The UC Architects Podcast Ep38

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Michel de Rooij

Have no fear, episode 38 of The UC Architects podcast is here!

This episode is hosted by Pat Richard, who is joined byJohan Veldhuis, John A. Cook, Tom Arbuthnot and Michel de Rooij. Editing was done by Andrew Price.

Topics discussed in this episode are:

TechEd is this week in Houston
Microsoft Certified Professionals Get a Free NFR License the KEMP VLM-5000!
NextHop blog is being consolidated.DrRez on FB and Twitter are being retired as well.
U.S. judge rules search warrants extend to overseas email accounts
New version of #Posterpedia that includes the new #Azure #poster and updated #MSExchange poster
Alternate login ID for #Office365 reduces dependence onUPN
Guidedwalkthroughs for Exchange, Lync,SharePoint, and Office 365
Exchange Connections 2014 sessions posted on the web
MEC 2014 Recordings are here!
Lyncconf14 sessions onchannel9!
Microsoft Supported Method to Move from Pure Lync Online to Lync Server On-Premises/hybrid deployment
Lync Phone Edition Cumulative Update
Microsoft extends support for Lync Phone Edition
Pool Ownership Conflict moving users between Lync Pools
Microsoft LyncWireshark Plugin
Why you shouldn’t use .local in your Active Directory domain name
Lync Insights
Lync Phone App updated
iPad/iPhone and certificates

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The UC Architects is a bi-weekly community podcast by people with a passion for Unified Communications; our main focus is on Exchange, Lync or related subjects.

MEC 2014 Highlights Session

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Michel de Rooij

Yesterday I did a session on the highlights and (some) take-aways of the Microsoft Exchange Conference 2014.

Since there’s no confidential information in there I decided to put the presentation up for those that could not make it. You can view the presentation on here.

Why Exchange Admins should learn PowerShell

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Michel de Rooij

As some of you may or may not be aware of, recently I have joined the ranks of Exchange and The UC Architects fellows Michael van Horenbeeck and Steve Goodman and started writing for the Exchange section at TechTarget.

The first two articles are a call to action for Exchange admins to start working on their PowerShell skills if they have not already done so. Learning can take the more academic approach, starting from scratch and learning the basics topic by topic, or a more practical one by reading and getting to understand existing scripts which may suit the more time-constrained admin.

Read the full articles here and the follow-up article here.

If you got topic suggestions, use the contact form or send me an e-mail.

MEC Recordings on Channel9

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Michel de Rooij

A small heads-up as not everyone seems to be aware, but the recordings of the Microsoft Exchange Conference 2014 keynote and breakout sessions are up on Channel 9. A total of 74 recordings have been made available to public and they can be accessed here.

You can also download all presentation videos and – where available – slide decks for offline viewing using a script by Exchange fellow Peter Schmidt’s. The script is available here.

Exchange MVPs around the World (Updated)

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Michel de Rooij

After checking the heat map of current Lync MVPs by Fabrizio Voipe, I was curious about the current geographical distribution of the Exchange MVPs. MVP awards are given to individuals by Microsoft in recognition of their contributions to the technical community.

There are little public statistics available, so I had to resort to information from the MVP site. Note that MVPs may decide not to be visible here, but looking at why people get an MVP award, I figured going in hiding isn’t one of their characteristics, thus expecting the number of non-listed MVPs to be negligible.

A little playing around with Excel and Power Map gave me the following geographical map. Not surprisingly, the major suppliers of Exchange MVPs are the United States and China.

For reference, I have included the mapped numbers in the table below. Please let me know if you want to share corrections or have any updates.

Country	Number	Country	Number	Country	Number
Australia	3	Indonesia	1	South Africa	1
Belgium	1	Ireland	1	Sri Lanka	1
Bermuda	1	Israel	1	Sweden	3
Brazil	2	Italy	2	Switzerland	1
Canada	6	Japan	1	Taiwan	2
Chile	1	Korea	3	Thailand	1
China	12	Macedonia	1	Netherlands	2
Czech Republic	1	Poland	2	Turkey	1
Denmark	1	Portugal	1	United Arab Emirates	2
France	3	Qatar	1	United Kingdom	5
Germany	5	Russia	1	United States	18
Greece	1	Singapore	1	Vietnam	1
India	2	Slovenia	1
TOTAL					97