Author Archives: Tony Redmond ("Thoughts of an Idle Mind")

About Tony Redmond ("Thoughts of an Idle Mind")

Office 365 MVP and author

Office 365 Exposed, Episode 11

Posted on January 23, 2018

Last week, I chatted with MVPs Paul Robichaux, Alan Byrne, and Vasil Michev in the palatial surroundings of the Continental Hotel in Budapest, and Paul taped the conversation as episode #11 in our “Office 365 Exposed” series. You can listen … Continue reading →

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Tracking Change in Office 365 Book Content

Posted on January 6, 2018

The Dead Fish Syndrome I am amused with the notion that technical information presented in a blog, book, article, or any other form can remain relatively current long past its publication date. This certainly was the case when I started … Continue reading →

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New Office 365 book from Microsoft Press

Posted on December 6, 2017

Despite what people might think, I welcome the release of the new edition of “Microsoft Office 365 Administration Inside Out.” There is nothing like competition to drive an increase in standards, and even though I think the Office 365 for … Continue reading →

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Podcasts and Flights at Ignite 2017

Posted on September 30, 2017

Ignite Wind-down After a busy week in Orlando, I am in full wind-down mode and recovering from the Ignite 2017 conference. The event itself was excellent, but there were many complaints about how far attendees had to walk between the … Continue reading →

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Announcing Office 365 for IT Pros Fourth Edition

Posted on June 1, 2017

The writing team is thrilled to announce that the fourth edition of the Office 365 for IT Pros eBook is now available. We have been working on this book for the last three months and it is great to see … Continue reading →

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Office 365 for IT Pros 4th Edition – Change Log

Posted on June 1, 2017

Office 365 for IT Pros, 4th Edition, was published on 1 June 2017.  Copies of the book are available in EPUB/PDF format at practical365.com or Kindle at Amazon.com and local subsidiaries. This document describes the changes made to the book since … Continue reading →

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Why You Should Come to Office 365 Engage…

Posted on May 9, 2017

As some of you know, I am the conference chair for Office 365 Engage, a new conference that emphasizes the need to treat Office 365 as a whole rather than a loose collection of mildy-cloudified on-premises applications. The event takes … Continue reading →

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Progress Report: Fourth Edition of Office 365 for IT Pros

Posted on April 19, 2017

The publication of the fourth edition of the Office 365 for IT Pros eBook is delayed until June 1, 2017. Continue reading →

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Preparing for the Fourth Edition of Office 365 for IT Pros

Posted on March 2, 2017

Mastering Change The Office 365 for IT Pros eBook team published the third edition of the book on June 1, 2016. Since then, we have updated the content multiple times to track updates and new developments in Office 365, to … Continue reading →

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