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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...
Exchange Team posts part 2 of "Call Answering Rules" for Exchange 2010
Exchange (and Outlook) is the conduit whereby users can access new e-mail, contacts, calendar, news (RSS), voicemail (Exchange Unified Messaging) and presence (via OCS and your Communicator client). Exchange 2010 extends the unified messaging functionality...
Posted 17 Feb 2010 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
PDC 2009 PowerPoint slides now online
Apparently my photo generated PowerPoint decks are not that great (day job safe...for now anyways ) For those interested, the real slides and videos are now online . Microsoft Unified Communications: Developer Platform Futures presented by Chris Mayo...
Posted 25 Nov 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
Open source PBX vs. conventional PBX
My recent how-to article on Trixbox with Exchange UM integration has generated quite a large amount of interest and from what it seems a large part of the IT community is looking/interested in Unified Messaging (this is suggested by keyword searches from...
Gartner Says "IT spending to rebound in 2010 with 3.3 percent growth after worst year ever in 2009"
Not only does Gartner predict an IT spend rebound in 2010 (wishful thinking, but fingers crossed!), but also that Unified Communications will become one of the most strategic technologies your can't afford to ignore. The table below was presented...
Posted 20 Oct 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
Exchange 2010 RTMs!
The Microsoft Exchange Team has just announced that Exchange 2010 has now RTM'ed! I have been running their beta and release candidate versions for a number of months and even published a guide on UM integration. I can honestly say this version is...
Posted 8 Oct 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
Part 1 - How to integrate Exchange 2010 (or 2007) with Trixbox 2.8

I previously mentioned that integrating OCS 2007 R2 was now possible given that Asterisk 1.6 now supports TCP SIP trunking. I also found myself in a position where I wanted to start testing Exchange 2010 UM without touching my production PBX (which in this case is a Nortel CS1000).

After scouring the blogosphere I found some examples of partial Exchange 2007 UM implementations (some with sipX proxies) and others with subscriber access only.

I decided that I would attempt to undertake the following tasks:

·         A full and directly attached Exchange 2010 integration with Trixbox 2.8 – 100% complete

·         PSTN breakout with an analogue terminal adaptor – 0% complete

·         Finally an OCS 2007 R2 integration with Trixbox 2.8 – 0% complete

In addition I wanted to make a straight forward guide that any Exchange administrator could follow.

Now before I start part one of three (fingers crossed I get to complete the others!) I want to give credit to:

·         Ryan Newington – your blog helped me get on my way to voicemail forwarding

·         Claude Tambu – also a great source of information

So firstly let me go into the goal in more detail, using Hyper-V R2 (built into Windows Server 2008 R2), I will be running Exchange 2010 UM and Trixbox 2.8 – illustrated below.

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I'm in Windows Official Magazine
You can find me in this month's Official Windows magazine, I briefly mention about how Unified Communications can improve your life not only at work, but also at home. Apparently I'm an expert too? (ehum)
Running OCS 2007 R2 with a soft PBX aka Aterisk 1.6
Most IT pros will not be in possession of an OCS/UC capable PBX from the day they decide to look into evangelising their businesses comms infrastructure. But now that OCS 2007 R2 supports UDP based SIP trunks and third parties like JAHJAH offer off-site...
Mobiles, Macs & Certificates in Exchange 2010
Keeping up with the current wave of Microsoft products is always challenging, but I am personally excited about Exchange 2010, messaging and UC is my particular area of interest. One of the first things I wanted to address was my migration from Exchange...
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
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...
Exchange 2010 fax functionality will require a 3rd party solution
The Exchange Team have just posted an interesting article detailing changes to the UM out-of-box experience, previously Exchange 2007 would not only handle inbound fax lines but also generate the fax message destined to the recipient. It seems that in...
Posted 19 Aug 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
Microsoft launches new UC & OCS 2007 training tools
Rolling out Unified Communications within your organisation is often a confusing concept for your users and that is why these new training courses might come in handy! UC How-To here - aimed at helping users and admins learn Office Communications Server...
Posted 13 Aug 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
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...
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