Brettjo :: Office 365 and Everything UC
Latest news and views of Office 365 and anything Lync and Exchange related.
Live@Edu renamed to Outlook Live
The Microsoft Press Pass can be read here:...
Author: Brettjo Date: 02/13/2009
Microsoft UC Voice Partner Training in the UK
For those partners that are interested in Microsoft Unified Communication Training then the...
Author: Brettjo Date: 02/13/2009
OCS 2007 enables Microsoft to save $212M annually
It has been a long time coming, but the new Microsoft IT Cost Savings whitepaper has been released,...
Author: Brettjo Date: 02/11/2009
Live Meeting Recording Tool
The following tool has been released to convert Live Meeting recordings (service or server) to WMV...
Author: Brettjo Date: 02/11/2009
OCS 2007 R2 Planning Tool Released
… and can be downloaded from here:...
Author: Brettjo Date: 02/11/2009
Google and EAS
Been and interesting day for me and Google – sat at breakfast this morning before the E14 Airlift...
Author: Brettjo Date: 02/09/2009
Small Businesses in the UK and OCS 2007 R2
Robert Epstein was interviewed in this three minute video on CNBC – An interesting discussion and...
Author: Brettjo Date: 02/09/2009
OCS R2 Custom Presence
Mr Dalton figured it out yesterday:...
Author: Brettjo Date: 02/06/2009
OCS R2 Documentation Released
And you can download them all from here...
Author: Brettjo Date: 02/06/2009
Click to Call using Communicator
Just come across the following tool: https://www.codeplex.com/outlookclicktocall very useful :)...
Author: Brettjo Date: 02/06/2009
OCS Masters
I promised Adrian (who runs the OCS Masters program in Redmond) that I would post this in my blog to...
Author: Brettjo Date: 02/05/2009
Did you beat the Snow..?
I received the following mail this morning and thought I would share - “The last few days have been...
Author: Brettjo Date: 02/04/2009
Download all the OCS R2 Bits
“Office Communications Server 2007 R2 delivers streamlined communications for your users so they can...
Author: Brettjo Date: 02/04/2009
OCS R2 Evaluation Downloads
If you want to download and evaluate OCS R2 then here are the links..! Let’s play :) OCS 2007 R2...
Author: Brettjo Date: 02/03/2009
My first OCS R2 Conference Call
As well as being the OCS R2 Launch later today, I participated in my first on-premise OCS R2...
Author: Brettjo Date: 02/03/2009
MMMUG UC Event in March 09
As in previous years UK User Groups are coming together to put on a two day event on March 11th and...
Author: Brettjo Date: 02/02/2009
OCS R2 Videos
Here’s a taster of what’s to come for the OCS R2 launch next week....
Author: Brettjo Date: 01/28/2009
Forefront for OCS 2007 R2
For those of you interested, the Forefront team are at Beta 3 for Office Communications Server 2007...
Author: Brettjo Date: 01/27/2009
New Microsoft Unified Comms Success Stories
This is a great website offering a great selection of Microsoft UC success stories in a interactive...
Author: Brettjo Date: 01/26/2009
MMMUG Feb 2009 Meeting
Here are the details of our February 2009 MMMUG meeting. This event will be held in London at the...
Author: Brettjo Date: 01/26/2009
Exchange 14 (E14)
If you haven’t seen this introductory video yet – then please take a look over to here:...
Author: Brettjo Date: 01/14/2009
OCS 2007 R2 RTM’s
Merry Christmas :) https://www.crn.com/software/212501508
Author: Brettjo Date: 12/23/2008
Technet Events in the UK
TechNet Live Events: 10 February 2009. London: TechNet Event : Managing Windows Servers with...
Author: Brettjo Date: 12/12/2008
Exchange 2007 Storage COST Calculator Update
https://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/11/04/450039.aspx This release of the Storage Cost Calculator...
Author: Brettjo Date: 12/03/2008
Vista and WS08 SP2
Today we have done some global public communication on the availability of SP2 beta as Customer...
Author: Brettjo Date: 12/02/2008
Exchange 2007 Webcasts
4/12/2008 TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 5 of 5): Using Local Continuous Replication...
Author: Brettjo Date: 12/01/2008
OCS 2007 Downloads and Documentation
Microsoft Office Live Meeting Service Administrator's Guide...
Author: Brettjo Date: 12/01/2008
Latest Exchange 2007 Downloads and Documentation
Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB953467) Update Rollup 5 for Exchange...
Author: Brettjo Date: 12/01/2008
What’s in OCS R2
Been a while since I have written on my Blog, many reasons – busy being be the main one but now have...
Author: Brettjo Date: 11/26/2008
OCS R2 Disclosed at VoiceCOn
If you would like to watch the announcement - please go here:...
Author: Brettjo Date: 10/17/2008
VMWare ESX 3.5 Update 2 and Exchange 2007 SP1
Thought I would draw your attention that VMware ESX 3.5 Update 2 was officially certified to run...
Author: Brettjo Date: 10/15/2008
OCS 2007 R2
So the covers are off today as discussed at VoiceConn - To find out more information please go here...
Author: Brettjo Date: 10/14/2008
Exchange 2007 SP1 RU4
Download information for Update Rollup 4 for Exchange 2007 SP1 The update is live at:...
Author: Brettjo Date: 10/09/2008
UK UC and Messaging Technet events
I was chatting with Alex today who asked for a little publicity on a the following events that will...
Author: Brettjo Date: 08/28/2008
Exchange and Virtualisation Announcement
In case you haven't already been made aware please take a look at the following announcement made by...
Author: Brettjo Date: 08/19/2008
Communicator and OCS Tech Tip #8: Custom Presence
The one everybody has been waiting for..! Custom Presence (Credit to Keith for writing the little...
Author: Brettjo Date: 08/19/2008
September MMMUG in London
Here are the details of our September MMMUG meeting. This event will be held in London at the MSFT...
Author: Brettjo Date: 08/17/2008
IT FOrum (Tech-ED) Early Bird Discount
If you are thinking of coming to Barcelona this year for ITForum you can register for the EarlyBird...
Author: Brettjo Date: 08/14/2008
Some Vista, Exchange and OCS Gadgets
I was forwarded this mail from Brombles and it's great to see some of the creative thinking with...
Author: Brettjo Date: 08/12/2008
Communicator and OCS Tech Tip #7: Personal Call Transfer
This is a good one and will give you hours of fun today J In Tip #2 I mentioned Call Divert...
Author: Brettjo Date: 08/12/2008
Communicator and OCS Tech Tip #6: One Voicemail
Here is a scenario \ configuration example that you could use to have one voicemail 1) Have...
Author: Brettjo Date: 08/11/2008
Communicator and OCS Tech Tip #5: Where AM I..?
Just a quick one today as I want to go home J You can specify where you are, in geographic terms, in...
Author: Brettjo Date: 08/08/2008
Exchange (2003) System Manager for Windows Vista
You can grab Exchange System Manager for Vista from here:...
Author: Brettjo Date: 08/07/2008
Communicator and OCS Tech Tip #4: Updating your Outlook COntacts
Be warned this will reset everything to +44 even if you have non-UK \ international numbers...
Author: Brettjo Date: 08/07/2008
Six Degrees of Separation
This is really interesting... https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7539329.stm If you want to know...
Author: Brettjo Date: 08/06/2008
Communicator and OCS Tech Tip #3: IS that your Phone Ringing..?
Is that your phone ringing..? If you want to change the default ring tone of Communicator then...
Author: Brettjo Date: 08/06/2008
Communicator and OCS Tech Tip #2: Call Divert and Simultaneous Ringing
When somebody calls you on either 0118909xxxx or direct on Communicator would you like your Mobile...
Author: Brettjo Date: 07/31/2008
Communicator and OCS TEch Tip #1: Adding AD Groups
Adding Active Directory Groups. Along with Recent Contacts you may want to add your immediate work...
Author: Brettjo Date: 07/31/2008
Microsoft TVP Campus, OCS 2007 and the old phone.
On the 7th July I (along with 1000 others) Microsoft staff moved into our new building - Building 5....
Author: Brettjo Date: 07/25/2008
Live_PA
Throughout the year I have been asked on numerous occasions is it possible to record OCS Voice...
Author: Brettjo Date: 07/16/2008