Productivity in the Cloud

It's a series of tubes

Office 365 is coming

The next big transition in Microsoft’s journey to the cloud is almost here… Office 365 is a major...

Author: jkruse Date: 10/19/2010

Voicemail: a story of unrealised potential

This whitepaper details the value that Exchange 2010's Unified Messaging capabilities offer to...

Author: jkruse Date: 04/30/2010

OCS 2007 R2 on Windows Server 2008 R2

Supportability is available for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 member server role on a Windows...

Author: jkruse Date: 03/30/2010

UC: What, Why, Who, Where, How and When?

I wrote a post for Australian IT’s “The Hub” that has just been published… Check it out for my...

Author: jkruse Date: 03/03/2010

Windows Mobile 6.5 completes Common Criteria EAL4+ testing

On Friday 5th February Windows Mobile 6.5 completed evaluation by Defence Signals Directorate(DSD)...

Author: jkruse Date: 02/07/2010

UC in MSIT

Unified Communications at Microsoft supports over 40,000 users. Multiple communications tools such...

Author: jkruse Date: 02/04/2010

NET acquires SmartSIP

This is great news – NET are a strong UC voice partner, and SmartSIP will give them advanced...

Author: jkruse Date: 02/04/2010

Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Workload Architecture Poster

This poster of Office Communications Server 2007 R2 describes the traffic flow of protocols and...

Author: jkruse Date: 01/24/2010

Exchange 2010 has left the building

The Exchange PG has declared RTM, so Exchange 2010 has been signed off and is now officially...

Author: jkruse Date: 10/08/2009

OCS Federation updates

Some great news announced overnight… Starting October 1, 2009, a PIC License will no longer be...

Author: jkruse Date: 10/01/2009

Catch me on Tweeterview tonight

@themolk will be interviewing me on Tweeterview at 8pm AEST tonight (Thursday September 3rd) about...

Author: jkruse Date: 09/02/2009

Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) has been designed specifically to help meet the...

Author: jkruse Date: 08/25/2009

Microsoft and Nokia Form Global Alliance to Design, Develop and Market Mobile Productivity Solutions

This is huge… Microsoft and Nokia will begin collaborating immediately on the design, development...

Author: jkruse Date: 08/12/2009

OCS Remote Connectivity Analyzer

A great tool for testing remote connectivity to your OCS Edge Server is now available from the UC...

Author: jkruse Date: 07/29/2009

OCS R2 Site Resiliency

Using backup and restoration procedures for site disaster recovery as described in the Microsoft...

Author: jkruse Date: 07/23/2009

Click-to-join conference in CoMo

We have released an update to Communicator Mobile that introduces some new capabilities, the best of...

Author: jkruse Date: 07/14/2009

Changes in OCS Public IM Federation

From the OCS Team Blog…. Federation is an important goal for the Office Communications Server team...

Author: jkruse Date: 07/01/2009

Microsoft gives TechEd delegates Windows 7 netbook

In case you missed the story, check it out over at IT News…. Delegates attending Microsoft's premier...

Author: jkruse Date: 06/30/2009

Download free OCS R2 e-books, but be quick!

For the next few days you can download free copies of some MS Press e-books on OCS 2007 R2. ...

Author: jkruse Date: 06/23/2009

Getting Rid of Your PBX Can Be Liberating

Jamie Ryan, CIO at Aspect, has written a great post about the benefits of replacing your legacy PBX...

Author: jkruse Date: 06/22/2009

Today’s Exchange 2010 webcast

Download my slides from today’s Exchange 2010 webcast below…

Author: jkruse Date: 06/19/2009

Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Documentation

The full documentation pack for OCS R2 is now available for download. The full set of Office...

Author: jkruse Date: 06/08/2009

Exchange Server 2010 Beta VHD

Download this fully configured virtual machine of the latest release of Exchange Server 2010 Beta....

Author: jkruse Date: 06/04/2009

Determining the Scalability of Combined CAS and Hub Roles in Exchange 2007

Bill Thompson has written a great whitepaper on considerations for Exchange 2007 servers running...

Author: jkruse Date: 06/04/2009

Exchange 2010 Webcast

  I’m delivering an Exchange 2010 Overview webcast for TechNet on June 19th (Australian time)....

Author: jkruse Date: 05/20/2009

HP and Microsoft Expand Alliance in Unified Communications and Collaboration

At Interop Las Vegas 2009, HP and Microsoft Corp. today announced a four-year strategic global...

Author: jkruse Date: 05/19/2009

Microsoft Unified Communications 2007 R2 Adoption and Training Kit

The Microsoft Unified Communications 2007 R2 Adoption and Training Kit provides resources and...

Author: jkruse Date: 05/11/2009

Tech.Ed Australia and New Zealand Call for Content Now Open

Coatsey has announced the Call For Content for TechEd 2009. If you’re interested in presenting at...

Author: jkruse Date: 05/07/2009

Unified Communications How-To

The Microsoft Unified Communications “How-To” training tool is a Silverlight 2 application that...

Author: jkruse Date: 05/04/2009

Download Communicator Mobile Clients Directly To Your Cell Phone

If you are running OCS 2007 R2 you can now download Communicator Mobile clients (for Windows Mobile...

Author: jkruse Date: 05/04/2009

Searching for Qualified Devices Just Got Easier

A new Technet page featuring all the products Optimised for Microsoft Office Communicator has just...

Author: jkruse Date: 05/04/2009

RTM’d today: Programming for Unified Communications

Unified Communications is about much more than what you get out-of-the-box – it is a platform that...

Author: jkruse Date: 04/30/2009

Exchange 2010 & Polycom @ Sydney UC

& Just a reminder that the April Sydney UC meeting is on Monday evening (the 27th) at Polycom in...

Author: jkruse Date: 04/22/2009

Cisco UC v4/5/6 supported for Direct-SIP with OCS R2

The UC Open Interoperability Program has been updated and Cisco Unified Communications Manager (aka...

Author: jkruse Date: 04/20/2009

Integrating Telephony with OCS R2

Updated for OCS 2007 R2, this white paper covers everything you want to know about Voice...

Author: jkruse Date: 04/17/2009

Exchange 2010 beta

This is big – we’ve just announced Exchange 2010 (formerly known as E14), and released the beta. If...

Author: jkruse Date: 04/15/2009

Configuring Cisco CallManager 4.2.1 for Direct-SIP with OCS

There is a great post over at the OCS Team Blog outlining the steps required to configure a Direct...

Author: jkruse Date: 04/08/2009

NBN + UC = :D

The recent National Broadband Network (NBN) announcement in Australia is the best piece of news I...

Author: jkruse Date: 04/08/2009

Sydney UC April meeting: Polycom

Polycom will be showcasing their end-to-end solution set integrated with Microsoft OCS 2007...

Author: jkruse Date: 04/08/2009

RoundTable to become Polycom CX5000 Unified Conference Station

PLEASANTON, Calif., REDMOND, Wash., and VoiceCon Orlando 2009, Booth No. 309 ― March 30, 2009 ―...

Author: jkruse Date: 03/31/2009

Office Communications Server 2007 R2 VHD

This download comes as a pre-configured VHD. This download enables you evaluate Microsoft Office...

Author: jkruse Date: 03/31/2009

Undo Send

Interesting to see Google have introduced an “Undo Send” feature in Gmail. Personally I think this...

Author: jkruse Date: 03/22/2009

Forefront Security for Office Communications Server Now Available

Microsoft Forefront Security for Office Communications Server (FSOCS) provides fast and effective...

Author: jkruse Date: 03/17/2009

Dialogic Media Gateway upgrades for OCS R2

The following Dialogic Media Gateway Series have been qualified for use with Office Communications...

Author: jkruse Date: 03/17/2009

Tandberg & Jabra on Wednesday evening.. all welcome

Just a reminder that Tandberg & Jabra will be demo-ing their latest UC offerings at Sydney UC on...

Author: jkruse Date: 03/15/2009

TechEd 2009… it’s coming!

Wow time flies! This morning I opened Outlook to see an email from Coatsey asking if I’d like to be...

Author: jkruse Date: 03/11/2009

Sydney UC Facebook group

There is now a Facebook group for the Sydney UC Community… check it out at...

Author: jkruse Date: 03/08/2009

100,000 staffers to use online Exchange, SharePoint, OCS

From ComputerWorld…. Microsoft Corp. officially launched its Business Productivity Online Suite...

Author: jkruse Date: 03/02/2009

Tandberg & Jabra at next Sydney UC Community meeting

Tandberg & Jabra will be presenting at the next Sydney UC Community meeting, at Microsoft North...

Author: jkruse Date: 03/01/2009

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