CodeTwo together with MSExchange.org have just started a prize giveaway for 15 product keys for CodeTwo Exchange Rules, 100 mailboxes each. Entering the contest is simple, go to MSExchange.org CodeTwo Prize Giveaway and post anything in that thread. Alternatively, you can go to our Facebook profile and write I want to win CodeTwo Exchange Rules on our Wall. The name of every contestant will be printed, added to a glass ball and on Decemer 22nd 2010 we will randomly select 15 cards. The results of the draw will be published on MSExchange and on our blog as a video. All winners will be notofied by email too. CodeTwo Exchange Rules enables centralized management of signatures and company disclaimers in email messages sent via Microsoft Exchange. The program will help you keep a unified and professional look of user signatures and will enhance the visual corporate identity of your business. At the same time the application will make your company mail in keeping with the current legal regulations. CodeTwo Exchange Rules gives you: Central signature management on Exchange Server Dynamic content disclaimers and signatures (with info pulled from Active Directory) Different signatures for different users (even if you use only template) Company logos and employee photos in auto-signatures Support for email marketing campaigns Viewable footers in Sent Items Easy-to-use signature HTML editor Advanced processing options Comprehensive user's manual and KB Live Technical Support via phone and email

Our flagship Exchange tool, CodeTwo Exchange Rules Pro, has just been reviewed by Paul Cunningham on Practical365 (The review was originally at ExchangeServerPro). It's another great review of this product and we are happy to share it with you. Paul Cunningham has noticed the program has so many features that it can be used in numerous organizations all over the world solving various issues from email signature management to content filtering to automatic email flow control (Exchange autoresponding, rerouting, etc.). "CodeTwo Exchange Rules Pro solves a lot of common business problems, and adds several enhancements and ease of administration to the standard Transport Rules capabilities of Exchange Server 2007/2010". Ohhh yeah! That's right! Read the entire review on Practical365 See why we believe it is worth to use our programs

It's been a while since CodeTwo's last software giveaway contest on MSExchange.org ended. We randomly picked 10 winners and the 10th selected person was supposed to get iPad 2 and CodeTwo Exchange Rules Pro. We, however, could not get hold of the luckiest person in the drawing until February 2012. Finally, Mahendra Mane responded to my email and we could send him the main prize. Just look at this sheer happiness: Congratulations Mahendra! We're happy we could end the contest as we had initially planned. Naturally, CodeTwo Exchange Rules Pro also supports emails sent from iPad or iPhone (and any other mobile devices that can connect to Exchange 2007 or 2010) and can stamp branded auto-signatures and email disclaimers to them. Check out what else CodeTwo Exchange Rules Pro can do for you and your email on Exchange. CodeTwo Exchange Rules Pro - more than Hub Transport in Exchange CodeTwo's Offical Website

Since we do a lot of applications for Outlook, we also use them in our everyday work. We use CodeTwo Public Folders and CodeTwo Exchange Rules. Some time ago we created a program for ultra-fast and automatic email account configuration. We love this app so much that we decided to share it with you! We have just released a free tool called CodeTwo Outlook AutoConfig. It's an amazingly easy application that automatically configures an email account in Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Mail or Windows Live Mail. If you want to use any of the above-mentioned email clients, you no longer need to know any technical details like SMTP and POP3 addresses, mail server port numbers, encryption methods, etc. Using CodeTwo Outlook AutoConfig, you can create your email account in split second only by providing your email address. Download CodeTwo Outlook AutoConfig and launch it. Enter your email address - a suggested Display name will appear beneath. Display name is what is shown to recipients instead of your full email address. Naturally, you can change the display name to anything you want, e.g. your name and surname.

At IT conferences I always try to attend sessions that are not only technical but also focus on management and collaboration. I always wonder how a given feature or solution would influence the productivity of the teams I work with, and whether it would help at all, or whether the result would be the exact opposite of what was expected. I’ve heard of companies blocking internal IM features in Skype for Business due to the fact that some employees spent too much time chatting, and that the key employees were constantly flooded with IMs until they decided to permanently log off from the program. Obviously, the tool is just a tool, and some internal rules are always required to use it properly. But a user is just a user and “old habits die hard”. Just take a look at Public Folders and how many times Microsoft has tried to publicly assassinate them. I was, however, surprised to see how many IT pros at this year’s IT/DEV Connections in Las Vegas and UC Day in Birmingham expressed their interest in Office 365 Groups. It’s not just Microsoft’s sales pitch and global marketing explosion, it’s really the users who are actively interested in this feature. Since Office 365 groups are pretty new, it’s still hard to tell whether it’s just an attractive feature or a solution that will ultimately change the way of collaboration of Office 365 users.

I remember when I first installed Office 95 and admired its features with a smile on my face (just like Doc Brown who discovered time travel) - it was over 15 years ago. I mainly used Word 95 then since I did not need Outlook yet. Comparing it to other applications available at that time, it was simply mind-blowing. A few weeks ago I installed Microsoft Office 2010 together with Outlook 2010. To put it bluntly, I was expecting Office 2010 to be a total swizz - another badly written piece of software and a product for those who need to buy upgrades or else they will have sick headaches. It installed pretty quickly and I launched the most important application for me - Outlook 2010. My jaw didn't drop as low as 15 years ago but probably because I'm older now and very unemotional when it comes to trying new things. It is still Outlook and it still does the same things. There are, however, some improvements:

Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC) made its return in 2012 after 10 years of hiatus. Microsoft is, however, not planning to make us wait another decade to hang out with the Squeaky Lobster as they already told us to save the date for March 31 - April 2 2014.

We are sorry, but CodeTwo Email Signatures for Email Clients mentioned in this article has been discontinued. If you are looking for alternatives, take a look at CodeTwo Email Signatures for Office 365. If you are a cloud email admin who manages lots of Gmail users on your Google Apps for Business account, you know that the service is fairly rough around the edges when it comes to email signatures. It's pretty simple for end-users to set up a signature when they are logged into their account, but if you had to create a global disclaimer for the entire company, or at least to centrally unify the signature for selected departments or users, Google Apps won't help you here. This need may sound weird, but it's crucial to append a standardized legal note to all outgoing messages in your firm. If you also care about your corporate identity, it might be a good idea to make sure your employees' signatures correspond with it and look professional. This also doesn't have to mean they can't be personalized. CodeTwo Email Signatures for Email Clients will help you quickly compose a template with Active Directory variables, which can be used as your automatic, company-wide signature for all your Gmail users. No HTML experience is required to do it. If you know how to use a word processor, this program has you covered. Simply install the program on any computer in your domain (it doesn't have to be a server) and launch it.