Microsoft has published installation packages that distribute ADM files for use with Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

Administrative Templates for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows
Download from: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=77998

Administrative Template file for PowerShell for Windows.
Download from: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=77999

Yes…now truly official…Exchange 2007 is Released to Manufacturing. Read it at the Microsoft Exchange Team Blog.

To manage Office 2007 via Group Policies you need the ADM files. They are downloadable at Microsoft. Have fun…

XML Notepad 2006 was first released on the 1st September 2006. This tool provides a simple user interface for browsing and editing XML documents.

Some nice features:

• Tree View synchronized with Node Text View for quick editing of node names and values.
• Incremental search (Ctrl+I) in both tree and text views, so as you type it navigates to matching nodes.
• Cut/copy/paste with full namespace support.
• Drag/drop support for easy manipulation of the tree, even across different instances of XML Notepad and from the file system.
• Infinite undo/redo for all edit operations.
• In place popup multi-line editing of large text node values.
• and many more…

This tool is availalable for XML Notepad (and free).

More information : Microsoft XML

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As the new version of Exchange is coming, I looked up the release dates of all the previous versions. Here’s the list:

Exchange 4.0 April 1996
Exchange 4.0 (a) August 1996
Exchange 4.0 SP1 May 1996
Exchange 4.0 SP2 August 1996
Exchange 4.0 SP3 November 1996
Exchange 4.0 SP4 April 1997
Exchange 4.0 SP5 May 1998
Exchange 5.0 March 1997
Exchange 5.0 SP1 June 1997
Exchange 5.0 SP2 February 1998
Exchange 5.5 November 1997
Exchange 5.5 SP1 July 1998
Exchange 5.5 SP2 December 1998
Exchange 5.5 SP3 September 1999
Exchange 5.5 SP4 November 2000
Exchange 2000 October 2000
Exchange 2000 (a) January 2001
Exchange 2000 SP1 July 2001
Exchange 2000 SP2 December 2001
Exchange 2000 SP3 August 2002
Exchange 2000 post-SP3 September 2003
Exchange 2000 post-SP3 April 2004
Exchange 2000 post-SP3 August 2004
Exchange Server 2003 October 2003
Exchange Server 2003 SP1 May 2004
Exchange Server 2003 SP2 October 2005