Author Archives: Tony Redmond

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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 – January 2014

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Tony Redmond

January is often a time for reflection. In my “Exchange Unwashed” blog over the past month I reflected on topics such as the need to carefully count Client Access Licenses, the impending deadline for support for some well-known and still-used … Continue reading →

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Pondering the effective use of Twitter

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Tony Redmond

I ignored Twitter for the first couple of years of its existence. I was at HP at the time and was aware of the research done by the Social Computing Laboratory (led by by a very smart fellow named Bernardo … Continue reading →

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Mailbox quarantining in Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2013

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Tony Redmond

This is another article that was never published by WindowsITPro.com (possibly because I contribute so many posts to my “Exchange Unwashed” blog on the site), so I make it available here with the caveat that this text has not been … Continue reading →

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Email’s about to die? I think not

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Tony Redmond

Ho hum: the recent Wired.com article “The Next Big Thing You Missed: Email’s About to Die, Argues Facebook Co-Founder” seemed to be one big advertisement for Asana, a startup based in San Francisco. Asana, led by Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, … Continue reading →

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Managing Exchange ActiveSync device partnerships (in a world where we all use too many devices)

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Tony Redmond

This is the text of an article that I wrote for Windows IT Pro magazine that was never published. It might be of some interest and use to folks grappling with ActiveSync partnerships, so I decided to publish it here. … Continue reading →

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Upgrading the database schema within an Exchange 2013 DAG

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Tony Redmond

In my conversation about life, the universe, and Exchange development (well, mostly the latter) with Microsoft’s VP for Exchange development, Perry Clarke, he said “There isn’t a part of the core Exchange Server that is not shipped to our on-premises … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed Digest – December 2013

Posted on January 2, 2014 by Tony Redmond

Statistics show that 118 new posts appeared on my Exchange Unwashed blog on WindowsITPro.com during 2013. I was responsible for the good posts and am unsure as to the author of anything that was rubbish. Here’s what happened during December … Continue reading →

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The elimination of web bugs (well, for Gmail anyway)

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Tony Redmond

I read Google’s post of December 12 announcing that Gmail would now display graphics in messages automatically with some interest. It seems like a very good idea to me to address the “web beacon” or “web bug” problem that has … Continue reading →

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Did Exchange ActiveSync help Apple to beat RIM?

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Tony Redmond

Now that the dust has settled down after the publication of my recent interview with Perry Clarke, Microsoft VP for Exchange development, it’s a good time to reflect on some of the statements made by Perry and the reaction that … Continue reading →

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Motorola Mobility continues its losing streak in synchronization war with Microsoft

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Tony Redmond

I spent a good part of 2012 helping Microsoft to defend a law suit in the UK High Court against Motorola Mobility. You’ll recall that Google bought Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in 2011 with the intention of exploiting the … Continue reading →

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