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On October 17th, I wrote a blog post about upcoming TechNet Events taking place in the West Region in the November and December time frame ( http://blogs.technet.com/b/haroldwong/archive/2011/10/17/upcoming-west-region-technet-events-in-november-2011.aspx ).  I am now writing a follow up post to...

For all those IT Professionals who administer some aspect of Microsoft servers and desktops and live in Las Vegas, I wanted to let you know that I am holding a last minute event in Las Vegas on October 18, 2011 (that’s 5 days from now).  I do apologize for the short notice, but I am hoping you can...

So, Microsoft employees who don’t already work at the Microsoft Retail stores but who live in a city where a store exists were given an opportunity to sign up and spend a day working side by side with the main store employees.  I happen to live in such a city and so I signed up to spend a day as...

I had the opportunity to attend Tech Ed 2011 in Atlanta, GA from May 16th through 19th.  I thought I would recap some of my experiences from the past week.  Tech Ed is one of the best opportunities for IT Pros to gather and get the latest and greatest information on a plethora of Microsoft...

I’m sorry, but I am tired of hearing all the stuff around the Apple iPad.  With that in mind, I decided to write a short Blog Post about my thoughts (yes, these are indeed my thoughts and opinions). Amazon Kindle I currently own the first generation Kindle (technically, my wife took it from me and...

I know that there have been quite a few people who have already visited the Microsoft Store in Scottsdale since it opened on October 22, 2009.  However, I was out of town on the grand opening and have been either sick or out of town since then and have not had a chance to go visit until today. ...

On June 29, 2009, I delivered a 60 minute webcast on Exchange Server 2010 Information Protection and Control.  Since I could not answer Questions and deliver the content at the same time, I captured the Q&A Log after the Webcast and answered the questions offline.  Below is the entire Log...

I don’t usually create one huge blog post with a boat load of videos embedded, but I decided to do it and see what happens.  Below are seven different videos that include interviews of different Exchange Product Group folks including Becky Benfield, Scott Schnoll, Kristian Andaker and Matt Gossage...

The Exchange Team has put together a 10 part Webcast Series on Exchange Server 2010.  The titles, dates and registration links are below: June 1, 2009: High Availability June 3, 2009: Overview June 8, 2009: Management Tools June 10, 2009: Archiving and Retention June 15, 2009: Outlook Web Access...

I’ve used quite a few Windows Mobile phones over the past 6+ years.  I recently received an unlocked GSM Palm Treo Pro and have been playing around with it now for the last four days.  I thought I would share my experience and thoughts with this new phone. I decided to read the quick instructions...

For those of you who live in the Phoenix area and do stuff around Exchange and Office Communications Server, please mark you calendars for the next Phoenix Unified Communications User Group meeting.  We will be meeting on January 20, 2009 from 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM at the Microsoft Office (2929 N. Central...

In this video Interview, Paul Englis (Exchange Hosting) shares some of the things that are happening in the online services arena for Exchange.  As this calendar year progresses, we'll hear a lot more around our Software plus Services strategy, so this is just a short teaser. To activate the Silverlight...

I just found out today that I will be heading to San Diego on Thursday, August 21st and Los Angeles on Friday, August 22nd to deliver a presentation at an Angelbeat event ( www.angelbeat.com ). The Event in San Diego is at the Sheraton located at 1433 Camino Del Rio South, San Diego, CA, 92108. The...

  About a year and a half ago, I delivered a 24 Part Webcast Series on Exchange Server 2007 (minus part 8 which Bryan Von Axelson delivered while I was stuck in the Albuquerque airport).  I have received requests from quite a few people to make the recordings (WMV files) available for download...

I want to start highlighting success stories around deployments of our (Microsoft) technologies. I will start this off with an Office Communications Server 2007 success story. The first one I want to highlight is Network Infrastructure Corporation out of the Phoenix area (Arizona).  Brian Ricks...

For those of you who have an interest in Unified Communications and want to hear and learn more about Office Communications Server 2007, Exchange Server 2007 SP1, RoundTable, Office Live Meeting and Exchange Hosted Services, you may want to look into attending Interact 2008 in San Diego. This is the...

For those of you who have deployed (or looking to deploy) Office Communications Server 2007 and Office Communicator 2007 for Audio needs (in addition to core IM / Presence) and are looking for headsets, I wanted to start a post with my experiences and then have others jump in with comments. I am listing...

I've been asked by so many people about one of the new Business Continuity features coming out with Exchange Server 2007 SP1 - Standby Continuous Replication (SCR). I've answered my share of emails on this topic and just realized that I never made a blog entry to reference some great work that Scott...

For those that have attended (or will be attending) one of the UC Launch Events in the US, I'm hoping you found the information very useful and exciting too! I was asked by many of the attendees in Phoenix if the slide decks from the IT Pro track (4 sessions total) would be made available. I told everyone...

On Friday, October 26th, I delivered a TechNet Webcast on Exchange Server 2007 Client Access and Web Services. Unfortunately, I did not have anyone helping to answer Questions on the back end, but I have had a chance to go through all the questions afterwards and answer them. I am posting the Q&A...

That's right folks!!! Office Communications Server 2007 has released and we are having a Unified Communications (UC) Launch in different cities around the US. The first and main one kicked off in San Francisco on October 16th. The one scheduled for Seattle is taking place on December 13, 2007 at the...

That's right folks!!! Office Communications Server 2007 has released and we are having a Unified Communications (UC) Launch in different cities around the US. The first and main one kicked off in San Francisco on October 16th. The one scheduled for Newport Beach is taking place on December 11, 2007...

That's right folks!!! Office Communications Server 2007 has released and we are having a Unified Communications (UC) Launch in different cities around the US. The first and main one kicked off in San Francisco on October 16th. The one scheduled for Boston is taking place on December 6, 2007 at the...

During Tech Ed 2007 in Orlando, I was able to grab some time from Kristian Andaker who is a Group Program Manager with the Exchange team for a quick video interview. Kristian shares some information regarding OWA features / enhancements in the upcoming Exchange Server 2007 SP1. You can find this video...

WOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! I am finally done going through the Q&A Log from Part 24 (Troubleshooting E-Mail Flow) of the 24 Part Exchange Server 2007 Webcast Series!!!!!!! A BIG thank you to all the folks who helped with Q&A throughout the 24 part series (Bryan Von Axelson, Scott Schnoll...