Category Archives: Writing

Exchange 2010 Inside Out: Final chapter emerges from technical review

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Tony Redmond

After some 16 months of work, today I had the distinct pleasure of returning chapter 17 of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out, also available at Amazon.co.uk to Microsoft Press after receiving it late last night from the copy editors. … Continue reading →

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Cloud Computing Explained – A good guide

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Tony Redmond

Cloud Computing is all the rage these days but people tend to think about their own piece of the IT spectrum when it comes to considering how cloud computing will affect the industry. I guess that’s natural. In any case, … Continue reading →

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Eight essential aspects influencing the publication of good technical books

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Tony Redmond

A recent remark in a LinkedIn.com forum stated “Please do not use Microsoft Press and “Technical Editing” in the same sentence. Have you ever seen the 1st editions of the Technical books?” I believe that the general thrust of the … Continue reading →

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Active Directory book available for iPad or iPhone

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Tony Redmond

While I use a 3GS iPhone, I must admit that I have not gotten into iPad. Maybe I’ll do so after Apple upgrades the device to V2.0, whenever that might be. In any case, I was intrigued to find that … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2010 SP1 still changing

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Tony Redmond

I’ve commented before about the problem posed for authors who attempt to describe software as it is being developed. Code that you think is solid and won’t change is removed before the final build because a bug is discovered or … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2010 SP1 “Inside Out” book makes its first public appearance

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Tony Redmond

When browsing Amazon.co.uk today, I was amused to receive this recommendation: Fantastic – the word is out that my Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out book is soon to be available! Great… until I read the PR text that talked about … Continue reading →

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Progress towards publication: Exchange 2010 SP1 “Inside Out” Book

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Tony Redmond

My Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out book is slowly taking shape. Now that Microsoft has released SP1 (August 25, 2010), the code is finalized, which makes things much easier all round. To give you an insight into the work … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2010 Best Practices Book now available

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Tony Redmond

Microsoft Press/O’Reilly have just published the Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Best Practices (also available from Amazon.co.uk) book by Siegfried Jagott and Joel Stidley. I had some involvement in this book as I was the technical editor for roughly half the … Continue reading →

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A small increase

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Tony Redmond

As discussed in earlier posts, Microsoft Press had some concern about the size of my Exchange 2010 SP1 book as the submitted manuscript amounted to some 1,600 pages. They asked me to reduce the size to 1,100 pages and I … Continue reading →

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Selecting a book about technology

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Tony Redmond

Recently, a question was posed on the Exchange MVP mailing list about what books people would recommend to help technologists get up to speed with Exchange 2010. Clearly this is a topic that I am both interested in and have … Continue reading →

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