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Happy Birthday OWA: Outlook Web Access Turns 10!

Outlook Web Access, the web-based interface for accessing Exchange, turns 10 today! Released on May 23, 1997, as part of Exchange 5.0, OWA went by the name “Exchange Web Access” back then. OWA has come a long way since Exchange 5.0 – abandoning its ability to live on a separate (non-Exchange) IIS server on the […]

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Can The Blue Monster Change Microsoft?

Apparently, this cartoon created by Hugh MacLeod of GapingVoid.com is getting traction amongst Microsofties, and outside Microsoft. Microsoft’s Steve Clayton explains what it is in a video. What strikes me is the simplicity of the message (and the medium). Hugh adds: “The Blue Monster was designed as a conversation starter. To paraphrase the ongoing dialogue […]

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Hilf: Don’t look at Fortune magazine as the manifestation of Microsoft strategy

In an exclusive interview to InfoWorld magazine, Microsoft’s Bill Hilf clears up the air [read previous article – “Bill Hilf: Free Software Movement Is Dead“] about Microsoft’s open source strategy, and its patent infringement claims. According to Hilf, Microsoft’s strategy hasn’t changed. It’s not on the litigation path. Ignore Fortune’s spin on Microsoft counsel Brad […]

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CAS In DMZ Redux: Time For an OWA Appliance?

The number of times I continue to field this question is amazing – Can the Client Access Server be located in the perimeter (DMZ) network? I wrote about it not too long ago [read previous post titled “Locating Exchange Server 2007 CAS role in the perimeter?“]. Exchange folks continue to get the standard requirement/mandate from […]

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Bill Hilf: Free Software Movement Is Dead

This may add a lot of fuel to the platforms (Windows v/s Open Source and Almost Open Source But Never Free) debate, and will certainly balloon into a controversy of interesting proportions. Bill Hilf, Microsoft’s GM of Platform Strategy, said in a recent interview in Bangkok: “The Free Software movement is dead. Linux doesn’t exist […]

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‘Crapware’-free: Longhorn Server does not include useless desktop apps

We’ve been hearing a lot about ‘crapware‘ apps installed by hardware vendors on desktops and laptops – apps like AOL (or other ISP) software, myriad browser add-ins and toolbars, trial versions of anti-virus, firewall, and security software that you may never use – perhaps because your organization has standardized on some more manageable enterprise versions […]

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Exchange Hosted Services is not hosted Exchange

Like many folks out there, I believed – wrongly so, that Exchange Hosted Services is hosted Exchange, and competes with Microsoft/Exchange’s model of selling Exchange Server software licenses. Thanks to Paul Englis, PM, UC Services, for the clarification – EHS offerings include Exchange Hosted Filtering – an anti-spam/anti-virus filtering service, Exchange Hosted Archive – an […]

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Drumroll: MAPI is now Outlook Exchange Transport Protocol

Messaging Application Programming Interface – or MAPI, the equally loved (overstatement?) and hated protocol used by Microsoft Outlook to communicate with Microsoft Exchange Server, just got rechristened! It’s now called Outlook Exchange Transport Protocol. Found this little tidbit burried in Paul Robichaux’ blog. Saw it mentioned as such on a Microsoft licensing web page not […]

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Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Beta 1 available to subscribers

Microsoft has released Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Beta1 to TechNet and MSDN subscribers. Both the 32-bit (for test/lab use) and 64-bit versions are available on TechNet. MSDN shows only the 64-bit version. If you subscribe to TechNet or MSDN, head over to either site to download Beta1. (Charged up with enthusiasm as you may be […]

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Internetnews.com: Surprise, Microsoft Listed as Most Secure OS!

Microsoft has no dearth of critics as far as security goes, particularly from the open source bandwagon. Apple’s commercials certainly show no mercy when talking about this issue, and frankly the commercials are quite funny and well-executed, imo (..but then isn’t marketing the art or science of being as far removed from the facts as […]

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