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Microsoft Unified Communications Tips and Tricks
Now that OCS 2007 R2 has RTM (released to manufacturing), I thought I'd share Microsoft's brand new Unified Communications Tips and Tricks Flashcards for End-Users which includes some cool tips for their Office Communications Server 2007 platform. The image above... Full Story
Posted on January 6, 2009 5:12 PM

Office Communicator clients cannot communicate with AOL Contacts Problem Solved
Scott Oseychik over on the MSDN blogs has a good post today about federation issues between OCS 2005/2007 and AOL. Apparently, American Online changed their root certificates on their SIP Access Gateway at approximately 12/2/2008, 4:00 AM EST.Via Scott's post:... Full Story
Posted on December 2, 2008 1:35 PM
Microsoft and IBM Announce Sametime and Microsoft OCS integration
As one of my sources told me a few days ago, IBM and Microsoft planned on offering Sametime and OCS 2007 integration to be announced at VoiceCon. Three days ago I wrote:Rumor has it that Microsoft and/or IBM will announce... Full Story
Posted on November 13, 2008 2:52 PM

VoIPshield Finds Security Flaws in Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Office Communicator and Windows Live Messenger
I'm always a bit skeptical of VoIP security vulnerabilities discovered by firms which sell security products. Nevertheless, I thought it was worth sharing this bit of news.Update: Microsoft responded that VoIPShield's test is "on a non-secure implementation of OCS,... Full Story
Posted on November 12, 2008 3:39 PM
Sametime and Microsoft OCS integration
Rumor has it that Microsoft and/or IBM will announce integration between Office Communications Server 2007 and IBM's Lotus Sametime "Unified Telephony" platform at this week's VoiceCon show. If true, this would combine approximately 20 million Sametime users with Microsoft's fast... Full Story
Posted on November 10, 2008 5:32 PM

Microsoft Office Communication Server R2 ships in December plus Hosted OCS Coming
I discovered two Microsoft job postings several weeks ago and have been meaning to blog the discovery that Microsoft Office Communication Server R2 will ship in December of this year. One is for 'Software Development Engineer in Test - MBD... Full Story
Posted on September 23, 2008 12:20 PM

NetIQ AppManager for Microsoft Office Communications Server
As a fan of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 (OCS 2007) and with OCS 2007 R2 just around the corner (later this year/early next year), I'd like to see 3rd party vendors offer utilities to monitor OCS 2007's performance to... Full Story
Posted on September 10, 2008 10:28 AM

Microsoft OCS 2007 R2 (next release) to be 64-bit Only
It was just announced on the Office Communications Server Team blog that the next release of OCS 2007 (rumored to be called OCS 2007 R2) will support 64-bit operating systems only. Customers who are using 32-bit hardware systems to run... Full Story
Posted on August 29, 2008 2:12 PM

Controlling Asterisk based on Microsoft OCS 2007 user's presence
Paul Adams contacted me recently since he's been reading my posts about Asterisk and 'Microsoft OCS 2007' integration. Paul wrote an interesting application that enables call queuing that 'respects' OCS presence. That is, if the agent's OCS status is... Full Story
Posted on July 21, 2008 3:19 PM
Unified Communications Growth Soars
Infonetics sent me over a summary of their latest report on the unified communications (UC) market. Infonetics Research reports that the unified communications market, which includes unified messaging and communicator software, jumped 20% sequentially in 2007, following a 19% increase... Full Story
Posted on June 23, 2008 4:07 PM
Asterisk With Office Communications Server 2007
Asterisk integration with Office Communications Server 2007 is a popular topic in the unified communications community. You wouldn't think integrating an open source Linux-based solution (Asterisk) with Microsoft's proprietary OCS 2007 UC platform would be popular, but it is. In... Full Story
Posted on May 27, 2008 4:02 PM
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Rumors
I've heard from various sources about Office Communications Server 2007 R2 coming soon. I'm a member of the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 MVP team, so I'm privy to information that I cannot divulge at this moment due to NDA... Full Story
Posted on May 15, 2008 11:40 AM
Cisco and Microsoft in Clash of the UC Titans
According to a new study by analyst firm Infonetics Research, Cisco and Microsoft are locked in a "battle of the titans" for the unified communications (UC) market, with both vendors currently favored by buyers as Unified Messaging and Communicator... Full Story
Posted on April 24, 2008 2:35 PM
VoIP & Communications Developers - We've heard you...
We at TMC have heard the cries from developers for a stronger development track at Internet Telephony Conference & Expo to focus on more technical development-related topics. As a developer myself with a background in computer engineering, I discussed with... Full Story
Posted on March 28, 2008 11:02 AM
New Communicator Add-in for Outlook
Last night I received an email from Microsoft allowing Microsoft MVPs to play with a new Communicator Add-in for Outlook. It's pre-release so playing with this new software is "invitation only". I tried to download the new version so I... Full Story
Posted on March 20, 2008 11:20 AM
Microsoft & Aspect Software Partner on Unified Communications
Today, the Microsoft Unified Communications Group announced a a multi-year strategic alliance with Aspect Software to help deliver unified communications to contact centers. Aspect Software is considered one of the leading players in the contact center space, so this is... Full Story
Posted on March 18, 2008 12:37 PM
Voice Mobility UCN Vmerge takes on Microsoft OCS
TMC President, Rich Tehrani today excitedly writes about Voice Mobility's UCN Vmerge a product that unites various communication technologies including voice, fax, and email. The kicker is they are leveraging several Google apps to develop their unified communications platform.... Full Story
Posted on February 13, 2008 10:30 AM
Microsoft mashup of SOA and UC (Unified Communications)
We all know the big splash Microsoft made in 2007 with the launch of OCS 2007; for instance, check out my review. OCS is the "core" of Microsoft's unified communications strategy for the enterprise. But as we know, the enterprise... Full Story
Posted on February 11, 2008 11:06 AM
FaceFon Video Phone on its way?
Mork over at Trademork informed me about LG Electronics filing a patent filing a patent for FaceFon. On January 29, 2008, electronics behemoth LG Electronics filed to protect the trademark FaceFon in relation to “telephones; videophones; cellular telephones; wireless local... Full Story
Posted on February 7, 2008 4:35 PM
Dell VoIP Products Analysis
I neglected to point out in my morning Dell Picks Fonality VoIP System post that I first discovered Dell got into the VoIP game with their late 2007 announcement that they would be offering Microsoft OCS 2007 pre-bundled on Dell... Full Story
Posted on January 23, 2008 3:59 PM
Microsoft OCS 2007 Training
I've written about the complexities of deploying OCS 2007 in the past. Because I wrote an extensive review of OCS 2007, I've had several of my readers ask if TMC provides OCS 2007 training and a couple of readers... Full Story
Posted on December 14, 2007 9:47 AM
NET Acquires Quintum, VoIP Gateway Manufacturer
TMC's Greg Galitzine and Rich Tehrani wrote excellent articles (here & here) on NET (Network Equipment Technologies, Inc) acquiring Quintum, a maker of VoIP gateways. According to Greg's article, NET President and CEO Nicholas Keating, Jr. (no relation) remarked, “The... Full Story
Posted on October 26, 2007 11:41 AM
Chris Lyman on Unified Communications
Greg Galitzine has an excellent interview with Fonality CEO, Chris Lyman about unified communications, Microsoft (OCS 2007), and Cisco. Chris goes into the threat he believes Microsoft and Cisco may pose, as well as some analysis of Microsoft Response Point... Full Story
Posted on October 19, 2007 4:20 PM
Office Communications Server 2007 Software Update Service
Microsoft released Office Communications Server 2007 Software Update Service, which provides an automated way to update all unified communications devices deployed in an organization. This includes all the OCS-compatible phones (Polycom Inc., LG-Nortel Co. Ltd. and Thomson Telecom) that run... Full Story
Posted on October 17, 2007 4:40 PM
Aculab launches ApplianX Gateway for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007
For my last post today on Microsoft OCS 2007 (hope you enjoyed the comprehensive coverage), I wanted to let everyone know that Aculab launched their ApplianX Gateway for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. ApplianX Gateway incorporates the Mediation Server function... Full Story
Posted on October 16, 2007 5:39 PM



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