Volume 17 Issue 20
Link to updated articles:
June 14 2012
Using Windows 8 Apps with Exchange Server
The Windows 8 mail, calendar, and people apps use ActiveSync to connect to
Exchange Server accounts. While the apps are not as feature filled as Outlook
(actually, they have no features), they
are easy to set up and use. The apps support multiple Exchange mailboxes, along
with Hotmail and Gmail accounts, using EAS.
The Windows 8 calendar app displays
the Exchange calendars
and appointments from multiple calendars are shown together. The contacts are in the People app. While I'm not sure the People app is going to help my
productivity, since it makes it easier to access (time-killing) social
networking feeds, but I like the calendar app. It's pinned to the edge of my
monitor and stays on top, so my schedule is always visible - it helps to offset
Outlook's problem with reminders not coming up on top.
To configure an Exchange server account on Windows 8,
you'll need to log into the mail app using a LiveID. When you open the mail app for
the first time, enter your LiveID address and password and the app will do the
rest. To add additional accounts, press Windows key + I to open the Accounts
Setup panel.
Will these apps replace Outlook on my laptop or a tablet
pc? No way. The mail app is perfect for quickly reading mail on iPad-like tablets, but it's too lightweight for everyday needs,
even for my personal accounts. It
doesn't support drag and drop, so moving mail to folders (which are all expanded
on the screen) is cumbersome. There is no signature option in the mail
app.
The calendar app will make a nice companion for
Outlook though, replacing the To-Do Bar with a merged calendar that is always on the
screen. I'd prefer smaller appointment blocks so i could have more appointments
visible at a time. Support for the Delete key and a delete button on the screen
would be nice too - right clicking on an open appointment then clicking Delete
is too much effort.
Printing a List of Responses
Last week I received a question from a user who wanted to know how to post
the results of a voting email.
Assuming all the votes processed, the
results are tallied at the top of the Tracking page and the table can be copied
by the single row, the entire table, or selected rows (using Ctrl+Click). Use
Ctrl+C to copy the selection and it can be pasted into any application that
accepts paste.
The results will paste in a tabular format with the name,
response and date of the response:
Diane Poremsky Approve: 6/13/2012 8:50 AM
The vote totals won't copy, but it's not too hard to type out the
results, or paste the responses into Excel to get the counts.
Another
user remarked that the steps did not work with meeting responses, only the
attendees names were copied. Well, yes,
It's true: you can't copy (or print) meeting responses in Outlook 2007 and
older. This is a long standing annoyance and finally, Outlook 2010 includes a
Copy to Clipboard command under the Tracking tab. Everyone with older
versions are left with three ways to get a list of meeting attendees and their
responses in earlier versions of Outlook:
1. Print Screen
2. VBA macro
3. Move the responses to a folder and copy / paste the rows into Excel
Sue Mosher wrote a VBA code sample that prints the list to Word. I like to keep
everything in Outlook, and edited her code sample to use a new message form.
Get the code at
Create a
List of Meeting Attendees and Responses
Sue's original macro and an Excel
version are linked from that page as well.
New
& Updated Exchange KB Articles
ArchiveName attribute of archive mailbox is not used by Outlook in the
navigation pane
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2638986/
[SDP
3][A51D3710-07DA-400D-B4B3-380A8CC9B18E] Exchange Server 2007 and Exchange
Server 2010 High Item-Count Mailbox Diagnostic
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2439370/
Describes the Exchange Server
2007 and Exchange Server 2010 High Item-Count Mailbox Diagnostic .
Error
message when you try to perform a remote wipe operation for a device in Exchange
Server 2010: "The ActiveSyncDevice identity cannot be found"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2721428/
Describes an issue that
can occur when you try to wipe a device remotely in Exchange Server 2010.
Messages
in an e-mail thread are automatically moved to the Deleted Items folder
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2697913/
When you are utilizing the
Ignore feature in Outlook 2010, messages are automatically moved to the Deleted
Items folder.
New
& Updated Outlook KB Articles
ArchiveName attribute of archive mailbox is not used by Outlook in the
navigation pane
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2638986/
Description of the
Office updates: June 12, 2012
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2721217/
Lists the Office updates that
were released on June 12, 2012.
Description
of the Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter update: June 12, 2012
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2687267/
Describes the June 12, 2012
update that provides more current junk email message definitions to the Junk
Email Filter in Outlook 2007.
Messages in an e-mail thread are automatically
moved to the Deleted Items folder
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2697913/
When you are utilizing
the Ignore feature in Outlook 2010, messages are automatically moved to the
Deleted Items folder.
Outlook 2007 cannot send
or receive email after you install KB2412171
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2485531/
If your computer has
automatically downloaded the Office Outlook 2007 update 2412171, you may
experience one or all of the following issues in Outlook 2007: There is a delay
when switching between email folders in the navigation pane The Auto Archive...
You cannot open
a shared Outlook folder from a sharing invitation that you receive from another
Outlook user
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912265/
Describes a workaround to
a scenario in which the recipients of a sharing invitation cannot open an
Outlook folder that an Outlook 2007 user shared to them. This behavior occurs if
the recipient is running an earlier version of Outlook 2007.
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This issue is sponsored by
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Today's Highlights:
Using Windows 8 Apps with Exchange Server
Printing a List of Responses
Regular features:
New Exchange KB Articles
New Outlook KB Articles
New
Utilities
Updated
Utilities
Other
Resources
New Utilities
Create Shared Mailboxes with GUI-based Tool
Microsoft created a GUI-based tool for Office
365 administrators to use to create and configure
a shared mailbox, and then assign permissions to
a security group so members can open the shared
mailbox and send messages from it.
Soccer Euro Cup 2012 Schedules
Soccer Lovers can download the Soccer Euro
Cup 2012 Schedule into their Outlook Calendar.
Calendar is ics format and will work with other
calendar applications.
Updated Utilities
Attachments To
Folders
Move file
attachments to
either a system
folder or another
Outlook folder
(perhaps in a
personal folders
.pst file). User
can choose which
types of files to
move.
OutlookSpy
This update
adds full support
for the final
version of
Outlook 2007. It
has a new hex
viewer and editor
for the binary
(PT_BINARY) MAPI
properties, a new
script editor
("Script Editor"
window and
"Script" tab for
the
IDispatch-derived
objects), along
with several new
symbolic MAPI
property tags.
OutlookSpy v3.2
Print Folder Messages
Print Folder
Messages allows
you to print all
messages in a
folder or print
messages as they
arrive in your
Inbox. Compatible
with Outlook
2000-2010
(*Outlook 2010
64-bit is not
currently
supported)
Rebuild Birthdays and Anniversaries
Sometimes
when you import
Contacts from a
.pst file
anniversaries
and/or birthdays
for these
Contacts may not
appear in your
Calendar. This
can also happen
when you
synchronize with
a smartphone/PDA.
This add-in will
automatically put
these important
events back where
they belong (with
Reminders turned
on!) so you won't
miss them again!
Reminders
For Anniversaries
and Birthdays
With the
click of a single
button, reminders
will
automatically be
added to every
Appointment in
your Calendar
that is an
anniversary or
birthday for one
of your Contacts.
You can even
choose the
reminder time:
select from 15
minutes, 1 hour,
1 day, 1 week or
2 weeks.
ShareCalendar for Outlook
Sync Outlook
calendar on
multiple PCs
without Exchange
server. Microsoft
Outlook add-in
for sharing and
synchronizing
Outlook calendar
items. Sync
calendar folders,
sync
appointments,
sync meetings in
a few clicks.
Synchronize and
share Outlook
calendar
automatically.
Share different
calendar folders
with various
groups of people,
subscribe to
calendar updates.
Share your Free
Busy time. Create
group calendar.
Sync between all
Outlook versions.
Version 3.52.
ShareO for Outlook
Synchronize
and share Outlook
folders on
multiple PCs
without server.
Microsoft Outlook
add-in for
synchronizing and
sharing Outlook
folders, sharing
PST, sharing
email, sharing
calendar, tasks
and notes without
Exchange. Share
calendar, share
Outlook contacts,
sync Outlook
contacts, address
book
automatically.
Secure Outlook
sharing and
synchronization
with AES 256
encryption. Share
Windows files and
documents. Rights
management,
privacy filters.
Version 3.52.
Other Resources
Copy Recurring Appointment Series to Appointments
Sample VBA code to create appointments from a
selected recurring appointment. It picks up the
appointment's start date and creates appointments
from the start or selected date up to 30 days in
the future, if the recurring appointment does not
have an end date set.
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