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.
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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 |
Update (26apr): Corrected 1 entry (UK -> Ireland)
We’re glad to announce the availability of episode 37 of The UC Architects podcast.
This episode is hosted by Steve Goodman, who is joined by Michael van Horenbeeck, John Cook, Ståle Hansen and Michel de Rooij. Editing was done by Andrew Price.
Min topics discussed in this episode are:
More information on the podcast including references and a link to download the podcast here or you can subscribe to the podcasts using iTunes, Zune or use the RSS feed.
About
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.
We’re glad to announce the availability of episode 36 of The UC Architects podcast, recorded live at the Microsoft Exchange Conference 2014 in Austin, Texas.
This episode is hosted by Michael Van Horenbeeck who is joined by Dave Stork, John Cook, Paul Cunningham, Serkan Varoglu and Michel de Rooij. Special guests are Greg Taylor, Brian Day and Jeff Guillet. Editing was done by Andrew Price.
Topic discussed in this episode are taken from sessions held at the Microsoft Exchange Conference as well as well as input from the audience. They are:
We are extremely proud the session made it to the Top 15 of the sessions held at MEC.
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More information on the podcast including references and a link to download the podcast here or you can subscribe to the podcasts using iTunes, Zune or use the RSS feed.
About
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.
Hóka-héy! Today is a good day to die(*).
With all the media attention for Windows XP support coming to an end today, one might forget that today also marks the official death of Exchange Server 2003 as the extended support phase ends for one of the products many of us developed a love-hate relationship with over the years. In addition, extended support for Office 2003 also ends today.
Reaching the end of extended support means that as of today, those products are no longer supported and will no longer receive security patches. Therefor, organization running Exchange Server 2003 or using Outlook 2003 might be exposed to security risks.
Of course there is an exception to this rule, depending on how deep your pockets are. Organization neglecting or ignoring the upcoming demise of products for some period can continue to receive support for a hefty price. For example, the UK government paid $9m for an additional year of Windows XP, Office 2003 and Exchange 2003 support, and the Dutch government paid an undisclosed amount for an additional year of Windows XP support for around 40,000 systems. Ironically, the Dutch National Cyber Security Center NCSC, part of the department of justice, warned citizens to stop using Windows XP and upgrade.
For organizations still running Exchange Server 2003, there is nothing to be ashamed of as there are occasional sightings of Exchange 5.5 out there. When you think about upgrading, be advised that there is no direct upgrade path to Exchange Server 2013 and you either need to perform a double hop migration through Exchange Server 2007 or Exchange Server 2010 (recommended) or migrate to Office 365 as an alternative.
*) A battle cry attributed to Crazy Horse
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