Microsoft has released CU December 2012 for Office Communications Server 2007 R2

Microsoft has released CU December 2012 for Office Communications Server 2007 R2

Friday Microsoft released CU December 2012 for OCS 2007 R2. The list of the various updates may be found below. The updates are general fixes/stability for the product and recommended for all environments.

Additional Notes:

OCS Server 2007 R2 build number is 3.5.6907.266
OCS Client 2007 R2 build number is 3.5.6907.266
OCS Group Chat Server 2007 R2 build number is 3.5.6907.266
OCS Group Chat Client 2007 R2 build number is 3.5.6907.265
OCS Group Chat Admin 2007 R2 build number is 3.5.6907.265
OCS 2007 R2 XMPP Gateway build number is 3.5.6907.263
Office Live Meeting 2007 Client build number is 8.0.6362.202
Office Live Meeting 2007 Conferencing Add-in for Outlook build number is 8.0.6362.202
OCS Attendant 2007 R2 build number is 3.5.6907.236

0 comments - Posted by Brian Ricks at 6:59 AM - Categories: 2007 | patch | Update | OCS | R2

Cumulative Update September 2012 for the following OCS 2007 R2 Products have been released

Microsoft has released CU September 2012 for OCS 2007 R2 XMPP Gateway

An update the OCS 2007 R2 XMPP Gateway (which Lync 2010 uses as its XMPP Gateway as well) has been released by Microsoft. The update improves overall stability of the product and is recommended for those who have the gateway deployed.

0 comments - Posted by Brian Ricks at 6:26 AM - Categories: Update | OCS | R2 | XMPP

Cumulative Update Septemeber 2012 for the following OCS 2007 R2 Products have been released

Microsoft has released CU September 2012 for OCS 2007 R2 Group Chat

This week Microsoft released CU September 2012 for OCS 2007 R2 Group Chat. The list of the various updates may be found below. This release contains the same fixes as OCS 2007 R2 July 2012 but with an extended certificate expiration.

0 comments - Posted by Brian Ricks at 7:16 AM - Categories: 2007 | Update | Group Chat | OCS | R2

June 2011 Office Communicator 2008 R2 (CU9) Updates

Microsoft has released the CU9 updates for OCS 2007 R2 and the links for the updates are listed below.

After upgrading OCS the build numbers will be 6907.233.

Thanks to the Microsoft Sustained Engineering team for the info.

Posted by Brian Ricks at 5:52 AM - Categories: 2007 | patch | CU9 | OCS | R2

Comparing SIP Trunk Providers that work with OCS 2007 R2

There are many SIP Trunk providers that 'work' with OCS 207 R2 - some that are on the Microsoft OIP and some that are not. The goal of this blog will be to objectively compare the various providers from basic functionality to customer service to actual costs involved. The SIP Trunk providers chosen are capable of connecting directly to an OCS 2007 R2 Mediation Server requiring no additional voice gateways. I have taken the task of identifying different market SIP trunk providers an where applicable, I have written TechNet 'How-To' instructions regarding their configuration (links below).

Some of the providers I was not able to test for one reason or another. The tables below include information I found relevant and hopefully will be of use to others. Any provider who would be interested in being included in this blog may contact me at support@bricomp.com. Check back often as I intend to keep this information live.

Links

Configuring a Broadvox SIP Trunk in Communications Server 2007 R2
Configuring an IntelePeer SIP Trunk in Communications Server 2007 R2

0 comments - Posted by Brian Ricks at 7:52 AM - Categories: AT&T | Global Crossing | Microsoft | SIP Trunk | Swisscom | Broadvox | IntelePeer | OCS | R2

OCS and SIP Trunks

Originally I had planned on writing a few 'How-To' articles on OCS and SIP Trunks here on my blog, but then the opportunity to do the writing for Microsoft on the same subject came along. I am happy to announce that my first TechNet posting can be found at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/ff427414.aspx titled Configuring a Broadvox SIP Trunk in Communications Server 2007 R2.

Posted by Brian Ricks at 1:19 PM - Categories: 2007 | SIP Trunk | Broadvox | OCS | R2

AOL PIC Users Fail / Presence Unknown

As all are aware Office Communication Server 2007 R2 was recently released and with it the ability to run the various code on Windows Server 2008 64bit. Everything appears to run/work correctly with the exception of AOL users via the PIC.

Symptoms:

• AOL Users' Presence is Inaccurate; it may show on-line, unavailable, or presence unknown
• A message invite may be received from an AOL user but no information is ever received
• Attempting to respond to an AOL user or start a conversation with an AOL user will fail

The fix was discovered by Microsoft Senior Escalation Engineer Scott Oseychik among others and is documented at:

http://blogs.msdn.com/scottos/archive/2009/04/03/resolved-ocs-2007-r2-pic-fails-against-aol.aspx

The fix: in short you must modify the local security policy on the 2008 Edge server rearranging the TLS authentication methods. It is important to note that this fix and the issue do not apply if you have the OCS 2007 R2 bits installed on a Windows Server 2003 64-bit.

Posted by Brian Ricks at 12:35 PM - Categories: 2007 | PIC | AOL | OCS | R2