I don't see it personally, but PT does...
On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Ryan Finnesey <[email protected]> wrote: > Do you think there is the risk that Microsoft will slow the release of > Exchange on-Premise and focus on Office 365? I know SharePoint releases > for cloud first and then on- Premise. I just learned is that Azure is > based on a “different” version of Hyper-V that we do not have access to on- > Premise. > **** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Michael B. Smith > *Sent:* Monday, May 20, 2013 5:24 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [Exchange] Exchange On-Premise - Dying Skill?**** > > ** ** > > I’m not your average Exchange admin.**** > > ** ** > > That being said, I don’t see any reduction in requirement for my services. > I do admit that I have expanded to include Office 365. But that was just to > help some of my clients to evaluate Office 365. Only one (of over 100) has > made the switch to Office 365.**** > > ** ** > > I also expanded to push System Center. And that was a mistake. I already > had enough work, and now I have too much.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Tanya Pinetti > *Sent:* Monday, May 20, 2013 4:04 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [Exchange] Exchange On-Premise - Dying Skill?**** > > ** ** > > 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?**** >
