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@sime3000 - The CHM file technology has been deprecated by Microsoft. We have no plans to produce further versions of this file. All product help documentation has been transferred to TechNet or is exposed in place within the product, e.g. Outlook on the Web or Exchange Admin Center.
Thanks Brent. So if we're at 40,000 ft on a long flight working with no Internet access or we're at one of our client sites where the Exchange servers have no Internet access and we need to get quick access to a TechNet Exchange subject or we need to get the syntax of a cryptic shell command, how would you suggest that we get that information without the use of a complied help file ?
- CHM technology is deprecated and no longer produced for the Exchange Server products. Might I suggest if you find yourself at 40,000 feet (well above normal commercial flight limits BTW) you sit back and enjoy the in-flight entertainment, your favorite refreshment or just take a nap as an alternative. We are not going to produce an offline version of Exchange documentation for this or any other purpose.
- Hello Brent Alinger [MSFT]
Your condescending response is noted. It’s a common reaction I see from Microsoft reps at all levels when they can't handle a question. I'm reminded of The Emperor's New Clothes.
I've posted this simple CHM question several times in this blog. No one could be bothered to address it until now and when I posted the location of the last Exchange CHM file ( http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35395 ) a while back, no one responded again but it magically disappeared. Nice.
You didn't answer my question re offline access to Exchange TechNet documentation (regardless of altitude), so I will take your condescending response to mean - "I don't know and I really don't care"
- Brent Alinger [MSFT]
Hmmm. No Reply function under your June 24, 2016 at 9:07 am post.
"We absolutely care about our community" Is a nice sentiment however ...
I posted a simple query in this blog re the CHM file in February 2014 but no one from your group could be bothered to respond
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/exchange/2014/02/25/released-exchange-server-2013-service-pack-1/ . That might tend to indicate that your group really doesn't care.
I posted a simple query in this blog re the CHM file in September 2015 but no one from your group could be bothered to respond
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/exchange/2015/09/15/released-september-2015-quarterly-exchange-updates/ . That might tend to indicate that your group really doesn't care.
I posted a simple query in this blog re the CHM file in December 2015 but no one from your group could be bothered to respond
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/exchange/2015/12/15/released-december-2015-quarterly-exchange-updates/ . That might tend to indicate that your group really doesn't care.
I posted a simple query in this blog re the CHM file in March 2016 but no one from your group could be bothered to respond
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/exchange/2016/03/15/released-march-2016-quarterly-exchange-updates/ . That might tend to indicate that your group really doesn't care.
I posted a simple query re the CHM file in this particular June 2016 thread but I received what to me was an obviously condescending response advising how you thought I should spend my time while on a commercial airliner. That might tend to indicate that your group really doesn't care.
I posted a simple query in this particular June 2016 thread asking if Microsoft had a suggestion for an alternative to the CHM file for doing work offline. I didn't get a response to that specific question either from Microsoft. That might tend to indicate that your group really doesn't care.
Repeatedly posting this simple query and not getting a response after two+ years, other than a condescending one, has been a complete waste of my time. This definitely tells me that your group really does not care regardless of the nice sentiment.
- @sime3000 It looks like there is a tool that you can use to make an offline copy of the Technet articles. It's called "Package This" and more info is at http://www.itworld.com/article/2769712/networking-hardware/how-to-download-the-entire-microsoft-technet-library-and-take-it-on-the-road.html.
But otherwise, I'd say if you're at 40,000 feet on a flight, you won't be working on an Exchange server. And if you are, you already have internet access. :) There's also the help command. For instance, "help get-mailbox" will give you an output of the syntax for the cmdlet. "get-help get-mailbox" gives you even more detailed syntax.
- For me personally I will use the plane's wifi. If at a site without internet access I turn on internet sharing with my phone.
If I don't have access to TechNet and need the latest PowerShell syntax I first run the Update-Help cmdlet. Then I can use the Get-Help cmdlet. For example, "Get-Help Get-Mailbox". Or "Get-Help Get-Mailbox -Examples" works wonders as well.
Tab-completion also helps when remembering those cmdlets and parameters.
Hope this helps. :)
- Not really. The question was specifically for Brent Alinger [MSFT] .
- This still works for saving TechNet sections into a .CHM file. Is it so hard to make it yourself if you insist on being stuck in the past?
http://packagethis.codeplex.com/