Author Archives: Devin

About Devin

Husband and father; technology consultant, speaker, author, and blogger; Microsoft Exchange architect and MVP; writer, reader, Xbox player, karate student, and music lover. Seeker of balance, reveler in life, learning how to look for the uplifting.

Using Out-GridView (#DoExTip)

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Devin

My second tip in this series is going to violate the ground rules I laid out for it, because they’re my rules and I want to. This tip isn’t a tool or script. It’s a pointer to an insanely awesome … Continue reading →

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Exchange Environment Report script (#DoExTip)

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Devin

My inaugural DoExTip is a script I have been rocking out to and enthusiastically recommending to customers for over a year: the fantastic Exchange Environment Report script by UK Exchange MVP Steve Goodman. Apparently Microsoft agrees, because they highlight it in … Continue reading →

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Introducing DoExTips

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Devin

At my house, we try to live our life by a well-known saying attributed to French philosopher Voltaire: “The perfect is the enemy of the good.” This is a translation from the second line of his French poem La Bégueule, which … Continue reading →

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Let’s Test It!

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Devin

I’ve been studying karate for nearly five years now, and I don’t think I’ve shared this story before. When we’re sparring, students are required to wear the appropriate protective gear. No head shots, for example, if you’re not wearing head protection. For males, … Continue reading →

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#MSExchange 2010 and .NET 4.0

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Devin

Oh, Microsoft. By now, one might think that you’d learn not to push updates to systems without testing them thoroughly. One would be wrong. At least this one classifies as a minor annoyance and not outright breakage… Windows Update offers … Continue reading →

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Blues Brother

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Devin

Right at the end of December, I decided that January 2013 would be my year of just saying “Do it.” The first thing I said “do it” to was getting my hair dyed blue, like I’ve been wanting to for … Continue reading →

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A Few Bullet Points on American Gun Culture

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Devin

I’m a gun owner. I hold a concealed pistol license in the state of Washington and I own a pistol and a rifle, which I have taken reasonable and prudent steps to keep locked up and safe when they are … Continue reading →

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