Whenever load balancing and/or redundancy is needed in Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007, a Hardware Load Balancer needs to be utilized (Windows NLB not supported). This is fine, but you may run into an issue where you cannot run the ABServer.exe (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007\Server\Core\ABServer.exe). This issue is where the … [Read more...] about OCS ABServer Issue with DNAT Load Balancing
OCS R2 Information
OCS R2 information is starting to be released. The features look pretty neat. I'll update this post as more information becomes available.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 … [Read more...] about OCS R2 Information
Obtaining Exchange Information including Edge with PowerShell
So the last month I've been learning how to do PowerShell scripting. I'm new at scripting and figured I would share my first Exchange script due to sheer excitement. I'd like to give a special thanks to Shay Levy @ https://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/ScriptFanatic. Shay has been a tremendous help over @ https://powershellcommunity.org when I run into issues that any typical … [Read more...] about Obtaining Exchange Information including Edge with PowerShell
Exchange 2007 Unicast NLB Issue on Hyper-V
I ran into an issue with Exchange 2007 Network Load Balancing (NLB) Unicast Mode when running on Hyper-V running on full install of Server 2008 x64. To first understand the problem, it is useful to understand how NLB Unicast works.When running Unicast, the NIC that has NLB enabled will have its' MAC Address overwritten. When you add a second NLB member to your NLB … [Read more...] about Exchange 2007 Unicast NLB Issue on Hyper-V
Two new Qualified IP-PBXs for OCS (CUCM and Seltatel)
Two new IP-PBXs (Cisco CUCM 4.2, 5.1 and 6.1 and Seltatel) have qualified in the Open Interoperability program here. The new support adds support only for DirectSIP but not Dual Forking. Because of the enabled functionality for DirectSIP, you no longer need a supported Voice Gateway between an OCS Mediation Server and a Qualified IP-PBX that supports DirectSIP.What does … [Read more...] about Two new Qualified IP-PBXs for OCS (CUCM and Seltatel)
