Wow! I didn’t even finish the Deploying Lync Server Jump Start Course from Microsoft, before people started asking questions. Does it talk about this, would it work for my employees, and so on. Since I promised a “takeaway” post of
31 Lync Training Videos from MacroConnect
In November I posted a collection of how-to videos for Lync Server. This month, someone has one-upped all of those. Kevin from Macro Connect emailed me the other day to tell me about his new video series. He’s named it
The 411 on Lync Mobile Clients
Have you tried out Mobile Lync yet? Microsoft has released brand new clients for every major mobile platform – iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, even the iPad. Twitter’s abuzz over the new clients. All of the clients will work with both
The Universal Way to Add Pictures to Lync Contacts: Use Exchange Management Shell
I received a reader email last week. The sender said: “Your instructions don’t work. There is no ‘Options’ in the Mac version of Lync.” He’s correct. Lync for Mac/Communicator 2011 doesn’t use the exact same interface as Lync 2010. So
What does a Cloud Version of Lync Server (Hosted by Microsoft) Mean for the Market?
By now you've seen the announcements. Microsoft Announces Office 365 – PressPass Microsoft Office 365 Bets on the Cloud Office as a hosted service. Pretty big announcement. And there's another part to this too – namely that Microsoft ALSO announced
Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Is Out – Here are Resources
This post is a little late, I know. We've been taking care of a few Microsoft partner requirements. And speaking of Microsoft–Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 is out! If you haven't already seen it, Microsoft's Exchange Team
Backup Exchange 2010 Edge Transport With This Tutorial
Another gold nugget from the mine we call the Web. Exchange Server Pro.com has posted a tutorial on backup/restore for Exchange 2010 Edge Transport Servers: Exchange 2010 Edge Transport Server Backup and Recovery – ExchangeServerPro.com As most of us already
Upgrading from Exchange 2003 to 2010? Plan for These Changes
Among our Exchange 2010 upgrade projects, we encounter a few more clients still using Exchange 2003 than we do on Exchange 2007. We also see a lot of the 2003 clients struggle following a 2010 upgrade. The differences between Exchange
A Basic Plan for Unified Communications User Adoption
Last week I said I'd go into more detail about UC user adoption. In keeping with that, I thought I'd write out an adoption plan from some of our OCS/Exchange deployments. As you probably know by now, user adoption is
Hosted Exchange VS. Google Apps: Which Works Better for Small Business?
I saw a great discussion thread on LinkedIn today (view the thread here) – about whether a consultant”s client should move to Hosted Exchange or Google Apps. The replies leaned a bit more toward Google Apps than Exchange. Many good