Microsoft 365 insights from the field

A blog by Peter Schmidt about Security, Identity, Email Protection, Compliance, AI & Copilot, and Tenant-to-Tenant migrations

Reserve the dates for MEC 2014

Last week Microsoft announced the dates and the location for the Next Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC). The next MEC will be March 31st to April 2nd 2014 in Austin, Texas. For more information on the upcoming conference, follow the official site: iammec.com and the twitter for the hashtag #iammec. There is also an mailling list on IamMEC.com, sign up and be sure to get the news. See you in Austin, Texas next year.

TechEd 2013 – Early Bird expires on friday

  If you plan on going to TechEd, be aware that the early bird expires on friday (march 22nd), so this is the last chance to save 300$ / 300€. TechEd is Microsoft’s premiere annual event for IT Pro and Developers. It is held in several locations around the world. The conference normally lasts between 3 and 5 days, and consists of presentation and whiteboard sessions and hands-on labs. There are opportunities to meet Microsoft …

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Exchange 2013, Lync 2013 and Office 365 Online Training available

So far there are numerous of Exchange 2013 Training resources available online and some of them are free. With a new release, Microsoft often is doing Ignite seminar around the world, some of these has now been made available as online labs and webcasts. Ignite Online provides technical training for IT Professionals on the new Exchange, Lync, Office and Office 365. These guides feature new product capabilities and cover topics such as design, deployment and …

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Microsoft Exchange 2013 JetStress Tool Released

Yesterday Microsoft released the Exchange 2013 version of the JetStress Tool. The JetStress tool is used during deployment to verify the performance and stability of a disk subsystem prior to putting an Exchange 2013 server into production. JetStress can help verify disk performance by simulating Exchange disk Input/Output (I/O) load, it does so by simulating the Exchange database and log file loads produced by a specific number of users. It is highly recommended to read …

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The limits of Shared Mailboxes in Office 365

I get lots of questions about the Shared Mailbox in Office 365, especially on how it works with the licensing. Does a common shared department mailbox take an Office 365 license ? Shared Mailboxes in Office 365 (Exchange Online), allow a group of users to view and send e-mail from a common mailbox. I will try to describe the details in this blog post. Shared Mailboxes in Office 365 and licensing With Office 365 (Exchange …

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