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B. K. Winstead

B. K. Winstead is a senior associate editor for Windows IT Pro, SQL Server Pro, and SharePoint Pro, specializing in Exchange Server, messaging, mobility, and unified communications. He blogs about these topics on the Exchange and Outlook blog.

Email: brian.winstead@penton.com

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Free PST Capture Tool Now Available: Beginning of the End for PSTs?

By B. K. Winstead, 01/30/2012

Microsoft didn't quite make the predicted end-of-year 2011 release for its PST Capture tool that was originally announced last summer. But the good news is, as of today you can ...

Product Review: Messageware OWA Desktop

By B. K. Winstead, 12/22/2011

Messageware’s OWA Desktop offers an efficient, cost-effective option for users who want desktop-client Outlook access without the associated costs.

Lync Mobile Clients from Microsoft Debut

By B. K. Winstead, 12/15/2011

It took a year after the release of Microsoft Lync 2010, but this week Microsoft finally released mobile clients for its real-time communications server. That means you can access ...

Droid Razr vs. iPhone 4S: Head to Head, in Commercials

By B. K. Winstead, 11/11/2011

It's always exciting when a new Motorola Droid smartphone hits the streets, as with today's release of the Droid Razr on Verizon. Of course, it's much the same with Apple's ...

Exchange 15: Insights from Exchange Server GM Kevin Allison

By B. K. Winstead, 11/10/2011

At last week's Microsoft Exchange Connections conference in Las Vegas, Exchange General Manager Kevin Allison gave a keynote entitled "Moving Into the Future with Microsoft ...

Using OWA Over Outlook: An Experiment

By B. K. Winstead, 10/27/2011

I've been spending some time with an old friend of late, a friend we call OWA. When Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 launched about two years ago, improvements to Outlook Web App ...

New BlackBerry Cloud Service Links with Office 365

By B. K. Winstead, 10/25/2011

It's so rare these days to hear any good news about the BlackBerry ecosystem. As one of my colleagues put it in conversation yesterday, RIM seems to be circling the drain on its ...

Exchange 2010 SP2 . . . Coming Soon?

By B. K. Winstead, 10/20/2011

I've been wondering whatever happened to that next service pack for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 that was announced way back at TechEd 2011 in May. The lack of information ...

Mobile Device Management in the BYOD World

By B. K. Winstead, 10/06/2011

How important is mobile device management to your business? We've gone beyond the days when organizations could simply standardize on a single device, or even platform, such as ...

Exchange Server 2010 Deployment Trends: Michael B. Smith Has His Say

By B. K. Winstead, 08/30/2011

Microsoft Exchange Server expert and author Michael B. Smith has a technology career spanning almost 30 years. His first job in IT was while he was in college in the early 1980s ...

Exchange Connections: Office 365, Message Tracking, and More On Display

By B. K. Winstead, 08/25/2011

The fall tech conference season is just about upon us, and it's not too early to make your plans for the shows you plan to attend. There's nothing like getting away from the ...

Smartphone App Addiction: It Could Be a Good Thing

By Winstead, B. K., 08/04/2011

What good is a smartphone? I'm sure if you ask most smartphone users that question—whether they're loyal to Android, iPhone, Windows Phone, or something else—they'll have no ...

Self-Inflicted Wounds with Microsoft Outlook

By B. K. Winstead, 07/13/2011

I sent out a Microsoft Office Outlook invite yesterday for a call I was planning to have this morning—or so I thought. It occurred to me sometime late last night, as I was ...

Data Residency and Legal Questions About the Cloud

By B. K. Winstead, 07/07/2011

With the official Microsoft Office 365 launch last week, and all its related build-up and hoopla, I've been speaking with a lot of cloud vendors lately. Naturally, everyone wants ...

Another BPOS Outage, Office 365 Launch Days Away

By B. K. Winstead, 06/23/2011

I can tell Microsoft Office 365 is about to launch by the flood of related press releases and story pitches swamping my Inbox these last few days—from both Microsoft partners and ...

Are Governments the Best Bet for Cloud Messaging?

By B. K. Winstead, 06/16/2011

Microsoft Office 365 will officially launch on June 28. Meanwhile, it seems not a week goes by that I don't see an announcement from Microsoft about some big new customer won over ...

Exchange 2010 Licensing: Take Our Poll

By B. K. Winstead, 06/16/2011

Last week, Paul Robichaux wrote about Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 licensing requirements. The topic was suggested by a reader email that explained a problem whereby in this ...

Exchange Backup & Protection with a New Name from Lucid8

By B. K. Winstead, 05/24/2011

Lucid8's Exchange Protection Manager provides continuous data protection for Microsoft Exchange Server, and also gives you the ability to do granular restores.

Real-World Exchange 2010 Migration: Staging the Move

By B. K. Winstead, 04/27/2011

Here at Windows IT Pro, our goal is to bring IT pros the information that helps you get your jobs done. Sometimes that means telling the stories of others who have already done a ...

Real-World Exchange 2010 Migration: Preparing for the Move

By B. K. Winstead, 04/21/2011

Penton Media, the company that owns Windows IT Pro, recently completed an upgrade to Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, moving from Exchange 2007. After the migration was complete, I ...



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