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How to Update Windows Firewall Rules for Lync Server 2010 After Installation
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I had a question from a customer the other day about how to add the firewall rules for Lync Server 2010 to the Windows Firewall after installation. Unlike in the OCS days, adding the firewall rules back to the Windows Firewall is rather simple. This issue...
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Fun with .NET Regular Expression
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22 days ago
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I got asked an interesting question by a colleague the other day...What is the best way to normalize a 5 digit range, i.e. 53574-53899? The question seems easy enough, but in reality it's slightly harder than you would think. Most people think that this...
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What FQDN to use when Setting Up OWA/Lync Integration?
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5 months ago
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I was setting up OWA/Lync integration in my lab and ran into an interesting issue. After completing all the necessary steps, I logged into OWA as a test user and got the following error message: "Instant Messaging isn't available right now. The Contact...
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How to Automate the Join Meeting Audio Dialog Box
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6 months ago
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I've had a number of requests from customers wanting to automate the Join Meeting Audio dialog box that pops up when you join a Lync Online Meeting. By default when you join an Online Meeting you are presented with the following dialog box: This...
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How to Configure DHCP Scope Options for Lync Server 2010 Using Infoblox DHCP Appliance
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9 months ago
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Configuring the DHCP scope options for Windows DHCP servers is a simple task. Configuring them for a non-Windows DHCP server is a whole other story. I've run into a couple customers running Infoblox DHCP appliances and getting all of the correct settings...
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Issue when Running New/Set-CsHealthMonitoringConfiguration
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10 months ago
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I was trying to setup synthetic transactions in my lab today and I ran across an issue when configuring the sAMAccountName in the PowerShell cmdlet. I created two users, CsHealthMonitoring1 & CsHealthMonitoring2. Running the following cmdlet: New...
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How to Get a List of Client Versions and the Users Logged into Them
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11 months ago
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Another question that comes up from customers, especially when we're talking about migrations and updating clients, is how do I figure out which users are running the old version of the client? You can run the following queries* to pull back the user...
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How to Change the File Store Location for a Lync Server 2010 Pool
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11 months ago
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Moving the File Store location to a different server or share is possible, just like it was in OCS 2007 R2. The nice thing about Lync Server 2010 is that since all the configuration information is stored in the Central Management Store (CMS), you don...
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Issue when Setting Up Lync 2010 Music on Hold
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11 months ago
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Ran into an interesting issue with setting up MoH with a customer. We ran the following command to enable MoH: Set-CsClientPolicy -Identity Global -EnableClientMusicOnHold $True We didn't specify the MoH audio file because we were just going to...
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How to Get the Last Time a User Registered with a Front End
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over 1 year ago
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A question that comes up from customers from time to time is how do I get a list of what users are actually using OCS/Lync? While there's no built in report to easily tell you what users are actually signing into the environment, there is some information...
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Issue with Outlook Not Exiting when Lync 2010 is Installed on Windows Vista
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over 1 year ago
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Update 4/10/11 - Lync 2010 CU2 has been released which fixes this issue. You can download the latest updates here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/lync/gg131945 . This issue came up from a customer recently while they were migrating from OCS to...
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Issue when Viewing Monitoring Server Reports
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over 1 year ago
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I've run into this a couple times at customers when deploying the Monitoring Server reports, especially when Reporting Services is installed on a node in a SQL cluster. The reports publish fine, but when you click on the link under View Monitoring Server...
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Another Reason to Include a Director in Your Lync Server 2010 Deployment
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over 2 years ago
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Update 1/1/11 - Updated post with more information on what happens with an Enterprise Edition pool and how EndpointConfiguration.cache adds a wrinkle to the whole process. In Lync Server 2010 the Director is now a dedicated role. Because there's an...
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Issue with Move-CsManagementServer and Offline File Store
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over 2 years ago
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Update 4/10/11 - Lync Server 2010 CU2 has been released which fixes this issue. You can download the latest updates here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/lync/gg131945 . With OCS I would often see customers locate their shared folders on one of...
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Issue with LSCP on Standard Edition with Collocated Mediation Server
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over 2 years ago
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The issue is that you can't get to the Lync Server 2010 Control Panel (LSCP). If you have a Lync Server 2010 Standard Edition Server with collocated Mediation Server using a dedicated IP address, you will run into this issue. In Topology Builder I have...
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Issue when Moving Legacy Users to a Lync Server 2010 Pool using HLB
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over 2 years ago
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This issue has come up a couple of times when customers are trying to move legacy users to a Lync Server 2010 pool that is behind a hardware load balancer (HLB). When trying to move the legacy user, Move-CsLegacyUser returns the following error: Unable...
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Issue with A/V Session with Remote or Federated User
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over 2 years ago
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I've run into this with a couple of customers recently. The issue is that when trying to establish a media session, either Audio, Video, or Desktop Sharing, with a remote or federated user the session fails. With an internal user, everything works fine...
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What Happens During SchemaPrep in Lync Server 2010?
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over 2 years ago
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Lync Server 2010, just like previous versions of OCS, has new Active Directory schema that needs to be loaded before you can install any server roles. In Lync Server 2010 the new schema is split up into four different files: BackCompatSchema.ldf...
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Issue when installing Lync Server 2010 Edge Server with Computer Name
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over 2 years ago
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I was setting up a Lync Server 2010 Edge Server in my lab and I wondered what would happen if I didn't configure the full computer name on the Edge Server. In previous OCS 2007 environments, I've seen this happen where the domain name is not configured...
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Issue with Remote User Access for Clients using Windows XP and Windows 2008 R2 Front Ends
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over 2 years ago
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I was helping to troubleshoot an issue where users were unable to login via Remote User Access using the Edge server. They were able to successfully login from inside the network, but externally, the client would come back with an error. We made sure...
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Sample Group Chat Dashboard Available
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over 2 years ago
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The sample Group Chat dashboard* provides administrators with an overview of relevant information about their Group Chat environment. This report is similar to the OCS Archiving Report , in that it is an example of some of the information that can be...
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Enabling Topology - Completed with Errors (Error Code 2310)
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over 2 years ago
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An issue I ran into when trying to publish my topology is that it would complete with errors when trying to do the enabling topology step: Looking at the log, I can see that I'm getting the following errors when it trys to connect to the share:...
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Installing IIS Role Services for Lync Server 2010
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over 2 years ago
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Update 2/13/12 - Added Dynamic Content Compression for Lync Mobility. The following IIS role services must be installed before attempting to install this product: Web Server Common HTTP Features Static Content Default Document ...
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Microsoft Lync Naming Convention
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over 2 years ago
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With the release of the Microsoft Lync and the change in name, here's how the new naming convention compairs with the existing product names. Product New Name Old Name Family Microsoft Lync Microsoft Office Communications...
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Microsoft Lync Server 2010 RC Now Available
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over 2 years ago
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Microsoft Lync Server 2010 provides complete presence, instant messaging, conferencing and enterprise voice capabilities through a single, easy-to-use interface that is consistent across PC, browser, and mobile device. You can Architect your deployment...
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