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Forefront Security Update for Lync 2010

by Uwin Young 2 April 2012 Lync 2010

Hotfix Rollup 4 allows Forefront Security for OCS to be installed on Lync 2010 (running on Windows 2008 R2 or Windows 2008 SP2 x64) in addition to Office Communications Server 2007 and Office Communications Server 2007 R2. As the feature set and patch level are the same as RU3, customers who have already deployed RU3 [...]

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Lync 2010 is back on Test Drive

by Uwin Young 2 April 2012 Anouncements

Lync 2010 is back on test drive! You can download this fully configured virtual machine set to evaluate Lync Server 2010, and discover the full power of the Microsoft Business Productivity Platform. This VHD set enables real-time communications and collaboration using presence, instant messaging, enterprise voice and video, conferencing and application sharing, as well as [...]

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MSIT Deep Technical Whitepaper: Deploying Lync Server 2010

by Uwin Young 2 April 2012 Documentation

How Microsoft IT empowers workers to collaborate anytime and anywhere on their own terms Microsoft IT Showcase Technical Whitepaper provides best practices and experiences from Microsoft IT that give a unique, inside view into how Microsoft plans for, deploys, and manages its own Lync Server 2010. MSIT makes it possible for Microsoft workers to collaborate [...]

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Microsoft Lync 2010 Released To Manufacturing

by Uwin Young 28 October 2010 Anouncements

Today the MS Lync team announced the final engineering milestone for Microsoft Lync 2010 – the next release of Office Communications Server and Communicator – also known as Release to Manufacturing, or RTM. The final milestone is general availability (GA), which means making Lync 2010 available to customers and partners around the world. The Lync [...]

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New OCS 2007 R2 Cumulative Update available

by Uwin Young 28 September 2010 OCS

A new cumulative update dated 24 September 2010 is now available. Download and details are available here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968802/ Included in this update is a fix for the Response Group Service issue mentioned in one of my earlier posts (click here to read the post) regarding the July 2010 cumulative update for OCS. Share this post:

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Remote Connectivity Tool to test OCS Edge Server

by Uwin Young 28 September 2010 OCS

Found a useful on-line tool that you can use to test remote connectivity to Edge server. The tool is still going through beta testing but does a pretty good job already. They are planning to enhance the tool to perform a deeper level of diagnostic and provide more detailed troubleshooting. The site https://www.testocsconnectivity.com/default.aspx where the [...]

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Snom joins Compatible Devices Program for Microsoft Lync 2010

by Uwin Young 27 September 2010 News

The Snom 300 is the first general purpose SIP phone certified to work with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2. This device is the company’s most widely-deployed IP-based desktop business phone, providing traditional business telephony functions in addition to advanced functionality such as multiple lines, programmable keys, backup failover line identities, low power consumption, maintaining [...]

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Polycom HDX

by Uwin Young 20 September 2010 OCS

The Microsoft Unified Communication solution has a wonderful user friendly conferencing and Live Meeting capability. It is great for desktop to desktop conferencing and small boardroom conferencing, using the Roundtable device (Polycom CX5000), if you are looking for a cost effective flexible solution. For a high-end conferencing experience Microsoft have partnered with Polycom to offer [...]

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DNS Load Balancing in CS14

by Uwin Young 10 September 2010 CS14

Keith Hanna has written an article detailing DNS Load Balancing in CS14. The article can be found here on the Microsoft TechNet site.  The short version is that multiple IPs are associated with a pool which Communicator caches and connects to at random.  In the event of a failure it will select another IP. On [...]

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Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Response Group Service fails after applying the July 2010 cumulative updates

by Uwin Young 6 September 2010 OCS

Download of the July 2010 cumulative update for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Hotfix (KB968802) is temporarily suspended. After applying the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 July 2010 cumulative updates to the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Enterprise Edition or Standard Edition servers the Response Group Service will have to be restarted when: New Response [...]

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