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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.

VAX Notes remembered

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Tony Redmond

I was surprised and delighted to come across a White Paper called “The Camelot of Collaboration” that documents the use of a now-forgotten technology called VAX Notes within the late-lamented Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). Collaboration comes naturally to many today given information … Continue reading →

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Is Dell about to cut TEC?

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Word is reaching me that Dell might have decided to cancel future TEC (The Experts Conference) events. If this is true, the last TEC was in Barcelona in October and it marked a series of events that was fun and … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2013 EAC showing some frayed edges

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Last July I wrote about the Exchange Administration Center (EAC) and how it was being introduced in Exchange 2013 to replace the creaking and slow Exchange Management Console (EMC) as featured in Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2007. Now that we’ve … Continue reading →

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“Exchange Unwashed” November 2012 digest

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Tony Redmond

November was another busy month for the “Exchange Unwashed” blog. Here’s the digest of the articles that were published. Visio stencils released but no news of Exchange 2010 SP2 RU5 or TechNet updates (November 29). Microsoft released a very useful … Continue reading →

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Microsoft increases prices for Office products – time to chat with your sales rep

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Microsoft customers probably didn’t enjoy reading about the new prices for Office 2013 products that are reportedly on the way from December 1. The date is important because that’s when the Office 2013 versions of applications like Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, … Continue reading →

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Kemp reveals LoadMaster changes after Microsoft drops TMG

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Tony Redmond

In my post that discusses the notion of creating protocol-specific namespaces for use with Exchange 2013, I wondered what the load balancing vendors would react to the changing landscape of the Exchange world. Of course, it’s not just the new … Continue reading →

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Announcing Exchange 2013 Inside Out: Well, we’re starting anyway…

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Tony Redmond

We are delighted to announce a new joint project: Exchange 2013 Inside Out, a two-volume set that we will write for Microsoft Press, with an anticipated publication date in Fall 2013. Tony is writing part 1, which covers the mailbox … Continue reading →

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Analyzing Exchange 2010 SP2 RU5

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Microsoft has re-released Exchange 2010 SP2 RU5 (v2) – This update should fix the DAG problem that was reported soon after the original release. However, protect yourself by making sure to test RU5 thoroughly before it goes anywhere near a production … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2013 and the case for protocol-specific namespaces

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Perhaps the Exchange developers were unaware of the law of unintended consequences when they decided to change Exchange’s load balancing requirement from layer 7 to layer 4 of the network stack. For the most part, the change is wonderful. For … Continue reading →

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Three short days in Iceland

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Tony Redmond

I might just be the world’s worst tourist, especially when arrangements are made for me. But a pretty bleak choice exists if you live in Ireland and want to visit Iceland, namely, to sign up for an IcelandAir tour package … Continue reading →

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