Productivity in the Cloud
It's a series of tubes
Office 365 is coming
The next big transition in Microsoft’s journey to the cloud is almost here… Office 365 is a major...
Date: 10/19/2010
Voicemail: a story of unrealised potential
This whitepaper details the value that Exchange 2010's Unified Messaging capabilities offer to...
Date: 04/30/2010
OCS 2007 R2 on Windows Server 2008 R2
Supportability is available for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 member server role on a Windows...
Date: 03/30/2010
UC: What, Why, Who, Where, How and When?
I wrote a post for Australian IT’s “The Hub” that has just been published… Check it out for my...
Date: 03/03/2010
Windows Mobile 6.5 completes Common Criteria EAL4+ testing
On Friday 5th February Windows Mobile 6.5 completed evaluation by Defence Signals Directorate(DSD)...
Date: 02/07/2010
UC in MSIT
Unified Communications at Microsoft supports over 40,000 users. Multiple communications tools such...
Date: 02/04/2010
NET acquires SmartSIP
This is great news – NET are a strong UC voice partner, and SmartSIP will give them advanced...
Date: 02/04/2010
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Workload Architecture Poster
This poster of Office Communications Server 2007 R2 describes the traffic flow of protocols and...
Date: 01/24/2010
Exchange 2010 has left the building
The Exchange PG has declared RTM, so Exchange 2010 has been signed off and is now officially...
Date: 10/08/2009
OCS Federation updates
Some great news announced overnight… Starting October 1, 2009, a PIC License will no longer be...
Date: 10/01/2009
Catch me on Tweeterview tonight
@themolk will be interviewing me on Tweeterview at 8pm AEST tonight (Thursday September 3rd) about...
Date: 09/02/2009
Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) has been designed specifically to help meet the...
Date: 08/25/2009
Microsoft and Nokia Form Global Alliance to Design, Develop and Market Mobile Productivity Solutions
This is huge… Microsoft and Nokia will begin collaborating immediately on the design, development...
Date: 08/12/2009
OCS Remote Connectivity Analyzer
A great tool for testing remote connectivity to your OCS Edge Server is now available from the UC...
Date: 07/29/2009
OCS R2 Site Resiliency
Using backup and restoration procedures for site disaster recovery as described in the Microsoft...
Date: 07/23/2009
Click-to-join conference in CoMo
We have released an update to Communicator Mobile that introduces some new capabilities, the best of...
Date: 07/14/2009
Changes in OCS Public IM Federation
From the OCS Team Blog…. Federation is an important goal for the Office Communications Server team...
Date: 07/01/2009
Microsoft gives TechEd delegates Windows 7 netbook
In case you missed the story, check it out over at IT News…. Delegates attending Microsoft's premier...
Date: 06/30/2009
Download free OCS R2 e-books, but be quick!
For the next few days you can download free copies of some MS Press e-books on OCS 2007 R2. ...
Date: 06/23/2009
Getting Rid of Your PBX Can Be Liberating
Jamie Ryan, CIO at Aspect, has written a great post about the benefits of replacing your legacy PBX...
Date: 06/22/2009
Today’s Exchange 2010 webcast
Download my slides from today’s Exchange 2010 webcast below…
Date: 06/19/2009
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Documentation
The full documentation pack for OCS R2 is now available for download. The full set of Office...
Date: 06/08/2009
Exchange Server 2010 Beta VHD
Download this fully configured virtual machine of the latest release of Exchange Server 2010 Beta....
Date: 06/04/2009
Determining the Scalability of Combined CAS and Hub Roles in Exchange 2007
Bill Thompson has written a great whitepaper on considerations for Exchange 2007 servers running...
Date: 06/04/2009
Exchange 2010 Webcast
I’m delivering an Exchange 2010 Overview webcast for TechNet on June 19th (Australian time)....
Date: 05/20/2009
HP and Microsoft Expand Alliance in Unified Communications and Collaboration
At Interop Las Vegas 2009, HP and Microsoft Corp. today announced a four-year strategic global...
Date: 05/19/2009
Microsoft Unified Communications 2007 R2 Adoption and Training Kit
The Microsoft Unified Communications 2007 R2 Adoption and Training Kit provides resources and...
Date: 05/11/2009
Tech.Ed Australia and New Zealand Call for Content Now Open
Coatsey has announced the Call For Content for TechEd 2009. If you’re interested in presenting at...
Date: 05/07/2009
Unified Communications How-To
The Microsoft Unified Communications “How-To” training tool is a Silverlight 2 application that...
Date: 05/04/2009
Download Communicator Mobile Clients Directly To Your Cell Phone
If you are running OCS 2007 R2 you can now download Communicator Mobile clients (for Windows Mobile...
Date: 05/04/2009
Searching for Qualified Devices Just Got Easier
A new Technet page featuring all the products Optimised for Microsoft Office Communicator has just...
Date: 05/04/2009
RTM’d today: Programming for Unified Communications
Unified Communications is about much more than what you get out-of-the-box – it is a platform that...
Date: 04/30/2009
Exchange 2010 & Polycom @ Sydney UC
& Just a reminder that the April Sydney UC meeting is on Monday evening (the 27th) at Polycom in...
Date: 04/22/2009
Cisco UC v4/5/6 supported for Direct-SIP with OCS R2
The UC Open Interoperability Program has been updated and Cisco Unified Communications Manager (aka...
Date: 04/20/2009
Integrating Telephony with OCS R2
Updated for OCS 2007 R2, this white paper covers everything you want to know about Voice...
Date: 04/17/2009
Exchange 2010 beta
This is big – we’ve just announced Exchange 2010 (formerly known as E14), and released the beta. If...
Date: 04/15/2009
Configuring Cisco CallManager 4.2.1 for Direct-SIP with OCS
There is a great post over at the OCS Team Blog outlining the steps required to configure a Direct...
Date: 04/08/2009
NBN + UC = :D
The recent National Broadband Network (NBN) announcement in Australia is the best piece of news I...
Date: 04/08/2009
Sydney UC April meeting: Polycom
Polycom will be showcasing their end-to-end solution set integrated with Microsoft OCS 2007...
Date: 04/08/2009
RoundTable to become Polycom CX5000 Unified Conference Station
PLEASANTON, Calif., REDMOND, Wash., and VoiceCon Orlando 2009, Booth No. 309 ― March 30, 2009 ―...
Date: 03/31/2009
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 VHD
This download comes as a pre-configured VHD. This download enables you evaluate Microsoft Office...
Date: 03/31/2009
Undo Send
Interesting to see Google have introduced an “Undo Send” feature in Gmail. Personally I think this...
Date: 03/22/2009
Forefront Security for Office Communications Server Now Available
Microsoft Forefront Security for Office Communications Server (FSOCS) provides fast and effective...
Date: 03/17/2009
Dialogic Media Gateway upgrades for OCS R2
The following Dialogic Media Gateway Series have been qualified for use with Office Communications...
Date: 03/17/2009
Tandberg & Jabra on Wednesday evening.. all welcome
Just a reminder that Tandberg & Jabra will be demo-ing their latest UC offerings at Sydney UC on...
Date: 03/15/2009
TechEd 2009… it’s coming!
Wow time flies! This morning I opened Outlook to see an email from Coatsey asking if I’d like to be...
Date: 03/11/2009
Sydney UC Facebook group
There is now a Facebook group for the Sydney UC Community… check it out at...
Date: 03/08/2009
100,000 staffers to use online Exchange, SharePoint, OCS
From ComputerWorld…. Microsoft Corp. officially launched its Business Productivity Online Suite...
Date: 03/02/2009
Tandberg & Jabra at next Sydney UC Community meeting
Tandberg & Jabra will be presenting at the next Sydney UC Community meeting, at Microsoft North...
Date: 03/01/2009