For those of you who haven't already figured it out, there are Windows Server 2008 Launch Events taking place in the months of March, April, May and some in June. For those of you who live in one of the 4 states listed above, you will be seeing me in...

I know I'm a bit late with this post, but just in case you haven't heard, Windows Vista SP1 is now available for TechNet and MSDN subscribers. For TechNet subscribers, please go here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/default.aspx . On...

Thanks for those who attended the webcast on Exchange Server 2007 now with SP1 back on February 5, 2008. I have finished editing the Q&A log and am posting here. If I did not answer your question fully, please feel free to email me. Harold Wong...

I am sorry that it took so long for me to get this posted. I meant to get this done last Friday night, but with the Buffalo Airport shutting down for quite a few hours, it totally screwed up my schedule for Friday and then the weekend was shot as well...

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...

I've received some emails from folks asking if I'm still alive since I haven't posted to my blog in quite some time. I just wanted to let those who follow my blog that I am indeed still here and not dead! :-) I was travelling quite a bit in December...

Just in case you haven't been paying attention to the status of Exchange Server 2007 SP1, I just wanted to make my post that it has released and is available for download. With SP1, we now support Exchange Server 2007 running on a Windows Server 2008...

Back in June of this year (2007), I did some video interviews of some of Exchange Product Group folks during Tech Ed and they were posted up to the Exchange Team Blog. I made a few blog entries to reference them, but I did not point to each one. In...

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...

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...

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...

I know there are a lot of IT Professionals out there that really value the TechNet Plus Direct Subscription. The current annual subscription cost for this is $349. We (TechNet Events team) have worked out a great win-win deal with the TechNet Plus Subscription...

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...

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...

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...

For those of you who are wondering when the next set of TechNet Events will be coming to a city near you in the Desert Mountain Area (Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Las Vegas, Montana, Wyoming, Utah), here is the list broken out by state: Arizona Tucson...

I am in Denver, Colorado right now delivering a 2 day Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 Hands-On-Lab. This is a FREE 2 day training session and a great way to get some good hands on experiencing installing OCS and configuring all the key aspects...

On September 14th, I made a post about the TechNet Event taking place on September 26th in the Microsoft office ( http://blogs.technet.com/haroldwong/archive/2007/09/14/technet-events-in-phoenix.aspx ). I just wanted to post a very quick recap. We...

I know my blog readership is much broader than Phoenix, AZ, but I need to ask a question and ask for assistance. For those of you who live in the Phoenix area, you will need to think about how important it is to have a TechNet Event in Phoenix every...

Sorry it took so long, but I got caught up in so many other meetings and such that I didn't get a chance to do some research to answer a few of the questions. I did get it complete so here is the Q&A Log from the Webcast I delivered on Monday, August...

For all those who live in the Phoenix area and wanted to attend a TechNet Event in our Q1 (July - October 4), I have good news!!! I worked with Rob Bagby (MSDN presenter) and a few other marketing folks to hold an ad-hoc TechNet Event in Phoenix on September...

I know it's been a while since I've really made an "official" blog post. I've been a bit busy with vacation and filling in for my manager while she is on a Leave of Absence. This tends to take up a lot of my time and therefore I haven't been focused on...

********Blog Edited (9/7/07) per management request to remove direct mention of a certain home builder********** For those of you who follow my blog, you know that it is infrequent that I blog about topics that are very personal or totally not work...

I've had folks ask me about backup solutions for Exchange Server 2007 and which vendors have an agent / version that is compatible with Exchange Server 2007. Evidently people are having difficulty finding valid backup solutions for Exchange 2007 so I...

At Tech Ed 2007 in Orlando, I had a chance to interview a group of folks with the Exchange Team. One of these interviews was with Becky Benfield, Principal Program Manager. She was kind enough to be interviewed again (I interviewed Becky during Tech Ed...