Yesterday Microsoft announced, among other things, that they would soon release a web-based version of their office suite, along the lines of Zoho Office and Google Docs. This announcement is a major step forward for the company and allows them to target users of other browsers and operating systems....

With all of the Macs being deployed in companies all over the world there are a lot of admins scratching their head on how to integrate Macs into a Windows world. The most common request these admins will get is, “Can you configure my Mac to get my Exchange 2007 email?”. The simple answer...

Microsoft launched their new Ads last night, sans Seinfeld & Gates, trying to play off of the Apple “I’m a PC” guy. The ads touted all of the cool things that people are doing with their PC’s (with Windows I guess). The campaign includes some tie-ins such as an autoresponder...

It seems that Adobe has teamed with Google and Yahoo to allow for greater indexing and searching capabilities for Flash based web sites. This new endeavor will allow Yahoo and Google to “uncover information that is currently undiscoverable by search engines”. This is a good move by Adobe, as many...

Since Jerry Yang and the rest of the Yahoo board rejected the unsolicited Microsoft buyout offer the news has been dominated by talk of Carl Ichan, shareholder lawsuits, poison-pills, etc. all complaining that the company is not acting in the best interest of the shareholders. These people need to get...

Recently I deployed my first Exchange 2007 server on Windows 2008 for one of the companies I work with. During the process of deploying the server we found out that the new Windows Server Backup that is included in Windows Server 2008 does not have the capability to backup the Exchange Information Stores...

This month’s Fast Company magazine has a listing of “The World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies”. While it is a great article, it has some traditional “low-tech” companies such as Wal-mart mixed in with the tech companies. I recognize that some of these companies are...

In a post last week I made the case that it would not matter to the IT Managers of the world that the iPhone gains Exchange Support, UNLESS they licensed Active Sync from Microsoft. Which is what they did. By doing so they add far more functionality than I could have ever hoped for out of the iPhone,...

Looks like Microsoft’s PR team is going to be working overtime. They have been saying all along that Vista has been selling well, except the numbers don’t seem to reflect that. Couple that with the emails that have come out as a result of the “Vista Capable” lawsuit they are admitting...

Note: I have posted a followup to this post here. Over at Apple Insider there is an article stating that Apple is going to announce better Microsoft Exchange support on the iPhone next week. It has been 8 months since the launch of the iPhone and sales have slowed since then and most IT departments that...