Microsoft has released Service Pack 3 for Exchange 2007, the third update of cumulative addition to adding support for new Microsoft operating systems and client server, brings with it some interesting news.
The application scenarios are:
Among the most important are:
Patch Day for Microsoft Exchange hotfix released for versions 2000, 2003, 2007 and 2010.
The security issue that affects versions of the above exchange is described in Microsoft MS10-024 : discovering the flaw could allow denial of service if an attacker sends a series of DNS responses to the SMTP service.
Those who have the Exchange server is not exposed to the Internet through the SMTP service (port TCP/25) can feel comfortable, even if advised that the update (GFI Mailessential or other software download POPtoExchange help us in these situations without exposing the Server attacks!)
Here is the complete list of hotfixes:
Microsoft has released an important update rollup for Exchange 2007 Service Pack 2 on all supported languages: the Rollup 3 .
This pack updates is to install only the Exchange 2007 server on which you applied Service Pack 2: Since rollup replaces the Rollup Rollup 1 and 2.
Here is a list of bug fixes:
For those who are in possession of a MSDN or Technet subscription is available for download and test the new RTM version of Exchange 2010.
New maintenance release for the product F-Secure Anti-Virus for Exchange 8.00: the hotfix 2.
Is not required to restart the server and you can download it from here
Technical description of the hotfix:
CTS-67214
Although the definition updates for the new scanning engine are Gemini
Properly downloaded and accepted, They Are Not Taken into use as the inner
structure of the update packages for engine That WAS changed.The other scanning engines in the product do not Suffer from this problem.
In Addition, the Gemini scanning engine definitions are released Rarely
As the particular engine does not require frequent updates.
Now available to download the highly anticipated Service Pack 2 for Exchange Server 2007 .
Among the features we see evidence in support for Windows PowerShell V2, the possibility of future co-exist with Exchange Server 2010 (required step for migration), but the main feature was just waiting for the S UPPORT VSS backup Information Store Windows Server 2008, if not impossible until now with work and / or third party software.
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Even in Italian companies is well established the concept of Server Virtualization and Consolidation of Farm and increasingly we have to convert physical machines into virtual servers through the procedures of physical to virtual.
I got to talking to VMware Virtual Infrastructure, try the new vConverter 4.0. This product (in its standalone Free Hot Conversion after registration downloadable here ), in the full version allows you to make conversions to COLD (Conversion) and conversions (hot Conversion).
In my case I thought it appropriate to make a Cold Conversion as the Exchange database resides on a LUN in the SAN and mostly did not want to run the risk of having an inconsistent DB after work.
Precisely for this reason in cases of critical services so it is recommended the conversion to cold, although the type of activity requires a down service for the duration of data transfer, you have the full security of having a virtual machine in exactly the same state where we left it.
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