Posts Tagged ‘OCS 2007 R2’

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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Check out an interesting video on how Microsoft’s own IT department deployed Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and views from key members of staff. The post-UC views expressed within the video are definately shared by the organisation I work for. Taken from TechNet Edge: Unified Communications at Microsoft supports over 40,000 users. Multiple communications tools such as e-mail, […]

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 at 13:06 | 0 comments
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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! Taken from Brett Johnson’s Blog: I needed to get permission to post this, but now I have, here is […]

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 at 19:21 | 0 comments
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Client updates: Communicator 2007 R2 cumulative update: January 2010 here Server updates: Office Communications Server 2007 R2 cumulative update: January 2010 here Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Administrative Tools cumulative update: January 2010 here Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Core Components cumulative update: January 2010 here Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Database cumulative update: January […]

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 at 12:48 | 0 comments
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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 that had never really taken off”. Whilst RCC is considered a […]

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 at 22:04 | 0 comments
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Brett Johnson has posted a “how-to” guide on enabling Communicator presence within Exchange 2010 OWA, interestingly a local installation of the client is not required (comms is carried by OCS web services). Source: here

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 19:46 | 0 comments
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