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What’s New in Communications Server ‘14

I'm going to post some brief feature overview on up and coming Communication Server'14

New Server Features

Supported Operating Systems are listed as Server 2008 SP2 64-bit and Server 2008 R2 64-bit. (Nothing new)

Topology Changes

Communications Server "14" SIP Trunking with the Acme Packet Net-Net Session Director

Microsoft Communications Server "14" (CS "14") offers the ability to connect to Internet telephony service providers (ITSP) using an IP-based SIP trunk. This reduces the cost and complexity of extending an enterprise's telephony system outside its network borders.

New Devices for OCS

Today I'm going to introduce a new device from Polycom CX 300

New Outlook Conference Add-in Updates

The latest versions of the Outlook Conference Add-In have been released (Finally) - this includes 64bit Add-In for the 64bit version of Outlook 2010<

Microsoft Communications Server Aids in Diagnosing Patients Remotely

The Office Communications Group recently published a video case study which focuses on a CEBP (Communication Enabled Business Process) implementation in which Office Communications Server 2007 R2 (OCS) plays a critical role saving patients' lives.

Message Classification in Microsoft Exchange

Message classifications are a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 feature that helps organizations to adhere to their e-mail policies. A classified message contains specific metadata that describes the use or purpose of the message. Outlook 2007 or Outlook Web App may act on this metadata and display a user-friendly description of the classification to senders and receivers of a classified message. In Exchange 2010, the Transport service can act on the metadata if there is a transport rule that meets specific criteria that are configured

The Exchange Control Panel (ECP) in Microsoft Exchange 2010

The Exchange Control Panel (ECP) is a new feature in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. It is a self-service control panel interface for end-users and Exchange Administrators and is accessible through the Outlook Web App interface (successor to Outlook Web Access in Exchange 2007).

Publishing Active Directory through ForeFront TMG or ISA Server

I have been tasked to explore on how to publish the internal LDAP server(MS Active Directory) to public internet with authentication.

After few days of struggling, I am finally able to get it done.

I decided to publish it so that others will not have to suffer like me. :-)

Step 1: Start the "Publish Non-Web Server Protocols"

MS Exchange Server 2007 SP1 upgrade to SP2 - Part 2

Now that we have upgraded CAS HUB servers and the Passive Mailbox server we are ready to upgrade the Cluster Mailbox server.

4. Upgrade MBXCM01 (Clustered Mailbox server):

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