Managing Certification Authority Certificates for OCS
Jeff SchertzTypically in a basic deployment there are times when Windows workstations and servers which are not members of the internal Active Directory domain need to communicate with OCS servers. This…
OCS Service Startup Shutdown Order
Typically when restarting services in Windows most people use the Services snap-in or the net start/stop commands, but the OCS Management console offers a simple way to stop and start…
OCS R2 Edge Topologies Explained
Byron Spurlock has blog article that briefly talks about the different topologies for Edge servers in R2 but I wanted to go into a little more detail and highlight a…
OCS Dial-In Conferencing: Unable to Join Conference Calls
In keeping with this month’s apparent theme of troubleshooting Live Meeting and Audio Conferencing problems for external users, I ran into yet another weird one. This time we have a…
AV Edge Authentication Connection Errors
Just a quick note regarding an error I recently ran across. A client was experiencing problems with Dial-In Conferencing after a recent deployment and during troubleshooting the issues I ran…
External Live Meeting Only with OCS
One of the biggest cost-saving benefits of Office Communications Server 2007 has been the integrated Web Conferencing features, a.k.a. Live Meeting. Many companies currently pay for off-site host conferencing services…
Changing Passwords on OCS Service Accounts
Whether troubleshooting a problem or performing regular maintenance it is sometimes necessary to reset the passwords on the service accounts used by OCS. Best Practice Microsoft’s recommendation is to configure…
OCS Response Group Configuration Tool on Server 2008
When deploying the Response Group service in Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and the Front-End services are hosted on a Windows 2008 Server there is an annoying little ‘glitch’ that…
UC Virtual User Group Kickoff Meeting
The newly formed Unified Communications Virtual User Group (UCVUG) will be hosting it’s first meeting next month and we’ve already gotten over 100 participants registered. Hence the name, it will…
BPOS Introduces Office Communications Online
Microsoft has just officially launched Office Communications Online functionality into the North American Business Productivity Online Suite - Shared (BPOS-S) offering. If you’ve already been using the Exchange, SharePoint, and…