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Outlook 2007 hotfix for Exchange 2010 Personal Archive support

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Update: After fixing some issues (see here) the Outlook team re-released hotfix KB2412171 and made it available for direct download here or you can get it through Windows Update.

It seems the Office 2007 Cumulative Update for December 2010 (KB2479671) will contain support for the long awaited support for Exchange 2010 Personal Archives in Outlook 2007. Note that support is limited as not all functionality found in Outlook 2010 is present, but it is usable from a customer perspective.

After applying the Outlook 2007 hotfix (SP2 is a prerequisite), archive-enabled users can do the following:

  • Access and move messages to or from their personal archive;
  • Mailboxes for which you have full access permissions will be automatically added to your Outlook view (known as auto mapping of shared mailboxes) inspecting the msExchDelegateListLink attribute (more info on this at Steve Goodman’s blog here);
  • If you have full access permissions to an archive-enabled mailbox, that archive will be accessible and automatically displayed as well.
    In the screenshot below you’ll the the user’s mailbox (Francis Blake), his Personal Archive and he has full access permissions to Philip Mortimer’s mailbox, who is also archive-enabled:

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Unfortunately, there are also a few things not implemented, e.g.

  • No support for archiving policies, meaning users won’t be able to override centrally configured retention and archiving policy settings using personal tags in Outlook. More info on archiving policies and personal tags here;
  • Not integral searches, meaning you need to search the mailbox or the personal archive seperately. Searching “all mail items” will not retrieve results from the personal archive, as shown in the screenshot below:

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It is unknown if these omissions are going to be introduced in a later hotfix, as the initial hotfix for personal archives in Outlook 2007 was set for Q1/Q2 2011.

Be advised that this hotfix will enable personal archive functionality for the following product versions only:

  • Office Ultimate (Retail)
  • Office ProPlus (Volume License)
  • Office Enterprise (Volume License)
  • Outlook Standalone (Retail or Volume License)

Note that the Outlook 2007 update for archive support is still not mentioned on the cumulative update page as the cumulative update package has yet to be released. However, the KB article has been published (KB2458611). You can request and retrieve the individual hotfix here.

Thanks for Ankur Kothari (@ankbomb) from product management for the early update.

Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Rollup 2

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Microsoft released Hotfix Rollup 2 for Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (KB2420647).

Here’s the list of fixes included in this rollup:

  1. Out of memory state occurs when running a manual scan in Forefront Protection for Exchange
  2. The link provided by Forefront Protection for Exchange to request removal from the SpamHaus block list wrong
  3. Forefront Protection for Exchange does not display data in multiple console fields and mail cannot be sent externally
  4. When starting a Windows Server 2008 R2 server running Exchange and Forefront Protection for Exchange, startup times are exceptionally long
  5. Forefront Protection for Exchange falsely detects legitimate attachments as Corrupted Compressed files
  6. File filtering does not occur in Forefront Protection for Exchange
  7. A Forefront Protection for Exchange antivirus engine fails to load and mail is deleted
  8. Forefront Protection for Exchange quarantines a blank message when taking action on a subject line filter
  9. When installing FPE on Data Availability Group cluster (DAG), Domain Administrator privileges are required
  10. Messages cannot be scanned because the FSCController service in Forefront Protection for Exchange is stuck in a continuous loop
  11. “The Expiration Date is not valid” is returned when you try to enter a new expiration date in Forefront Protection for Exchange
  12. The Forefront Protection for Exchange Administrator console hangs for several minutes when you navigate to the Filter Lists section
  13. Cannot uninstall Forefront Protection for Exchange on a non-clustered server
  14. Transport Scan process is not safely aborted after an out-of-memory condition occurs
  15. The FSCTransportScanner.exe process in Forefront Protection for Exchange may stop responding, and this generates a Dr. Watson crash that references Bucket ID 1211603866
  16. Filter Lists display an incorrect scan action in the Forefront Protection for Exchange Administrator console
  17. FSCController.exe is reloaded many times whenever the Start-SignatureUpdate cmdlet is run on a cluster running Forefront Protection for Exchange
  18. Submission queues in Exchange 2007 or 2010 fill when making a configuration change in the Forefront through the administrator or through Power Shell

For more details on the fixes consult the related knowledge base article (KB2420647). You can download the Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server Hotfix Rollup 2 here.

ForeFront Update Center

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Want to check if you’re running the latest Service Pack or Rollup for your ForeFront components? The ForeFront team has published a page where all ForeFront components, related technologies included, are listed, including information on the latest Service Pack, Rollup, version number as well as a link to product guidance.

The ForeFront Update Center as it is called contains information on the following products:

  • Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server
  • Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint
  • Microsoft Forefront Client Security
  • Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server
  • Forefront Security for SharePoint
  • Forefront Server Security Management Console
  • Forefront Security for Office Communications Server
  • Antigen 9.0 for Exchange
  • Antigen 8.0 for Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server
  • Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010
  • Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006
  • Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010
  • Intelligent Application Gateway 2007

You can find the page here.

Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Rollup 1

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Microsoft released Hotfix Rollup 1 for Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (KB2181692).

Here’s the list of fixes included in this rollup:

  1. There is a handle leak in FSCController when SQM is uploading data in Microsoft Forefront Protection for Exchange
  2. A Forefront Protection for Exchange scan engine update fails and generates Application Log errors
  3. Forefront Protection for Exchange replacing legitimate attachments with text files and quarantining legitimate mail
  4. Proxy credentials and UNC path settings for Forefront Protection for Exchange do not replicate to passive node during cluster failover
  5. Forefront Protection for Exchange is blocking all incoming mail
  6. A system state backup fails while attempting to perform anything other than a full backup on a server running Forefront Protection for Exchange
  7. Forefront Protection for Exchange filters email with attached .MSG files that contain a subject line ending with a file extension
  8. The Forefront Protection for Exchange client crashes when adding an IP address, or range, to either the IP Allow/Block List
  9. Forefront Protection for Exchange sends legitimate email to Exchange’s UNDELIVERABLE folder
  10. Store slows down and RPC request queue length rises when Forefront Protection for Exchange is running on Windows 2003 64-bit server
  11. FSCUtility fails if run on a non clustered server that the cluster service is installed but disabled on
  12. FPE detecting valid .xls or.csv file as Exceedingly nested
  13. Forefront Protection for Exchange does not send External Sender notifications
  14. The FSCManualScanner.exe process in Forefront Protection for Exchange terminates unexpectedly
  15. The FSECCRService.exe process in Forefront Protection for Exchange may stop responding generating a Dr. Watson crash that references Bucket ID 107626953990176: Customer experiences OOXML performance issues when scanning
  16. Customer experiences OOXML performance issues when scanning
  17. Dr. Watson reports a null reference exception in Microsoft.FSS.AntiSpam.dll (from Forefront Protection for Exchange); Bucket ID [838554094]
  18. Spam Reports may take an excessive amount of time to retrieve in Forefront Protection for Exchange
  19. A scan job in Forefront Protection for Exchange will not restart after hitting the MaxDisableWait time timeout threshold
  20. Forefront Protection for Exchange allows mail to go through unscanned if the MaxDisbaledWait time threshold is exceeded
  21. Forefront Protection for Exchange generates more Realtime Scan Timeout notifications than expected
  22. Sluggish or stopped mail flow resulting from the FSCTransportScanner process, within Forefront Protection for Exchange, crashing while scanning files with embedded object links.
  23. Forefront Protection for Exchange does not have a Skip/Detect action option for the MaxContainerScanTime action menu

For more details on the fixes consult the related knowledge base article (2181692). You can download the Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server Hotfix Rollup 1 here.

Exchange 2010 SP1 Beta

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This weeked the Exchange team released the public beta of Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.

You can download the Exchange 2010 SP1 Beta here.

For those still unaware, the 500Mb+ file contains the full set of binaries; you can use it to upgrade existing RTM installations but can also deploy new Exchange 2010 SP1 Beta installations.

Note that when you want to install SP1 Beta on an Exchange Server holding the Client Access Server role, on top of Windows Server 2008 R2, you first need to install hotfix 981002 – Windows Communication Foundation in the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. You can download this hotfix here.

With the release of SP1 Beta Microsoft also released updates of the following documents and kits (list might be incomplete):

Note: As always with beta code, it is advised to use it on non-production systems only.

Update: The Exchange Team blogged on the Exchange 2010 SP1 Beta availability and confirmed included updates mentioned earlier, e.g. archiving and discovery enhancements, OWA improvements, upgraded mobility features and Management Console improvements. Still no Release Notes though, but the team also mentioned that Exchange 2007 SP3 is imminent.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Beta Web Services SDK June 2010