Monthly Archives: April 2009

You, too, can Master Exchange

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Devin

One of the biggest criticisms I’ve seen of the MCM program, even when it first was announced, was the cost – at a list price of $18,500 for the actual MCM program, discounting the travel, lodging, food, and opportunity cost … Continue reading →

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Fixing interoperability problems between OCS 2007 R2 Public Internet Connectivity and AOL IM

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Devin

One of the cool things you can do with OCS is connect your internal organization to various public IM clouds (MSN/Windows Live, Yahoo!, and AOL) using the Public Internet Connectivity, or PIC, feature. As you might imagine, though, PIC involves … Continue reading →

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Defend THIS

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Devin

Iowa’s Supreme Court handed out a fairly shocking unanimous decision this morning striking down the definition of marriage as “one man, one woman”, upholding a 2007 Polk Country ruling If you follow along my blog, you probably already know that … Continue reading →

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ExMon released (no joke!)

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Devin

If you’re tempted to think this is an April Fool’s Day joke, no worries – this is the real deal. Yesterday, Microsoft published the Exchange 2007-aware version of Exchange Server User Monitor (ExMon) for download. “ExMon?” you ask. “What’s that?” … Continue reading →

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A Path of Nines

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Devin

Nine months ago I stepped outside of my comfort zone and started a month of karate at the local YMCA. I didn’t expect to renew for a second month. It turns out that I love it. I’ve gotten to the … Continue reading →

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