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How cool is this, now there's a OCS mobile client for Blackberry's.     Check it out here... BlackBerry - BlackBerry Client for use with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Share this post :

Great new tool to assist in planning OCS Edge deployments.  Check it out here... http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=149E5DD5-EAAE-46B6-AFBA-01C31E88A275&displaylang=en Here's the blurb... The Edge Planning Tool asks questions about your proposed or current edge server deployment...

Corporate VP of Unified Communications Group Gurdeep Singh Pall has put out the invitation to attend Interact 2008 in San Diago, California, 8-10 of April. This event will be both a great chance to rub sholders with the who's-who of the UC world, and a great chance to get some deep technical knowledge...

So a few people get nervous when you tell them your going to need a publicly routable IP when implementing the OCS A/V Edge role for external A/V Conferencing.  Then you tell them they'll need to open up 10,000 high ports, and you can see the blood drain from their faces.  :) Well it's not...

Byron Spurlock , who had a hand in the writing of the Office Communications Server 2007 Resource Kit , has a pointer to some of the upcoming UC webcasts, check them out here... http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/unifiedcommunications.aspx?tab=webcasts Technorati Tags: Unified Communications , Byron...

Well, I'm here in Kuala Lumpur for the UC Voice Ignite that we're running here this week. I flew in overnight last night, and am now just getting myself ready for the event. The Grand ballroom is all set to go, with about 120 laptops setup for the attendees to work from. So the flight over was an experience...

Ok, so we know the OCS 2007 Edge Server Deployment Guide has heaps of great details on how to get your Edge deployment up and running, but it can be a little confusing, especially around some of the different firewall scenario's that people have. Some people have plenty of external IP address, some don...

Wow that's a confusing title for a blog isn't it? So I've been talking to a lot of people lately about Office Communications Server and how they can take advantage of our Enterprise Voice features to provide Voice Over IP, either to coexist with their existing PBX infrastructure or to replace it altogether...

We've got some Virtual Labs up on Technet for common things you'll want to do with Office Communications Server, check them out here.... TechNet Virtual Lab: Enabling Users and Installing Office Communicator 2007 TechNet Virtual Lab: Configuring and Using Conferencing in Microsoft Office Communications...

So we've had a couple of really exciting days with the launch of our Unified Communications range of products. We've had the big launch events happening in the US, with followup events happening all over the world. Bill Gates headlined the launch in San Francisco, if you missed it you can check out the...

To support the Unified Communications Launch events in Sydney and Melbourne (more details to follow about these events), TechNet will be running a series of Technical Readiness events across the country for IT Professionals wanting to learn more about the technology. What will be covered? Office Communications...

The Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Best Practices Analyzer Tool is a diagnostic tool that gathers configuration information from a Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 environment and determines whether the configuration is set according to Microsoft best practices. You can install...

Two new videos on ITShowtime for Unified Communications. Unify your Communications - http://www.microsoft.com/emea/spotlight/unified_communications_demo_unify_your_communications_a_practical_demo.aspx RoundTable 360 Panoramic View - http://www.microsoft.com/emea/spotlight/unified_communications_demo_microsoft_roundtable_360_paranomic_view_a_practical_demo...

There are two new blogs from our Office Communications Server and Office Communicator teams, check them out here... Communications Server Team Blog - http://communicationsserverteam.com/default.aspx Communicator Team Blog - http://communicatorteam.com/default.aspx Technorati Tags: Office Communications...

Over at the UK UC & RTC blog, hot on the announcement of the RTM of Office Communications Server 2007, they have a great list of documentation for Office Communications Server, Office Communicator client and Office Live Meeting. For brevity I'm not going to repeat it all here, so check it all out...