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Rob Costello

UC and Infrastructure stuff, or whatever else comes my way.

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Photosynth is cool
How cool is Photosynth !?!?!  We come out with some cool technologies sometimes, and this is definitely one of them.   Share this post : Read More...
Daylight Savings Changes - October 2008
It's that time again, when Daylight Savings changes need to be applied.  Please read the guidance below and make sure you don't get caught out...   In October this year, we will again be experiencing Daylight Savings changes in Australia. These Read More...
Virtual Machine Library
How cool is this, ever wanted to find all the Virtual Machines we have for download for you to try out Microsoft products like Exchange, Biztalk, Vista, ILM etc etc.  Well here is the one address you'll need to find all our VHD goodness... http://www.microsoft.com/vhd Read More...
Public IP Requirements for A/V Edge
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 Read More...
Upcoming UC Webcasts
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 Read More...
Office Live Workspace beta hits Australia
Hot on the release of our Office Live Workspaces online services in the US, the beta of the service is now available for us here in Australia.  :) It only takes a couple of minutes to signup at http://workspace.office.live.com/ .  You can then Read More...
In KL for the UC Voice Ignite
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 Read More...
Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1 RTM!!!
Today we announced that Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 have RTM'd (Released To Manufacturing). Cool hey? You can get the round up from the respective teams blogs here... Server 08 - http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2008/02/04/windows-server-2008-rtm.aspx Read More...
OCS Edge Deployments
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 Read More...
Unified Communications Launch in Adelaide
We had the Unified Communications launch event here in Adelaide today, and it went pretty good. We had some of the evangelists and UC guru's in town for the day to talk about and demonstrate our new technologies to partners and customers. Johann Kruse Read More...
OCS QOE and QMS
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 Read More...
Microsoft Deployment RC1 Now Available
Today we announced the Release Candidate 1 of Microsoft Deployment, which is the new name for the forth generation deployment Solution Accelerator. This release continues to support Zero Touch Installation (ZTI) of desktop operating systems using Systems Read More...
OCS Virtual Labs on Technet
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 Read More...
Microsoft Unified Communications Launch
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 Read More...
WSV Webcast
Jeff Woolsey and Edwin Yuen recently did a webcast (with WSV demo) for Windows Server Virtualization. Check it out here... TECHNET WEBCAST: EXAMINING VIRTUALIZATION WITH WINDOWS SERVER 2008 (LEVEL 300) DATE: Thursday, September 27, 2007 TIME: 8:00 AM Read More...
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