Category Archives: Office 365

Retention policies: the fat-busters of the Exchange world

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Tony Redmond

Exchange messaging records management (or MRM for those who deal in acronyms) has long been an interest of mine, if only because it seems to me that it makes a heap of sense to have some intelligence that processes user … Continue reading →

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Fast track Office 365 migrations by Microsoft pose some challenges for partners

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Tony Redmond

Microsoft’s announcement that they intended to accelerate the on-boarding (migration) of customer seats to Office 365 through the “FastTrack” program surprised some attending the Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) last month. Apparently the idea is that Microsoft will hire (or has … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed Digest – July 2014

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Tony Redmond

Another month has gone by and it was a busy one for my “Exchange Unwashed” blog on WindowsITPro.com. I published thirteen posts covering everything from the thorny question of just how many paid subscribers Microsoft has for Office 365 to some … Continue reading →

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Why it is easier for Microsoft to innovate inside Office 365

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Tony Redmond

My last post discussed the fact that an increasing level of integration to create new features by the Office server products creates some issues for hosting companies (other than Office 365) and on-premises customers. At least in the case of … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed Digest – June 2014

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Tony Redmond

June 2014 was an interesting month for my “Exchange Unwashed” blog on WindowsITPro.com as the material covered was pretty diverse as we went from platforms like Azure to storage firmware and all points in between. See what you think! Why running … Continue reading →

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Increasing Office 365 integration poses challenges for hosters and on-premises customers

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Tony Redmond

It seems to me that a fundamental transformation is occurring within the Office 365 datacenters that has some consequences for those who offer alternate hosted services as well as on-premises customers. And it’s all to do with the level of … Continue reading →

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My top 10 Office 365 Roadmap features

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Tony Redmond

As I discussed in an “Exchange Unwashed” post about Office 365 change management, Microsoft has adopted new methods to keep customers informed about new developments in the rapidly-changing world of Office 365. This is a necessary step not only because … Continue reading →

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Cloud services mean a very different support experience

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Tony Redmond

My recent experience of working through a problem with Office 365 support confirmed once again just how fundamental the paradigm shift is for IT professionals tasked with resolving problems after workload moves to the cloud. Overall, the support experience was … Continue reading →

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GAMME – an unfortunate name for Google’s new migration utility

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Tony Redmond

I know (because I have visited the Dublin Googleplex several times) that Google employs several thousand people in Ireland. Couldn’t one of them have looked at the acronym for their new Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange (GAMME) service and … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed Digest – May 2014

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Tony Redmond

May 2014 brought a TechEd North America event and produced some interesting news from that conference. But there was lots of other stuff to discuss during the month. Here’s what I published on my Exchange Unwashed blog on WindowsITPro.com. Learning about … Continue reading →

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