The upcoming daylight time changes require patches to more than just
Windows servers and workstations. While most applications use the
Windows time zone settings when displaying times, Exchange will need
a patch to correct problems in CDO based applications, such as OWA,
because CDO uses its own time zone tables.
Keep in mind that a patch is available only for Exchange server 2003
SP2. Exchange 2000 and Exchange 5.5 are out of support and a fix is
not available to the general public. Sites with extended support
contracts should contact their account manager for more information.
See Update for daylight saving time changes in 2007 for Exchange
2003 for more information and the Exchange server patch.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926666
The administrator version of the Outlook time zone update tool gives
administrators the ability to update the appointments on all
mailboxes. As of this writing, its not available yet but is expected
to be released within the next few days. Look for a KB 930879 later
today or early next week.
Exchange Server Time Zone Update Tool
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930879
The following article includes a list of applications that are
affected. Newly released versions of Exchange, SharePoint and
Windows include the updated daylight time settings but older
versions will need updates.
Preparing for daylight saving time changes in 2007
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/timezone/dst2007.mspx
As promised, Microsoft released a utility to update appointments in
Outlook 2003, 2002, and 2000 before the end of January 2007. Like
the utility in Outlook 2007, this tool can be used to correct
appointments affected by the new dates for daylight time or those
affected when you move into a new time zone permanently. In fact,
this tool came from Outlook 2007 - it's version number matches
Outlook 2007 and is installed at C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\Office12\Office Outlook Time Zone Data Update Tool.
Run this tool after installing the Windows patch that contains the
most up-to-date time zone definitions (or Windows Vista) , otherwise
you won't have any appointments that need moved.
Notes:
It's not recommended you use this tool when you change time zones
for short term travel. Use dual time zone display instead.
Although this utility officially works only on Windows Server 2003
and Windows XP SP2, I tested it on Windows 2000 and it works.
To download, visit
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=e343a233-b9c8-4652-9dd8-ae0f1af62568
An administrator version of this tool, which will allow admins to
update appointments in all mailboxes, is expected to be released
soon.
Exchange Server Time Zone Update Tool
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930879 After a few months offline, XSOLive.com's SharePoint test site is
back. (It was the only hosting account not on auto-renew and
"someone" was busy moving and forgot to renew the hosting account.
Oops.)
This site is intended to show admins (and users) how Outlook and
SharePoint work together. The new site uses SharePoint 2007 and
works great with Outlook 2007. The big news is that two-way sync is
supported between Outlook 2007 and SharePoint 2007. After choosing
Actions, Connect to Outlook, you can create (or edit) contacts,
tasks, events or posts in the SharePoint folder in Outlook and the
changes will be visible in SharePoint within a few seconds if you're
online. Document libraries connect to Outlook, but documents only
sync one way: down to Outlook. Although you can't drop documents in
Outlook for syncing up to the server, you can read supported
document types (currently Office documents and images) in Outlook
2007's reading pane and use them offline.
While it may not be a perfect replacement for Exchange public
folders, it's much better than previous versions of SharePoint. As
time goes on, I'll showcase additional SharePoint features,
including email-enabled lists.
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