Blogging: Exchange & Lync

TechEd North America 2011 is over, and I'm back in Leawood completely reinvigorated. One of the things I've decided to pursue is a blog dedicated to Exchange and Lync (Unified Communication). To that end, I've put together a blog for the UC community, and you can find it at http://www.geekswithblogs.net/ucaggregate.

You can also get an idea as to what all of the excitement is about by checking out some of the sessions from the past week here: http://dayngo.com/channel9/Download/15928.

Lots of great content on Exchange & Lync there. The site does require Silverlight.

- Bob Reinsch, Microsoft Exchange/Windows 7 Expert; MCT, MCITP LinkIn with Bob

New Windows 7 and Windows Azure Course Offerings

Centriq Training is pleased to announce it will offer two new courses from Microsoft in July of 2011.

Troubleshooting and Supporting Windows 7 in the Enterprise (MS-6293)

This three-day instructor-led course will teach IT Professionals, experienced with Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista in a Tier 2 support environment, how to support the operating system and solve technical troubleshooting problems in a Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 networking environment. This course also directly supports the EDST exam. Upcoming dates: July 25-July 27

Windows Azure Solutions with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (MS-50466)

Centriq will be the first company in the area to offer this new Windows Azure course! This class is an introduction to cloud computing and specifically Microsoft's public cloud offering in Windows Azure. Windows Azure has been described by Microsoft as an operating system for "the cloud". In this class, students explore this new cloud operating system and learn how to write, deploy and monitor .NET applications in Azure. Upcoming dates: July 20-July 22

For more information or to save your seat in these upcoming classes, visit http://www.centriq.com/ or call your Account Executive at 913-322-7000.

- Justin Ruby, Corporate Sales Manager LinkIn with Justin

Automatically create new appointments using Auto-create in Outlook

Click and drag to automatically create new objects in Outlook. For example, an email message can be turned into a new appointment on the calendar:


1. Click on a message to select it - the message will appear to be highlighted.

2. Hold down your mouse button and drag the selected message to the Calendar button in the navigation pane on the left side of the Window. When you release the button, a new appointment will appear already including the information from the body of the email message in the subject line and body of the appointment.

Make modifications as necessary, and then click the Save & Close button. The appointment will appear on your calendar!

This works with all folders; i.e. auto-create an email based on an appointment on your calendar, or add a detailed task to your list from an email or appointment.

 

- Irene Heckert, Microsoft Office Expert; CTT, MCAS, ITIL Certified, MOS LinkIn with Irene