Special Swiss Add-Ons for Internet Explorer 8 are now available. Accelerators, Web Slices and Search Providers from Ricardo.ch, Local.ch and Tilllate.ch can be downloaded from here.

There are also Videos showing their functionality.

The Installation and Administration of Microsoft Exchange solutions, due to their ever growing complexities, require more time and resources. Quite often, mistakes happen.

The Microsoft Exchange Server Team have developed a tool (Exchange Server Remote Connectivity Analyzer), that helps you diagnose problems. The idea came out of customer feedback and support calls placed with the Microsoft Support Hotline. You can use this tool directly over the Web.

In the current version, you can test:

• Exchange ActiveSync
• Outlook Anywhere
• Inbound SMTP

Coming features:

• OWA
• IMAP
• POP
• Exchange Web Services

Here is a 6 minute Demo-Video that describes and shows the most important functionality:

http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-de/archive/2009/03/27/exchange-server-remote-connectivity-analyzer-beta-is-out-now.aspx

The most current release notes on Microsoft's website for Online Services has been published. You will find information about issues that some users may be experiencing, or where they need more information. Topics like Single Sign On; Internet Explorer 7, 8 and firewall settings; the Directory Sync Tool; plus others are covered.

If you are using Online Services (BPOS etc), or intend to, have a read-though and see how it affects your plans.

The MUI package for Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 is available as a free download and supports 38 languages. The installation is language-independent, so you do not need to first install the English version as a base, before you can install a MUI pack.

After installation, the user can change the language on demand (Tools—> Options –> General).

http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-de/archive/2009/03/30/multilingual-user-interface-package-f-r-microsoft-office-communicator-2007-r2.aspx

In October 2008, Microsoft issued a Security Bulletin and a Patch for Windows as MS08-067 describes.

Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 fixes carry a Critical rating, whilst for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, an Important rating.

In November 2008, a worm known as Conficker or Downadup was discovered that exploits this vulnerability. Machines that have not been patched could be susceptible to being infected, and Conficker.D is expected to become effective 1 April 2009

Further information can be found on Microsoft Security Response Center and Microsoft Malware Protection Center

Have you patched your systems? If not, do it now. The fix has been publically available for 6 months already!