I recently recorded a 10 minute screencast that provides straight forward directions on how to configure the Direct Push feature for Exchange Server 2003 SP2 and Windows Mobile 5 devices with the Messaging and Security Feature Pack (MSFP). Here's the...

I've been asked how one would get their hands on the current PowerPoint decks for this current quarter's TechNet content (April - June, 2006). If you place your TechNet Resource DVD into your CD / DVD Drive and allow it to autoplay, the Resource DVD Menu...

I will be delivering TechNet Events in August and September of 2006 in the following cities: Albuquerque, New Mexico Tucson, Arizona Phoenix, Arizona Las Vegas, Nevada Colorado Springs, Colorado Denver, Colorado If you live in one of these cities...

E12 has finally been given it's "Official" name of Exchange Server 2007! I'm sure most of you already figured that one out considering Office 12 was named Office 2007. Harold Wong

If you are interested in joining an Exchange User Group in Phoenix, AZ or Las Vegas, NV, please email me! Currently, these do not exist, but I am looking for folks to volunteer in helping me get one going in either of these two cities. I need at least...

There are a couple of Developer Events coming up in Denver in May. The first one is "Next Generation" taking place on May 12th. The second is the Colorado Code Camp taking place on May 20th. You can find out more about both of these events at http://www...

Great news for those of you who have the Treo 700w. If you go visit this link: http://www.palm.com/us/support/downloads/treo700wupdater/verizon.html , you can grab the bits for the MSFP update for your phone! Harold Wong

"Harold, when and where will you be delivering your next TechNet Events?" This is a common question I've gotten recently. I totally forgot to post my upcoming Events so here goes. I'll be in Colorado Springs on Tuesday, April 18th and Denver on...

Free SDA? $79 for the MDA? I posted earlier about the great offer T-Mobile has on a "Super Secret" Site for the SDA and MDA. I've been checking the link myself (as it has not been "finalized" yet. I just noticed right now that the SDA is FREE and the...

My good buddy (and team mate), Keith Combs, just posted a new entry on his blog that mentions a GREAT Product Guide for Windows Vista!!! The document is 313 pages long so it's not a small little tiny file, but a large honkin' file! Evidently, PR has...

I made a mistake on some information for the DFS features in Windows Server 2003 R2 (R2). There is no backward compatibility with non R2 Servers!!! If you want to deploy DFS with R2, then all servers that replicate with it must also be R2 Servers. Sorry...

For those of you who attended my TechNet Event in Phoenix on March 21st, you did not receive the current TechNet DVD. I was just informed that we have a solution for this small problem. The operations team will be using the check-in database from that...

For those of you who attended my TechNet Events during the months of January, February and March, you know that one of the sessions was around Exchange 2003 SP2 and Windows Mobile 5 Devices with the Messaging and Security Feature Pack. T-Mobile has...

We had a great TechNet Event in Las Vegas on March 23, 2006! I had 4 questions come up during the Event that I did not have answers to: 1. The Domain based DFS has a recommended maximum folders of 5000 while a standalone DFS has a recommended maximum...

We had a great TechNet Event in Phoenix this past week on March 21st. Unfortnately, we had TechNet DVDs to hand out to any of the attendees as we were given the wrong box of DVDs. We ended up having a bunch of DVDs from the Best of Launch Events from...

I just found out that T-Mobile is having a great promotion for FREE Hot Spot access on weekends for existing T-Mobile customers! Here's the link on how to take advantage of this: http://hotspot.t-mobile.com/freeweekends/ . I'm pretty sure this is only...

I'm excited that my team mate, Chris Henley, did a GREAT podcast on the voice recognition capabilities of Vista. I'm also bummed that he thought of it before me - :-). Please visit his blog and listen to the podcast . Harold Wong

Terry Myerson, General Manager of Exchange, was kind enough to record a podcast on some of the reasons we chose to go 64 Bit only in Exchange 12. Terry just posted on the Exchange Blog regarding the availability of the podcast. Go check it out and listen...

I had the great opportunity of delivering a TechNet Event in Honolulu, Hawaii on February 15th, 2006. This is an AWESOME job!!!! I had an opportunity to bring the entire family with me so they could tool around Oahu while I worked. Luckily, I was able...

In an earlier blog post, I listed 6 questions that were asked druing my Events in Boulder and Denver to which I did not have an immediate answer. I have done my research (asking for help) and have the answers below. Q1. Does DFS honor File Locking...

I was recently informed that an Exchange 12 Webcast series will be taking place from March 14th - 17th and will include 4 webcasts: 1. An Overview of Exchange “12” (Level 200) - Tuesday, March 14, 2006 2. Giving the Administrator More Control...

During my TechNet Events in Boulder and Denver on February 7th and 9th, respectively, I had a couple of questions come up that I did not have an immediate answer for. I am recapping the questions below. If I missed anything, please let me know. ...

I was recently made aware of a blog entry on Vlad Mazek's blog that the MSFP was delayed due to a lawsuit. I'm sorry to say, but this is NOT true. As I mentioned in my earlier post, the devices will be available soon (April timeframe for most carriers...

Great news!!!! This was just announced about 15 minutes ago ( http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/feb06/02-06SonyExchangePR.mspx ). Sony Ericsson has licensed the Exchange ActiveSync protocol and will incorporate it into the Sony Ericsson...

For all of you who have registered for an upcoming TechNet Event (as well as MSDN, TS2 or Connections) and have already printed your confirmation page, please continue to read! We had a small "glitch" that we have corrected. However, if you registered...