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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...

• 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

• How Exchange Edge Services and Forefront can save your marriage....

  I have been joking around this quarter during my System Center presentations that I don't need a System Management solution on my home network because my wife alerts me of any and all issues. Exchange Server down? My phone rings with my wife on the other... Posted Oct 02 2007, 05:46 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Exchange, TechNet, SBS, Opinion, spam, ForeFront, On the Edge, Systems Management, 64bit Computing

• 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