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With the new wave of products (Exchange 2007, Windows 2008, SQL 2008, OCS 2007, etc) many people are looking to refresh their certifications. The new technical certifications fall into four categories: Technology Series (entry level): Microsoft Certified...
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This week Microsoft posted an updated to the iSCSI initiator for pretty much every version of Windows prior to Vista (the full list: Windows 2000 Service Pack 4; Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-Bit x86); Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition (32-Bit x86...
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I've seen some posts around that others are having issues with OWA after applying rollup 3 for SP1. We got it this past weekend. Essentially after applying and trying to access OWA, a blank page is all you get. After digging around, uninstalling and...
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I caught this from Trika's certification blog. Did you know there are 7,399 certified dudes Technical Specialists on Exchange 2007? How about 2,236 certified Enterprise Messaging Administrators? Have you gotten your certifications yet? Trika's...
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It took us longer than expect due to some conflicting schedules however Jeffrey Rosen and I were able to record episode number two. Subscribe to the Podcast feed here , or The show notes are here . Please send us feedback on the Podcast at podcast@exchangeexchange...
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About nine months ago I promised to blog about the different high availability options available in Exchange Server 2007 . I followed up with a post on LCR but then abandoned the project. So, today lets start that series back up. This time around lets...
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Other than Fruit Rollups, Exchange rollups are my second favorite type of rollup. This is no exception as Exchange Server 2007 RTM Rollup 7 and Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Rollup 3 have been released. These updates contain a long list of updates and security...
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I received notification this morning that I have been awarded Exchange MVP status! Dear Joel Stidley, Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2008 Microsoft® MVP Award! The MVP Award is our way to say thank you for promoting the spirit...
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It has been a couple of months so it is time for a contest. In honor of our new (almost-monthly) podcast we are giving away a 1GB Zune Ipod Shuffle along with a copy of Professional PowerShell for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 . I do apologize for featuring...
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This is probably the 289th blog that will note that Hyper-V has made release to manufacturing (RTM) and is available for download. It will be available to Windows Update in about 12 days. Check out the news at the Virtualization team blog here: Virtualization...
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Looks like the Exchange 2007 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 has been updated. Released 6/22/2008 version 6.0.6278.12. I was hoping to get a few more canned reports but it doesn’t look like they added much. Get it here: Microsoft...
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Wow, another service outage for RIM users early on June 18th . This time it only effected users in the southeastern United States. With the large selection of decent Windows Mobile devices that don’t require reliance on a third-party its an excellent...
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I was at the airport last week and noticed another passenger waiting and reading a book on his Amazon Kindle . The device is a lot neater looking in person that it is on the Website. If you have a Kindle and want to read the book you can get it here ...
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I don't often do book reviews; however I figured I would share my latest reading experience. I picked up a copy of Mary Jo Foley’s book Microsoft 2.0 at TechEd. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the balanced view of how Microsoft plans to stay the powerhouse...
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HMC 4.5 (Hosted Messaging and Collaboration) is now available for download here . The big deal with this release is support for OCS 2007 with IM and conferencing. What a great value add for hosters to offer! More information from the download: Overview...