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Microsoft PDC Conference Live Streaming
Attend Microsoft PDC10 October 28-29 online via live streaming or find the event closest to your...
Author: M. Omer Siddiqui Date: 10/24/2010
Microsoft PDC Conference online
Attend Microsoft PDC10 October 28-29 online via live streaming or find the event closest to your...
Author: M. Omer Siddiqui Date: 10/19/2010
TechEd Middle East Registration Opens
Registration is now open for TechEd Middle East 2011. Tech·Ed is Microsoft’s premier technical...
Author: M. Omer Siddiqui Date: 10/12/2010
Microsoft Exchange 2010 CAS Array – Steps and Recommendations
High availability for Exchange Server 2010 Client access to the messaging platform is provided...
Author: M. Omer Siddiqui Date: 10/11/2010
Transitioning an Active Directory Site for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
In this blog, I will talk about transitioning your Active Directory site while upgrading your...
Author: M. Omer Siddiqui Date: 10/06/2010
The new version of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Storage Calculator and Active / Active users distribution
Microsoft Exchange team has recently released the new version of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010...
Author: M. Omer Siddiqui Date: 09/27/2010
Guidance change: Calculating the Megacycles for Different Processor Configurations Formula
Recently the Exchange team changed the guidance for calculating the megacycles for different...
Author: M. Omer Siddiqui Date: 09/26/2010
Microsoft Lync – A new brand for Office Communicator Server
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 is the new name of Microsoft Office Communicator Server and it now...
Author: M. Omer Siddiqui Date: 09/19/2010
Internet Explorer 9.0 Beta is released to public
Windows Internet Explorer 9 delivers web sites and applications that look and perform like native PC...
Author: M. Omer Siddiqui Date: 09/17/2010
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 High Availability Recommendations
Business-critical applications such as corporate e-mail must reside on systems and network...
Author: M. Omer Siddiqui Date: 09/07/2010
Automatic distribution of mailboxes in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
This is really interesting stuff. You're an administrator, and you've installed a few servers...
Author: M. Omer Siddiqui Date: 08/31/2010
Exchange Server 2010 SP1 is released
Exchange Server 2010 SP1 is released by Exchange team. It is now available for customer download...
Author: M. Omer Siddiqui Date: 08/27/2010
Why upgrade from Microsoft Exchange 2003 servers – Productivity for Administrators
Many of our customers are still running their messaging system on Microsoft Exchange 2003 servers....
Author: M. Omer Siddiqui Date: 08/25/2010
Why upgrade from Microsoft Exchange 2003 servers – Productivity for end-users
Many of our customers are still running their messaging system on Microsoft Exchange 2003 servers....
Author: M. Omer Siddiqui Date: 07/21/2010
Appear Offline in Microsoft Office Communicator Server 2007
A few customers have been asking on how to get the “Appear offline” status in Microsoft...
Author: M. Omer Siddiqui Date: 07/19/2010
Microsoft Exchange Hosted Messaging (HMC) VS Address List Segregation
While many organizations are interested in having an Address List Segregation solution, they should...
Author: M. Omer Siddiqui Date: 07/06/2010
Microsoft InstaLoad – Battery Installation Technology
This is really cool technology where you can insert the battery into your device in any way you...
Author: M. Omer Siddiqui Date: 07/03/2010
Step by step guide for upgrading Active Directory from Microsoft Windows 2003 to Microsoft Windows Server 2008
In this blog, I will guide you with a very simple step by step approach on how to upgrade your...
Author: M. Omer Siddiqui Date: 06/30/2010
Disaster recovery for Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) service
Many customers have been asking me if they should have a disaster recovery plan for Microsoft Rights...
Author: M. Omer Siddiqui Date: 06/29/2010
Microsoft Exchange Address List Segregation - Script to bulk update msExchQueryBaseDN
Some time ago, I have been helping a customer utilize "Address list segregation whitepaper”...
Author: M. Omer Siddiqui Date: 06/28/2010