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Building a Virtualized UC Development Environment: Part 5 – Logging In
This is Part 5 of a series of blog posts on setting up a virtualized development environment based...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 04/17/2009
Building a Virtualized UC Development Environment: Part 4 – Installing Applications and SDKs
This is Part 4 of a series of blog posts on setting up a virtualized development environment based...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 04/16/2009
Building a Virtualized UC Development Environment: Part 3 – Adding the Terminal Services Role
This is Part 3 of a series of blog posts on setting up a virtualized development environment based...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 04/15/2009
Building a Virtualized UC Development Environment: Part 2 – Joining the Fabrikam Domain
This is Part 2 of a series of blog posts on setting up a virtualized development environment based...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 04/13/2009
Building a Virtualized UC Development Environment: Part 1 – Building the TS Virtual Machine
“I see dead people.” – Cole Sear, The Sixth Sense “I see progress bars…” – Me, over the last couple...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 04/10/2009
Why won’t my Exchange Web Services impersonation code work?
I get this question a lot, so I thought I’d post a short post while I stare at progress bars… ...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 04/07/2009
MSDN Webcast: Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and Exchange Server 2007 SP1: Under the Hood for Developers (Level 300)
Thanks to everyone that made it to the live webcast last week. It was great to have Jon...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 04/06/2009
Blogs I Heart: Michael Greenlee’s UCMA Blog
While watching progress bars during the setup of my TS box for the Fabrikam VMs, I thought I’d catch...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 04/03/2009
Hyper-V and Snapshots
From a prior post on building a virtualized UC development environment, I’m building out a Terminal...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 04/02/2009
Planning your Career - 3 quick tips from Brian Prince
I thought this was a thought provoking post, so I wanted to share. Enjoy.
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 04/02/2009
Click the “Like” link on this one…
This made me laugh for a number of reasons, but mostly because I work with these people…...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 04/01/2009
Building a UC Development Environment
When I’m talking to other developers about the UC platform SDKs, I get one question more than any...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 03/26/2009
MSDN Webcast: Adding Instant Messaging, Voice, and Video Communication to Your Applications with Office Communicator 2007 R2
Thanks to everyone that made it to the live webcast. If you couldn’t make it, you can watch a...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 03/17/2009
MSDN Webcast: Unified Communications Development with Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Web Services (Level 200)
Thanks to everyone that made it to the live webcast Wednesday. If you couldn’t make it, you...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 03/16/2009
MSDN Webcast: Communications Server 2007 R2, Exchange Server 2007 SP1, and the Unified Communications Platform (Level 100)
Thanks to everyone that attended the live webcast. If you couldn’t make the live webcast, you...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 03/12/2009
UC R2 Platform SDK Webcasts – Coming (Really) Soon!
Wow, time flies when you’re having fun. Seems like just yesterday I was talking to the folks...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 02/24/2009
Coming Soon: Programming for Unified Communications with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 on MS Press
There are lots of great books on OCS 2007 and OCS 2007 R2 that will help you install, configure and...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 02/10/2009
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Launched!
Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Office Communicator 2007 R2 and the new platform SDKs were...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 02/03/2009
Office Communications Server 2007 R2: T-minus 1 Week to Launch
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 launches via a virtual launch on Feb. 3, from 9:30am – 10:30 am...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 01/27/2009
SIP Over TCP vs. UDP
Office Communications Server 2007 (and the coming R2) is based on a SIP stack that supports TLS...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 01/13/2009
What I’m Reading - SIP: Understanding the Session Initiation Protocol, Second Edition (Hardcover)
The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is the signaling protocol used for initiating and terminating...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 01/12/2009
Add Office Communicator Presence and Communication to Any App
From my post yesterday on the Office Communicator Automation API, I can use the API to add presence...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 01/09/2009
The Office Communicator Automation API in 2 min.
What is it? The Office Communicator Automation API provides programmatic access to Office...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 01/08/2009
PDC2008 UC Session Recordings Posted
Thanks to everyone what attended our sessions, dropped by the booth and took the opportunity to get...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 11/03/2008
PDC2008: BB09-R Microsoft Office Communications Server and Exchange - Platform Futures [REPEAT]
Thu 10/30 | 8:30 AM-9:45 AM | 402A A few people stopped by the booth yesterday and...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 10/29/2008
My Schedule @ PDC2008
Trying to get together with a few folks here at PDC and thought I’d provide my schedule while I’m...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 10/28/2008
I’m here @ PDC08
Flight was on time(ish). Hotel is close to the convention center. All my hardware got...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 10/27/2008
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Announced
We announced the next version of OCS, dubbed Office Communications Server 2007 R2, at VoiceCon...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 10/16/2008
UC @ PDC
The PDC (10/26-10/30 in LA) is all about the future of the Microsoft Platform. So it’s appropriate...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 10/09/2008
Couldn't make it to TechEd? UC Platform Webcasts in June!
I wanted to make sure everyone had a chance to catch some webcasts I'm delivering here in the next...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 06/09/2008
Wow, TechEd was Fantastic!
I had a great time at TechEd this year. Thanks to everyone that came to the UC sessions, asked great...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 06/09/2008
TechEd Developers 2008 is Packed with UC Development Content
Everyone that touches the UC products and SDK is heads down getting ready for TechEd 2008. It's...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 05/15/2008
The Impact of UC in Software, A Healthcare Industry Example
Since I got into the software industry, I've always been looking for technology that has the ability...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 04/01/2008
I'll be at the Microsoft Health & Life Sciences Developer and Solutions Conference 2008 on 4/23
Allan Da Costa Pinto and his team have invited me to speak at the Microsoft Health & Life...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 04/01/2008
Something to add to your UC toolbox...
While OCS 2007 is a third generation product (LCS 2003, LCS 2005 and now OCS 2007), it's not as...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 03/31/2008
Cool OC 2007 Extensibility Blog Post...
I generally like any post that starts with "While waiting for Lost to start..." and ends up with...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 03/26/2008
Cool UC Demo on Ch. 9
It would seem that I've finally come up for air... I know what you're thinking, nobody can hold...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 03/24/2008
Microsoft Unified Communications Client API SDK Released to Web!
This happened while I was in a mad rush to get the launch done, but I thought I'd mention this...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 10/19/2007
Unified Communications Launches on 10/16 in San Francisco!
The Unified Communications Platform launched Wednesday, Oct. 16th in San Francisco. That platform...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 10/19/2007
7 UC Dev Sessions at TechEd Developers 2007 Europe!
TechEd Developers 2007 Europe is in Barcelona Spain on 11/5-11/9/2007 this year. I'm very excited...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 10/08/2007
Unified Communications Launch in San Fransisco, 10/16/2007
The worldwide launch of our UC platform (Office Communications Server 2007, Office Communicator 2007...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 10/08/2007
OCS 2007 Virtual Labs Now Available
Check out this post from the UC team regarding some virtual labs you can use to try your hand at...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 08/08/2007
New OCS 2007 Speech Server 2007 Development book available!
I thought I'd mention Michael Dunn's book Pro Microsoft Speech Server 2007: Developing Speech...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 08/08/2007
Cool Ch. 9 geekSpeak on Office Communications 2007 Speech Server, Featuring Michael Dunn
If you've never participated in a geekSpeak before, these sessions are conversational in nature and...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 08/07/2007
OCS 2007/OC 2007 RTM and Trial Versions Available for Download!
After 3 years of incredibly hard work, Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and Microsoft...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 08/06/2007
Developers Guide to UC - The SDKs
I've been talking to developers about writing applications for the Unified Communications platform...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 07/26/2007
JCalev Answers Common Questions from TechEd
Joe Calev, a SDE for the UC platform, wrote a great blog entry that answers a lot of the common...
Author: Chris Mayo - MSFT Date: 06/12/2007