Thanks to Ilse for informing us

There will be two sessions @ Techdays on OCS 14, the next big OCS release, delivered by François Doremieux.
(Techdays is March 30,31 & April 1st)

Who is François Doremieux?

Francois is a Director of Engineering in the Office Communications Product Group. He has spent the past 7 years contributing to drive Microsoft Unified Communications and Voice efforts. His current role consists in closely working with early adopters and leading customers, helping them define their UC strategy and deploying OCS. In turn, he brings these customers requirements into the Product Group product specification and development process. Francois’ primary technical domain is voice interoperability with IP-PBX.

Prior to joining Microsoft, Francois fulfilled leadership roles at Level(3), AT&T and Comcast.

Francois resides in Colorado and uses Microsoft UC tools to telecommute.

He will talk about:

Session 1, Introduction to Microsoft Communications Server “W14”
Positioning and main features for Microsoft Communications Server “W14”, with emphasis on Voice and Collaboration capabilities

Session 2,  New voice capabilities and infrastructure in Microsoft Communications Server “W14”
Detailed description of voice features in Microsoft Communications Server “W14”, with discussion of implications on topology and interoperability