Secure Desktop Sharing using Microsoft SharedView

Though this information might not be something new to the techies, but I thought it to be wise to share a easy to use, secure Desktop Sharing application. It is provided by none other than Microsoft. It was quite surprising that I never heard of this nice little application.

Currently it is available as a Beta 2 release. It can share sessions with almost 15 users over HTTPS connection & hence is secured. To share your desktop you just need to download & install the application & create a new session for yourself. Once a session is created the application provides all the details regarding the link to access & the Username & Password for the session. You can share those details with any other user with a Windows Live ID who would be a part of the session. The best part is it - users can access a Web-based interface if they don't have the application installed. Similarly, you can also join a session shared by another Windows Live user.

Wont bore you by describing each feature in detail. It would be best to install & explore the features. You can also find more information by clicking here.

Outlook Mobile Access using emoze & Outlook Web Access

I guess emoze technical team have taken a serious note of the bugs which I had mentioned in one of my previous posts & have released a much stable version of emoze - 2.00(83). Most of the problems mentioned earlier seems to have been fixed by them. I was very confident that they would do so with their lovely application. I really love it!!!... it has made my life a lot easier.

In this post I would like readers to know how you can have Outlook Mobile Access (OMA) even without enabling OMA on your Corporate Mail Server. emoze has a functionality wherein you can provide the details of your Public Outlook Web Access (OWA) Server & it can sync the Inbox & Calendar for you.

The details required are -

1. Username
2. Password
3. Domain (provided to you by your Company)
   
4. OWA URL (eg, https://webmail.company.com/exchange)

Though this OWA to OMA functionality of emoze might be against the Security guidelines of some Corporates, it still is an excellent functionality for people who would like to access their Corporate Inbox & Calendar on the move.

Does your company also provide you a Public Outlook Web Access facility? Why don't you tweak in what I have just said.

Sorry for the Delay

My lovely readers, my sincere apologies to all of you for not keeping you posted on the changes that have happened in my professional life that forced me to stay out of the Blogosphere.

I also became a victim of the recent Global Meltdown. Though I was neither given a Pink Slip nor asked to go on an unpaid leave, I was forced to look out for a better career opportunity as I could find out that it was becoming difficult for my company to afford me. The result - I am again back to Pune, staying away from my comfortable home at Mumbai & working for a reputed US MNC as an IT Infrastructure Project Manager. One of my seniors once told me that working for a smaller firm gives you variety of things to explore & also gives you due recognition. Having worked with top Indian IT MNC's for past 5-6 years & then landing up in a small firm in last 1 year has taught me a lot of lessons. Now I can easily differentiate the quality.

After almost 2 weeks I have come to enjoy my weekend at Mumbai & also pursuing my hobbies like Blogging, etc.