Get powerful messaging capabilities that can help you lower costs, increase productivity with anywhere access to business communications, and safeguard your business with protection and compliance capabilities that help you manage risk. View the most...

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Have you been wondering what the aka.ms URLs we've been posting on Twitter and elsewhere are all about? They come from a Microsoft URL-shortening service. Not only does it allow us to shorten URLs to the minimum characters possible, it also creates vanity...

We are excited to announce that the Remote Connectivity Analyzer tool has been updated! In addition to the standard set of connectivity tests, we’ve added an Office 365 tab and a Single Sign-On test. The new Single Sign-On test will validate users' ability...

The Solution Accelerators team is pleased to announce the release of Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 6.0. Download the MAP Toolkit 6.0 Organizations planning their journey to the cloud now have a tool to help make the planning process...

The next version of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit—version 6.0— is now available for free download . Planning a customer journey to the cloud just got easier. The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 6.0 includes assessment...

Microsoft solutions for private cloud give you the flexibility and control to harness the power of the cloud on your terms. A private cloud from Microsoft provides end to end service management giving you deep insight about your applications and workloads...

Last year when we released Exchange 2010 SP1, we posted about the change expired password feature in Outlook Web App and how you can enable it by creating the ChangeExpiredPasswordEnabled registry entry. See So you want to change your expired passwords...

There’s no doubt that Microsoft is making System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) a key component of the System Center suite. The scope of the product is being expanded so much that it could be renamed “System Center Virtual Datacenter Manager.” The...

The next version of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) —version 2012— is now available for beta download. To participate in the beta program, register for MDT 2012 Beta 1 at Microsoft Connect. MDT is the recommended process and toolset to automate...

Earlier today the Exchange CXP team released Update Rollup 4 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 RU3. For a list of changes included in...

As we like to say here on EHLO, we’re always listening for feedback on what we're doing well and what we could be doing better for you. As more and more of you evaluate and deploy the email archiving, retention and discovery capabilities of Exchange Server...

This whitepaper provides an overview of the security practices and technology that support enterprise-grade security in Microsoft Office 365 for businesses of all sizes. Download at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26552 Read my favorites...

This White Paper describes how Office 365 fulfills the security, compliance and risk management requirements as defined by the Cloud Security Alliance, Cloud Control Matrix. Download  at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26647...

Organizations often need to share availability (aka Free/Busy) information with other Exchange organizations. Depending on the version of Exchange Server you're on, there are different ways to do this. Let's take a look at three common scenarios and go...

Today we are pleased to announce the Release Candidate of the Windows Server Solutions Phone Connector for Windows Home Server 2011 (aka Integrating Windows Phone 7 with your WHS 2011 Server). The purpose of this Add-in is to enable Remote Server Management...

We are pleased to announce the global launch of the Office 365 service, offering affordable, secure, pay-as-you-go productivity services. Administrators should also check out these new resources: Read out more at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365...

Windows Azure platform was named Best Cloud Service at the Cloud Computing World Forum in London ( http://www.cloudcomputinglive.com/awards/awards-categories/awards-winners-2011.html ) http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/emea/presscentre/pressreleases...

Earlier today the Exchange CXP team released Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2010 SP1 to the Download Center. This update contains a number of customer-reported and internally found issues since the release of RU1. See ' KB 2509910 : Description of...

Struggling to find an overview of what the latest EAS features are? Planning your migration from Exchange 2003 and looking for a basic introduction to Database Availability Groups (DAGs)? These videos are for you! The Microsoft Exchange team has produced...

Microsoft Project Server 2010 is a landmark release for Microsoft, and for PPM prospective users and existing Project Server customers, because it is in this release in which Microsoft includes SharePoint 2010 as a the foundation for workflow, document...

The United Kingdom division of NEC Philips Unified Solutions (NEC Philips) provides enterprise unified communications solutions for customers in various market sectors. Due to a merger, the division had separate messaging servers at two locations, running...

The Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference will be held on July 10-14, 2011, at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California, USA. Prepare to experience the largest partner network in the world and register today! Register and find more...

Choose the proven CRM solution used by leading companies worldwide When you want CRM in the cloud that is flexible, scalable, and easy to use, and that delivers outstanding value and business insights, there’s no comparison to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online...

Microsoft has an estimated 100 million users of its SkyDrive “anywhere access and sharing” service today. But the company knows it needs to do more to help users understand what it is and how best to use it. That’s according to Brian Hall, General Manager...