Nobody likes “a big brother” who watches their e-mails but sometimes regulations dictate otherwise. Microsoft provides a means for keeping a copy of each e-mail, starting with Exchange 2003 SP1, and also added as an add-in for Exchange 2000 SP3.

Read all about it here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?Fa...ang=en

As a complementary of Chris Dalby’s post regarding Exchange 2003 SP2 news data store limits, Microsoft provides a comprehensive document for increasing this limit on SBS 2003.

Download it here: 

 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?Fa...ang=en

Microsoft had about sixteen knowledgebase articles regarding setting up static port mapping to connect from Outlook to Exchange using MAPI/RPC. Now there is one with all the pertinenet information including Exchange 5.5, 2000 and 2003.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/270836/en-us

In a side bar, this is NOT a recommended configuration for connecting to Exchange from the Internet. You should use VPN or the new Outlook 2003 RPC over HTTP capabilities. However, you might consider this if there is no other alternative, or as a way to connect through internal Firewalls separating workstations and servers.

We all know that Exchange 2007 will revolutionize the way we deal with unsolicited mail, but Exchage 2003 still has some useful mechanisms for filtering out some of the junk.

Tune in to this Microsoft webcast to learn more about it:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922450/en-us

Microsoft ActiveSync 4.2 is the latest sync software release for Windows Mobile-based devices. ActiveSync provides a great synchronization experience with Windows®-based PCs and Microsoft Outlook right out of the box. ActiveSync acts as the gateway between your Windows-based PC and Windows Mobile-based device, enabling the transfer of Outlook information, Office documents, pictures, music, videos and applications to and from your device. In addition to synchronizing with a desktop PC, ActiveSync can synchronize directly with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 so that you can keep your e-mail, calendar data, tasks and contact information updated wirelessly when you’re away from your PC.

Changes in ActiveSync 4.2 help resolve connectivity related issues with Microsoft Outlook, proxies, partnerships, and connectivity. This makes this a much anticipated release of ActiveSync, which has been known to be buggy,

• Microsoft Outlook Improvements: Resolves issues relating to error code 85010014.
• Proxy/DTPT interaction Improvements: Improved auto configuration of device Connection Manager settings when desktop has no proxy path to the internet.
• Improved Desktop Pass Thru behavior with ISA proxy failures.
• Partnership improvements: Better resolution of multiple devices with the same name syncing with the same desktop.
• Connectivity Improvements: Better handling of VPN clients (resolve unbinding of protocols from our RNDIS adapter). New auto detection of connectivity failure with user diagnostic alerts.

Just before Exchange 2007 takes the spotlight, Microsoft does not leave its current version unattended and publishes and updates its (really useful) guides.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Technical Reference Guide 

This guide is for Exchange Server experts who require detailed information about the architecture and interaction among core components of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22...g%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Security Hardening Guide 

This guide is designed to provide you with essential information about how to harden your Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 environment. 

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22...g%3den

 Working with Active Directory Permissions in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 

This guide discusses the necessary minimum rights needed for Exchange administrators to manage Exchange-related data in Active Directory as it pertains to user, inetOrgPerson, group, and contact objects so that separation of administrative tasks can be implemented.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22...g%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Performance and Scalability Guide 

This guide provides information about Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 performance and scalability.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22...g%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Message Security Guide 

This guide discusses how, when using S/MIME, encryption protects the contents of e-mail messages and digital signatures verify the identity of a purported sender of an e-mail message.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22...g%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Transport and Routing Guide 

This guide explains how transport and routing works in Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003, and how you can configure Exchange to enable internal and external mail flow.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22...g%3den

Working with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Stores 

The Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003 store is a storage platform that provides a single repository in which you can manage multiple types of unstructured information. This guide provides in-depth information to make administration and troubleshooting tasks easier for you to perform.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22...g%3den