Apparatus engineers have extensive experience designing, building, and operating Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) 2005, 2007, and 2007 R2. We work with a wide array of clients who require on-premise and hosted deployments of OCS in single and multi-server, highly available configurations and regulated environments.

Apparatus has been actively participating in the beta program for the latest version of OCS, now called Microsoft Lync Server 2010. We provide a full complement of OCS/Lync Server project and support services including:

	Requirements gathering Solution design Strategic planning Proof-of-concept Design documents Architecture diagram Security planning Licensing Archival planning Disaster recovery and business continuity planning Voice integration planning Create detailed installation and configuration documentation for hardware and software platforms Integration with other messaging platforms: Microsoft Exchange, Public IM (AOL, Yahoo, Windows Live, etc), XMPP Services (Jabber, Gtalk, etc), P2P and Enhanced Federation Integration with supplemental technologies: VoIP phone systems with mediation server, and archival systems Implementation of high availability solutions: Server clustering, Enterprise Pools, Monitoring Server Providing administrative and end-user support and training Lync Server environment administration (services, security, configuration) Backup and Recovery services Monitoring of Lync Server and related technologies Patching and hotfix deployments for Lync Server and related technologies Maintenance of Lync Server database growth and fragmentation Migrations from Communications Server versions such as 2005, 2007, and 2007 R2 Migrations from other messaging platforms such as Lotus Sametime Migrations to Microsoft Online Services Transition of current servers to new hardware Microsoft Certified Technology Specialists (MCTS) in configuring OCS/Lync Server Participating in Lync Server beta program with Microsoft