Microsoft veteran talks good and bad of new SharePoint
Ex-Microsoft specialist Ian Morrish looks at the enhancements and limitations of SharePoint 2013The 2013 upgrade of Microsoft’s SharePoint collaboration environment has significant enhancements over the previous 2010 – version, particularly in enhanced search and working in the cloud, but it still has its limitations, ex-Microsoft specialist Ian Morrish warns. Morrish was the…
Is SharePoint a Failed Vision for Collaboration?
Has the massive investment in SharePoint lived up to its promise as the uber-collaboration platform for the enterprise? Has it delivered the measurable business value everyone expected? How do your users feel about SharePoint? Are they still working like its 1999? Is SharePoint 2013 a platform that will take your In full…
Minnesota SharePoint User Group Celebrates 100th Meeting
Today the Minnesota SharePoint User Group (MNSPUG) reaches a milestone by celebrating its 100th meeting. Started in May of 2004 by the SharePoint team at Inetium (now Avtex), the MNSPUG was one of the first of its kind in the world and remains one of the largest and longest-running SharePoint The…
1&1 Internet Launches Hosted Microsoft Exchange 2013 Plans
1&1 Internet is offering a business-class email package based on Microsoft Exchange 2013. UK web hosting provider 1&1 Internet announced on Tuesday it is offering a business-class email package based on Microsoft Exchange 2013, which are designed to help SMEs receive the most value from email communication. The move comes a couple…
Microsoft Releases SP2 Betas for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010
Microsoft announced yesterday that Service Pack 2 betas are now available for testing with Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010. The betas are only designed for use in test environments. An upgrade to the final SP2 versions may not be supported, according to a Microsoft blog post. Few details were provided in Microsoft’s announcement,…
Exchange 2013 is finally ready for production use
Yes, I realize Exchange 2013 went GA ("general availability," meaning released for sale) in November 2012. But when people asked me about how to deploy it in their existing environments, I had to tell them to view Exchange 2013 as "beta" until Microsoft delivered all the pieces for an appropriate As an Exchange…
Microsoft announces MEC 2014 will be in Austin
Building on their original teaser that announced the next iteration of the Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC) would be held in 2014 rather than a year after last September’s event in Orlando, Microsoft revealed on the Iammec.com site that the date of the next MEC will be March 31 to April Why…
Microsoft: Support Ends For Windows XP in One Year
Microsoft is reminding Windows XP users once again that time for official support is running out, and that now is the best time for businesses to modernize their IT infrastructure by upgrading to the more secure, more "modern" Windows 8. Starting April 8, 2014, Microsoft will no longer provide support for Erwin Visser,…
Windows Live Messenger and Skype Officially Merged Yesterday
Microsoft announced the switch several months ago, and yesterday it was put into action. Windows Live Messenger has now merged with Skype, putting an end to fourteen years of fond use… "Messenger will be retired soon." That’s the no-nonsense, no-nostalgia announcement users have seen lately on the Windows Live Messenger…
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