MICROSOFT ONLINE SERVICES OUTAGE FOLLOWUP

[Thursday January 28, 2010 – sent to MOS subscribers at 9:07pm] Dear Customer: Microsoft Online Services strives to provide exceptional service for all of our customers. On January 28, customers served from a North America data center may have experienced intermittent...

Wobbles With Microsoft Online Services

Some problems today with Microsoft Online Services, which leaves me feeling unsettled about it. Microsoft has made a serious commitment to moving Exchange customers to hosted services. There are some real advantages for small businesses if someone else takes...

PREVIEW SPAM WITH EXCHANGE DEFENDER

Exchange Defender has a new tool for previewing quarantined messages. Exchange Defender is the service used by many businesses to quarantine spam and scan incoming and outgoing mail for viruses before delivering mail to the company server. Exchange Defender sends a...

Passwords: E-Mail

Previously: Passwords: computer login Each of your e-mail addresses has a separate password – a particularly important one to keep in your records. If you use Outlook or Windows Live Mail, the program may have memorized the password; I frequently talk to people who...

OVERLAY OUTLOOK CALENDARS

Here’s an Outlook feature that was new to me – there’s a way to overlay two Outlook calendars. It’s becoming common for people in small businesses to share Outlook calendars. It’s easy if you have an Exchange mailbox in a business with Small Business Server or a mail...