Month: March 2009

OCS 2007 R2 – fresh install – Monitoring service fails to start

I’ve seen this a few times during the installation of OCS 2007 R2, the “Office Communications Server Monitoring Agent” wont start, it immediately stops, with no real errors on screen or in the event log. Error that pops up, on screen: “some services stop if there is nothing to do”. Reason, it’s because the pre-requirements for Monitoring Service is not meet, it needs the Microsoft Message Queuing Service (MSMQ). If you need the Monitoring Service, …

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MIX 09

This week it’s MIX 09 time in Las Vegas, the conference starts March 18th. The MIX Conference is a gathering of designers and developers who build cutting edge web sites. If you want to discuss the future of the Web, learn about the latest web technologies from Microsoft, or just rub shoulders with industry professionals, MIX is the place to be. A lot of the sessions from MIX 09 will be available online, find them …

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MVP Summit

The MVP Summit 2009 in Seattle kicked-of today. I’m here for the MVP Summit all week. If you are going to the MVP Summit, I’ll see you there. If you are interesting in meeting, let me know. 🙂 Contact me at peter AT iis-digest.com.