The danish Microsoft Unified Communications User Group CoLabora, which I participate in, has just launched the date for it’s next User Group meeting. A full day of interesting Lync and Exchange sessions. Read more on www.colabora.dk and sign up for the meeting at the CoLabora site. The meeting will be in danish and in Ballerup (Copenhagen).
Today I received an e-mail from Microsoft and I am delighted to share that I have been awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) 2012 for the fifth consecutive year. Second year as an Exchange MVP. I am honored to receive this award again and I appreciate everyone that reads my blog and keeps up with me on twitter (@petsch). I will strive to keep contributing to the community and hope that my contributions helps you …
A great new initiative has seen the light of day, it’s a bi-weekly podcast about Exchange and Lync. It is released by a group of volunteers called The UC Architects, which consists of experienced Microsoft Unified Communication architects, enthusiasts and MVPs. It is a regular bi-weekly podcast focusing on Exchange and Lync including: Exchange and Lync tips and tricks Deep dives into new features and products Round ups of the Exchange and Lync news, …
As I have done the previous years, I have compiled a list of all the Exchange related sessions from TechEd North America 2012, which runs this week (June 11-14) in Orlando, FL. They are all available as on demand recordings (webcasts) and slide decks are also online. Here is the complete overview of the Exchange sessions: An Inside View of Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP2 (Speaker: Jeff Mealiffe) Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP2 Tips & Tricks …
Here are some field notes from a recent Exchange 2010 Retention and Archive case. I have made a simple Exchange 2010 PowerShell script Get-ArchivedMBStats.ps1, that shows mailbox statistics for all mailboxes that have Online Archive enabled. It is great for following the progress of archiving of individual mailboxes. The output of the script is the following information about each mailbox with archive enabled: Mailbox Display Name Mailbox TotalItemSize (MB) Mailbox ItemCount Mailbox Database Mailbox RetentionPolicy Archive Display …