Category Archives: Cloud

PRISM, Internet Data, Email, and Auntie Mary’s messages

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Tony Redmond

In 1948, it seems like George Orwell was quite prescient when he wrote “There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment” in his novel “1984”. Apple used the vision painted by … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed digest: April 2013

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Tony Redmond

April 2013 saw the appearance of Exchange 2013 CU1 to release the restrictions that had previously stopped anyone running a “legacy” version of Exchange from installing Exchange 2013 into an existing organization. More stuff happened during April too, and some … Continue reading →

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Office 365 support case resolved – thankfully!

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Tony Redmond

On April 29, I reported the poor support experience I had received as a result of the upgrade of my Office 365 tenant domain from the Wave 14 release to Wave 15. Essentially, a support call reported on April 8 … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed Digest February 2013

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Tony Redmond

February was quite an interesting month, if you like tracking various bugs and arguing whether Exchange 2013 is fit for deployment. Here’s what happened in my “Exchange Unwashed” blog on WindowsITPro.com during the month: Exchange 2010 Datacenter switchover tool (February … Continue reading →

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Google and Microsoft spat over ActiveSync: Hardly a war, more like a skirmish

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Tony Redmond

January 30 Update: Just on the deadline, it seems like Google has acceded to a request from Microsoft to extend its support for ActiveSync connections to Gmail until July 31, 2013. The step simply makes sense as it reduces the … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed Digest for October 2012

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Tony Redmond

October 2012 was quite a busy month for my “Exchange Unwashed” blog on WindowsItPro.com with 11 articles appearing. Here’s the regular monthly digest: Exchange 2013 reduces number of mounted databases to 50 (October 30). I wonder how many companies run … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2013, Facebook, malfunctioning ActiveSync clients, modern public folders and more at TEC Barcelona

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Tony Redmond

The European edition of The Experts Conference (TEC) rolled around in Barcelona this week. As a location, the conference center was fine, if just a tad remote from the delights of Barcelona’s city center.  The conference center is co-located with … Continue reading →

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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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