Over the past twelve years I’ve gone through a series of jobs, from being a support agent at a helpdesk to being an Exchange consultant at Xylos today. All of the opportunities I have had and the customers I’ve worked with allowed me to grow as a consultant and as a person. I’m very grateful for the opportunities Xylos has offered me, but after having spent a little over six years working for them, I thought it was time for me to look forward and accept a new challenge.

As such, I’m happy and excited to announce that I will be joining ENow Software as of September 1st of this year as Product Director for their Exchange Monitoring and Reporting tools: Mailscape and Mailscape for Exchange Online. I look forward to working with all of the customers and getting feedback from the community to make the software even better than it already is today. Part of the reason why I chose for ENow is their unique approach and philosophy. ENow started out as a consulting company and continues to provide professional services which allows me to stay true to my “roots”.

I’m very excited about this new adventure as it allows me to combine the things I love to do along with the ability to contribute to a great piece of software. Over the past few months I have been working closely with ENow in order to build Mailscape for Exchange Online. So far, customers are thrilled with what they see and we have plenty more to come! (Did you know that Mailscape for Exchange Online was also nominated for the The Best of TechEd awards?)

In order to keep up with the ever-changing landscape in IT, I will continue to consult for ENow’s customers, albeit that I will spend less time doing so than I currently do. I strongly believe that staying hands-on with Exchange, Office 365 and everything related, will allow me to contribute better on a technical level but also allow me to better understand how our software should work with everything Microsoft does.

Of course, I will continue to blog here, speak at various tech conferences and be part of The UC Architects podcast. As a matter of fact, I’ll be speaking at Exchange Connections in September in Vegas where I will be presenting two sessions and a one-day workshop on deploying a Hybrid Exchange environment. If you haven’t signed up, I strongly suggest you do: after all IT/DEV Connections is one of the rare conferences where you get the chance to meet with real-world experts presenting no-nonsense and hands-on topics on various Microsoft technologies. This year’s edition has everything to make it even better than last year’s, including a new location: the beautiful Aria hotel/convention center.

Although I won’t officially be starting until September, feel free to reach out to me regarding Mailscape or ENow’s software in general. I’ll be more than happy to assist you with any questions you have. As always, you can follow me on twitter (@mvanhorenbeeck) or send me an email on michael.van.horenbeeck@enowsoftware.com!

-Michael