{"id":922,"date":"2007-10-22T21:30:19","date_gmt":"2007-10-22T20:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/10\/gadgets-for-audio-visual-interaction-with-microsofts-unified-communications-products.htm"},"modified":"2007-10-25T00:06:23","modified_gmt":"2007-10-24T23:06:23","slug":"gadgets-for-audio-visual-interaction-with-microsofts-unified-communications-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/10\/gadgets-for-audio-visual-interaction-with-microsofts-unified-communications-products.htm","title":{"rendered":"Gadgets for audio-visual interaction with Microsoft&#8217;s unified communications products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>18 months ago, I attended one the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/gagging-orders.htm\">Exchange &#8220;12&#8221; Ignite<\/a> training courses &#8211; basically <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/exchange\/\">Exchange Server 2007<\/a> training for early technology adopters.  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I&#8217;m also doing the same for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/uc\/products\/ocs2007.mspx\">Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One of the nice things about this training is that it&#8217;s being held in Prague. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dorint-hotels.com\/hotel\/hotelDetails.php?hotelId=28\">Our hotel<\/a> is a few miles out to the east of the city centre but it&#8217;s a great place to visit in the evening (and I get to do very little international travel in my job and even less sightseeing, so I&#8217;m making the most of it).<\/p>\n<p>The other great thing is that we have each been given a webcam and headset for use with Exchange unified messaging (using the <a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/aa998254.aspx\">Exchange UM test phone<\/a> and headset for voice access to Exchange) and Office Communicator (with audio and video from the headset and webcam).  I already have a desktop webcam at home (the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/hardware\/digitalcommunication\/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=002\">Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000<\/a>), as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/02\/clearer-vision-with-isight.htm\">iSight on the Mac<\/a>, but this is a great portable setup &#8211; a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/hardware\/digitalcommunication\/productdetails.aspx?pid=005\">Microsoft LifeCam NX-6000<\/a> webcam and the geeky but surprisingly comfortable <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/hardware\/digitalcommunication\/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=004\">Microsoft LifeChat ZX-6000<\/a> wireless headset (which includes the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-gb\/hardware\/x\/xbox360wirelessgamingreceiver\/\">XBox 360 wireless gaming receiver<\/a> for wireless communications).<\/p>\n<p>Later in the week we should be playing with one of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/uc\/products\/roundtable.mspx\">Microsoft RoundTable<\/a> conference phones\/webcams too.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, I do love my toys!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>18 months ago, I attended one the Exchange &#8220;12&#8221; Ignite training courses &#8211; basically Exchange Server 2007 training for early technology adopters. 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