This article was recently brought to my attention http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/032107-microsoft-ip-pbx.html?netht=032207dailynews2&company=Cisco/Verizon It is really a good read, but quite an odd title, I far as I am aware OCS is not a PBX...

I read this on Steves Blog - it outlines how Microsoft are trying to be less proprietary and opening up standards. If you agree with what is being done please check out http://www.microsoft.co.uk/openxml/ And add your support

This nifty tool has been brought to my attention - I have not been able to use it in anger yet but on the face of it, it seems great SCCP provides you with the tools and guidance to deploy efficiently, while planning for the future by allowing for "what...

Just to let all you Exchange Partners now there is now a course covering the above topics These are one-day workshops on how to deploy & manage Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging (UM). This training will cover: Overview of Exchange Server 2007...

It is finally available for download here . It is great to be able to start talking about what you can do with this now that is available. There are some brilliant features in this that will bring Unified Communications to everyone. No longer will there...

Thanks to Sunil for forwarding this to me. We have all seen the "I am a Mac adverts" and they are pretty cool but full of generalisations. So it is nice to see Symantec posting this whitepaper that shows that Microsoft take their security seriously and...

I have been reading Mike's blog about Google and I urge you all to read it if you are contemplating using their apps. It is a good read and very well balanced. The links at the bottom really give you an understanding of what is really is on offer from...

I like to try and keep up with developments with the other products and had a little smile when I saw these two new features pop up in the Domino 8 Beta. Firstly they have included "message recall" and secondly they have included "address type-ahead"...

Further to the Voicecon Announcement, more and more stories are coming out about organisations using Microsoft Technology to break the VOIP barrier. This story in NetworkWorld highlights what Shell, the oil giant is doing in this space. It is a really...

Just a quick "heads up" that Sp2 has been released to the Web It has all the latest and greatest updates and security patches. Find out more about it here

I have spent most of the day at an internal event, finding out about Microsoft Mobile 6. I am really excited about it, unfortunately I have not yet got it on my device. Jason did some great demos. Some of the features included Search of email on a mobile...

I recently got a call asking for some help at an event, the person on the end of the phone was trying to be helpful and pointed out that switchboard did not have my mobile number. I asked did it stop you getting in touch with me? The answer was no because...

So for all my blogging on the subject I guess what you really want to know is when can I evaluate the software? Well I have been playing with this stuff for sometime and it is really awesome. Well the public beta was announced today at Voicecon, it will...

As part of the announcement today, we commissioned some performance research by independent Voice Quality analyst Pystechnic. Read the report here . It is a fascinating read - but to highlight some of the key take-aways from the report I have included...

Jeff Raikes is giving a keynote at VOICECON later today which highlights all the information in the following presspass . So what exactly is being predicted "in just three years, the average voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) solution for business will...

Steve lead me to this following link on Brett's site. Basically it will allow you to trial Exchange 2007. You can create a temporary account to experience the features of Exchange Server 2007 which will stay active for 5 days. Your account will be pre...

Just a quick mention of this for any budding innovators out there. Microsoft is running DesignIT for the second year, basically it is an opportunity for the creatives among you to tackle a scenario using IT as the solution. Check out the site and get...

So what is this all about - well if you have ever had issues with British Summer Time and the extra week in October that skews all your calendar appointments then this is about to kick off in the US. Daylight saving time (DST) will be extended in the...

So yesterday the snow falls all over the country and lots of us cannot get into work. Employees that cannot get in will be using OWA and RPC/HTTP sending the "I'll be working from home today...." emails and downloading all their mails and using availabilty...

Ok this is not another blog entry on UC or convergence of networks but rather a more fundamental way of connecting. I have a little story to tell and I recommend you read it and take note. Basically I was a sitting at my desk on a tuesday afternoon and...

This is the kind of email that I like to get, basically Bri at the GTSC sent this out. It has everything in it humour and great info. It was entitled "The Grandmother of all Exchange 2007 CCR installation documents" Read and understand how to set up CCR...

The training is coming thick and fast for Partners so make sure you get on it. The latest offering is Exchange 2007 Migration and Co-existence, Planning and Implementation Workshop If you want to find out how our boys and girls from MCS do this then get...

So this was one of my top ten Exchange 2007 features. I promised to explain more about it so here it is Before this was implemented I guess a lot of users suffered similar hardships to me. Namely I would be happily working away from the corporate network...

This is a very common question that I get asked, unfortunately there is not really an easy answer. To ensure that get the best out of your Exchange 2007 server you should have the following information to ensure you do not overload your mailbox servers...

Harking back to my support days I was forever asking people to crank up diagnostic logging. In Exchange 2003 and earlier versions this was all controlled from the UI. In Exchange 2007 this is no longer the case and powershell needs to be used. This was...