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On Monday, August 15th, I posted Part 1 of 4 of the Lync Webcast Series that Byron delivered back in June of 2011. On Wednesday, August 17th, I posted Part 2 of 4.  Then yesterday on Friday, August 19th, I posted Part 3 of 4.  Here is the last one in the series – Implementing Call-Admission...

On Monday, August 15th, I posted Part 1 of 4 of the Lync Webcast Series that Byron delivered back in June of 2011. On Wednesday, August 17th, I posted Part 2 of 4.  Here is Part 3 of 4 – Role-Based Access Control. If you would like to get a hold of Byron, you are more than welcome to contact him...

On Monday, August 15th, I posted Part 1 of 4 of the Lync Webcast Series that Byron delivered back in June of 2011.  Here is Part 2 of 4 – Migration and Coexistence.  If you would like to get a hold of Byron, you are more than welcome to contact him at byrons@quadrantechnologies.com . Harold...

Back in June (of 2011), Byron Spurlock delivered a 4 part Lync Webcast Series for me.  Byron is a former Microsoft Consultant who focused on Office Communications Server (and Lync).  He has also spoken at other conferences such as Exchange Connections and Tech Ed.  Byron was kind enough...

On Wednesday, we had Part 3 of the 4 part series but had no questions posted so I don’t have a post for that.  We finished up Part 4on Friday, June 24th and had two questions.  I am posting those below with the corresponding answers.  Also, if you would like to get a hold of Byron Spurlock...

We completed our second webcast and had one question during that session.  Below is the Question and the corresponding answer. Our fourth session ( Lync Server 2010: Implementing Call-Admission Control) is taking place on Friday, June 24th from 10 AM – 11 AM (PST).  If you haven’t registered...

We started a 4 part Webcast Series on Lync 2010 on Wednesday, June 15, 2011.  I worked with Byron Spurlock to deliver the entire series.  Here’s a quick background on Byron to start with.  He was with Microsoft Consulting Services and was quite focused on OCS deployments.  About a...

I recently wrote a post to the Unified Communications Expert site ( http://blogs.technet.com/b/ucexperts/archive/2010/09/01/microsoft-and-polycom-teams-up-for-unified-communications.aspx ) about a recent announcement regarding an agreement between Microsoft and Polycom.  I ended that post with a...

Here’s the ninth Video Interview (of 10) that I was able to conduct last week at Tech Ed 2010 in New Orleans with Marcelo Farjalla, Program Manager for Communicator Client – Developer Story. Starting with Office Communicator 2005, we have allowed customers to customize and program against the Communicator...

Gotta love how things happen.  In the last 2 weeks, I’ve been asked by three people if Office Communications Server 2007 R2 supports SIP Trunks.  I know we do, but since I’ve never ever configured it myself, I have no clue how to actually do it.  I have usually pointed people to the Microsoft...

On a regular basis, I am asked the following question: “Where can I download the trial software of {product x}?” With that in mind, I have decided to post the links to some of these products below: Windows 7 Enterprise 90-day Trial: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9701662 Windows Server 2008 R2 Trial...

Doh!!!  I totally forgot to blog the fact that the upcoming Exchange Connections Event will be taking place in Las Vegas, NV from November 9 – 12, 2009: http://www.winconnections.com/default.asp .   Rajesh Jha, Corporate Vice President of Exchange, will be one of the keynote speakers at the...

I want to let everyone in the Phoenix area know that the next Unified Communications User Group Meeting is coming us in a few weeks.  The meeting will take place on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 form 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM at the Microsoft Office (2929 N. Central Ave., Suite 1400, Phoenix, AZ). I will be delivering...

Objectives of the project:  What problem did you set out to solve?   CEO demanded real-time presence info. Are you piloting or deploying the products?   Deployed.  We started with a pilot between engineering teams. Presence, IM and outlook integration was very smooth so we deployed...

During Tech Ed 2009 in Los Angeles, I had a chance to chat with Rui Maximo who is a Technical Writer for the Unified Communications team (OCS specifically).  Rui shares what he does as a technical writer and how he stays verifies technical accuracy of his documents.  I would love to get the...

During a previous Tech Ed, I met Dwight Jesseman who is a Senior Systems Engineer for Messaging at University of Florida. I helped answer some of his questions on Exchange Server 2007 at that time and Dwight was able to assist U of F architect and deploy Exchange Server 2007 within their environment...

Since Tech Ed 2006 in Boston, I’ve been doing video interviews on site at Tech Ed.  This year was no different.  I was able to catch up with two Office Communications Server MVPs (Most Valuable Professionals) this year and get their thoughts on OCS and what it has to offer.  The first...

I guess I didn’t do a good job of blogging every day with a daily recap so now I’m just posting an all up recap of Days 3 through 5. First, I want to thank everyone that was willing to be interviewed by me on video!!!!  I am working on getting all the videos rendered and uploaded.  As soon...

Day 2 started with my morning Triple Venti Soy, No Whip, No Foam Mocha with 4 scoops of Matcha from the Starbucks in the lobby of the Marriott LAX.  Then I hopped onto the shuttle for the 35 – 40 minute ride from the hotel to the Convention Center.  This particular bus driver took a different...

For those of you who live in the Phoenix area and do stuff around Exchange and Office Communications Server, please mark you calendars for the next Phoenix Unified Communications User Group meeting.  We will be meeting on January 20, 2009 from 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM at the Microsoft Office (2929 N. Central...

Back on October 8th, I posted about a new User Group getting ready to start up in the Seattle area ( http://blogs.technet.com/haroldwong/archive/2008/10/07/seattle-windows-networking-user-group.aspx ).  Well, Zubair has finally been able to work out all the logistics for the meeting and the group...

Recently, I was put in touch with Zubair Alexander (MVP in Seattle area) who is very interested in starting a new User Group.  Zubair has already created a nice website for the User Group ( http://www.winnetusergroup.com/default.aspx ).  If you live in the Seattle area and are interested in...

In this final Video Interview I did during Tech Ed 2008, I talk to Rafael Reyes who is an IT Pro Audience Marketing Manager with the Unified Communications team.  Rafael is responsible for making sure there are technical tools and documentation available for the IT Pros as it relates to Unified...

Lack of sleep, too much humidity and just a week in Orlando with a bunch of geeks gave me an "inspiration" on a twist for one of my video interviews during Tech Ed 2008.  Lhase Pettersson is an MVP out of Sweden who was working the UC booth area with me.  I decided to ask my questions...

I have been posting a streaming version of the Tech Ed 2008 Video Interviews on my blog via a Silverlight control.  If you want to download the interviews for whatever reason, you can find them posted at edge.technet.com as well.  It is available for download on that site (easier to make things...