Category Archives: Writing

The cutting technique


I blogged a few days ago about the need to reduce the size of my Exchange 2010 SP1 book to bring it down from the 1,600 or so pages that Microsoft Press has estimated its current size to something more … Continue reading

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“Inside Out” Book submitted but Exchange 2010 SP1 continues to evolve


After some ten months of work, my Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out book was submitted to Microsoft Press last Wednesday.  The hard work now begins to edit, format, and complete the content in a form that is suitable for … Continue reading

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Exchange 2010 SP1 Book Update – Getting Close to Initial Completion!


The need to transform all the screen shots to use approved names for people and servers has slowed things down a tad but I think we are now back on schedule. The manuscript is now circa 437,500 words, mostly because … Continue reading

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Microsoft Press requirements


This week’s unpleasant surprise was being told by Microsoft Press that the complete text of my Exchange 2010 SP1 book had to be revised. Two issues were identified. First, I had created an environment to run multiple Exchange 2010 servers … Continue reading

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Chapters eventually flowing


I haven’t been adding much text to this blog recently but that’s because I was away in France and have been busy submitting the first chapters of my SP1 book to Microsoft Press. The trip to south of France was … Continue reading

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ISBN for Exchange 2010 SP1 “Inside Out” Book


I’ve just been told by Microsoft Press that the official title of my Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out book and its ISBN are: “Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out” ISBN 9780735640610 Available for order now at all good booksellers. … Continue reading

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Update report for the Exchange SP1 book


I’ve not written much here for the last week or so, but I have a good excuse. I’ve been heads-down to complete a number of chapters for my Exchange 2010 SP1 book to be able to submit them to Microsoft … Continue reading

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Books, books, books


I’ve been asked how many books have I written to date. The answer is that twelve have been published so far, all with Digital Press, and now I’m working on #13 for Microsoft Press. Digital Press started as the technical … Continue reading

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Exchange 2010 SP1 Book


The broad outline of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out that I am working on is given below. This may well change when Microsoft Press starts to fit the chapters that I have written into the format of the published … Continue reading

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Musing on Bits n’ Pieces


I’ve ignored blogging for long enough. Perhaps it was because I was too busy with the day-to-day work that went on inside HP to have time to blog as well as do other (more interesting) things such as writing articles … Continue reading

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