Are you an Exchange shared hosting provider? Or just curious about what’s included with HMC 4.0? If you can answer yes to at least one of these questions, then I recommended you give the new HMC 4.0 - Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 White Paper.

Overview

This white paper introduces the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) new features related to the Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration version 4.0. In particular, it addresses key features in anywhere access, built-in protection, and operation efficiency.

Good news for those who want to use ORF Enterprise Edition in their Exchange Server 2007 environment:

The first Alpha test version of ORF Enterprise Edition 4.1 with Exchange 2007 support and header filtering has been released.

Learn more about the ORF 4.1 Alpha release at:

http://www.vamsoft.com/alpha/

Register your ORF 4.1 Alpha version from an Exchange 2007 server and get a free ORF T-shirt from us*.

List of Mailboxes

(Notice the migration status feature to track mailboxes that have been migrated)

Mailbox Migration Wizard

From the Microsoft Collaboration platform blog.

As indicated by the Microsoft press release yesterday, the Collab team within the Exchange Product group were about to release an updated version of the Microsoft Transport Suite:

Overview
Transporter Suite contains a set of tools for migrations from both Lotus Domino Servers, and generic IMAP/POP sources. For Lotus Domino the suite contains a set of tools for Directory and Free/Busy interoperability between Lotus Domino 6 or 7 and Exchange Server 2007 and Windows Server 2003 Active Directory. In addition for Lotus Domino the suite contains migration tools to migrate users, groups, personal address lists, mailboxes, personal mail archives, and applications from Lotus Domino 5, 6 or 7 to Active Directory, Exchange Server 2007, and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. For generic POP/IMAP servers the suite contains a set of tools to bulk migrate mailboxes from any generic email servers that support the POP3 or IMAP4 protocol to mailboxes in Exchange Server 2007.

Well, it’s now public available and can be downloaded here.

Microsoft Corporate Vice President Chris Capossela outlines new resources designed to help customers transition to Microsoft’s unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) platform and the impact this business is having on the company’s bottom line.

REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 20, 2008 — Companies are making the switch to Microsoft’s unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) platform to help increase employee productivity, reduce IT costs and improve business processes. Microsoft and its industry partners are working to make the transition even easier. The release of an updated version of Microsoft Transporter Suite for IBM Lotus Domino along with powerful tools from Microsoft partners are easing the transition process for customers moving to Microsoft Office, Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server from IBM Lotus Notes and Domino.

PressPass caught up with Chris Capossela, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Business Division, to go behind the scenes and understand first hand what’s driving the transition and what is fueling this trend.

Continue here.

Messageware’s AttachView 2007 Takes WebReady Document Viewing

To New Heights

Enables the Secure & Fast Viewing of 300 File Types

January 16, 2008, Toronto, Ontario – Messageware (www.messageware.com), the world’s leading provider of enterprise productivity and security solutions for Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access (OWA), today announced the release of AttachView 2007 for Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access 2007. The award-winning AttachView significantly extends the functionality of OWA 2007’s WebReady Viewing feature, making it possible to quickly and securely view 300 file types without the native application.

AttachView 2007 secures OWA attachments and puts security control in the hands of the Administrator by controlling the user’s ability to open, copy/paste or print attachments. It prevents OWA attachments from being stored in the Temporary Internet Files of shared computers by converting attachment files into secure HTML web pages, giving fast, secure access to the documents that business professionals need to make decisions. It provides viewing functions not available in Microsoft WebReady Document Viewing, such as a hyperlinked table of contents, printer-friendly formatting and now the ability to view documents with or without Track Changes (see Messageware Integrates AttachView Solution with Microsoft Word’s Most Popular Collaboration Tool) for managing multiple documents versions across many people. AttachView is also ideal for working with contract documents, marketing or graphic design files, and other files types where formatting, layout and design is critical.

“AttachView makes it possible for our outside sales force as well as our insurance brokers to be as productive as possible while they are on the road,” said Harry Saryan, IT Manager for Thaxton & Associates, an insurance and financial services brokerage firm specializing in the automotive retail industry. “They are able to quickly and easily view critical documents, such as claims, contracts, etc. without sacrificing corporate security.”

AttachView 2007 allows users to not only view the four file types associated with Microsoft Office, but 300 other file types, including Visio, CAD, and other frequently used applications.

“The average company uses dozens of applications throughout the enterprise,” said Mark Rotman, President & CEO of Messageware. “It is common for each department to have applications generating files that need to be shared with other departments and employees, whether they are in the office or working outside the office. AttachView makes it possible for enterprises to continue collaborating securely while maintaining the highest level of productivity.”

AttachView 2007 for OWA 2007 is available immediately. For more information or a free trial, visit http://messageware.com.

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About Messageware

Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Messageware develops and markets solutions that enhance and secure Outlook Web Access. A trusted Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and a Global Exchange ISV for 15 years, their applications give companies of all sizes the ability to enhance, secure, and customize OWA. Messageware’s solutions have resulted in a greater return on an organization’s Microsoft Exchange investment for over 2,000 enterprises and four million users worldwide, including Fortune 500 companies and industries such as banking, education, financial services, government, healthcare and law. For more information, visit www.messageware.com.

Messageware Press Contact: Carol Arnold, Arnold Communications, (877) 718-4604 x2, carol@arnoldcomm.com.

The Exchange Server UE team have just posted links to the 5 most popular articles from 2007 on the Exchange Server TechCenter site.

Ever wondered how Exchange Server evolved over the years? And how come Exchange Server 2007 shows “8.0″ as its version number?

Checkout Paul Bowden’s brief history of time post here.

Looks like I’ll be an Exchange MVP for another year as I just got the following in my Inbox:

“Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2008 Microsoft® MVP Award! The MVP Award is our way of saying thank you for promoting the spirit of community and enhancing people’s lives and the industry’s success every day. Your extraordinary efforts in Windows Server System - Exchange Server technical communities during the past year are greatly appreciated.”

So what is an MVP anyway?

Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals are individuals who are recognized by peers as well as by Microsoft for past credible participation, highest quality answers and a demonstrated willingness to share their Microsoft technical expertise with others while providing guidance and assistance in peer-to-peer technical communities worldwide.

While these individuals represent a wide variety of backgrounds and professions, MVPs share the basic characteristics of possessing very strong technical skills in one or more Microsoft products or technology areas. Microsoft MVPs also possess the willingness to share that knowledge with others.

Selected contributors earn their MVP status by being nominated by their peers in the community, Microsoft Support Professionals, or Microsoft Product Group members who have seen consistent, professional and accurate technical answers or guidance in response to customer questions.

This will be my fifth year as an Exchange MVP. Hooray!