RSSExchange Messaging Outlook Volume 14, Number 42
Today's Highlights:
Outlook Social Connector & LinkedIn Provider
Earlier this week, Microsoft released a social
connector for Outlook 2003 and 2007. Once the new
social connector is installed, the LinkedIn
provider can be installed.
This social connector is also works with the
Outlook 2010 Beta and is a required update if the
user wants to use the . The beta connector needs
to be uninstalled if the user wants to install
the new build and the LinkedIn provider. However,
users with Outlook 2010 RC do not need to install
the social connector update in order to use the
LinkedIn provider.
Users with multiple profiles should note that the
connector and provider currently support just one
Outlook profile. If it’s in the wrong profile, a
registry key can be changed, which will allow you
to add it to a different profile. The steps to
fix this are published at
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2010/index.asp
The provider creates a LinkedIn contacts folder
and the LinkedIn contacts are copied to Outlook,
including profile pictures. The contacts are
separate from your default Outlook contacts, but
it’s still another contacts folder in your
mailbox.
In coming months, connectors are expected for
Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and other social
services, as well as 64-bit versions of the
provider. The new connector is not supported in
the Click to Run version as click to run is
updated automatically, however we don't know when
this will happen.
Outlook Social Connector for Outlook
2003/2007/2010 (32-bit Beta)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c87e257c-d76f-4785-a09b-af36babd6e32&displaylang=en
LinkedIn for Outlook
http://www.linkedin.com/outlook
Developers can learn more about creating
providers for the social connector by visiting
Developing an Outlook Social Connector Provider
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee829696(office.14).aspx
Upgrading Exchange and SSL Certificates
You’ve decided to upgrade from Exchange 2003 to
Exchange 2007/2010 and you don’t want to replace
your existing SSL certificate. What can you do?
First, be aware that the so-called Unified
Communications certificates are inexpensive from
a number of vendors. Second, configuring and
maintaining a single-named certificate is harder
and more difficult to maintain (which is another
way of saying that it costs you and your company
time and money). However, it can be done.
From a broad overview perspective, you will take
the existing certificate and install it on your
new server. Then, on the new server, you will
create a “redirection site” for the new
Autodiscover feature. Next, you’ll update your
internal DNS so that the name of the SSL
certificate points to the IP address of the new
server. Finally, you’ll configure Exchange to use
those names.
Sound easy? It’s harder than it sounds!
For the details, see the white paper “Exchange
2007 Autodiscover Service” at
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb332063(EXCHG.80).aspx
and the knowledge base article KB940726 at
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940726
-- Michael B Smith
Import PST files into Exchange 2010
In Exchange 2010, is it possible to import PST
files without having Outlook 2010 installed on
server?
No, you need to have Outlook 2010 64-bit
installed. In order to import data from a .pst
file, you need to run the Import-Mailbox cmdlet
against a computer running Microsoft Exchange
Server 2010 that has the 64-bit version of
Outlook 2010 installed. It's recommended that you
run the command on a dedicated Exchange server
that doesn't have any mailboxes.
For more information, see
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb629586.aspx
New Exchange KB Articles
Non-ASCII characters in a
display name of a forwarded message are displayed
as (?) characters in an Exchange Server 2007
environment
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=977355
Description of Update Rollup 6 for Hosted
Messaging and Collaboration 4.5
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=979704
New Outlook KB Articles
Description of the Office
Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter update: February
9, 2010
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=977713
Other Resources
Birthdays recur
every 12 Years
http://slipstick.me/12yr
In this calendar sync bug, All Day events that
recur yearly are changed to recur every 12 years.
This affects Windows Mobile users who sync their
device between two different computers using
Outlook 2007 SP2. The problem is related to
Outlook 2007 SP2's ability to set an
appointment's recurrence to 'every x years'. This
recurrence setting was added to Outlook beginning
with Outlook 2007 SP2 but this recurrence pattern
is not supported by Window Mobile's calendar.
Fix for issue with message sizes in
Outlook 2010 Beta
http://blogs.msdn.com/outlook/archive/2010/02/11/fix-for-message-size-issue-in-outlook-2010-beta.aspx
As many beta users discovered, Outlook 2010
sometimes creates huge messages. This is a bug
and is usually only a problem when using bulleted
and numbered lists. It’s fixed in later builds.
The good news: Public beta users won’t have to
wait for the release of a later build. Microsoft
released a hotfix beta users can download.
