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Category: Exchange

  • Microsoft Exchange 2010 Inside Out heads for another printing

    O’Reilly Media, who look after printing activities for Microsoft Press, contacted me yesterday to give the good news that Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out is now almost out of print. They plan to print a new run of the book early next month. Because most things associated with the publishing…

  • Best of Show award for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out

    Following along from January’s “Distinguished Award” for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out, I received news today that the book won the “Best of Show” award for “Informational Materials” at the 2011 Puget Sound Society for Technical Communications competition. It’s obviously pleasing to hear about such an award. I think…

  • Analyzing what’s in the Exchange 2010 SP2 RU1 update

    Microsoft released Exchange 2010 SP2 RU1 (roll-up update 1 for Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2, or version 14.2.283.3) on Monday, February 13, 2012. As you probably know, a roll-up update provides a complete set of fixes for a software product and once applied, brings a product as up-to-date in terms…

  • The trials and tribulations of writing and reviews

    I guess an author wouldn’t be human if they didn’t check out the reviews of their books that are posted on major book-buying sites like Amazon.com. I do this on an irregular basis, mostly because other tasks get in the way. Often, I learn from the reviews and appreciate the…

  • Microsoft’s PST capture tool appears… eventually!

    A collective sigh settled upon the worldwide Exchange community after Microsoft’s much-anticipated but late release of their free-to-use PST Capture tool occurred today. The tool was originally announced in July 2011 for delivery by the end of the year. Essential testing, especially through a restricted external test by some members…

  • Monday miscellany

    Some random thoughts to fill in the vacuum of a boring Monday afternoon in January… First, why doesn’t the Nokia Lumia 800 running Windows Phone 7.5 display a status bar to show the current state of the battery, wireless connectivity, and so on? You can reveal the status bar, but…

  • Shared mailbox or public folder

    A recent question asked to this blog as to whether I thought it a good idea to use a public folder as a repository for a shared calendar. My answer was “no” as I consider using a shared mailbox to be a much better response. That answer deserves some explanation, so…

  • Exchange 2010 Inside Out receives “Distinguished” award

    I received a note from Microsoft Press yesterday to let me know that Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out had received a technical publications award. The note said: “Every year, Microsoft Press enters our highest quality titles from the past year into the Technical Publications competition hosted by our local chapter…

  • More observations on Windows Phone (and the Nokia Lumia 800)

    I received quite a reaction to my post about moving from iPhone to Windows Phone 7.5 and the Nokia Lumia 800 (I note that Paul Robichaux, a died-in-the-wool Apple fan if one ever existed has now declared his lurking desire for a Lumia). That post contained some initial observations about how…