Microsoft finally sees sense about multi-mailbox searches

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…

Posted on: July 22, 2012 9:00 am

New Microsoft Office isn’t necessary for the typical user

WORD: The new start screen provides templates for the kinds of documents you may want to prepare (brochure, student report, etc.). Microsoft can tie such templates to the season, having templates for Halloween or other holidays. A live layout feature in Word lets you drag an image around a page…

Posted on: July 22, 2012 9:00 am

Is the next SkyDrive update coming in August?

The Office Web Apps Preview update was rolled out to all SkyDrive users yesterday, with both the Inside Windows Live blog and Office Next blog announcing its availability. For those who haven’t seen it yet, you can also check out our very own in-depth look at what’s new in Office…

Posted on: July 22, 2012 9:00 am

Windows revenue falls 13%, share of sales drops to 23% [Computer News …

<!–[if lt IE 7]&gt;–> end javascript to email the article IDG ReporterAl Bawaba Ltd. Weak sales of Windows last quarter dropped the operating system division to its second-lowest share of Microsoft’s total revenue since the third quarter of 2009, the period just before the launch of Windows 7. The Windows…

Posted on: July 22, 2012 9:00 am

BP upgrades Microsoft Exchange in the cloud

By Derek du Preez, London | Friday, 20 July 2012BP has selected T-Systems to migrate and upgrade its Microsoft Exchange servers into a private cloud that will be run out of a twin-core data centre in Germany, serving more than 83,000 employees worldwide. Currently running on Microsoft Exchange 2003, T-Systems will migrate more The…

Posted on: July 21, 2012 9:00 am

Microsoft’s ‘Napa’: Tools for building apps for the new Office, SharePoint

Microsoft released on July 17 a preview build of a new toolset codenamed "Napa," which is aimed at those building application add-ins for the coming versions of Office and SharePoint. The Office 365 development tools (Napa) are designed to accommodate the "new Cloud App Model" in the more cloud-centric Office 15 The new…

Posted on: July 21, 2012 9:00 am

Google Buys Sparrow To Lift Gmail

Google on Friday said it had acquired Sparrow, the startup behind the well-regarded Sparrow email client for iOS and OS X, for an undisclosed amount. Google already distributes a native iOS client for Gmail, its Web-based email service. The company says it intends to use Sparrow’s engineers to contribute to…

Posted on: July 21, 2012 9:00 am

Exchange 2013 Preview: A Strange, Stealth Launch, But Take a Look

Exchanging ideas, news, and reviews about Microsoft Exchange and Outlook, and the wider fields of messaging, mobility, and unified communications.Exchange and Outlook Blog by B. K. Winstead Exchanging ideas, news, and reviews about Microsoft Exchange and Outlook, and the wider fields of messaging, mobility, and unified communications. ARTICLE TOOLSreprintsEmailPrintComments

Posted on: July 21, 2012 9:00 am

BP spill, cold water tied to dolphin deaths, study finds

The 2010 BP oil spill contributed to an unusually high death rate for dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico, a new study suggests. Only on NBCNews.com 6-year-old girl confirmed killed in Colorado shootings Coroner identifies Colorado shooting victims Woman saved by boyfriend who died: ‘He’s a hero’ Updated 107 minutes ago…

Posted on: July 21, 2012 9:00 am

ONC’s new Direct messaging guidelines aim to build provider trust

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, concerned that providers are deploying the secure messaging standard within their own organization’s networks, but are not exchanging patient information with other providers, has released new guidelines to correct the course. ONC recently announced that nearly 30 state HIEs are using But…

Posted on: July 21, 2012 9:00 am