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- Creating a new address list for Exchange Online (Office 365)
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Tag Archives: EAS
The automatic cleanup of old Exchange ActiveSync device partnerships
In 2012, I wrote about ActiveSync device partnerships some time ago to describe how partnerships are created and how they accumulate over time, which leads to the need to clean up partnerships belonging to old and obsolete devices, such as … Continue reading
Exchange Unwashed Digest – June 2015
Sorry for the delay in publishing the June 2015 digest for my “Exchange Unwashed” blog on WindowsITPro.com. Travel and the need to crank up the organization of updates for the 2nd edition of the “Office 365 for Exchange Professionals” eBook … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud, Exchange, Exchange 2013, Office 365
Tagged ActiveSync, archive, Clutter, CU9, EAC, EAS, Exchange 2013, Exchange Unwashed Blog, First Release, granular administration, NUIX, Office 365 import service, People View, PST, QuadroTech, VMware
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Zombie health mailboxes and EAS probes
When I discussed how some corrupt health mailboxes came about following my flattening of an Exchange 2013 server, I called them “zombie mailboxes”, which might have seemed unkind to some. In fact, it’s an accurate reporting of the fact that … Continue reading
A brief history of Exchange Time Management
It might just be me, but the sounds of bitter complaints by users whose calendars have been thrown into confusion by some combination of user error, Exchange server bug, and client mess-up appear to have quietened recently. At least, my … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud, Email, Exchange, Exchange 2013, Office 365
Tagged Acompli, ActiveSync, Calendar Management, EAS, Email, Exchange 2013, Exchange Online, iOS 8.1, Time Management
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Exchange Unwashed Digest: March 2014
March 2014 saw a lot of preparatory effort for the Microsoft Exchange Conference in Austin, which took place at the end of the month. However, before we got to MEC, we had to cope with a late breaking bug for … Continue reading
Posted in Email, Exchange, Exchange 2013
Tagged ActiveSync, Apple, EAS, EMS, Exchange 2013, Exchange 2013 SP1, Exchange Online, iOS 7.1, MEC, Microsoft Exchange Conference, Office 365
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Adapting Exchange on-premises scripts for Exchange Online
Since the introduction of PowerShell in the form of the Exchange Management Shell (EMS) in Exchange 2007, many scripts have been written to ease the burden of Exchange administration by automating common operations. Microsoft has broadened the scope and depth … Continue reading
Managing Exchange ActiveSync device partnerships (in a world where we all use too many devices)
This is the text of an article that I wrote for Windows IT Pro magazine that was never published. It might be of some interest and use to folks grappling with ActiveSync partnerships, so I decided to publish it here. … Continue reading
Did Exchange ActiveSync help Apple to beat RIM?
Now that the dust has settled down after the publication of my recent interview with Perry Clarke, Microsoft VP for Exchange development, it’s a good time to reflect on some of the statements made by Perry and the reaction that … Continue reading
Posted in Email, Exchange, Technology
Tagged ActiveSync, Apple, BES, BlackBerry, EAS, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013, Exchange Online, iOS, iPhone, Microsoft, Office 365, Research in Motion, RIM
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Motorola Mobility continues its losing streak in synchronization war with Microsoft
I spent a good part of 2012 helping Microsoft to defend a law suit in the UK High Court against Motorola Mobility. You’ll recall that Google bought Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in 2011 with the intention of exploiting the … Continue reading
Posted in Email, Exchange, Technology
Tagged ActiveSync, EAS, Google, Law, Motorola Mobility, Patent law
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Exchange Unwashed blog digest October 2013
October began with the Exchange Connections conference in Las Vegas and ended with some thoughts on whether to go to TechEd or MEC next year. In between, I contemplated some of the questions raised by attendees at Exchange Connections as … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud, Email, Exchange, Exchange 2013, Technology
Tagged ActiveSync, Apple iOS, DAG, Database Availability Group, DevConnections, EAS, Exchange 2013, Exchange Connections, Exchange Online, Mailbox Replication Service, Managed Availability, MEC, MRS, NFS, Office 365, On-premises Exchange, TechEd
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