Author Archives: Tony Redmond ("Thoughts of an Idle Mind")

About Tony Redmond ("Thoughts of an Idle Mind")

Exchange MVP, author, and rugby referee

Low book prices don’t reflect the work involved

Posted on May 17, 2013

I wonder whether I should feel offended that Amazon.com has priced Paul Robichaux’s book, “Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Inside Out: Connectivity, Clients, and UM” at $30.21 whereas my book “Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Inside Out: Mailbox and High Availability” is … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed blog digest March 2013

Posted on May 15, 2013

I have been remiss in updating this site with information about posts to my “Exchange Unwashed” blog on WindowsITPro.com. All I can say is that WindowsITPro.com has been through the trauma of a content management system (CMS) upgrade. Like all … Continue reading →

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Office 365 support case resolved – thankfully!

Posted on May 1, 2013

On April 29, I reported the poor support experience I had received as a result of the upgrade of my Office 365 tenant domain from the Wave 14 release to Wave 15. Essentially, a support call reported on April 8 … Continue reading →

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Upgrading Office 365 to Wave 15: My support experience to date

Posted on April 29, 2013

One of the great promises held out by cloud-based services is that you do not have to worry about software upgrades and other common maintenance operations as the service operators will take care of these mundane operations. In the eyes … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2013 Inside Out appears on Amazon

Posted on April 23, 2013

The wheels of the publishing market turn in mysterious ways. At least, their ways are mysterious to those who don’t publish books, including the authors who actually write the text. Earlier this month I let you know that O’Reilly will … Continue reading →

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Citer – good service for a change from a car hire company

Posted on April 19, 2013

Car hire companies, especially those who operate at airports, are often criticized for poor service and some pretty tacky habits, such as their desire to charge renters for a full tank of fuel when the rental commences even when the … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2013 Inside Out: Mailbox and High Availability makes an appearance

Posted on April 11, 2013

The nice people at O’Reilly Media have posted details of book one of the two-part Exchange 2013 Inside Out set. My book covers the mailbox server and high availability while Paul Robichaux is deep in the process of writing all … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2013 CU1 appears

Posted on April 3, 2013

Exchange 2013 CU1 has now appeared. My review of the new release is available on WindowsITPro.com, where I have also posted some notes on the approach needed to update mailbox servers that are members of a Database Availability Group (DAG). … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2013: Stuck messages in OWA’s Drafts folder and DNS

Posted on March 25, 2013

One of the common things that OWA users notice about Exchange 2013 is that outgoing messages sometimes appear to get “stuck” in the Drafts folder. Not only do messages seem to linger in Drafts, no trace of the outbound messages … Continue reading →

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Microsoft CVP on the current state of Windows Phone and its competitors

Posted on March 20, 2013

Terry Myerson, who previously ran the Exchange development group, is now the Microsoft Corporate Vice-President (CVP) for Windows Phone. He has always had strong opinions and it came as no surprise that Terry would voice some trenchant views when he was interviewed … Continue reading →

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