Exchange Server Troubleshooting Companion Now Available

I'm pleased to have been the technical editor of the new eBook, Exchange Server Troubleshooting Companion. It's always enjoyable to work on a strong publication that I can stand behind.

The Exchange Server Troubleshooting Companion does much more than just give specific guidance about solving a particular problem. Any Bing or Google search can do that. This book teaches you the methodology and mindset required to troubleshoot any Exchange problem. It helps you understand the underpinnings of how Exchange works so that you can diagnose a problem quickly and accurately.

The author team includes fellow Exchange Server* MVPs, Paul Cunningham and Andrew Higginbotham. Between them, they have over 29 years of experience deploying, managing, and troubleshooting Exchange Server. You can read more about Andrew's take on the book on Reddit.

Veteran Exchange Server MVP Tony Redmond is the overall editor for the book, This keeps Tony busy with this project, as well as co-authoring Office 365 for IT Professionals. That's a good thing. We don't want Tony having too much time on his hands. ;)

I highly recommend both of these eBooks for your Exchange and Office 365 library. Both books are available in EPUB and Amazon Kindle formats. Please go to the exchangeserverpro website for ordering information.

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* Late last year the Exchange Server MVP category has been rolled up into the Office Servers and Services MVP group to align more closely with Microsoft's cloud-first vision.

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Second Edition of Office 365 for Exchange Professionals

I am very pleased to announce that the second edition of Office 365 for Exchange Professionals will be released next week at the IT/Dev Connections conference in Las Vegas, where all four of us will be speaking.

This self-published eBook is the most comprehensive publication available of all things Office 365. Over 150 pages of new content has been added since the first release at Microsoft Ignite in May 2015. The book covers new features and capabilities of Microsoft's cloud offering from an Exchange professional's perspective. You will learn how to take advantage of all the cloud has to offer in this comprehensive but surprisingly easy to read book.

The MVP co-authors are Tony Redmond, Michael Van Horenbeeck, and Paul Cunningham. Once again I provide my services as technical editor for this 770+ page book. Together, we bring over 60 years' experience in the IT and messaging industry. We have spent many hours exploring and understanding, participating in technical preview programs, and developing best practices in order to update this second edition with brand new content.

You can preorder Office 365 for Exchange Professionals from Paul Cunningham's ExchangeServerPro.com website or for your Kindle on Amazon.

If you are attending the IT/Dev Connections conference please join us for our second edition book launch party hosted by Binary Tree.

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New Book! Office 365 for Exchange Professionals

If you are considering moving to Office 365 or are in the process, you really need to get the new book, Office 365 for Exchange Professionals.

This new book is written by notable Exchange Server MVPs Tony Redmond, Paul Cunningham, and Michael Van Horenbeeck, with a foreword by Perry Clarke, Corporate Vice President for Microsoft Exchange. It will be released at Microsoft Ignite in Chicago and will be available for purchase as an eBook from ExchangeServerPro.com.

I'm proud to be associated with this book as the technical editor. I've been involved in over a dozen books and publications as an author, contributing writer, and technical editor. Office 365 for Exchange Professionals is one of my most satisfying publishing projects.

There's a tremendous amount of valuable cutting edge information here, and since it's written by Exchange Server MVPs with an independent voice, it's peppered with real-world examples that will help you get the most out of your journey to the cloud.

Look for a formal announcement at Microsoft Ignite where Tony, Michael, and I will be speaking. Be sure to attend our MVPs Unplugged sessions:

• "MVPs Unplugged: Real-World Microsoft Exchange Server Designs and Deployments", panelist with fellow Exchange MVPs Nicolas Blank, Siegfried Jagott, and Paul Robichaux
• "MVPs Unplugged: The Journey to Microsoft Exchange Online", panelist with fellow Exchange MVPs Nicolas Blank, Michael Van Horenbeeck, and Tony Redmond

Unfortunately, Paul Cunningham can't make it. If you're holding out to see all four of us (and really, who could blame you), please join us at IT/Dev Connections in Las Vegas later this year.

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Microsoft Chats with Hyper-V Unleashed Authors

A chat with the authors of Hyper-V Unleashed

Last week I attended the Windows 7 TAP Summit (TAP = Technology Adoption Program) in Redmond, WA. I'd love to tell you about all the cool things in store for Windows 7, but then I'd have to kill you.

While I was there, co-author Rand Morimoto and I were interviewed at the Microsoft campus about our book, Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Unleashed.

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Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Unleashed

I'm very pleased to say that my new book, Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Unleashed, has hit store shelves!

This book is a culmination of our experience deploying Hyper-V in enterprise organizations. And today, Microsoft's Virtualization Product Group featured it on their Virtualization Team Blog.

Coauthor Rand Morimoto and I are very pleased that this book has been released to coincide with Microsoft's official launch of Hyper-V this week.

Check out what's in the book at InformIT!

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New Microsoft Hyper-V Virtualization Unleashed Book

I'm pleased to announce that I will be a co-authoring a new book, Microsoft Hyper-V Virtualization Unleashed, with Rand Morimoto, Ph.D. Rand is president, CEO and owner of Convergent Computing (CCO), the consulting services company I work for.

The content will cover Hyper-V planning and design, installation of Hyper-V, and getting into the management, administration and support of Hyper-V, including the new System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008. This book is scheduled for completion this summer and will be on store shelves worldwide once VMM2008 ships, which will likely be end of the summer.

I've been a contributing writer for several other books including Exchange Server 2007 Unleashed and Exchange Server 2003 Unleashed, and most recently was the technical editor for Windows Server 2008 Unleashed. This will be the first time my name will be on the outside cover of a book, so it's rather exciting!

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