Paul's Down-Home Page: Exchange, messaging, collaboration, security, and moreCajun. Mormon. Marine. Exchange MVP.Alexandria- November 30, 2007 This is the first time in a long time (like, nearly 15 years) that I've been to Alexandria twice in one year. We were there earlier this year for a great family reunion; this time, sad to say, I was visiting my seriously ill grandfather in the hospital. Despite the reason for the visit, it was great to see everyone-- Ray, Dan, Ashley, Melissa, Grandmaw, Betty, Clayton, Laura, and Chris were all there. Ashley is only a few months away from graduating from high school; Melissa and I had fun...http://www.robichaux.net/blog/2007/11/alexandria.php Exchange 2007 SP1: November 30- November 29, 2007 Get ready, folks. Exchange 2007 SP1 ships on the 30th.http://www.robichaux.net/blog/2007/11/exchange_2007_sp1_november_30.php Rock Band!- November 20, 2007 Arlene just returned from Best Buy with a brand-new box of win: Rock Band Deluxe Edition. It's a Christmas present for the boys, but I wonder if they believe in early Christmas It seems a shame to leave it boxed up given the upcoming four-day Thanksgiving weekend. Maybe I can sneakily rock out after they go to bed tonight...http://www.robichaux.net/blog/2007/11/rock_band.php The history of Tabasco- November 16, 2007 Wow, this is neat-- NewsGator just alerted me to a book review of a book called McIlhenny's Gold: How a Louisiana Family Built the Tabasco Empire. This sounds like my cup of tea. Or something.http://www.robichaux.net/blog/2007/11/the_history_of_tabasco.php HOWTO: Find a RoundTable case- November 15, 2007 I'm still really enamored of the Microsoft RoundTable conferencing camera. IMHO it's a real breakthrough, and I can't wait until we can get one of our own and start using it regularly for the meetings I have to attend. We faced a problem for the roadshows, though: the RoundTable is an odd shape and doesn't disassemble for transport. I couldn't see shipping a $3000 device in a cardboard box, so I did some digging. As far as I can tell, there's only one company that makes RoundTable-specific...http://www.robichaux.net/blog/2007/11/howto_find_a_roundtable_case.php Extending OCS programmatically- November 15, 2007 It turns out that there are at least two ways you can build custom applications that take advantage of OCS 2007's capabilities for presence, IM, conferencing, and voice. First, you can use the Communicator SDK to do client-side stuff, like asking Communicator to initiate a voice call or change your presence status in response to some action. (I need to find out if Communicator is smart enough to set your status to "away" when you lock your workstation; if not that will probably...http://www.robichaux.net/blog/2007/11/extending_ocs_programmatically.php Devin is MVP of the month- November 15, 2007 Super cool: Devin is this month's MVP of the Month! Congratulations! Technorati Tags: 3sharphttp://www.robichaux.net/blog/2007/11/devin_is_mvp_of_the_month.php HOWTO: Disable voice mail journaling in Exchange 2007- November 15, 2007 One common question (or family of questions, I guess) that I get concerns how voice mail messages are handled in the Exchange 2007 transport engine. In particular, a couple of people at the "It's Time to Deploy" events have had questions about how voice messages are journaled. Depending on your organization's records management requirements, you may want to make sure that VMs are journaled, or you may want to affirmatively block them from journaling. It turns out that you can easily do this...http://www.robichaux.net/blog/2007/11/howto_disable_voice_mail_journaling_in_e.php Returning home- November 15, 2007 A few notes gathered during my trip, now that I'm on the way home (yay!) I got up early, finished packing, and ran into my friend Rick Taylor at breakfast. We had a great chat about the perils of raising kids (he has two girls and a boy about the same ages as our three boys). He also told me that Joel Oleson got to go to a sacrament meeting in Barcelona, and I confess to being a bit jealous. First, airport security in Barcelona is a far cry from what we see in the US. My boarding pass underwent.http://www.robichaux.net/blog/2007/11/returning_home.php Barcelona: 7 Portes- November 13, 2007 For dinner, I went out with a group of MS folks to a local restaurant called 7 Portes. It's been here since 1837, if that tells you anything. Wow, it was good! Our table of about a dozen people shared four or five different appetizers, including jamon iberico (which I put on Catalan tomato bread to make a tasty open-faced sandwich), fried salt cod balls, and anchovies (skipped those!) I ordered something that was described as crayfish-- turns out their web site menu has it right in saying...http://www.robichaux.net/blog/2007/11/barcelona_7_portes.php |