March 2009 - Posts
Brief Description
User Awareness and Training Materials for Unified Communications 2007/2007 R2, including Posters, Door Hangers, Quick Reference Cards, Demos and Tutorials, and Web-based Training
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File Name:
UserAwarenessTraining.zip
Version:
2007/2007 R2
Date Published:
3/26/2009
Language:
English
Download Size:
1253.9 MB
Overview
The Unified Communications 2007/2007 R2 User Awareness and Training Materials Kit provides resources for IT Pros, Administrators, or Corporate Trainers to speed the usage and adoption Unified Communications technoligies in the enterprise. Materials in the kit can be customized to the needs of the company and/or organization. The kit provides the following materials: Awareness Materials - Posters, Web Banners, Door Hangers, and Stickers Training Materials Quick Reference Cards, Tips & Tricks Cards, and links to Web-based Training, Getting Started Tours, and Office Online Help and How-to's.
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UPDATE: clarification on the Speech Server part of this monthly newsletter (March 2009).
Special thanks to Albert Kooiman for pointing me out. Microsoft Speech Server 2007 does not exist as an independent Microsoft product – Speech Server (2007) is part of the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 (released in 2007) and Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2.
The official name of the Speech Server role is Microsoft Office Communications 2007 Speech Server and any production deployment is licensed as OCS 2007 or OCS 2007 R2, and is available in both the Standard Edition as well as the Enterprise Edition. The Development Edition is available as a free download from here
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File Name:
CWALangPack.exe
Version:
6907.30
Date Published:
3/26/2009
Language:
English
Download Size:
6.1 MB
Overview
Users of Communicator Web Access 2007 R2 have access to many of the same features that are available in the Office Communicator 2007 R2 desktop client. By using Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access 2007 R2 release, users can access the instant messaging, presence, and conferencing features in Office Communications Server 2007 R2 through a Web browser without installing software desktop client or connecting through a VPN.
System Requirements
- Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2008
- This download requires the following Office program:
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Communicator Web Access - any language
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File Name:
AcdWebMlp.exe
Version:
6907.30
Date Published:
3/26/2009
Language:
English
Download Size:
1.2 MB
Overview
The Response Group Service Language Pack delivers additional languages for the Web-based Response Group Configuration Tool and the Response Group tab in the Office Communicator 2007 R2 client. By installing this language pack on your Office Communications Server Web Components servers, you can enable Response Group Service administrators or response group managers to view or configure Response Group Service settings in their preferred language. Also, formal agents in your organization can view the Response Group tab in their preferred language instead of the language configured on the server.
System Requirements
- Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2008
The following applications are required: - Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 with the following server roles and applications activated:
- Web Components Server
- Response Group Service
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File Name:
OCS R2 Enterprise Telephony Integration White Paper.docx
Version:
1.1
Date Published:
3/26/2009
Language:
English
Download Size:
8.0 MB - 21.0 MB*
Overview
This paper details for our customers, partners and the industry at large the approach that we have defined and the various programs that we are putting in place to support this strategy.
System Requirements
- Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows Vista; Windows XP
- This download works with the following Office applications:
- Microsoft Office Word 2007
- Microsoft Office Word 2003
- Microsoft Office Word 2002
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File Name:
OCS2007_R2_SCOM2007.msi
Version:
6.0.6907.21
Date Published:
3/26/2009
Language:
English
Download Size:
1.1 MB
Overview
The Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Management Pack monitors Standard and Enterprise Edition of Office Communications Server 2007 R2. This release also incorporates the Quality of Experience (QoE) MP which was previously a separate Management Pack. Monitored types are event log entries, performance counters, as well as stateful monitoring of QoE. Note that this version of the Management Pack only monitors Office Communications Server 2007 R2, and cannot be used to monitor Office Communications Server 2007.
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 monitored objects are:
- Enterprise Edition
- Standard Edition
- A/V Authentication service
- Application Sharing Server
- A/V Conferencing Server
- Conference Announcement Service
- Conference Attendant Service
- Web Components
- Archiving Server
- Communicator Web Access
- Mediation Server
- Monitoring Server
- CDR Server
- SIP Proxy Server
- A/V Conferencing Edge service
- Access Edge service
- Web Conferencing Edge service
- Monitoring Server
- QoE of A/V Conferencing Server
- QoE of Mediation Server
- QoE of network locations
Feature Bullet Summary: - Alerts indicating service impacting events
- Alerts indicating configuration, and other non-service impacting issues
- State monitoring of Office Communications Server services
- Product knowledge: Cause and resolution of identified problems
Release History - 3/26/2009 - Version 6.0.6907.21, Original release of the English version.
Source: Voice Partner News
UC Voice Sales Training Now Available
The online sales training includes three tutorials designed to help you build credibility and effectively sell Microsoft Unified Communications solutions, specifically voice solutions, to customers. When you complete the series, an assessment is available to verify what you have learned. Passing the assessment helps to meet one of the requirements for the UC Competency Voice Specialization.
To access the Microsoft Unified Communications voice sales training, please click here.
End-User Training Materials Now Available
Microsoft Unified Communications Awareness and Training Materials are now available. See sneak preview of the content here. The final version of The Unified Communications Adoption and Training Kit will be available by end of this month on Office Online at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/communicationsserver/HA103336591033.aspx (link is not active now). If you have any requests or suggestion, please e-mail neetig@microsoft.com or trainuc@microsoft.com.
RCC and Office Communications Server 2007 R2
Remote Call Control (RCC) is a deployment scenario where an Office Communicator user can monitor and control a desk phone homed on a PBX. Because it lacks scenarios such as soft phone and remote users, RCC does not provide customers with the compelling UC experience for which they are looking. Partners should work with Microsoft to position RCC as a last resort while the customer is migrating to OCS voice. The attached Word document outlines positioning and selling strategy for RCC with OCS R2. Please contact Jamie Stark or Travis Hatmaker if you have further questions.
Qualified Gateways for Office Communications Server 2007 R2
The Microsoft Unified Communications engineering team is working with our hardware partners to qualify PSTN gateways for use in enterprise voice deployments of Office Communications Server 2007 R2 (OCS R2). The following gateways have been qualified so far:
- AudioCodes Mediant 1000 and Mediant 2000
- Dialogic 2000 (including the DMG2130 shipped with the Voice Pilot kit)
- NET VX1200
- Quintum Tenor DX
You can see a complete list of gateways and qualification status here. Many gateways that were qualified for OCS 2007 R1 are being tested for OCS R2 (It’s up to the hardware vendor to submit them for qualification.) Please check the site often as gateways are being qualified quickly. An R2-qualified gateway is required to validate an OCS R2 Lighthouse or Voice Pilot project.
e-office MVPs at Microsoft MVP Global Summit
In March 2009 Microsoft organized the Microsoft MVP Global Summit. At the summit Microsoft presents her latest products and technologies and Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals meet and share knowledge.
Ton Stegeman and Joachim Farla, both MVP and specialists at e-office, were present at the summit.
‘For me the Microsoft MVP Global Summit was all about the new version of Microsoft SharePoint,’ says Ton Stegeman. ‘Also Microsoft presented its vision and strategy for the nearby future.’
For Microsoft the MVP summit is an important source of knowledge. About a hundred SharePoint MVPs were present this year. Their extensive knowledge and experience is extremely valuable to Microsoft. All MVPs had the chance to provide Microsoft with feedback concerning the new version of SharePoint. Ton Stegeman continues: ‘Extending my knowledge is one of the reasons why I visited the Microsoft MVP summit. Moreover the value of the summit lies in the opportunity to meet my MVP colleagues in person. The possibility to speak with fellow MVP’s is extremely valuable in addition to reading about them on blogs and communicating via e-mail and twitter. And even more fun at the same time!’
Joachim Farla: ‘Since this was to become my first visit to the Microsoft MVP Global Summit, I travelled with my colleague Ton to Seattle, Washington without any specific expectations. Finding out about the latest Unified Communications products including the new version of Microsoft Exchange Server was for me the major focus during the summit. Twenty of the twenty-seven MVPs worldwide in the category Office Communications Server 2007 (OCS) were present at the Microsoft Campus. The two major topics of the sessions were interaction and feedback. The personal touch and the technical knowledge were remarkable. My conclusion: Unified Communications is hot and it will be. I have had a great week and hope to be present at the summit in 2010.’
Language: Dutch (English post next week)
e-office specialisten op Microsoft MVP Global Summit
In maart organiseerde Microsoft de Microsoft MVP Global Summit, het event waar alle Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVP) elkaar ontmoeten, kennis wordt uitgewisseld en waar Microsoft haar nieuwste producten en technologieën toont.
e-office specialisten Ton Stegeman, MVP SharePoint en Joachim Farla, MVP Office Communications Server 2007 (OCS), waren beiden aanwezig op de summit.
‘De Microsoft MVP Global Summit stond dit jaar voor mij in het teken van de nieuwe versie van Microsoft SharePoint,’ vertelt Ton Stegeman. ‘Daarnaast zette Microsoft hun strategie en visie voor de toekomst neer. Voor mij als SharePoint specialist erg interessant, maar ook voor Microsoft is de summit belangrijk. Er waren ongeveer 100 MVPs op het gebied van SharePoint aanwezig. Onze verregaande expertise en praktijkervaring wordt zeer op prijs gesteld door Microsoft. Zo hebben wij constructieve feedback kunnen geven op de nieuwste SharePoint versie.
Naast het opdoen van nieuwe kennis, bezoek ik de summit vooral voor het ontmoeten van mijn MVP collega’s. Je leest over andere MVPs op blogs, je hebt contact via e-mail en twitter. Om ze tijdens de summit in levende lijven te spreken blijft altijd erg leuk.’
Joachim Farla: ‘Dit jaar ging ik voor de eerste keer naar de MVP Global Summit. Zonder enig verwachtingspatroon reisde ik samen met mijn collega af naar Seattle, Washington. Dit jaar stond de summit voor mij in het teken van de nieuwe Unified Communications producten, waaronder de nieuwe versie van Exchange Server. Van de in totaal 27 OCS MVP’s wereldwijd waren er ruim 20 op de Microsoft Campus. In de verschillende sessies op de Microsoft Campus draaide alles eigenlijk maar om twee zaken: interactie en feedback. Opvallend waren de persoonlijke benadering en de technische kennis. Unified Communications is en blijft hot. Ik heb een geweldige week gehad en hoop volgend jaar weer van de partij te zijn.’
Brief Description
The following e-mail template provides basic instructions to users about how to use the dial-in conferencing feature of Office Communications Server 2007 R2.
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Quick Details
Version:
1.0
Date Published:
3/13/2009
Language:
English
Download Size:
4 KB - 297
*Download size depends on selected download components.
Overview
IT Professional administrators can modify and send the content of the following e-mail template to users of Office Communications Server 2007 R2 dial-in conferencing. The default text of the template announces the implementation of the dial-in conferencing feature of Office Communications Server 2007 R2 within the user's organization, and provides basic instructions for using dial-in conferencing.
This download site provides the same template content in the following six formats.
- Text (.txt)
- Microsoft Office Word 97-2003 (.doc)
- Microsoft Office Word 97-2003 template (.dot)
- Microsoft Office Word 2007 (.docx)
- Microsoft Office Word 2007 template (.dotx)
- Microsoft Office Outlook message (.msg)
Note Replace the placeholder text in the e-mail template with connection information that is specific to your organization before sending e-mail to your users.
Quick Details
Version:
10.2
Date Published:
3/13/2009
Language:
English
Download Size:
1 KB - 36.5 MB*
System Requirements
- Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2008
Forefront Security for Office Communications Server
Office Communications Server 2007