Category Archives: Office 365

European Office 365 datacenters exposed to U.S. authorities?

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Tony Redmond

After the razzmatazz of the corporate Office 365 launch in NYC faded, local Microsoft subsidiaries around the world did their own thing to brief journalists and introduce details of local offerings, such as link-ups with telcos to deliver Office 365 packaged … Continue reading →

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Ballmer launches Office 365

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Tony Redmond

For the fun of it and because I had some spare time, I tuned into the Microsoft launch of Office 365 in NYC via the web. The content was pretty much as you’d expect from a Microsoft event: Marketing person … Continue reading →

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Interesting price differences for Office 365 accounts

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Tony Redmond

Due to be formally launched in NYC on Tuesday, June 28, there’s no doubt that Microsoft has had enormous success with its Office 365 beta program. Depending on whom you talk to, tens of millions of people signed up to … Continue reading →

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“The Register” runs ESEUTIL to rescue an Exchange 2003 server

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Tony Redmond

It’s nice to see that “The Register” continues to support Exchange 2003 administrators with advice such as that offered in the article “Help my Exchange server just rebooted” posted on June 18, 2011.I’m assuming that the article was about Exchange … Continue reading →

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Measuring Outlook 2010 network latency

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Tony Redmond

One of the truths often overlooked by those who wish to rush into the cloud is that the characteristics of their network will change dramatically. Some of the traffic that is currently processed internally will have to be channeled out … Continue reading →

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Chatting about Exchange 2010 SP2 and Office 365 with Matt Gervais

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Tony Redmond

Last week, Matt Gervais, site editor of SearchExchange.com, tracked me down in France to chat about my views about Exchange 2010 SP2, Office 365, virtualizing Exchange, and whether Exchange administrators are threatened by the cloud. Matt captured our conversation in … Continue reading →

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Office 365: Launch on June 28

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Tony Redmond

The invitations have been printed and Steve Ballmer is making the final touches to the PowerPoint that he’s scheduled to present at Microsoft’s formal launch of Office 365. The grand event takes place in New York City on June 28 … Continue reading →

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Filers verus Pilers

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Tony Redmond

Many moons ago, good filing habits were deemed to be an important part of office life. Documents had to be correctly placed in the right folder and carefully deposited in a file cabinet to allow the office to operate properly. … Continue reading →

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Managing Office 365 with the one true shell

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Tony Redmond

Exchange administrators have known since the release of Exchange 2007 that only wimps seek the soft comfort of the GUI-rich Exchange Management Console (EMC) when they attempt to manage servers, mailboxes, or other objects. Exchange Online, part of Office 365, … Continue reading →

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Two conferences call for sessions for Fall 2011

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Tony Redmond

The two conferences that cover topics of interest to Exchange, including Exchange itself, SharePoint, and Windows, have issued calls for sessions for their Fall conferences. TEC’s Fall event is in Frankfurt, Germany from 17-19 October while Fall Connections is in … Continue reading →

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