Microsoft released Clinic 10052: Introduction to Enhancements in Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2

"This 1-hour clinic describes the various enhancements in Office Communications Server 2007 R2 clients and devices, conferencing, mobility, Office Communicator Web Access 2007 R2, and voice.

This clinic covers the following topics:
- Office Communications Server 2007 R2 clients and devices
- Audio, video, and Web conferencing
- 2007 R2 version of Office Communicator Mobile
- Office Communicator Web Access 2007 R2
- Call delegation
- Response Group Service
- Team-call group"

https://www.microsoftelearning.com/eLearning/courseDetail.aspx?courseId=112782&tab=overview

OCS R2 bit available on MSDN

MS released the OCS R2 bits on MSDN. Both the OCS R2 Server and Communicator R2 can be downloaded.

OCS R2 RTM available!

In addition to my previous post find below the links to the RTM release software for OCS R2:


OCS 2007 R2 Eval
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=45&p=1&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=3d619c8c-6540-4f2d-b78e-5b4c25780adb&u=details.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d67A3DE72-7DBD-4E0B-92A5-29D0B46009A7%26displaylang%3den

OC 2007 R2 Eval
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=45&p=2&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=3d619c8c-6540-4f2d-b78e-5b4c25780adb&u=details.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d535637AF-D92F-41B1-BF0C-54A526A88247%26displaylang%3den

Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Attendant
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=141218

Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat Client
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=141220

Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Group Chat Server
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=141219

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat Administration Tool
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=141221

Office Communicator Phone Edition
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=141222

CoMo - MSI - Pocket PC
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=141380

CoMo - MSI – Smartphone
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=141381

CoMo - OTA - Pocket PC
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=141382

CoMo - OTA - Smartphone
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=141383

UCMA 2.0 SDK - 32 bit
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=140790

UCMA 2.0 SDK - 64 bit
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=139195

Speech Language Packs (12 langs)
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=139197

Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Planning Tool
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=141223

Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Resource Kit Tools - 64 bit
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=141224

Office Communications Server 2007 R2 SDK
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=141225

OCS R2 32bit Available through MVLS

MS made OCS R2 available through MVLS! (but no MOC R2 :-(

Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Enterprise Deployment - Part 1

Elan Shudnow has placed a part 1 post on its blog on how to deploy OCS 2007 R2 Enterprise. This is the first part in a 5 part series.

Have fun!

OCS 2007 R2 Videos

In light of the OCS R2 public announcement, the OCS Technical Product Management team has recorded a series of videos with the latest additions to the product and the value those bring to the customers. The videos are posted at the TechNet Edge check these out.

Week #1:
“Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and the new Attendant Console ”
“ What’s New in Conferencing with Office Communications Server 2007 R2”
“What’s New in Office Communicator, Communicator Web Access, and Devices with Office Communications Server 2007 R2”

Yet to come:

Week #2:

“Group Chat and Office Communications Server 2007 R2”

Week #3:
“What’s New in Mobility and Anywhere Access with Office Communications Server 2007 R2”
“ What’s New in Administration and Management with Office Communications Server 2007 R2”

Source: http://communicationsserverteam.com/default.aspx

More info on OCS R2 features

Jeff Schertz posted some more detailed info on the new R2 features on his blog:

http://blogs.pointbridge.com/Blogs/schertz_jeff/Pages/Post.aspx?_ID=43

Wim

OCS 2007 R2 Features and Release Date Unveiled!!

After a lot of speculations, Microsoft finally unveiled the features and release date of their long awaited R2 release of OCS 2007 today at VoiceCon 2008 in Amsterdam.

The release date for R2 is set to 3 February 2009. The new features in this version are listed below:

• Dial-in audioconferencing. Office Communications Server 2007 R2 enables businesses to eliminate costly audioconferencing services with an on-premise audioconferencing bridge that is managed by IT as part of the overall communications infrastructure.
• Desktop sharing. This feature enables users to seamlessly share their desktop, initiate audio communications and collaborate with others outside the organization on PC, Macintosh or Linux platforms through a Web-based interface.
• Persistent group chat. This enables geographically dispersed teams to collaborate with each other by participating in topic-based discussions that persist over time. This application provides users with a list of all available chat rooms and topics, periodically archives discussions in an XML file format that meets compliance regulations, provides tools to search the entire history of discussion on a given topic, and offers filters and alerts to notify someone of new posts or topics on a particular topic.
• Attendant console and delegation!!!!!! This allows receptionists, team secretaries and others to manage calls and conferences on behalf of other users, set up workflows to route calls, and manage higher volumes of incoming communications through a software-based interface.
• Session Initiation Protocol trunking! This feature enables businesses to reduce costs by setting up a direct VoIP connection between an Internet telephony service provider and Office Communicator 2007 without requiring on-premise gateways.
• Response group!! A workflow design application manages incoming calls based on user-configured rules (e.g., round-robin, longest idle, simultaneous), providing a simple-to-use basic engine for call treatment, routing and queuing.
• Mobility and single-number reach. This extends Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile functionality to Nokia S40, Motorola RAZR, Blackberry and Windows Mobile platforms, allowing users to communicate using presence, IM and voice as an extension of their PBX from a unified client
  
  See the links below for more information.
  
  http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/oct08/10-14OCSR2PR.mspx
  
  http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/Features/2008/oct08/10-14OCSR2video.mspx
  
  Wim