In case you haven't seen this yet: Google has now rolled out a “Call Phones from Gmail” service. It's an extension of their Gmail Voice and Video Chat – except now you can call someone's phone from within Gmail, instead
How Does OCS Get Voicemails to Your Inbox?
We had this question from a new OCS client recently. They were curious as to how OCS takes care of voicemails. The answer's pretty easy – Exchange handles it. Specifically, its Unified Messaging Server Role. I would write out a
The SBS Diva Has Spoken!
My Google Alerts sent me a link from The SBS Diva blog. It seems she reblogged on last week's post here: “More on SBS Aurora Playing Nice With OCS” – The OCS Insider: THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS “DIVA”
More on SBS Aurora Playing Nice With OCS
Last week ZDNet UK posted a thorough review of SBS Aurora. It's a pre-release version, so there aren't a whole lot of details. And apparently the entire cloud function was not available yet. Windows Small Business Server “Aurora” – ZDNet
OCS on the iPad? You'd Be Missing Something
I'm not a huge Apple fan. But I've played with a couple iPads friends have bought in recent months. I sat down to write today's post and my thoughts trailed toward the iPad. I thought, “Since OCS' Communicator will run
An App Store for OCS? Great Idea!
Recently The VAR Guy blog announced that an OCS app store was in the works. Not by Microsoft though – by Evangelyze Communications, an OCS channel partner (like us!). (There's a nice write-up on No Jitter too. Eric asked some
Will the New Small Business Server Help Out OCS?
A few days ago Microsoft announced two new SBS previews. Named “SBS 7” and “SBS Aurora” for now, their preview releases will be available at the end of summer. (But only to those who sign up to participate – sign
A Peek at Next Year's Model – More Features of Communications Server 14
I'm back! I'd talk about my trip, but it's not OCS-related. However, we did get a few responses to last week's query. The majority were questions about Communications Server “14.” And as luck would have it, we have something to
Rename and a Revamp – New Features of Communications Server 14
Last week at TechEd, Microsoft announced the new features of Communications Server 14. Frankly, I”m not sure why the new version is named “14.” But that's not what I wanted to write about anyway. What I'm blogging about today is
When Support Calls Go Awry!
Or, The Many Components Involved in Running OCS-Based VoIP A client of ours had lots of trouble getting Conferencing to work lately. We put in OCS for them only 4-5 months ago. Naturally, they called us and said, “Your OCS