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Paul Robichaux

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Paul Robichaux is a senior contributing editor for Windows IT Pro, a content author at Acuitus, and a Microsoft Exchange Server MVP and MCSE. Paul is the author of Exchange Server Cookbook (O’Reilly and Associates) and blogs at paulrobichaux.wordpress.com.

Articles by Paul Robichaux

Managing Exchange ActiveSync Device Access

Allow/Block/Quarantine (ABQ) functionality can help you manage mobile-device access on Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) devices. Find out how EAS ABQ works.

What's New In Exchange Server 2013

Find out about the architectural changes, new features, and Unified Messaging changes in the new Exchange version.

PowerShell 201

Total Running Time: 105 min

PowerShell 201 offers a set of technical presentations that build on PowerShell 101, three introductory PowerShell presentations that were offered in December. The three PowerShell 201 sessions delve into more complicated scripting topics. You will come away from the PowerShell 201 series with advanced scripting knowledge and increased comfort with writing complicated scripts.

PowerShell 101

Total Running Time: 83 min

The word "scripting" probably makes a lot of IT admins cringe, but it's not that scary or difficult to learn. Scripting is just a set of instructions written in terms that computers can understand. The instructions tell the computer how to do something, such as how to perform a task.

Getting the Most from Exchange 2010

Total Running Tim: 144 min

Exchange 2010 is both comfortingly familiar and surprisingly different. If you’re used to Exchange 2003, you’ll find a wealth of new features and technologies to give you better performance, reliability, and robustness. If you’ve already deployed Exchange 2007, you’ll find that 2010 makes it easier to host large mailboxes and use virtualization.

Managing Exchange ActiveSync Policies in Exchange 2010

Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) policies give you control over how devices and users access EAS. The EAS protocol itself is only part of the complete mobile-device access story for Exchange

What’s New in Exchange 2013 Archiving and eDiscovery

In this paper, Exchange MVP Paul Robichaux discusses the new features in Exchange 2013, how they fit into Microsoft’s compliance and discovery strategy, and how they fit into business requirements for compliance and discovery.

iOS and Windows Phone: Let the Games Begin 6

Both iOS 5 and Windows Phone 7.5 provide a solid mobile email experience on today's powerful, high-resolution devices. Get the details of each OS's capabilities in this review.

A Quick Look at Exchange Forensics

What exactly is Exchange forensics? See 3 lessons learned from one situation involving an unusual spike in outbound network traffic.

Exchange Server and Complexity: Less is Better 5

The real killer of complexity with Microsoft Exchange Server isn't what Microsoft puts in the product; it's what we do with the product after we deploy it.

Bring Your Own Device: IBM's 'Struggle' Part of a Long Tradition 4

Companies might struggle with the BYOD phenomenon, but it's really just an evolution in IT similar to employees accessing corporate networks from their home computers.

Will Exchange 15 Require an AD Version Update? 2

Exchange 15 could require an Active Directory upgrade, but unless there's a technical reason to require it, Microsoft could be hurting itself to require one.

Major Changes in Exchange 2013

Total Running Time: 117 min

Every new version of Exchange brings changes, and Exchange 2013 is no exception. This event will help equip you to upgrade to Exchange 2013 by examining the most critical changes Microsoft has made in the new version, including the new division of labor between the mailbox and CAS roles, the introduction of PowerShell 3.0, and a rethinking of how Microsoft believes customers should provide perimeter security and message hygiene for Exchange.

Virtualization for Exchange Server Training 1

Virtualized Microsoft Exchange Server systems provide a perfect opportunity for personal training in a test bed environment or full production replica.

Contest Kickoff: Worst Software in the Exchange World 1

What's the worst experience you've had with third-party software for Microsoft Exchange Server? It could be the winner of a contest no one wants to win.

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Testing with Visual Studio 2012

The importance of testing is undeniable in the overall application lifecycle. We have all been in projects where testing is inadequate. The result is significant effort and cost to fix bugs that are introduced into production; not to mention the cost of a damaged reputation. Many times, institutions do not invest enough to comprehensively test an application at all levels. It is either seen as too costly or too time consuming.

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