Episode 123 – Cezar Ungureanasu and Thomas Lee on OCS

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Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to Cezar Ungureanasu and Thomas Lee about Office Communications Server

News

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·         Execute queries remotely to determine if services or processes are running
·         Restart services, processes, or entire servers
·         Check mailbox settings
·         Unlock user accounts
·         Reset passwords
·         Run custom scripts
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• PowerShell Cookbook V2 is now available
• The Scripting Guy and the Scripting Wife will be at SQL Saturday #49 October 16th in Orlando
• The Twin Cities PowerShell User Group will hold their first meeting October 12th!
• MSDN Webcast with Doug Finke on September 8th
• PowerGUI 2.2 public beta is now available
• PowerShell V2 Training in Chicago October 25-28th with Don Jones
• Doug Finke was on the RunAs radio podcast talking about the OData PowerShell Explorer

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Links

• CS PowerShell blog
• CS Cmdlet List (530!)

Notable Comments from the Chatroom

22:17 <dtravis1974> it is 10.00 per user per month for sharepoint/exchange/livemeeting and live communication.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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