• Windows Phone 8.1 Developer Preview Now – For Free!

    If you have a Windows Phone 8 device, you can get your hands on the new Windows Phone 8.1 preview for free if you sign up for a developer account. Use the following instructions to update your device! Important notes There are a few key items that...
  • Retiring the Microsoft Master certifications and training

    I received this extremely sad news this morning. I have been a part of the MCM/MCSM community for 5 years now and have made many friends, both attending and instructing at MCSM:Messaging. I am sure I am not the only one, but I will certainly miss this...
  • Outlook 2007 fails to connect to Outlook Anywhere via NTLM on Vista

    So, firstly an apology for the lack of posts recently... I always said that if I didn't have anything interesting or useful to post I just wouldn't post, so that's what happened… Anyway, I have been working with a customer to deploy Outlook Anywhere...
  • Microsoft Exchange Online Migration Performance Guide for Office 365

    I guess it's pretty obvious by now that I am a bit of a nerd when it comes to Exchange and Outlook performance. One area that has always felt like a black box though is migrating data into Office 365 Exchange Online service. The problem for me was that...
  • Forcing a full OAB download in Outlook 2011

    I want to start this blog by apologising for the lack of posts recently… this is mostly due to me not having anything interesting to say and not wanting this blog to be watered down with irrelevant nonsense… that and working on stuff that I can't talk...