Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer has released, download it from here.

File Name: ExPDA.MSI
Version: 14.0.650.23
Date Published: 2/24/2010
Download Size: 5.0 MB

Brief Description

Overview

You can use the Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer to perform an overall topology readiness scan of your environment. When you run the Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer, it provides a detailed report that will alert you if there are any issues within your organization, which could prevent you from deploying Exchange 2010. For example, the Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer will notify you if you haven't deployed the minimum required Exchange service pack on all your existing Exchange servers.

The checks performed by ExPDA are similar to the pre-requisite checks implemented (via Exchange Best Practices Analyzer) in the Exchange 2010 Setup program; in fact ExPDA is based off the Exchange Best Practices Analyzer (ExBPA) engine. However, unlike Exchange 2010 setup, this tool focuses only on overall topology readiness and not the ability to run Exchange 2010 on the local computer. The scan also performs a deep analysis of each existing Exchange 2003/2007 server to verify that it has the necessary updates and configuration in-place to support Exchange 2010. The end report is structured as follows:

• Critical - A configuration problem that will prevent Exchange 2010 from being deployed in the organization. For example, the Active Directory Forest is not operating in Windows Server 2003 Forest Functional Mode or higher.
• Warning - A configuration item that may prevent customers having the best possible experience with Exchange 2010. A warning may also reflect some functionality that is not available in Exchange 2010.

ExPDA is another component in our vision to provide a seamless upgrade experience that reduces the complexities in deploying Exchange 2010. To start planning your upgrade, please utilize the Exchange Deployment Assistant. The Deployment Assistant allows a customer to create Exchange 2010 on-premises deployment instructions that are customized to their environment. The Assistant asks a small set of questions, and based on the answers, it provides a finite set of instructions that are designed to get a customer up and running on Exchange 2010. Running the Exchange Server Pre-Deployment Analyzer is now a recommended step within the pre-requisites section of the Deployment Assistant.

Brief Description
Microsoft Online Services provides dedicated, enterprise-level hosted solutions for e-mail, collaboration, instant messaging and Web conferencing. Services are delivered from a highly reliable network of Microsoft data centers on servers systems dedicated to individual customer—enabling customers to use the latest productivity applications while reducing IT overhead.

Overview
This set of documents provides service descriptions for the Microsoft® Exchange Online Dedicated messaging service, the Microsoft® SharePoint® Online Dedicated collaboration service, the Microsoft® Office Communications Online Dedicated instant messaging and communications service, and the Microsoft Office Live Meeting Web conferencing service. Other documents in the set describe Microsoft Online components related to these services.

• Microsoft Online Services: What's New in the September 2009 Update
• Microsoft Exchange Online Dedicated Service Description
• Microsoft SharePoint Online Dedicated Service Description
• Microsoft Office Communications Online Dedicated Service Description
• Microsoft Office Live Meeting Service Description
• Microsoft Online Services Continuity Management
• Microsoft Online Services Change Management Service Description
• Microsoft Online Services Identity and Provisioning Service Description
• Microsoft Online Services Network Service Description
• Microsoft Online Services Support and Service Management Service Description
• Microsoft SharePoint Online Custom Solutions Support
• Microsoft Exchange Online Dedicated Service Level Agreement
• Microsoft SharePoint Online Dedicated Service Level Agreement
• Microsoft Office Communications Online Dedicated Service Level Agreement
• Microsoft Office Live Meeting Service Level Agreement

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Language: English
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Here is a list of upcoming Exchange Server 2010 Webcasts by MVPs and Microsoft team. So folks lots to keep you busy….

TechNet Webcast: Introducing Exchange Server 2010
Presented by: Rand Morimoto
In a time when your organization requires its communication tools to be cost-effective and flexible, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 enables you to achieve new levels of reliability and performance by delivering features that can simplify your administration, help protect your communications, and delight your users by meeting their demands for great business productivity. In this webcast we introduce you to Exchange Server 2010, as well as highlight and demonstrate key investments made in this latest release.

TechNet Webcast: Discover the New OWA: Outlook Web App
Presented by: Gary Danoys
The new Outlook Web App provides the most robust Web experience for accessing your Microsoft Exchange Server. With OWA 2010 users will get even more ways to communicate from the Web. From the new OWA IM and SMS Sync features to the incredible changes to the conversation view; new communications types and presentation methods abound to make users more productive. New features like MailTips, Side-by-side calendars, Delegate access, Delivery reports, and more are demonstrated. The new Exchange Control Panel (ECP) also makes end-user self-service features greatly enhanced meaning users can more easily manage their own issues. This webcasts focuses on the new end-user functions available in OWA 2010 as well as walks through the configuration of IM with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and helping IT pros troubleshoot common configuration errors in setting up OWA IM.

TechNet Webcast: Upgrade and Coexistence with Exchange Server 2007 and 2003
Presented by: Harold Wong
Walk through the process for introducing Exchange 2010 servers into an Exchange 2003/2007 organization. Learn the pre-requisites, steps required, and the impact to client access for MAPI, Outlook Anywhere, OWA, ActiveSync, and POP/IMAP clients after the upgrade has occurred.

TechNet Webcast: Information Protection and Control in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Presented by: Michael Smith
Worried about employees accidentally leaking valuable corporate e-mail? This webcast introduces new methods of information protection and control powered by Exchange Server 2010, including new transport rule for moderation, dynamic signatures and application of rights management. A discussion of the use of Active Directory Rights Management Service in parallel with Exchange is included, as well as an introduction to how these new features can be applied to real-world messaging control scenarios.

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2010 High Availability
Presented by: Devin L. Ganger
Welcome to the future! The future of Exchange high availability, that is. In this webcast we reveal the changes and improvements to the built-in high availability platform in Exchange Server 2010. Exchange 2010 includes a unified solution for high availability and disaster recovery that is quick to deploy and easy to manage. Learn about all of the new features in Exchange 2010 that make it the most resilient, highly available version of Exchange ever.

TechNet Webcast: Getting the Most out of Exchange Server 2010: Performance and Scalability
Presented by: John Fullbright
Selecting the right server hardware for an Exchange 2010 deployment becomes much easier when you know the product team's scalability and performance guidelines. This webcast provides a look at the product team's guidance for the processor and memory requirements of each server role in Exchange 2010. A number of key performance enhancements from this release are discussed, and you also learn about how to use related tools like the Exchange Storage Calculator, Exchange Profile Analyzer, Loadgen, and Jetstress to take the guesswork out of server sizing.

TechNet Webcast: Deploying and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Transport Servers
Presented by: David Elfassy
The transport server role in Exchange 2010 provides some exciting new management functionality to make mail flow issues easier to monitor and diagnose. This webcast shows you how you can best leverage this functionality including Direct Deliver, Shadow Redundancy, and transport SLA measurement and reporting. Learn how to plan for the most efficient transition -- whether you're moving from Exchange 2003 or 2007.

TechNet Webcast: Addressing E-mail Archiving and Retention
Presented by: Kamal Janardhan
As e-mail volume continues to grow, we recognize your user's desire for an infinite inbox and the IT Admin's goal to be able to preserve and discover these mailboxes in a cost-effective manner. To help address these needs, Exchange Server 2010 introduces integrated archiving along with message retention and multi-mailbox discovery capabilities. This webcast offers a technical deep dive and some demonstrations of the user and IT Pro archiving experience in Outlook and Outlook Web App, as well as Exchange Management Console and PowerShell. The session also highlights the message retention capabilities through Move and Delete Policies in Outlook, OWA and PowerShell, Hold Policy to preserve data for recovery in legal or accidental deletion scenarios, and e-Discovery with multi-mailbox search in the Exchange Control Panel.

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2010 Management and Operations
Presented by: Oliver Moazzezi
Exchange Server 2010 includes new capabilities that make the operation of your Exchange environment more efficient. Learn how we've made the Exchange Management Console more powerful, extended the reach of PowerShell, made it easier to delegate management tasks, and built Web-based tools to make the job of managing Exchange easier than ever.

TechNet Webcast: Calendar Sharing and Federation in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Presented by: Joel Stidley
Federation is a key part of the architecture of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, powering new organization-to-organization sharing scenarios. Attend this webcast to learn how to implement free/busy and full calendar sharing with your business partners using Exchange Server 2010.

 

 

Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (KB972076)

Version: 8.2.234.1
Knowledge Base (KB) Articles: KB972076 
Date Published: 1/22/2010
Language: English
Download Size: 44.7 MB - 93.6 MB*
*Download size depends on selected download components. 

Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2007 SP2 since the software was released. This update rollup is highly recommended for all Exchange Server 2007 SP2 customers.

For a list of changes that are included in this update rollup, see KB972076.

This update rollup does not apply to Exchange Server 2007 Release To Manufacturing (RTM) or Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1). For a list of update rollups applicable to Exchange Server 2007 RTM or Exchange Server 2007 SP1, refer to the Knowledge Base article KB937052.

• Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-Bit x86); Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 editions; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 x64 Edition; Windows Server 2008; Windows Vista; Windows XP Service Pack 3
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  Exchange Server 2007 SP2 must be installed prior to installing this update rollup.
  This update rollup cannot be installed if you are using Exchange Server 2007 RTM or Exchange Server 2007 SP1.
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  Any Interim Updates for Exchange Server 2007 must be uninstalled prior to installing this update rollup.
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  32-bit editions of Windows Server 2003 with SP2, Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista and Windows XP with SP3 are only supported for Exchange Server 2007 management tools.

Binary Tree, the leading provider of cross-platform messaging migration and coexistence software, announced today the immediate availability of their coexistence and migration products for customers who need to establish direct interoperability and a direct migration path between Lotus Domino and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.

CMT for Coexistence 3.0 establishes robust interoperability between Domino and Exchange Server 2010.  This new release puts Binary Tree in the unique position of being the only ISV to deliver messaging, calendaring, and application coexistence as well as directory synchronization and calendar free/busy lookup functionality between Lotus Domino and Exchange Server 2010.  CMT for Coexistence 3.0 preserves the workflow between Lotus Notes and Microsoft Outlook users by ensuring the high-fidelity interchange of directory information, email, calendar entries, calendar free/busy availability, and email-enabled applications.

CMT for Exchange 3.1 provides a direct and workflow-preserving migration path from Lotus Domino to Exchange Server 2010 and to Microsoft Exchange Online, which is part of the Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS).  CMT for Exchange 3.1 supports migrations to on-premises and online versions of Microsoft Outlook and Exchange, including to Exchange Server 2010 and the Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) of Microsoft Online.  CMT for Exchange 3.1 now also includes support for preserving the workflow of calendar events of migrated and non-migrated users in addition to offering unmatched data fidelity, migration management, and migration throughput.  

"The Binary Tree utilities basically saved our migration project by delivering reliable software that got the job done.  We would not have made our deadline or met our management's objectives without CMT," said Bob Ponsar, Directory of IT Operations, Goldleaf Financial Solutions.  "Thank you for making such a great product!"

Binary Tree is a sponsor, and will be presenting, at the "Exchange Server 2010: Deploying Unified Communications" virtual trade show on February 25, 2010.  Binary Tree's CEO, Steven Pivnik, and CTO, Vadim Gringolts, will be presenting "Migrating from Notes and Domino to Exchange 2010" at this free online event.  To learn more about the event and about Binary Tree's solutions for migrating from Domino to Exchange 2010, please visit www.binarytree.com/exchange2010.

Expanded Microsoft Alliance

In recognition of Binary Tree's success with the migration of Notes users to the Microsoft platform, Microsoft has recognized Binary Tree as a recommended ISV as part of Microsoft's Enterprise Notes Migration program, a global initiative to assist organizations moving from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint.

"Binary Tree is a leading Microsoft ISV Partner, and their new solutions will provide a complete option for customers who are looking for an alternative to the Notes Transporter Suite," said David Scult, general manager in information worker marketing at Microsoft.  "In the last year, Binary Tree has introduced a number of innovations, including a new hosted migration approach for migrating thousands of Lotus Notes users in a single weekend.  Binary Tree's innovation continues with the products they are building today to support Lotus Notes migrations to Exchange 2010 and SharePoint."

ABOUT BINARY TREE

Binary Tree is the leading provider of cross-platform messaging migration and coexistence software.  Since 1993, Binary Tree and its business partners have helped over 4,000 customers around the world to migrate more than 15,000,000 users.  Binary Tree's CMT suite of software products provides for the analysis of, and the coexistence and migration between, enterprise messaging and collaboration environments based on Google Apps, IBM Lotus Notes and Domino, and Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint.  Binary Tree is represented by business partners worldwide who provide specialized services and a proven methodology for guiding customers through complex transitions.  Binary Tree is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, IBM Premier Business Partner and a Google Enterprise Partner.  Binary Tree is headquartered in the New York metropolitan area with representation and business partners worldwide.  For more information, please visit us online at www.binarytree.com.

Binary Tree Contact: Julieanne DiDino, +1-917-885-1204, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Binary Tree, CMT, CMT for Coexistence, and CMT for Exchange are trademarks of Binary Tree, Inc.  All other trademarks are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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