Office Communicator 2007 R2 trial edition has been re-released. You can get it here .   This update fixes the following issue: After you apply the MS09-056 security update that is described in Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article 974571, you cannot start the Evaluation version of Office Communicator...

New TechNet download : Unified Communications Phones and Peripherals (published 01/29/2010) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=74BD3EC0-C7DC-4111-A9B7-A9AFBDC86AA9&displaylang=en TechNet webpage : Optimized Devices for Office Communicator http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/bb970310...

It was so frustrating setting a “pure” 64 bit OS and installing 64 bit Office 2010 Beta , just to learn that MOC integration and Live Meeting add-in was not working properly. Luckily the fix has been released. Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 Hotfix KB 976135 : This hotfix download for Microsoft...

The Unified Communications Adoption and Training Kit for 2007 R2 provides guidance and resources for IT Pros, HelpDesk, and Trainers to speed adoption and usage of Unified Communications technologies in the enterprise. The kit includes Planning Checklists, Awareness materials, including Poster, Door...

It is released: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=e7871dcd-8173-4866-a0c2-af8659092acc This MUI Package for Office Communicator 2007 R2 includes the following languages: Arabic Bulgarian Catalan Chinese - Simplified Chinese - Traditional Chinese Hong Kong Croatian...

I stumbled upon this list and really contains some good links: Object FWLink Download URL OCS 2007 R2 Eval   http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=67a3de72-7dbd-4e0b-92a5-29d0b46009a7 OC 2007 R2 Eval   http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=535637af-d92f...

The R2 client policy documentation, in spreadsheet format is now available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5d6f4b90-6980-430b-9f97-ffadbc07b7a9&displaylang=en . This download package contains the Communicator.adm file and a spreadsheet that documents the Group Policy settings...

The journey to a unified way of communicating is well on the way. When we take a look on the journey coming from LCS to OCS to OCS R2 a lot of things has been added. One of my colleagues, Stephen Chirico , started to build a list of features based on version, and it is his list, a little bit modified...

Can you answer call by using keyboard shortcuts in Office Communicator 2007 and Office Communicator 2007 R2? The answer is yes. I stumbled over this article on the Office Communicator Team Blog. Whenever a call is ringing, just use the following key combinations to answer the call: Windows...

Key new features of Office Communications Server 2007 R2 include the following: Next-Generation Collaboration • Dial-in audioconferencing. Office Communications Server 2007 R2 enables businesses to eliminate costly audioconferencing services with an on-premise audioconferencing...