Category: Email
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Some factors that make it much easier to introduce new features in the cloud
As you’re probably aware, Microsoft uses the same code base to deliver both Exchange 2013 on-premises and Exchange Online. New builds are generated from the base and first appear in Exchange Online and later in a quarterly cumulative update. It all seems like a reasonable arrangement that ensures that same…
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New technology changes comparison between on-premises and cloud software
When cloud services first became available, it was said that the most dangerous weapon in IT was the article in an airline magazine that attracted the attention of a CIO to a cheap monthly payment per user. Enthused by the notion that they could replace unpredictable and arbitrary costs for…
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Enterprise-grade cloud services are the new battleground between Microsoft and Google
The first day of any large vendor-centric technology conference is invariably accompanied by a great deal of hype as the vendor takes full opportunity to strut their stuff and spread the good news. Keynotes full of bold new announcements are backed up by a blizzard of press releases, blogs, and…
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Selecting mailbox migration software
I am asked on a fairly regular basis to recommend software to migrate data from different systems to Exchange (either on-premises or cloud). I don’t want to endorse any software in any way, but I think it worthwhile to set down a number of principles that can be used to guide…
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The end of Exchange? I don’t think so…
“Be afraid”, be very afraid”… is the opening of a blog post by Scott Cameron, an account strategist for Microsoft, titled “Office 365: The End of Exchange?” It’s an odd post that combines a fair element of truth with some fairly dubious predictions. This is a topic that I am asked…
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Exchange Unwashed Digest – April 2014
If only because it started with the last two days of the Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC), April 2014 was quite a month for the Exchange community. Here’s what I discussed during the month in my “Exchange Unwashed” blog on WindowsITPro.com. Exchange 2013 is a resource hog – no surprise there…
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What Microsoft needs to do to fix modern public folders
The amiable Kanika Ramji, program manager for Exchange public folders, might have gulped a little when she saw the packed crowd at the “Experts Unplugged” session covering Exchange’s longest-lasting and most-persistent collaboration technology at the Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC) on April 1. After all, the Internet had buzzed with criticism…
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Exchange Unwashed Digest: March 2014
March 2014 saw a lot of preparatory effort for the Microsoft Exchange Conference in Austin, which took place at the end of the month. However, before we got to MEC, we had to cope with a late breaking bug for Exchange 2013 SP1 and some other stuff too… Here’s what…
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The colorful side of MEC 2014: All the stuff that makes a conference
What can I say about the Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC) that recently finished in Austin? Lots of blogs and other comments have already been posted, including my assessment of the messages contained in the day 1 keynote, the splendor of the sessions delivered on day 2, and some closing thoughts…
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SQL 2014’s link to Exchange 4.0
It was nice to read the memories of ex-Microsoft Distinguished Engineer Hal Berenson in a post about SQL 2014’s delayed durability feature. Like me, Hal used to work at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), where he specialized on database engineering. He tells the story of prototyping delayed durability to fix some performance…
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