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My article is up on Microsoft "Next Hop"
Next Hop is a Microsoft TechNet portal dedicated to Unified Communications, specifically Office Communications Server. Articles are written by the Microsoft product groups, experienced field engineers, MVPs and in this case ME! I asked (begged) if Dr...
Posted 24 Feb 2010 by Adam Jacobs | 1 comment(s)
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Microsoft IT cuts telelphony costs by deploying OCS 2007 R2 (bet they got a good deal on their CALs!)
Deploying OCS definitely delivers cost benefits, R2 specifically offers an in-built conference bridge service - many enterprise spend £1,000's on managed offerings. Brett Johnson explains how MS UK saved in excess of £3.5 in one year!...
Posted 26 Jan 2010 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
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Existing "Remote Call Control" deployments will still be supported in OCS 2010
During recent discussions with a number of individuals within the OCS product group I have been told that "Remote Call Control" (RCC) will not be available beyond the current 2007 R2 release. When I asked why I was told that it was "a feature...
Posted 9 Dec 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
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More OCS bits available in the new and improved TechCenter
Taken from the OCS Blog: We've been working on the Downloads page on the Communications Server TechCenter ! Check out the improvements: · Separate pages devoted to 2007 R2 Downloads and 2007 Downloads ; · Clearer categorization of available...
Posted 29 Oct 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
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Calling all LCS/OCS administrators...do not apply KB974571
A security patch that addresses - "MS09-056: Vulnerabilities in CryptoAPI could allow spoofing" has been reported to alter your LCS/OCS installations and send them into evaluation mode with expiry. For those that have already applied this hotfix...
Posted 14 Oct 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
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My OCS 2007 Innovative Communications Alliance case study is published!
Back in early 2007 my workplace were in the market for an enterprise strength unified communications system, the aim from a high level was to take the businesses voice and data collaboration systems to the next level. In addition to this we knew it had...
Posted 25 Aug 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
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Communicator "esque" OCS client hits the iPhone AppStore
Modality Systems has created an OCS application for the iPhone named "iDialog", this is now available via your local AppStore. What is iDialog? Microsoft Office Communications Server is revolutionizing the way workers communicate and collaborate...
Posted 22 Aug 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
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Cisco's UC Integration for Microsoft Office Communicator (CUCIMOC)
Brett Johnson just posted an interesting to link to a review on another UC Blog, it covers off the Cisco integration of Office Communicator and OCS. Brett does mention: "More on this subject later…. It’s a fun time I can tell you ;)"...
Posted 5 Aug 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
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July brings updates for Communications Server 2007 R2
Updates that are released for Communications Server 2007 R2 Update for Application Host 967832 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967832/ ) Description of the update package for Communications Server 2007 R2 Application Host: April 2009 Update for Application...
Posted 30 Jul 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
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Telephone call recording options in OCS 2007
Call recording is quite often a real challenge for the enterprise and after you decide to move away from TDM based technologies to VoIP it can get even more confusing. With OCS 2007 there are a number of call scenarios to account for: SIP-to-SIP calls...
Posted 28 Jul 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
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I only just found out there is a Microsoft small business PBX, but I think it is too late...
A recent blog entry over at TMC points to the end of Microsoft's small business IP-PBX known as Response Point , whilst this solution is extremely well packaged with very easy to use administration features it does seem to conflict with their more...
Posted 11 Jul 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
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Contact Centre + OCS = Happier customers?
On Thursday I am heading over to Nortel's UK HQ for a seminar reviewing functionality within Contact Centre v.7, the specific interest I have is to understand it's tight integration with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. I'll not...
Posted 16 Jun 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
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Communicator QoS in Windows Vista
You may recall a while back I blogged on Communicator QoS for MPLS wide area networks, well just today over at The Office Communications Server Blog an excellent post has been published on setting up client-side DSCP tagging for Vista SP1 or SP2. Source...
Posted 4 Jun 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
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How to advertise "current location" in Office Communicator
Today I was asked the question Why is my office location information not being displayed within Office Communicator? Location information is defined as "endpoint location" and as illustrated in the chart below the viewer has to be a member of...
Posted 2 Jun 2009 by Adam Jacobs | 1 comment(s)
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Office Communicator 2007 R2 backwards compatible?
A while back I installed Office Communicator 2007 R2 in an R1 environment and interestingly as other sites suggest you can login and use an R1 OCS server with the R2 client. A number of things transpired and therefore I would strongly recommend that you...
Posted 1 Jun 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
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