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Today the Exchange Team released two Rollups, Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 and Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2007 SP3. No new Rollup for Exchange 2010 RTM.

The Exchange 2010 SP1 Rollup 3 (KB2492690) raises Exchange 2010’s version number to 14.1.289.3.

New fixes contained in this Rollup are:

2009942 Folders take a long time to update when an Exchange Server 2010 user uses Outlook 2003 in online mode
2277649 You receive misleading information when you run the “New-TestCasConnectivityUser.ps1” script on an Exchange Server 2010 server
2398431 Using Pipelining in SMTP to check email addresses does not work correctly when you disable tarpitting functionality on a Receive connector in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
2410571 A RBAC role assignee can unexpectedly change permissions of mailboxes that are outside the role assignment scope in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
2417084 A public folder disappears from the Public Folder Favorites list of an Exchange Server 2010 mailbox
2423754 The recipient response status is incorrect after you add another user to an occurrence of a meeting request in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
2424801 The Microsoft Exchange Service Host service on an Exchange Server 2010 server crashes
2426952 You cannot remove a mailbox database copy from a database on an Exchange Server 2010 server
2432494 You cannot view the mailbox database copies that are hosted on certain Mailbox servers by using the Exchange Management Console after you install Exchange Server 2010 SP1
2443688 Event ID 10003 and Event ID 4999 are logged when the EdgeTransport.exe process on an Exchange Server 2010 server crashes
2445121 A memory leak occurs in the Microsoft.Exchange.Monitoring.exe process when you run the “Test-OwaConnectivity” cmdlet or the “Test-ActiveSyncConnectivity” cmdlet in the EMS on an Exchange Server 2010 server
2447629 Event ID 4999 is logged when the Exchange Mail Submission Service crashes intermittently on an Exchange Server 2010 Mailbox server
2451101 7BIT is not in quotation marks when you use the “FETCH (BODYSTRUCTURE)” command to request for a specific message in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
2457304 You receive a synchronization failed email message when you synchronize your mobile device by using ActiveSync on an Exchange Server 2010 mailbox
2457688 Error message when you try to add an external email address to the safe sender list in OWA in an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 environment
2457868 “HTTP Error 400 Bad Request” error message when you use OWA in Exchange Server 2010 SP1 to receive instant messages by using Internet Explorer 9
2458522 Entries disappear from a junk email blocked list or a junk email safe list after you install Exchange Server 2010 SP1
2458543 A memory leak occurs in the Exchange RPC Client Access service on Exchange Server 2010 servers
2463798 Users may experience a decrease in performance in Outlook or in OWA when you use IMAP4 to access the calendar folder in an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 environment
2463858 A request to join a distribution group does not contain the distribution group name in an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 environment
2464564 You cannot change your password if the user name that you type in OWA is in UPN format when you enable Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Password Reset Tool
2467565 You cannot install an update rollup for Exchange Server 2010 with a deployed GPO that defines a PowerShell execution policy for the server to be updated
2468514 OWA 2010 removes Calendar links that you add into multiple calendar groups by using Outlook 2010 calendar
2469341 Various issues occur after you forward a signed email message by using Outlook in online mode in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
2476973 Event ID 2168 is logged when you try to back up Exchange data from a DAG in an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 environment
2479227 A forwarding rule does not function and the EdgeTransport.exe process crashes on an Exchange Server 2010 server
2479875 The Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Replication Service service crashes when you run the “New-MailboxImportRequest” cmdlet to import a .pst file into a mailbox in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
2481283 Various issues occur after you use Outlook to sign and then forward an email message in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
2482100 You cannot create or update an inbox rule that specifies the “NoResponseNecessary” value by using EWS in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
2482103 It takes a long time to expand a distribution list by using EWS in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
2482471 A content search fails in an IMAP client application that connects to an Exchange Server 2010 mailbox
2484862 You cannot read an email message by using an IMAP client in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
2487501 The body of an email message is empty when you try to use an IMAP client application to read it in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
2487852 “You do not have sufficient permissions. This operation can only be performed by a manager of the group.” error message when you try to change the “ManagedBy” attribute in an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 environment
2489602 The “Get-FederationInformation” cmdlet cannot query federation information from an external Exchange organization in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
2489713 Exchange Server 2010 SP1 supports the remote archive feature after an update changes Outlook cookies name
2489822 “The Mailbox you are trying to access isn’t currently available” error when you use OWA Premium to try to delete an item that is in a shared mailbox
2494389 Unnecessary events are logged in the Application log when you run the “Test-EcpConnectivity” cmdlet in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
2494798 Certain email messages cannot be downloaded when you log on to an Exchange Server 2010 mailbox by using an IMAP4 client application
2497669 A meeting request cannot be opened after you disable the “Display sender’s name on messages” option in the EMC on an Exchange Server 2010 server
2497682 The store.exe process crashes when you try to unmount an active copy of a mailbox database that is hosted by a mailbox server in an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 environment
2506998 A call is disconnected when transferring the call from the main auto attendant to an auto attendant that has a different language configured in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

In other words, Outlook 2003 users rejoice – UDP notifications are back!

The team also released Rollup 3 for Exchange 2007 Service Pack 3 (KB2492691), raising the Exchange 2007 version number to 8.3.159.0. For a full list of changes consult the KB article.

You can download Exchange 2010 SP1 Rollup 3 here; Exchange 2007 SP3 Rollup 3 can be downloaded here.

Note that when running ForeFront Protection for Exchange, make sure you disable ForeFront before installing the rollup and re-enabling it afterwards, otherwise the Information Store and Transport services may not start. You can disable ForeFront using fscutility /disable and enable it by using fscutility /enable afterwards.

For those still unaware, update rollups are cumulative, i.e. they contain fixes released in earlier update rollups for the same product level (RTM, SPx). This means you don’t need to install previous update rollups during a fresh installation but implement the latest rollup will suffice.

The Microsoft Exchange Team released an important update of the Exchange Mailbox Role Calculator, bringing it to version 14.1.

This version includes the following fixes since 12.8:

Fixed the Activation Results Scenarios to no longer display #NAME when dealing with dedicated lagged copy servers;
Fixed 2 LUNs / Backup Set formula for the 11th database grouping set in the DB and Log LUN Design / Server table to display the correct number of databases in the grouping set;
Fixed “Number of Active Databases / SDC Server (After First PDC Server Failure)” calculations to take into account stretched Single DAG without dedicated DR servers;
Fixed “Number of Required Mailbox Processor Cores (Primary Datacenter)” formula to respect when site resilience is disabled and A/A (Single DAG) is selected;
Fixed formatting for scenario that resulted in more HA database copies being deployed in the secondary datacenter than in the primary datacenter and also improved validation checks;
Updated “Custom Number of Databases” (Input Section) and “Number of Databases” (Role Requirements section) text to indicate in standalone situations that the “Custom Number of Databases” is per server and “Number of Databases” is for the environment;
Fixed 2nd PDC failure formula to enable site resilient scenarios that have 3 copies in PDC to allow double server failure event;
Optimized Number of Mailboxes per Database (I/O Driven) to not round up odd numbers to the next even number;
Fixed text in various comment fields.

This version also contains the following enhancements:

Added conditional formatting for Exchange Native Data Protection input factor to alert when you are deploying with less than the recommended number of HA copies;
The calculator now includes the ability to select different disk types and capacities for the storage architecture being deployed in the secondary data center.

Consult the changeblog here.You can download the calculator here. Usage instructions can be found here.