Ok..I was completely unaware of this one but it makes perfect sense. Michael Dunn from Microsoft, just posted info on how to send a text message using Office Communicator. Your OCS deployment must have PIC (Public Internet Connectivity) to support this feature. For full details on using this feature...
A few years ago Microsoft product groups began releasing Best Practice Analyzers or BPAs. A BPA will run a diagnostic health check against the particular product for which it was developed. The BPA will then return information related to application misconfigurations, security issues, and possible...
The Office Communications Server (OCS) team just posted some good info on how to review and monitor the health of your OCS deployment. This is a good read if you want to make sure your OCS deployment is up to snuff. Personally I think Operations Manager is still the best way to monitor your Microsoft...
The OCS team at Microsoft just released an update to the Resource Kit tool ABSConfig.exe. This tool allows Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 administrators to update Address Book attributes in Active Directory. For full details on this update see the OCS Team blog via the source link below. ...
Microsoft, today announced the release of Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Response Point. Response Point is Microsoft’s small business VOIP based phone system. Service Pack 1 introduces some new features including SIP trunking and click-to-call capabilities. To see the full details check out the source link...
Tom Laciano has posted a good article describing the use of a Cisco router as a normal gateway and an OCS media gateway. This is not a supported configuration and not recommended by Microsoft. For full details check out Tom's post on his blog at the source link below. Source: LCSKid Blog...
Microsoft just released a new client for Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007. You can now connect to OCS from Mac workstations. Microsoft Messenger 7 provides IM and presence awareness like the Office Communicator Client for Windows. Check out the source link below for full details. Source: Microsoft...
Microsoft has released a knowledgebase article to inform customers of an upcoming server move being performed by Yahoo!. This move could impact your Public Internet Connectivity (PIC) availability with Yahoo!. This move will only impact PIC if you have your firewall configured to limit port 5061 connectivity...
I was needing to order a couple of copies of the Office Communications Server 2007 book that I helped author and noticed it is currently Out of Stock on the BookPool website. I think that's a good thing. Either they have sold a lot of copies or they didn't order many. Nevertheless there are plenty on...
Microsoft has released a knowledgebase article describing the March 2008 update package for OCS 2007. This package includes several fixes and updates. The full KB article can be found on the Microsoft Support site. Source: Microsoft Help and Support...
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