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About Tony Redmond

Lead author for the Office 365 for IT Pros eBook and writer about all aspects of the Office 365 ecosystem.

PowerShell to the rescue to control Exchange 2013 logging

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Tony Redmond

I’m sure that you, like me, pay close attention to Microsoft’s stated requirements to install Exchange 2013.  It is, after all, gripping reading of the kind that is guaranteed to lull the reader into a deep sleep within 22 nanoseconds. … Continue reading →

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Zombie health mailboxes and EAS probes

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Tony Redmond

When I discussed how some corrupt health mailboxes came about following my flattening of an Exchange 2013 server, I called them “zombie mailboxes”, which might have seemed unkind to some. In fact, it’s an accurate reporting of the fact that … Continue reading →

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Announcing “Office 365 for Exchange Professionals”

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Tony Redmond

The world of technical book publishing is going through a transformation. More information is available than ever before online; software and hardware products evolve faster; people demand up to date knowledge that is also insightful and in-depth. These factors create … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed Digest – February 2015

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Tony Redmond

February might be the shortest month but that’s no reason not to have lots to discuss on my “Exchange Unwashed” blog on WindowsITPro.com. Here’s what happened during the month – a lot about the new Outlooks apps and Delve, but … Continue reading →

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Corrupt health mailboxes from a flattened Exchange server

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Tony Redmond

I flattened an Exchange 2013 server the other day. I don’t mean that I took the physical computer out into the parking lot and drove a large vehicle over it to reduce the server to so many random bits of … Continue reading →

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Synchronizing the Exchange 2013 public folder hierarchy across public folder mailboxes

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Tony Redmond

For space reasons, this text is another bit that was cut out of my Exchange 2013 Inside Out: Mailbox and High Availability book. FWIW, here it is… As you’re probably well aware, public folders are scrubbed and polished to become bright, new, … Continue reading →

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Why Clutter generates so many FAIs in user Inboxes

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Tony Redmond

Playing around with the Get-MailboxFolderStatistics cmdlet the other day (as you do), I noticed that the number of items reported for the Inbox folder (8,443) didn’t match the number shown by Outlook (8,009). Of course, Outlook Web App has the … Continue reading →

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Exchange Online and Native Data Protection – No Backups Baby!

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Tony Redmond

Cloud-based email services such as Exchange Online bring a great deal of value to the table. A service delivered for a fixed known cost that is constantly refreshed with new features (“evergreen software”) and relieves administrators of the need to … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed Digest – January 2015

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Tony Redmond

January 2015 proved to be quite a varied month in my Exchange Unwashed blog on WindowsITPro.com.  Everything from technology transfer from the cloud, new mobile clients, some issues I had with Delve, the new Office for Windows, and Azure witness servers, … Continue reading →

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Why Exchange 2013 doesn’t need the Microsoft Office Filter Pack

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Tony Redmond

For space reasons, this text is another bit that was cut out of my Exchange 2013 Inside Out: Mailbox and High Availability book. FWIW, here it is… If you’ve ever installed Exchange 2010, you’re probably aware of the need to install the … Continue reading →

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