Are Distribution Groups really being used?

Over the years, you end up creating a large number of Distribution Groups based on user demands. The regular departmental Distribution Groups such as Sales, Marketing, Engineering, and HR. The geographical ones such as AllUS, All-California, All-BayArea, and so on. The ones by employment status such as All-FTE for full-time employees, All-Contractors, and so on. […]

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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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Newsweek: Could Silicon Valley become the next Detroit?

Unless we spend more on technology and science, companies like Apple, HP and IBM could be eclipsed by foreign rivals, according to this article in Newsweek. It’s not the first time we’ve heard that, and it won’t be the last— but equating Silicon Valley with the U.S. auto industry and projecting it may land in […]

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Released: Update Rollup 6 for Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1

Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 has been released. Download it here. As noted in previous posts, Exchange 2007 updates are cumulative and release-specific. Additionally, as Ananth notes in the post on the Exchange team blog (read ‘Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Released‘), this update has a fix […]

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Google joins the Exchange ActiveSync bandwagon

Google is the latest addition in a long list of Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) licensees. In what may be one of the briefest press releases ever, Microsoft announced Google’s licensing Exchange ActiveSync as “a clear acknowledgement of the innovation taking place at Microsoft”. Google will use ActiveSync for its Google Sync service announced today. After Apple’s […]

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CNET’s Idea of Tech News

Although otherwise very readable publications/sites, some tech media outlets increasingly come up with news that really isn’t news, and certainly not worthy of publication. For instance, this item in CNET’s News.com: Georgetown University bans use of Windows 7 beta Given such media coverage, you can’t be blamed for wondering: “Wow, there must be something wrong […]

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Managed Folders: Why aren’t Calendar items expired?

You’re testing Exchange 2007’s Messaging Records Management (MRM) features to implement your organization’s messaging retention policies. You create a new Managed Folder for Calendar items, and then create a Managed Content Setting for it to expire Calendar items in 1 year. Next, you create a Managed Folder Mailbox Policy and add the Managed Folder to […]

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Extended Email Outage At The White House

One would have thought the email woes that plagued the previous administration would be a thing of the past. Apparently not. Members of the still-transitioning Obama team have been without email for over eight hours, thanks to a “server outage”. Ironically, even the tech-savvy Obama administration is not immune to the perpetual email woes at […]

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