Latest Microsoft UC Tracks and Info

Found a great source of Microsoft UC tracks and info that is presented on TechEd North America 2010.

This track covers the Microsoft Unified Communications platform and technologies, including Microsoft® Exchange Server, Microsoft® Office Communications Server, Microsoft Office LiveMeeting and Microsoft® Exchange Online. Here you can learn how you can streamline your organization’s communications, build presence aware applications, roll out an on-premise, hosted (or combination thereof) messaging and collaboration system, and much more!

TechEd Online: here
Source: Tech Ed Online website.

TechNet Session: Introduction to Exchange Server 2010 Slides Download

Here is the link where you can download my slides on last night's TechNet Session.
It's available on PDF or XPS format.

If you do have question please feel free to e-mail me at mikhail@mimanu.com

Facebook Connector is now available for Outlook 2010!

Facebook Connector is now available for Outlook 2010! Monitor your social connection via outlook now!

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/outlook-social-connector-partner-listing-FX101812910.aspx

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Beta Download

Overview

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 helps IT Professionals achieve new levels of reliability with greater flexibility, enhanced user experiences, and increased protection for business communications.

• Flexible and reliable - Exchange Server 2010 gives you the flexibility to tailor your deployment based on your company's unique needs and a simplified way to keep e-mail continuously available for your users.
• Anywhere access - Exchange Server 2010 helps your users get more done by giving them the freedom to securely access all their communications - e-mail, voice mail, instant messaging, and more - from virtually any platform, Web browser, or device.
• Protection and compliance - Exchange Server 2010 delivers integrated information loss prevention, and compliance tools aimed at helping you simplify the process of protecting your company's communications and meeting regulatory requirements.

This pre-release software is intended for evaluation purposes only. You must accept the license terms before you are authorized to use the software. There is no product support for this trial software. You are welcome to participate in the forums to share your trial experiences with others and to ask for advice.

Download Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Beta

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TechNet Session: Introduction to Exchange Server 2010

Hi!

I will be doing a TechNet Session in Microsoft Philippines thi July 22, 2010. I'm inviting you to attend to session to know more on Exchange Server 2010.

Here is the Synopsis or Session Overview:

Microsoft Exchange 2010 helps you achieve new levels of reliability and performance by delivering features that simplify your administration, help protect your communications, and delight your users by responding to their demands for greater business mobility. In this session we will talk about (and demos) key investments in Exchange Server 2010 and how Exchange provides unprecedented IT cost savings; the richest user experience across the PC, phone, and browser; and better management of risk through built-in protection and compliance features. Also in this session covers key topics including archiving and tiered storage; low cost disk use and the expansion of mailbox size while reducing costs; Unified Messaging and Voicemail Preview, and much more. Learn more about how Exchange Server 2010 delivers powerful productivity tools to your users in a way that best fits your business and technology needs.

You will also need to register, here is the link.