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OCS: New Version, New Name

The press releases went up a few minutes ago so I can finally share this. The overly long winded name Microsoft Office Communications Server is no more. The entire product line (including Office Communicator) has been rebranded as “Lync”. The new product...

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...

New Blog: Speaking From the Edge

I've started a new blog over on GotSpeech.net called Speaking From the Edge . It covers topics related to voice-enabled application development including Microsoft Speech Server.  I'm not abandoning this site however. I will continue to post here...

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...
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