Brettjo :: Office 365 and Everything UC
Latest news and views of Office 365 and anything Lync and Exchange related.
Exchange 2010 Storage Calculator
As Ex2010 was announced on Monday – Ross has released the long awaited storage calc...
Author: Brettjo Date: 11/11/2009
Exchange 2010 : The Launch, Berlin
I’m currently in Berlin for TechED this year and yesterday Stephen Elop announced general...
Author: Brettjo Date: 11/09/2009
Getting ready for Launch
I’m getting ready for the Exchange 2010 Demo’s I’m doing in Berlin – but here’s a recent article on...
Author: Brettjo Date: 10/27/2009
Exchange 2010 Content For Developers
A Level 100 Video Cast on MSDN’s Channel 9 where Group Program Manager Jason Henderson and Program...
Author: Brettjo Date: 10/21/2009
UK UC Training Courses
Microsoft UC Voice Ignite Readiness Workshop – Wokingham 26th October UC Voice Ignite is a 5-day...
Author: Brettjo Date: 10/21/2009
Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer RTM
The first non-beta release of the Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer...
Author: Brettjo Date: 10/19/2009
Exchange 2010 RTM : Code Complete
It’s done. RTM has happened. GA will be early November. Get those server orders in....
Author: Brettjo Date: 10/08/2009
OCS R2 XMPP Gateway Released
Microsoft is releasing the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 XMPP Gateway at no...
Author: Brettjo Date: 10/01/2009
OCS Pre-call diagnostic tool
Do you want to know whether your likely to encounter any issues with an OCS Voice call before you...
Author: Brettjo Date: 09/20/2009
The New Efficiency
On September 29th at 9 am (PST) please join us here on www.thenewefficiency.com for a kick-off...
Author: Brettjo Date: 09/20/2009
Bing Visual Search
This is really good…. https://www.bing.com/visualsearch?mkt=en-us
Author: Brettjo Date: 09/15/2009
Microsoft Unified Communications How To’s
I get mail all the time asking me whether its possible for Communicator to do this, or how do I do...
Author: Brettjo Date: 09/15/2009
Exchange 2007 SP2
Has released. This is an important milestone in preparation for Exchange 2010. You can grab it here:...
Author: Brettjo Date: 08/25/2009
Exchange 2010 RC Ready for Download
This is great… the RC of Exchange 2010 is now ready to download. Info on the product can be found...
Author: Brettjo Date: 08/18/2009
WebScheduler for Office Communications Server 2007 R2
Web Scheduler is a 64-bit tool for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2. It provides a...
Author: Brettjo Date: 08/16/2009
Outlook for the Mac
It’s coming and using EWS https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/aug09/08-13macoutlookpr.mspx...
Author: Brettjo Date: 08/16/2009
OCS and CUCiMOC
If your interested in an impartial view of the CUCiMOC integration within Microsoft Communicator...
Author: Brettjo Date: 08/04/2009
The Office Communications Server Remote Connectivity Analyser
Following on the heels of success of the Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer The Office...
Author: Brettjo Date: 08/04/2009
OCS R2 Group Chat SDK and QFE Released
Last night the highly anticipated Group Chat update and SDK were published to the web. The SDK can...
Author: Brettjo Date: 08/04/2009
OCS R2 High Availability Whitepaper
Has been released..! You can download it from here:...
Author: Brettjo Date: 07/23/2009
Exchange 2010 Learning Resources
Been a while since I posted, this has been due our end of year activities – the following just...
Author: Brettjo Date: 07/16/2009
OCS R2 on TechNet Virtual Conference
So some of you may or not be aware of this but I filmed an OCSR2 Session for the TechNet Virtual...
Author: Brettjo Date: 06/25/2009
OCS R2 Evaluation Time Bomb issue
If you have downloaded OCS R2 Eval you may want to add the following hotfixes that address the...
Author: Brettjo Date: 06/15/2009
Updated June OCS MOC and Server Updates
After a heavy time at Le Mans, here are some important updates to be aware of: 972042 Description of...
Author: Brettjo Date: 06/15/2009
White Paper: Determining the Scalability of Combined Client Access and Hub Transport Server Roles in Exchange 2007
This has been in the works for a while – something new to read on co-located CAS \ HT roles in...
Author: Brettjo Date: 06/05/2009
Office Communications Server 2007 R2: Virtual Labs
There are a whole bunch of Virtual Labs available for OCS R2 – they all allow you to save your work...
Author: Brettjo Date: 06/04/2009
Next MMMUG Meetings
Nathan has asked me to publicise the following events: Irish Windows User Group Event: Introducing...
Author: Brettjo Date: 06/01/2009
Bing
Something to keep an eye on…. www.bing.com...
Author: Brettjo Date: 05/28/2009
UK TechNet Virtual Conference
In case you haven’t seen this, we’ll be running a Virtual Conference on the 19th June and I’ll be...
Author: Brettjo Date: 05/26/2009
MMMUG and Exchange 2010
Nathan asked me to publish this for him: As you will no doubt have heard, Exchange 2010 was launched...
Author: Brettjo Date: 05/09/2009
Exchange 2007 PoC in a box
I came across this earlier which is pretty neat enabling non-Exchange customer to trial and test...
Author: Brettjo Date: 05/01/2009
OCS R2 Communicator Mobile (CoMo)
Need to download it for your mobile device, whether it be a Windows Mobile or Java compliant..? This...
Author: Brettjo Date: 04/29/2009
OCS R2 Dev Technical briefing @ TVP for Partners
Announcing a free “Unified Communication & OCS 2007 R2 Technical Briefing” for Microsoft...
Author: Brettjo Date: 04/21/2009
OCS R2 Adoption and Training Kit
If you haven’t seen this already this link offer some great resources The OCS 2007 R2 TAP and RDP...
Author: Brettjo Date: 04/16/2009
Exchange 2010 BETA 1
Hopefully you may have seen the initial announcement of Exchange 2010 from the Exchange Team Blog I...
Author: Brettjo Date: 04/16/2009
How to test external Exchange connectivity
This is the second tool I wanted to comment on… Wonderful tool for troublshooting....
Author: Brettjo Date: 03/28/2009
Migrating Anti-Spam settings
Technorati Tags: Exchange 2007,Anti-Spam Here’s the first of two Exchange tools you may or may not...
Author: Brettjo Date: 03/28/2009
Protecting OCS R2 with Forefront
Technorati Tags: OCS R2 Take a look here as Forefront for OCS R2 has been released:...
Author: Brettjo Date: 03/23/2009
OCS R2 Tip of the day #5 : Audio Dial-In Conferencing (Part 3)
Have you ever wondered what this link does “Join using a Web Browser” when you receive a OCS R2...
Author: Brettjo Date: 03/23/2009
OCS R2 Tip of the day #4 : Audio Dial-In Conferencing (Part 2)
The TotD are obviously working as I am getting a phenomenal response of: “I didn’t know it did...
Author: Brettjo Date: 03/20/2009
OCS R2 Tip of the day #3 : Audio Dial-In Conferencing (Part 1)
Audio Dial-In Conferencing (Part 1) Outlook Add-In click this button: You will then see a new...
Author: Brettjo Date: 03/20/2009
OCS R2 Tip of the day #2 : Communicator Voice Settings
Q+A from TotD #1 Q1) Does Desktop Sharing work with customers \ externally..? A1) Yes this works...
Author: Brettjo Date: 03/20/2009
OCS R2 Tip of the day #1 : Communicator Desktop Sharing
Communicator Desktop Sharing The biggest single complaint to the PG was the fact that end users had...
Author: Brettjo Date: 03/20/2009
How much bandwidth is required for OCS..?
This is probably the most useful little tool for OCS I have come across in a while....
Author: Brettjo Date: 03/20/2009
Useful OCS R2 Links
I have just had to compile a list of key useful on-line resources on Office Communications Server R2...
Author: Brettjo Date: 03/03/2009
Microsoft Online and GSK
Interesting read this: https://www.gsk.com/mission-strategy/simplify-model-plans.htm “There are many...
Author: Brettjo Date: 02/25/2009
Thinking DAS storage for Exchange 2007..? I am.
I cannot speak highly enough of DAS if you want to reduce cost and give your users larger mailboxes....
Author: Brettjo Date: 02/24/2009
HD Video with Tandberg and OCS 2007 R2
TANDBERG PrecisionHD™ USB Camera is optimized for 720p high definition with 30 frames per second...
Author: Brettjo Date: 02/23/2009
OCS 2007 R2 Resource Kit
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Resource Kit Tools provides a set of deployment and technical...
Author: Brettjo Date: 02/17/2009
How Remote Call Control Powers OCS 2007 R2
An interesting article: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd440963.aspx
Author: Brettjo Date: 02/16/2009