“Unified Communications” Pre-Con Session (Afternoon)

Wow – the afternoon was really disappointing.  We just wrapped up (5:10 pm), and the good pieces of all afternoon could have been covered in about 30 minutes.

Great demos showing integration of Exchange 2007 with VOIP using Communicator, and launching Live Meeting while in the middle of a chat in Communicator.

However, as the afternoon progressed, the Hands-on-Lab virtual machines crapped out … and they couldn’t fix them.  Sooooo, the session will definitely get a bad eval.  Disappointing … very disappointing.

 

"Unified Communications" Pre-Con Session (Morning)

Well, it’s about 11:30, and we’re in the middle of a bunch of labs.  The info this morning has been pretty good so far, but it’s all the stuff I’m least interested in with unified messaging (albeit important).  It’s all about Exchange 2007 (administration, features, etc.).

I will say that OWA for Exchange 2007 ROCKS!  Wow, you can’t tell the difference between the web-based UI to Exchange now and Outlook … it’s sweeeeet.

I know Exchange 2007 is a BIG project/effort, so it may be awhile before we get there, but it will definitely be nice.

The afternoon is supposed to get into the nitty-gritty of what I want to see … Office Communications Server 2007.  So, we’ll see how things go after lunch.