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KB974571 Breaks OCS 2007 R2
I came back from vacation to find that I was unable to login to OCS. Turns out that an update installed on 10/14 broke the front-end services for OCS. The event log shows the following error: The evaluation period for Microsoft Office Communications Server...
SIP Monitoring with Wireshark
Wireshark is a free tool for capturing network traffic. It is an invaluable resource for troubleshooting problems with VOIP calls. It is available for download from www.wireshark.org (current version for Windows as of this post is 1.05). ... Read full...
Fixing the Red-X on x64
A while ago Microsoft released a patch for the nasty red  X that would appear over certain workflow activities ( KB950210 ). Unfortunately this patch only worked on 32 bit editions of Windows. If you were running Vista x64 for example the patch would...
Common Outbound Issues
More developers are starting to work with Office Communication Server 2007 these days. As the community has grown I’ve noticed a number of developers running into a few “gotchas” when working with the OCS outbound calling mechanism. ... Read full article
Office Communication Servers moves to 64-bit only
The Office Communication Server team announced Friday that OCS 2007 R2 will support 64-bit operating systems only . As a part of the broad initiative across Microsoft to support 64 bit versions across many of its product lines, the next release of OCS...
Building Custom Activities Using the Core API
The Speech Server API is interesting to play around with. And understanding how Speech Server works behind the scenes is invaluable in debugging. But the real value of learning the API comes when you decide to build your own custom activities. ... Read...
Getting Started with the Core API
With the introduction of Voice Response Workflows in Speech Server 2007, Microsoft has greatly simplified voice-enabled application development. The entire process is relatively painless; even downright enjoyable. And for most applications it is all you...
Executing a Speech Server Workflow via the API
In my previous post I outlined a basic framework for using the Core API for Speech Server 2007. Today I'll outline how to mix both the API and Workflow models by calling out to a workflow using the API and returning control back when it is complete. If...
Getting Started with the Speech Server 2007 API
Speech Server 2007 has a really cool Windows Workflow based programming model that lets you quickly build interactive voice response applications. For many applications it is all you will ever need. Sometimes however you find the workflow model just isn...
VoiceXML on Speech Server
Yesterday I posted about an issue with Speech Server and Vista. One reader named Bill asked a question in the comments. My response was a bit long for a comment so I decided to turn it into a separate post instead. Hey Marc, are you using Microsoft Speech...
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