The Year 2007 Problem

Update: 2/19/2007 - Microsoft has released a wizard to walk people through the process of all of the updates required for various Microsoft operating systems and applications. For Windows 2003 and Exchange 2003 SP2, for instance, the following is the general list of steps required to update the systems (unfortunately it misses noting the update required for the domain controllers that Exchange also relies on):

• Apply and verify updates to server operating systems (KBs 931836 and 914387)
• If you are running Outlook Web Access, Exchange Lotus Notes connecter, or BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Microsoft Exchange , install the Exchange Patch CDO.DLL (KB 926666)
  

The Year 2007 Problem

January 19, 2007

Slipping silently under the radar screen of many companies has been the upcoming changes to Daylight Savings Time, scheduled to impact systems the second week in March 2007. Much like in the months preceding the turn of the century, many business systems, including Microsoft Exchange 2007, will require updates to address hard-coded dependencies in Microsoft software. We're calling this the "Year 2007" problem here at Azaleos.

In 1999, I was given a plaque labeled "Year 2000: Use in case of Emergency" --- with an easily detachable pencil for use if all of the computers were to go down due to the change in the millenium impacting systems. We all might need to sharpen our pencils now and remember that time once again.