Presence Goes Green on Microsoft Lync 2010
Jeff SchertzAs of this morning Microsoft has finally released to the public what many people have been asking me for nearly the past year and I myself have only known for…
Understanding the Strong Host Model – Revisited
A few months ago a technical writer on the Microsoft Communications Server team contacted me about updating own of my older blog articles for the purposes of publishing it on…
What’s New in Communications Server ’14’ – Voice Features
In a follow-up to some of the features I briefly mentioned in a previous article here is a more in-depth look at some additional new features currently in the CS…
Communications Server ’14’ Full Disclosure
Right now I’m down at TechEd 2010 in New Orleans, LA where the keynote address is in progress. Microsoft has now officially lifted the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) on all features…
OCS R2 XMPP Gateway Deployment for Gmail
The purpose of this article is to serve as a lessons-learned addendum to the current primary resource for configuring OCS and GMail federation: the Communication Server team’s official blog post…
OCS Support for Windows Server 2008 R2
As promised, Microsoft has released supportability statements for various Communications Server versions when used with Server 2008 R2 hosts and domains. Yesterday two TechNet articles were released to address both…
OCS Protocol Documents
I typically don’t repost links to existing documentation, but occasionally I run across items that are not too well known and I feel this is a prime example. Just when…
Outlook Profile Configuration without the MSOL Client
There are a few scenarios where you may want to use Outlook to access an Exchange Online mailbox but cannot use the Microsoft Online Services Sign-In client. This could be…
To DirSync or not to DirSync
When setting up a new BPOS site for clients the first conversation I make sure to have is about their on-premises Active Directory solution. Most companies already have a domain…
Understanding Contact Objects in Exchange Online
When planning a migration up to Exchange Online, or even when working with a current customer that has already noticed this, there is one important distinction to be aware of…