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  • Why Exchange 2013 doesn’t need the Microsoft Office Filter Pack

    For space reasons, this text is another bit that was cut out of my Exchange 2013 Inside Out: Mailbox and High Availability book. FWIW, here it is… If you’ve ever installed Exchange 2010, you’re probably aware of the need to install the Microsoft Office Filter Pack 2.0 (the latest version is SP2).…

  • Best-ever Exchange Unified Messaging book now available

    I see that Paul Robichaux’s “Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Inside Out: Connectivity, Clients, and UM (Unified Messaging)” has finally made an appearance on Amazon.com. This is the companion volume to my “Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Inside Out: Mailbox and High Availability” book and it’s nice to see the pair finally…

  • Exchange 2013 Inside Out: Available at the end of September

    I received the good news today that printed copies of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Inside Out: Mailbox and High Availability should be available at the end of September. Amazon.com has updated their date to October 1. Paul Robichaux’s companion volume, Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Inside Out: Connectivity, Clients, and UM,…

  • Early access versions of Exchange 2013 Inside Out now available

    O’Reilly has made early access versions of Exchange 2013 Inside Out: Mailbox and High Availability and Exchange 2013 Inside Out: Clients, Connectivity and UM available for $39.99 each. The deal lasts until July 3. Early access editions allow you to get electronic access to the raw and unedited (well, edited but not completely…

  • Low book prices don’t reflect the work involved

    I wonder whether I should feel offended that Amazon.com has priced Paul Robichaux’s book, “Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Inside Out: Connectivity, Clients, and UM” at $30.21 whereas my book “Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Inside Out: Mailbox and High Availability” is cheaper at $27.26. I pointed out to Paul that his…

  • Exchange 2013 Inside Out appears on Amazon

    The wheels of the publishing market turn in mysterious ways. At least, their ways are mysterious to those who don’t publish books, including the authors who actually write the text. Earlier this month I let you know that O’Reilly will soon release draft chapters of my book Microsoft Exchange Server…

  • Exchange 2013 Inside Out: Mailbox and High Availability makes an appearance

    The nice people at O’Reilly Media have posted details of book one of the two-part Exchange 2013 Inside Out set. My book covers the mailbox server and high availability while Paul Robichaux is deep in the process of writing all about the client access server, clients, and other wonderful topics…

  • iOS problems continue, good tip about VM deduplication, and the MVP Summit

    Apple’s continuing struggle to make iOS work properly with Exchange was a prominent topic of discussion last night when some Exchange MVPs assembled for dinner. We’re in Redmond for the annual MVP Summit run by Microsoft and I was delighted to meet a number of people in person for the…

  • Missing functionality in Exchange 2013 EAC

    I’ve spent quite a bit of time going through the new browser-based Exchange Administration Center (EAC), the replacement for the now aged Exchange Management Console (EMC) in Exchange 2013 to create content for Microsoft Exchange 2013 Inside Out. As I’ve gone through the various sections of EAC, I’ve noted where bits…

  • Announcing Exchange 2013 Inside Out: Well, we’re starting anyway…

    We are delighted to announce a new joint project: Exchange 2013 Inside Out, a two-volume set that we will write for Microsoft Press, with an anticipated publication date in Fall 2013. Tony is writing part 1, which covers the mailbox server role, the Store, DAG, compliance, modern public folders and…