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Internet Explorer 8 and OWA: Where Are The Images?

Internet Explorer 8 was released last week at MIX09. It’s likely many users may already be running either the RTM version or one of the earlier betas. IE 8 is more secure than previous versions (see Stay Safer Online for a list of IE8’s security features), including some of the default settings. Here’s one of […]

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Released: PowerShell Snap-in For IIS 7

The big news from MIX09 is probably the release of Internet Explorer 8, but for shell aficionados, Exchange folks and scripting geeks, the release of IIS Snap-in for Windows PowerShell is not a lesser event. The snap-in has 71 cmdlets to manage IIS, from web application pools to web site configurations, bindings, and SSL. Download […]

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Released: Exchange 2007 SP1 Update Roll-up 7

Update Roll-up 7 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 has been released. Download it here. As noted in previous posts, Exchange 2007 updates are cumulative and release-specific. This roll-up is for Exchange 2007 SP1, and supersedes all previous update roll-ups for Exchange 2007 SP1. As Ananth notes in the post on the Exchange team blog (read […]

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Exchange Team Blog: Please Do Not Read This Post!

Interestingly, the Exchange team blog has a post that most folks should have no interest in! In fact, the writer says so: If you do not develop gateways for Exchange 2007 and write mime devouring applications, I highly suggest you use this opportunity to test Internet Explorer 8’s new “Back” functionality. In IE 8, clicking […]

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Google Docs’ Privacy Blunder: Shares Your Docs Without Permission

Just as I was beginning to warm up to certain kinds of cloud computing comes news of Google Docs’ “privacy blunder”. Google has sent a notice to a number of users notifying them that it may have inadvertently shared some of their documents with contacts who were never granted access to them. Jason Kincaid writes […]

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Windows 7 Beta and Multi-Touch

Even before the release of Windows 7, laptops and desktops featuring a touch-based interface have started showing up on store shelves and online. These run Windows Vista, come with a touch-sensitive screen and perhaps a third-party add-on that provides some touch functionality. Notably, HP has a line of TouchSmart PCs, including all-in-one PCs and a […]

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Outlook 2007 has a new hotfix package: February 24, 2009

Microsoft has released a new hotfix package for Outlook 2007. Details in KB 961752.

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Applying Exchange 2007 SP1 Update Rollup 6

Perhaps I should have picked another day for applying Exchange 2007 SP1 Update Rollup 6. I ran into the services not starting issue documented in KB 944752 Exchange Server 2007 managed code services do not start after you install an update rollup for Exchange Server 2007. It was a single server topology – Exchange 2007 […]

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Revealed: Windows Mobile 6.5, Marketplace, and MyPhone Service at MWC

The moment finally arrived. At a much anticipated press conference at MWC 2009 in Barcelona, Spain, Microsoft revealed Windows Mobile 6.5, the next version of Windows Mobile software that will power smartphones from many mobile headset manufacturers such as LG and HTC. Microsoft also announced Windows Marketplace for Mobile, an app store that will provide […]

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Did pigs fly? Exchange embraces FireFox, Safari

It was a common belief Microsoft would never support the premium Outlook Web Access (OWA) experience on web browsers other than Internet Explorer (IE). OWA Premium, as you may already know, is the feature-rich OWA. Non-IE browsers such as FireFox and Safari have been relegated to the “reach” experience of OWA Light, with a reduced […]

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