http://www.techcontrarian.com Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:14:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Check out this post on NextHop, our new Communications Server IT Pro web portal. This article provides some guidance about how to set up a Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 federation clearinghouse deployment. The goal of the clearinghouse is to simplify Public IM Connectivity (PIC) (such as AOL, The Microsoft ... http://www.techcontrarian.com/?p=71 Check out this post on NextHop, our new Communications Server IT Pro web portal. Companies that allow employees to sign in to Office Communications Server remotely from the Internet can be susceptible to denial-of-service (DoS) and brute-force attacks. These kinds of attacks involve guessing users’ passwords or locking out user accounts ... http://www.techcontrarian.com/?p=72 Check out this post on NextHop, our new Communications Server IT Pro web portal. Windows PowerShell can be used as a management tool for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2. PowerShell is one of most versatile scripting environments available on the market today. http://www.techcontrarian.com/?p=73 Check out this post on NextHop, our new Communications Server IT Pro web portal. Outlook Web App now supports the use of SIP client integration with Office Communications Server. This provides a great feature set for users, but there are some things you must do when integrating with Communications Server to ... http://www.techcontrarian.com/?p=70 Our friends on the Forefront Server Protection team are conducting research to understand what applications you would like to protect, and how you would like them protected. One of the applications they are soliciting feedback on is OCS. The survey shouldn’t take more than 5-10 minutes, and your feedback directly ... http://www.techcontrarian.com/?p=69 The Archiving Report* is meant to provide an easy way to pull information out of the archiving database.  It builds on the functionality provided by the Archiving PowerShell script that was written (http://communicationsserverteam.com/archive/2009/09/28/584.aspx) and adds a GUI interface, the ability to filter by date, and message formatting.  It has been ... http://www.techcontrarian.com/?p=68 Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) Program:  Recognizes, Develops, Certifies Technical Excellence How do senior IT professionals differentiate themselves from the competition?  The MCM program, through intensive training by world class experts, plus extensive written and lab-based testing, certifies only the most qualified.  As an MCM you’ll join an elite community of Microsoft ... http://www.techcontrarian.com/?p=67 Do you have end users that need Office Communicator training? Are your users maximizing the basic features of OC? Microsoft now offers a free instructor-led session that introduces key Office Communicator usage scenarios through live demonstrations and hands-on activities. This live course is held in a virtual classroom via Office ... http://www.techcontrarian.com/?p=66 This information was originally posted by Terry Lyons on his blog. Notification In an effort to provide enhanced capacity and service reliance, Windows Live Messenger will soon be adding an additional IP address used for PIC/Federation traffic.  Some organizations have chosen to restrict this type of traffic to specific IP addresses, ... http://www.techcontrarian.com/?p=45 Have you ever installed an Office Communication Server and wanted to verify your remote access was setup and configured properly? Or what if you get a call or an escalation regarding a service or connection not working? How do you verify whether the issue is with an individual user or ... http://www.techcontrarian.com/?p=44