Jan 07
First off, if you haven’t yet read this article then you should – Understanding how Windows Fabric Works (with regards to Lync). This article is a very minor ancillary to that article so out of context it will make very little sense. In the Mastering Lync article, the following is written: “As you can see …
Jan 02
This article covers how to validate an Office Web Apps Server installation. I am too new to OWAS to know how to fix it if it gets broken. Maybe someday I’ll write an article on how to fix a broken OWAS. Until then, this article will have to suffice. We are currently installing and configuring …
Dec 31
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 31,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 11 sold-out performances for that many …
Dec 03
I don’t think it is any secret that almost any* administration that happens in Lync happens via PowerShell. The obvious use of this is by opening the Lync Server Management Shell and typing in some PowerShell commands. The slightly less obvious version of this is using the graphical Lync Server Control Panel. Something I’ve always …
Oct 17
In which Lync forces me to dig into the Exchange world again….. I got an excellent question as a followup to my post breaking down the exchucutil.ps1 script in excruciating detail. The questions by user “soder” basically asked if the –verify switch was still valid in the Exchange 2010/2013 versions of the script. In short – no. …
Sep 25
Microsoft recently released the Lync 2013 PreCall Diagnostics tool. This can be found on the Windows Store. It is a Modern App so it requires at least Windows 8.0. I’ve tested it on Windows 8.1 and it work fine. It doesn’t appear to support Windows RT. The point of this app is to measure the …
Sep 23
Update 11 April 2014 – There is both a KB – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2941682 – and a fix for this issue – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2880474 It took about 5.5 months but at least it is officially fixed now. Update – 26 February 2014 – It appears that Office 2013 SP1 fixes the font issue. Update – 24 February 2014 – The …
Sep 13
Earlier today, the Microsoft Lync Twitter account released a tweet with the following image: So this is great! The Update is available now too. So…uh…where is the update? Apparently it is part of an Office 2013 update. Remember, the Lync client is now being ruined handled by the Office team. So all you have to …
Sep 09
Introduction In 100% of all documentation, it is clearly stated that in order to connect Microsoft Lync with Exchange Unified Messaging (UM) you need to run the ExchUCUtil.ps1 script. This article will detail what this script does and how you can configure your environment so that you will never have to run this script again. …
Aug 22
*****Updated 26 September 2016***** Below is a much better way to get the list of SBA’s versus what I cobbled together below. It looks at all registrars. If it does not have webservices then it is assumed to be an SBA/SBS. *****Updated 24 June 2015***** I can’t find an easy way to get a list …
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