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InfoWorld’s campaign to “Save Windows XP”

I’ve been an avid reader of InfoWorld for as long as I can remember. It is one of the finest trade publications out there. In case you’ve missed it, they’ve been running an online campaign to “save Windows XP”. A few weeks ago, they announced that 75,000 XP users had signed up for it (Read […]

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DST 2007: December 2007 cumulative time zone update for Microsoft Windows operating systems

The last time we took a look at the timezone changes was when the August 2007 cumulative time zone update was released (Read previous post: “DST 2007: August 2007 Cumulative Timezone Update for Windows operating systems“). The August 2007 update included new timezone data for Caucasus Standard Time, Armenian Standard Time, New Zealand Standard Time, […]

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Rain City Guide: Seattle companies get no love

Just back from a good part of a week spent on the Microsoft campus, discussing Exchange developments – far more exciting than the new gadgets being unveiled at CES in Vegas all week. Though it rained almost every single day, and even snowed the night before I arrived, the weather wasn’t really that bad, and […]

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Redmond on Exchange’s Evolving Strategy

Tony Redmond outlines his perspective of how Exchange will evolve over E14 and onwards in this Windows IT Pro article. The key areas, according to Redmond, are automation, virtualization, mobility, Unified Communications, Information Management, and Software as a Service (SaaS). Read “Exchange’s Evolving Strategy” on WinItPro.com (requires subscription).

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Released: Exchange Server 2007 SP1

Great news, in words of Exchange TAP Program Manager David Espinoza: “Exchange Server 2007 SP1 has left the building”. The “pack of goodies” is Build 240.06 – download it here. (Read the announcement on the team blog, with feedback from TAP customers, including Zenprise.) Congratulations to the Exchange product team for shipping an unusual service […]

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TechNet Chats: Q&A With the Exchange MVP Experts

Microsoft is holding another round of Q&A; chats with Exchange Server MVPs. These were fun the last time (transcripts here), so if you have questions about Exchange Server – planning issues, deployments, best practices, security, HOW TOs, etc., and want answers from Exchange MVPs – pick a convenient time from the following. Q&A; With the […]

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Notes v/s Exchange: Networking’s 50 greatest arguments

Network World has an article on Networking’s 50 Greatest Arguments. Interestingly (and as expected…), Microsoft is the subject of many arguments in the list, including Netware v/s Microsoft networking, Windows v/s OS/2, Microsoft v/s U.S. Justice Dept., IE v/s Netscape Navigator, Windows v/s Unix, Mac v/s PC, and the inevitable Lotus Notes v/s Microsoft Exchange. […]

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Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 requires OCS 2007

Microsoft released Office Communications Server 2007 (OCS 2007), its much-awaited next-generation telephony/Unified Communications product, with much fanfare in San Francisco earlier last week. This is a major update to its predecessor – Live Communications Server 2005 (LCS 2005). The new client, Microsoft Office Communictor 2007, requires OCS 2007 at the server end. It does not […]

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Dvorak on Rethinking Microsoft

John Dvorak says there’s plenty of upside for Microsoft and it’s time to rethink our attitudes towards the company’s stock. More in Rethinking Microsoft on TheStreet.com.

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Released: Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007

Microsoft has released Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 (i.e. Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager 2007). The Management Pack can be downloaded from here.

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