Category Archives: Exchange 2010

Office 365: A pretty good first year

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Tony Redmond

On June 28 it will be a year since the formal launch of Office 365 in New York. I guess that we’ve learned a lot since. When they brief the press, Microsoft likes to discuss the 50-odd enhancements that they’ve … Continue reading →

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May 2012 articles posted on WindowsITPro.com

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Another month goes by, another set of articles have been posted to my “Exchange Unwashed” blog on WindowsITPro.com. Here are the set for May 2012: The cloud is great, but what about Plan B? (May 31) discusses the need for … Continue reading →

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Exploring Exchange 2010 SP2 RU3

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Tony Redmond

On May 29, 2012, the Exchange Customer Experience Team (CXP) released Roll-up Update 3 (RU3) for Exchange 2010 SP2. RU3 comes some six weeks after its RU2 predecessor (April 16) and as always among the 42 individual fixes, this update … Continue reading →

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Another STC award for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Tony Redmond

The nice people at Microsoft Press have been in contact with me again to let me know that my book Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out has now received an “excellence” award from the Society of Technical Communication (STC), the professional body … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2010 SP2 RU2: Deep-dive into what’s in this roll-up update

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Tony Redmond

On Monday, April 16, Microsoft released roll-up update 2 (RU2) for Exchange 2010 SP2. There was nothing strange or unusual in this process because it follows Microsoft’s practice of issuing cumulative roll-up updates for Exchange at regular intervals. On the … Continue reading →

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March 2012 articles posted on WindowsITPro.com

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Here is the digest of articles that I posted to March 2012 during March 2012: iPhone meet Exchange 2010 posted on March 29 is a review of Steve Goodman’s new book iPhone with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 – Business Integration … Continue reading →

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Reverting to Outlook’s AutoArchive feature

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Tony Redmond

A question arising from my post about some things to consider when you enable Exchange 2010 archive mailboxes asked how a user could revert back to Outlook’s AutoArchive feature if they decided that they really didn’t want to use the archive mailbox. … Continue reading →

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Exchange ActiveSync books – one coming, one in production

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Tony Redmond

There’s no doubt that ActiveSync has been an enormous success for Microsoft. Every important mobile device vendor has licensed ActiveSync and although the implementation of the features enabled by ActiveSync varies from vendor to vendor, it’s still true to say … Continue reading →

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Enterprise Vault, ALL-IN-1, and all that

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Tony Redmond

My recent post about the origins of Symantec’s Enterprise Vault product provoked a flurry of email conversations with many people, including the redoubtable Nigel Dutt, ex-CTO of KVS, the creators of Enterprise Vault. Nigel and I have butted heads over … Continue reading →

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February 2012 articles posted on WindowsITPro.com

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Understanding the bug fix for OAB downloads in Exchange 2010 SP2 RU1 (February 28): This is a fun article that pokes a gentle amount of fun at the wonderful turn of phrase exhibited by Greg Taylor when he explained a … Continue reading →

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