Microsoft Exchange in MulitLingual Environments

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Microsoft Exchange In Multi-Lingual
Environments Aidan DelaneyInternational
Program ManagerMicrosoft Exchange
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Agenda

• Introduction
• Demonstration
• International Configuration
• Components

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Why Do We Care?
Making it possible for business and home users to
send and receive mail anywhere in the world
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The Goal

• Client - fidelity
• Administration - simplicity

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Demonstration
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Exchange 5.5

• Exchange Server 5.5 has been localized into 4
  languages
• English, French, German, Japanese
• Exchange Server 5.5 supports all Outlook
  languages today

Japanese Korean Simp. Chinese Trad.
Chinese English Thai
French German Spanish Italian Turkish Arabic
Dutch Finnish Swedish Danish Basque Russian
Slovenian Croatian Hungarian Greek Hebrew Polish
Vietnamese Norwegian Chinese (Hong
Kong) Portuguese (Iberian) Brazilian
Portuguese Czech,Slovakian
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Exchange 2000

• Exchange 2000 will be localized into 6 languages
• English, French, German, Japanese
• Italian , Spanish
• Exchange 2000 will support all Outlook languages

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Exchange 2000 Configuration

• Step 1 Exchange setup installs and registers
  NLS files on the system
• Step 2 Select Languages
• Exchange Administrator
• Server Properties Locales Installed
  locales
• Supports proper formatting and sorting

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Exchange 2000Configuration
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Exchange 2000Configuration

• Step 3 Localized Address Book Templates
• Clients can view mailbox properties in client
  language
• Exchange 5.5 User had to find and install from
  client CD
• Exchange 2000 Installed during setup

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Exchange 2000Configuration

• Step 4 Outlook Web Access (OWA) Templates
• Execute self-extracting localized OWA files
• Available on the Web and the Server CD
• Step 5 Ensure correct locale support is
  installed on the Server

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The Components
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Components

• Administration
• Directory
• IMail - Internet mail converter
• Store
• Connectors
• Migration
• Web Client

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Administration

• Uses Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
• Windows 2000 MUI compliant for Exchange Server
  languages
• Demo

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Administration

• Administration of recipients
• Display name (Unicode)
• Directory name / common name (Unicode)
• Simple display name (ASCII)
• Alias (ASCII)
• Administration of configuration objects
• Display name (Unicode)
• Directory name (Unicode)

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AdministrationUser properties dialog
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Administration
American Site
Japanese Site
Display Name (Eng.) Simple Display Name
(Eng.) Alias (Eng.) Directory Name (Eng.)
Display Name (Kanji) Simple Display Name
(Eng.) Alias (Eng.) Directory Name (Eng.)
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Administration
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Directory

• Active Directory
• Unicode Directory names are supported
• 5.5 directory names were ASCII

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Store Native storage - MAPI client

• Store is Unicode enabled
• Converts bits to Unicode and stores them
• Stores the message code page info
• Read request
• MAPI - will convert message to client codepage
  when read requested
• Internet Client - Will use I mail to convert
  message

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Store Native storage - Internet client

• Big difference from 5.5
• Message will be stored in its original form
• Read Request
• MAPI client, will use I Mail to convert message
• Internet Client, will receive message untouched

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Internet Mail Connector

• IMail converter is called for every inbound and
  outbound Internet to MAPI message
• Text RTF HTML converter
• Character Set Code page
• Full fidelity
• Round tripped messages contain the fidelity of
  the message through two conversions

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Internet Mail Connector

• Can configure the IMS to have default character
  set (for messages with no char ID)

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Internet Mail Connector

• Convent conversion may fail on
• Languages not defined by NLS files
• Mapping from Internet Mail with no language ID

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Connectors

• Message fidelity kept
• Directory sync - fidelity kept
• Character mapping from foreign mail system to
  Exchange

Connector Char. Mapping
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Connectors - Lotus Notes

• Target Post Office language Y

• Install Notes Client of language Y on server

• Need to tell the connector the target language of
  Notes Post Office Y

• Default Locale on operating system that on which
  Exchange is installed Y

Language Y
Notes Client Y
Notes Connector
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Connectors

• ccMail
• Target language information set
• Exchange side - copy files
• Import / export.exe - 5.0
• Import / export.exe and ie.ri - 6.0
• Rendering of characters
• Microsoft Mail
• Target language information set
• Rendering of characters
• GroupWise Latin 1 support

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Migration

• Migrate system è message fidelity
• Extractor Mapping of character sets For Notes
  migration need to have the Notes Client installed
• .iff file contains extended chars in Windows
  code page
• To import files

Notes Client
.iff file
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Web Client

• Web Client will be in 22 languages
• Web Client language displayed will
• be determined by accept - language
• setting in browser

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