OCS 2007 R2 Web Scheduler Released for Free Download
While we were finishing up the new site (which you can see at www.planetmagpie.com if you like), Microsoft was sneaky and released a new OCS tool!
It’’s called Web Scheduler. It lets you schedule an OCS conference using your browser, instead of Outlook or the Office Communicator desktop client. When you don”t have Outlook open, or can”t get to it for some reason, you can still join conference calls.
The Web Scheduler is pretty small too - less than 2MB. I get the feeling it”ll be included in the next update. But we can start using it in the meantime!
Uses for the Web Scheduler
Web Scheduler lets you:
- Schedule a new Live Meeting conference or conference call.
- View/change details of an existing conference.
- Check the schedules of conference attendees.
- Send out email invitations to conference participants (by using a configured SMTP mail server).
- Join a conference.
I”m thinking of two potentials where an OCS Web Scheduler would be handy.
One, on smartphones. Use OCS as a bridge from your iPhone/Android mobile into a conference while off-site. (Yes, the Office Communicator can do this from phones too. It’’s always good to have a Web-based alternative though.)
Two, when you”re on someone else’’s computer or network. On-site with a client perhaps, or logging in from home.
Any other ideas? Let us know in the Comments.
Technical Details
Web Scheduler is a 64-bit tool. It works on Windows Server 2003 (Standard and Enterprise x64 Edition) and Windows Server 2008. An SMTP server like Microsoft Exchange Server is needed for sending out email invitations in Web Scheduler.
To download Web Scheduler for Microsoft OCS 2007 R2, visit this Microsoft.com page: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6d6848ec-e7d6-41f4-82d9-5bed3526fcbd&displaylang=en
This IS a free download, but of course you”ll need OCS 2007 R2 to run it.
I”ll see about some more technical details - maybe instructions for use - for a later post. Setup is detailed on the above page. Have fun with Web Scheduler!
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