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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 September 2012 Digest

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Tony Redmond

September 2012 was the month of MEC and many articles appeared to cover the happenings at the conference. I tried, but failed, to stay away from too many mentions of MEC in the “Exchange Unwashed” blog because there were many … Continue reading →

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Searching, iFilters, and attachments

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Ireland in October is definitely different to Florida in September. Although I didn’t see much of the outside weather during last week’s MEC in Orlando, heat and humidity has been replaced with Dublin’s ongoing mixture of rain and wind. Some … Continue reading →

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Exchange community, UC architects, and engineers with a fashion sense

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Back in Ireland after a week away in Orlando to take in MEC, the “forgotten conference”, I’ve had time to digest some of what happened in Florida and reflect on some topics that I didn’t get to cover in previous … Continue reading →

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MEC 2012 Wrap-up

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Day 3 of MEC delivered another set of sessions containing lots of interesting information about different Exchange topics, the most interesting of which was named “Ask an Exchange Dev (because program managers and marketing lie)”. This session was announced late … Continue reading →

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MEC day 2: Geek Out could have been better, but much to applaud

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Tony Redmond

The second day at the revamped, relaunched, recherished Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC) commenced with quick wrap-up of day 1 from Michael Atalla (a man who books a theme park and then fills it to 5% capacity must be respected) followed … Continue reading →

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MEC launches with insults, edgy humour, but lots of good technical content too

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Tony Redmond

MEC swung into action on Monday with two keynotes followed by a set of technical sessions covering different aspects of Exchange 2013. Overall, it was a highly productive day where a lot of interesting content was shared. It all started … Continue reading →

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Some color problems as MEC swings into action

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Tony Redmond

The first full day of the Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC) swings into play this morning with the normal menu of an opening non-technical keynote followed by a technical keynote. The difference of course is that the first is for marketing … Continue reading →

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Squeaky lobster’s at MEC: Is this the start of the excitement?

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Tony Redmond

This coming week is all about the relaunched, revamped, and hopefully not-a-warmed-over-copy-of-Teched Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC). I flew from Dublin to Orlando yesterday, enjoying a reasonable service from Aer Lingus on a flight that must have set a new record … Continue reading →

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HP: Once more into the smartphone breach?

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Meg Whitman’s interview with Fox Business News where the CEO of HP revealed “My view is we have to ultimately offer a smartphone because in many countries of the world, that is your first computing device” is a little surprising … Continue reading →

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The consequences of Microsoft’s new cloud-centric security product strategy

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Tony Redmond

If you haven’t read the news about Microsoft’s new direction for its on-premises security products, you might not be aware that offerings such as Forefront Protection for Exchange (FPE) and Threat Management Gateway (TMG) will not be carried forward into … Continue reading →

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