November 2009 - Posts
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In dit video-interview (5:56) spreekt Het Nieuwe Werken Blog met Roland Hameeteman, mede-oprichter en directeur van e-office. Hameeteman gaat in op de vraag wat Het Nieuwe Werken voor hem betekent en wat hij in de loop van de jaren heeft geleerd over leidinggeven en sturing.
Check it out!: http://hetnieuwewerkenblog.nl/het-nieuwe-werken-interview-roland-hameeteman-video/
And will now support javascript! So, no additional software is required to run the OCS Webchat on your site (public or private). The solution is build on our existing SaaS infrastructure provided by e-office Datacenter Services.
Sign up now for a free OCS Webchat trial: http://products.e-office.com/Products/OCS-components/WebChat/Request-trial.aspx
OCS Webchat Development Team
Today we got invited by Charles Whitton (PAM Unified Communications – Voice) from Microsoft Netherlands to join the first UC Community Day @ Schiphol Rijk.
Today’s agenda:
- 10.00 – 10.30 Entrance
- 10.30 – 11.30 Microsoft OCS update
- 11:30 - 12:15 Pres. Plantronics (1) - Organisation and channel
- 12.30 – 13.00 Lunch
- 13.00 - 14.00 Pres. Plantronics (2) - Products and promotions
- 14.00 – 15.00 Exchange Server 2010
- 15.00 – 16.00 End
First, I would like to thank Microsoft Nerherlands and Plantronics for this wonderful day. As partners we get a good experience about Plantronics products and the proposition Microsoft is having in the “new way of work”. We called that last one “work21”. Especially the key insights of Wave14 are very cool. Thanks to Thijs Janssen. Respect to the NDA! Also lots of respect to the presentation of Steven van Houttum about Microsoft Exchange 2010. Good networking day and lots of inspiration. Keep up the good work!
Maybe next time (session 2) I will show you guys something about Wave 14 (if you let me ;-). Great partner present by the way by Plantronics (Altec MR402):
Check out the Voyager PRO today: http://www.plantronics.com/voyagerpro/ or contact your B2B Sales Manager: xander.kupers@plantronics.com
/Thanks!
File Name:
OCS2007R2_with_Hyper-V.docx
Version:
1.2
Date Published:
11/23/2009
Language:
English
Download Size:
2.9 MB
Overview
This whitepaper:
- Identifies which server roles are supported in a virtualized environment
- Provides guidance for scaling users and workloads in a virtualized environment
This document describes the results of a series of configurations that were run in a Hyper-V environment to validate that Office Communications Server on Hyper-V provides stable performance and scalability for production use.
Source: Microsoft Download
New products from Microsoft UC partners, Polycom, Microsoft Hardware, GN and Plantronics, recently passed the UC hardware qualification and may use the Optimized for Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 wordmark.
Check out this table:
Source: Voice Specialized Partner Sales and Technical Resources: November 2009
| Partner | Current Promotional Offers |
| New! IntelePeer 
| SIP Trunking Services for Office Communications Server R2. Includes services for local phone numbers (Direct Inward Dial), toll free numbers, local calling, U.S. long distance, and international long distance. |
| Sprint | Sprint is offering its award winning MPLS network with SIP Trunking that has been certified for interoperability on the OCS R2 platform. Trials and special promotional offers are available. Coupled with Sprint’s unmatched 3G and 4G wireless networks, Sprint brings UC with OCS to a new level. |
| Interoute One | Free trial offer |
| Jajah | Free month-long trial for mobile phone solution |
| Global Crossing | Waive the Concurrent Call MRC and the MPLS port fee for the first two months. Flexible VoIP rate plan and competitive interstate and intrastate rates apply. |
| Thinktel | First month of SIP channels monthly charges and setup fee half price. Offer valid until December 31, 2009. |
Source: Voice Specialized Partner Sales and Technical Resources: November 2009
Tenx to Matthijs Hoekstra for pointing me out. See the nice PDC stuff on Unified Communications! Some nice views on Wave 14 and the new Communicator interface.
Microsoft Unified Communications: Developer Platform Futures
Session 1: (Chris Mayo)
http://microsoftpdc.com/Sessions/P09-12?type=wmvhigh
Learn how Microsoft Communications Server and Microsoft Exchange provide a comprehensive and flexible communications platform for developers. Get a first look at the next generation of this platform through a series of demos and code examples. See how to embed Communicator features in your application using new Microsoft Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) controls, and learn about the new API to develop full custom clients for Communications Server. Also see how the UC Managed API 3.0 provides access to the new Voice-over-IP features of Communication Server.
Session 2: (David Ollason)
Integrating and Extending the Microsoft Office Communicator Experience with Windows Presentation Foundation and Microsoft Silverlight
http://microsoftpdc.com/Sessions/PR13?type=wmv
Come take an in-depth look at how to integrate and extend the Office Communicator experience into your Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Silverlight applications. See how to provide the same integration experience as Office and Outlook including contact search, contact lists, presence, contact details and more. Learn how to pass contextual data from your application using the new contextual conversation API.
Source: http://microsoftpdc.com/ (Check it out!)
File Name:
Xmpptgw.msp
Version:
6907.58
Knowledge Base (KB) Articles:
KB977187
Date Published:
11/18/2009
Language:
English
Download Size:
190 KB
This hotfix download for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 XMPP Gateway is described in the Knowledge Base article 977187.
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Het einde van het jaar staat vaak in het teken van goede voornemens voor het nieuwe jaar. Wat zijn uw goede voornemens op zakelijk gebied?
Wilt u uw mensen en hun kennis nu echt gaan verbinden? Bent u op zoek naar manieren om effectief klantcontact te bereiken? Of wilt u de communicatie en bereikbaarheid van uw professionals optimaliseren?
e-office neemt u graag mee op weg naar 2010. In een aantal interactieve sessies ontwaakt u in 2010 samen met e-office en zullen wij u inspireren hoe u uw voornemens waar kunt maken met de inzet van Microsoft SharePoint 2010.
In 2010 organiseert e-office de volgende ontbijtsessies:
- 12 januari SharePoint 2010: verbinden van mensen en kennis
- 2 februari SharePoint 2010: effectief klantcontact
- 2 maart SharePoint 2010: optimale communicatie en bereikbaarheid
Interesse?
Voor meer informatie, het programma of deelname aan de klantsessies neemt u contact op met uw accountmanager of bezoekt u onze website.
We get lots of questions if OCS 2007 R2 is supported on Windows Server 2008 R2 / domains. The current statement is very clear:
All domain controllers in the forest where you deploy Office Communications Server run Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 R2, or Windows Server 2008.
All global catalog servers in the forest where you deploy Office Communications Server run Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 R2, or Windows Server 2008.
All domains in which you deploy Office Communications Server are raised to a domain functional level of Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008.
The forest in which you deploy Office Communications Server is raised to a forest functional level of Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008.
Source: Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Documentation (CHM).
So, Windows Server 2008 R2 is still not supported. Testing OCS 2007 R2 on Windows Server 2008 R2 requires also testing different domain/forest structures. Stay tuned.
Special thanks to Xander Kupers of Plantronics. Xander is a B2B Sales Manager @ Plantronics and he is offering two WG400/B devices as present for UCVUG.nl members who join next UCVUG.nl session in January 2010. So join us on the next UCVUG.nl session and win this wonderful product.
More information on plantronics products please feel free to contact Xander. E-mail: xander.kupers@plantronics.com
Or see him at LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/xanderkupers
Technical Information on the WG200/B: (Source: Plantronics Official Site)
- Unified Communications
- Take calls from both your PC or mobile device
- Class 2 Bluetooth® range with up to 33 feet of range
- Simple, one-touch call control
- Wideband technology for crisp PC audio
- PerSono Suite software included for feature setting capabilities and selected softphone call control
- UC standard version supporting one-touch call control with softphones and UC applications from Cisco, Avaya, Microsoft, IBM and more.
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File Name:
OCS2007R2_with_Hyper-V.docx
Version:
1.1
Date Published:
11/13/2009
Language:
English
Download Size:
2.9 MB - 2.9 MB*
Overview
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 can be deployed onto Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, or onto any virtualization solution that is a certified partner through the Server Virtualization Validation Program (SVVP) certified partners for the following workloads:
- Presence
- IM (including conferencing, remote access, federation, and Public IM Connectivity)
- Group Chat
This whitepaper:
- Identifies which server roles are supported in a virtualized environment
- Provides guidance for scaling users and workloads in a virtualized environment
This document describes the results of a series of configurations that were run in a Hyper-V environment to validate that Office Communications Server on Hyper-V provides stable performance and scalability for production use.
Source: Microsoft Download
Summary:
Yahoo will be performing scheduled maintenance on their OCS Gateway Servers during the following maintenance window:
Confirmed Maintenance Start Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 5:00pm Pacific Time
Projected Maintenance End Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 5:30pm Pacific Time
Users may encounter sporadic access service availability, service disruption, and incorrect presence during this maintenance window.
User Action:
No action needs to be taken by your Office Communications Server administrator(s). Additionally, there will not be any further notification regarding this maintenance activity unless there is a broad disruption of service. In such cases, we will relay outage communication accordingly.
File Name:
CWAOWASSPMain.msi
Version:
6907.57
Date Published:
11/10/2009
Language:
English
Download Size:
10.4 MB
Overview
With Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Web Service Provider, administrators can implement basic instant messaging and presence functionality for Microsoft Office Outlook®-Live users. Prior to the Web Service Provider release, Outlook-Live users accessed this functionality through client applications such as Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 or Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access (2007 release).
Web Service Provider does not introduce features excluded from Communicator Web Access (2007 R2 release). It simply gives Outlook-Live users an alternative method for accessing basic instant messaging and presence information. For example, senders of an e-mail will now be able to view presence information from within the Outlook-Live application.
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