By B. K. Winstead, 02/07/2012
It's been a while since I've written anything about my life as a smartphone addict. The reason is simple: It's a little embarrassing to claim the moniker of "smartphone addict" ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...