Category Archives: Exchange

Why Exchange 2013 doesn’t need the Microsoft Office Filter Pack

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Tony Redmond

For space reasons, this text is another bit that was cut out of my Exchange 2013 Inside Out: Mailbox and High Availability book. FWIW, here it is… If you’ve ever installed Exchange 2010, you’re probably aware of the need to install the … Continue reading →

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Using the Exchange 2013 cmdlet extension agent to populate mailbox settings

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Tony Redmond

For space reasons, this text was cut out of my Exchange 2013 Inside Out: Mailbox and High Availability book. I only found it again recently, so here it is… Many properties can be set to control exactly how a mailbox … Continue reading →

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Selecting the right compliance framework to use with Exchange

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Tony Redmond

Exchange 2010 upped Microsoft’s game when it came to the out-of-the-box compliance features available in the server. Exchange 2013 builds on that foundation to refine matters through features such as in-place holds and integration with SharePoint 2013; increased integration is available … Continue reading →

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A brief history of Exchange Time Management

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Tony Redmond

It might just be me, but the sounds of bitter complaints by users whose calendars have been thrown into confusion by some combination of user error, Exchange server bug, and client mess-up appear to have quietened recently. At least, my … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed Digest – November 2014

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Tony Redmond

The normal flow of new features, updates, and bugs flowed across the “Exchange Unwashed” desk during November. Some of the bugs were puzzling, others were infuriating, but everything was interesting – at least to me. A clash between S/MIME and … Continue reading →

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Brick backups and Exchange – not recommended

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Tony Redmond

I was recently asked whether a company should invest in brick-level backup for Exchange 2010. This request came as quite a surprise because I hadn’t run into anyone who was interested in this kind of technology for a number of … Continue reading →

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ePublishing for Technology: a new book on Exchange 2013 High Availability

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Tony Redmond

Time is both the greatest enemy and greatest friend of technical books. I know that seems like a statement which makes little sense, but truth lurks in these words. We all know that technology now evolves at an ever-increasing cadence. … Continue reading →

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Outlook 2013 and site mailboxes

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Tony Redmond

Although the new-and-interesting Office 365 Groups have taken some of the shine and luster off site mailboxes in terms of the collaboration options that are now available in Office 365, some companies have site mailboxes deployed because they like the way that … Continue reading →

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Good and bad in the new Outlook for Mac

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Tony Redmond

Being an Office for Mac 2011 user is sometimes hard. Really hard. And not just because Office for Mac 2011 is so far behind its Windows counterpart in terms of functionality, it’s also because its applications like Outlook for Mac … Continue reading →

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