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TechEd Australia - registration opens
We've now opened registration for TechEd Australia. Register now and save $250 with the early-bird...
Author: jkruse Date: 05/07/2008
Tech.Ed 2008: T-Minus 4 (and a bit) Months
It has already been 4 months since I first posted about Tech.Ed Australia/NZ 2008, and there are now...
Author: jkruse Date: 04/28/2008
Creating OCS Access Edge DNS SRV records in BIND
The OCS deployment guides have step-by-step instructions on creating the necessary DNS SRV records...
Author: jkruse Date: 04/22/2008
Advantages of DAS over SAN storage in Exchange 2007
You may have heard me talk about this at TechEd, and some of my customers will recall long...
Author: jkruse Date: 04/16/2008
Office Communications Server 2007 VoIP Test Set
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 VoIP Test Set enables you to simulate a SIP endpoint to...
Author: jkruse Date: 04/14/2008
Client network traffic in Exchange 2007
We've had a whitepaper available for some time that allows you to work out the bandwidth and network...
Author: jkruse Date: 04/10/2008
Communicator inside Outlook
Outlook automatically includes presence indicators for all email recipients/senders/etc. But if you...
Author: jkruse Date: 04/03/2008
OWA in Firefox
Yes it can be done. Outlook Web Access Premium can't be rendered using the Firefox engine - when you...
Author: jkruse Date: 04/03/2008
Exchange DST questions
Alan's Tip O' The Day (not updated daily). Alan Cardenas is an Exchange engineer from the Sydney...
Author: jkruse Date: 03/28/2008
Windows Mobility Smackdown at TechReady 6
Every 6 months, Microsoft holds an internal-only conference called TechReady for our technical team...
Author: jkruse Date: 03/19/2008
VoiceCon update
We have made some huge announcements at VoiceCon over the last few days... Microsoft and Aspect Form...
Author: jkruse Date: 03/19/2008
Roundtable stars in CSI:NY
From Stuff-O-Rama... Two RoundTables were in CSI: New York recently, but as pointed out in the...
Author: jkruse Date: 03/18/2008
Mobility Webcasts for April 2008
TechNet Webcast: Windows Mobile Series: Providing Mobile Access to Corporate Data and Applications...
Author: jkruse Date: 03/18/2008
OCS Webcasts for April 2008
Those who attended the recent Voice Ignite training in Sydney will remember Byron Spurlock. Well...
Author: jkruse Date: 03/18/2008
Interact 2008 update
Microsoft Corporate VP for the UC Group Gurdeep Singh Pall has posted more information over at the...
Author: jkruse Date: 03/14/2008
How MSIT Deployed Office Communications Server 2007
MSIT deployment of Office Communications Server 2007 and Office Communicator 2007 and Office Phone...
Author: jkruse Date: 03/13/2008
Windows Mobile technical library - now at TechNet
Finally, Windows Mobile has been added to the TechNet technical library. In-depth technical...
Author: jkruse Date: 03/12/2008
Disclaimer
Any resemblance between the views on this blog and those of my employer, my university, my terminal,...
Author: jkruse Date: 03/11/2008
Work from Byron Bay for a week
From Rog42's blog... i-mate’s Ultimate experience – call for applicants i-mate Australia is running...
Author: jkruse Date: 03/07/2008
Help designing and planning your OCS deployment
I've just designed a high-level OCS architecture for a large organisation, including IM/presence,...
Author: jkruse Date: 03/07/2008
Differentiating between Stages of Enhanced Presence
Over at the the Office Communicator Team Blog there is a great article that explains the different...
Author: jkruse Date: 03/07/2008
Hard Rock Memorabilia
It's a nice experience when a piece of technology literally takes your breath away. It's been a...
Author: jkruse Date: 03/06/2008
Back from Vietnam
I'm officially back in the office after a couple of weeks holidaying in Vietnam. Completely off the...
Author: jkruse Date: 03/03/2008
On holidays
I'm off on holidays for 2 weeks, so there will be no new blog posts until the beginning of March....
Author: jkruse Date: 02/12/2008
UC Certificate Partners for Exchange and OCS 2007
Exchange 2007 and Office Communications Server 2007 have strict requirements for external/public...
Author: jkruse Date: 02/07/2008
Useful tools for working with OCS
This week I've been asked a lot about what tools I use for designing and managing OCS platforms....
Author: jkruse Date: 02/07/2008
Interact 2008
Join Microsoft at INTERACT2008—an exclusive event for key community influencers in the unified...
Author: jkruse Date: 02/04/2008
OCS Voice Ignite - Day 1
I'm at Darling Harbour this week for the OCS Voice Ignite Sydney event. Hundreds of partners are...
Author: jkruse Date: 02/03/2008
PIFEM - a closer look
I recently posted on a new email management system called Pay It Forward Email Management (PIFEM)....
Author: jkruse Date: 02/01/2008
Transporter Suite updated - now includes POP/IMAP
We've launched a new version of the Transporter Suite and now include connectors for generic...
Author: jkruse Date: 01/21/2008
Vodcast: RoundTable
See me demo RoundTable in a Vodcast which Deeps has put up at The TechNet Australia Blog. Update:...
Author: jkruse Date: 01/15/2008
I'm lovin' Live Photo Gallery
I've been playing with Windows Live Photo Gallery and absolutely love it! I went through a bunch of...
Author: jkruse Date: 01/07/2008
Email overload? PIFEM!
Do you get more email each day than you can handle? Are you up until midnight doing email? Do you...
Author: jkruse Date: 01/03/2008
A brief history of time
From You Had Me At EHLO... Ever wondered how Exchange Server evolved over the years? And how come...
Author: jkruse Date: 01/02/2008
Tech.Ed 2008 - it begins......
It seems like only yesterday that we were in Surfers Paradise for Tech.Ed 2007 but already we're...
Author: jkruse Date: 12/19/2007
Windows Mobile 6 for the Palm Treo 750
Great news for Australian users of the Palm Treo 750 (like me!). I got an email notification from...
Author: jkruse Date: 12/19/2007
Optimizing Outlook 2007 Cache Mode Performance for a Very Large Mailbox
Over at You Had Me At EHLO Matt Gossage has written a great article on some ideas for large...
Author: jkruse Date: 12/17/2007
I bow to Dave's geekhood
Recently I posted on fellow uber-geek Anthony Vitnell and his OCS setup at home. In that post my...
Author: jkruse Date: 12/10/2007
IT Operations in the South Pole
Over at the IT Pro Australia blog Deeps has a post about the world's most isolated IT operation, and...
Author: jkruse Date: 12/09/2007
Office Communications Server 2007 Supportability Guide
I often get asked questions around recommended architectures for OCS, as well as what is supported...
Author: jkruse Date: 12/09/2007
Video: demo of upgrading a CCR cluster from Exchange 2007 RTM to SP1
From You Had Me At EHLO... To demonstrate upgrading a CCR cluster from Exchange 2007 RTM to SP1, I...
Author: jkruse Date: 12/04/2007
Microsoft Office Mobile 6.1: Upgrade for Microsoft Office 2007 file formats
Office Mobile 6.1 is an upgrade to Office Mobile applications on Windows Mobile. The new upgrade...
Author: jkruse Date: 12/02/2007
Movember the 30th
Well another Movember is drawing to a close. It has been a massive month, and it has been a...
Author: jkruse Date: 11/29/2007
Exchange 2007 SP1 - now available!
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) has been designed specifically to help meet the...
Author: jkruse Date: 11/29/2007
Article: Email banter behind data explosion
https://www.itnews.com.au/News/NewsStory.aspx?story=65986 FTFA.... Companies are failing to identify...
Author: jkruse Date: 11/28/2007