Automatically Strip + on Mediation Server

It might be useful in a Cisco direct SIP environment to automatically strip the + from all outgoing SIP communication from an OCS Mediation server.
To do this, create a text (XML) file called MediationServerSvc.exe.config and place it in the location of the MediationServerSvc.exe file. It should be in the ‘C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007\Mediation [...]

Enable URLs in Communicator

Just a quick note for machines not a member of the domain that want to participate in URL send/receive in the Communicator 2007 client. You will need the following registry setting to enable clickable URLS…

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Communicator]
“EnableURL”=dword:00000001

The above text can be copied into notepad and named with a .REG extension and run on [...]

OCS AD Attribute Anomaly

Just a quick note to document the bizarre occurrence of an AD attribute causing OCS Forest Prep state to show not ready…
The environment had LCS 2005 running and OCS was installed in parallel.
I was ready to activate the Mediation Server, after having the pool installed for a few days,
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and it said [...]