synchronizes notes, tasks, and categories with Exchange Server. This update also enables logging that can be used for diagnostic purposes. For detailed information about this update, see the Microsoft Web site.

System requirements

Supported operating systems: Apple Macintosh, Mac OS X

• Operating System Versions: Mac OS X version 10.4.9 (Tiger) or a later version of Mac OS
  Note To verify that your computer meets these minimum requirements, on the Apple menu, click About This Mac.
• Microsoft Exchange Server: Connectivity to Update Rollup 4 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB952580) or later version. You can download this update for free from the Microsoft Web site.
  Note Update Rollup 4 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB952580) must be applied to both the Mailbox server and the Client Access server roles.
• Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.3.3 Update: You can download this update for free from the Microsoft Web site.
  Note To verify that you have installed this update, you can open any Microsoft Office 2008 application to check the version number. For example, open Word, and then on the Word menu, click About Word. In the dialog box, compare the version number next to Latest Installed Update.

Rollup 2 for Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Service Pack 2 is now available to download.

Issues that are fixed in this rollup package

• 2701952 FIX: “Access is denied” status error when you use a delegated user account to try to monitor services in Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010
• 2700248 FIX: A server that is running Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 may randomly stop processing incoming traffic
• 2700806 FIX: connectivity verifier that uses the “HTTP request” connection method may not detect when a web server comes back online in Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010
• 2705787 FIX: The Firewall service may intermittently crash when it processes client web proxy requests in a Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 environment
• 2701943 FIX: Error message when you try to join a Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 server to an array: “The Operation Failed. Error code - 0×80070002 - the system cannot find the file specified”
• 2705829 FIX: The Firewall service may stop responding to all traffic on a server that is running Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010
• 2694478 FIX: Dynamic Caching may incorrectly delete recently cached objects from a caching server that is running Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 or Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006

Technical Documentation Download for System Center 2012 – Data Protection Manager was recently made available. I recently wrote an article about protecting Exchange 2010 with DPM 2012 (to be published soon), so these documents arrived on a perfect timing.

There are also a couple of articles, posted on the DPM blog, that I would like to recommend:

• Secondary Protection and Exchange 2010 DAG Node Protection in System Center Data Protection Manager
• Exchange 2010 DAG Passive Node Visibility and the EnableVSSWriter

Overview
The downloadable files listed on this page contain the product documentation for the Data Protection Manager component of System Center 2012. The available downloads include:

• Getting Started Guide for System Center 2012 - Data Protection Manager, last updated April 1, 2012
• Planning Guide for System Center 2012 - Data Protection Manager, last updated April 1, 2012
• Deployment Guide for System Center 2012 - Data Protection Manager, last updated April 1, 2012
• Operations Guide for System Center 2012 - Data Protection Manager, last updated April 1, 2012
• System Center 2012 - Data Protection Manager Cmdlet Reference, last updated April 1, 2012

The Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and SnapManager for Exchange on Data ONTAP 8.1 Cluster-Mode Best Practices Guide is now available.

You have been eagerly waiting, and we have been working hard to deliver the Exchange Server 2010 Best practices guide on C-mode as soon as possible. We are happy to announce the availability of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and SnapManager for Exchange on Data ONTAP 8.1 Cluster-Mode Best Practices Guide, on Netapp.com.

Here is the link to the document:

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and SnapManager for Exchange on Data ONTAP 8.1 Cluster-Mode Best Practices Guide
http://www.netapp.com/templates/mediaView?m=tr-4056.pdf&cc=us&wid=148221175&mid=72156185

Office 365 Helper Scripts is now available to download.

Overview
This package includes a number of helper scripts created during Office 365 deployments. The following pages describe the script, the intended action and associated arguments to successfully run the script. The assumption is that the user executing these scripts has administrator-level Office 365 credentials.

Microsoft Office 2011 14.2.1 Update is now available to download.

Overview
This update fixes critical issues. For more information about this update, please visit the Microsoft Web site.
Applies to: Office 2011, Office 2011 Home and Business Edition, Word 2011, Excel 2011, PowerPoint 2011, Outlook 2011, Office for Mac Standard 2011 Edition, Microsoft Office for Mac Home & Student 2011, and Microsoft Office for Mac Academic 2011

System requirements
Supported operating systems: Apple Macintosh, Mac OS X

• Operating System Versions: Mac OS X version 10.5.8 or a later version of Mac OS
  Note To verify that your computer meets these minimum requirements, on the Apple menu, click About This Mac.
• Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 Service Pack 1 (14.1.0): You can download this update for free from the Microsoft Web Site.
  Note To verify that you have installed this update, you can open any Microsoft Office 2011 application to check the version number. For example, open Word, and then on the Word menu, click About Word. In the dialog box, compare the version number next to Latest Installed Update.

How to Migrate From Novell GroupWise to Microsoft Exchange is a new technical document available to download.

Brief Description
Learn how organizations perform successful migrations from Novell GroupWise to Exchange Server or Office 365 using migration tools from Quest Software and services provided by Dimension Data.

Overview
Migrating from Novell GroupWise to Microsoft Exchange Server or Microsoft Office 365 can be a complex and challenging process for any organization. Learn how organizations perform successful migrations from Novell GroupWise to Exchange Server or Office 365 using migration tools from Quest Software and services provided by Dimension Data.

Microsoft release the latest version of the Exchange Server Protocols Documentation:

• Exchange Server Protocols Documentation -  The Microsoft Exchange protocol documentation provides detailed technical specifications for the Microsoft protocols and extensions to industry-standard and other published protocols that are implemented and used by Microsoft Exchange.
  The documentation is designed to describe each protocol in detail as it is used by Microsoft Exchange. Each specification documents technical requirements, limitations, dependencies, and specific protocol behavior.
  The documentation includes companion overview and reference documents that supplement the technical specifications with conceptual background information, overviews of inter-protocol relationships and interactions, and technical reference information.
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and Outlook 2010 Standards Documentation - The Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and Outlook 2010 Standards documentation is intended for use in conjunction with publicly available standard specifications and network programming art, and assumes that the reader either is familiar with the aforementioned material or has immediate access to it. A protocol specification does not require the use of Microsoft programming tools or programming environments in order for you to develop an implementation. If you have access to Microsoft programming tools and environments you are free to take advantage of them.

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.

There is a new Update for Outlook Social Connector 2010 (KB2553406) available to download. As usual, there are 2 versions: 32-bit and 64-bit.

Brief Description
Microsoft has released an update for the Outlook Social Connector. This update provides the latest fixes to the Outlook Social Connector. Additionally, this update contains stability and performance improvements.

Overview
You can get specific information about this update in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article Update for Microsoft Outlook Social Connector 2010 (KB2553406).