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Friday, April 28, 2006 7:00 PM

Exchange Virtual Labs

 I've been really busy practicing my UM demo, to make sure everything works as planned next week and that the gremlins behave appropriately (Hey it's normal for there to be gremlins.  They increase in number in direct proportion to the amount
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Thursday, April 27, 2006 5:12 PM

Take an MCP exam for Free

James noticed that you can take an MCP exam for Live Communications Server for free.  You need to use a promotional code (on his blog)  when you book the exam.  And if you pass the beta - you'll be one of the first MCP's on LCS too... so
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006 5:30 PM

New blog location

Ron mailed me about this ages and ages ago.  I read his blog, as I used to drive a Camaro  and currently drive a 2000 Pointiac Trans Am (Yup - in the UK)  I'd been getting redirects, and RSS bounces from my RSS reader - and it's finally
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006 3:22 PM

New names for Exchange 12 and Management products too.

I just knew I should have gone to MMS this year.  The new name for Exchange 12 has been announced.  Microsoft Exchange 2007.  KC unveiled the new (unofficial) logo for exchange, which looks  very James Bond - ish and is really
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Tuesday, April 25, 2006 4:50 PM

Geeking out with the girls...

Sarah did an amazing job with last nights Girly geek dinner in London - over 180 people registered for the event.  There are some truly awesome women who want to be with other technically focused women.  The show of hands showed that there were
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Monday, April 24, 2006 2:35 PM

Do things really happen in threes?

... I wonder?  Last week, the video that I'd done for channel 9 was published, and this week the video that we all did for the Exchange Unplugged tour back in November has gone live on the IT's ShOwtime site.  There are little clips of
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Friday, April 21, 2006 3:30 PM

Virtual Server management Pack released

Well with all the hoo-ha about Virtual Server recently I didn't think I'd have anything else to add to the conversation.  But I do now.  The MOM team have released a management pack (also free) that you can download to manage your free
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Thursday, April 20, 2006 12:27 PM

TechNet searches change AND's to OR's

Phil got a mail from someone who was having trouble with his TechNet subscription.  If he entered two search terms in to the TechNet viewer application, then the search engine ORs the search terms rather than ANDs them.  It was driving
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Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:18 PM

Channel 9 lets me talk to them....

I didn't even notice this, but Kintan mailed me overnight to say that he liked my video on Channel 9.  I was over in Redmond earlier this year, and talked to Charles and Jennifer about all sorts of things including ladies and girl geeks (and
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Tuesday, April 18, 2006 5:24 PM

RTC Webcasts for May

Microsoft Office System Webcast: Tips and Tricks for Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 (Level 100)Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific TimeEvan Archilla, Consultant, Projectline ServicesMicrosoft Office Communicator 2005 is an integrated
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Tuesday, April 18, 2006 5:23 PM

Portals werbcasts for May

Microsoft Office System Webcast: Top 10 Tips to Save Time in SharePoint (Level 100)Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific TimeAndy Reed, Senior Training Specialist, Pacific Technical Consulting (PTC)When Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services
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Tuesday, April 18, 2006 5:21 PM

MOM & SMS Webcasts for May

TechNet Webcast: Troubleshooting Systems Management Server 2003 (Level 200)Friday, May 26, 2006 - 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific TimeJohn Baker, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft CorporationTroubleshooting Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Installations
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Tuesday, April 18, 2006 5:20 PM

Office Webcasts for May

TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft Corporate IT Plans to Migrate an Internal Decision Support Application from Excel 2003 to Office Excel 2007 (Level 300)Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific TimeSergei Gundorov,  Senior Applications Developer,
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Tuesday, April 18, 2006 5:16 PM

Messaging Webcasts for May

TechNet Webcast: Recipient Management and Permissions in Exchange "12" (Level 300)Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific TimeBrad Clark, Program Manager Lead, Microsoft CorporationLearn how to create and manage most types of recipients using
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Tuesday, April 18, 2006 5:13 PM

Mobility Webcasts for May

Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: Using Windows Mobile Solutions to Enhance Business Performance Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific TimeEllen Daley, Vice President, Research Director, Forrester ResearchAre you looking to improve the
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Thursday, April 13, 2006 2:03 PM

What is RPC/HTTP?

We talk about using RPC over HTTP and HTTPS a lot.  I've blogged about troubleshooting RPC/HTTP, I talk about how fantastic it is to be able to access my email without the need to VPN, but I was stopped in my tracks today when someone actually
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Wednesday, April 12, 2006 4:42 PM

Exchange 12 - who's saying what...

So my roving reporter, Mark is over at the Windows Connections 2006 event in Disney World (don't ask).  I've asked him to report on some of the cool sessions that he's been attending there.  So he dutifully went along to an Exchange 12 session
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Tuesday, April 11, 2006 4:25 PM

Download Monad and start scripting stuff...

Guy has been giving me a few hints and tips recently since I admitted to my terror at using Monad and having to learn it in preparation for Exchange 12.  So I was intrerested to see his post on how to download and have a play with Monad itself.
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Monday, April 10, 2006 12:34 PM

MEDC world tour comes to France

Well I blogged the other week about the Mobile and Embedded Developers conference in Las Vegas, and I've now noticed that MEDC is in Nice, France in June.  (Mike, where are the Muglets for this event then?)  You've got a couple of weeks
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Friday, April 07, 2006 2:44 PM

SMS betas - come and play

I've been ignoring MOM and SMS recently - I've been too fired up playing with E12 all week.  But I've seen a couple of beta programs that you may want to get involved with, so get you up to speed on SMS.  Here are the SMS betas that you can
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Thursday, April 06, 2006 10:26 AM

PDA Access to your Exchange 2003

Well I had an email overnight that really made me smile.  Although I'm still here in London on the E12 ignite course, I've still got my day job and my managers job to do.  Part of my day job is responding to mails that come in either via the
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Wednesday, April 05, 2006 2:15 PM

Exchange 12 webcasts on demand

****Edited links etc.**** We're onto our second batch of people on the E12 ignite training course, and the room is packed.  Word must have spread, and we now have more people here than we have PC's for.  Obviously a good course then, and
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Tuesday, April 04, 2006 1:22 PM

Exchange 12 and MMC 3.0

I'm staying in a hotel in London all this week delivering part of the Exchange 12 ignite roadshow.   We're delivering 2 sets of Exchange 12 training to partners in the UK. There are 7 Microsoft UK gurus from different parts of the
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Monday, April 03, 2006 1:41 PM

Baby's on the road again...

At last!  The dates for the TechNet UK roadshow have now gone live on the TechNet site.  I like being out on the road (most of the time) I love the adrenaline buzz that kicks in seconds before I open the demo.  I love the terror
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