In January, I spoke with Javier Soltero, the new General Manager of the Outlook development group, about his plans, hopes, and aspirations for revitalizing the Outlook client family, including Outlook desktop. Javier said that “his team is...
A recent Microsoft blog lauded the wonders of online archives, specifically of the type made available in on-premises Exchange and Exchange Online (just in case you thought otherwise). Interestingly, the post says that “studies suggest that...
Following my post on “The story of Exchange IOPS” outlining the journey of Exchange from being an I/O hog to something far less demanding on storage systems, a recent request from Josh Odgers from Nutanix to consider his post &ldquo...
The history of software is littered with examples of grand strategic changes that never amounted to much when implemented. The crusade to reduce the number of disk I/O operations generated per user per second (IOPS) is an example of how a big bet...
Since the introduction of the first "dumpster" in Exchange 2000, users have been able to recover deleted items without asking an administrator to recover the data from a backup. Given the propensity of humans to make mistakes (like deleting an ...
The disclosure on the EHLO blog that Exchange on-premises servers will run into some known issues if .NET Framework 4.6.1 is installed might surprise some, especially because it has become a recommended update distributed by Windows Update, but it...
Email stinks. It’s a cluttered, unfiltered mess that isn’t very useful when it comes to prioritizing your workflow or getting things done.
This is why I’ve become such a fan of Google’s new take on an email app, Inbox. It goes far beyond Goo...
A recent message from a reader piqued my interest because it describes a problem that I think many people face today. Here’s what it said...
Microsoft’s January 14 post “Leading the way in the fight against dangerous email threats” to the Office blog recalled the discussion that ensued in September 2012 after they announced the cancelation of their on-premises...
Microsoft’s July 2 announcement of a “compliance toolset” for public folders appears to have fallen flat in terms of the excitement generated in the Exchange community. At least, I never hear anyone talking about it or...
