Rui Silva - UCspotting
Useful stuff about Unified Communications
Lync Conference 2014
Registration is LIVE for Lync Conference 2014. Microsoft Lync Conference is the largest global Lync...
Date: 10/03/2013
This video is going to be LEGEN… WAIT FOR IT… DARY!
Forgive my enthusiasm, but sometimes we can’t help feeling amazed by the creativity and passion some...
Date: 12/19/2012
A Post from the Past: Normalizing Company Rules without the “+” Sign in OCS 2007 R2
This is what I like to call a “Jurassic post”. Now that Lync is widely available, it’s uncool to...
Date: 02/24/2011
Outbound Dial Control and Authorization (or how OCS implements its own Checkpoint Charlie)
Dialing authorization is...
Date: 08/02/2010
The Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything (if time permits, some useful SQL queries about OCS users)
First, let’s take care of the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything, since this...
Date: 06/30/2010
Dude, Where’s my CDR/Archiving/QoE Data?
Recently I had to troubleshoot a strange case where a recently OCS Archiving + Monitoring server...
Date: 06/16/2010
How to apply updates for OCS
From times to times, new updates are released for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, in order to...
Date: 11/26/2009
Tales from the Crypt..oAPI Vulnerability (KB974571)
As much as I would like to catalog the story so far around KB974571 as fiction, the...
Date: 10/15/2009
Live Meeting: Best Before Date (See Below)
Although on-premises web conferencing meetings organized with Office Communications Server (OCS) are...
Date: 08/14/2009
The Artist Formerly Known as… RingCam
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… there was a device called Microsoft RingCam: RingCam: an...
Date: 06/27/2009
The OCPhone Update Wars: The Return of the LG-Nortel 1.0.199
In a previous post, How to upgrade Polycom CX700 1.0.452.0 using the OCS 2007 R2 Device Update...
Date: 05/23/2009
The case of the disappearing tabs
One of the coolest features of Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 R2 is the Response Group...
Date: 05/14/2009
How to upgrade Polycom CX700 1.0.452.0 using the OCS 2007 R2 Device Update Service
Let me start by saying that, although the title of this post refers Polycom CX700 (because was this...
Date: 04/16/2009
Upgrading to OCS 2007 R2: trouble removing the legacy pool
Let me start by saying that, so far, every migration I did from OCS 2007 to OCS 2007 R2 went like a...
Date: 04/08/2009
Troubleshooting OCS 2007 R2 Device Update Service for Communicator Phone Edition
One of the big improvements with the release of Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 R2 was the...
Date: 03/11/2009
RemovePlusFromRequestURI (or how to make OCS non-RFC 3966-compliant)
As you know, Office Communications Server 2007 Mediation Server uses a plus sign (+) to prefix E.164...
Date: 02/28/2009
What are those pesky files in my root folder?
Have you noticed that after you install an OCS server, there are some additional files dropped in...
Date: 02/21/2009
Useful commands when deploying OCS 2007 R2
First of all, don’t panic! Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 R2 still has a nice graphical...
Date: 01/20/2009
Connecting Communicator R2 to Exchange UM
Recently, I was doing some tests with Exchange Unified Messaging, but when I tried to connect to...
Date: 12/24/2008
Upgrade Tanjay 1.0.199? Yes we can!
I recently had to upgrade 2 LG-Nortel IP Phone 8540 (aka Tanjay or OCPE) to the latest firmware...
Date: 11/18/2008
OCS 2007 Clients: Latest Versions (October 2008)
Every OCS deployment needs the appropriate clients rolled out to the users. There are 3 client...
Date: 11/11/2008
How to publish a private certificate chain for Communicator Phone Edition (aka Tanjay)
Communication between the Communicator Phone Edition and Office Communications Server 2007 is by...
Date: 09/29/2008
Status: Available!
Unified. Now. This is the tagline for the Microsoft Unified Communications (UC) offer for FY'09. You...
Date: 09/24/2008