Microsoft has released a new troubleshooting tool for Exchange 2010 Unified Messaging.
The Exchange 2010 UM Troubleshooting Tool is an Exchange Management Shell cmdlet that you can use to diagnose configuration errors specific to call answering scenarios and to test whether voice mail is functioning correctly in both on-premises and cross-premises UM deployments. You can use this cmdlet in deployments with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 or Microsoft Communications Server “14″ or in UM deployments with IP gateways or IP PBXs.
This cmdlet emulates calls and runs a series of diagnostic tests that help on-premises administrators to identify misconfigurations in telephony equipment, Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Unified Messaging settings, and connectivity issues between on-premises and cross-premises deployment of Exchange 2010 SP1 Unified Messaging.
When you run the cmdlet, it states the reason and possible solutions for issues that have been detected. It also outputs general audio quality metrics for diagnosing audio quality issues related to network connectivity such as jitter and average packet loss.
Read more and download it here.
Great new whitepaper from Greg Taylor on publishing Exchange 2010 with Forefront UAG and TMG.
Read more and download it here.
Great news, today I received a very pleasant email from Microsoft, that told me that I’ve been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award for 2010 in Internet Information Services (IIS), to follow the award which I received in 2008 and 2009.
I was getting a bit nervous since I didn’t get an email or hear anything on July 1st. For some reason the mail was delayed and redelivered again by my MVP lead on July 5th.
I am very happy and once again extremely humble to be associated with a great group of very clever people around the globe.
Thanks to Microsoft for the award, I really appreciate working with Microsoft and getting access to the information and resources that the MVP award opens up for.
Congrats to all the other newly and renewed MVPs!
Colabora.dk (The new Danish UC User Group) is hosting an event on June 29th in Ballerup (Copenhagen).
The topics of the event is Communication Server 14 and Exchange 2010 SP1, along with info. about the UC usergroup.
Find more information about the event and register for the event at colabora.dk. See you at the event. 
Together with Dennis L. Thomsen, I’ve started a new Danish Unified Communications User Group. The User Group is for everyone in Denmark that works with Microsoft related UC technologies, such as Exchange and Communication Server.
The Usergroup is named Colabora.dk, follow our website for upcoming events and signup for our newsletter here.
Thomas Deml fra the IIS team did a great presentation af TechEd 2010, with this topic.
Get pptx here and see the full presentation from TechEd Online here.
Read the IIS blog about the presentation.
Microsoft has released the lastest rollup update for Exchange 2010, Rollup 4.
Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2010 resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2010 since the software was released. This update rollup is highly recommended for all Exchange Server 2010 customers.
Read the list of fixes here.
Download it here.
