Joe Calev's WebLog
Posts and information about Microsoft Office Communications Server and sometimes off topic posts.
What it's like so far on the OCS core team
Some time ago I wrote about how I moved from the Speech Server team to the OCS core team. Now that I...
Author: jscalev Date: 09/17/2007
A different perspective
IMG_8958 Originally uploaded by kirispupis This photo was taken about a week ago near Petra, Jordan....
Author: jscalev Date: 09/13/2007
Welcome Parlano!
OK, for those of you who follow Microsoft news this will be old news to you, but upon getting back...
Author: jscalev Date: 09/11/2007
Ranking my vacations so far
For fun recently, and also for lack of anything I can say publicly about OCS, I decided to rank the...
Author: jscalev Date: 08/28/2007
Usability reading list
Several weeks ago I took a usability class here at Microsoft. Usability, of course, is very...
Author: jscalev Date: 08/27/2007
Developing applications for OCS - where do I start?
In a recent post, I presented an overview of all of the different APIs available in Office...
Author: jscalev Date: 08/24/2007
My experiences with microstock photography
I thought I would write up my experiences with microstock photography so far, for those who are...
Author: jscalev Date: 08/22/2007
An overview of the APIs in Office Communications Server 2007
Over time I have discussed all of the different APIs available to you in order to create Office...
Author: jscalev Date: 08/21/2007
Integrating presence into your applications
I have seen a lot of questions lately asking how one can add presence to a communications...
Author: jscalev Date: 08/20/2007
So what is the Unified Communications Client API?
In my UCMA blog series, I mentioned a client side API called the 'Unified Communications Client API'...
Author: jscalev Date: 08/17/2007
The 'State of the Blog' and more about Disney Pixar cars and the recall
It's funny how the posts you least think attract the most attention. My blog earlier this week about...
Author: jscalev Date: 08/16/2007
More info about the answers for yesterday's quiz
The following is more information about why each answer is correct for the quiz I presented...
Author: jscalev Date: 08/10/2007
An Office Communications Server 2007 Quiz
For a little fun today, I decided to put together a little test for those who think they know Office...
Author: jscalev Date: 08/09/2007
Various things I have been up to
Those of you who follow my blog have probably noticed I haven't had much up here OCS or Speech...
Author: jscalev Date: 08/08/2007
Another picture of the week
IMG_8018 Originally uploaded by kirispupis OK, so I never quite followed up with my original plan to...
Author: jscalev Date: 07/27/2007
My life plan
Recently I have formulated what I call a 'life plan' that basically specifies what I want to...
Author: jscalev Date: 07/25/2007
A new lens!
I will finally be adding a new lens to my 'collection'! After some strong bargaining I have finally...
Author: jscalev Date: 07/24/2007
Yippee! A reorg!
I thought the above title might catch some attention, but in truth I am very excited about this new...
Author: jscalev Date: 07/23/2007
How to create DTMF applications using the new TTS languages
OK, say you're a company in Rome, Taipei, Beijing, Rio de Janeiro, Paris, Madrid, Sydney, Tokyo, or...
Author: jscalev Date: 06/29/2007
Announcing nine new TTS languages for Speech Server!
Today I am very happy to announce that Speech Server 2007 will support nine additional sythesizers...
Author: jscalev Date: 06/27/2007
Extending Communicator through tabs
Perhaps the easiest way to extend the Communicator 2007 client is by adding extension tabs...
Author: jscalev Date: 06/20/2007
Creating bots in UCMA - Part II - Using grammars instead of parsing
In our last bot post I wrote about creating a bot that accepts a message from Communicator and sends...
Author: jscalev Date: 06/19/2007
Creating bots using UCMA - Part I (from TechEd)
This is the first part of an occasional series where I will use the UCMA API to create a functioning...
Author: jscalev Date: 06/12/2007
Common questions from TechEd
After spending some time at our Unified Communications Server booth at TechEd, I decided to write...
Author: jscalev Date: 06/08/2007
Hello from TechEd
I am currently at the TechEd conference and it has been a very rewarding experience so far. It's...
Author: jscalev Date: 06/07/2007
Using UCMA to create clients
I hope my recent blog series on the UCMA API was helpful for everyone. If you would like me to cover...
Author: jscalev Date: 05/29/2007
Introduction to the UCMA API - Part 16 - TimerWheel
Let’s say you are not sure a particular endpoint exists at a certain time, so you would like to...
Author: jscalev Date: 05/28/2007
Introduction to the UCMA API - Part 15 - Connection Pools
Today we will finally revisit our client and add a little bit of code to it while discussing...
Author: jscalev Date: 05/25/2007
Introduction to the UCMA API - Part 14 - the SERVICE message
Today we will cover a message type those of you more familiar with SIP may not know much about – the...
Author: jscalev Date: 05/24/2007
Introduction to the UCMA API - Part 13 - SipPeerToPeerEndpoint
Today will be a short post with no changes to our server or client projects. Currently we use the...
Author: jscalev Date: 05/23/2007
Yours truly will be at TechEd!
I just found out today that I will be doing a demo of the UCMA API at TechEd in Florida! I am not...
Author: jscalev Date: 05/22/2007
Introduction to the UCMA API - Part 12 - SUBSCRIBE messages
I must admit that while teaching the UCMA API, I have been learning about it myself. Today, my hope...
Author: jscalev Date: 05/22/2007
Introduction to the UCMA API - Part 11 - Sending a message
We finally have all the pieces ready to get our client and server communicating. Yesterday we...
Author: jscalev Date: 05/21/2007