A REST interface for Lync Server 2010 that My colleague and I created in our spare time is published to http://ucma3restsample.codeplex.com/ The solution consists of: Backend services facilitating Lync Server 2010 integration via UCMA 3.0. Backend services...

Read about it here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mwo/archive/2011/03/01/windows-phone-7-client-for-lync.aspx Enjoy

Lotus Notes Connector for Microsoft Online Meetings: This project, created by Microsoft, contains two modified IBM Lotus Notes® mail templates (7.X and 8.5) which can schedule Microsoft Online Meetings (of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2...

The support documentation for OCS 2007 R2 on Windows 2008 R2 has been released.   Office Communications Server 2007 R2, OCS 2007 or LCS 2005 does not work correctly after you upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982020...

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...

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...

This KB article contains information on the update, and the download location.

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...

get it here Issues that the update rollup fixes. Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2010 fixes the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles: 977439 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977439/ ) Exchange Server 2010...

With Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Web Service Provider, administrators can implement basic instant messaging and presence functionality for Microsoft Office Outlook®-Live users. Prior to the Web Service Provider release, Outlook-Live...

First, Microsoft is releasing the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 XMPP Gateway at no additional licensing cost; it allows basic presence sharing and instant messaging (IM) with Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol networks Cisco Jabber...

Following the release of Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile 2007 R2 in January, the Communicator team continued to work on additional features and improved upon some of the existing ones. Everything is now in an update that's ready to use. One of our...

Brief Description This white paper provides guidelines and best practices for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 site resiliency. Overview Using backup and restoration procedures for site disaster recovery as described in the Microsoft Office...

From July 1st PIC with windows Live will be at no extra cost. Licensing requirements for Public IM Connectivity depends on the service providers you want to connect with and your Communications Server client access licenses. Windows Live:...

A really good article describing the power utilization between and Exchange environment running on physical hardware and on Hyper-V. The scenario:   Enjoy the article here

We are pleased to announce official support for server virtualization for Office Communications Server 2007 R2. We are introducing support for both a fully distributed virtualized topology across several hypervisors and for a single server virtualized...

Agent Communications Panel enables agents to manage their communications (make calls, receive calls, conference, and chat) from their Microsoft Dynamics CRM system. See more here …

The Edge Planning Tool for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 provides settings for configuring your perimeter network based on information that you provide to the tool.   Read more here …

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...

New whitepaper on telephony integration released: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8CDE0C3A-042E-445B-A514-2D12ED5B2AC2&displaylang=en

note from site: This download comes as a pre-configured VHD. This download enables you evaluate Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 for 60 days. You can get them here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3bfe2fb6...

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...

Forefront Security for Office Communications Server can help you protect your Office Communications Server 2007 instant messaging environment against malware and out-of-policy content. Forefront Security for Office Communications Server supports both...

Good reading when looking into QoE. With the introduction of voice capabilities in Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007, greater attention than before is required to ensure that the end user voice experience matches or exceeds traditional time...

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...