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OCS 2007

2018 Begins, OCS Ends

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

chris.williams January 3, 2018 OCS 2007, Skype for Business, Unified Communications No Comments Read more

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

chris.williams May 28, 2014 Lync Online, lync server 2010, Lync Server 2013, OCS 2007, Office 365 No Comments Read more

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

chris.williams November 17, 2011 lync server 2010, OCS 2007 R2, Reference, Unified Communications 1 Comment Read more

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

chris.williams June 2, 2011 OCS 2007, OCS 2007 R2, Reference, SQL Server 2008 1 Comment Read more

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

chris.williams February 16, 2011 Instant Messaging (IM), lync server 2010, Microsoft Lync, OCS 2007 R2, Unified Communications No Comments Read more

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

chris.williams January 26, 2011 Conferencing, lync server 2010, Microsoft Lync, OCS 2007 R2, Unified Communications No Comments Read more

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

chris.williams January 5, 2011 Instant Messaging (IM), lync server 2010, Microsoft Lync, OCS 2007, OCS 2007 R2, Unified Communications, Voice over IP No Comments Read more

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

chris.williams October 20, 2010 Exchange Server 2010, lync server 2010, OCS 2007, OCS 2007 R2, Unified Communications No Comments Read more

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

chris.williams October 13, 2010 Conferencing, lync server 2010, OCS 2007, OCS 2007 R2, Reference, Unified Communications No Comments Read more

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

chris.williams September 10, 2010 Exchange Server 2010, OCS 2007 R2, Unified Communications, Voice over IP No Comments Read more
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The Skype4B Insider is a blog about the technology we use to communicate in business today. Here we talk about Microsoft's Skype for Business Server 2015, Lync Server 2013, Unified Communications, Voice over IP and related technologies like Exchange Server. Written by Chris W., MCSE in Communication and PlanetMagpie IT Consulting's Digital Marketing & Communications Manager.

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