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Category: Office 365

  • 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…

  • RunAs radio interview on Office 365

    Recently I had the chance to sit down and chat with Richard Campbell of RunAs radio, who posted a recording of the interview on December 7. The topic of the interview was the current state of play with Office 365, who’s moving to it, what the impact of the August…

  • Installing Exchange 2010 SP2

    By now you’ll have read the news that Microsoft has released Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Exchange 2010. If not, you can read my article on WindowsITPro.com and then go and fetch the necessary bits from the Microsoft Download Center. Installing SP2 is a relatively straightforward affair and Exchange 2010…

  • November posts on WindowsITPro.com

    I know that many of the readers of this fine blog don’t have the chance or the time to keep up to date with the “Exchange Unwashed” blog that I contribute to on WindowsITPro.com (of course, you could subscribe to Twitter and follow me there), so here’s a brief recap…

  • Getting used to Outlook 2011 for Mac

    On November 8, I described how a brand-new MacBook Air had made its appearance in the IT lineup for the Redmond household and some initial teething problems that this Windows-centric (to date) individual had experienced in setting up this beautiful piece of equipment. It seems that the latest HP Envy…

  • Clients that support Exchange 2010 archive mailboxes

    My post describing the issues that can arise when you enable an Exchange 2010 mailbox to have an archive is one of the most actively discussed on this blog. I think that this points to a certain lack of familiarity that still exists around archive mailboxes. People haven’t quite figured out…

  • Fall Exchange Connections wrap-up

    I’m home from the Fall 2011 Exchange Connections conference and have successfully transitioned from the Las Vegas sunshine to the drab wonders of an Irish winter. I’m wondering whether I will be able to readjust back to both the weather and the change from the wonderful suite that I occupied…

  • Exchange 2010 compliance at Exchange Connections

    I’ve already published an article about the news about Microsoft’s PST capture tool that Ankur Kothari shared at the Fall 2011 Exchange Connections in Las Vegas. Here I’d like to record some of the interesting observations and Q&A interchanges that occurred at the session. In passing, the deck that was…

  • Exchange General Manager speaks at DevConnections

    Good technology conferences allow attendees to meet movers and shakers in the industry, specifically people who are relevant to the technical interests of the attendees. I think that the Exchange Connections conference has a good record in this respect and so it was that Kevin Allison, General Manager of Exchange…