Mark Deakin
#GeekinDeakin
Raising the bar
Darren aka Office Rocker was talking to me today about a post he has just made called 'Excel users...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 08/30/2007
What a week of communications announcements ... and its only Wednesday !
I have been wanting to do a few postings this week so I thought I might save on the 0's and 1's and...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 08/22/2007
How many hours a week are you online?
Going through my RSS feeds I came across a really interesting post made by Katie which highlighted...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 08/14/2007
What happens when 'communications aren't unified'?
There are a number of blogs I follow (via RSS of course) and the new 'blogger on the block' is Maren...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 08/14/2007
Review - Jabra UC devices
One of the common questions I get asked is 'what do you have on your desk then' when I start talking...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 08/14/2007
Windows Live Messenger vs Communicator 2007
Darren Strange and I had a quick chat this morning to come up with list of why people may wish to...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 08/08/2007
Insight into Cisco's view on Unified Communications
Brett Johnson sent me a link to an interview between UC Stratergies.com and Christopher Thompson...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 08/07/2007
Ah .... that's better !
Excuse the brevity of this post, just wanted to share my success with you before I am done for the...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 08/02/2007
It all starts today
Today we RTM (Released to Manufacturing) Office Communications Server 2007 and its relating...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 07/27/2007
A Dark Day in the Deakin household
This post is a little off topic but I wanted to share with you one of the best gadgets I have ever...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 07/20/2007
QoS and the M25
About a week ago, a few of us from work drove over to Le Mans and I was reminded once again of the...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/25/2007
Microsoft Roundtable review
One of the 'cooler' pieces of technology to come out of Microsoft Research and make its way into the...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/25/2007
PartnerBot
Before starting my job as the UC Product Manager I used to work in SMSP (the partner side of the...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/25/2007
Got your number!?
This week, I unplugged the telephone on my desk and put it on the other pile of stuff on my desk...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/22/2007
Friday browsing (and roundup for the week)
I am sure I shouldn't admit this, but I have spent a little bit of this Friday catching up on other...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/08/2007
VoIP as you are!
One of the questions I get asked at events, almost without fail, is 'Are Microsoft creating a PBX...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/05/2007
Microsoft Surface - Could this make communication easier?
Just in case you had not heard about it, we recently announced Microsoft Surface, an interesting...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/30/2007
10 Years of Outlook Web Access
I received an email from one of my friends over in corp that Outlook Web Access has reached the ripe...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/29/2007
VOIP shouldn't mean 'rip and replace'
With many voice over IP or IP PBX deployments, in order to deploy the new technology you first need...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/23/2007
Partner device websites start to go live
I thought it might be useful to have a post that includes links to more information on the recently...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/17/2007
Unified Communications Devices .... coming to PC near you!
A while ago at Voicecon we announced not only the public beta availability of Office Communications...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/14/2007
OCS 2007 and Response Point
Last month Microsoft Research announced a product called Response Point and I quickly noted down...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 04/20/2007
Excellent example of multi-modal support
One of the examples I tend to give where both telephone and IM can work together is when interacting...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 04/16/2007
Exceeding expectations
About a week ago I popped into the Reading Audi garage to book an appointment to get my Audi looked...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 04/10/2007
More cross platform loveliness
One of the things I really love about what we do a Microsoft is that sometimes we like to 'break the...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 04/09/2007
Review of Office Communications Server 2007 on ZDNet - OCS in a 'nutshell'
One of the parts of my job I really enjoy doing is speaking to customer, partners and journolists...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 03/27/2007
April MMMUG meeting
Now that our Unified Communications technology is coming of age, there seem to be a number of...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 03/27/2007
Office Communications Server 2007 Beta now live!
Finally the wait is over, we have now made public the betas for :- Office Communications Server 2007...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 03/26/2007
Microsoft Response Point
One of the problems with most telephony systems is that small business don't want to spend their...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 03/20/2007
The end of the phone ? - Part 2
I raised this question in a post a while back and after receiving a big box from Redmond today I...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 03/16/2007
Be the first to get the beta!
My overflowing mailbox tells me that many of you are desperate to get your hands on a copy of the...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 03/09/2007
VoiceCon 2007 - Exciting announcements from Microsoft
Today at VoiceCon Spring 2007, Jeff Raikes keynote detailed the next major towards realising...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 03/07/2007
IM supporting NineMillion.org ... you?
Today I noticed that Steve Clayton has changed his Display Name for Windows Live Messenger, it now...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 03/05/2007
Want to try Exchange Server 2007 yourself?
I am the first to admit there is nothing like trying something out before you buy it and I am glad...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 02/15/2007
Exchange 2007 taking its ideas from Star Trek?
Well not quite but it got you wondering didn't it ? Hot of the heels of Exchange 2007 is the...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 02/15/2007
A picture paints a thousand words
I like to think of messaging systems as living entities rather than a random collection of servers...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 01/15/2007
Want to get your hands on Exchange Server 2007 now?
It occurs to me that most of you have probably already left work for the weekend now, for the few of...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 01/12/2007
Are you a Tech-No?
Today I spent ten minutes reading an article on 'tech-no's', found here, and thought I would share...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 01/12/2007
Unified Communications in a nut shell? - All you need is the 'Electric Wand'
At times it can be quite hard to sum up Unified Communications and more importantly why its useful...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 01/09/2007
Everything you wanted to know about Exchange 2007 but were afraid to ask
Well, at least the basics are on this blog post for a start :-) Scott Schnoll spent new year's eve...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 01/05/2007
Let Santa know your last minute present requests!
I spotted this on someone's blog today and wanted to share this with you :-) It appears that in...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 12/22/2006
Want to help out with the next generation of Microsoft software?
I was reading the MS Exchange team blog and came across this interesting Microsoft site that I wasnt...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 12/22/2006
Battle of the titans - Family Fortunes
Earlier this week we ran an internal event at Microsoft in UK to celebrate the launch of Exchange...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 12/15/2006
The end of the phone?
Is it really possible to live without a phone on your desk? Is that a little too far fetched? Well...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 12/14/2006