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I've been busy working on another project. In the meantime I suggest that you check out NextHop...

Date: 04/12/2010

LCS/OCS Public IM Connectivity (PIC) with Yahoo! Domains YMail.com and Rocketmail.com

Yahoo! has added two additional domains (ymail.com and rocketmail.com) that users can choose from...

Date: 01/22/2010

Office Communications Server 2007 R2: Response Group Service Does Not Start

The following symptoms are observed.  Response Group Service doesn’t start.  When starting...

Date: 01/06/2010

Failed to activate Office Communications Server Standard Edition Server

When you deploy a new installation of Standard Edition Server activation fails if security update...

Date: 11/24/2009

OCS 2007 R2: Error Accessing User Communications Tab Properties

Problem After migrating a user from Live Communications Server 2005 Service Pack 1 to Office...

Date: 11/23/2009

How to issue certificate for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 when the Web Server Template has been disabled on the Certificate Authority

Problem You receive an error trying to issue a certificate via the Certificate Wizard because the...

Date: 11/23/2009

When running Active Directory Users and Computers on a machine where LCS 2005 SP1 Administration tools have been installed you click Live Communications tab on user account properties and receive “Failed to read the user’s settings”

Cause LCS 2005 SP1 Servers have been updated with KB 911996 which requires any LCS 2005 SP1...

Date: 10/02/2009

Communicator 2007 R2 Desktop Sharing Call Flow Part 1 – Peer to Peer

I had worked on a case recently where a firewall existed between the OCS 2007 R2 Pool and the...

Date: 09/08/2009

Office Communicator 2007 and R2 File Transfer when Forefront Security for Office Communications Server is installed.

Communicator 2007 or Communicator 2007 R2 File transfers no longer occur peer-to-peer after...

Date: 08/10/2009

Office Communications Server 2007 User Services: A WMI instance for a policy could not be located

Problem:  A WMI instance for a policy could not be located Symptom: Follow event is logged in...

Date: 06/12/2009

Communicator Web Access 2007 R2 Dial-in Conferencing Settings are blank

Problem: You logon to The Dial-in Conferencing Settings page...

Date: 06/12/2009

"Meet Now Meeting Creation Failed" received when clicking "Meet Now" in Live Meeting 2007 or Outlook Conferencing Add-In menu bar in Outlook after enabling PSTN conference dial-in on the Meeting Policy tab

Problem: Click Meet Now button in Live Meeting 2007 Note: Clicking Meet Now on Communication 2007 R2...

Date: 06/11/2009

OCS 2007 R2 Device Updater: Unable to update Communicator Phone Edition

Problem: Communicator Phone Edition (CPE) device signs in and shows Authentication completed....

Date: 05/18/2009

Installing Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Attendant Console breaks presence in Outlook

Problem: Installing Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Attendant Console breaks presence in...

Date: 03/31/2009

Office Communicator Error Message received when expanding a group distribution list

Here are some troubleshooting steps for when you expand a group distribution list in Communicator...

Date: 03/26/2009

Running the Office Communications Server 2007 Global Settings Migration Tool

The Global Settings Migration Tool enables Administrators of existing OCS 2007 deployments to...

Date: 03/25/2009

Office Communicator - Notifications - Cannot Synchronize Address Book

There are several knowledge base articles that have been published that address various causes and...

Date: 03/11/2009

External client receives Live Meeting Error: "Content failed to download due to a problem with the Conference Center Configuration. Contact your administrator"

Problem: Internal clients are able to download content of handouts that are shared and for some...

Date: 02/12/2009

Public IM Conversation issue between Yahoo! Messenger 8.1 and earlier and Microsoft Office Communicator

Problem: Issue is that when a Communicator client sends a message to a Yahoo! Messenger client that...

Date: 02/10/2009