Brettjo :: Office 365 and Everything UC

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Brettjo :: Office 365 and Everything UC

  • Are you FISMA compliant..?

    Google say they are…. The US Government think otherwise. A VERY interesting read “…There for all to see was a statement by the Department of Justice contradicting Google on one of its basic FISMA claims. The DOJ’s brief says (on page 13) “On December...
  • A new EAS Logo certification program

    Announcing the Exchange ActiveSync Logo Program! http://blogs.technet.com/b/uc/archive/2011/04/13/mobile-device-management-just-got-easier-announcing-the-exchange-activesync-logo-program.aspx
  • Lync Server Virtualisation Whitepaper

    This document describes the supported functionality, environments, tools, limitations, and outlines a series of best practice recommendations for running Microsoft Lync 2010 in a virtualized environment. Grab it from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads...
  • Exchange 2010 archive support for Outlook 2007

    For many years I have been asked about archive support for Outlook 2007 – this is now available via the latest Outlook update and full details can be found her: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/12/20/457238.aspx
  • BT provides the link for Microsoft Lync

      BT today announced it has certified its converged communications platform, BT Onevoice, with the Microsoft Lync 2010 Office communications server. By combining BT’s global voice and video services with Lync, business customers will have a suite...
  • Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS)

    Gartner released their UCaaS Magic Quadrant for 2010 just before Christmas and you can take a look at the report placing Microsoft’s current BPOS offering front and centre, with a respectful nod to Office 365 that will be coming in 2011 Take a look here...
  • Solution Accelerators for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 with Service Pack 1.

      The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 with Service Pack 1 takes the IT architect through a step-by-step process for successfully designing an Exchange Server 2010 infrastructure. Exchange Server 2010...
  • Microsoft at the Consumer and Electronics Show 2011 (CES)

    If your interested in new gadgets and what’s coming to the consumer over the next year or so from Microsoft, then Steve Ballmer will be presenting at CES tomorrow. Further details here: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/ces/ Technorati Tags: CES...
  • Geek out with Perry

    If your interested in why certain decisions were made around mailbox size, archiving, high availability and general interesting stuff about Exchange from customers from this years TechEd – take a look at the video’s and comments with Perry: http://msexchangeteam...
  • UC OIP for Lync 2010

      We now have a separate UC OIP page for Lync 2010 listing qualified Lync gateways, SBAs and IP-PBXs.  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/lync/gg131938.aspx#tab=3
  • Office 365 Sneak Peak

    Content and Code are running an event on the 10th Feb : Office 365 Sneak Peak. If your interested details below: “Come and join us to see the soon to be released Office 365 in action and learn how your business can save time, money and free up valued...
  • Office 365 and your Exchange Archive in the Cloud

    The Exchange Team has just blogged about the capability of having your primary Exchange 2010 mailbox on-premises but with your personal archive in the cloud. It’s neat. I’ll expand on this topic a little more as and when Office 365 functionality becomes...
  • Exchange 2010 is Best Mail Server - InfoWorld's 2011 Technology of Year Award Winner

      Best mail server Microsoft Exchange 2010 continues Redmond's longstanding market leadership in mail servers and related software. This release shows why the company's once-reviled product continues to be deployed widely in enterprises: it works...
  • CEBP and Lync

    I was forwarded this link earlier and thought it very useful to explain how you can communication enable business processes. Neat. http://cdn-smooth.ms-studiosmedia.com/events/Lync/en-us/CEBPdemo.wmv
  • Office 365 Buyers Guide

      This guide gives an overview of what prospective buyers need to consider when evaluating their move to a cloud productivity solution. It outlines cloud-computing momentum, describes Microsoft’s cloud vision, provides a summary of “cloud principles...
  • Unified Communications Gartner Magic Quadrant 2010

    This has been released for 2010 - please see: http://www.gartner.com/technology/media-products/reprints/microsoft/vol10/article19/article19.html Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications, 2010 (Gartner Research, July 28, 2010). Microsoft is positioned...
  • Exchange 2010 UM Troubleshooting Tool (BETA)

    The UM troubleshooting tool is a diagnostic commandlet which helps Exchange UM administrators to identify mis-configurations in telephony equipment and Exchange 2010 SP1 Unified Messaging settings. It emulates calls and runs a series of diagnostic tests...
  • Next MMMUG meeting in the UK

    The subject of this meeting is Exchange backup and recovery and we have Microsoft’s Anthony Tyler talking about System Centre Data Protection Manager’s take on backing up exchange and Kroll Ontrack’s offering for recovery. Kroll Ontrack is now celebrating...
  • Operating a Global Messaging Environment by Using Exchange Server 2010

      Operating a Global Messaging Environment by Using Exchange Server 2010 Published: 08/09/2010 To support the changes to the architecture, the Exchange Messaging team re-organized the internal support teams and processes. This involved organizational...
  • Communicator Mobile for Nokia

      Microsoft and Nokia recently announced the new CoMo for Nokia client made available exclusively in Nokia’s Ovi Store, Press Announcement This is in addition to the current Nokia Java client available on http://www.getcomo.com and Nokia’s Ovi Store...
  • Exchange 2010 SP1 RTM

    Go get it here : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=50b32685-4356-49cc-8b37-d9c9d4ea3f5b&displaylang=en
  • Exchange 2010 SP1 VHD Download

    If you want to have a play with Ex2010 SP1 without installing into a test environment then you can download a pre-configured VHD from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=53f7382a-3664-4de3-8303-31e514d69f02...
  • Microsoft Lync Server 2010

      PressPass: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2010/sep10/lyncpr.mspx   UC Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/uc/archive/2010/09/13/introducing-microsoft-lync-the-next-ocs.aspx Download the release candidate now: http://technet.microsoft...
  • Microsoft UK Enterprise Customer Events

      If you are an enterprise customer in the UK and would like more information on Microsoft licensing, Microsoft Roadmap, and Microsoft Security then these sessions are for you. Take a look at the following URL for events and registration http://www...
  • Office 365: The Best of Everything We Know About Productivity in One Cloud Service

      With the announcement of Office 365 yesterday www.office365.com the UC Product Group wrote the following Blog article discussing what this means to Exchange. http://blogs.technet.com/b/uc/archive/2010/10/19/office-365-the-best-of-everything-we...