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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.

Facebook page for Exchange 2010 Maestro training

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Tony Redmond

The redoubtable Mr. Robichaux, showing a mastery of technology that marks him as a very special person, has created a Facebook page for our Exchange 2010 Maestro training events that we are planning for San Diego (May), London (UK – … Continue reading →

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Seat 25G to Seattle

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Tony Redmond

I’m just back from spending the week in Bellevue and Redmond, where I attended Microsoft’s annual MVP Summit. MVP stands for “Most Valuable Professional” and essentially it’s a group of advocates for Microsoft technology organized by interest. I’m an Exchange … Continue reading →

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Whoops! Where’s my Inbox?

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Tony Redmond

One of the weaknesses inherent in cloud-based services was displayed once again on February 28 when Gmail service was lost to some 500,000 users, or as Google expressed it, 0.29% of the total user base (I love the way that … Continue reading →

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Multi-role or single-role servers?

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Tony Redmond

Ever since Exchange 2007, Microsoft has emphasized the product’s capability to be installed in different roles on a server. The logic behind this direction is pretty simple: you should only ever install the code that you actually need on a … Continue reading →

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Personal experience: the perils and pain of losing Internet access

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Tony Redmond

I thought that I was all set for the Exchange 2010 high availability webinar that I co-presented on behalf of Marathon Technologies on February 24 – or so I believed. The slides had been done, we had run through how … Continue reading →

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Some odd Google search results

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Tony Redmond

One of my ex-colleagues at HP was doing some research into how Exchange 2010 performs replication. He plugged in a search request into Google and got some interesting results back, which he just had to share with me (below). I … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2010 Public Folders: Part 3

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Tony Redmond

This content comes from a chapter removed from my book Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out, also available at Amazon.co.uk (including a Kindle edition). The first part of the chapter is available in this post and the second here. This post … Continue reading →

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Join me at the Marathon Technologies webinar on 24 February 2011

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Tony Redmond

Many companies ask me to look at their technology, especially when it’s relevant to Exchange 2010. Typically there’s a request to get involved by assessing the technology and perhaps writing about it.  Most of the time I politely decline because … Continue reading →

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First look: HP E5000 Messaging System

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Tony Redmond

On January 21, I blogged about the joint HP-Microsoft announcement of the HP E5000, the first messaging appliance-type system specifically designed to run Exchange 2010. This week I’ve had the chance to spend some time in Cupertino, CA working with … Continue reading →

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TMO’ing Six Nations rugby in Twickers

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Tony Redmond

It’s been a while since I reported on rugby activities, so here goes. Saturday last (February 12) saw me at Twickenham, London for the England vs. Italy match in the RBS Six Nations championship. Whilst I have been the TMO … Continue reading →

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