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Ever since last month’s announcement that Microsoft SQL Server will be coming to Linux, quiet rumors have been floating around that some of Microsoft’s other Enterprise Products, such as Exchange Server, may follow suit. With this week’s announcement at the Build conference about the popular Linux shell “BASH” coming to Windows, I decided it was time to see…
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I’ve always had two passions throughout my IT career, Messaging, and Security. I tend to change my focus from one to the other every few years. For the past couple years as a Premier Field Engineer, I was fortunate enough to be able to leverage both of my passions, however Messaging was my primary focus. Yesterday…
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Exchange 2016 has been officially released! Read the official announcement here: http://aka.ms/msexchange2016 More to come soon.
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This week I was helping a customer figure out why their Windows 8.1 with Outlook 2013 clients couldn’t connect to Exchange 2010 over Outlook Anywhere with Smartcard Authentication, but their Windows 7 with Outlook 2010 clients could. After a couple days of looking at network traces on firewalls, Process Explorer, and Process Monitor on several…
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Here are some times/places you can find me during the Microsoft Ignite conference next week. Sunday May 3rd 3-4 PM – #BeerIT – I’m hoping to make this pre-conference party, but the time conflicts with a meeting I have. Hopefully I’ll be able to make it for at least part of it. 6-9 PM…
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A month in advance of the Ignite Conference, an anonymous source within the Exchange Product Group tells us Exchange 2016 is being built on, and will run entirely inside of, Minecraft. Check out my exlusive interview below! FixTheExchange: Why Minecraft?! Anonymous Exchange Product Group Person: We were really excited when Microsoft bought Minecraft. We'd…
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If you haven't already heard, I'll be delivering a session at the Microsoft Ignite conference at the McCormick Place in Chicago Illinois May 4-8. My session is called "Shut the Front Door! Securing your Messaging Environment". (Session code BRK3109) UPDATED! TIME CHANGE! (Updated again, for some reason the strikethrough text isn't working, removed some text to…
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Exchange 2013 CU8, Exchange 2010 SP3 RU9, and Exchange 2007 SP3 RU16 have all been released!
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Exchange 2013 CU7, Exchange 2010 SP3 RU8, Exchange 2007 SP3 RU15, and UM Language Packs for CU7, were all released yesterday. These include important security fixes for vulnerabilities outlined in MS14-075. There have been reports of RU8 breaking Outlook connectivity. Because of this, RU8 is being recalled, so expect an RU8v2. For more information, see the…
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Due to traveling and the holidays, I'm a little late on getting this out there… Exchange 2010 SP3 RU7 and Exchange 2013 CU6 were both released last week (August 26th 2014). Exchange 2010 SP3 RU7 has a handful of bug fixes, and so far is rather unintersting and uneventful. Exchange 2013 CU6 on the other hand, has had…