Category Archives: Office 365

Exchange Unwashed blog digest March 2013

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

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

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

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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Some side-effects of the Exchange 2013 cumulative update strategy

Posted on March 8, 2013 by

Now that we have had a chance to digest the ramifications of the new cumulative update strategy for Exchange 2013 as laid out by Microsoft, it’s a good time to speculate how things will work in a practical sense. Three … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed Digest February 2013

Posted on March 4, 2013 by

February was quite an interesting month, if you like tracking various bugs and arguing whether Exchange 2013 is fit for deployment. Here’s what happened in my “Exchange Unwashed” blog on WindowsITPro.com during the month: Exchange 2010 Datacenter switchover tool (February … Continue reading →

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Why even bulletproofed Exchange ActiveSync is no guarantee of future iOS client happiness

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

A comment posted to my post wondering whether Apple’s release of iOS 6.1.2 would provide a long-term fix for the problem that causes excessive transaction log growth on Exchange servers (without introducing any new problems) asked a pertinent question: “Maybe … Continue reading →

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iOS 6.1.2 appears – it might fix the bug that screws up Exchange

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

It looks like Apple has released iOS 6.1.2 in an attempt to fix the calendar synchronization problem that causes Exchange servers to log a vastly increased number of database transactions and results in more transaction logs being generated, log replication within … Continue reading →

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iOS problems continue, good tip about VM deduplication, and the MVP Summit

Posted on February 18, 2013 by

Apple’s continuing struggle to make iOS work properly with Exchange was a prominent topic of discussion last night when some Exchange MVPs assembled for dinner. We’re in Redmond for the annual MVP Summit run by Microsoft and I was delighted … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed Digest for December 2012

Posted on January 14, 2013 by

I’m a tad remiss in posting the December 2012 digest for my “Exchange Unwashed” blog that appears on WindowsITPro.com. My only excuse is that I’ve been busy working on chapters for Exchange 2013 Inside Out (Volume 1 – Volume 2 … Continue reading →

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“Exchange Unwashed” November 2012 digest

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

November was another busy month for the “Exchange Unwashed” blog. Here’s the digest of the articles that were published. Visio stencils released but no news of Exchange 2010 SP2 RU5 or TechNet updates (November 29). Microsoft released a very useful … Continue reading →

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Microsoft increases prices for Office products – time to chat with your sales rep

Posted on November 28, 2012 by

Microsoft customers probably didn’t enjoy reading about the new prices for Office 2013 products that are reportedly on the way from December 1. The date is important because that’s when the Office 2013 versions of applications like Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, … Continue reading →

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