Description of Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 will reach end of support on April 11, 2017. To stay supported, you will need to upgrade. For more information, see Resources to help you upgrade your Office 2007 servers and clients.
Microsoft has released Update Rollup 5 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (SP3). The update rollup is dated September 21, 2011. This article describes the following information about the update rollup:
The issues that the update rollup resolves
How to obtain the update rollup
The prerequisites to install the update rollup
Issues that the update rollup resolves
Update Rollup 5 for Exchange 2007 SP3 resolves the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:
New X-headers of a message item do not appear when the message item is retrieved by IMAP4 or by POP3 in an Exchange Server 2007 SP2 environment |
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A deleted hyperlink remains in the HTML source of an email message if you create the email message by using OWA in an Exchange Server 2007 environment |
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The Msftefd.exe process constantly consumes up to 100 percent of CPU resources when your mailbox language is set to German on a server that is running Exchange Server 2007 |
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The sent time in an email message body is incorrect when you reply or forward the email message by using an EWS application in an Exchange Server 2007 environment |
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"There was a problem logging onto your mail server" error message when you use a POP3 client to access a mailbox in an Exchange Server 2007 SP3 environment |
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EdgeTransport.exe randomly stops responding on a Hub Transport server after you configure public folder replication in Exchange Server 2007 |
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"Some items cannot be deleted" error message when you try to delete or modify an email message in a public folder in an Exchange Server 2007 environment |
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DBCS characters in a rule name are converted to question marks after you move a mailbox from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007 |
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The EdgeTransport.exe process crashes occasionally after you install Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 SP3 |
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Extended Protection Warning Displayed in Exchange Management Console and Exchange Management Shell After Installing RU2 for Exchange 2007 SP3 |
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Items accumulate in the MRM submission folder when managed folder assistant journal items in an Exchange Server 2007 environment |
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The EdgeTransport.exe process crashes when processing certain email messages on an Exchange Server 2007 Hub Transport server |
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The Store.exe process may consume excessive CPU resources and memory resources intermittently when a user opens a calendar item by using OWA in an Exchange 2007 SP3 environment |
Pre-Installation Tasks
Forefront Security for Exchange Server
If you are using Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server, you must disable Forefront Security for Exchange Server before you install Update Rollup 5 for Exchange 2007 SP3. After you install the update rollup package, you must re-enable Forefront Security for Exchange Server. To do this, follow these steps:
To disable Forefront Security for Exchange, run the fscutility /disable command.
To enable Forefront Security for Exchange, run the fscutility /enable command.
Note
If you do not disable Forefront Security for Exchange Server before you install the update rollup, the Information Store service and the Transport service do not start.
Public Folders
If you are using public folders in your Exchange 2007 organization, and if you have set the retention period on the public folder database to a value that is greater than 123 days, you must follow the steps in the following procedure before you install Update Rollup 5 for Exchange 2007 SP3.
If you are using public folders, and if you have set the retention period on the public folder database to a value that is less than or equal to 123 days, you receive a warning message. However, Exchange 2007 continues to function correctly. In this case, you can follow these same steps to fix the issue.
Click Start, type adsiedit.msc in the Start Search box, and then press Enter.
In the ADSIEdit snap-in, click Action, and then click Connect to.
In the Well-known naming context list, click Configuration.
Expand the following list items and subitems in this order:
CN=Configuration,DC=Contoso,DC=com
CN=Services
CN=Microsoft Exchange
CN=<OrganizationName>
CN=Administrative Groups
CN=Servers
CN=<ServerName>
CN=Information Store
CN=Second Storage Group
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In this list, <OrganizationName> and <ServerName> represent the actual names of the organization and of the server.
Double-click CN=Public Folder Database.
Double-click msExchOverallAgeLimit.
Change the existing value from seconds to days by dividing the existing value by 86,400.
Note
You must repeat these steps on all public folder databases in the Exchange 2007 environment.
Important
These changes take effect after all Exchange 2007 servers in the organization that host public folder databases are upgraded to Update Rollup 5 for Exchange 2007 SP3.
If you install Update Rollup 5 for Exchange 2007 SP3 without performing these steps, and then you try to access the public folder settings by using the Exchange Management console, you receive the following error message:
TimeSpan overflowed because the duration is too long |
Also, when you try to access Exchange by using Outlook Web Access, you receive the following error message:
Exception |
Update Rollup Information
Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2007 SP3 was released on September 21, 2011. To obtain this update rollup from the Microsoft Download Center, see Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (KB2602324).
Important
Before you install an update rollup or a service pack, see How to Install the Latest Service Pack or Update Rollup for Exchange 2007 for prerequisites, installation instructions, and known issues. Before you apply an update rollup to clustered Mailbox servers, see Applying Exchange 2007 Update Rollups to Clustered Mailbox Servers.
For more information about the Exchange 2007 servicing model, see Exchange 2007 Servicing.
For a list of update rollups that apply to Exchange Server 2007 SP3, see the "Update rollups for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3" section in How to Obtain the Latest Service Pack or Update Rollup for Exchange 2007.
This update rollup does not apply to the Exchange Server 2007 release to manufacturing (RTM) version, to Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1), or to Exchange 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2). The series of update rollup packages for Exchange Server 2007 SP3 is independent of the corresponding series of update rollups for Exchange Server 2007 RTM, for Exchange 2007 SP1, or for Exchange 2007 SP2.