Rui Silva over at the UCspotting blog on TechNet wrote up a great post (sprinkled with bits of humor) about an issue where a simple comma can make all the difference. I won’t spoil the story for you, but the good news is that it has a happy ending.
Matt :: May.28.2009 :: 2007R2, Microsoft, OCS :: No Comments »
I had some free time today to catch up on some reading and was reading a post, which took me to another post (so on and so on) where I came across a posting on by Jamie Ryan, CIO of Aspect. He talks about some real-world benefits of deploying OCS at Aspect that is a good read. I always enjoy hearing from executives on the benefits of deploying a Unified Communications platform.
Click here to read Jamie’s post…
Click here to read Alex Lewis’s post about his chat with Jamie…
Matt :: May.28.2009 :: Microsoft, OCS :: No Comments »
This update will come down via Windows Update but if you want to direct download the service pack here are the links you’ll need and some you may want.
Matt :: May.27.2009 :: 2008, Microsoft, Server, Vista, Windows :: 1 Comment »
Having trouble with Windows Update? This tool is being offered because an inconsistency was found in the Windows servicing store which may prevent the successful installation of future updates, service packs, and software.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947821
Article includes download links for 32-bit and 64-bit.
Matt :: May.27.2009 :: 2008R2, 7, Microsoft, Server, Windows :: No Comments »
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Matt :: May.26.2009 :: News :: No Comments »
This one addresses a long outstanding issue with running Exchange 2007 SP1 on Windows Server 2008.
Click here to get more information on installing Exchange 2007 SP1 on Windows 2008…
Excerpt from the MS Exchange Team:
Click here to download the rollup…
Click here to read the MS Exchange Team’s post…
Matt :: May.20.2009 :: 2007, 2008, Exchange, Microsoft, Server :: 1 Comment »
If you are testing OCS with Exchange 2010 you’ll want to get this update.
This cumulative update fixes the following issues:
UPDATE: I’m not sure why, but the link to KB970057 is not working. To get some more insight on the Exchange 2010 fix see Aaron’s post on the subject.
Click here to read the KB article (971083)…
Click here to download the rollup…
Matt :: May.19.2009 :: 2007R1, 2010, Exchange, Microsoft, OCS :: 1 Comment »
MS just officially announced support for OCS 2007 R2 on a virtualized platform.
OCS 2007 R2 must be installed on Windows Server 2008 x64 running on Hyper-V or any SVVP certified partner solution.
|
Role |
Supported |
Supported features |
Unsupported features |
|
Enterprise front-end server |
Yes |
Presence, IM |
Enterprise Voice, audio/video |
|
Standard Edition Server |
No |
||
|
IM Conferencing Server |
Yes |
IM Conferencing |
|
|
Access Edge Server |
Yes |
Remote Access Federation, Public IM Connectivity |
|
|
SQL Server back-end server |
Yes |
Office Communications Server Backend |
|
|
Group Chat Channel Server |
Yes |
Channel Server |
|
|
Group Chat Look-up Server |
Yes |
Channel and Load balancing management |
|
|
Group Chat back-end server |
Yes |
Group Chat database |
|
|
Group Chat Compliance Server |
Yes |
Compliance |
|
|
Group Chat Compliance back-end server |
Yes |
Compliance database |
|
|
Director |
No |
||
|
Audio/Video Conferencing Server |
No |
||
|
Application Sharing Conferencing Server |
No |
||
|
Web Conferencing Server |
No |
||
|
Telephony Conferencing Server |
No |
||
|
Archiving Server |
No(1) |
||
|
Monitoring |
No(2) |
||
|
Web Conferencing Edge Server |
No |
||
|
A/V Edge Server |
No |
||
|
Mediation Server |
No |
||
|
Outside Voice Control Service |
No |
||
|
Conferencing Attendant Service |
No |
||
|
Response Group Service |
No |
||
|
Conferencing Announcement Service |
No |
||
|
Update Server |
No |
||
|
Communicator Web Access |
No |
(1) Archiving Server can perform archiving from a virtualized Enterprise pool, but must itself be deployed on a physical server. Virtualization of the Archiving Server is currently not supported.
(2) Monitoring Server can perform call detail record (CDR) collecting for a virtualized Enterprise pool, but must itself be deployed on a physical server. Virtualization of the Monitoring Server is currently not supported. Because voice workload is not supported with a virtualized Enterprise pool, the QoE Service (component of the Monitoring Server) was not tested and therefore is currently not supported in a virtualized Enterprise pool.
I highly recommend reading the following whitepaper on running OCS 2007 R2 in a virtualized topology.
Matt :: May.14.2009 :: 2007R2, Microsoft, OCS :: No Comments »
Right on par with the release of Exchange 2010 as this is a pre-requisite to interoperability between Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010.
Click here to read all about it…
Matt :: May.11.2009 :: 2007, Exchange, Microsoft :: No Comments »
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