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Where can I get some end-user CBT training for OCS R2 and Exchange UM?

I get asked this one quite a bit by my customers deploying OCS and Exchange UM to their faculty and staff. I found a partner, 4What Interactive , that provides some really nice end user CBT training for OCS R2 and Exchange UM OVA. Click here to...

Published Tue, Jun 1 2010 08:29 PM by The Three UC Amigos

Filed under: OCS, UM, Exchange 2010, OCS 2007 R2, uc, CBT training

Communications Server Conference this summer June 15-16th in Boulder, CO

If you are looking to get a deeper dive on Microsoft’s UC stack, Tom Cross has put together a unique Microsoft Communications Server Expo/Conference this Summer in Boulder, Co. Read more below: "MCS-Microsoft Communications Server Moving into...

Published Fri, Apr 16 2010 09:58 AM by The Three UC Amigos

Filed under: OCS, cs14, conference

Are there ways to leverage my existing SIP phone investments with OCS?

Yes, there are a few ways to leverage your existing SIP phones (Cisco, Avaya, SIP softphones): SmartSIP from NET – allows you to connect your existing SIP phones such as Aastra, Cisco, and SIP softphone (X-lite, etc) on a Mac to OCS SmartSIP...

Published Mon, Apr 5 2010 06:02 PM by The Three UC Amigos

Filed under: OCS, existing sip phones, UCMA connector

Is there a single page I can check to ensure I have the latest OCS 2007 R2 updates for server, client, and phone?

Yes, the OCS product team has just released this very page here . There are October updates for your Tanjay phone, OCS R2 server, Live Meeting and Communicator client. Please update if you haven’t already done so as there are some nice server...

Published Sat, Nov 14 2009 10:58 AM by The Three UC Amigos

Filed under: OCS, R2, updates

Looking for OCS 2007 R2 voice training for your telecom staff?

If you are looking for some voice specific training for your telecom team for OCS R2 there is an unique offering over at www.OCSforum.com . Tom Cross, the CEO of OCSForum, has setup hosted sandbox labs to test your voice configurations as well as...

Published Tue, Oct 6 2009 08:02 AM by The Three UC Amigos

Filed under: OCS, telecom training

Things to consider with non-certified OCS Voice Endpoints

This was something I came across for customers who are buying non-certified UC endpoints since this has been a popular direction in Education: What does it mean to for a voice endpoint to be certified for OCS 2007? The OCS Voice endpoint needs...

Published Mon, Aug 10 2009 09:02 PM by The Three UC Amigos

Filed under: OCS, certified voice endpoints, Devices

Download Free UC e-books from Microsoft Press

Microsoft Press 25th Anniversary "Free E-Book of the Month" Offers This will be our last month to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Microsoft Press with a free e-book offer. This monthly offer can be found in the top right corner of this monthly...

Published Wed, Jun 17 2009 02:32 PM by The Three UC Amigos

Filed under: OCS, R2, Office Communicatons Server, free e-books, Resource Kit

Do I need a director with OCS R2?

I was asked this from a school district in Southern California who was rolling out OCS R2 and enterprise voice for the all their faculty and staff. The answer depends on your OCS R2 architecture and whether your access is from internal or external networks...

Published Mon, May 18 2009 06:41 AM by The Three UC Amigos

Filed under: OCS, R2, architecture, Office Communicatons Server, director server

OCS 2007 R2 Virtualization announcement

Today, we announce OCS 2007 R2 virtualization support for certain OCS 2007 R2 roles. This includes our own Hyper-V technology as well as other SVVP certified virtualization technologies. I know a lot of schools have been waiting for this since they want...

Published Wed, May 13 2009 07:30 AM by The Three UC Amigos

Filed under: hyper-V, OCS, R2, Office Communicatons Server, vmware, virtualization

Can I make native voice calls through OCS on a Mac or non-PC platforms?

I get asked this quite a bit from schools as they want the ability to place/receive voice calls on the Mac or Linux using OCS R2. The answer is yes if you leverage the SmartSip technology from our partner Evangelyze. You can make and receive voice calls...

Published Tue, Apr 28 2009 07:32 PM by The Three UC Amigos

Filed under: Mac, OCS, voice

Low cost IP phones for OCS?

A university in the Northwest wanted to retire their dying PBX and had a few key questions about our OCS R2 voice offering: What are my options for my analog phones with OCS R2? For analog phones, you can configure a back-to-back SIP gateway configuration...

Published Thu, Apr 23 2009 08:21 PM by The Three UC Amigos

Filed under: OCS, R2, Office Communicatons Server, ip phone, e911

Desktop Sharing with OCS R2

I was asked by a school to provide more detail around the new desktop sharing feature in OCS 2007 R2. What is desktop sharing? Desktop sharing is the ability to share your desktop from a PC directly from the Communicator client with other communicator...

Published Wed, Apr 22 2009 12:02 PM by The Three UC Amigos

Filed under: OCS, deployment, desktop sharing

R2 Edge planning tool just released

This is a very nice tool as it will help layout your OCS R2 Edge environment: You can enter all your IP information via the wizard and it provides a nice Edge summary at the end: Along with Firewall rules: Certificate needs: DNS needs: and how...

Published Thu, Apr 16 2009 07:39 AM by The Three UC Amigos

Filed under: OCS, deployment, Edge, Office Communicatons Server, tool

What is Group Chat Server in OCS R2?

I have had quite a bit of interest in education with the new OCS R2 Group Chat Server functionality. We are just starting to use this internally and people are really liking this great new way of collaboration and idea sharing vs. traditional email threads...

Published Thu, Apr 9 2009 10:17 PM by The Three UC Amigos

Filed under: OCS, R2, Office Communicatons Server, Group Chat Server, GC

What are some OCS 2007 R2 tools I can use to help me?

Here are a few useful tools for your R2 deployment I found you can use: R2 Capacity Planning/Stress tool (new): The Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Capacity Planning Toolkit provides a set of tools and documentation to simplify capacity planning...

Published Wed, Apr 8 2009 04:29 PM by The Three UC Amigos

Filed under: OCS, R2, deployment, Tools, Office Communicatons Server, tool

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