Here is another webcast that I did on Capacity Planning with OCS 2007. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032372033&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US Till next time again...

I wanted to provide a URL to the webcast that I did regarding configuring OCS 2007 with DNS, Certificates, and Load Balancers. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032343625&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode...

In OCS 2007 R1 the web scheduler was a nice to have handy to allow people to schedule meetings and not have to have the full client or add-ins available.  Now in R2 the web scheduler is back and available once again. Keep in mind that the support...

In today’s blog we will discuss the Attendant Console which is a new client in Office Communicator Server 2007 R2. [Figure 1] The first thing for us to take a look at today what is the Attendant Console (AC)?  The AC is the client side application...

To begin with I’ve been getting a lot of hits on my blog about the DVT tool which is good, the downside is not all have been successful with installing and configuring it.  So I’ve decided to go ahead and update the blog with more screen pics. ...

The following is a link for the R2 Edge planning tool; I highly recommend going through this planning wizard before you deploy your edge server(s). http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ec4b960c-3fe2-41bd-abdf-ae89cfcb8c6c

Once again i will talk about one of my favorite tools with OCS and that's the DVT Tool. However in this blog I will talk about where you should and shouldn't deploy the DVT tool. First lets explain what the tool is; The DVT tool can be found in the OCS...

For those that haven't gone out and gotten the Resource Kit Book R2 yet, I've figured I would go ahead and give you a little incentive by stating what the chapters are in the book. Chapter 1 - Overview of OCS 2007 R2 Chapter 2 - New Features Overview...

For those that have already deployed OCs 2007 R2 and have external users working with IM, Conferencing, and perhaps voice as well have seen the changes we have for R2 Edge. In OCS 2007 we had four different topologies that one could deploy: 1) Consolidated...

Over the next few blogs I will be posting information regarding tools that will assist people with deployment and troubleshooting OCS 2007 and OCS 2007 R2. The following are just a few of the tools that i will be covering in depth:Deployment Validation...

For those who have followed the role of the director in LCS, OCS 2007, and now OCS 2007 R2, rest assure there is a subtle change that is happening. Now I wont go into details again about the director for I have already posted previous blogs about this...

The deployment validation wizard can really be broken up into three main parts. Those parts are as follows: Configuration Checker, Connectivity Checker, and the SIP Logon Checker. The one that we will tackle today is the "Configuration Checker". The Configuration...

With OCS 2007 there are many ways now to see if your deployment is going sound. One of those methods I will discuss with you is the Validation Wizard. Now to those that are familiar with LCS 2005, you should be glad that we now have something to validate...

The following table represents the options that are available once you in the console logger. The console logger is a tool used for troubleshooting OCS. Component Name Server Role Description of Logged Contents ABServer Front End Server Enables logging...

So for those who have seen the blog posting about the DVT (Deployment Validation Wizard) or have seen my webcast about Detecting Audio Quality Issues with OCS 2007, have pinged me about how to deploy it. More specifically about it appearing "Offline"...

I just delivered a webcast about edge servers in the perimeter network; you can find the webcast at the link below... https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/mseventsbmo/view?id=1032372435&role=attend&pw=2A9BDB1F I reference the different scenarios in...

So I have deviated from this session for quite a while now, not on purpose but for there where other areas that just crossed my mind that I wanted to chat about. Now back to the last section of the Remote Access Edge Topologies. Where we left off was...

A very cool webcast has just been done, its OCS 2007 Resource Kit Tools. This is level 200 webcast containing information about the tools that OCS 2007 have available from the Resource Kit Tools install. I have been asked quite a bit about what tools...

Last week I did a webcast regarding the Deployment Validation Tool (DVT). This was a much needed webcast that had to be delivered for I talked about this tool at quite a few Voice Ignite sessions. Now interesting thing about this webcast is that I dont...

Just completed another webcast today on OCS 2007 Migrations Lesson Learned and the link can be found here http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032372042&Culture=en-US . Now this webcast talks about how to migration from LCS...

I will be speaking at this event... INTERACT2008 Join Microsoft at INTERACT2008—an exclusive event for key community influencers in the unified communications space. This event provides a unique opportunity for you to develop deep technical knowledge...

The deployment validation tool is a tool that helps administrators predict, troubleshoot, and validate voice calls with OCS 2007. In this series we will take a look in depth at the "DVT" short of Deployment Validation Tool. We will take a look at the...

So I just delivered a webcast this past friday on Capacity planning for OCS 2007; the link can be found at this location http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032372032&Culture=en-US . The webcast includes information in regards...

Hi all, there are some upcoming webcast that are centered around OCS 2007 that I want you all to participate on. The link is here http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/unifiedcommunications.aspx?tab=webcasts . I will be delivering quite a few of these...

Backing up your OCS server and pool configurations are only a portion of a good recovery or disaster recovery (DR) plan. In todays blog I will concentrate more on the side of backing up your pool settings. Backing up your pool configs can defintely help...