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16 October 09 04:55 PM | Sean Olson | 2 Comments   
In case you haven't seen this already, the PowerShell Cmdlet designer is now available for download as Open Source. Anyone doing any large scale cmdlet implementations can benefit from this. And it makes it a lot easier to browse a cmdlet module :-) Kudos Read More...
The Web Scheduler is here!
15 August 09 11:46 AM | Sean Olson | 0 Comments   
It’s here… for situations where Outlook is not your preferred way to schedule meetings, we now have an alternative available.  The web scheduler is cross-platform and even works for you Lotus Notes fans ;-)  Enjoy: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6d6848ec-e7d6-41f4-82d9-5bed3526fcb Read More...
Highly Available OCS 2007 R2 Deployment Guidance
23 July 09 03:23 PM | Sean Olson | 0 Comments   
There is a new whitepaper out that you may want to take a look at that provides detailed guidance on how to achieve high availability and disaster recovery between regional datacenters.  This is a non-trivial problem and requires a bit of know-how Read More...
What I Wish I Knew at 21
08 July 09 10:38 PM | Sean Olson | 2 Comments   
Having recently suffered a personal loss, I’ve been doing a lot of soul searching and along the way realized a number of things I wish I had known when I was 21.  I wouldn’t ordinarily post something so personal but as I started to think about it, Read More...
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Google OS
08 July 09 09:35 AM | Sean Olson | 6 Comments   
Wow, has this ever stirred things up! :-) Is anyone really surprised though?  This has been expected for at least 2 years now.  If Win7 didn’t have a SKU for Netbooks, this might even be interesting.  Having used Win7 for several months Read More...
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What’s Innovative about Microsoft
27 March 09 04:42 PM | Sean Olson | 2 Comments   
There’s an interesting thread going on inside Microsoft about what are the cool and innovative things we have done as a company over the last decade.  I think about this quite a bit as well.   Working inside Microsoft you see both sides Read More...
Top 10 Things to Know About OCS 2007 R2
11 January 09 09:59 PM | Sean Olson | 3 Comments   
Our virtual launch is coming very soon, but I thought I would share some tidbits of information that you should know about OCS 2007 R2.  Just something to whet your appetite … 10.   64-bit We’ve made the switch to 64-bit at last.  Read More...
Practice Practice Practice
20 December 08 08:07 PM | Sean Olson | 0 Comments   
Yeah, what he said:  http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/12/hard-work-and-practice-in-programming.html One thing to add is this is not learning by rote. This is discovery and creation that only surfaces through practice. The same applies equally to being Read More...
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Snow Day
18 December 08 11:55 AM | Sean Olson | 1 Comments   
Like most of the country, the Pacific Northwest is seeing a bit more snow than usual.  In Redmond, we fear snow.  For the greater part of the year we have very moderate weather and so most folks here don’t know how to drive on snow and ice.  Read More...
VoiceCon is almost here
31 October 08 10:53 AM | Sean Olson | 1 Comments   
In two weeks, VoiceCon San Francisco will kick off.  After our announcement of Office Communications Server 2007 R2 at the VoiceCon event in Amsterdam, I'm expecting quite a bit of excitement and questions about our upcoming release.  Microsoft Read More...
Now Hiring
14 October 08 04:46 PM | Sean Olson | 0 Comments   
Shameless plug :-) We're looking for a rockstar PowerShell program manager to join the team here in Redmond. Got what it takes or know someone who does? Shoot me an e-mail: sean dot olson at microsoft dot com UPDATE: Thanks for all the references I have Read More...
Free at Last
14 October 08 09:09 AM | Sean Olson | 3 Comments   
At last we are free to start blogging about our upcoming R2 release of OCS 2007 .  We've made a formal announcement at VoiceCon Amsterdam and the lid is off on this release which we've been cooking for over a year now.  I'm especially proud Read More...
The Future of the Voice Conference
28 September 08 11:09 PM | Sean Olson | 0 Comments   
I've attended just about all of the major voice related conferences in our industry to date but of late it seems like the buzz that drew so many to VoIP and SIP in the "early" days is starting to wane as the industry matures and SIP is no longer Read More...
The Minbar for Applications
18 September 08 11:21 PM | Sean Olson | 0 Comments   
Perhaps I'm getting spoiled, but I've gotten used to some basic features in any application I used nowadays and I'm really surprised by any new application that doesn't have these: Automatic, in-place upgrades: why make the user work so hard to see your Read More...
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Essential Reading for PMs
15 July 08 11:44 PM | Sean Olson | 3 Comments   
The role of program manager at Microsoft is unique. I say that because very few external candidates who interview at Microsoft have done the job of a PM and quite a few have never heard of it before. I also say this because if you ask ten different PMs Read More...
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