Back by popular demand,  the Unified Communications team are doing a tour of the UK in 2007 visiting a number of locations up and down the country and we want you to come along !

The tour starts off at Microsoft Campus @ Thames Valley Park in Reading,  the 'home town' of the tour members,  but will then move onto other locations around the country.

Who will be playing?

Given the importance of this tour,  we have managed to secure an number of great speakers from around the business.  The cast list so far includes Eileen Brown,  Brett Johnson,  Julian Datta,  Tanya Dyason,  Paul Brombley,  Ewan Dalton, Jason Langridge and Tony Cocks.

What's songs are included?

This tour is in association with a number of our Exchange partners in the UK and all of the session will include a special number from our partners as the 'supporting acts'

• Architecture Acapella - Exchange Server 2007 including SP1,  an architectural overview and details on how it integrates into the rest of the UC suite
• Migration Medley - How to migrate from your existing platform to a new UC platform.  Its not just ‘move mailbox’.  This section will cover other parts of migration including storage, public folders and hardware.
• Email and Voicemail Duet - How email and voicemail are coming together in Exchange 2007 in Unified Messaging.  Also covered in this section is how Outlook Voice Access give can give you another way in which to interact with your inbox.
• Special Guest - Real world experience from a partner including a customer case study (slightly changed for EPG version – to just customer)
• Mobility Maneuvers in the Dark - Mobility and how Windows Mobile,  Exchange 2007 and Office Communications Server 2007 provide secure and scalable communications such as email,  calendaring, presence and IM across an array of mobile devices.
• Y.O.C.S - Office Communications Server 2007.  Communication can be seen, typed or heard.  Hear about the latest entrant into the Unified Communications stack and how it will change the way in which people will communicate forever.

Where is it happening?

We will be touring the country between October 24th and November 5th (I would like to point out that we are not all going to be on a tour bus - can you imagine the smell?).  Tickets are expected to sell out quicker than a 'Take That Reunion' so click on the links below and reserve your seats if your partner has not already contacted you.

• 24^th October 2007, London: Exchange Unplugged in association with BT
• 25^th October 2007, London: Exchange Unplugged in association with Dimension Data
• 26^th October 2007, London: Exchange Unplugged in association with Fujitsu
• 30^th October 2007, Sheffield : Exchange Unplugged in association with Lynx
• 31^st  October 2007, Manchester: Exchange Unplugged in association with Lynx
• 1^st November 2007, Maidenhead: Exchange Unplugged in association with Nortel
• 2^nd November 2007, Warwickshire: Exchange Unplugged in association with Post CTI
• 5^th November 2007, Glasgow: Exchange Unplugged in association with Capito

See you soon!

I look forward to seeing you all on tour (I will be attending all of the events) and no doubt all of the cast will be blogging about it all as they go along if you dont manage to reserve a seat.