Exchange Server 2013 certification path visualized

Reading Time: < 1 minute A few days back my pal Cor Reinhard (like me a MEC 2012 veteran ) posted information on how to achieve the new Microsoft Certified Solutions Master: Messaging certification and the issues that currently surround it. As I was planning my own certification path, I decided to visualize this as it can be confusing and not always very clear which requirements are needed for a certain certification title. I’ve decided to make this available for everyone interested in it. At

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TechEd Europe 2012: Thursday's (day 3) quick thoughts

Reading Time: 2 minutes Same quick summary as previous days, I was dead beat so wrote it this morning enroute to day 4. SWAG: Did a bit better with USB hub, 2 USB 4GB Sticks, and some other stuff. Oh yeah; I won a Nokia Lumia 900!!! At the Nokia booth after handing over the tile from the conference bag and clicking randomly on a screen. You can't beat that! Well, a Win8 tablet could have 😉 Weather: very nice and I had no

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TechEd Europe 2012: Wednesday (day 2) quick thoughts

Reading Time: < 1 minute Same as yesterday's post, some quick thoughts:  Skipped Keynote. I figured that I watch it via Channel9 and get some extra rest. Good decission.  Wi-Fi: Had no real issues, sometimes darkspots or loss of connectivity during walking. In any cas not as disasterous as yesterday. Weeeh! Again some great meet-and-greets and discussions. Looked like even more than yesterday! If that trend continues… 🙂 Airconditioning: the day started colder, but it seemed they turned up the airco. I felt a draft

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TechEd Europe 2012: Tuesday's (day1) quick thoughts

Reading Time: < 1 minute Just quick post to sum up day 1 (for me, don't mind the typing errors. I'm dead tired and typing via my iPad): Keynote: nothing earthshattering as most was the same as TechEd North America. WiFi: almost nonexistent until the end (almost a full conference day!). I know MSFT isn't directly responsible, but come on!  Azure: That stuff is cooool! Definitely something to keep an eye on, IMHO Exchange: no real new stuf, as expected. Although a quick mention of

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See the difference Office 365 can make

Reading Time: < 1 minute I’ve blogged about my own experience regarding Office 365 in the posts Migrating to Office 365 Part 1: Business Case and Migrating to Office 365 Part 2: Exchange Cutover migration tips. I did show a picture of my “server room”, but now I actually have dismantled the physical servers and the difference is best shown in the following pic: To be fair, only the three computers on the floor are active. On the table two switches, a KVM and a

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Some tips for TechEd Europe 2012 and Amsterdam

Reading Time: 9 minutes Edit 30/05/2010: Also check this follow up post More tips for TechEd Europe 2012 and Amsterdam We have just a few week until TechEd Europe. This will be my fourth TechEd (2008 Barcelona, 2010 Berlin, 2011 Atlanta). I know that for first (or second) time visitors it can be an overwhelming experience. So, to get the most out of it, some tips for TechEd and Amsterdam: TechEd Plan your schedule long before the start of TechEd itself. Sometimes sessions have repeats or

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Migrating to Office 365 Part 1: Business Case

Reading Time: 5 minutes This series of an yet unknown number of blog posts will depict my journey from on-premise services to cloud services. I will describe my situation, the choices I had to make and the issues I’ve encountered. It will be a learning experience I wouldn’t want you to miss out on. History I have had a personal Windows Domain for educational purposes for years now. My hypotheses was that by a having a day-by-day environment to upkeep, I would learn important lessons that I

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OWA 2010 and browsers tidbits

Reading Time: 2 minutes I love Outlook Web App. It’s rich functionality, management capabilities via ECP and especially the multiple browser support for the Premium experience. Yes, you do not need IE for (almost) full functionality anymore. Exchange 2007 OWA Premium still was only supported by IE and I ended up using IE just for OWA2007. In my opinion, IE couldn’t compete with Firefox. After an upgrade to Exchange 2010 I fully jousted IE and went on to fully use Firefox with a full

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Attending Tech-Ed 2010 in Berlin!

Reading Time: < 1 minute Tech-Ed 2010 is just a week and a half away. Everything is booked and payed for thanks to my employer OGD, sessions are scheduled, I received my ticket per email today, checked and rechecked my passport. etc. etc. Also I've already planned my sessions, mostly Exchange and some Lync sessions. Depending internet access and batterylife, I will try to twitter (@dmstork) and blog a great deal during the days. So, twitter back, post some comments or look me up IRL

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