Tag 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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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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Exchange Unwashed Digest for January 2013

Posted on February 4, 2013 by

January seemed to go on forever, or maybe this was just because it was mostly cold, wet, and grey in Ireland (a distressingly usual state of affairs at this time of year). Nevertheless, “Exchange Unwashed” needed to be written, so … 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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Exchange Unwashed September 2012 Digest

Posted on October 5, 2012 by

September 2012 was the month of MEC and many articles appeared to cover the happenings at the conference. I tried, but failed, to stay away from too many mentions of MEC in the “Exchange Unwashed” blog because there were many … Continue reading →

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Searching, iFilters, and attachments

Posted on October 3, 2012 by

Ireland in October is definitely different to Florida in September. Although I didn’t see much of the outside weather during last week’s MEC in Orlando, heat and humidity has been replaced with Dublin’s ongoing mixture of rain and wind. Some … Continue reading →

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