Now that our Unified Communications technology is coming of age, there seem to be a number of communities popping up in relation to our technologies, this is great to see!. I met with Nathan Winters of MMMUG the other day at a Quest event and I just noticed...

Finally the wait is over, we have now made public the betas for :- Office Communications Server 2007 beta and Office Communicator 2007 beta Office Communications Server 2007 Speech Server beta Documentation for Office Communications Server 2007 beta Go...

One of the problems with most telephony systems is that small business don't want to spend their time configuring and repatching phones when someone moves from desk to desk. They have enough to worry about without having to become PBX technicians as well...

I raised this question in a post a while back and after receiving a big box from Redmond today I thought now might be a good time to ask the question again :-) For those of you who have me on your IM list and had read my 'note', you would have noticed...

My overflowing mailbox tells me that many of you are desperate to get your hands on a copy of the the Office Communications Server 2007 and Communicator 2007 beta, patience my friends :-). To ensure you are aware the instant its available, why not sign...

Today at VoiceCon Spring 2007, Jeff Raikes keynote detailed the next major towards realising Microsoft's 'Unified Communications' vision. Here is a summary of the important points raised during the key note:- In the next 3 years, 100 million people will...

Today I noticed that Steve Clayton has changed his Display Name for Windows Live Messenger, it now includes an unusual looking icon so I thought I might do some more investigation to figure out what is was all about. The Windows Live Messenger team have...

I am the first to admit there is nothing like trying something out before you buy it and I am glad to say you can now do this for Exchange 2007. By clicking here you can get an email account for 5 days on a hosted Exchange 2007 server. During this time...

Well not quite but it got you wondering didn't it ? Hot of the heels of Exchange 2007 is the Microsoft Transporter for Lotus Domino. This comes in a 32bit and a 64bit flavor, depending on your preference and in the words of the Exchange product team the...

I like to think of messaging systems as living entities rather than a random collection of servers passing round email. Proof of this is that while working in Microsoft Consulting Services, we had a client run Exmap only to discover that his 'simple messaging...

It occurs to me that most of you have probably already left work for the weekend now, for the few of you that are still in the office, I wanted to let you know that Exchange Server 2007 evaluation is now available for download. If you want to have a play...

Today I spent ten minutes reading an article on 'tech-no's', found here , and thought I would share it with you. Its actually a really interesting article and I wanted to bring it to your attention. Although technology can help you communicate faster...

At times it can be quite hard to sum up Unified Communications and more importantly why its useful to have presence and instant messaging rather than using the tried and tested technologies of email and the phone. Darren Strange today pointed me in the...

Well, at least the basics are on this blog post for a start :-) Scott Schnoll spent new year's eve putting together this excellent post on Exchange 2007 editions - What's the difference? Licensing - What different licenses are available now? 32bit vs...

I spotted this on someone's blog today and wanted to share this with you :-) It appears that in order to communicate with a new younger generation of kids, Santa has had a meeting with the Windows Live Messenger guys at Microsoft and has signed up for...

I was reading the MS Exchange team blog and came across this interesting Microsoft site that I wasnt aware existed. Have you ever thought 'why does the x feature in Word work like that?' or 'why can get make Exchange do x?' then its well worth spending...

Earlier this week we ran an internal event at Microsoft in UK to celebrate the launch of Exchange 2007, Windows Vista and Office 2007. We were joined by the 'Bobby Dazzler' himself .... David Dickinson! The theme was family fortunes and of course included...

Is it really possible to live without a phone on your desk? Is that a little too far fetched? Well lets find out ! People ask me if such a thing is ever going to happen and for now I think its kind of hard to tell. As with a lot of stuff in Unified Communications...

Working at Microsoft, I rarely find myself running a machine with RTM software on it, but with the RTM of Exchange 2007, Windows Vista and Office 2007, I have found myself running fully released code. I am glad to say I have now managed to fix this 'problem...

At about 11am (PST) on December 8th we released Exchange Server 2007 to manufacturing. Exchange 2003 was on general availability on the 28th of September 2003. Its been 1167 days since the launch of Exchange 2003 and as always the internet has changed...

Well if you are a 'teen' then the answer is yes! A recent survey found that 3 out of 4 teens favored IM over email. With adults this number was reduced to 1 in 4. The survey also highlighted a number of trends such as adults tend to prefer audio chats...

I get asked this question from time to time so I thought it might be a good idea to post something on my blog. The answer to this question is of course YES!. There are a number of features in Exchange 2007 that you just wont get if you don't have Outlook...

Microsoft UK has now entered its 'season of launch' and this started yesterday with the press launch of Exchange 2007, Windows Vista and Office 2007. More importantly for Exchange people, Exchange 2007 is now on the price list so its only a while until...

Thought that might get your attention! Recently I went to visit the inlaws in Norfolk and you can only begin to imagine how disconnected I felt as their house had neither a mobile signal nor broadband :-(. Given that I have wireless internet access...

Sorry I have not made any posts recently, I have been packing my suitcase and got myself on a plance to IT Forum in Barcelona. We have already made some announcements around customers we already have Exchange 2007 deployed into, including BT and Blackwell...