Over on Ed’s blog, he’s been talking about how the battle between IBM Lotus and Microsoft isn’t about e-mail. In the comments, I pointed out that both sides want the battle to be about their broader platform… but many customers still think it’s about messaging and calendaring, and they see the debate in those terms. That may be because they’re more familiar with messaging and calendaring tools, or it may be because (despite protestations to the contrary) many Notes shops aren’t using all the collaboration functionality that they paid for (and have to manage).
Improving the value proposition of Notes e-mail?
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Free Key Bank iPod Nano: way better than expected
Arlene and I got our free iPod nano units from KeyBank’s promotion today. I was expecting a 1GB unit because that’s what the ad promised. Instead, though, they shipped me one of the brand new (as in, introduced two weeks ago) aluminum 2GB models. I’m delighted! That’s way nicer than I expected. Now, if I can just get Key to send me that debit card I asked for…
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UM trial kit: $1000
Want to try Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging? Microsoft is working with a set of select partners to sell a “trial kit” with the hardware you’ll need. Rather, they’re selling some of the hardware you’ll need: an AudioCodes gateway that will link up to 4 analog phone lines with your Exchange UM server via Voice-over-IP. That gives you Outlook Voice Access, play-on-phone, and the Exchange automated attendant. You also get two hours of phone support, which you’ll probably need to set up the gateway.
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Timely story on phishing impact
Reuters has an interesting story today on how phishers are cranking up their attempts to steal your money– and your identity. Symantec released a study today claiming an 81% increase in the number of unique phishing message sent out in the first half of 2006 vs the second half of 2005– not a huge surprise to anyone who has an e-mail account.The story is particularly timely, though, given that 3Sharp will be making a phishing-related announcement later this week; I’ll have more to say later in the week.
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Enabling subject lines in Exchange 2007 message tracking
Message tracking is an immensely useful Exchange feature that makes it simple to see each place where an inbound or outbound message was touched by an Exchange component. Mark Arnold had a good post back in August about some nifty message tracking tricks you can do with the set-transportServer task, but he left out the most important one (IMHO): how do you turn on subject-line tracking?
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Receiving Internet e-mail with Exchange 2007
I meant to blog this a few weeks ago, but I forgot. Thankfully, Outlook 2007’s To-Do Bar helped remind me, as I’d flagged it for followup. One of the most common questions I see from people who have just installed Exchange 2007 for the first time involves the hub transport role’s behavior when receiving Internet e-mail. Wonder why it’s rejecting your messages? Wonder no more; Bharat has a good explanation.
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Australia wants Java, C# programmers and CISSPs
I get some of the best stuff in my press release feeds! Today’s winner is a release from the Visa Bureau, an independent visa agency that makes its living from helping people emigrate. Anyway, the release points out that Australia has added network security, Siebel, SAP, J2EE, C#, and Java skills to the Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL) (along with boilermakers, panel beaters, pastry cooks, and welders).
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CISSP: worth pursuing, or not?
Kerry Thompson just posted a solid article exploring the pros and cons of getting a CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) certification. The CISSP curriculum is demanding, that’s for sure; Thompson presents some good arguments both pro and con. (His final take: if you want more money, get an MCSE or CCNA :))
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Simulating user loads on Exchange 2007
A good question over on the Exchange 2007 TechNet forums: where is the Exchange 2007 version of loadsim? The answer is simple: you can’t have it yet 🙂 There is a new Exchange 2007 version of loadsim, codenamed “Swordfish”. The comments here say that Swordfish will ship about the same time as Exchange 2007. However, you’re not out of luck in the meantime.
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The spirit of home teaching
Ha! You probably thought I was never going to post about a non-technical topic again. Surprise! David and I went home teaching the other day. When he turns 12 and is ordained to the Aaronic Priesthood, he’ll probably be assigned as my regular home teaching companion, and I can’t wait! That’s why I took him with me.
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Joel Oleson on public folders and SharePoint
Joel Oleson has an interesting post on the differences between Exchange public folders and email-enabled lists in WSS v3/MOSS. He was kind enough to point to my column discussing migration tools, too. I pointed out Joel’s post for a simple reason.
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09-20-06: how Exchange UM answers the phone
For my inaugural podcast, I thought I’d talk about how Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging servers answer the phone, and what has to happen in order for everything to go smoothly. Enjoy! (It’s in AAC format only for now until I can dig up a decent MP3 converter…)
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3CX releases free Windows IP-PBX
Now here’s something I’m looking forward to playing with: a Windows-based IP PBX! 3CX offers two versions: the free version and an enterprise version. It looks like the primary differences between the versions are that the enterprise edition has product support and will have Exchange integration, although they don’t specify how it will integrate with Exchange. I’ve got a query in to the PR folks who sent me the release, and I’ll post the answer I get.
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Fantastic Xbox 360 news
At the Tokyo Game Show, Microsoft made a couple of huge announcements about the Xbox 360. First, they announced some new games for the Japanese market, where the Xbox family has traditionally been pretty weak. They announced some excellent new Xbox Live Arcade titles, too, including Gyruss, Rally-X, and Track & Field. Konami and NAMCO BANDAI have really jumped on the potential of XBLA; Konami alone had three or four titles released just within the last couple of months.
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Exchange UM event ID 1082
When your Exchange unified messaging server logs event ID 1082, what do you do?
The first step in answering this question is understanding what event ID 1082 means. The error message itself is pretty clear: “No Hub Transport server available to process header file C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\UnifiedMessaging\voicemail\70683b04-5e47-4d24-a143-1cf331a4f121.txt.“. If you look in the referenced directory, you’ll probably find a bunch of pairs of files, with each pair consisting of a .wav file that contains the actual voicemail plus a .txt file that contains routing information.
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