Comments on: Contest: Giving away two free copies of OCS 2007 Standard (two winners)! http://www.shudnow.net/2008/11/19/contest-giving-away-two-free-copies-of-ocs-2007-standard-two-winners/ Just another IT guy! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:04:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Elan Shudnow http://www.shudnow.net/2008/11/19/contest-giving-away-two-free-copies-of-ocs-2007-standard-two-winners/comment-page-1/#comment-5874 Elan Shudnow Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:17:43 +0000 http://www.shudnow.net/?p=610#comment-5874 ricsip, it's definitely nice to be able to use my communicator. Internally in our dogfood forest which all of our UC team is one, we have all the Enterprise Voice, UM integration, etc. deployed. It's nice to be able to use Communicator to make calls either by Enterprise Voice, Communicator Call, and just communicate with people a lot easier. And when I need to check voicemail, I can dial through Communicator and since I'm authenticated already, no need for me to enter PIN or extension. Love it! aretzler, I'll have to check that out. Great tip! tvalentin, I'm definitely looking forward to integrating OCS R2 for clients. It definitely looks like a great product. OCS 2007 RTM is a great product for its first lifecycle and I am really impressed. It's only going to get better from here! The IT experience is great as well. I do have to admit that the certificates are a bit complicated for a lot of people just starting off with OCS. Especially when you start getting into the expanded configuration and using hardware load balancers. Thankfully Microsoft is trying to make this easier in OCS R2 with a more intuitive tool for certificates in regards to the Edge Role. ricsip, it’s definitely nice to be able to use my communicator. Internally in our dogfood forest which all of our UC team is one, we have all the Enterprise Voice, UM integration, etc. deployed. It’s nice to be able to use Communicator to make calls either by Enterprise Voice, Communicator Call, and just communicate with people a lot easier. And when I need to check voicemail, I can dial through Communicator and since I’m authenticated already, no need for me to enter PIN or extension. Love it!

aretzler, I’ll have to check that out. Great tip!

tvalentin, I’m definitely looking forward to integrating OCS R2 for clients. It definitely looks like a great product. OCS 2007 RTM is a great product for its first lifecycle and I am really impressed. It’s only going to get better from here! The IT experience is great as well. I do have to admit that the certificates are a bit complicated for a lot of people just starting off with OCS. Especially when you start getting into the expanded configuration and using hardware load balancers. Thankfully Microsoft is trying to make this easier in OCS R2 with a more intuitive tool for certificates in regards to the Edge Role.

]]> By: tvalentin http://www.shudnow.net/2008/11/19/contest-giving-away-two-free-copies-of-ocs-2007-standard-two-winners/comment-page-1/#comment-5870 tvalentin Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:07:18 +0000 http://www.shudnow.net/?p=610#comment-5870 For me there are really a few parts to OCS's awesomeness. One is the end user experience. The way it integrates so simply into Office etc is great. Communicator is a great tool. Then any headset or Mic can be your telephone. IM conversations are loggied back in Outlook. Second is how MS are thinking about new ways of doing things. Take Tanjay and Roundtable as examples. Integration and simplification of conferencing in OCS R2. Third is the IT experience. It is simple (as long as you read the documentation) to set up a lab environment. The Final thing that is great is the price. As far as I’m concerned OCS is really excellent value, and would be competative in price against a standard pbx. (That said I’d still love a free copy!) For me there are really a few parts to OCS’s awesomeness.
One is the end user experience. The way it integrates so simply into Office etc is great. Communicator is a great tool. Then any headset or Mic can be your telephone. IM conversations are loggied back in Outlook.
Second is how MS are thinking about new ways of doing things. Take Tanjay and Roundtable as examples. Integration and simplification of conferencing in OCS R2.
Third is the IT experience. It is simple (as long as you read the documentation) to set up a lab environment.
The Final thing that is great is the price. As far as I’m concerned OCS is really excellent value, and would be competative in price against a standard pbx. (That said I’d still love a free copy!)

]]> By: aretzler http://www.shudnow.net/2008/11/19/contest-giving-away-two-free-copies-of-ocs-2007-standard-two-winners/comment-page-1/#comment-5854 aretzler Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:31:52 +0000 http://www.shudnow.net/?p=610#comment-5854 We're currently implementing a pilot at work. Right now we have the ability to make internal calls, receive voice mail through email, listen to email, calendar, etc. A neat feature I discovered this morning is that when you set your out of office for voice mail, you can have it also create one for your email. Pretty Slick! We’re currently implementing a pilot at work. Right now we have the ability to make internal calls, receive voice mail through email, listen to email, calendar, etc. A neat feature I discovered this morning is that when you set your out of office for voice mail, you can have it also create one for your email. Pretty Slick!

]]> By: ricsip http://www.shudnow.net/2008/11/19/contest-giving-away-two-free-copies-of-ocs-2007-standard-two-winners/comment-page-1/#comment-5853 ricsip Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:33:20 +0000 http://www.shudnow.net/?p=610#comment-5853 Hi, I just simply love the fact, that I can talk to anybody using my laptop, sitting in a hotel, and still the other party can see my original deskphone number, and I dont spend a fortune on roaming phone bills. I call anybody from my contact-list with a single click, and also calling my voicemail and replying to voice messages or listening to my calendar items was never been so easy and efficient! Hi,

I just simply love the fact, that I can talk to anybody using my laptop, sitting in a hotel, and still the other party can see my original deskphone number, and I dont spend a fortune on roaming phone bills. I call anybody from my contact-list with a single click, and also calling my voicemail and replying to voice messages or listening to my calendar items was never been so easy and efficient!

]]> By: Elan Shudnow http://www.shudnow.net/2008/11/19/contest-giving-away-two-free-copies-of-ocs-2007-standard-two-winners/comment-page-1/#comment-5851 Elan Shudnow Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:54:08 +0000 http://www.shudnow.net/?p=610#comment-5851 Joe, I love that as well. In fact, when I talk to clients about OCS functionality, I often discuss the exact feature you mentioned and how this increases productivity a lot because instead of wasting time looking for a meeting room, they can just via IM and instantly start a Live Meeting session. Excellent functionality. Thanks for commenting! Joe, I love that as well. In fact, when I talk to clients about OCS functionality, I often discuss the exact feature you mentioned and how this increases productivity a lot because instead of wasting time looking for a meeting room, they can just via IM and instantly start a Live Meeting session. Excellent functionality. Thanks for commenting!

]]> By: joechurch http://www.shudnow.net/2008/11/19/contest-giving-away-two-free-copies-of-ocs-2007-standard-two-winners/comment-page-1/#comment-5846 joechurch Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:42:30 +0000 http://www.shudnow.net/?p=610#comment-5846 I think what I like best about the Microsoft UC offerings specifically related to OCS 2007, is the integration of the IM features of communicator with Live Meeting. For my company, its a huge deal to be able to easily start and participate in live meetings quickly and efficiently. We have conducted worldwide IT conferences using only Communicator and Live Meeting. There is a lot more to the UC offerings than just the items I mentioned, but this is a good starting place for anyone looking at this type of solution. I think what I like best about the Microsoft UC offerings specifically related to OCS 2007, is the integration of the IM features of communicator with Live Meeting. For my company, its a huge deal to be able to easily start and participate in live meetings quickly and efficiently. We have conducted worldwide IT conferences using only Communicator and Live Meeting. There is a lot more to the UC offerings than just the items I mentioned, but this is a good starting place for anyone looking at this type of solution.

]]> By: Aaron Tiensivu's Blog http://www.shudnow.net/2008/11/19/contest-giving-away-two-free-copies-of-ocs-2007-standard-two-winners/comment-page-1/#comment-5845 Aaron Tiensivu's Blog Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:27:34 +0000 http://www.shudnow.net/?p=610#comment-5845 <strong>OCS 2007 giveaway (2 copies!) over at www.shudnow.net...</strong> To break a little bit of my blogging slump, I want to make sure people take advantage of a giveaway, and take notice of the great technical resources over at Elan Shudnow's blog site. He is giving away two not-for-resale copies of Office Communication... OCS 2007 giveaway (2 copies!) over at http://www.shudnow.net...

To break a little bit of my blogging slump, I want to make sure people take advantage of a giveaway, and take notice of the great technical resources over at Elan Shudnow’s blog site. He is giving away two not-for-resale copies of Office Communication…

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