tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67919432671670406212024-02-20T09:33:18.400-05:00Unified Communications BlogDiscussions, posts, and info related to Unified Communications and related technologies.acebchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375862543056694482noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791943267167040621.post-91507199289812220592009-06-21T12:50:00.004-04:002009-06-21T12:58:59.227-04:00F5 Configuration for OCS R2 Enterprise EditionGreat Blog...a must read: <a href="http://voipnorm.blogspot.com/2009/05/f5-configuration-for-ocs-r2-enterprise.html">http://voipnorm.blogspot.com/2009/05/f5-configuration-for-ocs-r2-enterprise.html</a>. Also see the F5 documentation for Deploying the BIG-IP LTM with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2:<a href="http://www.f5.com/pdf/deployment-guides/f5-ocs-r2-dg.pdf">http://www.f5.com/pdf/deployment-guides/f5-ocs-r2-dg.pdf</a>acebchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375862543056694482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791943267167040621.post-4082274910019902382009-06-15T23:58:00.002-04:002009-06-16T00:04:12.045-04:00What’s New in Office Communications Server 2007 R2The article at <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.03.ocsr2.aspx?pr=blog">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.03.ocsr2.aspx?pr=blog</a> gives an awesome run down of the new features below in R2<br /><a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.03.ocsr2.aspx?pr=blog#id0060002">Call Delegation</a><br /><a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.03.ocsr2.aspx?pr=blog#id0060024">Team Call</a><br /><a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.03.ocsr2.aspx?pr=blog#id0060033">Group Chat </a><br /><a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.03.ocsr2.aspx?pr=blog#id0060059">Desktop Sharing </a><br /><a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.03.ocsr2.aspx?pr=blog#id0060066">Server Applications to Extend Voice and Conferencing </a><br /><a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.03.ocsr2.aspx?pr=blog#id0060072">Response Group Service </a><br /><a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.03.ocsr2.aspx?pr=blog#id0060085">Outside Voice Control </a><br /><a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.03.ocsr2.aspx?pr=blog#id0060088">SIP Trunking </a><br /><a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.03.ocsr2.aspx?pr=blog#id0060096">Enhanced Media </a><br /><a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.03.ocsr2.aspx?pr=blog#id0060102">Simplified Firewall Configuration for the A/V Edge Server </a><br /><a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.03.ocsr2.aspx?pr=blog#id0060114">Archiving, CDR, and QoE Enhancements </a><br /><a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.03.ocsr2.aspx?pr=blog#id0060122">Simplified Management </a>acebchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375862543056694482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791943267167040621.post-3739100771325663842009-06-15T23:48:00.003-04:002009-06-15T23:57:33.139-04:00OCS Consolidated Topology wins over Expanded TopologyWith the intial release of OCS 2007, Microsoft recommended an Expanded Topology for large scale deployments. Now, with OCS 2007 R2 and the requirement of 64-bit, the recommended configuration is a Consolidated Topology in which all server roles in a pool are collocated on a single computer. Scalability is achieved by adding computers to the pool or perimeter network and load balancing them. See <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.03.ocsr2.aspx?pr=blog">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.03.ocsr2.aspx?pr=blog</a>acebchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375862543056694482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791943267167040621.post-86838648167708074032009-06-15T17:13:00.007-04:002009-06-16T09:26:50.595-04:00MaxAudioVideoBitRate Setting for OCSThere is not much guidance on how to set the MaxAudioVideoBitRate. Some are using 512 as the value, then finding video does not work. This particular setting is not expressed kilobits. The article <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd637169%28office.13%29.aspx">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd637169%28office.13%29.aspx</a> states if you want 512Kbps then you should use 512000 instead of 512 (which you might enter if you assumed the setting is in kilobits). The hexidecimal value is 7d000<br /><br />Reg export for the 512K example:<br />[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Communicator]<br />"MaxAudioVideoBitrate"=dword:0007d000<br /><br />Same rules apply for the LiveMeeting MaxAudioVideoBitrateacebchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375862543056694482noreply@blogger.com0