** Updated 24-08-2011 to include enable-OrganizationCustomization step as an optional extra. I have been working with a number of customers and consultants recently who have been keen to explain to me just how difficult they are finding the configuration...

I recently wrote about gathering user profile data for Exchange Server 2003 and 2007 by using the Exchange Server Profile Analyzer tool.  As a re-cap the EPA tool uses WebDAV to interrogate the mailboxes and generates user profile data, including.. ...

I recently wrote about configuring Office 365 hybrid to get cross premises availability working, since that article a number of people have asked me about certificate planning. This is pretty well understood for an Exchange deployment, but what names...

One thing that I often waffle on about is gathering good quality user profile data before beginning an Exchange design.  I was out in Redmond recently and a new Exchange consultant asked me a great question.. “OK, so we know that gathering good quality...

The Microsoft Office Services Diagnostics and Logging (MOSDAL) tool has been around for a while, certainly most BPOS customers will have come across it before… however it has now been updated to provide AD FS authentication diagnostic information so its...

All the way back in May 2009 I had just completed my Exchange 2007 Microsoft Certified Master rotation in Redmond, on my return I decided that I would write up my experience… it was actually quite emotional re-reading this post, many of the people I went...

Ok, so this post is not exactly worth reading because I am just using it to test my feed burner and twitter integration.. feel free to disregard Neil.

NOTE:  This is reposted here from HMLee’s blog back in 2007 – he is no longer posting to the blog and I wanted to keep this post just in case his blog gets deleted – after all, it is useful information, I have a brain like a sieve and this is probably...

Since I started posting back to my own blog I have been asked by lots (ok 2!) people why I called it “Rock n Roll Nerd” so since I am stuck for a useful post today I thought I would explain where it came from…. I am a huge Tim Minchin fan and the night...

For those that didn't know, I am a huge consumer of information, however I am also quite selective about what I read – the most important thing usually for me is who wrote the material, rather than the topic.  This may sound an unusual way to choose...