December 2007 - Posts

The lost art of the OOF
29 December 07 10:10 PM | Ewan | 1 Comments   

Some time ago, I posted about how the ".sig" has faded from grandeur. I'd like to add the somewhat terminal dryness of the OOF message to that list, and propose a solution. OOF is a Microsoft term for Out of Office. It should really be OOO, Read More...

Filed under: Exchange, Humour, Outlook, Office

The downside of online shopping
22 December 07 01:07 AM | Ewan | 1 Comments   

I bought myself an early Christmas present a few weeks ago. One Saturday morning, sitting at the home PC whilst noodling about on the web, I decided it was time to replace the old warhorse and get something a bit more modern. So I surfed off to my favourite Read More...

Filed under: Consumer Tech, Business

Unified Communications licensing made easy
14 December 07 08:35 AM | Ewan | 1 Comments   

Well, hopefully. I get asked a lot about what licenses customer need when they want to deploy Exchange & Office Communications Server, in order to keep themselves legal & compliant. It's sometimes a bit confusing that there are several versions Read More...

Filed under: Unified Comms, Business

Tips for using Virtual PC and Virtual Server
11 December 07 06:26 PM | Ewan | 0 Comments   

Like many people who demo software technologies or who need to perform testing on multi-machine environments, I've been using Virtual PC and Virtual Server for years (and VMWare before that). If you're unfamiliar with these two Microsoft products, both Read More...

Filed under: Virtualisation