Contents tagged with Office Communication Server 2007
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Lync 2010 Released
Lync 2010 has hit RTM - http://blogs.technet.com/b/uc/archive/2010/10/27/microsoft-lync-released-to-manufacturing.aspx
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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 line will include:
- Lync 2010 (replaces Communicator)
- Lync Server 2010 (replaces Office Communications Server)
- Lync Online (replaces Communications Online)
- Lync Web App (replaces Web Communicator)
You can read the full press release here: http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2010/sep10/LyncPR.mspx
UPDATE: The UC Team has released some more details on their blog http://blogs.technet.com/b/uc/archive/2010/09/13/introducing-microsoft-lync-the-next-ocs.aspx
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UCMA 2.0 Tip: Communications Sequence Activity
I’ve been playing around with the UCMA 2.0 SDK for the last few weeks, mainly in preparation for the upcoming v.next release of Communication Server. For those interested in what comes after Speech Server it is a worthy endeavor to dig into the UCMA. Going forward the UCMA will be the tool we use.
When I first started playing I made one simple mistake that left me scratching my head for longer that I’d like to admit. In an effort to help others avoid my mistake (and to remind me should I forget again):
With the UCMA, all of your activities must live within a Communications Sequence Activity.
With Speech Server the tools automatically provide you with a “parent sequence” in which all your activities live. With the UCMA this isn’t the case; you need to include it in your workflow. When you create a new project it provides this for you, just don’t be like me and think its ok to just delete it….
FTR, the exception I received was:
System.InvalidOperationException: 'Workflow1' does not have a value for Call property. Please specify a name that corresponds to a call in the CommunicationsWorkflowRuntime service
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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 2007 R2 has expired. Please upgrade from the evaluation version to the full released version of the product.
Uninstalling the KB974581 update corrected the problem.
Big thanks to Dietmar Kraume’s blog post at http://tinyurl.com/yjefeg9 for pointing to the solution.
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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)....
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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 fail during installation....
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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. ...
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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 will support 64-bit operating systems only. This decision will help meet customer demand and is a natural progression of the product that aligns with the same approach taken by the Exchange team (with Exchange 2007) and the SharePoint team (with SharePoint 2007) to support 64 bit operating systems only....
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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....
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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'll need to build outstanding applications. ...