Starting with Exchange 2007, installation of the current version of Office Filter Packs is a prerequisite. For Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010 RTM, the pre-req was 2007 Office System Converter: Microsoft Filter Pack. In Exchange 2010 SP1, this was updated to Office 2010 Filter Packs. The filters are used by Exchange Search to index email…
Year: 2011
An Update on Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Rollup Update 4
The Exchange Sustained Engineering team recently made the decision to recall the June 22, 2011 release of Exchange 2010 SP1 Rollup 4. This was not an action we took lightly and we understand how disruptive this was to customers. We would like to provide you with some details that will give you a deeper understanding…
Announcing the re-release of Exchange 2010 SP1 Rollup 4
Earlier today the Exchange CXP team released an updated version of Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2010 SP1 to the Download Center. This updated release is being made available after a complete review and revalidation of the list of fixes included in the previously released version of Rollup 4 dated June 22, 2011. The…
We want your feedback on Exchange Certificate Management!
UPDATE 8/2/2011: The survey is now closed; thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us! As we have done few times already, we wanted to reach out to you again to help us think about where we should be taking Exchange in the future. This time, the focus is Exchange Certificate…
Exchange Ideas: Mailbox resiliency
Every day we talk to customers, partners, consultants, analysts, administrators and a lot of great people like you. You have shared with us your ideas, opinions, favorite features, memories and recommendations. We love hearing from you so we wanted to help share your voice with the rest of the Exchange community – what better way…
Navigating Exchange Content Like A Pro Using Short URLs
Have you been wondering what the aka.ms URLs we’ve been posting on Twitter and elsewhere are all about? They come from a Microsoft URL-shortening service. Not only does it allow us to shorten URLs to the minimum characters possible, it also creates vanity URLs that are easier to remember! Note, although it’s not a public…
Test Office 365 Single Sign-On Using Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer
We are excited to announce that the Remote Connectivity Analyzer tool has been updated! In addition to the standard set of connectivity tests, we’ve added an Office 365 tab and a Single Sign-On test. The new Single Sign-On test will validate users’ ability to log on to Office 365 with their on-premises credentials. It also…
Orphaned Offline Address Book Recovery Process in Exchange 2010
In Exchange 2010, the generating server for your Offline Address Books (OAB) can change, under certain conditions, without any admin intervention. The process described here happens only on Exchange 2010. An Offline Address Book (OAB) is a collection of address lists downloaded by Microsoft Outlook so users can access recipient information and select/resolve recipients when…
Exchange 2010 SP1 RU4 Removed from Download Center
Update 7/14/11: When contacting Microsoft Customer Support to obtain the Interim Update, you can reference KB 2581545 (please note that the article will be available at a later date on support.microsoft.com).7/27/2011: Exchange 2010 SP1 RU4 has been re-released. See Announcing the re-release of Exchange 2010 SP1 Rollup 4. We also provide more details on what actually…
Exchange 2010: Support for UPN credentials in OWA change password feature
Last year when we released Exchange 2010 SP1, we posted about the change expired password feature in Outlook Web App and how you can enable it by creating the ChangeExpiredPasswordEnabled registry entry. See So you want to change your expired passwords in OWA… for details. Since then you’ve sent us many requests for supporting the…