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A very interesting announcement concerning PIC has been made: "Customers with Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Standard CAL or Office Communications Server 2007/Live Communications Server 2005 SP1 Standard CAL with Software Assurance will no longer require an additional license to federate with Windows Live. (A license will still be required for federation with AOL & Yahoo!.)" more @ http://communicationsserverteam.com/archive/2009/07/01/537.aspx

The Exchange Team has blogged about the upcoming SP2 for Exchange 2007. SP2 will make it possible to deploy Exchange 2010 in an existing 2007 organization (yes, you really have to wait for SP2 to be able to do that!). But even without the coexistence scenario it still contains some very interesting features, especially the long awaited Exchange Volume Snapshot Backup Functionality which makes it possible to do a snapshot backup without any third party application. SP2's ETA is third quarter of 2009. Read all about it at: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/05/11/451281.aspx , more details at...

Microsoft has made a public beta available of Exchange Server 2010, formerly known as Exchange 14. It contains some pretty interesting features, both on the server and the client site. More info as soon as possible! Download

Now available for download the long awaited Mobile Communicator client for Java! It even supports simultaneous ring and public IM connectivity, great stuff. Be sure to check the documentation (mentioned below) for supported scenarios and more information. To quote the FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions Which devices will run Office Communicator Mobile for Java? Microsoft® Office Communicator Mobile for Java supports the following phone models: · Nokia 3120 Classic · Nokia 3600 Slide · Nokia 5220 XpressMusic · Nokia 5310 XpressMusic · Nokia 5610 XpressMusic ·...

As promised at a couple of in-person events, here is a bit more information about attending the Voice Ignite. Ignite workshops are technical in-depth events (more in-depth then regular courseware) organized and delivered by Microsoft, often when the product itself is still in beta. These workshops are later redelivered by local trainers, usually invitation only. I had the pleasure of redelivering the Exchange 2007 and OCS 2007 Ignites, and was very impressed by the quality of the training materials. The Voice Ignite is a 5 day workshop focused on designing and deploying OCS in voice scenarios....

The very useful Planning Tool for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 has been released. This release not only has been updated for R2 but also has even more useful features. As per the documentation: What’s New in the Planning Tool for Office Communications Server 2007 R2? · Now supported on Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit) · Exports the topology to the Microsoft Office Visio drawing and diagramming software · Exports the hardware for all sites to Microsoft Office Excel · Includes hardware requirements and port information on each server role as well as...

Op 1 en 8 april geef ik weer Technet Intrack sessies, dit keer over OCS R2 . Unified Communication: Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Deze sessie geeft een overzicht van Office Communications Server R2 (OCS R2), met de nadruk op de verbeteringen en nieuwe features. Aan bod komen Persistant Group Chat, de Attendant Console, Single Number Reach, Dial-In Conferencing, Response Group, SIP Trunking, Delegation, Higher Definition video conferencing, desktop sharing en de verbeterde opties voor mobile en web access gebruikers. Verder kijken we naar de migratie opties en naar de tooling die ons ter...

The virtual launch has gone live, an interesting and fitting way of launching an UC product. The trial is also available for download , or you can check out the 5 day hosted trail .

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OCS R2 has gone RTM, which is an important milestone for the launch on the 3rd of February. Early next year I will be delivering Technet In Track sessions on R2, so stay tuned.