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A while back I was looking for a plug-in application to assist with adding Outlook 2007 contacts, remember how Outlook Express had this type of functionality enabled out of the box? Anyways I spotted a post over at Channel 10 and knew immediately that my prayers had been answered! It seems an application called “gwabbit!” semi-automates this process really well, now also available on BlackBerry!

Gwabbit now!

A few updates over in the Communicator and OCS Blogs worth paying attention to!

Firstly an April edition of available updates for OCS 2007 R2 here and secondly a rundown of Deskphone-OC Integration in R2, a major bugbear of mine in R1 was that only USB enabled Catalina devices permitted desktop integration – this is now a thing of the past read on!

I’m particularly excited about SCSM, for me this is the glue that joins Microsoft’s management toolset (System Center) together. I am extremely cautious how much information I can personally disclose given that I am a part of the technology adoption program, therefore I would like to draw your attention to a post on Techlog, the author attended the 2009 Microsoft Management Summit.

A new Laptop Hunters episode has been aired on YouTube, in my personal opinion this is the most powerful Microsoft marketing campaign to date. Apple may be responding too – see here for more info!

Windows 7 RC1 is now available via MSDN & TechNet, I have been using it for over a week now and I can honestly say I’m very impressed with the overall stability, performance and functionality.

Go here for the announcement, here for a Neowin guide on changes and FINALLY an admission that it will be released in 2009 on Windows IT Pro !

Get downloading!

The OCS Team have just posted a great article explaining how the new conferencing functionality works in OCS R2, personally I am over the moon that this feature has been enhanced. A number of organisations today spend big money on “meetme” style telephone conferecing, given that this functionaity is now available in R2 this alone should make an excellent business case for anyone looking to deploy this technology in today’s tough times!