• The Director Component in OCS: Traffic Flow, Authentication, and Use Cases

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Doug Lawty}
    Over the years, I’ve seen a number of different discussions about the directors, what they do, how they behave, and when we should use them. This post summarizes what I believe to be the salient points concerning the director component . Hopefully, this...

  • The Mysteriously Changing Conference ID

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Doug Lawty}
    A new feature in Office Communications Server 2007 R2 is PSTN dial-in to audio conferences. (OCS 2007 had audio conferencing. It just didn’t have an attendant to which you could dial-in, provide a conference ID, and be placed in the right conference....

  • Audio Conferencing with PSTN Attendees Prior to a Leader Joining

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Doug Lawty}
    The on-premise conferencing capability in Office Communications Server allows you to invite anonymous participants. These anonymous participants shouldn’t be allowed to have a meeting all by themselves, though. At least one authenticated enterprise user...