Microsoft OCS Planning Tools Added To OCS Training Classes

OCS Forum (http://www.ocsforum.com) announced today integration of Microsoft OCS-Office Communications Server Release 2 (OCSR2) Planning Tools into classroom and webseminar training. Microsoft offers a number of OCS planning tools such as OCS Capacity, VOAT (OCS VOice Assessment Tool), VIRTUAL OCS R2, Edge planning and others. "These tools are helpful but if you don't know why you are using them or what the concept means, then it's just clicking on radio buttons," noted Matt Jolly - CTO OCS Forum. In addition, these tools don't tell you how to install, configure or manage OCS. "What we have done is integrate these tools into our OCS indepth classroom or webseminar training. The student gets not just smart but job-smart," Jolly remarked. OCS Forum provides classroom and webseminar training as well as a non-production environment for those IT departments without additional equipment, budget or time. This allows planners and users to test ideas, dial in and dial back out, IM file transfers, remote desktop sharing, video conferencing, run scenarios, break linkages and learning about new telephony features and network access. OCS Forum is also designed for both the system integrator/consultant who wants to learn about OCSR2 without having to build their own system as well as the enterprise customer who doesn't have the time, resources or time to develop one. OCS Forum Labs are designed to be "hands-on" or "over-the-shoulder" with experts available for Q&A and classes for feature-specific review.