The Three UC Amigos
Three Microsoft UC technology specialists covering U.S. Education
Are there any PBX settings I could reference to help get me going with Exchange 2010 UM?
I was asked this by a school district in Utah converting their entire school district (12,000 seats)...
Author: markga Date: 04/12/2010
Exchange 2010 SP1 info released
We can now share some of the new features coming with Exchange 2010 Sp1: Archive/E-discovery...
Author: markga Date: 04/07/2010
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):...
Author: markga Date: 04/05/2010
Microsoft Communications Server “14” news announced at VoiceCon
Lots of useful information announced from the Communications Server product team at VoiceCon in...
Author: markga Date: 03/26/2010
What hardware load balancer settings should I use with my Exchange 2010 CAS Array?
I was asked this by a school district using a hardware load balancer. I found a useful internal...
Author: markga Date: 03/22/2010
Grab the updated Exchange profile analyzer 8.03.0056 tool released in March 2010
There is a updated version of EPA so you can accurately analyze your existing Exchange environment....
Author: markga Date: 03/18/2010
Some useful Microsoft Online (BPOS) webinars
If you are considering or looking at our cloud services for email, SharePoint, IM/presence or...
Author: markga Date: 03/15/2010
Group Chat – But it’s only Windows?
One of the great things about Microsoft products is that we have a great ecosystem. Our partners...
Author: GregK Date: 03/12/2010
New set of UC phones and headsets available
Plantronics has some nice new OCS 2007 R2 optimized USB phones and headsets available this month:...
Author: markga Date: 03/10/2010
Where is the latest PBX compatibility list for Exchange 2010 Unified Messaging?
I had a couple of Exchange 2010 voicemail questions from a school district from northern California...
Author: markga Date: 03/04/2010
SIS is Dead!
I was glad to see this article on the Exchange Team Blog. Thanks Ross. We’ve been telling customers...
Author: GregK Date: 03/01/2010
Is there a way to stop outbound spam attacks from inside my campus?
This was a question from a college in Colorado. They had a student email account hijacked from a...
Author: markga Date: 02/26/2010
How can I prevent students from IMing executive management?
This was a question from a school district in Illinois. They wanted to prevent the students, hosted...
Author: markga Date: 02/22/2010
How can I analyze my public folder usage?
I was asked this by a university in Arizona with thousands of public folders. I found a free...
Author: markga Date: 02/17/2010
New Windows Phone 7 Series demo
This was a pretty cool demo of the upcoming Windows Phone 7. I like some of the new Outlook Mobile...
Author: markga Date: 02/16/2010
Migration of Custom Prompts
One of the areas to review in migration from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 is around...
Author: GregK Date: 02/16/2010
Exchange 2010 Unified Messaging
Scalability. Lots of changes with Exchange 2010 including Voicemail preview. We haven’t seen the...
Author: GregK Date: 02/05/2010
Very cool OCS 2007 R2 Architecture Poster available
If you like visual aids to help understand how OCS 2007 R2 works, how the clients connect, protocols...
Author: markga Date: 02/03/2010
New Exchange Server 2010 training webcasts and How Do I videos
Some really useful Exchange 2010 content just showed up. I really like the ‘How Do I’ short videos:...
Author: markga Date: 02/02/2010
Hardware sizing for Exchange Server 2010
I get asked this quite a bit by my education customers. How can I get a good estimate for sizing my...
Author: markga Date: 01/25/2010
What can you tell me about Messaging Records Management and Exchange Server 2010?
This was a question from a university in the Midwest. What is MRM? Microsoft Exchange 2010...
Author: markga Date: 01/20/2010
DAG and Port Questions
Some of my TOLA customers asked me about DAG configuration some of the questions I thought would be...
Author: GregK Date: 01/18/2010
New Exchange Server 2010 Deployment Assistant scenarios released today
This is a nice update to the Deployment Assistant where you can walkthrough different coexistence...
Author: markga Date: 01/13/2010
Can I virtualize Exchange Server 2010 and be supported?
I was asked this by a university in Southern California. The answer is yes. Microsoft supports...
Author: markga Date: 01/12/2010
Security Configuration Wizard and Exchange 2010
I was asked this question by a customer today. Where are the templates for Exchange 2010? Answer: We...
Author: GregK Date: 01/08/2010
Virtualization and Enterprise Edition Licensing
Answering Questions on Licensing and Virtualization: First Licensing in OCS R2 has improved. For OCS...
Author: bill hagen Date: 12/21/2009
Blackberry Support for Exchange 2010!!!!!!!!!!!
I know that Mark posted this previously but wanted to ensure it had it’s own post as this is very...
Author: GregK Date: 12/13/2009
What if I need to install earlier versions of Exchange with Exchange Server 2010?
Important: Before you deploy Exchange Server 2010 please validate if you require Exchange 2003 or...
Author: markga Date: 12/10/2009
How to setup an Exchange 2010 CAS Array to load balance MAPI
Since Exchange 2010 CAS servers now handle all internal and external client traffic to Exchange...
Author: markga Date: 12/06/2009
Group Chat Capacity Planning Documents Released today
I have been asked by customers for Group Chat scalability documents and we have just posted these...
Author: markga Date: 11/30/2009
How do I enable Exchange 2010 MWI with Call Manager 7.x?
With Exchange Server 2010’s new messaging waiting indicator feature, my customer, from a school...
Author: markga Date: 11/23/2009
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...
Author: markga Date: 11/14/2009
What is the Mac experience with Exchange Online?
I have had a lot of interest in Education lately around our Exchange Online offering for faculty and...
Author: markga Date: 11/12/2009
Exchange 2010 Federation Part III
Federated Sharing offers two ways to share information with recipients in external organizations...
Author: GregK Date: 10/28/2009
Exchange 2010 Federation Part II
OK. Now we have a cert. Prerequisites The domain used for establishing a federation trust should be...
Author: GregK Date: 10/28/2009
Exchange 2010 Federation Part I
So we must be talking about Identity Management. Nope. In this case we are talking about federating...
Author: GregK Date: 10/28/2009
Get some free Exchange 2010 training and chapters while it lasts
Now that we have RTMed Exchange 2010 – where can I get some training? Well, if you act now you can...
Author: markga Date: 10/13/2009
Exchange 2010 RTM. Woohoooo!!!!
General Availability early Nov. https://msexchangeteam.com/default.aspx Enough said. I’m...
Author: GregK Date: 10/09/2009
Da Dump
Introduction The Dumpster. In Exchange 2010 we introduce the new Dumpster 2.0. This is a...
Author: GregK Date: 10/08/2009
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...
Author: markga Date: 10/06/2009
Does OCS R2 provide ACD functionality?
I was asked this by a university in Colorado: The answer is not directly out of the box...
Author: markga Date: 10/05/2009
Federate with Google Talk and Jabber and even AOL without a PIC license
A lot of schools have been asking me when our XMPP gateway was coming out and it finally hit the web...
Author: markga Date: 10/02/2009
What does Exchange Online and Office Communications Online look like?
I have had many school districts and universities ask for demos and overview of our cloud offerings...
Author: markga Date: 09/22/2009
What can I be doing now to prepare for Exchange Server 2010?
I was asked this by a school district in Washington State which had Exchange 2003/2007 already...
Author: markga Date: 09/11/2009
New Outlook for Mac coming in next release of Mac Office
Looks like the Mac Business unit is busy improving the Exchange email clients for the Mac. First...
Author: markga Date: 09/08/2009
Where can I grab some OCS 2007 R2 Deployment and Administration Guides?
This is a pretty common question I get from customers. Here are some great R2 guides/documents...
Author: markga Date: 09/03/2009
There is an app for it
Mark found this the other day. I’ve got screenshots now. If you have CWA installed all you...
Author: GregK Date: 08/27/2009
Exchange 2010 Release Candidate available for evaluation download
The RC milestone has been reached and made available for your evaluation as of today. Please...
Author: markga Date: 08/18/2009
2 Ways to Collaborate: Federate with Indiana University and join Vanderbilt List Serv
2 Great Ways to collaborate with leading Universities around OCS adoption. I) Indiana University is...
Author: bill hagen Date: 08/18/2009