So I'm in this part of my life where I'm trying to decide if I should start
looking at another IT skill to be a subject matter expert at. I'm not a Master
level in Exchange like some of you, but I think I can rate my Exchange skills
as above average. After all, I've been working on Exchange since the 5.5 days.
With Office 365 really catching on and Microsoft heavily promoting it, I'm
starting to feel that the Exchange on-premise skill is a dying skill. I took a
look at the TechEd 2013 tracks and they're favoring Office 365. I then
searched around the job search sites and could hardly find any Exchange jobs.
If I were an IT manager, I would choose Office 365 as well as it just makes
more sense than having on-premise hardware and maintenance.
I went to a local workshop and by a show of hands, the majority of the
attendees were either on and going to Office 365. I might be just paranoid,
but I'm starting to think I should start looking at another IT skill. What are
your thoughts about this?
