Here are 4 “gotchas” I’ve found when installing OCS 2007 R2 Group Chat. I will expand this list as I find more. 1. Don’t Forget the IIS Scripts – If you are installing Group Chat on Windows Server 2008, be sure to install the IIS Admin Scripts. They are needed as part of the install. 2. Set your SQL Collation – If you have studied the deployment guidance, you know that you have to manually create the Group Chat database. When...

Back in October I blogged about some of the exciting new uses of Group Chat. So here is an interesting concept. What if you could use Group Chat (found in Office Communications Server 2007 R2) as a communications hub to replace those thousands of distribution lists in your organization? Most email distribution lists (DL)s are created based upon topics or groups of users. There is nothing stopping you from creating those same topics and...