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Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 Download and Guided Evaluation
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Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 empowers your people to do their best work from more places – whether they’re using a PC, phone or web browser. It can maximize existing investments and help people accomplish more by bringing server capabilities...
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Accepted Domains, Shared SMTP Address Spaces and Recipient Filtering
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Accepting inbound mail for a DNS domain and relaying it to responsible mail hosts outside your Exchange organization was a simple process in Exchange 2003, albeit one that required some explanation, which was discussed in the following articles: KB 321721...
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Some exciting updates to the Exchange web site
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Over the past few months there have been some exciting updates to the Microsoft Exchange product website at microsoft.com/exchange . We've made these changes to showcase the product to a wider audience, including customers who want to learn about Exchange...
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A glimpse of Windows 8
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“We reimagined Windows,” says Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows and Windows Live Division at Microsoft. Steven recently unveiled the touch-first user interface of Windows 8, along with a whole host of other new features. See highlights of Windows...
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Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2007 SP3
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Three days ago, the Exchange CXP team released Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2007 SP3 to the Download Center. This update contains a number of customer-reported and internally found issues since the release of RU4. See ' KB 2602324: Description...
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Bringing Hyper-V to “Windows 8”
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In this post we talk about how we will support virtualization on the Windows "client" OS. Originally released for Windows Server where the technology has proven very popular and successful, we wanted to bring virtualization to a core set of...
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Lync for Mac 2011 Released to Manufacturing
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When we first announced Lync Server 2010 last November, we talked about our commitment to supporting multiple platforms and how over the course of 2011 you would see Lync become available for other platforms. I’m excited to share with you today that Lync...
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DAG: Beyond the “A”
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We all know that in the Microsoft Exchange world DAG stands for “Database Availability Group”. Database – because on a highly available Exchange 2010 Mailbox server, the database , not the server, is the unit of availability and it is the database that...
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How Lingering Links can impact OAB generation process...
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Within Exchange, any Distribution Group(s) or E-mail enabled Security Group(s) which contain Lingering Links will impact the OAB (Offline Address Book) generation process causing it to not replicate correctly. While this issue has been around since AD...
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Announcement: Upcoming Microsoft webcast on daylight saving time changes in Russia
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Here's an interesting webcast we have coming up this week... This October Russia will not "fall back" and will essentially remain on summer time. This change has widespread implications to all connected information systems. In this webcast geared...
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Exchange Server 2010 Technical Video: Information Protection and Control
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The Microsoft Exchange team is pleased to present the newest addition to the Exchange Server 2010 Technical Video Series – “Information Protection and Control” hosted by Greg Smiley and Ann Vu. In this video, Greg and Ann talk about the benefits of Security...
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Exchange Server Deployment Assistant now includes a “Cloud Only” scenario
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For many companies, the robust messaging and calendaring features offered by Office 365 for enterprises presents an opportunity to transition all messaging functionality from the on-premises organization into the cloud. Office 365 for enterprises includes...
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Exchange Server 2010 SP2 and Support for Hosting Exchange
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With the release of Exchange Server 2010 SP2 later this year, we will add a new feature known as Address Book Policies . Following this addition, hosters who wish to deploy the standard on-premises configuration of Exchange and use ABP will be supported...
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New worm targeting weak passwords on Remote Desktop connections (port 3389)
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We've had reports of a new worm in the wild and that generates increased RDP traffic for our users on port 3389. Although the overall numbers of computers reporting detections are low in comparison to more established malware families, the traffic it...
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Cloud Computing: Achieving Control in the Hybrid Cloud
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Learn how to control applications and services dynamically deployed from a variety of cloud environments into devices like user desktops, Microsoft Terminal Services and a range of mobile devices. Read the complete article at http://technet.microsoft...
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August 2011 Security Bulletin Release Video Webcast
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On demand video of the August 2011 Security Bulletin Release Webcast can be found at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/august-2011-security-bulletin-release-webcast Read my favorites blogs: Designing a backup less Exchange 2010 Architecture Step...
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Retention Hold and Litigation Hold in Exchange 2010
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In Exchange 2010, you can place a mailbox on retention hold or legal hold. Both holds serve a different purpose. It's important to understand the functionality provided by both. Retention Hold: As the Messaging Records Management page in the EMC suggests...
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Exchange Deployment Options Whitepaper
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The purpose of this paper is to help you choose how to deploy Microsoft Exchange: as Exchange Server 2010 on-premises, Exchange Online with Microsoft Office 365 in the cloud, or using both in a temporary or permanent hybrid scenario. Download this whitepaper...
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Refresh Your IT Skills for the Cloud
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IT professionals are now being challenged to keep up with the emerging requirements for the cloud and learn the new skills needed to meet those requirements. Get all the solutions and trainings at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud Read my favorites...
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Taking Lync for a Test Drive
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Volkswagen Group of America (VWGoA) is a company on the move. The company needed a communications solution to help its people stay connected on the go, save on travel, and reduce the company’s carbon footprint: Enter Microsoft®Lync™ 2010. Over the next...
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TechNet Virtual Lab: Internet Explorer 9: Deployment
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After completing this lab, you will be better able to add Internet Explorer 9 packages to a Windows 7 image using Deployment Image Service and Management Tool (DISM), use Windows System Image Manager to create an answer file for unattended setup, deploy...
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"Windows Server 8" Sneak Preview
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If you’re in IT you are likely pulled between an almost infinite need for more computing power to deliver business solutions and the ever increasing demands for greater agility, higher efficiency and lower costs. Fortunately, you can now deliver on these...
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Prevent archiving of items in a default folder in Exchange 2010
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In Exchange 2010, you can use Retention Policies to manage message retention. Retention Policies consist of delete tags, i.e. retention tags with either Delete and Allow Recovery or Permanently Delete actions, or archive tags, i.e. retention tags with...
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Exchange Server and SP1 for Microsoft Office Filter Pack 2010
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Starting with Exchange 2007, installation of the current version of Office Filter Packs is a prerequisite. For Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010 RTM , the pre-req was 2007 Office System Converter: Microsoft Filter Pack . In Exchange 2010 SP1, this was updated...
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Windows Phone “Mango” – Released to Manufacturing
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I wanted to drop into the Windows Phone Blog briefly to update you on an important milestone. Earlier this morning, the Windows Phone development team officially signed off on the release to manufacturing (RTM) build of “Mango” – the latest version of...
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