Celebrity Sighting!

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So, I’ve been in “officially” in Austin for about 6 weeks now.  I’m still learning the town and liking what I’m seeing, but last night I got a sign from God (at least for the geeky fan-boy in me) that this town is my new “home.” Last night I was out with other members of … Read more

Wedded Bliss!

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So, I’m getting married in just a few hours.  I get to marry my best friend.  She has been my rock and is helping me make more of myself every day.  Though the ceremony will be small, you can share in our excitement by joining us online.  Check it out here.

End of an Era

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So today was my last day with my current employer.  I’m off to new and exciting things, but hope to keep being able to share some of my insights with the community at large.  Don’t expect too many posts in the near future, but I promise that I’ll try to add more posts as soon as I get my feet under me.

Thanks for reading and until next time…

–Kevin

Exchange & Autonomy

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My organization uses Autonomy (now owned by HP) to integrate our Mail and Document Management Systems.  Currently we’ve got it configured to run in multiple ways including automatic folder-based filing and point in time filing.  From what the team who runs the Autonomy system tell me, it has horrible logging when an item doesn’t get … Read more

Identifying Old ActiveSync Devices

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Using the Exchange Management Console, you can easily identify ActiveSync devices which are out of sync for a period of time.  This is just a re-hash of multiple other posts, but I still think that the way in which I identify the devices is unique.  I used only one variable in this script; $Days – … Read more

Daily Exchange Mailbox Size Report

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There are a plethora of software packages out there to report against your Exchange Infrastructure and many of them are great.  I’ve worked with several in the past.  However, if you want just a simple report for mailbox sizes, and you have access to a SQL Server, you can write your own process. My script … Read more

Exchange 2010 Shell, PowerShell 3.0, and You!

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Don’t you hate it when you launch Exchange 2010’s Management Shell and you are greeted with a lovely message like this: Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ExportPSSessionCommand, Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 : Unable to find type [Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ExportPSSessionCommand, Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35]: make sure that the assembly containing this type is loaded. I’ve got one script and a shortcut change that … Read more

[DATED] BlackBerry 10.1 and High Availability

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The International Legal Technology Association asked me to contribute an article for their trade magazine a few months ago.  The article was specific to my company’s care study for BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10.1 with regard to High Availability.  Although BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10.2 has been released, the framework which was discussed stays the same.  If … Read more