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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.

Exchange Unwashed Digest – September 2014

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Tony Redmond

September 2014 included Exchange Connections in Las Vegas (all seemed to have a great time) plus some upheaval in Microsoft, so there was plenty to discuss in my “Exchange Unwashed” blog at WindowsITPro.com. Here’s what happened during the month: The … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2013 workload management controls how the Mailbox Replication service uses system resources

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Tony Redmond

One of the more important changes for the Mailbox Replication service (MRS) in Exchange 2013 that I discovered when researching content for “Microsoft Exchange 2013 Inside Out: Mailbox and High Availability” is how the function of the MRS configuration file has … Continue reading →

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Setting server diagnostic levels in Exchange 2013

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Tony Redmond

The ability to set diagnostics at different levels for the various components that function on an Exchange server has always existed. From Exchange 4.0 to Exchange 2003 you set diagnostic levels through the management console by selecting the component (for example, … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2013 improves USG management through EAC and OWA

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Tony Redmond

Exchange 2010 SP1 made a change to limit the ability to make changes to universal security groups (USGs) via the Exchange Management Console (EMC), which meant that administrators were no longer able to use EMC to amend USG membership, a side-effect … Continue reading →

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Reporting delegate access to Exchange mailboxes

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Tony Redmond

All current versions of Exchange 2013 (up to and including CU6) and Exchange Online (Office 365) contain a bug that can compromise the ability of companies to comply with discovery orders. The bug means that a user can remove items … Continue reading →

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Some technology updates, some glitches, mostly good

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Tony Redmond

Since returning from the network wilderness that sometimes afflicted us during our recent trip to France, it seemed like a good idea to complete some technology refreshes that had been on the back-burner during vacation. The first was to remove … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed Digest – August 2014

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Tony Redmond

I spent a lot of August in France but that didn’t stop the constant demand for new content to appear in my “Exchange Unwashed” blog on WindowsITPro.com. Here’s what was published during the month. Exchange 2013 CU6 hybrid and co-existence … Continue reading →

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Visiting Omaha Beach and some Wi-Fi woes

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Tony Redmond

Those of you who know me will realize that I am a bit of a history buff, so it should come as no surprise that the last night on a recent trip to France found us in Vierville-sur-Mer en route … Continue reading →

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Dealing with Inbox Clutter – with or without vacations

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Tony Redmond

The news that Daimler has decided to implement software that deletes email received by users when they are on vacation might make other companies believe that such a course is a very good thing. After all, you’re not supposed to … Continue reading →

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The need for a cloud Plan B

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Tony Redmond

For most important decisions that you take in life it’s wise to have a Plan B. Something that you can do to reverse course should the unexpected occur and you need to revert to a previous position. And so it … Continue reading →

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