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Getting Rid of Your PBX Can Be Liberating
23 June 09 09:42 AM

Jamie Ryan, CIO at Aspect, has written a great post about the benefits of replacing your legacy PBX or IP-PBX with Office Communications Server 2007 R2. When I tell people that Aspect is the in the midst of a Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Read More...

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HP and Microsoft Expand Alliance in Unified Communications and Collaboration
20 May 09 09:42 AM

At Interop Las Vegas 2009 , HP and Microsoft Corp. today announced a four-year strategic global initiative to deliver an end-to-end unified communications and collaboration solution. As part of their Frontline Partnership , the two companies expect to Read More...

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Where to download OCS 2007 R2
04 February 09 02:03 AM

Today is the official launch of OCS 2007 R2 ( sign up for the Virtual Launch! ). What’s new? Streamlined Communications Call management capabilities let receptionists and team assistants take a large volume of incoming calls and quickly route them to Read More...

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Microsoft uses software edge on Cisco in Unified Communications war
10 December 08 09:16 PM

There is an interesting article over at SearchUnifiedCommunications.com about how the tables have turned between Microsoft and Cisco in Unified Communications.  Two years ago the Yankee Group recommended Cisco, but that now seems to be changing. Read More...

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OCS VoIP in a disaster zone
28 November 08 01:56 PM

Massive storms in Brisbane recently left many people homeless, and in fact it was declared a disaster zone .         One of the people who had their home destroyed in this storm was my mate Bill Lockett from Dimension Data.  Read More...

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OCS 2007 Video-conferencing Interoperability White Paper
10 September 08 09:11 PM

Office Communications Server 2007 is the first Microsoft product to combine enterprise-ready IM, presence, video-conferencing, web-conferencing, and VoIP telephony in one solution. In addition, OCS 2007 includes real-time videoconferencing solutions running Read More...

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Direct SIP connectivity with OCS and Cisco UCM v4.2, 5.1 and 6.1
08 September 08 07:36 PM

Cisco Unified Communications Manager (aka CallManager) version 4.2, 5.1 and 6.1 (specific version/release below) is now certified for Direct SIP connectivity with Office Communications Server.  Direct SIP allows connectivity between the OCS mediation Read More...

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Sydney UC community to launch at Tech.Ed 2008
29 August 08 07:32 PM

At Tech.Ed next week we're launching a new community for Unified Comms in Sydney - Sydney UC ! If you work in, are passionate about, or just enjoy Exchange, OCS, VoIP, video, or comms in general - this is the place for you to network with your peers, Read More...

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Filed under: uc, ocs, teched, tech.ed, exchange, TechEd Australia, sydney uc

UC Certificate Partners for Exchange and OCS 2007
08 February 08 09:32 AM

Exchange 2007 and Office Communications Server 2007 have strict requirements for external/public certificates - specifically the use of Subject Alternative Name (SAN) certificates, aka Unified Communications Certificates. We have a KB article (kb929395) Read More...

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OCS Voice Ignite - Day 1
04 February 08 09:16 AM

I'm at Darling Harbour this week for the OCS Voice Ignite Sydney event. Hundreds of partners are here for a 5-day deep-dive on Exchange UM, OCS VoIP and conferencing; as well as integration with other systems such as TDM and IP PBXes. This is going to Read More...

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Australian OCS case studies
17 October 07 08:48 AM

In the lead-up to the worldwide launch of Office Communications Server 2007, some great case studies from Australian companies using Office Communications Server 2007 are available now. These companies include BHP Billiton, Lion Nathan, University of Read More...

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TechNet Updates November: Unified Communications
09 October 07 11:29 AM

In case you didn't see it at TechNet Australia ..... 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 Read More...

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Help us decide the content at the upcoming Unified Communications launch
01 August 07 05:07 PM

In the not-too-distant future we'll be running some official Australian launch events for Microsoft Unified Communications (OCS, etc), as well as Technet Updates around the country. You have the ability to help us choose what content should make up this Read More...

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OCS goes gold!
29 July 07 05:38 PM

This is huge - in case you haven't heard the news yet - Office Communications Server 2007 has been Released To Manufacturing (RTM)!!!! I have been using Communicator 2007 as my primary phone for several months now, along with Exchange 2007 for voicemail, Read More...

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RoundTable photos
13 July 07 04:57 PM

At the Microsoft Australia company meeting earlier this week I demonstrated the RoundTable camera to the local team. Some photos were taken, including a beautiful shot of Kleefy and half-a-me. Read the post at http://blogs.technet.com/itproaustralia/archive/2007/07/11/microsoft-office-roundtable.aspx Read More...

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