Update 1-3-2013:  You may also want to reference the Hyper-V 2012 and Cluster update wiki pages as linked & discussed here. 

After building up a nice new Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V cluster with SCVMM 2012 SP1, it was a bit strange to get the world’s longest error when opening up the Failover Cluster MMC.  The error started with:

A weak event was created and it lives on the wrong object, there is a very high chance that this will fail

Well, fail it did in spectacular style  

What’s the issue and solution you may ask?  Well this was caused by a recent .NET update (2750149) and there is now a fix available in KB 2803748.

So if you have installed 2750149 then you will likely want to download and install this update 2803748.

Cheers,

Rhoderick

OK – so its not just a busy day in the land of Exchange updates, it's a crazy busy day!  Not only do we have Exchange 2007 SP3 RU10,  Exchange 2010 SP2 RU6 now Exchange 2010 SP3 is released to the download centre. 

Just like Exchange 2010 SP2 which had four main features

• Hybrid Configuration Wizard
• OWA Mini
• Cross Site OWA Silent Redirection
• Address Book Policies

Exchange 2010 SP3 builds on them and adds support for

• Exchange 2013 coexistence
• Windows Server 2012 Installations
• IE10
• Sent Items Management in Office Outlook Web Access (OWA).

If you do want to have Exchange 2010 and 2013 installed into the same forest then SP3 is a hard requirement for the Exchange 2010 servers.  This will be required on all Exchange 2010 servers in the org.  And for the Exchange 2013 servers they must have CU1 installed.  As you may have seen on the blog, the servicing model has changed in Exchange 2013 and Rollup Updates (RUs) are to be replace with Cumulative Updates (CUs).

Please enjoy the service pack responsibly!

What do I mean by that?  Well, you need to ensure that you are fully informed about the caveats with the service pack and are aware of all of the changes that it will make within your environment.  Additionally you will need to test the service pack in your lab which is representative of your production environment.  Third party software vendors must also be consulted to ensure that they are in a position to support Exchange 2010 SP3 as you do not want to rush out and install SP3, run into an issue, and then discover that vendor X does not currently support their product when running with Exchange 2010 SP3.  That would be called a RGE (Resume Generating Event). 

What's New in Exchange 2010 SP3

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj965775(v=exchg.141).aspx

Release Notes

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj965774%28v=exchg.141%29.aspx 

Microsoft Exchange Server MAPI Client and Collaboration Data Objects 1.2.1

Updated MAPI & CDO bundle.

Additional Fixes

In addition to the customer reported issues resolved in previous rollups, this service pack also resolves the issues that are described in the following articles:

2552121 You cannot synchronize a mailbox by using an Exchange ActiveSync device in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

2729444 Mailboxes are quarantined after you install the Exchange Server 2010 SP2 version of the Exchange Server 2010 Management Pack

2778100 Long delay in receiving email messages by using Outlook in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

2779351 SCOM alert when the Test-PowerShellConnectivity cmdlet is executed in an Exchange Server 2010 organization

2784569 Slow performance when you search a GAL by using an EAS device in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

2796950 Microsoft.Exchange.Monitoring.exe process consumes excessive CPU resources when a SCOM server monitors Exchange Server 2010 Client Access servers

2800133 W3wp.exe process consumes excessive CPU and memory resources on an Exchange Client Access server after you apply Update Rollup 5 version 2 for Exchange Server 2010 SP2

2800346 Outlook freezes and high network load occurs when you apply retention policies to a mailbox in a mixed Exchange Server 2010 SP2 environment

2810617 Can't install Exchange Server 2010 SP3 when you define a Windows PowerShell script execution policy in Group Policy

2787500 Declined meeting request is added back to your calendar after a delegate opens the request by using Outlook 2010

2797529 Email message delivery is delayed on a Blackberry mobile device after you install Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2010 SP2

2800080 ErrorServerBusy response code when you synchronize an EWS-based application to a mailbox in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

Cheers,

Rhoderick

It’s a busy day in the land of Exchange today, with updates for both Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010.  Exchange 2010 SP2 RU6 is now available as update 2746164. 

Exchange 2010 SP2 RU6 is also released as part of Patch Tuesday to resolve the security issues that are addressed in Exchange 2007 SP3 RU10.  For reference they are CVE-2013-0393 and CVE-2013-0418 as discussed in the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2013.    Microsoft has classified one of these issues as critical and the other as important

In addition to addressing the vulnerabilities that are described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-012 this update also resolves other non-security issues.  A list of the individual fixes is at the end of this post, but there are a couple to highlight

Email message delivery is delayed on a Blackberry mobile device after you install Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2010 SP2

You cannot move or delete an email message that is larger than the maximum receive or send size in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

Msftefd.exe process crashes if an email attachment has an unexpected file name extension or no file name extension in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

• 2489941 The "legacyExchangeDN" value is shown in the "From" field instead of the "Simple Display Name" in an email message in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

• 2717453 You cannot move or delete a folder by using Outlook in online mode in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

• 2733608 Corrupted Japanese DBCS characters when you send a meeting request or post a reply to a posted item in a public folder in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

• 2734635 Folder-associated information (FAI) items are deleted when you run the New-InboxRule cmdlet or change Inbox rules in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

• 2737046 AutoPreview feature does not work when you use Outlook in online mode in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

• 2741117 High CPU utilization by Microsoft Exchange Replication service on Client Access servers in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

• 2746030 Incorrect ExternalURL value for EWS is returned by an Exchange Server 2010 Client Access server

• 2750188 Exchange Service Host service crashes when you start the service on an Exchange 2010 server

• 2751417 Synchronization fails if you sync an external device to a mailbox through EAS in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

• 2751581 OAB generation fails with event IDs 9126, 9330, and either 9338 or 9339 in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

• 2760999 "The signup domain 'org' derived from '<TenantDomainName>.org' is not a valid domain" error message when you use the Hybrid Configuration wizard in an Exchange Server

• 2776259 Msftefd.exe process crashes if an email attachment has an unexpected file name extension or no file name extension in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

• 2779387 Duplicated email messages are displayed in the Sent Items folder in a EWS-based application that accesses an Exchange Server 2010 Mailbox server

• 2783586 Name order of a contact is displayed incorrectly after you edit the contact in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

• 2783631 User-Agent field is empty when you run the Get-ActiveSyncDeviceStatistics cmdlet in an Exchange Server 2010 SP2 environment

• 2783633 You cannot move or delete an email message that is larger than the maximum receive or send size in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

• 2783649 Private appointment is visible to a delegate in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

• 2783771 Mailbox on a mobile device is not updated when EAS is configured in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

• 2783772 Edgetransport.exe process crashes after a journal recipient receives an NDR message in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

• 2783776 You cannot perform a cross-premises search in a mailbox in an Exchange Server 2010 hybrid environment

• 2783782 Error message when you use Scanpst.exe on a .pst file in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

• 2784081 Store.exe process crashes if you add certain registry keys to an Exchange Server 2010 Mailbox server

• 2784083 Week numbers in the Outlook Web App and Outlook calendars are mismatched in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

• 2784093 SCOM alerts and event ID 4 in an Exchange Server 2010 SP2 organization that has Update Rollup 1 or later

• 2784566 Exchange RPC Client Access service crashes on an Exchange Server 2010 Mailbox server

• 2787023Exchange Mailbox Assistants service crashes when you try to change a recurring calendar item or publish free/busy data in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

• 2793274 A new option is available that disables the PermanentlyDelete retention action in an Exchange Server 2010 organization

• 2793278 You cannot use the search function to search for mailbox items in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

• 2793279 Exchange Server 2010 does not restart when the Microsoft Exchange Replication service freezes

• 2793488  Internet Explorer freezes when you connect to the OWA several times in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

• 2810616 Email message delivery is delayed on a Blackberry mobile device after you install Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2010 SP2

There is an additional item listed here:

2788151  Empty delegates list for a cloud-based resource mailbox when you use EMC in an on-premises Exchange Server 2010 SP2 environment

And as always, please test and validate this update in a lab before placing into production.  Though I just know that I’m going to see people in the forums tonight with production issues

Cheers,

Rhoderick

Exchange sustained engineering has released Exchange 2007 SP3 RU10 to the Microsoft download centre as update 2788321. 

For the astute of you out there, you will notice that this is on the second Tuesday of February which makes it Patch Tuesday.  It  also happens to be Shrove Tuesday as well by happy coincidence so I’m having pancakes for dinner, but I think I’m digressing…..  

Since it is Patch Tuesday, does that mean that there are security issues that are resolved in this update?  Yup! In terms of the security vulnerabilities resolved, they are CVE-2013-0393 and CVE-2013-0418 as discussed in the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2013.    Microsoft has classified one of these issues as critical and the other as important

In short, Exchange 2007 SP3 RU10 will update these three areas:

• The vulnerabilities that are described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-012.
• 2783779 A hidden user is still displayed in the Organization information of Address Book in OWA in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
• Latest daylight saving time (DST) updates for Exchange Server 2007

As always please ensure that you test and validate the update in a lab prior to placing into production.

Just in case you may be wondering why this update is for Exchange 2007 SP3, and not SP1 or SP2 it is because those versions are no longer supported. 

Cheers,

Rhoderick

The updated version of Windows 2012’s Hyper-V Architecture component poster is now available for download which is pretty neat!

As an added bonus, there are companion references for Hyper-V Replica, Hyper-V Storage, VM Mobility and Networking. 

The Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V poster is available here if you want to round out your collection  

Cheers,

Rhoderick