Public service announcement for iOS 11 and Exchange/Windows 2016

Apple is scheduled to release iOS 11 on September 19th for iPhones and iPads. And there was much rejoicing. But not so fast... First up, iOS 11 introduces an Exchange ActiveSync error when connecting to an Exchange 2016 running on Windows 2016. iOS 11 improperly negotiates HTTP/2 TLS connections for EAS. See Michael B. Smith's...

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Announcing the 10th Annual UC Roundtable at Microsoft Ignite!

I'm pleased to announce the 10th Annual UC Roundtable at Microsoft Ignite 2017 in Orlando! A one-of-a-kind conference deserves a one-of-a-kind opportunity to network with your peers. The purpose of the UC Roundtable is to gather Exchange, Office 365, and Skype for Business admins, MCMs, MVPs, Exchange product group members, architects,...

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Meet with EXPTA Consulting at Microsoft Ignite

It's less than one week to Microsoft Ignite in Orlando, FL. I hope you’re as excited as I am to attend and hear about all the new hotness that Microsoft plans to deliver. I’ll be speaking Wednesday 12:30-1:45PM at "The Epic Exchange Preferred Architecture Debate" with a panel of experts. I hope to see your there! I’ll also be available...

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Proud to announce I'll be speaking at Microsoft Ignite!

Come join Ross Smith IV, Lin Chen, Mike Cooper and me at Microsoft Ignite in Orlando for, "The epic Exchange preferred architecture debate" on Wednesday at 12:30pm EDT. Here, we plan to talk about what is the best, DAS or SAN? Are SSDs on the way in or are slow spindles here to stay? Should you give up and migrate to the cloud? What about...

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