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I'm a technical writer at Microsoft who writes about SharePoint, Exchange, and Lync, and how you can use them with Office 365.
Verify an Availability Group with SharePoint 2013
I've been working in the lab recently on a SharePoint 2013 farm. My coworker Adam and I were...
Date: 07/01/2014
Solution Doc - SharePoint Disaster Recovery in Azure
I've been working with folks on my team in the Microsoft Office User Assistance organization on some...
Date: 06/06/2014
Azure: Your Subscription has been Disabled
I recently ran out of credit on an Azure trial account I've been using. I was reading up on trial...
Date: 01/27/2014
I wrote a Test Lab Guide! Configuring an Office 365 Trial Subscription
I've been fortunate recently to try my hand at writing a test-lab guide that's helpful if you have...
Date: 01/02/2014
SharePoint High Availability
I've been reading up on SharePoint high availability and disaster recovery lately. In my search for...
Date: 11/12/2013
Getting a handle on Hadoop
I like to keep up with Microsoft's financial analyst meetings so I can get a sense of company...
Date: 09/24/2013
Microsoft Curated Answers - Windows Azure and SharePoint
I've been checking out the Curated Answers and I like how the information is formatted to make it...
Date: 08/29/2013
FOPE to EOP Service Upgrade
Last week one of my coworkers published some TechNet content that will be of interest to Forefront...
Date: 07/08/2013
Phishing Scams - Hard to Spot
This article on MSN Money, Phishing: Consumers take the bait, caught my attention: Phishing —...
Date: 06/10/2013
Interview with an IT Pro
Recently I interviewed a couple IT pros I know to get their feedback on our products and our...
Date: 05/21/2013
New KB articles for Exchange Server and Exchange Online Protection
Sometimes the support guys give me a heads up when they write new articles for Microsoft Support....
Date: 04/17/2013
The New Exchange Deployment Assistant
The Exchange team has been updating the Microsoft Exchange Server Deployment Assistant for the...
Date: 03/08/2013
The New Office 365
I haven't written a post in over a month! That's because I've been heads down on help content for...
Date: 03/01/2013
Decommissioning your Exchange 2010 servers in a Hybrid Deployment
I wanted to advertise this blog post by Timothy Heeney on the Exchange Team blog, Decommissioning...
Date: 01/11/2013
Activating or Renewing a Subscription License for Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server
This is a follow up to Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server Roadmap. In that post, I...
Date: 12/11/2012
Exchange Online Service Description
The Office 365 team recently completed Office 365 Preview Service Descriptions that you can access...
Date: 12/03/2012
Exchange 2013 On-Premises and Exchange Online Hybrid Compatibility
We've had some questions come through to the Exchange Server and Office 365 teams regarding which...
Date: 11/26/2012
Virus Buster Engine is being retired
I thought this article, The Virus Buster engine used in Forefront Protection, Forefront Server and...
Date: 11/07/2012
Exchange Server 2013 - Hybrid
With the launch of Exchange Server 2013 come some new hybrid-deployment features. (When I say...
Date: 10/17/2012
Exchange Server 2013 Resources
Since the Microsoft Exchange Conference I've seen several good articles and so on covering Exchange...
Date: 10/09/2012
Microsoft Exchange Conference Day One
I got a chance to go to MEC this week. I'm happy to be here, because I get a chance to learn more...
Date: 09/25/2012
Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server Roadmap
Recently on the Server and Cloud blog they released new post that's of interest, Important Changes...
Date: 09/18/2012
Updated FOPE Support Service Description
We just updated the Forefront Online Protection for Exchange Support Service Description. A...
Date: 08/15/2012
Slide Presentation: An Inside View of Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP2
I thought Jeff Mealiffe did a nice job on this Exchange Server presentation that he gave at TechEd:...
Date: 07/03/2012
Audio/Slide Presentation: Understanding Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange
This presentation by Robert Gillies, Understanding Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for...
Date: 06/19/2012
Video: Hybrid Configuration Wizard
In a previous post, Microsoft Exchange SP2 and the Hybrid Configuration Wizard, I introduced the...
Date: 06/05/2012
Troubleshooting Mail Flow in Office 365 - TechNet Radio
This post is piggybacking on Where did that email go? In this podcast, Troubleshooting Mail Flow in...
Date: 05/16/2012
Exchange and Forefront Online Protection for Exchange folks on Twitter
I want to share with you some helpful resources on Twitter. Firstly, my user assistance team (a...
Date: 04/18/2012
Updated Exchange Deployment Assistant - includes Hybrid Configuration Wizard instructions
A couple months ago I wrote a post, Microsoft Exchange SP2 and the Hybrid Configuration Wizard, that...
Date: 03/22/2012
FOPE FAQs
I mentioned one of these links in my last post, but I wanted to call out these FOPE FAQs separately,...
Date: 03/15/2012
How do I create an email footer using FOPE?
A guest post from my cohort on the Office content publishing team: Forefront Online Protection for...
Date: 03/12/2012
Exchange Demo Videos
I thought these Exchange Demo Videos ("See how business-class email from Microsoft can help your...
Date: 03/02/2012
Find News on Updates for Microsoft Office 365
The following resources on the Office 365 community were pointed out to me recently and I think they...
Date: 02/20/2012
Statistics Data for Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server and Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint
We recently received a question about our on-premises protection products, Forefront Protection 2010...
Date: 01/19/2012
Microsoft Exchange SP2 and the Hybrid Configuration Wizard
Exchange Service Pack 2 was just made public and includes the Hybrid Configuration Wizard, which the...
Date: 01/11/2012
FOPE policy rules - using regular expressions to match a credit card number
A question came through one of our internal distribution lists this week. A consultant was trying to...
Date: 01/06/2012
Where did that email go?
I may have written about this before - but today I looked through my old posts and I couldn't find...
Date: 01/04/2012
Using Active Directory Federation Services to provide single sign-on for Office 365 deployments
The following article in the Office 365 community, Plan for and deploy Active Directory Federation...
Date: 12/20/2011
Office 365 for Small Business
I really liked this blog post, Moving mom’s real estate business to Office 365, and...
Date: 12/02/2011
Forefront Online Protection for Exchange: Overview Video
This graphical video, Forefront Online Protection for Exchange: Overview, does a nice job of...
Date: 11/17/2011
Checking Cloudmark Updates for Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server
I came across this blog post today from the How Exchange Works blog that covers how to check that...
Date: 11/16/2011
Video: Data-Loss Prevention with Forefront Online Protection for Exchange and Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server
I recently landed on the Exchange Server video hub and there are quite a few helpful videos there. A...
Date: 11/15/2011
Return on Investment for Microsoft Office 365
I enjoyed reading this blog post, The Total Economic Impact of Microsoft Office 365, in the Office...
Date: 10/31/2011
Feature Set Comparison for FOPE Deployments
We have been getting a lot of questions like, "Can I access the FOPE Administration Center if I'm a...
Date: 10/17/2011
New Help Content: Exchange Hosted Archive (EHA) Quick Start Guide
If you are a Forefront Online Protection for Exchange customer who is getting started with Exchange...
Date: 10/04/2011
Forefront Online Protection for Exchange is Required for Exchange Hosted Encryption
A question came through one of our discussion forums about whether Forefront Online Protection for...
Date: 09/27/2011
Find the Latest Updates for Forefront Products
This page, Updates for Microsoft Forefront and Related Technologies, contains a table that lists the...
Date: 09/20/2011
Microsoft Office 365 Help and How-to Videos
I've been teaming with other folks in Office division to make the Office 365 Community as helpful as...
Date: 09/14/2011
Internet Explorer 9 and FPSMC - Knowledge Base Article
After upgrading to Internet Explorer 9, the Forefront Protection Server Management Console (FPSMC)...
Date: 09/07/2011