Sessions
Keynote: Microsoft Unified Communications Vision
This kickoff session will provide an overview of the Microsoft Unified Communications vision of the next wave of UC technology. This session will also include the business value proposition of Unified Communications, the partner investment, and the UC vision video. It will include demos showcasing the integration between Outlook, MOSS 2007, and Exchange Server 2007. If possible, it will include a demo of OCS 2007 and the new version of Office Communicator.
Speakers: Paul Robichaux and Jim McBee
Exchange Server 2007 Architecture and Deployment
This session introduces new architectural and deployment features in Exchange Server 2007, including improvements in the installation process, the existence of new server roles specific to Exchange Server 2007, and upgrade and migration paths from Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003. It also will describe architectural changes to message routing and administrative group design.
Speakers: Jim McBee, Devin Ganger, and Steve Bryant
Exchange Server 2007 Management
This session will describe new management and monitoring features in Exchange Server 2007; it will present the new ESM interface, explain and demonstrate the Exchange Management Shell, and highlight some of the new management, reporting, and monitoring capabilities delivered in Exchange Server 2007.
Speakers: Jim McBee, Devin Ganger, and Steve Bryant
Exchange Server 2007 Security and Compliance
In this session, we'll introduce the CIA (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) framework and explain how the new security and availability features in Exchange Server 2007 improve message protection, data integrity, and availability. We'll discuss the new continuous replication features, messaging records management, the improved message hygiene features, and policy controls for attachment and message blocking and filtering.
Speakers: Jim McBee, Devin Ganger, and Steve Bryant
Hello, E-mail Calling: Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging
Exchange Server 2007’s Unified Messaging server role allows you to unify voice, fax, and message data into a single inbox that users can access via the Web, through Outlook 2007, or on Windows Mobile or Macintosh clients. This session will describe the Unified Messaging server role, introduce the new Outlook Voice Access component, and explain how to integrate it into your existing telephony infrastructure.
Speakers: Jim McBee, Devin Ganger, and Steve Bryant
Introducing Real-Time Communications
Messaging and calendaring are important, but sometimes what you need is instantaneous, real-time communications. This session will describe how to extend your communications environment with Office Communications Server 2007 and Office Communicator to take advantage of enhanced presence, call control, and Voice over IP capabilities alongside your messaging system.
Speakers: Jim McBee, Devin Ganger, and Steve Bryant