Tag Archives: Outlook 2010

Getting used to Outlook 2011 for Mac

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

On November 8, I described how a brand-new MacBook Air had made its appearance in the IT lineup for the Redmond household and some initial teething problems that this Windows-centric (to date) individual had experienced in setting up this beautiful … Continue reading →

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Clients that support Exchange 2010 archive mailboxes

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

My post describing the issues that can arise when you enable an Exchange 2010 mailbox to have an archive is one of the most actively discussed on this blog. I think that this points to a certain lack of familiarity that … Continue reading →

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Starting a voyage with Mac

Posted on November 8, 2011 by

I’ve been using DOS or Windows PCs since the first IBM PC appeared. Over that time Microsoft-powered computers have infuriated and annoyed me on a regular basis but I think that I am now inured to the ways of Windows. Perhaps this … Continue reading →

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Measuring Outlook 2010 network latency

Posted on June 17, 2011 by

One of the truths often overlooked by those who wish to rush into the cloud is that the characteristics of their network will change dramatically. Some of the traffic that is currently processed internally will have to be channeled out … Continue reading →

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Using Outlook 2003 with Exchange 2010

Posted on February 1, 2011 by

I like Outlook 2003 a lot, mostly because it was the client that liberated users from the tyranny of extended synchronization sessions, often over a spotty dial-up connection, just to collect some new messages. In the bad old days pre-Outlook … Continue reading →

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Predictions for 2011: The Exchange Market

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

On Tuesday, I had an interesting call with Matt Gervais of TechTarget to discuss my views on what will happen for the Exchange market in 2011. Matt is busy talking to some other folks and will share his best assessment … Continue reading →

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Beware the effects of enabling an Exchange 2010 archive mailbox

Posted on January 11, 2011 by

The introduction of archive mailboxes is one of the major new features offered by Exchange 2010. Matters are substantially improved in Exchange 2010 SP1 as it supports the separation of a user’s primary mailbox and their archive mailbox across different … Continue reading →

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Arrest the “Reply All” scourge!

Posted on November 15, 2010 by

Today, Microsoft Research published an interesting add-in that works with both Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010 to help suppress the awful mess that users can get themselves into with the ‘Reply All’ button. As you probably know, “reply all” works … Continue reading →

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Second day of Exchange Maestro training in Boston

Posted on October 14, 2010 by

We began day 2 of the Exchange 2010 Maestro seminar with a review of the topics covered in day 1. A spirited discussion occurred about the notion of “backupless” Exchange. In other words, some commentators have advanced the thought that … Continue reading →

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