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.

Date range exports with New-MailboxExportRequest

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Tony Redmond

From Exchange 2010 SP1 onward, a new method is used to export and import mailbox data. Instead of forcing administrators to run Outlook on a mailbox server so as to be able to use Outlook’s ability to read and write … Continue reading →

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Exchange Panel Session at TEC 2011

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Tony Redmond

I participated in an interesting panel sessions at TEC 2011 EMEA in Frankfurt on Tuesday. Panel sessions can be an embarrassment for both panelists and audience if no one asks any questions or the questions don’t contain sufficient meat to … Continue reading →

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RWC events, weekly happenings, and Frankfurt calling

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Tony Redmond

Wow… what a Rugby World Cup (RWC) semi-final. Wales were desperately unlucky to end up at the wrong end of a 9-8 result as France staggered through to the final to emulate their feat at the original RWC in 1987. … Continue reading →

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Answering questions from SearchExchange about Office 365 deployments

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Tony Redmond

Last week I sat down (in virtual terms) with Matt Gervais, site editor of SearchExchange.com to discuss some questions arising from a recent survey that they had done of Exchange customers to determine their attitude to Office 365.  You can download … Continue reading →

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Office 365 plans for small companies – unnatural limits?

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Tony Redmond

Microsoft has unwittingly (or not) created a long term problem for me. Right now, I expend the grand sum of EUR6.35 monthly for a single Office 365 Plan P1 subscription. I think that this is terrific value but then again, … Continue reading →

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Parasites who steal from books

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Tony Redmond

I’m a tad annoyed. In fact, I am very annoyed. Very annoyed to discover that some people believe that it is right and proper to take text from my Exchange 2010 SP1: Inside Out book and use it in their … Continue reading →

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Office 365 dedicated subscriptions: service descriptions available now, service in 2012

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Tony Redmond

Microsoft released the service definition documents for the dedicated versions of Office 365 on October 4, 2011. The dedicated subscription plans add to the existing range of “P” (professional and small business) and “E” (enterprise) plans that are available now. … Continue reading →

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Gmail shows Office 365 how to meet a 99.9%+ SLA

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Tony Redmond

The really bad thing about the Office 365 outages in August and September is that the accumulated 330 minutes of downtime means that Microsoft cannot meet its published Service Level Agreement (SLA) of 99.9%. To their credit, Microsoft has already … Continue reading →

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September 2011 wrap-up

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Tony Redmond

Lots has happened during September, much of which I have covered in other posts. This post serves as a wrap-up for other bits and pieces that I haven’t managed to get to over the month. First, a recommendation for rugby … Continue reading →

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Weekend in Connemara

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Tony Redmond

We’ve just passed a very pleasant and relaxing weekend in Connemara, my favourite place in Ireland. Oscar Wilde described Connemara as “savage”, probably due to the rock-strewn rugged landscape that creates a real challenge for farmers to scrape a living. … Continue reading →

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