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Microsoft eLearning Free Exchange 2010 Training

Microsoft eLearning has some free Microsoft Exchange 2010 Training. You just have to sign on with a valid Microsoft Passport account to activate the free content.

William Lefkovics

Free MSPress OCS R2 eBooks (until 6/24)

Microsoft Press in hono(u)r of their 25th anniversary have offered a couple of titles in their OCS line as free downloads. You still have to register with a Microsoft Passport account. This offer is available until June 24th only.

• Programming for Unified Communications with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2

• Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Resource Kit

William Lefkovics

 

Exchange 2010 Webcasts in June 2009

There are a great many webcasts for Exchange 2010 coming in June 2009:

TechNet Webcast: Exchange 2010 High Availability (Level 300)

Monday, June 1, 2009

9:00 A.M.–10:00 A.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Exchange 2010 Overview (Level 200)

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

9:00 A.M.–10:00 A.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Forefront code name “Stirling” - The next generation of Forefront Security for Exchange Server (Level 200)

Thursday, June 4, 2009

1:00 P.M.–2:00 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Exchange 2010 Management Tools (Level 300)

Monday, June 8, 2009

1:00 P.M.–2:00 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Exchange Hosted Filtering is now Forefront Online Security for Exchange (Level 200)

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

1:00 P.M.–2:00 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Exchange 2010 Archiving and Retention (Level 300)

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

9:00 A.M.–10:00 A.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Exchange 2010 Outlook Web Access (Level 200)

Monday, June 15, 2009

9:00 A.M.–10:00 A.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Exchange 2010 Architecture (Level 300)

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

9:00 A.M.–10:00 A.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Federation in Exchange 2010 (Level 300)

Monday, June 22, 2009

9:00 A.M.–10:00 A.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Exchange 2010 Voice Mail enabled by Unified Messaging (Level 300)

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

9:00 A.M.–10:00 A.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Exchange 2010 Information Protection and Control (Level 300)

Monday, June 29, 2009

9:00 A.M.–10:00 A.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: Exchange 2010 Transition and Deployment (Level 300)

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

9:00 A.M.–10:00 A.M. Pacific Time

These and more webcasts can be found here.

William Lefkovics

Microsoft Exchange Labcasts for April

There is a series of Labcasts for Exchange Server 2007 where you can get a feel of the application. The first part was actually presented on March 26, 2009 and is no longer available. 

TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 Labcast (Part 1 of 4) (Level 200)
Thursday, March 26, 2009
11:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M. Pacific Time

These are not 60 minute webcasts where you sit and absorb. The labcasts are interactive, and as such do not have unlimited attendance.  Part 2 of the series is already booked up. 

TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 Labcast Series (Part 2 of 4) (Level 200)
Thursday, April 2, 2009
11:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M. Pacific Time

Parts 3 and 4 still have available spots as of this posting.

TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 Labcast Series (Part 3 of 4) (Level 200)
Thursday, April 9, 2009
11:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 Labcast Series (Part 4 of 4) (Level 200)
Thursday, April 16, 2009
11:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M. Pacific Time

There are numerous 'on-demand' labcasts that do not have an instructor, but do give you 90 minutes of face-time with Exchange Server.

William Lefkovics

Thinking about trying the Exchange Masters Certification?

Here is a list of pre-reading to do prior to attending training for the Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) for Exchange 2007. Basically, you need to commit everything in Technet pertaining to Exchange 2007 and then some. There are a couple of blogs as well, including the excellent Exchange Team blog and Ross Smith IV's Exchange Storage Calculator.

It's all good reading even if you are not going to attempt the MCM for Exchange 2007.

William Lefkovics

Another Microsoft MVP Summit over

The MVP Summit is a highlight of the year for me.  This was my 6th summit, I think. The point in the product cycle for Exchange Server made this summit more valuable than most. I look forward to the next release, E14. One thing to take from the summit and that I can share with confidence is that Microsoft listens. They often are criticized for not doing so, but that is not justified. They listen. Oh, they may take what seems like forever to actually act on feedback, they do in fact listen. And I appreciate that.

The MVP Summits add faces, names, and handshakes to the big anonymous behemoth in Redmond at which we otherwise may toss expletives while emphatically shaking fists in the air. Those at Microsoft enlisted to organize the summits do a great job for the swag-o-philic MVPs that descend on Seattle every 12-18 months. And I appreciate that as well.

William Lefkovics

Microsoft Certified Master Team Blog

In January 2009, Microsoft added a new blog for the Microsoft Certified Master team. This blog is not specific to Exchange, but rather covers all of the MCM product programs as follows:

• Microsoft Certified Master: Windows Server 2008 - Directory
• Microsoft Certified Master: Exchange Server 2007
• Microsoft Certified Master: Office Communications Server 2007
• Microsoft Certified Master: SharePoint Server 2007
• Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008

William Lefkovics

Exchange 2007 TechNet Labcasts for December 2008

There is a 5 part labcast series on Exchange 2007 in December. These are Labcasts that require a longer commitment than webcasts typically do.

TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 1 of 5): Installing Service Pack 1 and Transitioning from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007 (Level 200)
Friday, December 5, 2008
11:00 A.M.–3:00 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 2 of 5): Configuring an Edge Server and Compliance and Retention Using Exchange Server 2007 RTM (Level 200)
Thursday, December 11, 2008
11:00 A.M.–3:00 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 3 of 5): Managing and Administering Exchange Server 2007 Using the Management Console and Management Shell (Level 200)
Friday, December 12, 2008
11:00 A.M.–3:00 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 4 of 5): Configuring Unified Messaging and Enabling Remote Client Access (Level 200)
Thursday, December 18, 2008
11:00 A.M.–3:00 P.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 5 of 5): Using Local Continuous Replication and Cluster Continuous Replication (Level 200)
Friday, December 19, 2008
11:00 A.M.–3:00 P.M. Pacific Time

William Lefkovics

Technet Labcast - Exchange 2007 LCR and CCR

Microsoft is presenting the fifth and final part of their labcast entitled Exchange Server 2007 (Part 5 of 5): Using Local Continuous Replication and Cluster Continuous Replication (Level 200). 

This is a 4 hour lab in English only held on Friday, November 07, 2008 11:00 AM Pacific Time.

For previous sessions in this series, check out the archived Exchange 2007 virtual labs and labcasts.

William Lefkovics

 

PDC 2008 Sessions Available for Viewing

Even if you were unable to attend the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2008 in Los Angeles, CA this past week, you can still watch and even download the sessions from the conference.

There are 210 sessions in the PDC 2008 Agenda list including 3 for Unified Communications as follows:

• BB09 Microsoft Office Communications Server and Exchange: Platform Futures

• BB45 Office Communications Server 2007 R2: Enabling Unified Communications

• BB46 Exchange Web Services Managed API: Unified Communications Development for Exchange

These are fairly large downloads if you choose the WMV-HQ options (around 200MB each). The links above point to the regular WMV files, except for BB45 which seems to only be offered in WMV-HQ. You can also stream the presentations from the agenda list.

William Lefkovics