Sunday, March 13, 2011

Blogs has been moved http://blogs.technet.com/b/cs2010/

My blogs has been moved http://blogs.technet.com/b/cs2010/


This is just for getting this as my picture in Lync :)

Monday, August 9, 2010

Polycom Announces New Strategic Relationship with Microsoft for End-to-End Unified Communications.

See the Polycom Press Release http://www.polycom.com/company/news_room/press_releases/2010/20100809.html

And this video this video

Product Development

The roadmap entails Polycom developing a broad base of solutions for Microsoft Communications Server “14” and beyond, including:

· New and next-generation Polycom CX series endpoints optimized for Microsoft UC, featuring Polycom’s market-leading HD video and voice technologies

· New, innovative room-based video systems designed specifically for enabling direct integration with Microsoft Communications Server “14”

· Additional interoperable solutions between Polycom’s existing and future video conferencing solutions

Friday, August 6, 2010

OCS R2: CU6 update

Welcome back from vacation, you can now start patching Smile

Product

Update

KB

Download Link

Office Communications Server 2007 R2

OCS_2007R2_CU6

968802

MS download

OCS2009-dbupgrade

 

968802

MS download

Office Communicator 2007 R2

OC_2007R2_CU6

2028888

MS download

Office Communicator Phone Edition 2007 R2

OCPE_2007R2_CU6

2267962

MS download

Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Group Chat Server

GCS_2007R2_CU6

2032881

MS download

Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Group Chat Client

GCC_2007R2_CU6

2032922

MS download

Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Group Chat Admin Tool

GCA_2007R2_CU6

2032949

MS download

Live Meeting Conferencing Add-in for Outlook

LMAC_2007_CU12

2029027

MS download

Live Meeting 2007 Console

LMAC_2007_CU12

2029026

MS download

Friday, July 16, 2010

Protecting the Edge Server Against DoS and Password Brute Force Attacks in Office Communications Server

Some of my good OCS friends (Kjeld and Kenneth) pointed me to this great article from RUI Maximo on protecting your Edge/OCS from DoS.

In some company’s users will actually be looked out after 3-5 bad  login attempts, and stay looked out until they are unlocked, in most company's they will reopen automatically after 5-15 min and then they will have 3-5 login attempts again.

But no matter if it’s 5 min or 30 min that users are looked out, it’s could give load on the helpdesk, and loss of productivity .

DoS attacks can be done from self made applications/scripts . I have not heard of customers that have had attack yet, but if you have customers that have concerns on this topic, please read Rui Maximo great article and maybe use the filter on your Edge server.

Link : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/ff706687.aspx

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Important update: Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile 2007 R2

This is actully not just a fix/patch, it’s an update, I have missed the “call via work” from the normal dialpad for a long time, now this works on Windows 6.5, sorry dont know for all other mobiles.

Download here and description here: and remember that you always can download directly from the phone here http://getcomo.com

New version is:6906.29

Issues that this hotfix package fixes
  • Provides home screen support for new home screens in Windows Mobile 6.5+ phones.
  • Provides integration within the phone dialer for Windows Mobile 6.5+ phones.
  • Enables Communicator Mobile 2007 R2 to recognize when the phone is roaming and by default prevents Communicator Mobile 2007 R2 from signing in to roaming networks.
  • Provides additional support for joining conference calls from a Windows Mobile appointment. To do this, press Menu, and then press Join Conference.
  • Lets users log on by using a user name in the user@example.com format, in addition to the domain\user format.
  • Enables the functionality by which callbacks are now automatically accepted when the user uses the Call via Work option.
  • Resolves the problem in which the Microsoft Installer (.msi) installation fails on a Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3)-based computer. In this situation, users should install Communicator Mobile 2007 R2 by using a (.cab) installation.
  • Fixes the problem in which AT&T FUZE devices that are set for a High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) connection cannot handle voice and data at the same time. In this situation, calls that use the Call via Work option fail unless the device is reverted to 3rd Generation (3G) by disabling HSDPA.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

CS 14 Public Instant Messaging Connectivity (Voice and Video)

In CS 14 and the new not yet released Live Messenger IM between O”CS” and MSN / Live is like today, but Audio and Video will be supported as well between Live messenger and OCS.

Then the user experience will be like a full Unified solution, this will be a great add on to Microsoft Unified Communication because there is x million MSN/Live users out there all ready, and a lot of minor company’s is using Live messenger as there Presence and IM tool.

I am on the CS 14 and the new Live messenger “dog food” internally in Microsoft, it’s very nice and it’s working Smile the live messenger will come with a lot of new stuff!

Get more information here

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Webcast from Teched

I can recommend the below list of Webcast on CS 14 from Teched, very good content and presenter and will bring you up to date on CS14

UNC320

CS “14”: What's New in Communicator “14” Experience & Backend

UNC311

CS “14”: Architecture

UNC313

CS “14”: Voice Architecture and Planning for High Availability

UNC312

CS “14”: Network Considerations

UNC314

CS “14”: Voice Deployment

UNC318

CS “14”: What's New in Conferencing Experience & Backend

UNC317

CS “14”: Management Experience

UNC321

CS “14”: Interoperability: Voice, Video, Conferencing, IM, & Presence

UNC316

CS “14”: Monitoring and Reporting

UNC315

CS “14”: Setup and Deployment

UNC208

CS “14”: What's New in Devices

Friday, June 11, 2010

New Communications Server14 site

Home


Here

CS 14 UI-to-PowerShell Mapping

On this page you can see the mapping between the CS 14 UI mapping to the PowerShell , that’s perfect!

example:

The User Search Dialog

To access the User Search dialog in the Communications Server Control Panel, click the Users tab.

The Results pane of the User Search dialog corresponds to the properties and parameters of the following cmdlet:

· Get-CsAdUser, which is used to retrieve information about all your Active Directory user accounts:
Get-CsAdUser

· Get-CsUser, which is used to retrieve information about only those Active Directory user accounts that have been enabled for Microsoft Communications Server “14”:
Get-CsUser

The User Search dialog (and the Results pane) is shown below, along with the corresponding parameter names found in Get-CsAdUser and Get-CsUser

PS user

CS 14 is PowerShell

If you need to manage a Microsoft Communications Server “14” deployment, at some point you’re likely to find yourself in need of the Communications Server implementation of PowerShell. Whether you’re new to Windows PowerShell, Communications Server, or simply Communication Server’s version of PowerShell, this is the place to get started.

more information here

Thursday, June 10, 2010

RCC in CS 14

RCC (Remote call control) will be supported in CS 14, for old and new customers.

So if you believe that RCC is what you need when deploying CS 14 this is supported.

No it’s not the best users experience, because users can’t fully control the Voice part/media stream and when you are in different mode of communications, it’s could be a clumsy user experience, but if you just need click to call it’s working.

This blog from Jamie:  http://www.simonleyland.com/news/?p=1800  State it clearly that RCC is and will be supported.

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Customers who simply want to give some users the ability to control their existing PBX or IP PBX phones from Office Communicator may do so through our Click-to-Call feature (based on traditional CTI using what we’ve typically called Remote Call Control or RCC). Both new and upgrading customers will be supported for click-to-call with Communications Server “14” (CS “14”). The functionality remains the same as with previous releases, so it’s important to remember that Click-to-call users lose other Communicator capabilities including mobile voice. Finally, the integrations to the popular third party gateways like Corebridge, Estos and Genesys are still available, allowing companies to deploy Click-to-call solutions without needing to spend potentially significant amounts of money upgrading their IP-PBX.

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I would go for that, if I for some reason that I can’t think of Smile, and not would go for OCS enterprise Voice,

From my point of view, this is way better than CUCIMOC (softphone on softphone), and when I look at the new CS 14 client, and if there will be a CUCIMOC for that, it could be a very clumsy user experience!

Good link to BJ Haberkorn blog on CUCIMOC

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Office Communications Online Standard Service Description

Overview

Microsoft® Office Communications Online is a hosted, enterprise-class communications solution based on Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2. Office Communications Online provides your organization with real-time communications capabilities including secure instant messaging and delivery of "presence" information. Presence enables users to see at a glance if someone is available online to receive an instant message. Your organization can purchase Office Communications Online as a standalone service from Microsoft Online Services or as part of the Business Productivity Online Suite—which includes Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft SharePoint® Online, and the Microsoft Office Live Meeting service. This service description is intended to help IT professionals and describes the features that are included with the Standard offering of Office Communications Online.

Get it here

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat Database Disaster Recovery

This document provides step-by-step instructions to restore your Office Communications Server 2007 R2 group chat database in cases where database corruption or database disk failures occur. If the group chat database becomes corrupted or is simply not available, you will need to restore the old database. In these scenarios, the database is restored on a separate Microsoft SQL Server instance. Compliance database restoration is not covered in this document.

get it here

Friday, May 21, 2010

Hit me (Stats)

The number of hits I get on this blog.

This is a follow up on VoIPNorm Stats and yes I think I see the same kind of number of hits on a daily basis .

3225 is from 20 April to 20 may !

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5 x OCS Updates.

Unified Communications Managed API 2.0 Runtime

Brief Description

Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API 2.0 Runtime is the deployment pre-requisite of applications built on Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API 2.0 Core.

 

Quick Details

File Name:
UcmaRuntimeWebDownloadX64.msi

Version:
6907.202

Date Published:
5/20/2010

Language:
English

Download Size:
14.5 MB

 

get it here

 

Unified Communications Managed API 2.0 Redist (64 Bit) Hotfix KB 982614

 

Brief Description

This download includes all available updates for Unified Communications Managed API 2.0 Redist (64 Bit).

Quick Details

File Name:
UcmaRedist.msp

Version:
6907.202

Knowledge Base (KB) Articles:
KB982614

Date Published:
5/19/2010

Language:
English

Download Size:
4.0 MB

Get it here

 

Communicator 2007 R2 Help Documentation

Brief Description

Download help documentation for Office Communicator 2007 R2.

Quick Details

File Name:
lcc_help.chm

Version:
1.0

Date Published:
5/19/2010

Language:
English

Download Size:
308 KB

Get it here

 

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Help Documentation

Brief Description

Download help documentation for Office Communicator 2007.

Quick Details

File Name:
lcc_help.chm

Version:
1.0

Date Published:
5/19/2010

Language:
English

Download Size:
319 KB

get it here

 

Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Web Scheduler Hotfix KB 980374

Brief Description

This download includes all available updates for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Web Scheduler.

Quick Details

File Name:
WebScheduler.msp

Version:
6907.196

Knowledge Base (KB) Articles:
KB980374

Date Published:
5/19/2010

Language:
English

Download Size:
1.1 MB

get it here