July 2006 - Posts

Exchange 2007 Beta 2 - Now available for download
31 July 06 03:04 PM | markdea | 0 Comments   

A little late I know but I wanted to post something just in case you missed it! Exchange Server 2007 Beta 2 is now available here where you can either download the latest beta or order a DVD Enjoy! Read More...

Filed under: Exchange

LCS 2005 SP1 book available for download
31 July 06 11:06 AM | markdea | 0 Comments   

For those of your that subscribe via RSS to my blog you might notice an increase in the number of postings I do this week, the reason for this is that I was away last week at a training event in Seattle and therefore my blog has got a little behind. On Read More...

Filed under: Live Communication Server

Microsoft & Nortel - Innovative Communications Alliance (ICA)
19 July 06 11:27 AM | markdea | 0 Comments   

One of the great things about our Unified Communications solution, both current and future, is that it can work with the existing infrastructure that is currently in place, this means that all of the money and time spent on installing a PBX is not wasted Read More...

Filed under: Unified Communications

Bridging the divide....
14 July 06 08:57 AM | markdea | 0 Comments   

.... between Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger :-) I mentioned this a while back and now it’s finally going into beta. For anyone running Live Communication Server 2005 with Public IM Connectivity enabled then this isn’t going to be very exciting, Read More...

Partner Unified Communications site now Live!
13 July 06 01:04 PM | markdea | 0 Comments   

I wanted to bring to your attention a new Unified Communications site designed especially for partners. It can be found at http://partner.microsoft.com/uc ! Almost every time I talk to a partner about our Unified Communications platform, they normally Read More...

Filed under: Unified Communications

Activesync 4.2 now available
10 July 06 06:50 PM | markdea | 1 Comments   

As a user of Outlook 2007, I have subscribed to a number of RSS feeds which allows me to stay on the pulse with what’s happening in the world of Microsoft as well a few other things outside of Microsoft (how did we ever live with RSS?) Jason Langridges Read More...

Filed under: Mobility

Calling all UK Unified Comms users!
08 July 06 12:01 PM | markdea | 0 Comments   

One of the great things about emerging technologies is that there is always a great sense of community and excitement. I would like to think that within the partner space and within Microsoft, I have a good idea of who is interested in Unified Communications Read More...

The Power of Unified
08 July 06 10:32 AM | markdea | 1 Comments   

Since the announcement at the end of June, a lot of people has asked me what exactly is Unified Communications and more importantly, where can I find more. For most people, I have sat them down and explained the idea to them including taking about the Read More...

Filed under: Unified Communications

RTC Wave 12 Private Beta
06 July 06 09:35 PM | markdea | 0 Comments   

Recently we had a number of announcements around our roadmap for Unified Communications, Redmond is now looking for nominations for the 'RTC Wave 12 Private Beta'. If you are interested then email me and I will let you know more :-) Read More...

Filed under: Unified Communications

PTS-TV - 3 new episodes
04 July 06 07:11 PM | markdea | 0 Comments   

If you are not subscribed to the RSS feed for PTS-TV you not have realised that we have released another three videos on to PTS-TV . We have also changed the ordering so all new videos are at the top ! Exchange 2007 featuring me :-) Information Worker Read More...

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