Unified Communications Experts

Poll, will you move to Lync 2010? Will you use VOIP to replace your PBX?

Today I was reading this article on www.voipplanet.com The title of the article was "Nearly a Third...

Author: John Weston1 Date: 10/19/2010

Lync 2010 worth the effort

Today I was reading an article by J. Peter Bruzzese at Infoworld. The title of his article:...

Author: John Weston1 Date: 10/13/2010

Lync Server 2010 Pricing and Licensing announced

We recently announced pricing for Lync Server 2010 which is the new name for our next Office...

Author: John Weston1 Date: 09/28/2010

What's new in OCS 14?

I have been wanting to write this post for sometime. Internally we have been playing around with the...

Author: John Weston1 Date: 09/09/2010

Microsoft and Polycom teams up for Unified Communications

On August 9, 2010, Stuart Johnston wrote a nice article for Enterprise Networking Planet about the...

Author: Harold_Wong Date: 09/01/2010

Unified Communications and the Cloud

When you think about how the traditional phone system (PSTN) or public switched telephone network...

Author: John Weston1 Date: 08/25/2010

Unified Communications going beyond the trial

I was reading this article today on WindowsITPro site by B.K. Winstead. He talks about people that...

Author: John Weston1 Date: 08/05/2010

Unified Communications: Is it real and is it for me?

About a month or so ago, I saw the following post on Information Week:...

Author: Harold_Wong Date: 07/27/2010

Part 5 of 5 - Check out https://www.GOTUC.net With Blain Barton

Sorry for the very long delay, finally, the last part (Part 5 of 5) was to provide knowledge on the...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 05/30/2010

Florida IT Server Group in Ft Lauderdale Meets - Adnan Cartwright Leader

The Florida IT Server User Group in Ft Lauderdale covered Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 including...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 05/26/2010

Part 4 of 5 - With Keith Kabza and Blain Barton - Discussing Exchange 2010 and OCS 2007 R2 PIC Federation and the new XMPP Gateway - It IS Everybody's Business!

Here's Part 4 of 5, Keith does a great job of explaining how Office Communicator, MSN, Yahoo, Gmail,...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 03/12/2010

Part 3 of 5 - OCS 2007 R2 Dial-in Conferencing with Keith Kabza and Blain Barton

Sorry for the delay, we got it working with LiveMeeting!  Look for Part - 4 next week!...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 03/07/2010

Beyond the Clouds

Like many other people, I’ve been following some of the recent discussions and debates about what is...

Author: Michael Wilson Date: 03/04/2010

Exchange UM: Protecting your mobile number

Exchange 2010 Unified Messaging (which I’ll call “UM”) has many great features. Rather than describe...

Author: Michael Wilson Date: 02/11/2010

Exchange UM: Filling a Gap in the World of UC

In a recent article, Blair Pleasant observes that many organizations are taking a long time to reap...

Author: Michael Wilson Date: 02/01/2010

Part 2 of 5 - Keith Kabza, MVP, and Blain Barton discuss OCS 2007/Exchange 2010

Part-2 - is posted below! The rest of the series is being delivered every week for 5 weeks! Part 1...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 01/29/2010

Voice Mail Preview FAQ (Part 4)

This is the final part of the frequently-asked questions list that I’ve put together for Exchange...

Author: Michael Wilson Date: 01/28/2010

Voice Mail Preview FAQ (Part 3)

This is the third part of the frequently-asked questions list that I’ve put together for Exchange...

Author: Michael Wilson Date: 01/26/2010

Part 1 of 5 - Keith Kabza - MVP and Blain Barton discuss OCS 2007/Exchange 2010

I've been chatting with Keith Kabza Microsoft Partner and MVP at some of the local Florida events. I...

Author: Blain Barton Date: 01/22/2010

Top Ten Reasons to Move to Exchange Server 2010 in 2010

As we start the New Year with Exchange 2010 in market, I wanted to share more of the stories we are...

Author: JuliaWhite Date: 01/22/2010

Voice Mail Preview FAQ (Part 2)

This is the second part of the frequently-asked questions list that I’ve put together for Exchange...

Author: Michael Wilson Date: 01/21/2010

It Is the Mindset, Not the Skill Set...

In the last post, I had mentioned my research whitepaper titled "Preparing for Innovation:...

Author: neeti Date: 01/21/2010

Voice Mail Preview FAQ (Part 1)

Voice Mail Preview is one of the Exchange 2010 features that’s received a lot of attention. Over the...

Author: Michael Wilson Date: 01/20/2010

Managing Complexity in Unified Communications

HP and Microsoft recently announced that they will be working together to provide solutions based on...

Author: Michael Wilson Date: 01/19/2010

Microsoft and HP Agree to invest $250 Million to Simplify Technology Environments

Last Tuesday, January 13, 2010, Microsoft and HP announced an agreement to invest $250 Million over...

Author: Harold_Wong Date: 01/18/2010

Removing Migration Barriers One (Lotus) Note at a Time…

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Author: JuliaWhite Date: 01/18/2010

IBM Panasonic “Win” = Keeping a Notes Customer

In advance of Lotusphere, IBM is touting a big cloud win with Panasonic who will be using LotusLive...

Author: JuliaWhite Date: 01/15/2010

Neeti Gupta And Her Role At Microsoft

My name is Neeti Gupta and I am a Senior Product Manager, Unified Communications (Exchange and...

Author: neeti Date: 01/11/2010

What's the difference between Unified Messaging and Unified Communications?

In my previous post, I spent some time outlining the features of Exchange Unified Messaging (UM)....

Author: Michael Wilson Date: 12/22/2009

Unified Communications, Unified Messaging and Good Old Voice Mail

This is my first posting as a "Unified Communications Expert", so it seems like a good moment to...

Author: Michael Wilson Date: 12/21/2009

Maximizing Efficiencies with Unified Communications

We are right in the middle of the New Efficiency Launch featuring Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7...

Author: Harold_Wong Date: 10/09/2009

OCS and Virtualization

I thought a good topic to discuss would be that of OCS and virtualization, as virtualization is...

Author: Shaun_Pierce Date: 10/07/2009

Introduction Post from Harold Wong

Hello everyone!!! My name is Harold Wong and I am an IT Pro Evangelist out of Phoenix, Arizona. I'm...

Author: Harold_Wong Date: 10/01/2009

Introduction from Shaun Pierce

Hello all - I wanted to introduce myself to the community as a contributor for the BIEB (Because Its...

Author: Shaun_Pierce Date: 09/29/2009