Mark Deakin
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Exchange RTMs ... now its the beta for OCS 2007
Working at Microsoft, I rarely find myself running a machine with RTM software on it, but with the...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 12/12/2006
Exchange 2007 and Forefront for Exchange has RTM'd!
At about 11am (PST) on December 8th we released Exchange Server 2007 to manufacturing. Exchange 2003...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 12/08/2006
No IM ... am I bovered?
Well if you are a 'teen' then the answer is yes! A recent survey found that 3 out of 4 teens favored...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 12/08/2006
Exchange 2007 and Outlook 2007 ... better together?
I get asked this question from time to time so I thought it might be a good idea to post something...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 12/04/2006
Exchange 2007 on the 'price list'
Microsoft UK has now entered its 'season of launch' and this started yesterday with the press launch...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 12/01/2006
Free Wifi
Thought that might get your attention! Recently I went to visit the inlaws in Norfolk and you can...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/20/2006
me@ITForum
Sorry I have not made any posts recently, I have been packing my suitcase and got myself on a plance...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/14/2006
Vista has released to manufacturing ... Exchange 2007 next!
Hot of the heels of my post yesterday, I am pleased to say that I received an email today to...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/08/2006
Its starting ......... 2007 Microsoft Office System goes gold!
I joined the company five years ago in 2001 and a month later they launched Windows XP. I remember...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/08/2006
Fancy taking Exchange 2007 for a test drive?
A lot of the time I a recommending to IT Pros that they should go ahead and download a copy of...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/08/2006
Windows Live Local goes 3D!
local.live.com has now gone 3D and as you can see on the left hand side, its a pretty good start....
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/07/2006
The Devils Does Unified Communications - Part 2
"A Tale of two meeting rooms" Hot of the heels of the first video, I am pleased to say we have...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/03/2006
The Devil does Unified Communications!
I have had a couple of comments recently about my blog post titles ..... hopefully this one is...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/02/2006
Beta the devil you know!
Recently I found myself in the strange position of actually having fully released software on my...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/01/2006
Finding a spare meeting room a Microsoft ... easier than you think ... for now!
First of all I would like you to know that I am giving away a little known Microsoft employee...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 10/23/2006
Only in a 'month of Sundays'
When the moons are in the correct alignment, October has 5 Sundays, your running Exchange 2003, you...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 10/23/2006
The end of 'hold music' is nigh!
This week I experience problems with my XBOX, to cut a long story short I can't talk to people...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 10/15/2006
Want to trial Exchange Unified Messaging?
While reading the Exchange product group blog, I noticed this post which I wanted to share with you...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 10/03/2006
Partner Exchange-Vista-Office (EVO) site goes live!
One of the things I get asked from time to time is can a partner go if they want to find out more...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 09/26/2006
Five years on...
The 10th of September saw my fifth year at Microsoft pass by and this got me thinking about what has...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 09/12/2006
Exchange 2007 Ignite training - Available in the UK!
A fair few months ago, we sent a number of partners on Exchange 2007 training in preparation for the...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 09/12/2006
Unified Communications Product Group start their own blog
One of the great things that has occurred in the last year or so is that the product groups over in...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 08/22/2006
New FY, New Challenges, New Role :-)
Back in February, I started writing to this blog as my role was changing slightly within Microsoft....
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 08/18/2006
Speechserver moves into Office Communications Server
For those of you with an interest in either Speech Server or Office Communications Server (the next...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 08/09/2006
LCS 2005 and support for SQL 2005 (and a bit about Windows 2003 R2)
I have an email in my inbox asking if LCS 2005 SP1 and SQL 2005 SP1 will 'work together' so I...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 08/01/2006
Exchange 2007 Beta 2 - Now available for download
A little late I know but I wanted to post something just in case you missed it! Exchange Server 2007...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 07/31/2006
LCS 2005 SP1 book available for download
For those of your that subscribe via RSS to my blog you might notice an increase in the number of...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 07/31/2006
Microsoft & Nortel - Innovative Communications Alliance (ICA)
One of the great things about our Unified Communications solution, both current and future, is that...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 07/19/2006
Bridging the divide....
.... between Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger :-) I mentioned this a while back and now...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 07/14/2006
Partner Unified Communications site now Live!
I wanted to bring to your attention a new Unified Communications site designed especially for...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 07/13/2006
Activesync 4.2 now available
As a user of Outlook 2007, I have subscribed to a number of RSS feeds which allows me to stay on the...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 07/10/2006
Calling all UK Unified Comms users!
One of the great things about emerging technologies is that there is always a great sense of...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 07/08/2006
The Power of Unified
Since the announcement at the end of June, a lot of people has asked me what exactly is Unified...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 07/08/2006
RTC Wave 12 Private Beta
Recently we had a number of announcements around our roadmap for Unified Communications, Redmond is...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 07/06/2006
PTS-TV - 3 new episodes
If you are not subscribed to the RSS feed for PTS-TV you not have realised that we have released...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 07/04/2006
Customising the 'You are over your quota' message in Exchange
I am sure a number if you have seen this message before, well it’s now possible to customise the...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/30/2006
Skype is bad MMM-Kay
Well ... not 'bad' ... just a little sneeky :-) Recently I had a conversation with Allister Frost...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/28/2006
Unified Communications Announcements
As you will be reading over the next few days, we have made a number of announcements in the last...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/26/2006
PTS-TV with Chris Parkes
Yes ... that's right ... another great episode of PTS-TV! This episode features a PTS by the name of...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/22/2006
Windows Live Messenger is here!
On Monday we announced the availability of Windows Live Messenger. I highly recommend you go ahead...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/20/2006
London to Brighton Bike Ride - Track my progress !
As many of you know, Steve Marsh and I are doing the London to Brighton Bike ride this Sunday to...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/16/2006
End of an era and the start of a new one?
I realise this might seem like a bit of odd post but I think its worth doing so here goes, let the...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/15/2006
PTS-Tv With Dave Sayers, Andy Clark and Virtualisation
Yes, that's right, we have released another video onto the website featuring the familiar face of...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/13/2006
More PTS-TV with 'The Beast'
Since I last made a posting about PTS-TV, we have added a further 2 videos to the site. We have also...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/12/2006
Windows Vista – Download it today !
Windows Vista up until now has only been available to those with a Technet or MSDN subscription....
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/09/2006
Taking Unified Communications to a new level
Steve Clayton sent me this article a while back and I thought I would make a short post about it....
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/08/2006
Exchange 2007 with extras !
Microsoft Corporate Vice President, Dave Thompson, recently suggested that an ‘enterprise’ version...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/06/2006
Adobe and XPS
Something a little different from the normal stuff I talk about but defiantly worth a read. When you...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/06/2006