Posts Tagged ‘OCS 2007’

A couple of months back my workplace decided to embark upon OCS federation and the enablement of public Live Meetings, a little late to the party I know – but better late than never! 🙂 When we originally planned our deployment (3 or so years ago) we decided to use internal SIP addresses only (i.e. firstname.lastname@company.local) so as […]

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011 at 17:17 | 1 comment
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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 and MVPs. Check out my second article, entitled “Strategic Considerations for Switching from a Legacy PBX to Communications Server“ Thanks – Dr. Rez and Susan Bradley Next Hop Homepage – […]

Saturday, July 10th, 2010 at 12:37 | 0 comments
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Earlier this week a requirement was made to purchase additional voice-over-IP handsets, usually we would have purchased devices from a “major communications vendor” (I’ll recite no names) as our current OCS deployment is predominantly made up of remote call control users. However given that our strategy this year is to really push Office Communications Server […]

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 at 18:46 | 0 comments
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I meant to post this last week, but held off adding new content whilst moving blog platforms. Below is an interesting video (embedded in Silverlight, thank you WordPress!) which examines how some of Microsoft’s enterprise customers have realised the benefits of Unified Communications via Office Communications Server, with Exchange Unified Messaging.

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010 at 00:11 | 0 comments
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The CX300 is a fantastic device which enhances upon the functionality delivered by the USB “Catalina” device, specifically by extending the hard buttons available (numerical keys, call transfer, on-hold etc.) However I have many a time broached the question “Will this work with OCS R1?”, without a consistent answer. Jason Tuck, Program Manager, Microsoft – “This device requires OCS […]

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 at 18:33 | 0 comments
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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. Rez if he would consider a new contributor and my wish was granted. Check out my article, entitled “Unified Communications […]

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 at 13:29 | 1 comment
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