Johann's Unified Communications : fun

Exchange 2007 limericks

jkruse — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:43:45 GMT

http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/03/08/436871.aspx

There once was a gal with FiveFive
Her mail system was barely alive
She sat at her desk
And thought “oh what a mess”
I need to upgrade to survive

So she upgraded to E2003
And she experienced some level of glee
Her transport state was a link
And she had active sync
But she was missing that VOIP

She moved quickly to native mode
Required to travel the road
Up to E2007
She was told it was heaven
And 64bit could handle the load

The new design, well it gave her control
Divided now by function and role
Hub and mailbox you see
Edge in the DMZ
A thing called UM and CASserole?

So what is this new CAS role dish?
No not something to do with phish
It serves clients you see
Like IMAP and POP3
And other stuff somewhat nebbish

None of this made her afraid
She proceeded with the upgrade
No longer a zero
She now was a hero
Running everything on a few blades

Most tasks are no longer a chore
Management no longer a bore
You might say “Oh do tell”
It’s the management shell
Which is at simplicity’s core

So get moving, get going today
And let’s see if you too will say
That this is the best version
A joyful excursion
Now go forth and enjoy your frappe!

Media Center + Zune + Xbox 360 + Slingbox = :D

jkruse — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:59:00 GMT

Ok so this post isn't really related to UC at all, but what the hey ...

Over the Christmas/New Year period I finally got around to playing with my media setup at home (yep, I'm a geek alright). I now have the following hooked up and working nicely:

40" Sony Bravia HDTV
Media Centre PC (Vista Ultimate Edition)
Xbox 360

Xbox Live (Gears of War rocks)
Xbox 360 acting as a Media Centre Extender

Zune (yes I got a brown one - and I like it!)

Bose noise-cancelling headphones (I spend a lot of time on planes)

SlingBox Pro

So now I have an almost-perfect media experience wherever I am (actually that kind of is related to UC - where I also have all a perfect communications experience wherever I am!).

At home I can stream music, TV and movies to whatever room I am in; if I'm on a plane I have all of my music and most of my movies on my Zune (I used to have an iPod Mini then a Creative Zen Micro, but with the excellent screen and battery-life on the Zune I will never go back); and I can watch my TV at home from anywhere in the world via the SlingBox (handy when I'm in the USA and the rugby is on TV).

So my question is - what do you reckon I should do next?

I'll post some photos as soon as I find the charger for my camera!

The Devil Wears Prada... and does Unified Comms!!

jkruse — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:10:00 GMT

Video: The Devil wears prada .. and does Unified Comms!