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Brettjo :: Office 365 and Everything UC

  • Are you virtualising Exchange 2010..?

    If you are, or at least thinking about it, then please make sure you digest the following article recently published on the Exchange Team blog http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/11/09/456851.aspx
  • Green Cloud Computing

    Reducing carbon emissions is on most businesses agenda, the following article posted on the Microsoft Online Team Blog discusses this in detail. The results : for large deployments, Microsoft’s cloud solutions can reduce energy use and carbon emissions...
  • Why can’t I in-place upgrade Exchange 2010..?

    You may have seen the “Geek Out with Perry” series already, but he’s back with his latest instalment. Here are the main reason’s as to why a mailbox move is required, to hear it from the man himself, go here Surprise! It’s not about the laziness of the...
  • Binary Tree alliance for Office 365 Migrations

    I had a conversation with a friend of mine on Friday stating I had been a bit shy recently in publishing on my blog. I took this as a well deserved kick and will address accordingly. “Binary Tree today announced a strategic alliance to deploy its software...
  • Office 365: The Best of Everything We Know About Productivity in One Cloud Service

      With the announcement of Office 365 yesterday www.office365.com the UC Product Group wrote the following Blog article discussing what this means to Exchange. http://blogs.technet.com/b/uc/archive/2010/10/19/office-365-the-best-of-everything-we...
  • Microsoft UK Enterprise Customer Events

      If you are an enterprise customer in the UK and would like more information on Microsoft licensing, Microsoft Roadmap, and Microsoft Security then these sessions are for you. Take a look at the following URL for events and registration http://www...
  • Microsoft Lync Server 2010

      PressPass: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2010/sep10/lyncpr.mspx   UC Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/uc/archive/2010/09/13/introducing-microsoft-lync-the-next-ocs.aspx Download the release candidate now: http://technet.microsoft...
  • Exchange 2010 SP1 VHD Download

    If you want to have a play with Ex2010 SP1 without installing into a test environment then you can download a pre-configured VHD from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=53f7382a-3664-4de3-8303-31e514d69f02...
  • Exchange 2010 SP1 RTM

    Go get it here : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=50b32685-4356-49cc-8b37-d9c9d4ea3f5b&displaylang=en
  • Communicator Mobile for Nokia

      Microsoft and Nokia recently announced the new CoMo for Nokia client made available exclusively in Nokia’s Ovi Store, Press Announcement This is in addition to the current Nokia Java client available on http://www.getcomo.com and Nokia’s Ovi Store...
  • Operating a Global Messaging Environment by Using Exchange Server 2010

      Operating a Global Messaging Environment by Using Exchange Server 2010 Published: 08/09/2010 To support the changes to the architecture, the Exchange Messaging team re-organized the internal support teams and processes. This involved organizational...
  • Next MMMUG meeting in the UK

    The subject of this meeting is Exchange backup and recovery and we have Microsoft’s Anthony Tyler talking about System Centre Data Protection Manager’s take on backing up exchange and Kroll Ontrack’s offering for recovery. Kroll Ontrack is now celebrating...
  • Exchange 2010 UM Troubleshooting Tool (BETA)

    The UM troubleshooting tool is a diagnostic commandlet which helps Exchange UM administrators to identify mis-configurations in telephony equipment and Exchange 2010 SP1 Unified Messaging settings. It emulates calls and runs a series of diagnostic tests...
  • Unified Communications Gartner Magic Quadrant 2010

    This has been released for 2010 - please see: http://www.gartner.com/technology/media-products/reprints/microsoft/vol10/article19/article19.html Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications, 2010 (Gartner Research, July 28, 2010). Microsoft is positioned...
  • Exchange Server 2010 Design and Architecture at Microsoft

    The long awaited “How MSIT deployed Exchange 2010” has been released – you can download it from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=accec9cd-9c09-4f7e-91c6-41f0e201b680 “By replacing Exchange Server 2007 servers...
  • Master your messages with Exchange 2010

    Take a look at these three 90 second videos on real world example of managing mail on Exchange 2010: · Microsoft Exchange 2010: Clean Up Your Inbox · Microsoft Exchange 2010: On the Go Doesn't Mean Out of Touch · Microsoft Exchange 2010: One Stop Messaging
  • Comparison of Exchange ActiveSync Clients

    This is great. Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) table of implementations that various clients. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Exchange_ActiveSync_Clients  
  • Facebook Social connector for Outlook 2010

    Yet more distractions in your email http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ce8b7517-234c-48a1-a655-324a88893b02&displaylang=en#filelist
  • Communications Server Wave 14 Content

    Since full disclosure of all features and functionality of Communications Server Wave 14 I thought it useful to consolidate a few links where you can start your learning: http://nexthop.info/ where you’ll find whitepapers and other useful discussions...
  • Next MMMUG Event

    MMMUG are getting physical meetings going again. To kick off our first meeting after re-launch, we are going to have an evening discussing Exchange 2010 SP1 on Thursday July 15th 2010 . The event will take place at the BSG Offices at BSG House, 226-236...
  • Exchange 2007 SP3 Released

    The Exchange Server 2007 SP3 bits are available online in 11 languages and on two platforms (32/64bit). The accompanying documentation includes: Release Notes and What's New in Exchange Server 2007 SP3 .
  • Exchange 2010 SP1 and UC with HP and Polycom Event

    Next Wednesday (22nd June) Leigh and I will be delivering a Exchange 2010 SP1 session with HP showing and articulating their JBOD hardware, alongside Polycom’s interop with the wider Microsoft UC stack – OCS. Agenda along with registration link – if you...
  • Exchange 2010 SP1 BETA Download

    Public Beta is ready for download. More details here http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/06/07/455065.aspx
  • Largest Exchange Cloud deployment

    This is very interesting read – primarily because of the number of users that were migrated in one weekend. “…largest and fastest cloud deployment ever with more than 700,000 people” Have a read: http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2010...
  • Unified Communications Register Workshops

    The webcasts are each approximately 30 minutes in length and break down as follows: Unified Communications in Context (What’s UC, why should I care?) The Practicalities of a Unified Communications implementation (Planning a UC deployment) Living with...