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

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

Office 365 MVP and author

Office 365 for IT Pros, 5th Edition (2019)

Posted on June 25, 2018

A New Edition We launched the first edition of the Office 365 for IT Pros eBook at the Microsoft Ignite conference in Chicago in May 2015. At that time, the book was called Office 365 for Exchange Professionals and it … Continue reading →

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European Collaboration Summit 2018

Posted on June 1, 2018

Experiences from the European Collaboration Summit 2018, held in Mainz, Germany, May 28-30 2018. Continue reading →

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Galapagos Photo Experiences

Posted on February 13, 2018

We recently visited the Galapagos islands. This blog post is a collection of photos from the trip, where I proved to fail to get anywhere close to capturing the Big 15 of Galapagos species. Continue reading →

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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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