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Controlling ActiveSync device access on Exchange 2013

By Chris On November 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Exchange Server

I previously blogged about controlling ActiveSync device access on Exchange 2010 and Exchange Online and thought I would follow-up with quick post on how to accomplish the same results on Exchange 2013. For this post, I will create the same policy as before..  a device policy to quarantine any iPad devices. The use [...]

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Microsoft Lync Basic 2013

By Chris On November 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Lync, Office 365

Microsoft recently released Lync Basic 2013, a slimmer version of the Lync client that provides all the basic functionality available in the full version of Lync 2013. Some of the notable missing features in the basic client are advanced call features such as team ring, call forwarding, simultaneous ring, voice mail, call park, call delegation, [...]

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Controlling ActiveSync device access on Exchange 2010 and Exchange Online

By Chris On October 16, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Exchange Server, Office 365

I am often surprised by how few customers know about or use ActiveSync device access rules (or ABQ for short) in Exchange 2010 when everyone seems to have the requirement to some degree or another. I see a growing trend to use third party products to do what Exchange can and has been able to [...]

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Exchange 2013 is RTM!

By Chris On October 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Cloud, Exchange Server, Lync, Office 365

Earlier today Exchange 2013 reached RTM status. This is a very exciting announcement and means that coding and testing is now complete. General availability is planned for the first quarter of 2013. In addition to Exchange, the new Office, SharePoint, and Lync have also reached RTM. For more information on the announcement, click [...]

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Exchange 2013 – Introducing The Exchange Administration Center

By Chris On September 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Exchange Server

If you’ve decided to get you hands dirty with the Exchange 2013 Preview, the first thing you probably noticed when clicking on the start menu after installation is this:

 

Your eyes are not deceiving you, there is no shortcut to for the Exchange Management Console (EMC)… the reason for this is simple, [...]

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MEC 2012 – The lost conference!

By Chris On September 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Exchange Server, Random

I can’t believe how quickly this year has gone, it is almost time for me to start packing my bags for another trip..  I’ll be attending the Microsoft Exchange Conference 2012 (MEC) in Orlando, September 24th-26th. I am really looking forward to this great opportunity to learn about the product from the engineers who built [...]

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Greig’s handy tools for Lync

By Chris On August 31, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Lync

My friend and colleague Greig Sheridan recently released a couple of handy client side tools for Lync. I think they are both really great and thought I would plug them for him! The first of these is called “Profiles for Lync”. Profiles for Lync is a multi-user account management application for Lync which allows you [...]

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A new look..

By Chris On August 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Random

After more than 2 years of the same I have decided to give my blog a new look. It is very much a work in progress for now, but hopefully it does not look too bad! I have once again decided against implementing any form of CSS or styling in my RSS feed as I [...]

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Say EHLO to Exchange 2013!

By Chris On July 17, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Exchange Server

I am very excited to let you all know that Microsoft has made the preview release of Exchange 2013 available for download.

This release has been highly anticipated, for more information about the Exchange 2013 preview, click here. In addition, the Office 2013 preview was also announced. Exchange 2013 [...]

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Exchange Hybrid Multi-namespace Autodiscover Configuration

By Chris On June 22, 2012 · 4 Comments · In Cloud, Exchange Server, Forefront TMG, Office 365

I came across an interesting issue when using the Exchange Hybrid Configuration Wizard in a multi-namespace environment recently. Autodiscover was configured and working correctly for Outlook and EAS clients but the wizard would not complete successfully and would generate the following error: “Federation information could not be received from the external organization…” as seen below:

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