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DST patch for Outlook- Apply to every profile ever to connect to Exchange????
The Outlook 2000, 2002,2003,2007 Daylight Savings patch - - - I need to know about it in relation to a connection to Exchange.
If the patch is NOT applied like it should, can it cause problems to someone connecting to an Exchange Server for e-mail connection. Exchange-cached mode.
We are moving to Exchange for mail and probably to AD later. So, during the in between time . . . users will connect to a Netware server for Authenitcation, and then to an Exchange server on the WAN for e-mail.
Does the Outlook DST patch need to be applied once per XP machine conncting to Exchange, or once for every Outlook profile (multiple desktops on same machine)??? What happens if it not applied?
Any new users set up in this scenerio. Will DST patch need to be applied to any new profile??
If the patch is NOT applied like it should, can it cause problems to someone connecting to an Exchange Server for e-mail connection. Exchange-cached mode.
We are moving to Exchange for mail and probably to AD later. So, during the in between time . . . users will connect to a Netware server for Authenitcation, and then to an Exchange server on the WAN for e-mail.
Does the Outlook DST patch need to be applied once per XP machine conncting to Exchange, or once for every Outlook profile (multiple desktops on same machine)??? What happens if it not applied?
Any new users set up in this scenerio. Will DST patch need to be applied to any new profile??
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Goung to exchange without LOCAL AD is what will be happening. Users will be authenticating to AD on another box, but user's machines will not be client machines on an AD domain - - -that was what I meant.
Oh ok. Makes sense. You do not have to have the clients joined to the domain. You do have to have AD running, ok, I got you.
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Yes, I misunderstood at first, I thought they meant no AD at all. And yes, I agree you can have many mixed enviroment types between AD and other directory services as long as AD exists.
Secondly, for the time zone info. You must apply the OS patches to your desktops, servers etc. If they are Windows XP / 2003 these can be gotten from Windows Update, WSUS, or you can download and deploy however you like. If you have 2000 servers or desktops you must deploy a workaround as no official patch is available.
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/dst_topissues
That document gives all your DST options, and has a link to the manual win2000 fixes.
In an existing Exchange enviroment a calendar update tool is needed to fix calendar entries, but since this is a new install, you will have no calendar entries and do not need to worry about that.
If you do not apply the patches you will most likely wind up with either the clock being off, time stamps on email being incorrect, and time differences in your calendar appointments. I would suggest patching at the very least your servers before hand. The desktops should really be patched as well.