Are Microsoft Losing Friends and Alienating IT Pros?

Regular readers of my blog will know I’m a big fan of Microsoft products. As well as being an Exchange MVP, I’m very much a cloud fan – you’ll find me at Exchange Connections in a few weeks time talking about migrating to Exchange Online amongst other subjects. What I’m about to write doesn’t change…

Checking out GFI MailEssentials Online

In today’s modern world of spam and malware filtering, I’m of the opinion it’s not always worthwhile running spam filtering software on-premise. Because of the load it can put on systems and your networks, the larger the company the less value in running it yourself. First of all, let me give you a bit of…

Office 365 – What does it mean for Exchange?

Earlier this week, Microsoft announced the next generation of their cloud online services, Office 365. This new suite of online services will offer Exchange Online, Sharepoint Online, Lync Online (the next generation of Office Communications Server) and the desktop Office Professional Plus suite. When it comes to messaging, the next generation of Exchange Online provides…