RSSExchange Messaging Outlook Volume 15, Number 18
Today's Highlights:
Exchange Server 2010 and Large Mailboxes
by Michael B. Smith, MCSE/Exchange MVP
Love them or hate them, PSTs (Personal STores) have been with Exchange Administrators for a long time. PSTs have traditionally been used to move information out of an Exchange mailbox database. This has allowed users, who may have relatively low mailbox size quotas, to keep any amount of information that they want.
Outlook Social Connector update
An update for the social connector was released earlier this week. Included in the release are Facebook and Live Messenger providers and an updated social connector. Unlike the LinkedIn and MySpace providers released earlier, Facebook and Live Messenger providers support 64-bit Outlook. (You'll need to wait a bit longer for 64-bit versions of MySpace and LinkedIn providers.)
Outlook 2010's Group Schedules
As I mentioned in the June 24 issue of EMO, Outlook 2010 eliminated the Group Schedule list and now adds the group members' calendars to the navigation pane in navigation pane groups. When you want to view a group, select the checkbox beside the group name to view the calendars in the new horizontal schedule view. Once you've decided on a meeting date, you can easily setup a meeting with the group using the New Meeting with All command. I'm not a big fan of the new group schedule feature.
Outweighing the positive features of the new method, are its faults: it
clutters the navigation pane with groups and the group schedules are lost if
the navigation pane is corrupt. Losing the groups if the navigation pane is
corrupt is not acceptable and a separate group schedule utility is needed.
Now a new issue has come to my attention: you can't share group schedules
with other users.
With the old group scheduler, an Exchange administrator or a user with Owner
permissions on a public folder calendar could create group schedules in the
public calendar. Anyone with permission to the public folder could access
the groups using the Actions, View Group Schedules command while viewing
that public folder. It was a quick and easy way to share groups with other
users. After upgrading to Outlook 2010, these group schedules are
inaccessible.
Outlook 2010 Group Scheduler (EMO 6/24/2010)
http://www.slipstick.com/emo/2010/up100624.htm#2
Discontinued features and modified functionality in Outlook 2010
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/discontinued-features-and-modified-functionality-in-outlook-2010-HA010354944.aspx
Correction: Calendar Printing Assistant - 32-bit Only
In last week's issue of EMO, I said that the Calendar Printing Assistant
works with Outlook 2010 64-bit. This is wrong. It works with 32-bit Outlook
only.
The KB article does not (currently) say it's 32-bit only and it installs on
computers with 64-bit Outlook installed. You can print calendars, but it
will not include appointments from 64-bit Outlook.
When you first open the CPAO, you should receive this error message:
Error message: Cannot connect to Microsoft Office Outlook 2007. Please
restart Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 and Calendar Printing Assistant.
Original Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 error message: Object reference not
set to an instance of an object.
Note that all dialogs mention Outlook 2007, but its also for Outlook 2010
(32-bit).
Calendar Printing Assistant for Outlook (32 bit only)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e7bab4eb-d032-46cd-908e-a7a6af2ef404
Description of the Calendar Printing Assistant for Outlook update: July 1,
2010
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=979449
New Exchange KB Articles
An Arabic disclaimer or an
Urdu disclaimer is displayed incorrectly in an
Exchange Server 2007 environment
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973100
The mailbox folder permissions are overwritten
when you run the Import-Mailbox cmdlet in an
Exchange Server 2007 environment
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2273250
New Outlook KB Articles
Description of the Office
Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter update: July 13,
2010
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2202122
Description of the Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email
Filter update: July 13, 2010
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2202131
Description of the Office updates: July 13, 2010
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2279990
Links to the 11 Office updates released on July
13, 2010. For Office 2002 -2010.
Description of the Outlook 2010 Junk Email Filter
update: July 13, 2010
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982726
Description of the Outlook Social Connector
update: July 13, 2010
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/983403
Frequently asked questions about Outlook Social
Connector
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2276763
MS10-045: Description of the security update for
Outlook 2002: July 13, 2010
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/980371
MS10-045: Description of the security update for
Outlook 2003: July 13, 2010
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/980373
MS10-045: Description of the security update for
Outlook 2007: July 13, 2010
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/980376
MS10-045: Vulnerability in Microsoft Office
Outlook could allow remote code execution
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978212
New Mail Desktop Alert notifications are
displayed behind the Outlook 2010 window when you
run Outlook 2010 as a Terminal Services
application
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/983063
The mailbox folder permissions are overwritten
when you run the Import-Mailbox cmdlet in an
Exchange Server 2007 environment
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2273250
You cannot open linked file attachments in
Outlook: "Outlook blocked access to the following
potentially unsafe attachments"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2271150
Other Resources
Should you install
Office 2010 32- or 64-bit?
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2010/64bit.asp
The 32-bit version of Office 2010 is the
recommended option for most users, because it
prevents potential compatibility issues with
other 32-bit applications, specifically
third-party add-ins that are available only for
32-bit operating systems
OSC: Synchronizing Friends and Activities
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff759412.aspx
This article explains how the Outlook Social
Connector synchronizes friends, non-friends, and
activities for friends and non-friends in
different ways: cached synchronization, on-demand
synchronization, and hybrid synchronization. The
main difference among these modes of
synchronization is where the OSC stores the
data—whether it is in a folder in the user’s
default Outlook store, or in memory on the user’s
computer.
Description of the Outlook Social Connector update:
July 13, 2010
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/983403
OSC Patch for Outlook 2010 32-bit
Update for Outlook Social Connector (KB983403), 32-Bit Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9886FACA-F1C5-4579-83E2-C872C7ABC61A&displaylang=en
OSC Patch for Outlook 2010 64-bit
Update for Outlook Social Connector (KB983403), 64-bit Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=72A506A7-8A91-4D56-8B27-BF3B3F58FE9A&displaylang=en
Complete package (OSC 1.0 msi + patch for v1.1) for Outlook 2007 and Outlook
2003 clients
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=b638cc14-11e5-448a-b5a6-4f553ce81b94
Facebook provider (new)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ce8b7517-234c-48a1-a655-324a88893b02&displaylang=en
Windows Live Messenger provider (new)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b45b3d7f-22e1-403c-b0fb-587fd33aa6f3&displaylang=en
LinkedIn provider (updated version but still 32-bit only)
http://www.linkedin.com/outlook
MySpace provider (No ETA on an updated version or 64-bit support)
http://www.myspace.com/msoutlook
