Server Virtualization in Microsoft Lync Server 2010

New document available to download:

This document outlines a series of best practice recommendations for running Lync Server 2010 in a virtualized environment.

You can get it here.

Lync Server 2010, Best Practices Analyzer

The Microsoft Lync Server 2010, Best Practices Analyzer is designed for administrators who want to determine the overall health of their Lync Server environment.

You can get it here.

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Cmdlet Descriptions

From Lync Powershell blog:

What follows is an alphabetical list of the 530-plus cmdlets that appear in Microsoft Lync Server 2010. Each cmdlet includes a brief description extracted from the Lync Server PowerShell help file. The full help for each cmdlet can be found by clicking on the appropriate link.

Article can be seen here.

Critical Capabilities for Unified Communications

Excellent rating for Lync on a Gartner report.

Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Tool: Adoption Reporting

From DrRez blog:

The Adoption Reporting Tool enables administrators to more easily measure both usage and adoption of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 in their enterprise. 

More info about it here.

Updates for Communications Server 2007 R2 - September 2010

There's a new update available for OCS 2007 R2.

KB968802

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Lync 2010 - Official

OCS is now branded as Lync.

There's a official post from the OCSTeam here and OCS homepage on microsoft has also been updated to reflect the new name.