Month: October 2010

Microsoft Lync Released to Manufacturing

By andersonpatrico

Today I have the pleasure of blogging about the final engineering milestone for Microsoft Lync 2010 – the next release of Office Communications Server and Communicator – also known as Release to Manufacturing, or RTM. We’re incredibly excited about this release as it’s really the culmination of a five-year journey to help customers transform the way they communicate. This platform has evolved over the past few years. Office Communications Server 2007 (OCS 2007; released November 2007) introduced Communicator and a totally new experience for enterprise IM, presence and conferencing built into the Office applications people use every day. In February … Continue reading Microsoft Lync Released to Manufacturing

Joining Meeting Audio From Lync Web App

By andersonpatrico

Microsoft Lync Web App can be used to join Lync meetings from a web browser on Windows and Mac operating systems. One of the first steps most users would perform after joining a meeting is to connect to meeting audio. Lync Web App supports users joining meeting audio via a PSTN phone, or via a previous version of Communicator like Communicator 2007 R2. The following screenshots illustrate the steps a user joining a Lync meeting as Guest (unauthenticated) via the Lync Web App has to take to join the meeting audio. Read more at source: http://communicatorteam.com/archive/2010/10/26/1906.aspx Cheers, Anderson Patricio http://msmvps.org/Blog/AndersonPatricio … Continue reading Joining Meeting Audio From Lync Web App

Removing specific messages from your Exchange Server

By andersonpatrico

In this post MSExchange Team explains how to remove messages from mailboxes, public folders and queues in different versions of Exchange Servers, they also go through the process to act proactively using Transport Rules. Ever so often, an Exchange administrator faces a situation where messages that fit specific criteria need to be removed from a large number of mailboxes or from Exchange transport queues. The need may arise due to some sort of mass mailing, a message sent accidentally to a large distribution group or individual recipients, or it could be one of the steps required to be taken as … Continue reading Removing specific messages from your Exchange Server

Introducing Microsoft Lync Web App

By andersonpatrico

With the release of Microsoft Lync 2010, we are introducing Lync Web App, a new Silverlight based web browser client that allows participants without Lync 2010 account or Lync 2010 client to participate in meetings using Windows or Mac operating system and present and view PowerPoint slides, share desktop/application (Windows platform only), poll the audience and collaborate on a whiteboard. Lync Web App can be used by employees who have Lync 2010 account, but do not have a Lync 2010 client installed on their machines, like those working from home on a PC or a Mac. Lync Web App also … Continue reading Introducing Microsoft Lync Web App

Microsoft Lync 2010 Accessibility

By andersonpatrico

Hi Folks, Great blog post from Lync 2010 Team about accessibility. Accessibility was an important consideration we put our efforts into during Lync 2010 development. In addition to helping our customers with disabilities, these improvements also bring about broad usability enhancements in the product. We have made improvements in almost all accessibility areas (keyboard navigation, high dpi, high contrast, shortcut keys, global hotkeys, focus indication etc.). Additionally, we have made sure the initial level of accessibility for all the new scenarios introduced in Lync 2010 are higher compared to past releases (collaboration features for e.g.) Read the full story at: … Continue reading Microsoft Lync 2010 Accessibility

Released: Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2010 SP1

By andersonpatrico

Hi folks, MSExchange Team has just blogged about RU1 for Exchange Server 2010 SP1. They also stated that they are going to release RU2 in early December. Earlier today the Exchange CXP team released Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2010 SP1 to the Download Center. The release of the rollup via Microsoft Update will happen on October 12th. This update includes new fixes for the following server roles: Client Access Mailbox Edge Server Hub Transport Read more at source: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/10/07/456538.aspx Get the RU1 here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a371fa96-e85b-4a4f-8242-15d56595d0ec Cheers, Anderson Patricio http://msmvps.org/Blog/AndersonPatricio http://www.andersonpatricio.org Twitter: @apatricio Technorati : Exchange Server 2010, RU1, SP1 … Continue reading Released: Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2010 SP1

Changing expired passwords using Outlook Web App in Exchange Server 2010 SP1

By andersonpatrico

Hi folks, I wrote about this specific feature in Exchange Server 2007 SP3 on top of Windows Server 2008 or 2008 R2 a few weeks ago at MSExchange.org http://www.msexchange.org/articles_tutorials/exchange-server-2007/management-administration/deploying-exchange-server-2007-service-pack3.html. However the MSExchange team has just released a note stating that the same procedure is also valid for Exchange Server 2010, that is really cool and it will save a lot of time of your help desk team. Read more at source: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/10/06/456520.aspx Cheers, Anderson Patricio http://msmvps.org/Blog/AndersonPatricio http://www.andersonpatricio.org Twitter: @apatricio Technorati : Exchange Server 2010 SP1, OWA, Outlook Web App, expired password feature Del.icio.us : Exchange Server 2010 SP1, OWA, Outlook … Continue reading Changing expired passwords using Outlook Web App in Exchange Server 2010 SP1

Installing Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Hosting in a multi-tenant organization

By andersonpatrico

Hi folks, Exchange Server 2010 brought a lot of new features and one of them is the capability to install the product in hosting mode. In this post I will show how to install it, actually it’s a single line to get the work done. I’m writing an article series about the entire process, installation, management and so forth and it will be published soon at MSExchange.org. A few points that you need to cover before installing Exchange in Hosting mode, as follows: Service Pack 1 is a must The installation process is only by using command-line You cannot have … Continue reading Installing Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Hosting in a multi-tenant organization

Back in business

By andersonpatrico

Hi folks, It has been a while since my last post and now I’m back for good. After spending my last 7 months in Brazil in a project I’m finally back home, close to my Hyper-V servers and with a couple of Exchange gigs down the road. Time to have some fun and blog about cool stuff! Back in Brazil I had the opportunity to present two sessions in TechED South America: one session about SP1 and another session about DPM (most of the time I used Exchange as example during the session :)). Cheers, Anderson Patricio http://msmvps.org/Blog/AndersonPatricio http://www.andersonpatricio.org Twitter: … Continue reading Back in business

What’s new in Microsoft Lync IM and Presence

By andersonpatrico

Office Communicator Wave 14 – Now officially called “Microsoft Lync” – has a wealth of new features around Contacts, Contact Search and Presence. Join Alex Hehmeyer as he demonstrates the new Contact Card, Skill Search, Contact Pictures, Location in Presence, Office2010 Integration points and more! Watch it out at: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/edge/Ff945192(MSDN.10)?query=1 Cheers, Anderson Patricio http://msmvps.org/Blog/AndersonPatricio http://www.andersonpatricio.org Twitter: @apatricio