Humm, a bit late me thinks. Source: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;934001 The Exchange Calendar Update Tool (Msextmz.exe) is the tool that Exchange administrators can use to apply time zone changes to a calendar for one or more users. The Exchange Calendar Update Tool uses the Time Zone Data Update Tool for Microsoft Office Outlook (the Outlook Time Zone
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Comments Off So this is it! You have this weekend as an outage window before the brown stuff hits the fan. So I have been around the blogoshpere and the web and here are a list of resources that you might find handy this weekend. Oh by the way, if you are leaving it to this weekend
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Comments Off Don’t panic, its not related to DST2007 Source: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;931222 Meetings are moved back one hour in an Exchange 2003 organization if the meetings are scheduled between September 16, 2006, and October 7, 2006 This problem occurs because the old algorithm for the Jerusalem (GMT + 02:00) time zone sets the standard time to the first
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Comments Off Rob sent me this link with news from Symantec about DST2007 Source: http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2007011911191539?Open&src=w Enterprise Vault is going to need a patch (http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/286967.htm) but most of the other apps will be sort with the Windows patch Technorati tags: flaphead, DST2007, Symantec, KVS, Enterprise Vault
Comments Off Ohhh. With the steady flow of DST information is starting to trickle down to more manageable levels. MSIT has finally release some additional DST 2007 Guidance. · MSIT DST Assessment Checklist (5 page PDF) · MSIT DST Enterprise Response Plan (22 page PDF) · MSIT DST Patching Overview (1 page PDF flowchart) · MSIT DST
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Comments Off You can download this WebCast now for “offline” viewing. Go here (https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/msevents/view?id=wc020207) stick in you name and then download the 4mb WMV file. It would be a great idea if MS made the available automatically via an RSS feed Humm, can’t sync the wmv to my Zune! .. says that it cannot convert the file to
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Comments Off Cool, shame it wasn’t out a bit earlier! Source: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=03D4251D-370F-486D-BB2F-64FF14C546AD&displaylang=en The Exchange Calendar Update Tool enables administrators to update, using the Time Zone Data Update Tool for Microsoft® Office Outlook®, multiple user mailboxes, thereby avoiding the challenges involved with broadly deploying the Outlook Time Zone Data Update Tool to all end-users. Shame the download link
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Comments Off Do you know what, some time it plays to read a KB! I am sure you have checked out http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931667. Under “Why the Time Zone Data Update Tool is required” It says … “Calendar items are created in Outlook by using Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) format. UTC is an international standard 24-hour timekeeping system. Time
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Comments Off Gerrard came up with an issue. The tool will not install on a workstation if you have the Exchange 5.5 Admin tool installed on it. (not tested it with any other flavours of Exchange yet. Let me know) It looks like the tool is checking the HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Exchange registry key. Gerrard renamed the key and the
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Comments Off WHAT YOU MUST BE JOKING … a newer patch! http://support.microsoft.com/?id=931836 So companies have been testing the “old” one and now have to do it all again! Starting in the spring of 2007, daylight saving time (DST) start and end dates for the United States will transition to comply with the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
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