Ok admit it. You know the iPhone as some rockin alarm clock apps. Some are paid which provide advanced features while others are free and basic. Either way you can use the good ole iPhone for a nice alarm clock to awake to in the...

Rui Maximo has created another amazing workload poster, this time for Microsoft Lync 2010. This poster gives you a great visual view of how protocols work for various Lync workloads. These include IM and Presence, A/V and Web Conferencing, Application Sharing, Enterprise Voice, and even the Central Management Service. The poster can be downloaded from the link below: Lync Protocol Workloads Poster:...

Here are my notes from the Lync 2010 Launch. If you missed it you can catch the recording online at http://www.Lync.com.   -Lync is a “New Era of Communication” - Lync is the linchpin to the Microsoft Communication strategy - PC/Phone/Browser linked by Lync - Deliver technology on customer’s terms – In cloud or on premise - Video Call with Bill Gates- From his Office in Seattle – Hi-Def Video with off the shelf hardware -...

In many organizations, executives have administrative assistants who answer their office phones for them. This is easily accomplished in OCS 2007 R2 and Lync Server 2010 by using call delegation. However there may be instances where an executive wishes for friends and family to be able to reach him directly and bypass his assistant. Using Lync Server 2010 private lines, a Lync administrator can assign a second telephone number to any...

If you follow me on twitter (or friend me on FaceBook) you are well aware that on Monday of this week, I traded up my iPhone 3gs for a highly anticipated Samsung Focus Windows Phone 7. I ran into one gotcha with doing so. The day I traded up, text messages stopped working both to and from my phone. It turns out the iPhone had a “special” iPhone texting plan that the system turns off when they activate your new Windows Phone. I confirmed...