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• No Email is like a vacation.....sort of....

  My corporate mailbox has been homed to a "dogfood" server for many, many months now. Even though it is technically on a test server, I have had very few issues to complain about. This morning I received some IM's from co-workers that they... Posted Oct 10 2008, 11:05 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Exchange, Mobility, Opinion, Blather, twitterfeed, Letterboxing

• Rebuilding the home network....

  I have spoken about my home network at a  few presentations and during the breaks there have been plenty of "oh yeah!?!?! well I have....." conversations. I think some of the most interesting conversations are around how we name our machines... Posted May 02 2008, 06:42 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Exchange, Active Directory, Windows, TechNet, Group Policy, SBS, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Virtualization, Opinion, ForeFront, Media Center, Digital Imaging, Blather, Home Theater, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing

• Why my email alias is missing an "s"....

  chrisavi@microsoft.com -- That has been my email alias at Microsoft for over 10 years now. You would think that I could have had chrisavis@ or cavis@. But nooooooo. They had to drop the "s" and make me sound like a video file. I don't know for... Posted Mar 28 2008, 03:58 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Exchange, Active Directory, SBS, Opinion, Blather, Live Event Q&A, Systems Management, Learn me somethin...

• Launch Time....

  Yeah, yeah, yeah..... Chris Henley beat me out by presenting in Los Angeles last week, but nothing is like New York (btw...that is me sinking the putt if you click the previous link). I am sitting in the green room at the Sheraton Towers on 7th Ave, just... Posted Mar 04 2008, 08:37 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Tablet PC, Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Messenger, IE, Windows, Business Intelligence, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Live Events, Deployment, Virtualization, Powershell, User Groups, ForeFront, Media Center, IPv6, IIS, Digital Imaging, Blather, Competitive, On the Edge, communicator, Unified Messaging, Home Theater, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing, Developery Stuff, Tech Support, Learn me somethin...

• Speaking of content....

  What do you want to know about in June when we switch content again? Should we continue talking about Windows 2008? IIS 7? Vista SP1? The next version of SBS? I suspect that we will have at least a brief discussion about that today and I would love to... Posted Feb 20 2008, 07:57 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Active Directory, Search, IE, Windows, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, SBS, Xbox, ISA, Virtualization, Zune, Powershell, ForeFront, Media Center, IPv6, IIS, Blather, On the Edge, Unified Messaging, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing

• Great new Microsoft Spoof video.....

  There have been some funny spoof videos over the years, but this is one of the best. It is also the single most star studded video (that I have seen us do). And it is long! Clear the next 7 minutes.....and laugh out loud...it's good for you! Bill Gates’... Posted Jan 07 2008, 11:57 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Tablet PC, Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, Messenger, Books, IE, Windows, Webcasts, Business Intelligence, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, Xbox, ISA, Live Events, Interviews, Deployment, Virtualization, Zune, Opinion, spam, Podcasts, Powershell, User Groups, Linux, ForeFront, Media Center, IPv6, IIS, Screencasts, Learning, Digital Imaging, Academia, Blather, Competitive, Demos, On the Edge, music, Beta, Travel, communicator, Unified Messaging, Live Event Q&A, Home Theater, Windows Server 2008, Karaoke, Zunecasts, Tech Ed, Systems Management, Live!, 64bit Computing, Books I am reading..., Developery Stuff, Tech Support

• New Contact Phone Number for me....

  I still have my cell phone number and have no intention of getting rid of it (yet) so feel free to continue reaching me via cell. I am also Unified Communications enabled and I am diving head first into using it as my primary communications method. So... Posted Dec 03 2007, 11:14 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Exchange, TechNet, Mobility, Blather, On the Edge, Beta, communicator

• Register All tags

  Tag...( read more ) Share this post: Read More... Posted Oct 01 2007, 01:16 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Tablet PC, Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, Messenger, Books, IE, Windows, Webcasts, Business Intelligence, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, Xbox, ISA, Live Events, Interviews, Deployment, Virtualization, Zune, Opinion, spam, Podcasts, Powershell, User Groups, Linux, ForeFront, Media Center, IPv6, IIS, Screencasts, Learning, Digital Imaging, Academia, Blather, Competitive, Demos, On the Edge, music, Beta, Travel, communicator, Unified Messaging, Live Event Q&A, Home Theater, Windows Server 2008, Karaoke, Zunecasts, Tech Ed, Systems Management, Live!, 64bit Computing, Books I am reading...

• Microsoft Surface....wow....

  I know I am not the first person to post about Microsoft Surface , but I am not going to not post about it just because of that. This is a product that will take us closer to full interactive computing. Think Matrix + Minority Report + Real Life (sorry... Posted May 30 2007, 02:46 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Tablet PC, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Windows, Mobility, SBS, Networking, Xbox, Opinion, Podcasts, User Groups, Linux, htpc, Media Center, Screencasts, Learning, Digital Imaging, Blather, Competitive, Demos, On the Edge, music, Travel, Unified Messaging, Home Theater, Windows Server 2008, Karaoke, Zunecasts

• Why can't it 'just work'?...

  (subtitled - Isn't technology supposed to be making our lives easier? Simpler? Less complicated?) I hear that all the time - why can't it just work ? I say it all the time - why can't it just work ? Examples..... I am watching TV last night. Actually... Posted Apr 20 2007, 12:30 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Tablet PC, Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Windows, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, Xbox, ISA, Opinion, Longhorn, User Groups, htpc, Media Center, Digital Imaging, Blather, On the Edge, Unified Messaging, Home Theater

• Bridging the gap....

  subtitle - an overuse of parentheticals.... An email came across an internal alias today that really got me thinking....I am going to quote a portion of it here..... The weirdest thing happened tonight – my Outlook said it was connected. To Exchange Server... Posted Apr 13 2007, 03:17 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Exchange, Office, Windows, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Opinion, Longhorn, User Groups, Learning, Blather, Competitive, On the Edge, Travel