Welcome to 2018! We’ll have a full post up soon. Before that though, I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge a milestone coming very soon. OCS 2007. Office Communications Server. The first iteration of what has now become the
Lync Usage Poll Results
Short post this week – We have a major site launch in the works, and another coming up right after it. But I promised to return to the Lync usage poll I put up 2 weeks ago. So, here we
Upgrading Users from OCS to Lync? How to Correct the "Failed While Updating" Error
Joe, one of our Lync engineers, came to me the other day with a story. He’d run up against an error while moving a few users from an OCS 2007 R2 pool into a new Lync Server pool. The error
Database Update Question for OCS
We’re bogged down with SharePoint work at the moment. So this week’s post will be a short Q&A. A couple weeks ago I received an email from Eder. He had a technical questions about OCS 2007 R2. It went like
How to Send Bulk IMs in Lync: Special Post
I promised a special post about a new Lync tool last week. And here it is! One of the main advantages in Lync Server is the interconnectivity of its communications tools. (It IS called “Unified Communications,” after all.) That's what
What Does the Lync 2010 Attendant Console Do?
We interrupt the “Path to Lync Server” series to bring you a special post! EJ from Texas emailed the Lync Insider with this question: “I'm in the planning phase of our Lync implementation. One of my tasks is to know
Path to Lync Server – Step 4: Choose an IT Partner
Now that licensing has been addressed, let's talk about IT partners. Unless you're an IT agency, you're going to want some help with installing Lync Server. Rather than just call anybody (and deal with a dozen rapid-fire proposals), let's nail
What does a Cloud Version of Lync Server (Hosted by Microsoft) Mean for the Market?
By now you've seen the announcements. Microsoft Announces Office 365 – PressPass Microsoft Office 365 Bets on the Cloud Office as a hosted service. Pretty big announcement. And there's another part to this too – namely that Microsoft ALSO announced
OCS 2007 R2 Architecture Poster Available for Download
Last week Microsoft released a new version of the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Workload Architecture poster. You can download it here (free, MS login required): OCS 2007 R2 Workload Architecture Poster The timing on this might seem odd. After
Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Is Out – Here are Resources
This post is a little late, I know. We've been taking care of a few Microsoft partner requirements. And speaking of Microsoft–Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 is out! If you haven't already seen it, Microsoft's Exchange Team