rock*’s tech corner

If your Smartphones (Read: Back to the future with mini-Y2Kwere ) were affected with the Daylight saving time that happened today you will need to download and install the Daylight Saving Time Update Tool for Windows Mobile patch from Microsoft.

The patch must be installed on your Smartphones to resolve clocks and Microsoft Outlook calendar appointments on your Smartphone to display the correct times. The patch will ensure the appointments on your Smarphones are accurate. If you regularly synchronize your Smartphones with your PC, you’ll need to update Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Outlook before installing the Smartphones Daylight Saving Time patch.

The full instructions are outlined under Smartphones Updates for Daylight Saving Time.

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Microsoft Exchange Connector

I mentioned in previous posts (Read: Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange Migration) that our application workflows and primary CMS are still built under Lotus Notes Domino while user mailboxes have been migrated to Microsoft Exchange. When a mail enabled Lotus Notes database needs to send an email notification to users that email will need to travel through the Microsoft Exchange Notes Connector to get to the Microsoft Exchange store and into the users mailboxes.

Our Canon IR copiers are another business tools that utilize the Microsoft Exchange Notes Connector. The copiers are also used to scan documents into pdf and emailed to users mailboxes in Microsoft Exchange. At the moment the Canon IR copiers are still using a Lotus Notes Domino server as the SMTP mail transport server.

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