August 2011

Office 365–12 differences between the E1 and P1 plans

by Nicolas Blank 31 August 2011 Cloud

E1 and P1 share a number of similarities, and at face value you may this the two are the same product, and wonder why the difference in the sticker price. Let’s look at some of the features shared by both plans 25GB mailbox Invitations for 50 external users to SharePoint Online Invitations for 250 users [...]

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Windows 8 adds native support for ISO and VHD Files

by Nicolas Blank 31 August 2011 News

The support for features in Windows 8 is becoming richer, adding features natively for which we currently need to bolt software onto Windows 7 in order to achieve the same functionality. Let’s look at an excerpt of the Windows 8 blog: As you see in the figure below, we have three ISO files in a [...]

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The future of hosted Exchange using Exchange 2010 SP2

by Nicolas Blank 30 August 2011 Anouncements

In a previous post I discussed where it looks like the Exchange product is headed for hosting companies. Today the Exchange product group published a statement which includes: We want to enable our hosting partners to offer the same rich feature set that our on-premises customers are used to. As such, with the release of [...]

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Windows 8 File Explorer Adds Office Style Ribbon

by Nicolas Blank 30 August 2011 Commentary

We’ve been following the enhancements made to Windows 8. In a previous post we looked at the various teams writing for Windows 8, and today were going to look at one of the new visual features of Windows 8, the Office Style Ribbon, in the Windows 8 File Explorer. Lets look at some of the [...]

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Exchange Deployment Assistant adds “Cloud Only”

by Nicolas Blank 30 August 2011 Anouncements

Before you think that Microsoft no longer support an on-premise version of Exchange, be aware that this is a new option in the Existing Exchange Deployment Assistant. Quoting from the entry on the Microsoft Exchange Blog: To help you sort through the available options and plan your migration to the cloud, we’re happy to announce [...]

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Windows 8 features

by Nicolas Blank 26 August 2011 Commentary

You may be wondering – “But I’ve just gotten used to Windows 7” and the cycle starts again, for another release of Windows. If you’re wondering what features you can expect, and what makes “8” better than “7”, have a look at the list of the teams busy building Windows 8: App Compatibility and Device [...]

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Book review: Microsoft Exchange 2010 PowerShell Cookbook #Microsoft #Exchange #Exchange2010

by Mahmoud Magdy 18 August 2011 Book Reviews

Have been reading Microsoft Exchange 2010 PowerShell Cookbook for the last few days and couldn’t stop until I finished it, summary it is amazing book. The book is written into cookbook style so it doesn’t waste your time in useless introductions and chapters it goes directly into PowerShell introduction chapter and after that goes into [...]

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ITPRO AFRICA Cape Town Registration site has gone live

by Nicolas Blank 17 August 2011 Anouncements

ITPRO AFRICA is pleased to announce that the registration site for the event entitled:  ITPRO AFRICA-Cape Town: Debunking Cloud in the South African Context- What it is and what it isn’t. to be held on the 1’st of September has gone live. The registration link, times and directions may be found here: http://itproafricacpt.eventbrite.com/ Share this [...]

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The Future of hosted Exchange

by Nicolas Blank 11 August 2011 Cloud

If you host Exchange or you’re thinking of hosting Exchange, then you live in interesting times. Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference hosted a number of sessions which re-enforced the software giant’s view on cloud and why partners should move to all things cloud, however – if you’re an Exchange hosting shop – one session would have [...]

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ITPRO Africa Event – Call for speakers

by Nicolas Blank 3 August 2011 Anouncements

ITPRO Africa is hosting an entitled, Debunking Cloud in the South African Context- What it is and what it isn’t The event is scheduled to be held in Cape Town on Thursday 1’st of September, at Microsoft’s offices in Pinelands. The event will run over the morning and end at lunch. Prospective speakers are hereby [...]

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