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Hi OCS fans! We have to skip this week”s post. Just too busy at the moment to put one together. Check back next week for a post on OCS 2010.

chris.williams April 29, 2010 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

How to Use OCS 2007 on Your Mobile

I'm still amazed at how many people use their phones for–well, everything! We've reached the point where almost anything you can do on a computer, you can do on a mobile phone. So it's no surprise that we've received requests

chris.williams April 21, 2010 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Observations from the 2010 Cloud Connect Expo

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chris.williams March 17, 2010 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

OCS Insider Tip: Avoid Using Refurbished Polycom Phones for VoIP

We use Polycom phones for OCS. And we recommend them to clients. They're great when you want an external phone for using VoIP, just like a regular phone. (Well, a bit better, since Polycom phones also have a screen displaying

chris.williams March 12, 2010 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

6 Things to Check Before an OCS Conference

You”re about to have your first full-on Live Meeting conference with a client! OCS is all set up; you”ve got the cameras ready in case they want to jump to video. VoIP is set up, Mediation server is a go,

chris.williams February 10, 2010 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Get On the List: Putting Together OCS Contact Lists for Users

In most IM clients you have to add new contacts one by one. It”s annoying, it”s piecemeal…and if you”re in a big office with lots of people, skipping it altogether starts to appeal after about 5 seconds. Avoiding this is

chris.williams January 27, 2010 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

The Top 3 Questions People Ask Us Re: OCS 2007

When you”re experts in something, people ask you questions. The same questions. Over & over again. I”ve blogged about many of the things our customer ask us in the past. Still, a recap now and then doesn”t hurt. And since

chris.williams December 2, 2009 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

A Special Note For Our Veterans

Everyone at PlanetMagpie honors the service of the men & women in our Armed Forces. We are proud to support American veterans and American business.

chris.williams November 11, 2009 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Why it''s a Good Idea to Let Someone Else Run Your Exchange 2010 (or OCS) Server

Exchange 2010 released worldwide on November 9th. The Microsoft Exchange Team Blog has the announcement. There”s a lot of blogging out there about Exchange”s capabilities (the Exchange Team Blog announcement, especially). We beta-tested it, so I could give my opinion

chris.williams November 11, 2009 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

What Changes Will I Have to Make When Switching to OCS?

The Unified Communications Strategies Blog makes a great point in its “OCS: The Tech is the Easy Part” post from last week: “OCS is not simply a phone system replacement, it”s more accurately a phone system alternative made possible by

chris.williams September 30, 2009 Uncategorized 1 Comment 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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