With the release of Communicator “14”, you no longer have to have a separate client to create and run meetings that include presenting PowerPoint slides, polling the audience and collaborate on a whiteboard. The coming posts will tell you more about desktop/application sharing and PowerPoint presentations. Here is a sneak peek at the UI! .. more »

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Unified Now with Unified Communications Summerschool 2010 online now.. more »

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Running late to a meeting? Need to attend an important meeting when working from home? Joining a meeting while travelling? Need collaboration and coordination across distributed teams? Welcome to Online Meetings – the next generation web conferencing from Microsoft! Online meetings enable remote participants to join a meeting from anywhere using a .. more »

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Check out this post on NextHop, our new Communications Server IT Pro web portal. This article provides some guidance about how to set up a Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 federation clearinghouse deployment. The goal of the clearinghouse is to simplify Public IM Connectivity (PIC) (such as AOL, The Microsoft Network (MSN), and .. more »

We've received a number of questions on what value should be used for the “Server URL” configuration field. Many people do not know what to enter for this field or make the mistake of using the FQDN (fully qualified domain name) or IP address of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 (OCS) Access Edge Server. For example, Before we hand you .. more »

Check out this post on NextHop, our new Communications Server IT Pro web portal. Companies that allow employees to sign in to Office Communications Server remotely from the Internet can be susceptible to denial-of-service (DoS) and brute-force attacks. These kinds of attacks involve guessing users’ passwords or locking out user accounts when too ma.. more »

Check out this post on NextHop, our new Communications Server IT Pro web portal. Outlook Web App now supports the use of SIP client integration with Office Communications Server. This provides a great feature set for users, but there are some things you must do when integrating with Communications Server to make it all work. .. more »

Check out this post on NextHop, our new Communications Server IT Pro web portal. Windows PowerShell can be used as a management tool for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2. PowerShell is one of most versatile scripting environments available on the market today... more »

Irecently spent 2 days battling with United Airlines to get to Chicago and then home – all for a very interesting summit focused on two segments of the reseller/dealer channel – MSPs (managed services providers) and video resellers/dealers – and how they can better work together in our expanding world of unified communications. Let me first point .. more »

I’d like to share the story of how the Columbia National Police are using Microsoft Office Communications Server to improve police work and save money. The 150,000 police officers on the force work in a range of locations, from busy urban streets to isolated jungle villages. Prior to deploying their Microsoft solution, the organization used a Ci.. more »

Communications Server "14" SIP Trunking with the Acme Packet Net-Net Session Director.. more »

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Companies recognize thatthe capabilities and availability of underlying network infrastructure are essential ingredients to sucessfully deploying and using Unified Communications transparently across multiple types of users and locations. Thus the ongoing Net Neutrality debate merits close scrutiny. Yesterday, Verizon and Google announced a .. more »