In addition to training on Office Communicator, Microsoft also offers free instructor-led sessions on Office Live Meeting. Visit a class and explore key Live Meeting usage scenarios through live demonstrations and hands-on activities. Classes are held in a virtual classroom and allow hands-on experience to build knowledge, skills, and confidence to use Office Live Meeting…
Microsoft Announces Global Strategic Alliance with Aspect Software
Today at VoiceCon, Zig Serafin announce a new Global Strategic Alliance with Aspect Software. To learn more about it, please check out the post on the OCS Blog. http://communicationsserverteam.com/archive/2008/03/18/129.aspx – Kevin Engman OCS Community Manager Published Tuesday, March 18, 2008 12:26 PM by octeamFiled Under: Voice
Communicator Automation API in Action – Outlook Add-In
I’ve been working on the an Add in for Outlook, using VSTO and the Communicator Automation API, which allows you to view all of your contacts while it Outlook. Outlook already gives you presence and functionality to communicate with the people for the currently selected email, but if you want to communicate with some one that…
Cool Tip of the Day 3: Start/Join an Unscheduled Conference Call
In Microsoft® Office Communicator 2007 R2, you can make unscheduled phone conference calls to selected contacts or a group in your Contact List. You can also start a conference call from your mobile phone or from a new phone number that you specify, such as to a hotel room number when you are traveling. Start…
Cool Tip of the Day 4: Start an Audio/Video Conference
In Microsoft® Office Communicator 2007 R2, you can start an audio/ video (AV) conference with multiple users or a group that you select in the Contact List. Start an audio/video conference with multiple contacts In the Contact List, hold the CTRL key, and then select the contacts you want to invite. Right-click the last contact,…
Overview: Communicator Web Access (CWA) 2007 R2
From its humble beginnings as purely an IM and Presence Web client, CWA catapults itself into relevancy with its 2007 R2 release with the addition of two major OCS modalities – Audio and Desktop sharing! And as if that wasn’t enough, CWA has also gone and enabled these features for external users as well (also…
Cool Tip of the Day 46: Installing the Conferencing Add-In
Before you can schedule a conference using Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 R2 that includes support for dial-in conferencing, you must install the Conferencing Add-in for Microsoft® Office Outlook® that was included with the Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 R2 installation media. Remove any earlier versions of the Microsoft® Office Live Meeting client and Live…
Cool Tip of the Day 26: Share Your Desktop
You can share your desktop with others, including users who do not have the 2007 R2 version of Microsoft® Office Communicator or Communicator Web Access sign-in name. If your administrator allows it, users without a sign-in name can view or take control of a shared desktop. Do one of the following: In the Contact List…
Introducing the First Lync Conference
by Giovanni Mezgec, GM, Lync Marketing Mark your calendars! I’m happy to announce that we will hold the first Lync Conference next year in San Diego, CA. The conference will take place at the Hotel del Coronado from February 19-21, 2013. The conference will feature dynamic keynotes, informative sessions for both business and technical audiences,…
Call Delegation
Call delegation functionality is supported by PBX’es via Shared Lines or Bridged Line Appearance – wherein incoming calls to the boss would ring both boss’s phone and his/her delegate’s (e.g. assistant’s) phone; and the delegate can make outbound calls, using the shared line, such that the call would appear as call from the boss. This…