There’s plenty to think about when it comes to email retention in the cloud. Admins need toconsider spam and numerous legal requirements for backup, recovery and retention. To meet thesedemands, Exchange Online admins must know the basic building blocks of message-retention policies,as well as the associated costs and how to…

Idle meanderings about on-premises and cloud-based Microsoft Exchange Server and all the associated technology that runs alongside Microsoft’s enterprise messaging server.Tony Redmond’s Exchange Unwashed by Tony Redmond Idle meanderings about on-premises and cloud-based Microsoft Exchange Server and all the associated technology that runs alongside Microsoft’s enterprise messaging server. ARTICLE…

After rumors earlier this year that Microsoft is looking at porting its Office productivity suite to Apple’s iOS platform, specifically the iPad, it looks like Microsoft is also looking at bringing its Outlook software to iOS. According to 9 to 5 Mac, a recent job listing from Microsoft is looking On the…

Last week, we presented our first impressions of the new version of Microsoft Office, which is now in preview (Microsoft doesn’t say "beta"). Broadly, long-time Office users can look forward to three major changes to the product, as well as a design refresh and a select few new features in…

Quest Software has launched AttachThis, a new tool that could drive up adoption of SharePoint — or at the very least maximize existing investments in the Microsoft collaborative software. Essentially, AttachThis is designed to enable Microsoft Outlook users to take advantage of SharePoint without changing their desktop context. In addition…

It’s been a week since Microsoft rolled out its public beta, known officially as the "Customer Preview," of Office 2013, along with its next generation Office servers and new Office 365 services. Almost all of Microsoft’s official communication about the coming suite of products has been about the client and What about…

Microsoft has updated their My Xbox Live iOS app with a new feature that allows customers to use an iPad as a remote control for the Xbox 360. Version 1.6 also includes a new Discover section that facilitates in finding new and featured content to play on the console. To get started,…

Microsoft recently unveiled details about the new version of its Office suite software, to include cloud computing, tablet compatibility, and monthly subscription service. Office 2013 is set to be released widely later this year. Microsoft completely overhauled the Office software for this new version, with cloud technology as the new central…

Microsoft has been evolving its BitLocker-based full disk encryption technologies since its debut in Windows Vista. In Windows 8, Microsoft offers it’s best ever version of BitLocker to both consumers and businesses, and you can use an related feature, called BitLocker To Go, to protect portable storage devices like USB Note:…

Even though it’s still a few months away, It looks like Microsoft is already gearing up for the official release of Windows RT. According to reports online, Microsoft has been silently updating its Microsoft account login page with a hint of Metro in the redesign. It hasn’t changed for me,…