Microsoft Exchange 2000 Service Pack 2 Features Mark Barringer Support Professional Enterprise Messaging Support Microsoft Corporation.

Microsoft Exchange 2000 Microsoft Exchange 2000 Service Pack 2 FeaturesService Pack 2 Features

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Service Pack 2 Major FeaturesService Pack 2 Major Features

Microsoft® Exchange 2000 Server SP2Microsoft® Exchange 2000 Server SP2major features:major features: Automatic Error ReportingAutomatic Error Reporting Active Directory® Migration ToolActive Directory® Migration Tool SMTP Reinstall ToolSMTP Reinstall Tool Outlook® Web Access (OWA) ImprovementsOutlook® Web Access (OWA) Improvements Directory AccessDirectory Access Message Tracking ImprovementsMessage Tracking Improvements Full Text Indexing ImprovementsFull Text Indexing Improvements NEW! Exchange Management ServiceNEW! Exchange Management Service

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Upgrading to Exchange 2000 SP2Upgrading to Exchange 2000 SP2

WindowsWindows®® 2000 SP2 Required 2000 SP2 Required Suggested full backup prior to upgradeSuggested full backup prior to upgrade Upgrade all front-end prior to back-end Upgrade all front-end prior to back-end

serversservers SMTP reinstall not supported on clusterSMTP reinstall not supported on cluster

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Automatic Error ReportingAutomatic Error Reporting

Send fatal error info to Microsoft using Send fatal error info to Microsoft using HTTPSHTTPS Condition of Exchange when problem occurredCondition of Exchange when problem occurred OS version and hardware infoOS version and hardware info Digital product ID to identify your licenseDigital product ID to identify your license Server IP addressServer IP address

Limited access at Microsoft to dataLimited access at Microsoft to data Microsoft treats as confidentialMicrosoft treats as confidential Disabled by defaultDisabled by default Microsoft Error Reporting at Microsoft Error Reporting at

http://watson.microsoft.com/dw/1033/dcp.asphttp://watson.microsoft.com/dw/1033/dcp.asp

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Active Directory Migration ToolActive Directory Migration Tool

Migrate Exchange 5.5 or Exchange 2000 from Migrate Exchange 5.5 or Exchange 2000 from different orgsdifferent orgs

Disabled accounts created at targetDisabled accounts created at target Migrates security identifier (SID)Migrates security identifier (SID) More info at More info at

http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/techinfo/http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/techinfo/deployment/2000/Migrate_MB.aspdeployment/2000/Migrate_MB.asp

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SMTP Reinstall ToolSMTP Reinstall Tool

Re-creates SMTP extensions without reinstallRe-creates SMTP extensions without reinstall Used when Internet Information Services (IIS) Used when Internet Information Services (IIS)

is removed and reinstalledis removed and reinstalled Prevents having to reinstall all of Prevents having to reinstall all of

Exchange 2000 Exchange 2000

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OWA ImprovementsOWA Improvements

Outlook Contact Distribution List supportOutlook Contact Distribution List support Log off page for kiosk operationLog off page for kiosk operation Segmentation to disable portions of OWASegmentation to disable portions of OWA Additional Internet Explorer 5.0 ImprovementsAdditional Internet Explorer 5.0 Improvements

New Item NotificationNew Item Notification RemindersReminders SearchSearch Calendar printing (Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 or later)Calendar printing (Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 or later) Folders and View ImprovementsFolders and View Improvements

Faster Tree ControlFaster Tree Control Maintain selected itemsMaintain selected items Keyboard navigation of mailboxKeyboard navigation of mailbox Next and Previous Item for reading mailNext and Previous Item for reading mail

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OWA – Contact Distribution ListOWA – Contact Distribution List

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OWA – Log Off PageOWA – Log Off Page

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OWA ImprovementsOWA Improvements

Unread message countsUnread message counts New mail notificationNew mail notification

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OWA – Search FunctionOWA – Search Function

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Directory AccessDirectory Access

Directory Access tabDirectory Access tab GUI for modifying DCs usedGUI for modifying DCs used Registry key for ICMP - \Registry key for ICMP - \

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeDSAccess\LdapKeepAliveSecs MSExchangeDSAccess\LdapKeepAliveSecs (note this registry key name has been wrapped for readability)(note this registry key name has been wrapped for readability)

Directory Access ProfilesDirectory Access Profiles Relies on Exchange Management ServiceRelies on Exchange Management Service

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Directory Access TabDirectory Access Tab

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Message Tracking ImprovementsMessage Tracking Improvements

Requires delegated permissionsRequires delegated permissions Exchange View-Only AdministratorExchange View-Only Administrator Exchange AdministratorExchange Administrator Exchange Full AdministratorExchange Full Administrator

Required for all servers involvedRequired for all servers involved May fail if server times off by 5 minutesMay fail if server times off by 5 minutes Relies on Exchange Management ServiceRelies on Exchange Management Service

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Full Text Indexing ImprovementsFull Text Indexing Improvements

Check point script recommendedCheck point script recommended Allows backups in catalog directoryAllows backups in catalog directory

Two check point record files: <Two check point record files: <catalogcatalog>.chk1.gthr >.chk1.gthr and <and <catalogcatalog>.chk2.gthr>.chk2.gthr

13 files of the last known complete & uncorrupted 13 files of the last known complete & uncorrupted set of catalog files stored in a Save subdirectory set of catalog files stored in a Save subdirectory

Off by default, requires 200 bytes per Off by default, requires 200 bytes per documentdocument

5,000,000 messages or documents in your 5,000,000 messages or documents in your database generate Check Pointing files database generate Check Pointing files totaling 1 GBtotaling 1 GB

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Exchange Management ServiceExchange Management Service

NEW! Microsoft Exchange Management NEW! Microsoft Exchange Management Service Service

Directory Access display and message Directory Access display and message tracking functionality depend on the new tracking functionality depend on the new Microsoft Exchange Management Service Microsoft Exchange Management Service

These will fail without this service runningThese will fail without this service running

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Exchange Management ServiceExchange Management Service

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ResourcesResources

SP2 release notesSP2 release notes Help file - Exadmin.chmHelp file - Exadmin.chm http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/ http://support.microsoft.com/http://support.microsoft.com/

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